it's tuesday, june 21st. coming up on "early today," just a week after the largest mass shooting in u.s. history, the senate votes down changes to america's gun control laws. this as the chilling 911 calls from the pulse nightclub are released by the fbi. donald trump is forced to clarify more statements while his campaign shake-up leads to more concern for republicans. plus, new hope for a zika vaccine. a possible connection between an actor's death and his recalled jeep grand cherokee. "early today" starts right now. good morning, everybody. thanks for joining us today. i'm betty nguyen. gridlock in the senate. eight days after the country's worst mass shooting in history. the senate took up four separate gun control proposes answers each one was voted down

relatives of past mass shootings sit in the gallery. the first all senators were on hand for a vote. for more, here is tracie potts from washington. did these measures ever have a chance of passing? >> not really. we were talking about it 24 hours ago and exactly what happened. take a look at the vote totals. four votes. two republican ideas and two democratic ideas and all failed as you can take a look here. this is the first time this year that all 100 senators including bernie sanders were here to vote. reaction to this? let's start with the campaign trail. hillary clinton tweeted enough with the names of the 49 victims from orlando. we have also heard from the brady campaign saying even though they are disappointed, they are hopeful because they i think the tide is turning. there was some consensus that guns needed to be prevent from getting in the h o

how do you do that? that is where things tended to break down here. also, republicans insisted that the focus needs to be on defeating terror overseas, defeating isis and stopping that flow of information and, for some of the suspects, inspiration into the united states. so as of today, yet again, all of these have failed and now, essentially, congress is right back where it started on gun control. >> thank you for that. news of the senate's failure came after the fbi released partial transcripts of the chilling 911 calls made by orlando gunman omar mateen during the massacre. the transcripts showed what he told authorities while he was carrying out his deadly rampage. t release of those transcripts brought controversy on what the fed attempted to say what they said only to reverse

later in the day. >> reporter: a half hour after the first gunshots, omar mateen calls 911 and speaks to a dispatcher in 60 seconds. he says the following. he admits i'm in orlando and i did the shootings. >> he did so in a chilling, calm, and deliberate manner. >> reporter: mateen then says i pledge of allegiance to abu bakr al baghdadi. it omitted any reference to isis but after critics like paul ryan argued the administration was minimizing the threat, the fbi released an unredacted version, calling the controversy an unnecessary distraction. >> we are not going to propagate violent rhetoric. >> reporter: three other calls, mateen identifies him as an islamic soldier and demands america stop bombing syria and iraq and has explosi

a cressing room window was pulled out of a bathroom for people to evacuate. at 4:29, the following happened. at 5:02, the s.w.a.t. team stormed the building. >> i'm just trying to clarify that is absolutely not true that we didn't do anything for three hours. yesterday, donald trump used his significant reality show phrase against one of his own. he gave campaign manager corey lewandowski the boot with two words -- you're fired. the dramatic shake-up took the rest of the campaign team by surprise. some of the inner circle admitted they learned of the change through news reports and came after a meeting between trump and his children who some say are exercising an even more crucial role in the campaign. nbc's katy tur has those details. >> reporter: after more than a year by his side, donald trump ousted corey lewa

campaign manager, following an early morning meeting with his children. they say his children confronted his dad urging him to cut ties with allowan do y an dolewandow. >> we released him from the campaign and i think a natural process of transition from campaign to presumptive nominee to actual nominee. >> reporter: another adding that ivanka was the final straw and done with lewandowski after he was excused of assaulting a reporter in march. trump praised alllewandowski af that incident. >> corey, good job today. >> reporter: he faced a perfect storm of bad news. down in the polls to hillary clinton and outspending and facing on the verge of mutiny. now paul manafort takes his place. >> the fact we

historical. >> minutes after lewandowski's firing, this was tweeted. ding dong, the witch is dead and included a link to the song from the film "the wizard of oz." after criticism, caputo resigned a few hours later and was imp d expected to serve as head of the convention. >> i had a great conversation with mr. trump. i can tell you this. it's been a privilege for me to serve the last 19 months on this campaign. a campaign that no one gave us any credit on and being successful in. i was a small part of that. i can tell you i have no regrets. it's been an honor and i respect mr. trump. i respect him more so than any other person who has ever entered this race. i can tell you i will do everything possible through me and my friends and my family that donald trump is the next president of the united states. >> last night, trump spoke about the situation with fox's bill o'reil o'reilly. >> he's a good man. we have had great success.

