>> reporter: while the poll is showing 61% of iowa democrats say the e-mail issue is not important, republicans are latching on to the controversy. >> with hillary clinton, it just seems to be one scandal after another. >> reporter: the wildcard for democrats? vice president joe biden who made a surprise appearance at a democratic party event in delaware saturday. he hasn't even announced but comes in third place with 14% supported in iowa. >> this is a movement. >> reporter: meanwhile, donald trump's lead spiked to 23% support in iowa. this weekend trump courting voters in nashville. >> i don't want it to be about me. this is about common sense. it's about doing the right thing. >> reporter: another gop surprise? neurosurgeon ben carson is close at trump at 18% and ahead of ted cruz and scott walker and jeb bush. carson has been much less visible on the stump and on the tv circuit than donald trump, but like trump, he is also seen as nontraditional and a

washington outsider. >>ly never go and lick the boots of rich people and special interest groups. >> reporter: the analysts say voters want a nonestablishment candidates. >> they are tired of politicians and distrust politicians and want somebody awe uthentic and genuine and tell you the truth when they don't like it. mornings it is official. the tallest mountain in north america has a new name. no more mt. mckinley. what is the new name, tracie potts? >> now the obama administration has decided to go back to that name, the president is going to actually announce that during his three-day trip which starts today in anchorage. this is something that alaskan natives have been pushing for 40 years.

it got the name mt. mckinley and came off the mountain and heard mckinley was nominated a second term and decided to name the mountain after what became our 25th president. however, mckinley never even visited the mountain and never even visited alaska and it sits in the middle of the 6 million acre denali state park. they decided to go back to the traditional name. not everyone is happy with this in mckinley's home state of ohio, senator rob portman says it is disappointing and hope they will will find somewhere else in that national park to honor him. >> what is old is new again. tracie potts, thanks. the man accused of fatally shooting a sheriff's deputy in texas is excepted to appear in court later this morning. shannon miles has been charged with the murder. goforth was killed friday night while filling up his cruiser. last night, hundreds of people gathered in the streets of

houston to honor the slain deputy. crowds gathered outside of a local church and then marched mile and a half to the gas station where goforth was killed. he was a 10-year veteran of the harris county sheriff's office. they gathered to remember a gunman gunned down on live television last week. 24-year-old reporter alison parker and cameraman adam ward were killed. >> i want to play softball with adam again and i want to see alison dance. and i will in the wonderful memories they gave me, they gave us. >> alison parker's obituary says a celebration of her life will be at a later day. wes craven has died and known for creating freddy krueger who haunted people's

dreams on "the nightmare on elm street." today, the world lost a great man. my friend and mentor wes craven, my heart goes out to his family. craven died sunday of brain cancer at his l.a. home. wes craven is dead at the age of 76. the 2015 vmas on mtv were quite a spectacle. taylor swift and nicki minaj put their differences between them as they performed in the opening act. minaj won best hip-hop video and went a bit off script. >> and now, back to this [ bleep ] that had a lot to say about me the other day in the press! miley, what is good? >> oh, no.

cyrus cooled things down and continued with the show and tried to outdo ellen's famous selfie. back to the awards. taylor swift picked up best female video and other awards. bruno mars got best male video. it all came down to video of the year "straight outta compton." the stars announced the winner. >> the winner is, as if you didn't know, taylor swift. >> kanye west received a michael jackson vanguard video award and might call his acceptance speech a campaign speech of sorts. check out how he ended it. >> yes. as you probably could of guessed by this moment, i have decided in 2020 to run for president!

>> he is the only logical conclusion. little league world series. pennsylvania taking on japan. bottom of the first this is ripped to right field for a grand slam. a couple of batters later, henline with a three-run home run and pennsylvania leads 10-2. game over, right? wrong! japan erases a deficit and pounding out 22 hits, including five homers, to beat pennsylvania. 18-11. the tenth title for japan. the fourth in the last six years. when you're up, you're up. >> i was rooting for those kids. they were great hitters. >> unfortunately, they didn't make it. >> they are still our national champs so good for them. >> fortunately for a large part of hawaii, they won't get as much as we thought but still have to be ready. >> large waves for the surfers. scary over the weekend. four major hurricanes at the same time. 15 years taking pictures in this region, never seen that before.

the only one that was really a threat to land was ignacio. watching the big island. the storm weakened and took a turn to the north aerge sparing nd great news. you can thank el nino when the very warm waters in the central pacific for helping with that. as far as florida goes, yesterday, we got a lot of soaking rain and today will be a little bit less. still a stalled out front and a lot of tropical moisture but not much worse than a typical summer day. 2 to 3 inches of rain which florida can handle and isolating flooding is possible in the poor drainage areas, especially in the city. how about the heat? it looks like on the middle of summer across the map. 90 to 94. 86 as far north as minneapolis and new york city today, 92 degrees. one of the warmest days of the summer. that is your national weather. now here is a closer look at the day ahead.

that stalled out front and tropical moisture to isolated down powers today and not up to the northeast where it will get humid and stay very warm. as i hinted at, we are going to have a very hot start to september. >> but a nice way to the kiddies to maybe have a one final swing. >> as long as your school has air-conditioning, you'll be fine. pumping iron are russian leader vladimir putin. the details are next. you are watching "early today." ppdoug, we have the results, but first, we have ppa very special guest. ppcome on out, flo! rr [house band playing] you have anything pp to say to flo? nah, i'll just let ppthe results do the talking. tt [crowd booing] well, he can xx do that. we show our progressive xxdirect rate and the rates vv of our competitors even if progressive vv isn't the lowest. it looks like progressive ppis not the lowest! ohhhh! ppwhen we return, we'll find out whether pp doug is the father.

