coming up on "early today," breaking overnight, a 2-year-old boy is taken from his family by an alligator at disney's grand floridian resort as the dad tried to rescue the toddler. we have new developments into the orlando shooter and whether his current wife could have prevent the attack. donald trump respond to president obama's heated rebuke of the gop front-runner. "early today" starts right now. florida officials are searching for a 2-year-old who was dragged into a lake by an alligator and it occurred at walt disney world last night. 50 officers are involved in the search which is

lagoon area and the attack happened in front of the boy's parents. sarah dallof joins us from lake wou buena vista, florida. >> reporter: the search continues for the young boy. the father and son were reportedly playing in the water last night in about a foot of water when this alligator attacked, dragging him off. the father reportedly tried to wrestle his son from the alligator. he sustained a minor injury while doing so. but he was not successful. this gator is described anywhere between 4 to 7 feet long and his family was visiting here at walt disney world from nebraska. officials say they are committed to recovering this young boy, although they do acknowledge the difficulty of this search. >> as a father, as a grandfather, we are going to hope for the best inse

circumstances, but based upon my 35 years of law enforcement experience, we know that we have some challenges ahead of us at this time. >> reporter: and disney has released a statement expressing condolences. meanwhile, betty, the search continues and it has gone through the night and officials will be at it until they have some answers for this family. >> heart breaking story there, sarah. thank you very much. investigators now believe the current wife of omar mateen may have known her husband was planning the orlando attack and even attempted to talk him out of it. she admitted to driving mateen to the nightclub on one occasion. the official are deciding whether to pursue charges against her and if she could have stopped the deadly massacre. >> reporter: nbc news has learned noor salman, the 30-year-old wife of gunman omar mateen, said she tried to talk her husband out of the li

>> did you know your husband was a terrorist? >> reporter: the young mother to the couple's 3-year-old son was believed to have been staying with her father-in-law. >> she is a very good good. good person. >> reporter: federal agents tell nbc news salman was with her husband when he bought ammunition and a holster and officials familiar with the case say she once drove mateen to pulse because he wanted to scope out the club. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: where he would later kill 49 people. the couple lived two hours from the crime scene in this modest apartment since 2012. salman, a u.s. citizen, had been married before. she met her ex-husband in ramallah where her family is from, an arranged marriage that ended in divorce seven years ago. salman's family lives here in northern california. >> i've known her since she was 3 years old. >> reporter: neighbors say cher devastated. >> after she got married and left, i have no idea what k

good girl. >> we are also learning new details into the alleged gay tendency mateen may have exhibited ps this is what his ex-wife said to cnn's don lemon last night. >> he did have a different side of him that he could not open up to his father about, the side that he liked to go to nightclubs, the fact that he loved to drink. it doesn't surprise me that he might be gay and it doesn't surprise me that he was leading two totally different lives and was in such consequence of himself. >> reporter: joining is nbc's blake mccoy. what more can you tell us about the investigation into mateen's current wife? >> good morning. we can tell you the fbi is considering charges against her for failing to tell them, to alert them to this attack. let's talk about what she knew here and is accused of doing. she was with him

he bought ammunition and a holster and she is also admitting to driving him to pulse nightclub here at one point to stake out the place. he alerted her to his plans to carry out this attack, according to law enforcement source. but she never notified them. so they are considering charges, even though she is now cooperating with the fbi investigation. we can tell you that agents have visited her parents' home as part of their investigation, but as far as when charges could come down, if she is charged, we are told the fbi is in no rush. they want to make sure they have a thorough investigation rather a speedy one. >> thank you, blake. 27 of the 53 injured in the shooting remain hospitalized and six still list inside critical condition and one is profoundly ill. one survivor 20-year-old patience carter lost multiple friends in the shooting and she was one of the victims held hostage in the bathroom with the shooter. yesterday, she read from a poe

em she wrote expressing the emotion weight of being alive while her friend are not. >> the feeling of being live, the guilt is heavy. not sure if the people around you are ready. i feel guilty about screaming about my legs in pain because i could feel nothing. like the other 49 who weren't so lucky to feel this pain of mine. the guilt of feeling lucky to be alive is heavy. >> a go fund me page to support the victims is now at over $4 million. now to a political firestorm ignited by the orlando massacre. president obama hitting donald trump like never before, blasting trump as dangerous in a rare show of anger that was instinct with hillary clinton's simultaneous at the republican nominee. kristen welker has more. >> reporter: after donald trump called for expanding his

like never before. >> where does this stop? are we going to start treating all muslim americans differently? >> reporter: a speech billed as an update on the fight against isis turned into a tirade against trump. the president didn't hide the fact that trump is getting under his skin, citing trump's digs at mr. obama for refusing to talk about radical islam. >> islamic radicalism and that is a very, very important term, a term that the president refuses to use. >> reporter: the president answering. >> the political talking point and if we fall into the trap of painting all muslims with a broad brush, and imply that we are at war with an entire religion? then we are doing the terrorists' work for them. >> reporter: the scholarshharp s hillary clinton sound like they were reading from the same script. >> so there is no magic to the

that there are magic words that once uttered will stop terrorists from coming after us? >> reporter: clinton also defending her former boss after this trump suggestion about the president's reaction to the orlando attack. >> there are a lot of people that think maybe he doesn't want to get it and a lot of people think maybe he doesn't want to know about it. >> he went on tv and suggested that president obama is on the side of the terrorists. >> reporter: the attack team a preview of the on slaught trump is facing in the fall. late last night, trump hit back. >> i watched president obama today and he was more angry at me than he was at the shooter. the level of anger, that is the kind of anger that should have for the shooter and these killers that shouldn't be here. >> that came shortly before trump r