i got more primary votes than anybody in the history of the republican party by a tremendous amount. not by a little bit. i think corey is terrific. but i think it's time now for a different kind of a campaign. we ran a small beautiful well-unified campaign and it worked very well in the primaries. >> while trump's day began with campaign bedlam as one put it ended just as rough. a new s.e.c. filing from may shows the campaign has $1.3 million of cash on hand and $3.2 million raised. campaign spokesperson said there were, quote, no concerns regarding the new fec report. trump's campaign shake-up came after new details emerged of a scary incident involving a uk man who was arrested at a las vegas trump rally this weekend. investigators say while trump was hold ago rally on saturday, a 19-year-old man walked up to a uniformed police officer and attempted to take his gun. he was unsuccessful. authorities say that man,

said he wanted a gun to, quote, shoot and kill trump. court documents say sandford traveled from california to las vegas for the rally and even went to a firing range to learn how to shoot a gun. the complaint quotes sandford saying if he were on the street tomorrow, he would try this again. officials say sandford appears to have mental problems and he has been charged with an act of violence on restricted grounds or against someone unsecret service protection. it was a bizarre, but serious incident in what is a tumultuous campaign for trump. online, our nbc news team has launched a feature of trump and details the ups and downs of the trump campaign and have gone a visualizing of those who support him and denounce him and all of those in between. it's on nbcnews.com/trump. a record heat wave continues to plague the west from southern california to new mexico, triple digit temperatures affected 25

million people. arizona bore the brunt as it reached 120 degrees. the state's heat reason health deaths increased to five. >> this is our disaster. we don't have hurricanes or tornadoes or earthquakes. we have excessive heat. >> searing temperatures fueled out of control wildfires and gave life to new ones. two twin brush fires were a major concern yesterday. the blazes broke out near los angeles county. it prompted the evacuation of hundreds of homes. in nearby santa barbara county, fire crews made gains against the sherpa fire and gaining 62% of it monday night. in new mexico, they are battling the dog head fire that is largely uncontained and despite consuming 18,000 acres, officials say there is some good news. in serious injuries have been sustained and no lives have been lost. let's get more on the scorching weather out there with nbc meteorologist bill

here. >> we have hit the peak of this heat wave and now into the heart of the fire season at the same time. they coinciding with each other. phoenix, yuma outside of los angeles and las vegas still under excessive heat warnings and the flames out here, numerous fires dotting the west from new mexico right through arizona and california also have a cold front cause be problems today. boston about to hit pretty good thunderstorms with lightning and heavy down pours and williamsonport and harrisburg and allentown. northern missouri a columbia could get storms today. northern plains to central portions of iowa with severe storms and mid-atlantic and delaware and new jersey, mostly damaging wind the threat from kentucky, west virginia, virginia into the delmarva. tomorrow's threat huge for 46 million people from chicago to ft. wayne and the big red

that is your national weather. here is a closer look at your day ahead. temperatures cooler where the front went through yesterday. northern great lakes and northern new england a nice refreshing day but it's very hot from denver all the way wichita and central kansas and into areas of southern missouri. also if you noticed last night, of course, we kicked into summer officially. at the same time, we had a beautiful strawberry moon. >> look at that! >> they say it's from the indians because it's marked a full moon in june where the strawberry was at its peak of picking strawberrieses. some call it the rose moon. the next time it happens on the summer solstice, 2062. >> hopefully, we are around for that around. >> at least one of husband. >> hopefully, me. are doctors getting closer to a vaccine to fight the zika virus? a king welcome.

