it's wednesday, july 6th. coming up on "early today." political fallout after the director of the fbi calls hillary clinton's handling of the e-mail negligence. breaking overnight, oscar pistorius to be sentenced in the murder of his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp. the megamillions jackpot is over $500 million. the dark cloud hanging over hillary clinton's presidential bid may have timely been lifted. the fbi says it's not recommending criminal charges against clinton for her private e-mail server. loretta lynch said the department of justice

accept whenever recommendation the fbi makes. director james comey made sure on denounce the former secretary of state and her aides for what he said was extremely careless handling of sensitive information. he nullified some of clinton's key assertions in the process. >> although we did not find clear and convincing evidence, there is evidence that there were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive, highly classified information. though there is evidence that potential violations of the statutes regarding the handling of classified information. our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case. though the department of justice makes final decision, we're expressing to justice our view that no charges are appropriate in this case. >> director comey said out of 30,000 e-mails clinton

eight e-mail chains considered information that was top-secret at the time. 36 encluded secret. eight included confidential. the fbi found several thousand e-mails that hillary clinton did not release. of those, just one included secret information. he added only a small amount of those was labeled classified at the time. a spokesman for the camp said we are pleased that to the career if i weres handling this case have determined that no further action by the department is appropriate. however, top republicans in washington denounced comey's decision. house speaker paul ryan now says hearings will be held. >> i would say a couple of things. number one, the fbi should give us

she's actually competing for commander in chief here. number two we'll have hearings. jason chafitz will be calling up james comey to answer questions. he didn't answer any question with the press. and our judiciary committee has sent a list of questions. >> donald trump jumped on board tweeting, quote, the system is rigged. general petraeus got in trouble for far less. very, very unfair. as usual, bad judgment. he took harder stance on the trail yesterday. calling the fbi decision a tragedy and accusing clinton of bribing attorney general lor receipt is a limp loretta lynch. >> today is the best evidence that the system is rigged. she lied to the country when she said she did not send classified information on her server. she lied. she said today we may consider the a

forward. that's like bribe, isn't snit isn't that sort of a bribe. it's a bribe. it's a disgrace. it's a disgrace. >> news of the fbi decision came just hours before president obama joined clinton in north carolina for their first campaign stop. while the subject of the fbi investigation didn't come up, it didn't take long to fire up the democratic troops and bash donald trump in the process. [ crowd chanting ] >> all: hillary, hillary, hillary. >> the bottom line is, i know hillary can do the job. that's why i'm so proud, north carolina, to endorse hillary clinton as the next president of the united states. this is not a reality show. this is not entertainment. this is real. everybody can tweet. but nobody actually knows what it takes to

you sat betind the desk. >> meanwhile, trump was a few hours down the road with bob corker. both men met over the weekend at trump's fifth avenue headquarters. trump is expected to campaign alongside newt gingrich tomorrow while hillary clinton visits atlantic city. so $454 million was at stake in last night's megamillions drawing. with no winning ticket, the payout has stoord a whopping $508 million. the jackpot rolled over 34 times without a winner since march to become the seventh largest lot tow jackpot in u.s. history. the next drawing takes place this friday. what are your odds of winning? 1 in 259 million. sounds almost impossible, right? you have a better chance at winning that that we

$257 million. those odds are roughly 1 in 292 million. good luck, everyone. the fight over gun control rezums on capitol hill. house speaker paul ryan met privately on two proposals. the first centers on expanding background checks. the second includes bans on gun steels people on the no-fly list. this after a dramatic sit-in last month. the house will vote on a larger anti-terrorism package, democrats are calling for stricter measures like background checks to be put in place. whether democrats will do another sittin remains to be seen. according to fbi data, attempts to buy guns have spiked since the orlando shooting last month. for

news.com. severe weather on tuesday. one tornado touched down on farmland in minnesota. 80 miles per hour wind gusts and pounding rain caused over 100,000 power outages. the downpour was so heavy, storm s sewers were overwhelmed. a geyser, flooding the streets. >> old faithful in your backyard. these thunderstorms affected minneapolis. they're still on the way. a dangerous morning across northern illinois. chicago area hit hard by the thunderstorms. they started near minneapolis. we had another batch that went right across areas of iowa. watch out in central illinois. those storms will die off as we go throughout the mid morning. how about the midsummer heat. feels like 109 in dallas. 94 plus in areas around kansas city. philadelphia, 94. by the time we get to thursday,

to official heat wave status. as we head through the upcoming weekend. this time of year, you don't expect relief in dallas. you're not going to get it. raleigh, 96. richmond, close to 100 throughout thursday and friday. fl philadelphia, you're hot for friday and saturday. you'll cool off sunday. this is not that exception that will. we're heading to the midsummer period here. you do expect heat waves throughout the summer season. this one will be a good duration. so there's your texas heat for you. 100 in dallas, 103 in lubbock. 100 in san antonio. the heat is expected to expand to northern new england. 92 in albany, new york, today. it's what you expect, gh

