good morning, the wild, wild west candidates take aim and fire in the all-out battle in california. >> issue after issue, we see someone who is unqualified and unfit to be presidentthe united states. >> look, i'll be honest, she has no natural talent to be president. >> hillary clinton racing to california, bill clinton racing to california. maybe they think this campaign is not ready. >> they have to have the raiser tight waste out west. chaos, professor shot and killed, moments of panic,

this morning, why did the gunman target a professor? cries for help, newly released 911 calls from the mother of the boy who fill into the gorilla exhibit at the cincinnati zoo. >> be calm. be calm. he's dragging my son. i can't watch this. i can't watch. >> this morning, where the investigation stands and the latest on the boy's condition. and serving with pride. the first openly gay man to lead the army opens up in a "today" exclusive. >> the army continues to protect the country. here's all that hup la about him being a first. >> his historic accomplishment, thursday, june 2, 2016. >> from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today," it is

who's making history. >> made history when he was confirmed a couple of woks ago. one of the most qualified people to hold the job. it's interesting. >> absolutely neck and neck in delegate with california. according to our new nbc news poll, hillary clinton season leading bernie sanders by just two percentage points, 49 to 47. this has clinton began her five-day swing across california today. ahead of tuesday's primary and she's also taking it from donald trump. halle jackson is in san jose this morning, good morning to you. >> reporter: hi savannah, good morning, donald trump like his democratic rivals is also crisscrossing california with a stop here in the bay area tonight. and ahead of what's expected to be a fiery speech from hillary clinton

taking him to task on national security, trump adopted this philosophy, just hit back, hit first. zrump against hillary clinton. >> she has no natural talent to be president. >> reporter: lashing out against his likely democratic rival. >> she doesn't know what the hell she's doing. it's going to be another four years of disaster. you probably better off with bernie, but that's not going to happen either. >> reporter: trump also taking aim at another democrat with this warning for president obama. >> he campaigns, that means i'm allowed to hit him just like i hit bill clinton, i guess, right? >> reporter: sources telling us the president begins to campaign against trump after the democratic nomination wraps up. >> why don't you mention donald trump by name? >> you know, he seems to do a good job mentioning his own name. i

him do his advertising for him. >> at trump university, we teach success. is. >> reporter: notably not mentioned, the lawsuits against trump university, even after clinton called trump a fraud. >> he is trying to scam america the way he scammed all those people at trump u. >> reporter: legal actions, nothing new for the candidate. a new analysis finds trump and his businesses have been involved at least 3,500 lawsuits over the last three decades. unprecedented for a presidential nominee, but for trump, seemingly par for the course. this as the avid golfer takes aim at a different target, the pga. >> they moved the world golf championship from miami to mexico city, can you believe it? >> reporter: the golf tournament long held at his course in florida, moving now to mexico. because the pga says it couldn't find a title sponsor.

about politics. >> it is fundamentally a sponsorship issue. >> if i become your president, this stuff is all going to stop. >> reporter: but it's promises like that seem to have voters skeptical. new polling out this morning shows most americans simply don't believe trump or clinton will follow through on their campaign pledges. for example, 24% only 24% sail trump would be able to build a wall and have mexico pay for it. only 15% think clinton could curve the power of wall street. matt, savannah. >> halle jackson on the trail for us, thanks. >> as we mention, hillary clinton begins focussing her campaign in california today. she's there along with her husband, former president, bill clinton. andrea mitchell is in san diego, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. and that donald trump attack against hillary clinton comes as she is preparing to deliver a scorching attack against his foreign policy, calling him unfitor

even as you say he heads here, detours to california to deal with that surprisingly tight race with bernie sanders. this morning with the democratic battle for california a dead heat, bernie sanders rallying supporters here overnight. >> how in the world you're going to help lead us into the political revolution, thank you all. >> reporter: the tight race forcing hillary clinton to shift gears. cancelling events today in new jersey to head to california where she will deliver a foreign policy speech blasting donald trump for the second day in a row. >> on issue after issue, we see someone who is unqualified and unfit to be president of the united states. >> reporter: clinton campaigning in new jersey wednesday with a possible running mate, that state senator, cory booker. bernie sanders far behind in delegates, looking for a california victory and leverage heading into th

month. >> hillary clinton racing to california, bill clinton racing to california, maybe they think this campaign is not quite over. >> reporter: even if sanders wins in the golden state, clinton is set to clench the nomination next tuesday night before the polls close out west. sand oers insists they should not be calling the winner. >> >> don't call something that's not true. unless he say thes, i'm out of the race. there is not a democratic nominee until the convention. >> reporter: bill clinton is already looking past sanders to her likely republican rival, taking on trump directly. >> can the help unify us? and here donald trump fails at every turn. he doesn't want to unify us, he wants to divide us. that's why he started his campaign attacking people and he hasn't stopped. >> reporter: clinton's speech today is the first on national

presumptive nominee. she will speak extensivelybout his foreign policies calling them dangerous saying he is basically unfit to be commander in chief. matt and savannah. >> all right andrea, thank you very much. turn now to the south where relentless rain fall devastated parts of texas. 22 million across texas and oklahoma are under flash flood watches. dave gutierrez is in richmond, texas, this morning and the forecast again calling for more rain, gabe. >> reporter: good morning, texas's governor declared states of disaster in 31 counties. right now we're about to get hit with another band of rain. over the past few days, more than 450 water rescues here. this morning insult to injury, texas slapped with another round of rain. rain and historic flooding. relentless downpours trenched the houston

straited drivers. >> i would not recommend anyone to go through that type of water. no one. >> reporter: throughout the state, the evacuations seem endless. looking around the area, the brassoss river sl overflowing. the town especially wiped out. >> the ground is so saturated that some of the trues are falling over on top of the homes. >> reporter: where the river is topping a record 54 feet, he has already lost his home. but texas, born and bred, is this cowboy is checking on his neighbors. >> that's what we all do around here. we've always helped each other. >> reporter: today this family is grateful for a good samaritan, but dreading more rain in the

many parts of the state remain under flash flood watches and guys, the problem is, all this water, there's really no place for it to go. authorities say it could be days, even weeks before the waters recede in some parts of texas. back to you. >> gabe, thank you. >> texas, texas, texas. here we go again. >> no good news to talk about, i wish we could, but again, we are watching right now, moreeavy thunderstorms stretching from san antonio to just moved to the north of houston. and they're just going to keep coming over the next several days. look at this, we've got 24 million people, 23 million people under a flash flood watch and flash flood warnings from oklahoma city all the way down to brownsville, and what we're watching is this stationary front, plus there's auner level low and a very juicy atmosphere, and sop flash flood watches remain in effect through tomorrow, east central texas, and also louisiana and parts southwestern arkansas is going to get involved as well. flooding will ease towards the

then, look at the rainfall amounts we're talking about. anywhere from three to five inches, wide swath, rainfall rates two to three inches per hour, but we could still see upwards of ten inches of rain for parts of the south, central, and central texas. so the the flooding is going to just continue really and we don't see any relief until early next week. >> stick around, we'll come back in just a couple of minutes. now to the deadly shooting on campus at ucla, left a popular professor dead. this morning, police are trying to figure out why a man shot and killed that professor before taking his own life. nbc god i did is at ucla. >> reporter: all classes are expected to resume at the campus except at the engineering building where the deadly shooting took place. now students are trying to refocus on schools after a tragic day left them on-edge. >> shots fired at the parking lot.

