it's thursday, june 23rd. coming up on "early today," house fight. congressional democrats organize a sit-in demand ago vote on gun control measures. >> not next year. but now! today! >> this is nothing more than a publicity stunt, point number one. >> ladies and gentlemen, it would be legislative malpractice for us not to deal with these issues. donald trump with a blistering critique of hillary clinton but was it accurate? ghostly images from the front lines of blazing western infernos as twisters barrel through the midwest. "early today" starts right now. good morning, everyone. i'm

house republicans on capitol hill have gavelled the house back into recess after democrats unprecedented act of defiance shut down the house's legislative work over a 16-hour sit-in. >> now is the time for us to find a way to traumatize it, to make it real. we have to occupy the floor of the house into their section. >> these were the dramatic scenes as they unfolded last night. >> house be in order! >> this is not at all regular order. >> the chair appreciates that members will differ on matters of policy. >> house democratic members yelling shame. >> shame shame! [ screaming ] >> the chair would hope that the business of the house to be conducted. >> enough is enough. we are sitting in area wen going to make sure that the speaker hears us loud and clear.

night. >> the democrats, a short while ago, broke out in song, singing "we shall overcome ♪ ♪ >> sitting there on the floor, i felt like i was reliving my life all over again. >> hold that floor. >> i've been here. the truth. you must never, ever give up or give in or give out. >> just a couple of hours ago, an intense to end the sit-in. speaker paul ryan reconvened the house to hold a vote on a law watering down rules for adviser but the democrats continued to occupy the floor. >> house be in order. the chair wish to make an announcement regarding the decorum in the house chairman. -- chamber. pursuant to the house,

joint resolution 88. the clerk will report the title of the joint's resolution. >> they chanted shame at the speaker. later singing "we shall overcome." ♪ ♪ we are not afraid to make ♪ ♪ ♪ we shall not overcome >> here is what paul ryan will be waking up to this morning. the cover of the new york "daily news." shaming the speaker as being, quote, a the lap dog of the nra. the front center of the page on "usa today," we have been too quiet for too

in the last hour, house democrats held a presser following their marathon sit-in. >> today, we come a distance. we made some progress. we crossed one bridge but we have other bridges to cross. we are not giving up the fight. the fight is ongoing site. we will not be happy. we will not be satisfied. we will not be pleased until we do something in a major way. make a major down payment on any gun violence in america. we lost too many of our children, our babies, too many of our mothers and fathers, our brothers and sisters. and we will continue to fight. >> the house remains out of session until july 5th. democrats continue to sit-in as

again at 10:00 a.m. out of capitol hill, republicans have gavel -- we are moving on here because donald trump delivered his strongest attack yet against hillary clinton and that came yesterday as he read from a teleprompter out of his new york hotel. trump condemned clinton as, quote, a world class liar and slammed her judgment and character and policy record. many of his claims, however, were found to be misleading aor outright false. hallie jackson has the report. >> reporter: donald trump finally on offense after days defending his campaign. >> hillary clinton may be the most corrupt person ever to seek the presidency of the united states. >> reporter: he is working to define hillary clinton as a creature of wall street and washington. >> her campaign slogan is, i'm with her." you know what my response is to that? i'm with you, the american people.

>> reporter: trump never one to mince words, though, not all of them were true. >> her server was easily hacked by foreign governments. >> reporter: but a state department inspector general's report found no evidence, but routine phishing and no government official said her e-mails were hacked. and on benghazi? >> what she did with with him was horrible. he was left to die as hillary clinton slept soundly in her bed. >> reporter: that is not what hillary clinton told a house committee this fall under oath. >> i did not sleep all night. i was very much focused on what we were doing. >> reporter: the hearings revealing she was still at the state department when the attacks started to unfold in the early afternoon and e-mailing her daughter at home shortly before midnight. trump accused of doing favors for cash at the state department. >> hillary clinton has defected

>> reporter: clinton cash, but that book's author admits there is no evidence to prove those allegations. >> i guess my speech yesterday must have gotten under his skin. >> reporter: one day after attacking her rival on his business record, clinton, again, targeting trump. >> he is going after me personally because he has no answers on the substance. >> all of the fire from the democratic front seems to have died down with bernie sanders admitting yesterday that it doesn't appear that hel be the nominee. sanders is expected to be at a new york rally tonight where he'll give a where we go from here speech. dangerous weather extremes are sweeping the nation out west. firefighters across five states continue their relentless battle against wildfires as a searing heat wave fuels the flame. several wildfires are burning across california. some 1,400 firefighters desce descended across los angeles county and s

complex fire has consumed nearly 5,000 acres since tuesday. only 10% of that has been contained. meanwhile, severe storms m pummel the midwest with fierce winds and even tornadoes. several tornadoes touched down in parts of illinois and leaving destruction and power outages in its wake. one storm chaser had a close encounter yesterday as he drove straight into a tornado grueling overhead. that is scary. bill karins joins us more on the extreme weather. i don't like that close-up view. i'm sorry. >> i don't know if anyone would. we haven't heard any reports of any destruction of any towns or major towns. that is great. we knew tornadoes were possible last night. 18 in northern illinois. blue dots wind damage across northern indiana and a few in ohio. storms are diving down across areas of southern ohio. a severe thunderstorm watch until 8:00 a.m. for areas of west virginia.