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son, weighs 175, put him in the chair, brought both of them up and brought my son out. >> while firefighters battled the blaze, the man disappeared into the night. the homeowner said he's grateful for the late-night heroics. a florida woman is in jail after allegedly using her child a's a weapon. miss allen was accused of using the 5-month-old baby at the baby's father. she denies the charges. a 32-year-old man led north carolina police on a high-speed chase spanning two counties. the car spun out of control. the driver allegedly stabbed a police officer in the neck when he was confronted for shoplifting almost 300 miles away in washington, d.c. he's been held on more than $300,000 bond. in california, a frightening scene caught on camera

into a store, moments later, a man opens the door and snatches the little girl. look that. he didn't get far, though. dropping the child just outside after being detained by good samaritans. the 4-year-old is on $250,000 bail for kidnapping and child cruelty. a $100 million noah's ark attraction if kentucky will open its doors on thursday. more than 2 million people are expected to visit it. stretching more than 500 feet in length, the it's built according to dmengss in the bible. another crash in a tesla on autopilot. the model x hit a guardrail and rolled over on the pennsylvania turnpike. this comes on the heels of tesla's first fatal accident while operating in autopilot. for those of you who love pa

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uh-oh, wow, what a beautiful picture. you don't want to be underneath this one. this is schuyler, ne ne. they take a snap and quickly get out of the way. we're going to see more bad weather like that today. about 15 million people in the risk of severe storms. yesterday, toward chicago overnight. today's storms further to the south. rapid city to sioux fallsfalls. these thunderstorms should dive down toward st. louis late tonight. the heat wave a spreading. very warm in the middle of the country. not as humid for the east coast. significant heat heading up to boston today. 90. thursday, very warm through the mid-atlantic region. this time of year, betty, you're a texas girl

>> it's ac weather. >> this is easy. wait until it gets to 115. that's when it's really tough. now for some erpt tanment news. ♪ i'll tell you what i want what i really really want i want to really really really want to zig a zig ah ♪ a new campaign video is asking you what you really want for girls and women. just love that song, right? with a little help from a spice girls favorite, the movement calls for phew female input in women's issues. captain america is turning 75 a. marvel is planning a 13-foot bronze statue to be placed in brooklyn's prospect park. it will be unveiled at

unity party. the rapper endorsed hillary clinton back in may. martin short and maya rudolph did their best impressions for jerry seinfeld last night. >> you went from the number one sitcom ever to doing a show on the internet. where is your self-respect. >> you don't know what you're talking about. >> oh, oh, oh. so, i don't know what i'm talking about. >> no, you don't. >> i don't know what i'm talking about? >> entertainment shows. i'm kim kardashian. i'm not just the funny one. i'm also the tall one. ? that's helpful. >> i have so many great tonny stories. one time, i was at this gala opening and the guy at the -- >> she was so great. >> that voice. >> that was bad. larry

little bit. >> i was almost confused. was that really? >> bernie sanders, larry david. that would have been something to see. >> they might still do that. you never know. >> nobody remembers that "curb your enthusiasm" is coming back. >> it's all ad lib, right? >> it's uncomfortable. you feel creepy almost. >> especially when you were watching the spice girls video. you were really sba it, bill. i'm going the call you out. >> i can just picture the windows down. sing along. >> your hair blowing in the wind. what do you really really want? we're going to stop right there. i'm betty nguyen and this is irlly today. ♪ the sun'll come out tomorrow... ♪ for people with heart failure, tomorrow is not a given.

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your weather hoed linesment be ready for a quiet start. near 100 degrees heat index. down nero owe how long does it last? we'll get into part of the forecast coming up. let's get over to -- he likes it hot. the beltway itself, very, very quiet. oo

this morning. all your travel lanes are available for rock creek parkway. standard work going on at the kennedy center. traveler traffic alternates until 6:00 it morning. don't forget, the rush hour on the blue and yellow line with the closure between braddock road, national airport. pack to you. jack, thank you. right now, metro officials are getting ready for the first morning rush of the next phase of their safetrack program. it officially began at 8:00 last night. we could see the real impact in a few hours. metro is asking riders to find another way to work today. >> the concern is that northern virginia's notorious traffic could get much worse. >> metro workers will be out again in yellow vests this morning directing rileders to where they need to go. extra shuttle buses will be on hand to offset the route ces

here. blue and yellow line trains will not run between reagan national airport and braddock road until next week. still, the riders we spoke with had different reactions to this work. >> it's easy to find. easy to get -- i'm fine with it. >> i live in d.c. and i have to travel to alexandria. yeah. so i have to get up earlier. >> metro says this phase of repair work could affect as many as 60,000 people every day. it's the third of 15 so-called safetrack surges. people are getting creative to avoid the track work, too. these bike trains are just one example. volunteers will be leading groups every day from the braddock road station. for more ideas and alternative routes, open up our nbc washington app. expect delays around the roosevelt bridge. v dot will be doing inspections through friday. they focus on the brings and the

ramps leading to it. it should not start until after rush hour at 10:00 and should be done by 3:00 in the afternoon. the senate returns from the july 4th recess later today. one of the things not on the agenda, gun control legislation. four gun control measures were introduced in the senate last month. it fell short of the votes. house democratic leaders will call for a vote on gun control today. this comes after dozens of local families march on capitol hill on tuesday. families of gun violence victims held a sit-in demanding congress take action on gun control legislation. six people were arrested house speaker paul ryan will allow a vote on the gun-related bill. the measure would allow the attorney general to delay the sale of a gun to a suspected terrorist for three days. some say it's not real gun control and will oppose it. i'm erika gonzalez at the live