introducing fios quantum. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty/v. this morning on "early today," jury's out. deliberations begin in the sandusky sex abuse trial as two new accusers come forward. scene of the crime. george zimmerman tells police about the night he killed trayvon martin. and stealing thunder. the miami heat downed oklahoma city to clinch the nba title. captions paid for by nbc-universal television hello and good morning. i'm lynn berry. and today we begin with shocking new accusations. after the jury in jerry sandusky's sex abuse trial adjourned last night two more

accusers came forward with disturbing allegations including his own adopted sun. nbc's brian mooar has details. >> reporter: before the jury could finish its first day of deliberations in the jerry sandusky sex abuse trial, two new accusers stepped forward to accuse the former penn state football coach. one of them is sandusky's adomtsed son, matt sandusky who said through an attorney he had been abused by a former coach and had been ready to testify if jerry sandusky took the stand. the second accuser travis weaver was not included in the current case but appeared on nbc's "rock center." >> i told him if he didn't get off me, wi going to call the police on him and he just laughed at me and forced me to stay on the bed. >> reporter: the new accusations race the spectrum of more charges and more trials. >> it's whether the victims want day in court to be able to tell

their stories. >> reporter: in closing arguments the juries with given a stark choice, he was either a serial sex predator or part of a conspiracy theory. he had showered with young boys but tried to cast doubt on eight alleged victims. he asked why only eight of the hundreds of thousands he had helped through his second mile charity had come forward to claim abuse and he also told jurors, quote, if he did this, he should rot in jay. brian mooar, nbc news, bellefonte, pennsylvania. well, defense lawyers for george zimmerman accused of murdering trayvon martin have released new evidence, including video of a re-enactment which gives his most detailed acount yet which he claims led to the shooting of the unarmed teenager. nbc's jay gray has more. >> reporter: less than 24 hours after firing the shot that killed trayvon martin, george zimmerman was back at the scene

and telling detectives his side of the story. it's the first time we've heard zimmerman describe the fatal night in his own words. >> my jacket moved up and he saw -- i feel like he saw -- he looked at it and said, you're going to die tonight, mother [ bleep ]. >> reporter: this is part of discovery evidence released overnight by zimmerman's defense team sniet is what it is. now it's out there for the public to review but more importantly it's evidence that's going to get out to the jury. >> reporter: during a stress test zimmerman described the unarmed teenager as the aggressor. >> he took my head and slammed it into the concrete several times. >> reporter: and later he talked about the fatal shot. >> i grabbed my gun and i aimed it at him and fired one shot.

he kind of stood back and said you got me or you got me or you got it, something like that. >> reporter: martin's parents and lawyer have questioned his memory, especially what happened that night. >> there were things about my son that were not true and hurt me a great deal. >> reporter: both sides preparing for a trial while continuing to try to gain momentum in the court of public opinion. jay gray, nbc news. well, there is at least one spot in the country where the heat is make everyone happy, and that is in florida where the miami heat have won the nba championship. here's nbc's mario solis. good morning. love them or hate them but they have finally won the nba championship. lebron said he treated last night as if it was a decisive

game seven and it showdown. game-high 26 points for the finals mvp. the heat were lethal beyond the arc, tying an nba finals record. the miami heat win the championship with a 121-106 win over the oklahoma city thunder. we'll have much more on the nba finals coming up in sports. for now, back to you. and now here's a look at some other stories making news early today in america. in north carolina some scary moments as afternoon suv collided with a light rail train. authorities say the driver was. paying attention when she tried to go around the gate and crossed the tracks. rescuers freed her from the wreck. sh e was cited for the accident. in new york the streets erupted with fire after gas line burst. construction crews cut the line, causing flames to shoot in the air. nearby buildings were evacuated and power had to be shut off for thousands as a precaution and that's, despite, sweltering

temperatures. fortunately, though, no one was hurt. and finally, in south carolina one kid found out the hard way do, not steal money and definitely don't steal 60 bucks from your sister. the 13-year-old was ordered by his dad to hold a sign along a busy street reading i like to lie, steal, and disresuspect others. he said he's thankful for it because after agreeing to the public punishment, he avoid a spavging. and now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. good morning, bill. i'm glad this type of parenting was. around when i was a kid. we had good old-fashioned time-outs. >> you didn't have the wooden spoon to be feared of? >> no. no belts. >> the heat playing ended in the west and ended in the easement the dew points are very high.