police rushing in to save students. >> the city is on tactical alert city, city-wide. >> reporter: for nearly two hours, tactical teams spread out searching for a gunman, terrified studented searched by police. throughout the chaos, students in the lockdown posting pictures of heavily armed police going from door to door, inside university building some of those doors impossible to lock from within. so students improvised using cables, stacking chairs, anything to stay safe. >> we locked the door, barricaded can everything. >> in the lockdown site i was at, some of the students were calling their parents, telling them that they loved them. they were kraing. it was crazy. >> reporter: police say the shooting took place in an office inside that engineering building. the gunman who has been identified by multiple law enforcement sources has man manak sarcar killed a professor and then took his life. law enforcement sources say there was a

me cam nanna engineering. he was a husband and father of two. >> it's hard to even fathom it to have your -- excuse me. to have your son grow up with a dad is rough. >> reporter: his former student says he's outraged. >> i'm mad that someone would do that to a young professor who just started his career, he's one of my favorite professors here at ucla. >> we're very saddened by the loss of these two lives today and hope we can recover quickly. >> reporter: for 43,000 students, this shooting taking place right before finals. >> that's exactly what i was thinking. i was worried like my brain can't go back to that now. but we'll see later how it shakes out. >> reporter: school officials say they have been troubled by the reports of the doors that didn't lock from the inside. they are now reviewing campus

meanwhile a candle light vigil has been planned for the professor tonight on campus at 8:00. matt, savannah. >> gadi schwartz, thank you. in other news president obama will deliver his final commencement speech today at the air force academy in colorado springs. after today, the address twice at each of the four u.s. military academies during this time in office. >> white house officials say president obama planned to address security challenges facing the u.s. and the role the next generation of service members will play in protecting this country. the city of minneapolis will proceed with an internal investigation of duowhite police officers involved in the pay it that shooting of a black man in november. but federal authorities announced yesterday they will not criminally charge the two officers with violating the civil rights of 24-year-old jamar clark. insufficient evidence. the officers were cleared by the state. police say jamar clark was shot by resisting arrest.

washington where a top pentagon official is charged with stealing license plates in a neighborhood dispute. the top public affairs official has entered an agreement with prosecutors to keep him out of jail. after he was charged with stealing license plates from a car in his neighborhood. the charges will be dismissed next year if he pays restitut n restitution, completes community service. withman meantime remains on the job at the pentagon. a high profile case back in the national spotlight this morning, the elite st. paul's school where owen labreeze is now being sued by the victim's family. >> reporter: known to turn out senator senates and ambassador. the family of a 16-year-old girl

sexual assaulted by him says the school is responsible and knew what was going on. >> guilty or not guilty? >> glts. >> reporter: this morning, the parents of the young woman sexual assaulted by owen labree are suing st. paul's school. alleging the elite prep school knew of a troubling sexual culture. and did nothing to stop it. >> i was violated in so many ways. >> reporter: her voice disguised, the victim was just 15 at the time. the student alleged it happened because they were fostering, permitting, and condoning a stach story rape. he was following the traditional of the men in the final year known as the senior salute. it was a secret club called the slaymakers where male students tried to score with girls they called fresh meat. and the encounters the suit alleges were often held here, a school storage shed nicknamed the mars hotel. the suit

officials, including this man, knew of the culture. the school is accused of negligence. >> they have a duty to protect these children as if if they're their own children. they have the duty of a parent. >> reporter: st. paul's denies wrong doing saying we reject any allegations that st. paul school has an unhealthy culture. the safety of our students has been and will continue to be the highest priority for our school. the suit says the victim will suffer for the rest of her life. >> what he did to me, made me feel like i didn't belong on this planet. >> reporter: oven labree's attorney said they have no comment. now the girl's family is asking for damages close to $400,000. regardless of how this turns out, it's very expensive for the school in the court of public opinion. back to you. >> thank you. on a much lighter note, couple of big sports stories

pittsburgh penguins two to one win over the sharks. that series now moves to san jose for game three, you can watch it right here on nbc sports network. now to the hardwood which is basketball. the biggest stars in basketball square off tonight at the nba finals goat under way in oakland. steph curry and the golden state warriors will host lebron james and the cavaliers in a rematch. the defending champions are favored by odds makers. the cavs say they're confident they can bring cleveland the first championship since 1964. predictions who wins that series. >> not going to let you do that.

>> all right. i'll forget that hopefully. what's going on in the weather? >> the rest of the country, some showers in the pacific northwest, everywhere else, looking at heat building, out west on into southern california. we will get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds.

4 chuck bell. there is a little cloud out there as well. temperatures mid- to upper-60s. mostly a dry day. there is a slight chance for a few showers later on this afternoon, temperature wise from the 60s up into the low '80s. on the whole, pretty good weather for recess. best chance for rain today will be north and west of the city. 50% chance of rain today in the schenn doia valley. un30% in the metro. >> that's the latest weather. savannah. coming up the frantic 911 call from a mother desperate to save her son after falling into that grill will exhibit at the cincinnati zoo. "today" exclusive as we sit down with the first openly gay man to serve as the secretary of the army. >> do you ever have, mr. secretary, those kind of wow moments when the doors shut and you're in this office alone and you stop to think about the significance of what you've

accomplished? >> i have wow moments every day. certainly when i'm in the office by myself, but more so when i'm not, when i'm out with soldiers on the field. >> more on his historic accomplishments, but first this is "today" on nbc.

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leaderboard. the amount raised so far. news 4 is a partner, including how to dofate, visit the nbc washington app or do more.org. jack taylor is keeping an eye on the morning compute. good morning. >> good morning. wove had slow downs on the inner loop of the beltway. this is unusual if you are leaving college park on the inner loop trying to get on that ramp to go forth on to i-95. on the left side of the screen, we're used to it on the right side. also if virginia, we got delays, riding the inner loop out of springfield, leaving the robinson terminal up towards braddock road. >> a look at the forecast is next.

>> good morning. we have temperatures in the 60s right now. not much rain to worry ability

just yet. you may want to take the umbrella to play on the safe side. metro rain chances are generally 30% or less. there are higher rain chances out towards i-81. >> another news update in 25 minutes. >> now back to the "today" show after this short break.

>> the incident forcing zoo personnel to shoot and kill the gorilla.

nb joe fryer is in cincinnati. >> reporter: we are hearing the 911 calls including the boy's mother. exhibit at the gorillas. the cincinnati zoo. my son fell in the gorilla. >> reporter: with her three-year-old son trapped inside the gorilla enclosure. the boy's mother made a frantic call to 911. >> be calm. be calm. he's dragging my son. i can't watch this. >> reporter: the child fell 15 feet to the mote below coming face to face with harambe. the gorilla swiftly dragged the boy. >> just like he's a little drag doll, boom, boom. >> reporter: a number of helpless witnesses called 911. >> he's taking the baby. he's taking the baby into the cave. oh my god. >> everybody's got to calm down and quiet, be quiet. quiet. you're going

up. >> oerk ma'am -- >> you're riling him up, quiet, quiet. >> now he's up on top with the child. he has him business the shirt going back and forth. >> reporter: zoo officials made the decision to shoot and kill the gorilla. >> the child's been rescued. >> reporter: the boy's family released a new statement saying the child had a check-up by his doctor and still doing well. police said they would review the actions of the family leading up to the incident, the cincinnati zoo is not under investigation, and on saturday plans to reopen its gorilla world exhibit, following harambe's death, ten grill last remain here, including one other silverback, the the zoo has not said if it's making any changes before welcoming back visitors. the zoo says it was already in the pros of making big changes over the next year, doubling the size of the gorilla exhibit. as for the boy's family in their statement, they thanked the zoo for actions taken to protect their

a spokesperson tells us that the family has no plans to hire a lawyer. matt and savannah. >> all right in cincinnati, thank you. now to the latest in what is quickly becoming a nas ri divorce battle between johnny depp and amber herd. this morning, new text messages are being revealed and natalie's been following this for us, good morning. >> good morning guys, the tone has quickly gone downhill. last friday herd was granted a temporary restraining order based on allegations of domestic violence. and now, those texts allegedly between herd and johnny depp's assistant suggest the abuse detailed may have been going on even before they got married. the downside to the glam our of the hollywood marriage is a messy hollywood divorce. the stakes can be high and it can get ugly fast. now the latest in the depp/herd saga, a series of text messages which seem to show a history of abuse. the text messages obtained by et,pp