threat has been significantly diminished and if anything happens wind damage out of this. round one this morning and storms push down. regeneration of the storms later today. the area of greatest concern is cincinnati to lexington to charleston, west virginia. wind damage and isolated tornadoes and to mid-atlantic region could see isolated strong storms from d.c. and norfolk included later on this afternoon and this evening. the southern half of the country very hot. that hasn't changed. 112 in phoenix and mid to upper 90s from st. louis south wards to san antonio and if you want enjoyable air mass is the great lakes and northern new england. that is your national weather. now here is a closer look at your day ahead. well, again, the thunderstorms will be passing down through areas of west virginia and ohio this morning. then we will see new storms popping up as we go throughout the afternoon in the region. heat still on. not as many heat advisories or warnings today

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moving down towards northern virginia and washington, d.c. as we go throughout this morning. this is at 9:00 a.m. the storms passing through the beltway. the morning hours the storms will then weaken. by the time the afternoon kicks around, 2:00, 3:00, 4:00, 5:00, new storms form over the mountains of west virginia and virginia and drift towards the mid-atlantic region this afternoon. two rounds of storm and one going right now the most dangerous in areas of southern ohio. >> let's hope a night weekend behind that. thank you, bill. entertainment news. according to the associated press dna reveals a colorado prison inmate is not the son of prince and means 39-year-old carlin williams is not entitled to the 300 million dollar fortune. prince's sibling and half-sibling will share the estate under minnesota law. a jury enters day two of deliberations on whether the opening chorus to led zeppelin's "stairwa

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right now at 4:26, radar showing storms racing into our area. expect lots of lightning and strong winds. we are in weather alert mode. fwloo pl plus the water main break causing major problems in northern virginia. how it could impact your morning commute. plus 16 hours and counting, a fight over gun control on capitol hill. i'm erika gonzalez at the live desk with the fight that has continued on well into the night. it is a weather alert day here at "news 4 today." i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. our radar already pickin u

chuck bell has what you need to know. >> good morning, everybody. it will be a very rainy and stormy start to the day. if you need to get to work before 7:00 a.m., leave early or arrive late. strong wind gusts are possible this morning, a lot of rain and a lot of lightning and a chance for another round this evening. look at all the lightning getting ready to move in to the shenandoah valley. this is moving this to the d.c. metro area very quickly. probably only have about another 45 minutes to an hour before it moves in to the immediate met row poll t metropolitan area. be ready, these could be powerhouse thunderstorms first thing this morning. time for traffic at wtop. breaking news in the district this morning, we are just learning about a hit-and-run accident, cyclist in critical condition right now after he was struck by a car on

d.c. police say the car took off. so they have shut down minnesota avenue in both directions near n street. we're working to find out more and get you an update. stay with us. let's check on the rest of the morning commute now with jack taylor. >> sounds like we'll have dry roads for the next 45 minutes or so. crews can finish quickly. work zone on i-95 in maryland up near 198, two left lanes getting by. bw parkway, a paving project at 198. and eastbound i-70 between new market and mt. airy, only left lane getting by that work zone. they should be in the clearing stages pretty quickly. breaking news this morning, the house has adjourned after a 16 hour sit-in. it's not over, though.

democrats wouldn't bunch until the house passed gun control legislation. erika gonzalez, how does this all wrap up? >> we're still watching it, it there are still democrats on the floor still speaking. a sit-in that has gone well over 16 hours. read by a few house dems demanding votes on gun roll bills. it's p and on-going saga. while the house has adjourned until july 4th, we are still seeing some democrats on the house floor vowing to continue their fight to be heard. republicans like paul ryan calling it a publicity stunt. meanwhile outside protesters chanting hold the floor and do your job. leading the charge, well-known name and face for seeking justice, john lewis. >> a little more than 50 years ago, i crossed a bridge not just one time, but it took us three times to make it

from selma to montgomery. we have other bridges to cross. and when we come back in july, we'll start all over again. >> john lewis speaking about continuing this fight again, something that we are still watching develop. we'll give you another update in the next couple of minutes. stay with us. it is 4:30. this morning congress will receive some more pressure to pass gun reform from d.c.'s mayor. a news conference will be at 10:45 at police headquarters. they will ask congress to pass common sense gun reform while discussing gun violence here in the district. and in a show of support, hundreds gathered at the east front of the u.s. capitol to support the democ