that's the amount of moisture in the air. right now the heat index feels like 90 to start your morning. mid-80s throughout the big city of 95. that will finally cool everyone off but it's still a sweltering throughout the first half of the day today and there's even a chance of strong thunderstorms. damaging winds likely with the strongest of the stormsle really going from the mid-atlantic to the delmarva region and new jersey and southern connecticut. now, one other thing we're watching heading into the end of the weekend. tropical, tropical in the gulf of mexico. it looks like a large disorganized area right now. it's not going to be moving nebraska fast. we could be watching for a chance of rain on and off all weekend in florida and especially along the west coast. that's the story for the rest of the week. that's a look at your national forecast. now here's a look outside your window. sunshine in blaechl. the heat has ended in many areas

of the great lake but the heat is still a big problem. still hot in the southwest all the way through texas. and the weekend forecast coming up later. >> all right, bill. thanks so mum. coming up stocks tumble, twitter trips up and what you absolutely never want to see on your utility bill. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. plus, abraham lincoln what? the creative plot behind one new film at the box office. you're watching "early today."

good morning and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry, and here are some of your top headlines this morning. afghan security forces cared out a counter attack at a lakeside hotel which taliban militants had taken over. while 18 civilians were freed, 12 were among the 17 people

killed. president obama accepted the resignation of commerce secretary john bryson who stepped down less than two weeks after suffering a seizure and multiple car accidents. house speaker john boehner demanded thursday that they turn over documents or he said the house will proceed with a content vote next week against attorney general holder. in response to the pursuit of those documents led by a republican-led house committee. bell lowe knocks. the circus daredevil with the foot-high red hair walked a tied rope 360 feet abong the ground of the mississippi gulf coast. he said it started out windy but thankfully the breeze calm and he did make it across safely in 13 minutes. and now here's an early look at one of your top health headlines on msnbc.com. a now finds out 70% of women

over age 50 are trying to lose weightful over a third say they've dieted for at least half of the last five years and about 13% of women older than 50 reported bingeing, purging, and other eating disorder symptoms. and for more information on this and other health stories, you can check out the health page at msnbc.com. >> announcer:th "early today" is brought do you by vagisil wash with odor block. the confident clean. and now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 12,573 after tumbling 250. s&p plunged 30. nasdaq, plunged 21. >> in tokyo the nikkei fell 25 while in hong kong the hang sang sank 269. well stocks posted their worst thursday. the downward trend could cotoday.

after 15 banks were downgraded. after a four-month review the move was not altogether unexpected by still may very well put a damper on today's trade. global demand worries drained energy and material stocks and pushed crude below $80 a barrel for the first time since october. semi conductor stocks weighed on the nasdaq. meanwhile dispiemtsing results from bed bath and beyond weighed down the s&p with retailer said shedding nearly 17%. home resales fell in may and the four-week average for the job lgs claims rose last week. elsewhere twitter surged with two outages. blamed wait called a cascading bug. and finally if this week's heat wave has you dreading your next electric bill, imagine this. a single mom in texas recently

opened hers to find monthly charges of $1.3 million. that's right. million. well, fortunately utility company quickly admitted it was just a computing error. coming up the miami heat put on a record breaking performance to earn themselves the nba title which also means love him or hate him, king james has earned his first nba crown. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. and it's one thing after another. now we're watching the gulf of mexico for your a possible tropical system. your regional forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today."