and sources close to herd tell nbc news they're an exchange between herd and depp's assistant at the time, steven doyter who did not respond to our request for comment. they predate the couples marriage and read like a high budget hollywood drama. think he's just texted you. he's incredibly apologetic and knows that he has done wrong. the e text reads. he wants to get better now. he's been explicit about that this morning. herd's alleged response, yes, but i don't know how to be around him after what he did to me yesterday. i don't know if i can stay with him. he persists, he wants to see you so much. he's distraught. >> obviously he has no idea what he did or the extent that he did it. herd responds. unfortunate my for me, i remember in full detail everything that happened. he was apalled, when i told him he kicked you, he cried, it was disgusting and he knows that. he's done this many times before, tokyo, the la

london, remember that? and i always stay. always believe he's going to get better and then every three or so months, i'm in the exact same position. in addition to the texts, these new photos from people magazine show herd with a bruised face and cut lip. injuries herd alleges were caused by depp in december of 2015. another potential issue for depp and his lawyers. >> johnny depp's team is desperately seeking to resolve this issue. the entire case, not only restraining order, without nit further court intervention. >> i just seem to note as of wednesday evening, the lapd still hadn't -- didn't have an official statement from amber herd other than what was released to the media and no criminal report has been filed. neither johnny depp nor representatives have responded to our repeated requests for comment, you guys. >> all right natalie, thank you. let's get at check of the weather now from al. >> all right. let's see what we've got and we're talking about a lot

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we're back now, 7:42 with the "to y" exclusive. >> harolded for his qualifications by senators on both sides of the aisle, eric fanning became the first secretary of the army to have served a as senior civilian executive in all three departments, navy, air force, and army, but it's

headlines, five years after the repeal of don't ask don't tell, fanning becoming the first openly gay secretary of a major military branch. and i asked him about all the attention when he sat down at the pentagon on wednesday. >> i've gotten used to the fact that this is going to be a part of any time i get a new job or do something. and when it first happened, i was more bothered by it because i didn't quite have the track record that people know now, and i wanted to focus on qualifications. now i embrace it. it's so important to so many people, i realize, and something i didn't have 25 years ago. >> i'm glad you said that, as you're growing up, and i don't know if or when you ever considered a potential career in the military, but there were no role models for you. so now do you look at yourself as having an extra responsibility to others? >> i think any time you're in a job like this, i feel responsible as secretary of the army, not just because of the historic nature,

nature because i'm gay and i take that responsibility very seriously. i grew up in a military family, i have two ungs that went to west point and it was absolutely something that i considered, i wasn't allowed to everybody. >> it was less than five years ago that a gay man or woman serving in the military had to keep it a secret. and here we are less than five years later become you're running the army. >> well first of all, it's a remarkable honor, and i was first in this building in the clinton administration as a 24-year-old junior aid and i ended up leaving because i didn't see that there was a future for me as an openly gay man. and to be able to come back in this job is beyond what i had ever imagined. >> when's the last time you ever consciously concealed your sexuality? >> you know, its been, its been a while. and that's part of the silver lining of the attention of that gun. the thing i realized, i can't hide it anymore, everybody knows. and it certainly has become even more of a

the career takes place. >> policy is one thing to change, culture is another, have you ever had to confront someone here at the pentagon because of something they said to your face, something you heard they said behind your back, or a careless comment that may have made -- >> careless comment, sure. we all use lingo that maybe we don't understand the impact it has on other people. >> have you confronted someone? >> confronted is a strong word. it's an educational moment. at no time did anybody do anything where there was any menace behind it. i haven't had to confront anyone for what they've said or done either to me or behind my back. this is too of a culture. once you're an undersecretary. >> you're the wrong guy to mess with. >> i never thought i would be back here. >> fanning inherits an army facing budget cuts and fatig

after more than a decade of wars. >> the army looks tired. explain that to me. it worries a lot of people. >> it's the strain that we're putting on our soldiers as we continuingly deploy them and families. that's when i say tired. it's still a very strong, lethal army, but we're running it hard. >> so you're saying there are cracks that are beginning to show. one of the statistics that alarm me, mr. secretary, is the suicide rate is the highest in the army of any other branch of the military. why is that? and how do you go about fixing it? >> well, that's a hard issue to get after. and it's going to be one of my top priorities. and the trend over the last five years has been going down, but not fast enough. and we need to get to zero, even one suicide is too much. >> fanning technically only has eight months job security, a new president will pick a new secretary of the army. do you want the job after january of next year? do you want to stay in this post? >> it is t

>> some people say there are better jobs. >> no, i think the service secretaries are just amazingly rewarding job. with that said, january 21st, i imagine myself on a beach some place. >> would you be willing to go through a confirmation process to be secretary of defense? >> this confirmation process is too recent to talk about going through begin. i can't imagine going through the -- >> it's not a firm no for the record. let's just say that. >> he is a assumer star within the pentagon. people think very highly of him. as for his personal life, fanning is in a relationship, in fact, after being sworn in, he thanked his partner for his patience and understanding during what he called a confusing confirmation process. >> the confirmation process, not a pleasant experience, he's not anxious to repeat it any time soon. good conversation. the ed sheeran look alike who says his look alike is ruining his love life. >> okay. but up next, carson's got a look at the song of th

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. already talking songs of the summer. technical technically, it's not summer yet. >> it's an important thing, guys. it's that time of the year, what is the song of the summer? here's a quick look back from the song 2014, iggy and fancy, last yore, you heard cheerleader by omi, everywhere, that was a big summer song. this morning, spotify has their predictions, by the way, this is how they come up with their list. they consult experts, look at streaming activity as well as social buzz. honorable mentions from spotify, number three, can't

from drake, spotify's predictions for this season's biggist song is actually into you by ariana grande. e-mails went around yesterday to all of us here at the show, we all weighed in, it was unanimous, we all said it was justin timberlake can't stop the feeling. it feels like, like happy, that pharrell song. just such a happy go lucky song. nothing against ariana, it's a great song too. >> can't help by sing along. >> you and al submitted this video here dancing. >> viewers. if you're watching, let us know. you can vote. it's a good crop this summer. calvin harris, a ton of rihanna songs, drake songs, j.t. obviously. >> by the ocean. >> yeah. >> listen to it too much by now. >> yeah. all right carson, thank you. coming up the olympic team that won't be winning any

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>> 7:56 is your time. let's check on your commute with jack taylor and first alert traffic. good morning. >> reporter: we had a trouble spot northbound in the hov lanes. it's a prone down bus. the rate lane is taken. here you see v-dot's vehicles. awesome to see that. we got lanes opened again. 2 sfaevenlt live look near rockville. nothing is wrong, a lot of volume as you head south basically out of germantown. back into you. >> jack. thank you. we will check your out the door forecast next. stay with us.

>> cloudy skies, not much of a threat today except out in the shenandoah valley. highs in the low '80s around the area. plenty of clouds rounding in. rain chances are better today. showers come back in late saturday night and rain likely on your sunday. >> already, chuck, thank you. another news update for new 25 minutes. for now, back to the "today" show after this short break.

