it's friday, june 10th. coming up on "early today," a whirlwind day for the democrats as president obama throws the full weight of the party behind hillary clinton and bernie sanders gets in line. the nation prepares for a memorial fit for the man known as the greatest of all time. nbc exclusive and david letterman goes one-on-one with our own tom brokaw. slow jamming the news with jimmy fallan on "the tonight show" and the news of the very bizarre. all of that and "early today" starts right now. happy friday to you. good morning. i'm betty nguyen. the leader of the free world and the head of the democratic party is finally throwing his full support behind a single candidate to take over as president of the united states. in a highly produced three-minute video, president obama lays out the case

hillary clinton has the judgment toughness and commitment and experience which make her one of the most qualified candidates to ever run for office. >> i know how hard this job can be. that's why i know hillary will be so good at it. in fact, i don't think there has ever been someone so qualified to hold this office. she's got the courage, the compassion, and the heart to get the job done. >> clinton reacted telling bloomberg news, quote, it just means so much to have a strong endorsement from the president. over the years of knowing each other, we have gone from fierce competitors to true friends. the clinton campaign released the president's endorsement video just minutes after he sat down with senator bernie sanders a meeting that left the idea of party unity on sanders' mind. >> donald trump would clearly, to my mind, and i think the majority of americans, be a disaster as president of the united states.

i will work as hard as i can to make sure that donald trump does not become president of the united states. >> senators harry reid and chuck schumer met with bernie sanders and joe biden but that was before biden offered this off the cuff endorsement of clinton late last night. >> anybody who thinks that whoever the next president and got willing in my view will be secretary clinton, but whoever the next president is -- >> many democrats feel it's just a matter of time before sanders publicly calls it quits and unites behind clinton. >> he knows how important it is to win this election and beat donald trump. and i have every bit of faith that we are going to be working together with senator sanders to achieve that goal and the goal of taking back the senate. >> my understanding is that senator sanders wants to be respectful of the process until the end, until the people have spoken. >> president obama will join

wednesday in green bay, wisconsin, the home of republican house speaker paul ryan. the most recent nbc news/"wall street journal" poll shows the president with/" a 51 approval% rating nationally anda 88% approval rating among democrats. now donald trump was quickat to react to the president's endorsement on twitter saying, obama just endorsed crooked hillary. he wants four more years of obama but nobody else does. to which, the clinton campaign replied, delete your account. and those three words are now the campaign's most retweeted so far. but it was another key endorsement that overshadowed the clump/trump feud. elizabeth warren endorsed clinton with the exclusive announcement on msnbc "rachel maddow." >> he ready for hillary clinton to become the next president of the united states and to make sure thatec donald trum

house. n >> and if there were any questions about democratic unity, they were silenced yesterday, as warren and vice president joe biden had slams against trump from every angle. >> for a candidate to call a judge a hater, a total disgrace, this behavior in a president smacks authoritarianism and terrorist andnd in addition to this it is racist, in addition. >> trump is picking on someone who is ethically bound not to defend himself. exactly what you would expect from a thin-skinned racist bully and we will not allow a small insecure thin-skinned wanna be tyrant or his allies in the senate to destroye the rule of law in the united states of america! t we will not!

nbc's andrea mitchell he is still a trump supporter despite denouncing trump's previous comments. >> i think his stage presence is something different than, say, what i would do, but my personal interactions, i find very even temperament. >> you have even said that what he said about judge curiel was a textbook definition of racism. how can you then say, but he is okay to be president? >> i think we all -- not just republicans, should disavow comments like that. i'm glad he walked it back. this is a long campaign with a long way to go. and he has a ways to go to give aus campaign that we can all be proud of. >> and despite a doozie of a political day, it was president obama who got the final word last night as he slow-jammed the news with "the tonight show" with jimmy