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rescue efforts were hampered by heavy smoke burning miles away. she is suffering from an injury on her leg. major league baseball is looking at fan safety thoven. greg murrey fell from the upper deck in the braves and the yankees game on saturday. current safety regulations may be outdated and police are still investigating this incident. in honor of murray a 30-second moment of silence during braves/yankees game. vladimir putin had a big weekend with prime minister dmitry medvedev. the pair are shown working out in opposite coordinated outfits and they also barbecued and shared some tea. heart pounding moments were captured with an 8 to 10-foot hammerhead shark under their boat on saturday. lifeguards closed the beach.

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this morning, on "today," meet a california woman who sufervived a terrifying shark attack while surfing. >> i was so concentrating on just swimming as fast as i could. >> her extraordinary story later on "today." in sp ts, cardinals taking on the raiders. cond quarter we go. carson palmer drops back but is picked off by nate laenel.

the second pick of the game and raiders kick a field goal and they had five in the first half. third quarter now. raiders up 15-3 when derek carr throws an interception to brooks who goes 81 yards for the score. cardinals win it 30-23. fedex cup playoffs yesterday in edison, new jersey. ian harmon with a rare final round after acing the final hole. on the 18th the ball takes a few bounces and rolls in the hole for a hole in a one and third time a golfer has made two holes in one in a single round. jake arrieta completed the cubs first no-no since 2008. maria share pova is pulling out of the u.s. open because of a lingering leg injury.

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leading the news in "usa today," burning man welcomes the masses. some 70,000 people are expected to brave harsh desert conditions for the week-long art festival in the desert. dubbed black rock city becomes the state's sixth largest city temporarily. bill and i are going to go after the show. the uk's "daily mail." prince harry is in africa right now assisting in local wildlife conservation. he is monitoring a lion's heart here. they say he is a bad uncle for missing princess charlotte's christening christening. today is the anniversary of his

mother diana. >> jefferson davis statue was removed at the university after vandalized. statue will be relocated to the briscoe center history museum on campus. 18-year-old pasha is climbing on top after local train. not for us. and running from one car to the ot mher and all captured with a small camcorder. >>ab> in tampa, florida, a ntw phrase to the phrase shotgun wedding. the two tied the knot where the couple had their first date at a shooting range. you're actually encouraged to make it until you make it. we are talking about the air guitar championship held over the weekend. some competed as far as away

from japan and you only one could be crowned air guitar champion and it was a 24-year-old man from russia who judges praise for bringing the most energy. >> all of them are crazy. you had to have the long hair. there you go. everyone on stage doing it. do you remember the long hair? >> until yesterday. i just got it cut for "early today." tom brady and nfl commissioner roger goodell due back to court today. the judge is trying to get the two sides to settle the dispute. chris tucker turns 44 today and richard gere turns 66 and van morrison turns 70. thank you very much for watching "early today." go out there and make it a spectacular monday.

. right now, a first look at the woman who pulled a fast one on police and is on the run right now. >> plus, new this morning, a crime on camera. wait until you see what sent this robber running out of a local restaurant. >> soaring temperatures to start the week. "today in new york" starts now.

governing everyone, monday morning. i'm darlene rodriguez. >> i'm michael gargiulo. chris cimino is here. >> great to have darlene back. >> i'm happy to see you guys. >> i never forget a face. >> jane pauley, ladies and gentlemen. >> welcome back. when darlene comes back, you know what that means, school is about to start, kids. sorry. 77 in the park right now. it doesn't feel like back to school weather. it feels like mid-summer weather. that's the story the main theme. the heat and the humidity. a few upper 60s to 70. a lot of the suburbs generally between 70 and 75. lots of hazy sunshine today. we will mix in a few clouds. starting out in the 70s, upper 80s by noon. forecasting a high of 92. maybe a couple of spots could see an isolated thunderstorm late afternoon or this evening. emily west it here with a look at traffic.

>> starting off with roadwork. westbound around hamilton avenue. you have a couple lanes blocked here. let's take a live look at the george washington bridge this morning where the upper level is moving along fine. e-zpass until 6:00 this morning. between prospect and the belt, you're going to find roadwork there. more weather and traffic on the 4s. >> emily, thank you very much. 4:31. police are looking for a prisoner who escaped while being treated at a hospital. overnight they released more information and a first look at her. "today in new york's" tracie strahan is in lower manhattan. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: darlene, good morning to you. right now police are working to confirm if the hospital garments the prisoner fled in were found over the past few hours. as you said, she was able to give police the slip after being brought to this hospital while under arrest. here's your first look released by police of tiffany newman. this is a foe that he that they're circulating. she's 23 years old. when she was arrested on charges

including petit larceny and criminal possession of stolen property, she said she was christy figure rinne owe. they quickly circled the exits after 9:00 last night. newman asked to be taken here after telling police she was pregnant and complaining of pain. somehow she was able to get out of her handcuffs and flee while still in her hospital gown. this isn't the first time a prisoner escaped nypd custody this summer. tiffany newman, however, she's the first female to do it. if you want more information or to see that mugshot again, head to nbcnewyork.com. darlene darlene, police told us they're still working to confirm if in fact she is really pregnant. back to you. >> tracie strahan, thank you. police are searching for a robbery suspect who bit off more than he could chew. police released this video from a bronx subway sandwich shop. you see the thief hop over-the-counter, break into the cash register and take money.