>> it's my birthday. bucket list. >> good morning. hello. today, it is thursday, june 2, beautiful day out on the plaza. say good morning to the folks who are here. everyone's in awesome spirits. absolutely gorgeous out here. and what an appropriate song. >> my all-time faifs. >> good one. >> in the summer time. >> 1,000 years old, i wouldn'

have known that was monogo jerry. >> yeah. >> does he have other hit songs? >> this was just about it. >> expunge, speaking of summering, we're talking about entertaining well done, in the kitchen with a quick and simple steak recipe. love the sound of that. this one is bursting with unique flavors. >> it looks really good. let's get a check of the top stories. hey natalie. >> good morning once again, well donald trump is threatening to slam president obama with the same kind of attacks that he's unleashed on former president bill clinton. trump's remarks coming at a late night rally in california where he also knocked hillary clinton's qualifications. nbc's halle jackson is in san jose for us, halle, good morning. >> reporter: hey, natalie, good morning. like his democratic rivals, donald trump is crisscrossing california with the stop here in the bay area later on tonight. and so far, ahead of what's expected to be hillary clinton's fiery speech taking him to task on national security today, trump seems to have adopted this

first. he's preempively lashing out against attacks from the clinton that trump is simply not fit to be commander in chief. >> she has no natural talents to be president. she doesn't know what the hell she's doing, it's going to be another four years of disaster. you're probably better off with bernie, but that's not going to happen either. >> reporter: and that is late night rally in sacramento, trump had a warning for another democrat as you mentioned, natalie, president obama. arguing that if the president does go after him on the campaign trail as he's expected to, trump should be allowed to attack him right back. notably, not mentioned by the presumptive republican nominee though, anything about those lawsuits involving trump university. even after clinton called him a fraud, those suits back in the headlines now after a federal judge unfielded new records. >> thank you so much halle jackson. with just five days until the

primary, our new nbc news/wall street journal poll shows hillary clinton with a two-point lead against bernie sanders among likely democratic voters. that is within the margin of error. sanders told an audience wednesday that he has a real shot at winning the nomination. clinton launches a five-day swing across the state today with a foreign policy speech that is expected to portray donald trump as a threat to national security. update now on a story that we've been following, the georgia teen accused of using a snapchat speed tracking filter just before a serious car crash is now facing criminal charges. officials say she was distracted while going close to 100 miles an hour. high speeds, twisted metal, and this morning a warrant for the arrest of crystal magee. the 19-year-old now facing three misdemeanor speeding charges. and a felony, serious injury by vehicle. in september, the mercedes slammed into

mitsubishi. court documents say the speed climbed to 80, 90, and 107 miles an hour while using a snapchat facilitier that calculated her speed. she denies using the app when the crash happened. may in regard was left with permanent brain damage. his attorney telling "today," we look forward to pursuing justice against snapchat and miss magee. in a civil lawsuit filed against the company and the young driver, they argue magee was motivated to drive at an excessive speed to obtain recognition through snapchat by means of a trophy. snapchat denied giving trophies for the speed filter and denied today's requests for comment on the new charges. last week a judge granted a 30-day stay in the case after snapchat argued it has activity logs that demonstrate she was not using the application at the time or immediately prior to the collision. for its part, snapchat does warn users to not snap and drive. but even the crash

snapchatting. attorneys for may in regard said she sent out this selfie, injured and strapped to a stretcher, writing lucky to be alive. and we reached out to the attorney representing crystal, she directed us to the latest court filing in which magee denied using snapchat when the crash happened. alaska is known for wild outdoor experiences, but nobody expected this. shoppers at a home improvement store in anchorage got to watch a moose giving birth in the parking lot. although the mother got plenty of attention, shoppers gave her plenty of room. alaskans taught, never come between a mama moose and her babies. >> very cute. >> that's a big baby. >> they are cute. grow up fast. and they can be aggressive. >> warning. >> well that sweet story turned dark. >> natalie. always delivers. coming up, the dr

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dr. oz is here to weigh in on all of that. good to see you, we're not talking about the people who take the shaker and do this at dinner and lunch. we're talking about a lot of salt here. >> three quarters comes from outside the home. everyone sitting at home saying i don't have that much salt. we add to the foods we buy in stores because it makes it tastes better, it's probably the oldest preservative we know, and it has so much to do with our food industry that the finally said enough, one of the things we'd want to do, say to them, you've got to read the labels. two different products. on the surface you'd say, i want to get this product, don't go for the head space. look at the serving size, half a cup here, quarter cup here. this has more sodium just being intentive and read the label will make

people looking for calories and we're looking at sodium. >> it's important because sodium causes bloating. not just in your ankle, that leads to the number one cause in america which is high blood pressure. >> some big culprits here. these are some of the things we see at home all the time, talk me through these. >> this is probably the most single most important sodium. it's a preservive, condiments, and cereal, why would you have to add salt to it? many do to make it taste more robust. >> that is what we're doing to ourselves at home, then we go out to eat in a restaurant and worry about what's happening in the kitchen there. >> and this is the big change that the guidance is going to push us towards. we consume, outside the home. so a hamburger and fries, it's not the best food for you probably, but the amount of salt can bury. same for pasta sauce.

don't add the salt, i want to add myself, or by the end of this coming year, all restaurants with more than 20 elements to it, are going to have to list on the food label how much salt is there. on your phone ahead of time as you're eating. >> we like the taste of salty foods, but there are ways to get an alternative into your diet. >> spicy foods, instrumental element, but all the hot sauces can enjoy food, help you enjoy food in different way. if you don't like the spicy kick, then try the acidic foods, lemons, vinegar, pop of the flavor and taste of the food. or you can make spices. there's some garlic, paprika, mix them together, get uses of different kinds of salt. don't go cold turkey to salt. cut it back gently, you'll make a tremendous difference in your health if if you don't. >> always good to have you here, thanks very much, reminder, you can catch dr. oz week days, just check your local listings. up nt,

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he was in in the brand new car, my mommy's car. and he to go to the car wash, and then he went past the red light. >> he did? >> mmhmm. >> you're going to love being in the room for that. >> then he puts his dad on the phone, and the dispatcher. >> oh know. >> he wanted to let us know you ran a red light. >> oh no. i apologize. >> the dispatcher let the dad off tz hook. once he was sure that everything was okay. >> cutest kid award. that was cute. >> honest kid. >> you know i should have gotten in the car with a toddler, everyone's buckled. compliance officer. yes, they are. can you keep a secret? will you good at that? >> you are. >> you are. >> it's hard for people to keep secrets. psychologist is revealing why, she says, our

have trouble keeping track of what we already know, what we're allowed to know, and especially in the middle of a conversation, confusion can cause us to let the secret slip. personally, i forget everything, so that's why i can't keep a secret. >> you've told me things that i know i've got dirt on you. >> i know. wasn't that interesting. >> kept a secret. >> yes, you did. >> a couple years ago. >> yes. that's right. >> you were pretty good about that. >> all right. let's talk about the olympics, unveiling the uniforms their athletes are going to wear at the games. this is always fun, china is the latest been and you know what, critic are already weighing in. some calling this the worst olympic uniforms ever. male athletes red with white pants and shoes, the ladies are in yellow jackets and white skirts on social media, which is really a fun place to find critics. users are saying they look like fried eggs with tomato. >> i was

fries with that. mcdonald's. >> yeah. have microphones. >> it's going to be worse than that. >> the design is spoeszed to be aed no to the colors used in the flag. >> it's not terrible. >> i've seen worse. >> we have seen worse. >> i don't think we're in a position to judge. >> right. >> carson still wears his, don't you wear your olympic uniform? >> i do. >> the white pants, the sweaters, i've seen it. now why ryan gosling, caution to natalie, looking like a pop superstar may not be a good afterall. >> we'll start with ryan

>> well, the big story could be the rain, spilling over into parts of arkansas as well. san antonio just got out of it. houston just left houston. but you can also see that we've got flash flood warnings an watches for 23 million people streping from central oklahoma into southern texas. those warnings will probably expand. take a look at this, there is more rain to come, for example. dallas, rainfall rates will be up to two inches per hour. austin, texas, isolated apples of up to ten inches per hour. you've already got on the may 1st, over 15.5 inches of rain. san antonio, a flash flood threat through tomorrow. we're looking for another nine inches. you got nine inches of rain since may 1st. you could sigh three-to-five more inches of rain. then as

picture as far as rainfall is concerned, we are talking rainfall rates of two-to-three inches per hour, few areas south central and southeastern texas up to ten inches and it spread over into louisiana and also into arkansas. the rest of the country today, we got sunshine here in the east. remnant low, a body still causing some showers. look for morning fog that will burn off in the southern part of the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning, i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. it will be warm, but fought as warm as yesterday. we have a few more cloud cover to deal w. rain around the metro air, higher rain chances up into the shenandoah valley. for tomorrow, everyone has a chance of a hit and miss shower, rain possible again late in the day on saturday and off and on through much of the day on sunday before more sunshine and lower humidity comes back for monday, tuesday and wednesday of next week. >> and tha

weather, carson. >> thanks so much, al. check it out, daniel radcliffe is here, we're going to talk movies and magic. you're looking dap per. >> t

>> good morning, it is 8:26. let's start with a check on the morning commute with jack taylor. jack. >> we had a crash on the dulles greenway, everything has been moved over to the shoulder. all your travel lanes are opened. one state police is there, seems to be grabbing all the attention, inbound before south dakota avenue, it has been shoulders. that red stretches into the 50 moving into the northeast. back to you. >> a check on the forecast is next.

