coming up on "early today," president obama head to dallas for a memorial service as tensions continue to run high across the nation. >> donald trump now vows to be the law & order candidate as he narrows his election for running mate. plus a scene right out of the wizard of oz. a warning by police about the new pokemon go. "early today" starts right now. good morning, everybody and thanks for joining us today. i'm betty nguyen. president obama will travel to dallas today for the first time since last week's deadly shooting of five police officers. the president is set to deliver remarks at an interfaith memorial

he'll also meet with family of the victims and local law enforcement. george w bush will also speak at that service. former first lady will also be in attendance. the dallas police department will get a major helping hand for today's security detail from neighboring arlington pd which is working in conjunction with the secret service. now, dallas police chief david brown says the department is fatigued after the last few days and doesn't want something to go wrong during the visit. this as hundreds gather to hold a candle light vigil in dallas to honor the victims. >> reporter: with the city still heart broken and many on edge, support if dallas police keeps pouring in. >> brent thompson was my friend and i loved him. >> reporter: hundreds paying respets to the five officers killed and nine others injured. those in uniform putting their lives on the line to protect others. this tribute just blocks away from where m

out his killing spree in cold blood firing rounds and taunting officers admitting his hatred for cops. >> this person had some delusion. this person also was very committed to killing officers. >> reporter: an emotional turning point for dallas police, now focusing on laying their own to rest while investigators sift through 170 hours of body cam video, 300 witness interviews and johnson's personal ars nell to get answers. >> this wasn't an ethical dilemma for me. i'd do it again. >> reporter: president obama once again will be standing behind a pulpit, his remarks on the heels of two caught on camera police shootings sparking debates about race, justice and this latest tragedy. >> this killing, it has to stop. black men dying and being forgotten, people retaliating against the people that are sworn to

community and the nation try to heal and move forward. an intensely personal news conference yesterday, dallas police chief said he was not sure how he was going to make it through the week. he also described the expectations placed on police officers. >> every failure, we put it off on the cops to solve. not must have mental health funding, let the cops handle it. not enough drug addiction funding. lets's give it to the cops. here in dallas we have a loose dog problem. let's have the cops chase loose dogs. you know, schools fail, give it to the cops. that's too much to ask. policing was never meant to solve all those problems. >> meanwhile chief brown had

message for black lives matter protesters. >> become a part of the solution. serve your communities. don't be a part of the problem. we're hiring. we're hiring. get off that protest line and put an application in. >> the man who shot and killed two court bailiffs in a michigan courthouse has been identified as larry darnell gordon. officials say door don was being escorted when he grabbed an officer's gun. the 44-year-old was shot and killed by officers arriving on the scene. his ex-wife says she spoke to him sunday and was quote, shocked when she heard the news. >> all he wanted to do was get home to our baby girl and to me. he wanted to try and reconcile. i don't want the press to paint a picture of

violent person. nobody knows the truth because they weren't there. they don't know why he was in jail because they weren't there. >> police records show gordon was in jail on two counts of criminal sexual conduct. he was also facing charges of kidnapping, assault with a deadly weapon and domestic violence. after weeks of stalling as he sought to strans form the democratic platform senator sanders is expected to endorse hillary clinton as the nominee. both candidates are attending a morning rally today in new hampshire where sanders won by double digits. it has been over 35 days since clinton back the nominee after getting issues on climate change and minimum wage and the death penalty, sanders plans to make good on his plan to defeat donald trump. he filed a

should not be bound to vote for trump at next week's convention despite his initial pledge to do so. an already unruly delegation may wage to bid against trump for the nomination. yesterday he was positions himself as the law & order candidate as the stakes shift into high gear. >> i am the law & order candidate. >> reporter: on tell prompter and on message in virginia beach donald trump addressing the dallas ambush. >> it's time for a hostility against our police and against all members of law enforcement to end and end immediately. >> reporter: and tying recent police shootings to the cycle of bovrty and violence in inner cities. the convention only a week away and donald trump is trying to get serious. and trying out running

christie. >> we need once again to have a president who puts the safety and security of our citizens first. >> reporter: christie has trump's ear, but sources close to the candidate are warry of the governor's personality. speculation trump could pick retired general mike flynn fizzled when he told the washington post he wanted someone more political. newt gingrich ticks that box. >> what you got? >> i have no idea. >> reporter: and so does indiana governor mike pence which is up next on the trail with trump seen as a fund raiser, steady voice, and pence could smooth relations in washington, but it won't fix erg. jeb bush telling nicole wallace, trump's key campaign promises will only lead to republican heart ache. >> there isn't going to be a wall built and mexico is not going to pay for it and there's

