it's independence day, monday july 4th. coming up on "early today" from baghdad to bangladesh isis claims it it could be a sign of desperation. following clinton's fbi interview and the donald came under fire for an anti-semitic tweak saying good-bye to one the world's most influence figures. a stranded bald eagle stranded by a veteran. and could your fourth of july fireworks be rained out? "early today" starts right now. good morning, everybody. thanks for waking up with us today. i'm betty nguyen. an apparent suicide bomber died

attack. it was apparently timed to coincide with a july 4th celebration. five staff members and four security personnel were killed in an attack on the same cons e consula consulate. it came after a massive car bomb killed 167 and injured 185 in baghdad on sunday morning. it is the third terror attack in recent days and it follows last week's deadly massacre on istanbul's ataturk hospital. isis took immediate responsibility for the baghdad attack. the massacre occurred when iraqis, mostly shiites gathered in the evening to celebrate one of the last evenings of ramadan. isis has so far fulfilled its promise to ramp up attacks on the final days of ramadan. a virginia teen was seriously injured yesterday in a bizarre explosion in new york city's central park. police say

jumping off rocks in a park when he landed on a device that exploded. part of his leg had to be amputated. that blast put the most popular city on edge. investigators say the homemade fireworks do not appear to be related to terrorism and they do not believe the teen and his friend built the device. meanwhile, the 18-year-old remains hospitalized in serious but stable condition. it was a busy holiday weekend for the presumptive democratic candidate, hillary clinton and donald trump stirs up a tweet that is being called anti-semitic. >> reporter: hillary clinton trying to turn the page. her team hoping she'll be cleared of wrongdoing before she accepts the democratic nomination for president just weeks from now. charging ahead with vetting potent

hopefuls standing out to defend her sunday. >> hope. fully there won't be an indictment. i hope that means she did what many of secretary of states did in the past. >> reporter: taking in a performance of "hamilton" on broadway. officials from the justice department and the fbi interviewing her for more than three hours. about her use of private e-mail as secretary of state. clinton telling nbc's chuck todd she wanted to get it over with. >> i've been eager to do it. and i was pleased to have the opportunity to assist the department in bringing its review to a conclusion. >> reporter: meanwhile, donald trump dealing with his own problems still not explaining the image posted to his twitter account on saturday. attacking clinton as corrupt showing what appeared to be a star of david over a pile of money and posted by a user who promoted other racist

on trump's feed it was quickly changed. >> i tweeted the simple tweet the bottom line you read it to be that i'm bad. >> reporter: but the anti-defaf aches league took him to task saying it is long overdue for mr. trump to reject the anti-semites and racists with the same clarity and energy that he brought to the campaign trail while calling out other candidates. >> trump has yet to comment on that tweet. he spent the weekend interviewing candidates. a spokesperson told the media, quote, nothing was offered and nothing was accepted during the meeting. trump will visit north carolina tomorrow. president obama makes an appearance alongside hillary clinton three hours down the road in charlotte. we're joined by nbc's edward lawrence. good morning, edward. so, shod

fireworks tomorrow while trump takes the stage in north carolina while president obama and clinton are just down the road? >> you bet, they'll be there for a well kwort made the photo on there. both will likely attack donald trump for his views and some of the problems he's had over the past several weeks. donald trump be right down interstate 85 in raleigh, north carolina. trump will likely attack hillary clinton, saying voting for her would be voting for another third term for president obama. both candidates are spending a lot of money in north carolina. in 2012, the state went to mitt romney. but hillary clinton seeing an opening because of the bathroom gender bill in north carolina. she believe she is can sway voters in her favor. donald trump believes he can get the voter

this could be a vital week for the campaign, betty. the father of the little boy who was killed by an alligator last month in disney world told officials that two alligators were involves. matt gray said he was attacked by a second gator while trying to rescue the little boy. mr. gray needed stitches and antibiotics from bites he received. 2-year-old lane was dragged into the water while standing in the water just a few feet from the beach. his body was found 15 yards from the shore. a award winning author elie wiesel was found dead and died at the age of 87. the man known as a champion for human rights and tolerance. nbc has more. >> reporter: a community of mourners lifting elie wiesel's casket a

his life. >> he inspired us and gave us a sense of responsibility. >> reporter: pictures here at age 16 in the bunk of a nazi concentration camp just days after it was liberated by u.s. troops. wiesel survived the holocaust documenting it. later becoming an activist and nobel peace prize laureate. his own scars from cruelty never forgotten. >> hatred is degrading and vengeance demeaning. to have diseases dominated by death. >> reporter: today, the world remembers his call for inclusion. president obama saying he raised his voice, not just anti-anti-semiti anti-anti-semitism, but against hatred and bigotry. for those who knew him privately he was more than just a living legend he was a leader.