>> good morning, everybody. some showers across western pennsylvania. this is inching into our area. so rain chances today will be best out into the shenandoah

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♪ ♪ we are back now at 8:30 on this thursday morning, the second of june, 2016. happy birthday. another beautiful day here in new york on the plaza, just 24 hours away from the top country artist luke bryan bringing his brand new music to the end of "today" show. we look forward to that. >> speaking of music, in a couple of weeks, macklemore and ryan lewis going to stop by. nice little message from the road, take a listen. >> i can't wait to be with you letting you know that on june 23rd, we are going to be live on

so, we will see you guys, much love. peace. >> yeah, peace, that's right. thursday, june 23, macklemore, ryan lewis will be here for a live performance. go to today.com, get information, come down to the plaza on the 23rd for a great show. >> that's going to be a good one. coming up, have you ever had an emoji sale? like sending a laugh until you cry face? if that's happened to you, anti-expert thomas farley is going to help us out and let you know what you need to know. >> you are constantly sending emojis. i know. you both are guilty. >> yeah. >> i feel like every expression can be said in in emoji. >> it's so fantastic. anyway. recipe for your next summer shin dig. we are loving this. a marinated flank steak, you are going to be able to make this weekend. and cannot wait

saturday that rain spreads to the gulf coast. record highs out west. sunday, sunday! more record highs out west. we're looking at wet weather from the great lakes into the northeast mid-atlantic states. showers, thunderstorms hanging around through the southeast as well. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning, everybody, a lot of clouds outside right now. it's nothing on radar. you don't need your umbrella just yet. if are you living or traveling along i-81 in the shenandoah valley, you may want to have that umbrella ready. temperatures in the upper 60s and 70s. rainfall chances inside the beltway are low. highs today cooler than yesterday, only in the low '80s today. low '80s again tomorrow.

a risk of a late saturday evening shower. rain looking much likely for sunday. get stuff done on this weekend. >> make sure you check that weather out. go to the weather channel on cable weather.com. weather.com. >> thank you very much, now back to our special series, featuring can-do kids. and this morning, the youngest photographer ever published by national geographic. >> jenna bush haguer has more on the talent. >> hi guys, he's just six, he takes beautiful photos from publications like national geographic and vogue. all in a day's work for this kindergartener. >> got it. >> reporter: he's a pro when it comes to hide and seek, and view finders. meet hawkeye hew we, the only toddler to be published in the pages of national geographic. he started taking

he was just four. while on a road trip in the southern california desert with his father, photographer aaron hew we. >> on that first trip, i guess just on the way, on the fly, i decided it would be fun for him to have a camera. and i immediately was drawn to the analog cameras. >> reporter: that is an know stall jik style. >> the idea of having this physical object focus the interaction down so much to that one moment, he had to think and make one picture and meet a person and an object would come out that he could share with someone. >> reporter: it's an old school style that the kindergartener loves. >> you can't delete it. that's an interesting idea. i like that. >> just put it in the garbage. >> reporter: more family road

with hawkeye capturing the american west along the way. >> i really wanted to take a picture of this. my dad was like come on, come on, and like i really wanted to take a picture of the truck with her in front of it. >> i was trying to make us hurry away, and then you saw a picture that i didn't see. i think that's probably one of the skills of all children. is they're not waiting to find the thing that is everyone else calls good light or good pictures. they're just living in those moments and these photographs are the evidence of that. now they are reaching other eyes as well. he has racked up over 200,000 followers on instagram. and a photo book of his travels comes out this weekend. but his father says shared creativity between father and son was always the goal. >> i see this as really the evidence of the genius inside all children. and i think this is something accessible to any parent

time a child. >> reporter: his photos has been snapshot lessons in photography, but also a real-world education in his other passion, science and engineering. by taking a photo of this nuclear jet engine in oregon. >> how is that thing? >> i don't know. >> it's as big as like a house. it's big as a big house. >> reporter: one monument or rodeo or portrait at a time. >> this was about trying to teach my son how to interact with the world. how to engage with people in a real way. thousand look people in the eye. and now it's about seeing how the life lessons will develop. >> and for more info on hawkeye's photography, head to tod today.com. >> interesting comment about that. the common denominator is very involved parent who has really

whatever skills or talents they had to use them. >> without going over the line. >> exactly. >> it's great. coming up, now we see him, daniel radcliffe is here. he's talking about his new role that has him dealing a little bit in magic. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

danie radcliffe, no stranger to magic afterall he played the role of harry in the iconic potter series, now he's back as a villain actually, kind of, in the sequel, now you see me two where he plays the recruited four horsemen to steal a valuable computer chip that could potentially rule the world. take a look. >> why would i buy it when i can have you steal it for me? preview tomorrow is the various suitors. that's up to you. but, once you do, you just need to inspect it and steal it. >> that's it? >> you'reag

would do this. >> oh wait, i have a reason, what was it? oh yes, if you don't, i'll have you killed. >> good to see you. >> were you a fan as a kid. >> yeah, i think a marvin's magic, like junior magic set. >> 1999. >> just trying desperately to try to get good at that. then on the set there were people that would like teach us tricks. i managed to come out with a few tricks. >> the big deal when you look at potter magic versus this, it's special effects, and this, you and your cast members you were practicing real tricks. >> yeah, dave franco is lentil matly amazing at the stuff he does in the film. and yeah, just to like have a job where you get to -- this sequence is amazing. i love this. the idea of like slight

and yeah, we were all on set with these amazing magicians who would like give us lessons, what kind of job is that? >> the limit of my magical talent is when i pull the penny out of my kid's ear, and they're 15 and they still don't get it. >> that's a great trick. talk about the character here, i call him a villain, do you go out after being known as the good guy and the fun protagonist, do you go out looking for a role like this. >> i think it definitely fulfills a long held ambition to like play that sort of classic bad guy. there's a rich tradition of britts being bad guys. i've always wanted to do that. i don't know if i'll do it all the time, but the chance to do it now, woody and michael and incredible actors was too good to