good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." and in sports, as we mentioned earlier, the miami heat are nba champions. nbc's mario solis is back with more. >> good morning again. it was the championship run two years in the making. it starts with lebron's infamous decision and culminated last night with a dominant win over the thunder. miami's big three and the heat are now nba champions. game five of the nba finals will go down as the night lebron james finally won a title. from the opening tip you could tell that lebron was playing on a totally different level, igniting his team and the crowd.

heat up five after one kept it going in the second quarter. off the steal mario chalmers to lebron. miami running away with it, up at the half. thunder hung around. kevin durant with two of his team hie 32. cutting the lead to single digits but the night belonged to the heat. lebron, the scorer, bachl lebron the facilitator. time after time he kicked it out o mike miller for a three and he didn't disapoint. miller was a staggering seven of eight from the arc. they tied with 14 three-pointers, blue it white open late in the third with a remarkable 16-0 run. lebron finishes with 26 points 13rks dimes and 11 boards, a triple-double for the finalefin. the miami heat are the nba championships. they pete the thunder. >> i dreamed about this opportunity for a long time including last night, including

today, you know. and, you know, my dream has become a reality now. it's the best thing ever. >> you know, obviously we all expected it to be a little easier than it was, you know, but we had to go through what we had to go through last year. we needed to. and as much as it hurt, we had to go through that pain and that suffering, and tonight, you know, it was our time. >> and that's your look at sports on "early today." i'm mario solis. >> announcer: "early today" sports is brought to you by just for men mustache & beard. keep your edge. animation will rule the box office once again this weekend. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. plus we've all done it in privacy or with friends but these guys are doing it in front of the whole world. you're watching "early today."

today." let me take you through your weekend forecast. thunderstorms through the northeast people cooling yuf but still very hot and dry from texas to the southwest. now as we head into saturday, we've cooled off finallily, especially up in new england, but we have a good chance of a tropical storm forming down here in the gulf. we'll need to watch that carefully as we go through the tail end of the weekend and by sunday look at the heat building and returning here. not going to be plaemt from oklahoma city to dallas if you're watching us on wnne in white rib junction vermont get

hands on and learn about the anatomy and physics of how we hear at sonic sensation at the montsure museum of science. s that's your "early today" event of the day lynn. and now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. this weekend a day beauting animated family film should knock the current cartoon king out of the top spot. braves, pixar years first female film cost a whoching $145 million to make. its historic scottish theme has some experts wondering if it's too serious for kids. still it should earn roughly $50 million, easily topping madagascar 3. lincoln vn vampire hunter, making world safe from vampires.

its "r" rating will keep the ratings down. and speaking of quirky to romantic comedy "seeking a friend to the ends of the world." it's for older audience. carell loyalists may help it make as much as $10 million. and this comes to us from new york city where dreams are in the air, air guitar that is. some pseudo musicians say they spend months honing their skills even using real guitars to learn where their fingers go. one of the contenders was eight months pregnant. she did earn some of respect but someone else took the title. look at her go. i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station.

another hot start to the morning, but we will finally be catching a little bit of a break from all this oppressive heat. isn't that exciting? >> yes. >> good morning. i'm richard jordan. >> i'm eun yang. new this morning, one man is in the hospital after a police involved shooting. this happened in the 5600 block of fairmont heights. right now prince george's police isn't releasing any information. today the nine people killed in a metro crash three years ago

will be honored with a plaque near that crash site. vincent gray lun veil the plaque on new hampshire avenue between first and oglethorpe streets at 11:00 this morning. it was the deadliest in the transit system's history. mall functioning electric circuit caused to it collide killing a train operator and eight passengers. 80 others were injured. the new hampshire avenue charles langley bridge will be closed from 10:00 until 1:00 for this memorial plaque unveiling ceremony. >> that's right. the bridge will stay open to bike and pedestrian traffic though. in a mystery in fairfax county police are trying to identify a body found in a park in annandale. someone found the body near the nature center around 6: 30 last night. police are saying very little about the incident. they have not even determined the body's gender, race, or age. a scary moment for a little boy in prince george's county. a 9-year-old nearly drowned. he hit