get our country back on track. ♪ oh, yeah, president obama stimulate long-term growth lit candles and got silky satin sheets ♪ ♪ turned it into such a hurry wish he could go for three like my man steph curry ♪ >> there will be no third term. i can't stay forever. beds, daddy has a wine and vacation booked in about 223 days. but who is counting? now to some breaking news in ohio. a manhunt is under way for a suspect wanted in connection with a shooting of a female sheriff's deputy.e details are still sketchy but here is what we know. the shooting happened last night in deerfield, township, northeast

during a domestic disturbance call at an apartment complex. the deputy was treated at a hospital and released while a second victim sustained nonlife-threatening injuries. authorities are searching for 19-year-old muhammad ab u ledae. people in the area are asked to shelter in place. >> if you happen to see this person don't attempt to engage him in any way and he is considered armed and dangerous. >> helicopters and canine units are assisting in that search. thousands of fans and admirers are set to pack a louisville arena today to say good-bye to hometown icon muhammad ali. nbc sarah dollop is live in louisville with more on this. is the stage set for this last good-bye, sarah? >> reporter: it is, betty. muhammad ali helped plan his own funeral, his advisers say, ove the past decade, including his de

public and people of all faiths. a final farewell this morning to the man who has fired millions with his skill in the boxing ring and his legacy outside of it. 18,000 people expected to fill this basketball arena in muhammad ali's hometown. >> people come all over the world to pay their respects to muhammad because he meant so much too everyone. >> he stood for strength and he wanted to encourage everybody to do the same. >> reporter: prior to the service a procession will move slowly through the city. a final trip past ali's childhood home in the ali center. during the funeral he will be eulogized by president bill clinton and bryant gumbel and billy crystal. tickets were sold out within an hour. thousands gathered for a muslim prayer funeral

members of other faith communities. we welcome our sisters, our elders, our youngsters. >> reporter: the people's champ bringing together those who worshipped with him, those who trained alongside him and those who cheered him on always. and security here is expected to be tight. about 500 law enforcement officers working the scene. in addition about a thousand volunteers wearing muhammad ali t-shirts will be on the streets helping visitors find their way. >> thank you, sarah. president obama will not be at the funeral service and attending his daughter's high school ergraduation, malia. severe thunderstorms will increase today and into the weekend fromhe the upper midwes to the northeast as building heat and humidity interact with active jet stream. the thermometer tops out at a sweltering 98 degrees in st. louis. looking at thunderstorms in the southeast.

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medication or stopping the meds causing hand swelling which is the moment that simpson tried on a bloody glove in the court and became a key point in johnny cochran's closing statements in the trial. look at this. sheep were found wandering through a small town at 4:30 monday morning! two cars and five officers spent 45 minutes trying to round up the woolley invaders. the escapees made a break for it when their shepherd fell asleep. sleeping on the job. an armed robber shoving a gun at a woman at a virginia restaurant on saturday night. she wrestled with the gunman as her husband ran out from the kitchen. police found the 19-year-old with a gash in his back and arrested him. the woman thought the gun was fake until she pulled the trigger and it went off inside the store. oops. yeah. don't do that. look at this. new isis video reportedly s

3,000-year-old temple in northern iraq. the video has not been authenticated by nbc news but the u.n. confirmed that satellite imagery showed extensive damage to the main entrance at a temple to the babylonian god of wisdom. to new england. one unlucky segal took a dip in curry on tuesday. it was apparently looking for dinner at a food factory when he fell into a vat of chicken tiki masala. but now the orange sea bird is ready to blend back into the crowd. he looks nice all cleaned up. in an nbc news exclusive, tom brokaw goes in-depth with david letterman one year after leaving the spotlight. here is a preview of their conversation. >> do you miss it every night? >> no. no, i don't. it's interesting. i thought -- i thought for sure, i would. and then the

stephen's show when he went on the air, an energy left me and i felt like, you know, it's not my problem any more. i couldn't care less about late night television. i'm happy for the guys, men and women, there should be more women, and i don't know why they didn't give my show to a woman. that would have been fine. >> did they ask you about who should replace you? >> no. oh, no. they didn't ask me about anything. they were just happy i was going. >> and you can catch the complete "on assignment" exclusive interview, including david letterman's thoughts on donald trump. that is sunday night at 7:00/6:00 central only on nbc. ahead, san jose tries to defend off the elimination in the stanley cup finals. and the fine has been handed out for this bench clearing brawl. brawl. of course you go all out for date night...