>> things are going well for you. nobody had any doubt, but you have another movie coming out "swiss army man." >> yes. >> you play a dead guy. >> yes. >> how hard is that? how hard can that be? >> yeah, harder than you think. >> you just lay there. >> we did one of the things we want is during the movie, like i don't talk for like the first 10, 15 minutes, and we really wanted to push it where the audience is like, why did he do this film? and but then it turns into, yeah, it's like a gross, funny, buddy comedy between -- >> the role reveals itself. >> yeah, i do do more than just lay there. and myself and paul dano, and we play like best friends. because one of us is dead. >> i talk about how well things are going. you're about to do another play. >> yeah. >> and the fascinating part about this is the play changes every single night because you ask for audience participation. >> yeah, there's a certain amount of

you will be encouraged to keep your phones turned on for the duration of the performance. it's called "privacy," but it, and it's really, i think it's something very, very special and fun. >> we've got a potter prequel movie coming out. a play going in london. have you been able to remove yourself from that phenomenon? >> it's not that i'm like unemotional about it, but i don't -- yeah, i mean, i'm sort of now in a straeng position of anyone assumes i have a lot of information or, you know, i'm going to be very involved in these things, but like i'm genuinely not. like i wish them nothing but obviously success, i'm sure they'll be great, but i'm kind of like finding out with everyone else. >> you're a spectator with the rest of us. things going great. what a pleasure. and i want to tell people t

june 10. up next, the dos and don'ts of emoji etiquette. maybe more don'ts than dos. this is "today" on nbc thanks. >> thankou so much. y

i can't look. okay, back at 8:46, the whole world has gone emoji mad, especially matt lauer. more than six million sent every day. the sad emoji truth is emoji misuse is on the rise people. here to help us decipher emojis and learn to use them appropriately is etiquette expert, thomas farley, happy face, good morning. >> i love emojis. guilty, love them. savannah was on the band wagon before anybody else. >> they're a fun way for all of us to communicate, they cross linguistic

half of our posts have an emoji on them. they're everywhere. >> if you want to irritate matt. >> is there an age limit? it's fun to feel like you're three again, but is there an age limit where you should stop using them? >> what's interesting in fact is the that it's the older generation that's really overusing them. >> yes. >> mom. >> people get a text from mom or dad. >> martini glasses. >> i like your mom. >> what about things where it's simply not appropriate? >> yes. so certainly for workplace interactions with a boss and you're on a little bit more of a formal relationship with that person. you don't want to do a string of emojis either, one or two, and you're good to express the emotion you wanted to do and move on. >> sometimes you could send an emoji to someone with a different kind of phone and it may not translate, right? >> that's right. this is interesting. if you're on an iphone and you sended that we all know the

looks like you're stressed out. someone on an android platform gets a big grinning smile when in fact you're trying to say i'm stressed out, do you think the message you're sending? the recipient is getting something that's different. from platform to platform, they look different. >> does anyone else have the problem where their eyesight is good and if they decide they're going stoned an emoji, they look down and think they're sending one, and you're sending a smiley face with someone, you're sending the one with the tongue sticking out. not good. >> no. and they're tiny to begin with, regardless of your eyesight, they're very similar to each other. >> except the poop one. >> i thought it was a chocolate ice cream. >> you thought it was dairy queen. >> sending me something nice. >> we have some examples of emoji fails. we have examples, for example this one, yeah. that's the poop one, but the laughing while crying so hard, that's one that people don't really seem to get, right? >> there

here. >> and the daughter, dad, that's a laughing face. >> wrong one there. >> the tears of joy emoji is the most commonly used emoji. >> really? >> 20% of emoji uses, tears of joy, and consistently the most popular one on twitter too. >> can i ask you something, i find myself unable to express myself, because there's no white wine glass emoji, there's only red. >> it wouldn't show up. >> at least rosae, don't you think? >> there are a new batch emojis introduced at another year. perhaps you'll seem the white wine. >> real quickly, testing, i'll hold one up, tell me what the emoji is. >> heart. >> i love you. >> yeah. >> lots of love. >> many hearts on as we know with emojis, this is love is in the air. >> really? >> yes. >> what's this? >> crying.

>> be careful with this, this is the sleepy emoji, it's coming from your nose. >> stop it. >> no. >> he doesn't have a nose. >> right. >> this is talk to the hand. >> this is waving, you're saying hello. >> okay. >> because of the rotation lines there. >> al. >> that is i don't know. >> yeah. she's like, hi. what? >> this is actually, the opposite carson of i don't know, it's the information desk person. and also works when you're trying to be sassy. hair flip. >> that didn't translate well. >> that's sad. >> that's easy. >> correct. >> one more, one more. wait, here's the nuance. this is disappointed, but relieved. >> oh my gosh. >> sweat, not a tear. >> the tear thing is confusing. >> are we glaringly missing anything? >> what we don't have and the rolling on the floor

shrug. >> and white wine. >> or just type, rolling on the floor laughing. >> eye roll emoji, like every teen does? >> upside down face which is -- but i think the eye roll would be great. >> we have to cut this. >> thank you. up next, easy and delicious flank steak recipe for your next backyard bash. this is "today" on nbc. >> moving on.

we have good food summer entertaining needs covered. next weekend barbecue, time for a simple yet delicious steak recipe from you do your company's going to love this. we have the food network here with just a dish. my mouth is watering. that's why i can't speak. what is it? >> we're making a flank steak, that is the meern recipe, and it's one culture that knows thousand cook, it's middle eastern. >> sign me up. >> usually cooked on a spit. we're going to hurry things up with a flank steak. sauce with a sesame paste then a simple salad with jarred pickled beets, cucumber and carrots. >> lovely. >> first the marinade. if you could stop putting those and and there's. >> what'

>> and how long do we marinate? >> you could do it for an hour, overnight, that's what's so great. >> right in here, put the flank steak in a bag. >> okay. >> and we're going to massage it in here. >> show us the massage technique. right here on my shoulders. >> wait a minute. okay, so we're massaging it so the flavors really penetrate. >> right. get in there or get your kids to do it. >> okay great. >> now so the sauce, we're going to do hot water in here, that's my tip for working with it, it can get a little -- >> okay. >> hot water will break it up. then if you could add the olive oil, i'll add garlic and lemon juice. and it is just sesame paste, you can find in the international aisle at your supermarket. >> i guess you could do store bought if you had to. tasters are down stairs. what do you think, you guys. >> great. >> i love it. >> i love the that highwayny. >> yeah. >> really good. >> these are some of my favorite flavors. >> and this is the salad. usually there are pickled turn-ups in it, that takes a week, we don't have the no time

we're going to make a quick version. pickled beets from a jar, mint, and parsley. and then a little bit of lemon juice, and if you could just do a swirl of olive oil. >> where does my cucumber put in? >> right before the end so the pickle the beets don't turn pink. >> this is the flank steak, toss it in a grill pan. takes five minutes on one side, three minutes on the other. that's it. >> and show us combined, how we put it altogether. >> the great thing about this dish is you can have your guest do all the work for you. >> okay. >> so you have them put a little bit of meat in a pocket. >> tough kind of rare. >> well, the thing with flank steak, you need it to be rare so it's tend per. >> okay. >> little bit of that highwayny right off on top and the sold, then then you have the sandwich. >> oh my gosh, team downstairs, what do we think? >> i love it. >> oh my gosh, amazing. >> i love it. >> i would eat that little salsa all by itself. it looks delicious. >> this is going to be

for sure. >> gorgeous. thank you so much. if you want more on this recipe, go to today.com/food. we'll be right back after she gives me that massage she promised me. >> oh my gosh. i'm very tense, very tense. the cooking segment stresses me out. thank you. i can't wait to taste it. >> here. >> i know you have your make-up on. >> i don't care. this is a news 4 today news break. >> 8:56 is your time right now. good morning to you, i'm lynn uang. today they are talking about illegal dirt bikes and atvs on the streets, possible new penalties for riders that break the law a. bill before the council will increase the consequences that you face. a

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>> good morning, a lot of clouds outside right now. only a very low chance in the metro. a better rain chances tomorrow.

this morning on "today's" take, modern family's jesse tyler ferguson on why he's committed to playing 40 new roles. which repellants work the best? we put them toot test. and how to win $25,000 hand delivered by al. all that and more coming up next. from nbc news, this is "today's" take with al roker, natalie morales, willie goois, and tamron hall, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today" on at beautiful day in new york city, it's thursday morning, june 2, 2016. nice crowd outside, inside studio 1a. we have the whole gang here, al, you have a special morning jam