direction. and he most importantly gave unconditional love. his son described him as a gentle and gout man who was always a gentle voice. >> i knew that in the midst of darkness it was possible to create light. >> reporter: nbc news, new york. >> he will be missed. all right. we're going to shift gears to the weather on this holiday. give us a good one for the fourth? >> unfortunately, betty, we have flooding to deal with. a stationary front is really just causing a lot of rain we've seen over the weekend. as we go into the first of the week, we see a round of storms with heavy rain. an unfortunately, west virginia may face more of that. washington, d.c., fireworks, well, you may have rain and

capitol. dallas, very hot and humid. and the hot weather across texas really is a sign of what's to come across the entire south. we're looking at a lot of heat building. temperatures will be in the mid-90s to atlanta, new orleans, even into florida. we're expecting that heat to stick around and grow with heat indexes that will be in the triple digits for some locations. so, watch out for temperatures that feel like 100 degrees in savannah. heat building in little rock, charleston, looking for hot weather to stick around all to next weekend. that's the national weather now here's a closer look at the day ahead. across the northeast, beautiful weather for the fourth of july. to the south that heat is building. temperatures are hot in texas, all the way to 100 degrees. so, betty, we are looking at that heat building all the way into next weekend. and it could be dangerous at times.

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requested and arrests were made for public intoxication. in 2013, 17 people were arrested the a trash concert venue. nick johnson and demi lovato honored orlando victims for the convert. celebrities are mourning the death of author and holocaust survive elie wiesel. lin-manuel miranda said thank you, elie wiesel, the world is better because you're here. mara wilson said please don't forgot what he taught us. "finding dory" took the lead for the third straight weekend. "legend of tarzan" was right on its heels with $38 billion. still below the $180 million the movie cost t

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this morning, we're learning more about the virginia man wounded in a blast in new york central park. >> a lot you have don't have to worry about getting to work this morning but tomorrow could be a real hassle. what you need to know about the third surge in metro track plans. >> and will your fourth of july be a blast or a dud? when the rain will start moving in. >> news 4 today starts now. ♪ ♪ let's start with that question. you take a look here. storm team 4 radar already lighting up this morning and it could get worse for some of us. good morning, i'm aaron

>> and i'm kristen wright. the rain we're concerned about. >> let's turn to chuck bell in the storm team 4 weather center. good morning. >> happy fourth of july, everybody. time to put on your red, white, and blue and unfortunately we're going to be dealing with some amount of rain at almost any time today. i cannot give you a guaranteed dry hour or two between now and fireworks time this evening. the heaviest and steadiest of the rain is likely to be here between noon and 5:00, 6:00 before hopefully tapering off. this is the batch of rain here in eastern kentucky and western virginia now. that we'll be dealing with the course of the afternoon. we should be able to taper off the heavier rain. everything will be wet. we're in the mid to upper 60s across the area now. there is high heat coming and soon. i'll give you t

back to you in the studio. ♪ ♪ a little americana for you there. just a taste of tonight's capitol concert. thousands planning to celebrate on the national man, the question is whether the rain will hold off. a huge amount of security and preparation under way. mole let green is joining us live with what you need to know. good morning, mole let. >> good morning to you. we've got light rain coming down right here on the national mall even with the threat of rain, possibly raining out the fireworks show tonight. we fully expect thousands of people to come on down on the national mall to enjoy the day long list of festivities. of course, you should know there are eight access points. security always tight, especially with so much heightened awareness around

the west side concert kicking off tonight and one of the largest fireworks shows in the nation as the finale starts off at 9:00. >> so celebrate our independence and freedom and to do what john adams, we'll have bonfires and illuminations from this day forward forever more. it's our honor to do this. >> always a lot of excitement around fourth of july festivities in the nation's capital. public entry point for the national mall open at 10:00 a.m. this morning. of course, visitors need to expect a thorough screening, and the u.s. capitol grounds for the capitol fourth concert, the public can start arriving for screening and entry at 3:00 this afternoon. that is the latest from the national mall,

news 4. back to you in the studio. happy fourth of july. >> back to you. bring a poncho if you are heading to see the marching band and the parade on constitution avenue. it starts at 11:45 this morning. the parade route begins at 7th street and ends at 17th in northwest. so everything around the mall, including the arlington memorial bridge will be closed from 6:00 this morning until around 10:00 tonight. there will be closures along constitution and pennsylvania avenues for the parade. if you are taking metro, you won't have to deal with track word today. there will be crowds. the rail opens at 7:00 this morning and closes at midnight. trains are running on a saturday schedule until about 2:00 this afternoon and then they will ramp up to near rush hour service levels before and after the fireworks. because of the large crowds, you cannot bring bicycles or large coolers. metrobus runs on a saturday schedule as well, but expect detours around the national mall. if you plan on