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this morning on "today," a one-on-one exclusive with charlie sheen. the actor opens up about his life since revealing on "today" that he is hiv positive. you won't want to miss this today on "today." los angeles police are investigating the tragic death of "star trek" actor anton yelchin who was crashed by accident on sunday by his own suv in his driveway. did the gear system in his jeep grand cherokee play a role? tom costello reports. >> reporter: for a rising hollywood star, tragedy early sunday morning. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> reporter: 27-year-old anton yelcheck in the "star trek" movies found dead at his home. . lapd says he was penned against a fence with his grand

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now to entertainment news. the final moments of michael jackson's life will be available. thanks to j.j. abrams and tavis smiley. it's based on smiley's new book due in stores today. a premiere date is yet to be introduced. "star trek" beyond event has been cancelled after the sudden death of anton yelchin. the sci-fi film is scheduled to be released july 22nd. >> ♪ what the world needs now is love sweet love ♪ ." broadway's best coming together in honor of the orlando shooting victims. the rendition of "what the world needs now" is available for purchase on itunes and the broadway records website. 100% of the proceeds will go t

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brussels on high alert. what prompted a major security threat and discovery made at the scene. protestors push for action on gun control. the controversy as the senate the votes down every plan on the floor. two serious crashes and few answers. the new effort to find out what led to a deadly wreck. it is 4:26. gk. aim aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. we want to check our weather, as well. it really heated up yesterday. >> pretty warm right now, too. chuck bell is here with our weather headlines. >> yeah, 91 degrees yesterday. although not terribly humid. that will be changing

today as more moisture comes our way and that will also more importantly increase our chances for thunderstorm. so hot and more humid is the first weather headline. most likely chance for any severe weather between about 2:00 and 8:00 this afternoon into this evening. that's the most likely time for severe. but that's not our first chance. all right thunderstorms south of more gaun up gan up to. i-81, around 7:00 a.m.up to. i-81, around 7:00 a.m. we'll time out the west of tres day coming up. for now, let's go over to wtop. >> we're watching the roads. nothing unexpected happening. i-66, quiet in this camera shot. work zone haymarket is being picked up. traffic should get by the right. all quiet around the beltway and

beyond or heading to it it on 2 look at all the green. safetrack orange, silver line trains no service ben to ie ben eastern market. following the breaking news, a terror scare in brussels. a shopping mall remains closed off after police arrested a man who claimed to have an explosive belt on. police swarmed the area. you're looking at the scene. the prime minister saying the situation is under control. sources telling nbc news that the so-called explosive belt turned out to be fake. the country has been under a threat level since the paris attack and xt

brussels airport. and right now, a group of protester s pushing for a ban o assault weapons. ♪ this also light of mine, i'm going to let it shine ♪ >> right now the pro gun control group is holding a special ceremony to remember the victims of the orlando night club shooting about 2:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. marks the time the gunman stormed the club and began shooting. many of them blame the nra for blogging gun control legislation, this comes after the u.s. senate failed to pass new legislation to curb gun sales. >> the yomajority of the countr is saying that we want gun control. >> they're placing the evil on the actual tool instead of blaming -- putting the blame where it properly belongs, on p a islamic terrorist. >> they plan to stay until

a.m. and more now on the failed votes. a divided senate rejected proposals from each side last night. democrats hope to end private gun sales without background checks. they also hope to push through no-fly/no-buy legislation banning gun sales to anyone on the no fly oig or twor watch wrists. opponents say loose gun laws are not the source of attacks on innocent americans. >> we should make this about the fight to eliminate islamic extremism which is the root cause. >> lawmaker voted mostly along party lines. democrats called the gop proposals unacceptably weak while republicans say the democratic plans were overly restrictive. today loretta lynch will travel to orlando for an investigation briefing on the worst mass shoot in u.s. history. her have i visit comes one day after the fbi released a full transcript of the gunman's 91