>> that's right. later on, the floor east will be performing, she's going to be making her newest morning show debut right there on today's take. she has that song called sacks, and played on sax which is spectacular. >> she's also a fitness instructor. so you can tell i mean -- >> you can tell. >> i've been playing this video all night. >> are you working out? >> i've been working out, yes, i have, yes, i have. >> doesn't she remind you label the of whitney houston in that? >> yeah. >> yep. >> is that right? look at it the some more, just so you can compare. >> heavily focus on the neck up. >> she's adorable. >> richardson and sweating to the oldies in the morning. >> who? >> transition. that's what i hear. let's talk about song of the summer. spotify has predicted the song of the summer. number three, they sa

stop the feeling by justin timberlake. >> he got shortchanged on that. >> i don't know how they determine this. we think al and i think that. >> i think they're completely off. >> yeah. i spotify. got in on the act. >> terrible lip syncing. ♪ ♪ >> that's like what, 5:00 a.m.? >> work. >> yes. >> keep dancing. >> okay. >> number two on the spotify list, one dance by drake. i was listening to that in my office. he did it on snl a couple of weeks ago. >> it is one of the most played, i think. >> too slow though. >> winding down. >> yeah, you kicking people out. >> you're in vegas, cat banana. >> it's cool. >>

and number one according to spotify, song of the summer, ariana grande, into you. ♪ ♪ >> again, but it's that wind down, the barbecue's winding down, everybody's like chilling. >> the song of the summer a generally a little more family-friendly. >> i agree. >> we saw the lyrics, we don't know, and your kid is jamming in the back. >> oh yeah, you've had that. >> by the ocean. >> yeah. >> taste by the ocean. >> or a whistle. it's a whistle. >> summer classic. summer classic that your child once you realize what that kid in the back is saying. >> and find out where that is. >> happy. >> put your feet together. . the weeknd. >> that's why radio senior there. >> that's why we like and tamron is on boardh

can't stop the feeling. justin timberlake. >> that would be our pick. >> i agreed with yours too. >> i knew erin was going to pick j.t., i went within one off the board. somewhere on a beach. number one single for him. it's huge country hit. it's out right now. >> when he performed, that is definitely one of the top songs. >> got it. >> you're on the beach, chilling, drinking, having a good time. i think that's a good song. >> i love the couple matching in this video. he's like yeah, i like that. >> the whole story in there. >> i went with freedom by beyoncé. that's barbecue, you're at the park. then tough. >> clearly i'm on a barbecue. >> convertible rule, picture yourself in a convertible that you don't own. >> here we are. drive guys. >> it's a little too slow. >> no, look, we're --

>> aretha franklin's look. she e-mailed me. she said thank you, al, for mentioning the song, but that's the measure. look it up. okay, here we go. see the hair, the wind is blowing in our hair. >> you'll never see that on me. >> you can vote for your favorite, today.com, right now it's justin timberlake leading with 51%. >> that's right. >> too bad. back it up. >> that's another song. >> that is not kid-friendly. >> natalie is back. love you, juvenile. how often, to the parents at the table, do we lie, little white lies to our kids? >> just about every chance. >> all the time. >> every day. i would say it's an every day occurrence. >> yeah. >> you fly your nieces and nephews. >> absolutely. >> what they don't know won't hurt them.

16 now, and she's talking of dating, and i'm like, what, i didn't date until i was 35. first time i ver met a man. that's my lie. what's yours? >> best little white lie. your kids are at all. your kids are at school. >> they're at school. >> george was having his first ever sleepover, he and his buddy ben wanted to stay up at midnight. they're six years old. kristina went in and 10:30 and said it's midnight. they high fived, they hugged, like yeah, we did it. and then they passed out. >> i'm glad they didn't question you. they can't tell time, it's a beautiful day. >> exactly. >> how about you, al? >> there was a lost item that -- >> uh-oh. >> wasn't really lost. >> oh gosh, i know where you're going on this one. >> so i just stick with lost. >> your youngest is nikki -- >> 13. >> he's

it was actually corgie. courtney upstairs at work. >> and you still haven't told them the truth? >> it was, it was a doll. that, yeah. >> so we actually -- actually, this is even better, there was a goldfish that went to its maker. >> oh yeah. >> and i replaced it, and oh, he's fine, everything's fine. he was a little sick before. he comes back. >> mine is a lot having to do with al's lost item, i'm packing up our whole house, getting ready to put it on the market. there are a lot of things that between kids artwork and stuffed animals that you kind of have to weed through, which ones are important and which ones are in storage. storage. and which ones are the ones that didn't make it to california.

>> right. >> toy story, they got out of the bag and ran off. woody ran off. >> he went to our home in hoboken. >> threatened by lots of love, lots of hugging. >> kids, what you don't know won't hurt you. >> until you learn what it is. >> whatever happened to. >> i love that al roker's daughter is in her 20s and in this building right now and you won't -- >> what's the name of the doll? >> no. i don't even remember now. but it was, there was like a wailing and gnashing of teeth, you know, i don't know what happened, sweetie. >> okay. quick, got something for you. >> i know exactly how that feels. >> to get you off the hook from court any. throwback thursday photo, i've been told who this person is, they asked me to have you guys guess. it's a person foesed the photo, he was 20 at the time, he was 20 at the time, he captioned a throwback thursday

>> he's famous? >> very famous. >> gosh. >> he'd even been in this building before. he's been here. >> 20 years ago he was 20. not on our hour, but he's been. >> is it keanu rooefs? >> i'll give you two more -- >> joe manganiello. hotty. >> i thought you said somebody -- >> i'm just joking. i didn't know who he is. who is he? >> that looks nothing like him. >> i never saw trueblood. never watched that. >> sophia vergara's husband. >> oh, oh that guy. i didn't recognize him with the beard. >> yeah. >> and his shirt on. >> yeah. >> my man got in the gym over the last 20 years. that's what happened. he got big. >> he was blond. just dyed his hair blond. >> right. >> much better now. >> fine line. >> he's a hotty. >> yes. >> and he's married to sophia vergara. does it get any berth?

it's a brain teaser. the letters are slightly different colors. do you guys see different letter? you can't see it? >> they're bold for us. >> do you see a letter? any letters? >> t. you can make a t out of it. >> these are the choices. m, l, h, b. >> is this an eye exam? >> i don't know, it all looks the same to me. i'm going to guess. >> i don't know. >> so they're darker. >> oh, l. >> i honestly were guessing. i'm telling you, i'm guessing. here's another one. these all look the same. >> s. >> s?

these are the other choices. i'm guessing. i have no idea. >> it's m. >> do you have any other games can you play? >> well, you know, if you love this, you can play the whole test on play buddy.com. >> we get a buzzer. aaah. that's so bizarre. i could not see any difference. >> there you go. we have been talking more rain from texas. just horrid. it's just going to continue. unfortunately. in fact, flood watches. we got 23 million people under some sort of flash flood warning, brownsville all the way up to oklahoma city. that's how bad this is, you o

better. tomorrow the rain continues to reach central texas and louisiana, going into arkansas and on saturday, we're going to see the heaviest rain moving across texas. it will be amess. rainfall apples anywhere from three to five inches wide swath, moving into arkansas and lousiana. some areas could see two-to-three inches per hour. we can't rule out total rainfall ams in some places in texas up to ten inches. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning. it's a cloudy sky outside. we are 70 in arlington and washington. 70 in monassas. 72 in shenandoah valley. temperatures up into the low '80s. the best chance for rain will be out along parts of the shenandoah valley. rain chances generally 30% or less. the next couple of hit and miss showers tomorrow. best chance for rain, though, comes on sunday.