questioned soldiers may be respond for reconstruction fund lost during the iraq war. >> iraq, crooked as hell. how about bringing baskets of money, millions and millions of dollars and handing it out? i want to know who are the soldiers that had that job? because i think they are living very well right now, whoever they may be. >> reporter: a trump spokesperson clarified his remark saying trump was referring to iraqi soldiers. a nominating contest held in washington, d.c. yesterday. hillary clinton won over sanders. the primary results came shortly after clinton and sanders held a private face-to-face meeting at a washington, d.c. hotel in an effort to unify the party over the sex several day-- next seve. they hailed it as a positive step forward. no word yet on whether sanders will drop out of the race and

the democratic convention. in the wake of the orlando shooting another isis supporters struck on monday. french prosecutors say a 25-year-old man fatally establistabbed a police officer outside of his home and they took his partner and their three 3-year-old son hostage. during a standoff with authorities that man ranted on facebook live calling for police and journalists and rappers to be targeted. when negotiations broke down, the police stormed in and killing the assailant. the officer's partner was found dead but their child was rescued safely. the suspect is a jihadi follower. check out this unbelievable video from southern china showing cars swept away by raging floodwaters. one man is clinging for his life at the roof of a car. one person is missing and thousands are

bill carins is here. >> a possibility this is going to be a long duration heat wave across the country. near record heat this week and record heat throughout the weekend. record highs today near a hundred springfield, wichita, little rock and chattanooga. wichita hit a hundred today. friday, wichita will be 104! the record is 104. we should be around a hundred. just shy of a lot of the the records in the central plains. but still very, very hot. by the time we get to saturday, we are going to be 103 in amarillo and lincoln 99 and waco and little rock. central plains, very hot. shift this weekend to the west and sunday should be the peek of the heat and should be impressive. phoenix has a chance of getting up to 119 and near 120 degrees. that would be the warmest in three years. tucson you will shatter your record

chicago morning and indiana, storms for you this morning. this afternoon, we will see strong thunderstorms in the ohio valley. 23 million people at risk and mostly wind damage and large hail. that is your national weather. here is a closer look at your day ahead. there is beautiful weather to be had and found today in new england with temperatures in the 80s and low humidity. scattered showers and thunderstorms throughout the southeast. blistering heat setting up over the top of texas and oklahoma today. everyone in the 90s. so summer heat has arrived. >> all right. bring it. thank you. well, a judge in the stanford sexual assault case is pulled from a new sex abuse child. about the russian just feel the democrats deepest political secret? "early today" is back in a few. "early today" is back in a few. neutrogena® cosmetics. powders, concealers and foundations in new shades for more skin tones.

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4:26 is the time, good morning to you. i'm eun yang. an alligator attacked and a toddler is missing. we'll bring you the latest on this in just moments. good morning to you. molette is following this news for us. this news is just awful. >> yes, it is. an alligator dragged the toddler into a lake. authorities desperately searching all through the night after the 4 to 7 foot gator

parents. the boy's father tried to save him but couldn't. this happened near disney's gland floridian resort lagoon where no swimming signs were posted. disney released a statement expressing condolences. there may be a news conference coming up in just a couple of hours. we're going to stay on top of the developments, listen to it and tell you what the folks have to say about the search. back to you now. good morning. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. dry this morning, but off to our west we do have a few light showers showing up on storm team 4 radar coming into the panhandle of west virginia, the shenandoah valley from 81 south of winchester down to la ray. the pavement is getting wet. along 66 from royal to deere county, we have a few scattered sprinkles tracking off to the south and east. this morning northern virginia parktss of maryland, might have a quick passing shower coming through.

60s and upper 60s. there are 4 things to know this wednesday, cooler than average today. becoming more humid this afternoon. rain chances tomorrow and friday. and a nice father's day weekend is coming up. now we'll check on traffic to see what is going on. tom, good morning. we have a few accidents going on this morning. the southbound should be the first to recover quickly. on the baltimore-washington parkway, look at the long-term paving project near 198. we have crews that have been working with the right lane blocked off and the left lane getting by. northbound on the vw parkway is looking okay. if you are moving through frederick county headed to mount air, we have a paving projec

the left lane getting by. back over to you. jack, thank you. it is 4:29 and now to the latest on the aftermath of the terror in orlando. this morning we're working to find out whether omar mateen's wife will face charges in connection to the shooting. federal investigators say she played a role in the shooting that left 49 people dead. but she may have also tried to prevent the nightclub at pulse nightclub. many of the injured are still in the hospital with six in critical condition. a new picture of the shooter is emerging, many in the orlando gay community say he was a regular at several gay clubs and expressed interest in men. with more on that aspect of the investigation, we turn to leann gregg live in orlando. >> reporter: good morning. law enforcement is considering whether his wife should face criminal charges. she's cooperating staying with her father-in-law. noor

from the crime scene in port st. lucie with her husband and 3-year-old son. she told federal authorities she was with her husband when he bought ammunition and a holster that were used during the attack. she also said she drove him by the crime scene by the bar so that he could, quote, scope it out. she told the federal authorities she tried to talk him out of his plan. again, charges could be filed against her. three fbi agents have talked with her family members in northern california. her father-in-law revealed some information that could point to the state of mind of his son-in-law. he applied to the police academy, a life-long dream, but was rejected. then the florida department of law enforcement said that he had filed a complaint saying the reason he was turned away was because he was muslim. >> leanne gr