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it's thursday june 2nd. coming up on early today, did donald trump make mexico great again. and hillary clinton can gain any traction? newly released 911 calls from the mother of the boy who fell into the gorilla enclosure. frantic lockdown at the ucl campus. frightening news at least four automakers are selling cars with faulty air bags. plus the most expensive nba final in u.s. hiry. "early today" starts right now. thanks for joining us today. while facing a an onslaught of legal attacks over trump university the donald has
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the pga is moving its elite world golf championship in 2017 from dorla miami to mexico city. pga tour commissioner tim finchum said the move to mexico city it had to do with politiec. trump responding it's a sad day for the u.s. and game of golf. on the legal front, a usa today analysis finds the donald or businesses have been involved in at least 350 on lawsuits or legal actions. that's unprecedented for a presidential nominee. katy tur has more on the controversy surrounding trump university. >> reporter: donald trump selling the american dream on the campaign trail. >> i'll give you everything.
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for-profit university now crushing that dream, with false promises. >> success is going to happen to you. >> reporter: trump's secrets to unsealed by a federal judge, hundreds of documents including testimony from one former sales manager saying that trump university was a fraudulent scheme that preyed upon the elderly. another sales executive said it was justle selling false hopes and lies. he's now calling out theette nicety of the indian-born judge. >> the judge is doing is a total disgrace. >> reporter: trump's lawyers deny fraud and point nbc news to this campaign video. >> i must tell you that the courses that i took were outstanding. >> reporter: the university seminars at first free were so
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students encouraged to max out their credit cards. this man said he drained his retirement to pay for trump university. >> i get this sick feeling in my stomach to not only see that, you know, from my own personal experience but i see him playing those same exact cards with this whole country. >> reporter: if these businesses were not well run it could cut a well real hole in his campaign. >> reporter: katy tur nbc news, sacramento. i'm kristen welker in new jersey where she wasted no time going after donald trump on trump university. >> this is just more everyday that donald trump himself is a fraud. >> reporter: finally found a message that sticks painting the billionaire businessman as a con artist. >>s
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as he scammed all those people at trump university. >> reporter: not the first that trump rivals have tried that strategy. >> this man is a pathological liar. >> a con artist. >> reporter: will it work for hillary clinton. >> the clinton campaign is counting on research surrogates and hillary clinton herself driving the message that none of trump's previous opponents were able to do. >> reporter: complicated by her own ongoing primary battle. our latest poll showing bernie sanders is now just two points down in california. sanders still drawing huge crowds crisscrossing the state. >> i just saw hillary clinton racing to california, maybe they think this campaign is not quite over. >> reporter: meanwhile, president obama weighed in on the presidential race wednesday in elkhart, in
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city he visited as president. he participated in a town hall and he gave his thoughts on the democratic race. >> i think that there's been a healthy debate in the democratic party. and it's almost over. yeah, we got, on tuesday, you'll have some big states -- california and new jersey -- were the votes will take place. i think we'll probably have a pretty good seasons next week of who the nominee will end up being. >> he also talked about the trump phenomenon. >> a lot of times it's easy for somebody to come up and say, you know what, if we deport all the immigrants and build a wall and if we cut off trade with china and or if we do x, y or x, there's a simple answer. >> why don't you mention donald trump by name? >> you know,
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good job mentioning his own name. so, i figure -- i'll let him do his advertising. >> to newly released audio that captures the frantic moment. terrified mother called 911 to report her toddler had fallen into the gorilla enclosure. a controversial still being debated worldwide. >> reporter: 911 calls capture a mother's frantic moments after her 3-year-old son fell into the gorilla enclosure. >> my son fell in the zoo exhibit. >> reporter: at times, the silverback gorilla could be seen pulling the boy across the mote. >> be calm! becalm! >> reporter: eventually zoo officials decided to shoot and killed the gorilla. the family
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that the boy had a checkup with his doctor and is still doing well. zoo officials it appears that the boy went over a three-foot barrier and through several bushes before falling in the mote. cincinnati police say they'll review the actions on of the boy's family leading up to the incident. the family reportedly a has received death threats. police will not be investigating the zoo but the association of zoo and aquariums that acredit zoos will look into the incident. >> these enclosures not only have to protect the animals on the inside but they have to protect the public on the outside. >> reporter: the boy's family said some have been offering money they don't want it. instead they're encouraging donations to the zoo in the gorilla's name. t
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following an apparent murder/suicide in ucla in the peng nearing building. the campus was put on lockdown for several hours as hundreds of officers swarmed the campus. according to law enforcement officials the victim was a professor william klug. nbc has learned that the suspect was a graduate student that had a strained relationship with klug. a source tells nbc news the shooter may have been upset over grades. official motive has yet to be determined these pictures were taken from the closed circuit tv. california lieutenant governor tweeted that klug was a husband and a father of two. grief
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available. we may soon learn more about what happened onboard egypt flight 804. investigators said a french ship has picked up signals believed to be from the black boxes. a spokesman says that the signals are definitely from a black box but he stressed they could not confirm they're from the egypt air flight. it's expected to take at least a week to recover the devices. a stunning new development this morning involving the biggest recall in u.s. hiry, there's word that at least four automakers are still selling new cars with potentially exclosive and defective takata air bags. they have been linked to a string of deaths. so these airbags will likely to be recalled in two to three months.