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characters. do you ever get them mixed and do the french southern? >> someone came backstage and said your french guy sounds like he's a little german. and i was like that's because he lived in germany for a while. i made up the characters, i make up the back stories as well. >> of the 40, do you have one near and dear to your heart. i like gint's assistance. >> very funny. he's a crowd favorite. he's really micromanaging and i like that about him. i like sam the character, like the main guy who's basically a version of him m, and he's the most handsome. >> we knew that. instantly. >> it's basically just me. >> you have no break before you head back -- really? >> i have a table read for the first episode of season eight of modern family. i'm flying back to laepgs, doing my read, then flying right back, and then finished my week of shows here. >> now we showed a picture of joe manganiello from 20 years ago, db youno

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good morning. it's :26. the defense begins in the andrew small trial. he is accused in the violent home invasion of an attack of a virginia couple in 2014. defense attorneys hope to prove small was carrying out his wife's orders and was too medicated to be held accountable. we are two days away from metro's safe track plan. they will discuss what kind of impact it will have on you. we'll have a look at your forecast next.

>> good morning a lot of clouds in the metro area. sunshine across parts of the shenandoah valley, temperatures as a result warmed up into the low 70s. on the whole, it will be a partly to mostly cloudy day. best chances of the rain over the i-81 corridor. best chances for rain today will be out along i-81. lower rain chances in and around the metro area.

clouds out there. better chancer for everybody come our way tomorrow and on sunday.

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maternity ward right outside that home improvement store. go figure. let's get a check of the weathe >> good morning, everybody. tracking rain showers across parts of pennsylvania. there is a lot of cloud cover. it will keep today considerably cooler than yesterday. there is sunshine, though, across parts of i9581 now. that itself where the best chance of rain will come later o

today will be only in the low '80s around here. not really much of a rain threat in the d.c. metro today, better rain chances to the west t. best chance the next four days unfortunately comes on sunday. have a good one. that's your latest weather, willie. >> your weather is heating up, there's growing concern about mosquitos and the spread of the zika virus. just this week, doctors revealed that a baby was born with zika-linked birth defect. >> according to to the cdc, no reports of mosquito born illnesses originating here in the continental u.s. the number of travelers visiting or returning to the u.s. will likely increase. >> so we thought we'd bring in business correspondent olivia sterns to check out the best ways to keep your family safe this morning. good to see you. >> good to see you guys. from bracelets to iphone apps, there are more products than ever that promise to keep the mosquitos off your arms. do any of them actually work? we'll find out. went to a lab just outside washington and actually

why, to try out some of the latest ones, and yes, still itchy. >> reporter: ah summer. time for swimming whereby barbecue, and fending off the dreaded mosquito. michael ross, known as the bug guy is a professor at the university of maryland. . his lab of creepy crawlies, he's got thousands of mosquitos. the first thing i want to know about though is zika. do i have to do anything to protect myself against zika versus regular mosquito bites? >> no, every day mosquito is going to work just as effectively for the yellow season mosquito. >> which transmits zooe da ka. >> yes. >> the prevention guide recommends using repellants as one step to prevent bites. soipted to put some of the newest products to the test. >> we've got about $400

gear all designed to keep my mosquito-free. does any of it work? >> some are excellent. >> reporter: let's try them out. an app that admits will help keep the bucks away. >> you have several on your hand. this is horrible. >> uh-oh. >> maybe mosquitos -- >> out, out, out. >> reporter: i am not sure the app works, what do you think? >> my hand is telling me that that app wasn't so good. it's not 100% effective, but will help keep some away. next, wristbands. lots of new models this year, and it's my turn to brave the mosquito cage. >> beeper. >> they're not really landing. they're not really landing. that's amazing. they're not landing. there's one on my wrist. while the band did keep most of the bugs off my wrist, it's still not the full blown cover i'm looking for. the company says they're independent studies show a 95% success rate. and i got zero bites. and of course, we have

this is what i grew up with. >> this is the gold standard of mosquito repellant. >> whoa. >> they're not even coming near me. that's great. >> yes. >> reporter: turns out the claims hold up. natural oil of yuk lip distance. >> if i'm working out in the yard, this is the one i'm putting on here in yoond. >> this is a little more natural? >> this is a natural product, sure. >> reporter: one tip that's free, avoid fragrances or scented deodorants, they may be attracted to the smell. advice to help you enjoy summer instead of getting eaten up. >> now if you don't like the idea of putting sprays or lotions all over your skin, consider the new clothes that are laced with repellant. i'm wearing a skirt, i found that fabulous hat is the a like a beekeeper. >> it repels guys too. >> man repeller, right here. they've all been treated with the chemical. >> but it did work, the bracelet

worked. >> yeah. consider all of those things one line of defense in a broader arsenal against mosquitos this summer. >> i can see you wearing that out this weekend. >> very hot on the beach. >> thank you. coming up next, her funky song sacks became a smash hit in the uk and has over 30 million views on youtube. we have singing sensation, she's going to sing it for us right after this.

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>> she hit the stable in 2005 as auditioning as part of a girl's group called addictive ladies for the x factor uk. >> what would you do with these beginning e girls? >> give them singing lessons. >> they survived auditions, the group failed to make it to the end. but nearly ten years later, fleur returned to the show as a solo artist. setting the audience and judge s on fire with her rendition of "uptown funk." and eventually placing second in the competition. >> a fantastic runner up, fleur. >> on the heels of the x factor, he signed with simon cowell. >> this show changes lives, i'm living proof. >> and dropped her debut album in the uk. ♪ featuring sax, a funky town with a music video that has more than 30 million views and counting on youtube. >> fleur, boom.

back at early days when you were with the girl group, do you recognize her anymore? >> no. >> who is that girl? >> i was kind of just like going along with things. i didn't really think about what i was actually getting into, but funny enough, i left that show and i was so determined and really motivated to actually make it in the industry. that was my first taste, and i was so hungry after that first chance. >> so, is fleur east your real name? >> yes. >> are it's french. fleur is french for flower. my parents loved it. and then east is my dad's family name. >> yeah. >> you were made for hollywood from day one. they knew. >> they knew what they were doing. >> and also looking at the video of simon when he congratulated you from are for coming in second. you could see he was all about you and your career, and he's along with you for this ride as well. >> yeah, he's such a great mentor. encouraged me and really believed a man, ultimately give me the chance. >>

your instagram that shows that you were musically inclined all along. this is baby fleur. >> headphones even then. >> they are bigger than you. >> exactly. when my mother was pregnant, they used to put headphones onnier belly and play music and i was like singing along from the raid row from the age of two. it happened early for me. >> and a big part of your image is the style. along with the rest of us, admiring the moves of the video. talk to me about the style. >> thank you. i like rep to just be bold, extravaga extravagant, especially when i'm powerfulinging with anything goes. i don't wear to go and getpajam. >> this is the full get up, just be wild, embrace the craziyness. >> natural hair is out. >> big voice and big success. congratulations, and by the way, please don't go anywhere. hoda couldn't is in the house all right. fleur is going

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that was amazing. thank you so much. we have determined this is now the song of the summer. >> oh definitely. >> sax is the song of the summer. >> this is the morning show debut, i said what are you doing this evening? >> what an honor. >> thank you so much. >> one more time! [ applause ] >> so much energy. >>

9:57 is your time right now. good morning to you, i'm lynn uang. police have identified this man that did stunts on a tikrit heights road on an atv. it turns out they already had him in custody. in this video, pierre barber is doing stunts right in front of the police cruiser. police say he and the man recording the video will face charges. now, let's check in with

of a day we will have. looking good, chuck? >> looking okay. there is a lot of cloud outside, a little more sunshine in the shenandoah valley. we are seeing sun now. you actually have a better chance for rain coming up later on today. temperatures now, low 70s with the clouds in the washington area. but mid-70s with the sunshine there on the shenandoah. so forecasted highs today in the low '80s, low '80s again tomorrow. rain more likely friday and again on sunday. >> right now, we are working for you in the community. united way's do more 24 campaign is under way. find out how you can donate on the nbcwashington app.

♪ >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> let's hear that. >> let's hear it. she is so adorable. it is thirsty thursday, june 2nd. happy birthday to my friend denise. >> happy birthday. >> this is that hit song "sax" and it's fleur east. that song has more than 30 million views on youtube. a smash hit in