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this morning on "today," new details about a former stanford university athlete who received a jail sentence of six months for sexual assault. vice president joe biden weighs in with a letter to the victim. on now to sports. sharks were chomping from the bit at the start and scored three goals and tacked on another one late in the third for good measure. goalie martin jones finished with 44 sav

4-2 and keeping the series alive. game six is sunday at 8:00 p.m. on nbc. the mlb has handed down punishments for tuesday night's brawl between kansas city and baltimore. royals pitcher ventura is suspended four games and orioles machado is also suspended for four games. a injury forced a two-time champ to withdrawal from the french open this month. it's unclear if the injury will keep nadal out of the championship. ahead of a match this weekend, it started outside of an irish pub. oh, i see. just before midnight. it lasted about half an hour. the fans and locals threw chairs at each other and exchanged punches. police used tear gas and riot po

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now at 4:26, the search is on for a man accused of sexually assaulting a metro passenger. the picture police want you to see. she claims she was the victim of severe road rage, so bad she claims her attacker bit her. what she has to say about the frightening moments. and if you don't have weekend plan, make them now because we could see 90 degrees in the near future. good morning. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. we want to start with that forecast, of course. >> chuck bell here with our weather headlines. >> a good friday

another winner on the way for today. hard to believe we could string so many nice days in a row, but that's the case. i know a lot of folks out there in the area do like it hot in the summertime and some like it hot, hot, hot. that's coming your way for both saturday and sunday. likely to both be at or above 90 degrees. most of your weekend will be rain free, but i'll help you plan out when your plans could be interrupted by a stray shower. right now mid to upper 60s. no 50s on the happen morning like the last couple mornings. let's go over to jack taylor at wtop. we'll start off with the work zone that is here through september. rock creek parkway at the old kennedy center overhang. traffic alternating one direction at a time. we'll take a look at the big beltway, no problems to report. all green. in

lanes are open. off to a great start. one row maemaining work zone, 9 north after garrisonville. should be wrapped up very quickly. back to you. good morning. we're learning about a bicyclist struck and killed in hagerstown. the washington county sheriff he's department says happened just before 10:00 last night along dual highway. apparently the cyclist pulled out in front of a car and the driver couldn't stop in time. we'll try to get you more information. new details in a homicide. police have arrested two brothers in connection with the death of jabari jones. investigators say the two were involved in a fight with jones. jones was found dead behind a house after police went to do a welfare c

george's county are looking for the man in these photos. they believe he sexually assaulted a woman in landover early yesterday morning. they say the suspect followed the victim from the new carrollton metro station into a business and attacked her. 4:29 now. today there will be a hearing for a man charged with attempted rape of a woman on a moving metro train. police say it happened in april on a red line train near the glenmont station. the victim says 39-year-old john hicks held her at knifepoint and tried to rape her. the woman says he forced her to perform a sex act on him. police say he also may be responsible for an unrelated sex assault in montgomery county. discrimination is moral. >> human rights for our children. >> outraged parents voiced concerns about transgender students in fairfax county public schools. the board agreed last year to include transgender students this i

policy. that policy includes allowing students to use the bathroom of their choice. parents who oppose the plan say they didn't get proper notice about the agenda last night and couldn't seen up to speak. >> they're not giving parents like myself, and you're a parent, also, they're not giving parents a chance to find out about this stuff with enough time to speak up. >> the school board did not make any decisions about the issue. we're waiting to hear back from the district to clarify its agenda policy. today the third trial involving the death of freddie gray continues. officer goodson drove the van. prosecutors say he gave gray an intentional rough ride and point to video that shows goodson running a stop sign apcrossing the yellow line. of the six officers indicted, goodson faces the most serious charges including a murder