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toyota and fiat are also selling vehicles with potentially defective airbags. fiat/chrysler tells nbc news they meet or exceed all applicable safety proprocedures. hundreds of residents remain evacuated from their homes in texas. check out this jeep being swept away by those raging waters there. that's simply frightening. nbc meteorologist bill ka x rins is here. >> san antonio is under a flash flood warning. we have other areas, los angeles
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some of the heaviest rainfall. along i-35 from la red owe and then spread towards corpus christi. that is right over san antonio, 2, to 3 inches of rain to fall. unsaturated ground. flash flood threat goes from oklahoma down to south texas. the ground is supersaturated. the river levels are high. it's very easy. 1 to 2 inches of additional rain will cause flash flooding. california, 12 million people you should excessive heat warnings. that's going expand right into the upcoming weekend. take a look at these temperatures today -- 11 in blithe. that's hot by mid summer standards. here's closer look at your day
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areas seeing the thunderstorms that will continue on and off throughout the day today. even tomorrow. we don't get a break until the upcoming weekend. the ohio valley will be dodging thunderstorms near pittsburgh and charleston. i feel like i'm doing local weather in texas. every single day is texas, texas, texas. >> it's so important with what they're facing. we'll stay on top of that. it's the most expensive nba finals yet. ticket prices are through the roof. plus a man hunt is under way after two cops were shot at a traffic stop. you're watching "early today." date night... ♪ ...even if you're just staying in. ♪ walgreens has all the beauty products you need for whatever makes you feel beautiful.
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condition. one officer in stable condition. kenneth starr has resigned from baylor university. starr is best known for his investigation on bill clinton's affair in the 1990s. he's set to remain at the school as a professor at baylor law zoom. humanitarian aid reached a besieged city in syria. to the town of 8,000 during a temporary cease-fire. 6-year-old bobby richardson seems to destined for law enforcement. he called law enforcement on his dad for allegedly running a red light. >> dad, went past a red light. he has a black truck. he was in the brand-new car, my mommy's car. he had to go to the car wash and
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>> he did. >> talk about talting. the police dispatcher eventually spoke to his dad. >> he wanted to us know you ran a red light. oh, no, apologize. >> no problem. >> his son won't hesitate to call 911 if he ever breaks the law. tonight's game one of the nba finals between the cavaliers and the defending champions warriors, may be the best expensive nba finals. ticket to attend game one is $1,6 $1,625. up 9% from last year. last year the warriors beat the cavs in six games to win the championship. up ahead -- game two of the stanley cup finals goes into overtime. that's next. why do people have ?
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the list includes 606 names, including beyonce, oprah and facebook's sheryl sand best. saturday night live released some screen tests for star wars. >> matthew mcconaughey it's time to reunite. do i have a lando voice? >> jennifer lawrence for captain -- >> this is so exciting for me because i'm such a dork. it's like so cool. let me get that blaster. you're like totally going to give me the part because you feel bad for me. >> i'm betty nguyen and this is "early today." i sleep extremely hot. i wake up and i just feel like sticky. we have the windows open, the ac on, i'd close it in the middle of the night, he'd open it in the middle of the night, it was a nightmare.
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in just a matter of days, the commute for a lot of you will change. how metro is gearing up for its massive maintenance program and what d.c.'s mayor is expected to say about the plan later today. he's accused of kidnapping and torturing a virginia couple, but he says he should not be held accountable. the defense we're learning about as attorneys for andrew schmuhl get ready to argue their side today. and hillary clinton tries to capitalize on the new controversy surrounding donald trump. the major address she's expected to deliver this juin just a few. it is 4:26. good morning. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. we want to check our
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starting out pretty nice out there. >> chuck bell here with our weather headlines. >> good morning, everybody. welcome to thursday. bigger issue this morning are pockets of very thick fog. northern montgomery county up to frederi frederick, maryland. the visibility down to zero. so be careful it at the top end of the 270 corridor, there could be thick pockets of fog to drive through. your weather headlines, watch out for the fog. chance for showers in the shenandoah this afternoon. that may come into the metro, as well. and the second half of the weekend is looking wet. all dry for now, but these showers will head into the shenandoah later. we'll time it out coming up. jack taylor now with wtop. we had work zones on the beltway this morning, inner loop up toward connecticut avenue and university boulevard. everything has reopened. so all travel
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in virginia, 95 northbound, after lorton, that has also cleared. a live look 395 north at duke, everything is available to you. back in to you. we are just two days from the start of metro's safetrack plan. it is a year of big maintenance projects. today mayor bowser and wmata coo will discuss what kind of impact this will have on you. there will be 13 straight days of single tracking will be between the ballston station and east falls church station. it also marks the end of the late night weekend service. all stations will impact midnight. we have a list of all the alternative travel options on our nbc washington
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just search "safetrack options." new video just like that showing up on instragram and it shows a dirt bike rider doing dangerous stunts on a street in d.c. today mayor bowser will address that problem. you can see the rider moving dangerously close to an suv coming in the opposite direction. police say he's the same guy in this video apparently taunting police. there is a warrant out for his arrest now and for safety reasons, police are not allowed to chase atv riders. >> we need to deter behavior because right now it's dangerous for our pedestrians, residents and visitors. >> there is a bill before the d.c. council that would increase the potential penalties for operating dirt
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city streets. good morning. i'm erika gonzalez at the live desk. we're learning about a triple stabbing that happened just about 11:00 last night. we understand this is in the area of martin luther king jr. avenue in southeast. this is really close to the congress heights metro if that gives you a better idea of where exactly this went down. we understand that these three men were transported to the hospital conscious and breathing. we have no information on whether or not they have any suspects in custody or the reason behind this stabbing. at the live desk, i'm erika gonzalez. happening today, the defense begins in the andrew schmuhl trial. he's accused in the violent home invasion and attack of a virginia couple back in 2014. defense attorneys hope to proof andrew schmuhl was just carrying out his wife's orders and was too
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