working for us pac is responsible for the content of this advertising. ♪ it's thursday, april 7th, coming up on "early today," qualified to serve. bernie sanders says hillary clinton is not qualified and the fire storm that followed. and ted cruz invades the donald's home turf of new york. and aelony threat investigation into charlie sheen and ex-fiance. and dry ground causing wild fires to explode in four states. and the out pouring for a country legend, merrill haggard continues. the hang over from the

hard. a war over who is qualified to be president is escalating. senator, bernie sanders made a startling claim. >> she has been saying lately that she thinks that i am quote on quote not qualified to be president. [ crowd boos] >> i don't think that you are qualified if you get $15 million from wall street through your super pack. [ applause ] i don't think you are qualified if you have voted for the disastrous war in iraq. [ applause ] >> the remarks came after sanders struggled to explain his plan to bring large banks to the editorial board which clinton was asked about wednesday. >> in light of the questions he ha

believe this morning that bernie sanders is qualified and ready to be president of the united states? >> well, i think the interview raised a lot of really serious questions. and i look at it this way. the core of his campaign has been break up the banks and it didn't seem, in reading his answers, that he understood exactly how that would work under dod frank sais. [000:02:34;00] [000:02:34;00] they will hold dualing press conferences this morning. now to the republican side, both donald trump and ted cruz are taking a bruising p. and trump tries to regain his

footing with voters in more friendly territory. cruz still feeling the texan's new york values remark. a debate moment trump is using against his rival. >> i've got this guy standing over there looking at me talking about new york values with scorn in his face, with hatred of new york. so, folks, i think you can forget about him. >> cruz defending his comments. >> the people of new york know exactly what those values are. they're the values of liberal democratic politicians like andrew cuomo, like elliott spitzer, like charley wrangle, all of whom donald trump has supported, given 10s of thousands of dollars throughout the years. >> trump maintains a is it eddie home field advantage, showing

over 50% support and less than two weeks from the april 19th pry. from the panama papers. u.s.a. today reporting that hundreds of americans are listed in documents. so far most appear to be retirees who bought real estate in places like costa rica and panama. and some face charges such as money laundering. and the u.s. is getting set to proposing mandates for banks to reidentify the aen company. it's meant to close a major loophole that allows the secretive moves uncovered. and they only have to know who opens state-side accounts. and panama's president said he will find ways to improve transparency in the off shore

financial industry. a 17-year-old texas girl has di made by takata corporation. she was driving a 2002 honda civic and her identity has not been made public. honda says several recall notices were sent to the owners but repairs were not made. this is the 10th death in the united states related to the faulty airbags. they can send shrapnel at drivers and passengers. the government says the recalls could be expanded charlie sheen, he is back in the spotlight and once again, not for his acting . the los angeles police department has launched a felony threat investigation triggered by his ex-fiance. an attorney for ross says she

recently sought a protective order and he admits to lying about his ross, a retired adult film star has previously accused sheen of assault, battery and other charges. sheen's manager tells nbc news quote, scotty ross is a prostitute who told him what he wanted to hear and she started a lawsuit all because sheen doesn't want to marry her. while parts of the country still waiting for spring to thaw out finally, at least four states are dealing with wild fires exploding through areas already devastated by drought. >> reporter: across oklahoma in kansas, wind is driving wild fires, fuelling flames in this region, dry and ready to burn.

more than 55,000 acres already torched. hundreds forced to evacuate, many volunteering to help. burning and burning and burning. >> reporter: it's still not known how many homes have been lost. >> my friend is around the corner and we don't even know if they have a home anymore. >> reporter: in woodward county, oklahoma, the flames exploded. two rescuing a tractor driver with no time to spare. a narrow, and harrowing escape. >> oh, my god. >> thank you, guys. >> reporter: in kansas, a red flag warning. flames threatening entire neighborhoods, destroying this school. in new mexico, the wind generating this tumble weed tornado and increasing the fire danger. back east, another extreme. a bitter blast dropping trees and temperatures.

record lows in at least seven cities. some temperatures 20 degrees below burning on the arizona-california border has grown to more than 1400 acres and prompted a mandatory evacuation. now to the migrant crisis in europe. in a horrific moment between clashes in greece, shocking video shows a man holding opbaby and threatening to throw her at police officers. another manilater took the child and handed her back safely to the mother. greek authorities have been trying to convince them to move to organized camps. time to get the latest on the forecast. hopefully things are improving, bill karins, the pressure is on. >> warmer but wetter. >> yes, i will. >> along the southern portion of the storm in alabama, a serious

storm went through. we haven't got confirmation yet whether it was a significant damage was done to a couple of structures in the area. so, we'll see sun up how bad that was. this morning the storms have weakened and looks like they're going to be absolutely fine, augusta, georgia. by tee time. and eventually they'll move towards raleigh if you're leaving the door in the next hour. and heaviest rain over washington d.c., 8:00 and by the time we get to noon, philadelphia in the midst of heavy rain. by the time we get to the evening ride home, the heaviest rain will be ending in new york and windy conditions in the coastal areas of maine and

behienb behind it we're going to transfer to snow showers. today it portions of the rockies and over the weekend, the cold blast over the midatlantic, the northeast and the great lakes. and possibly even snow for new england on saturday. now a closer look at your day ahead. well, we have beautiful weather in some spots of the country. texas today, 87 in dallas. that's a very warm and almost summer-like. the opposite in areas of the great lakes, 44 in detroit. this will be hopefully almost promising the least cold blast. >> almost. >> i've only said that four or five times. trouble ahead from ivaungau trump's clothing line trump's cle

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try the clean pairings menu. at panera. food as it should be. that breaking news, a child shot in north d.c. overnight. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm erika gonzalez. we know this took place on foot street in northeast. >> knmolette green is at the li desk. >> we've learned the child is in the hospital right now after metropolitan police found him in that 5800 block of foot street in northeast shortly before

midnight. you see the video from the scene. this young boy isxp working to find out the circumstances surrounding this. no motive or suspect information yet. we're also trying to nail down the child's exact age. and big heads up for folks fp area, there could be a traffic impact as the police investigation continues. we'll say on top of the latest developments throughout the morning. back to you. right now prepare yourself for a very rainy day. chuck bell with your weather headlines. >> cloudy skies over washington and raindrops if it's not raining at your house now, it will be soon. already rain from luray done through rappahannock county all lifting in our direction. this slug of moisture promises to be a very soggy morning commute. so keep that in mind. you need to be umbrella ready for today. weather headlines, rain on the way. believe it or not, more cold to come as we head into the weekend.

perhaps record low temperatures again possible sunday morning and another blast of strong winds possible friday n more about all this and the impacts it will have on your plans not to mention opening day weather coming up. we still have the closure on foote street because of the police investigation with the child shot earlier this morning. northbound bw parkway at 410, a vehicle blocking the right lane there. so maybe tough to get by but the tow truck is on the way. inner loop after brad to beidoc, a work zone. and 95 at fairfax county parkway, rolling along just fine. right now divers are getting ready to search for a d.c. girl who disappeared two years ago. police picked up the search for relisha rudd announcing they had new information. search teams didn't find anything at the national ash e

arboret arboretum, but today they will look in a nearby pond. riders on the nbc washington facebook page pretty aggressive from you guys. police say that's warranted. today police are announce a joint effort to keep off road vehicles off our streets. just this past weekend, a group of riders hit and dragged a d.c. police officer. on monday, as many as 30 atvs surrounded an ambulance that was carrying a child. one rider reportedly threatened the driver. >> this is our city and it's not the image that i want the world to see for who we are. >> local, federal, state police departments all a part of today's announcement. a doctor faces charges after a woman called 911 from the appointment room at a clinic on georgia avenue in northwest d.c. court documents show she accused

dr. robert yancey jr. of placing his, quote, groin up against her left knee during her physical exam on tuesday.woman happened after he repeatedly asked if she was in a relationship and made a loud sexual noise. three krclinic employees denied hearing any noises from the room. police ordered him not to doctor medicine and to stay away from the woman. he is expected in court later this month. happening today, d.c. mayor muriel bowser will hold another round of talks about her plans to help homeless families. tonight she's in ward five. the mayor's plan to shut down d.c. general and move homeless families to shelters around the district has faced opposition. today residents can weigh in. the meeting is at 6:30 to 8:00. news partners at wtop say