and people are going to be deeply frustrated and the divides will grow in our country. >> well n the upper midwest some frightening weather to show you. this scene looks straight out of the wizard of oz. a barn in litchfield is taken right up into the funnel cloud and more debris flung about as another twister barrelled through. police say it is the worst damage they have seen in a decade. let's get a look at the weather outside. boy, the worst in a decade. that says quite a bit. >> a couple situations going on in minnesota. one of them being the tornados that we saw yesterday. seven reported tornados and now it's all evolved into a flash flood situation north of the twin cities. this red box that you see here i have some highlighted rainfall totals. upwards of ten inches of rain. the problem of this, it came in about 12 hours worth of time or less, so that water had nowhere to go

you could see some of this rainfall accumulations near sand stone. 10.1 inches of rain. the national weather service calling this a flash flood emergency for a lot of areas. you want to be careful on the morning commute. if you see water do not drive through it. it may be deeper than you think. beautiful weather in the northeast. sunshine, temperatures in the 80s today in new york city. enjoy it while it lasts because the heat is coming back at us and at a vengeance. 95 by friday. check this out. d.c. in the mid to upper 90s as we head through later parts of the week. the rest of the country will sizzle. so get ready for a hot one ahead of us through much of the country. that is a look across the country. now here's a look at the weather where you are. we're looking at showers and storms across yars like st. louis and up to chicago. temperatures in the mid to upper 80s. enjoy in last comfy day. hotter weather coming back at us by tomorrow. and we

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office to negotiating the nation's exit from the european union. current prime minister david cameron ended his good-bye musically. >> on wednesday i will attend questions and after that i expect to go to the palace and offer my resignation so we'll have a new prime minister by wednesday evening. >> and there he goes. meanwhile the u.s. fight against isis is intensifying. defense secretary announced the u.s. will send 560 more troops to iraq in the coming weeks the troop increase brings the number of u.s. forces in iraq to about 4,600. >> the newest mobile game exploding across smartphones is getting users outside in order to play. it's called pokemon go and it has players

but searching for characters is getting some unexpected and at times unwanted situations for those players. >> got ya. >> reporter: pokemon fever is back and it's everywhere. >> i'm a kid, i need to play this game and it's real life. >> he texted me 30 minutes ago. >> trying to catch them all, you know. >> it's blanketing los angeles hot spots attracting hoards of players to venture outside to central park in new york city to stare at their phones. >> it's a free augmented reality game you play on your smart phone. gps technology places animated monsters inside in the real world around you and you flick this ball to catch it and move on to the next level. >> police departments are cautioning against driving or trespassing while playing. in new york, a warning. don't

you. characters are also showing up in unexpected places like the deliver room and next to police in a protest in oakland. but not all encounters are peaceful. these three suspects were arrested for allegedly using pokemon go to lure unsuspecting players into armed robberies. shea la stumbled upon a dead body face down in a river while playing the game. >> i wanted to go get a water pokemon so i just got up and went for my little walk to catch pokemon. >> the game warns players to be alert at all times but on social media injuries are posted as badges of honor. proving that virtual reality can be just as dangerous as the real world especially when you've got to catch themall. nbc news, los angeles. >> and you thought texting and walking was bad. be careful catching them all. just ahead, an nba legend ca

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. now at 4:26. another night of protests over police. we're monitoring the unrest as dallas prepares for one of its toughest days yet. change could be coming soon for d.c.'s department. the mayor has new plans. we'll break down what we know. a new surge of the metro safe track program kicks in this morning. we'll show you how it affects your morning commute. where you won't be able to get today. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. we want to check your forecast. hot and steamy this week. >> not yet today. let's check with tom

>> it's going to be arriving in about 3 or 4 hours it will start getting uncomfortably humid. live view of national airport from our storm team 4 city camera. everything is dry and quiet. no travel problems weatherwise starting off early on this tuesday morning. and nearby suburbs in the 60s. reagan national is at 74. low 70s around the bay. jack taylor, wtot traffic center. what's going on? >> it's a long-term work zone. crews are working. they are trying to do as much as they can. they actually had an incident in the express lanes overnight. we're talking about on the inner loop near annandale. as you get up toward gallos road, all traffic is stopped as they rearrange the

and rock creek parkway, traffic getting by one direction at a time. and surge four, metro's continuing work. blue and yellow will be closed through next monday. back to you. we've new video of more protests against recent police shootings of two black men. demonstrators staged a sit-in right outside of the governor's mansion. this as we learn that the city's mayor and atlanta's police chief will meet with black lives matter leaders for two hours later today. protests in texas, south carolina, florida, and tennessee marks the fifth night of demonstrations across the country. i'm angie goff at the live desk. it's going to be the most challenging thing in my life, to be quite honest with you. i don't know how i'm going to make it through the week.

there will be a memorial service today for the five law enforcement officers killed in thursday's ambush on police. one of them newly married. another a young father. the president will make his way to dallas in the next few hours. he will be at today's interfaith president along with former president george w. bush, his wife laura bush. funerals for those killed begin tomorrow. hundreds of people paid their respects to the fallen officers. they crowded the dallas city hall plaza for a vigil last night. pictures were placed in front of a crowd. as the vigil stretched into the night, people lit candles and prayed for the officers and families. for the first time we're hearing from the parents of the suspected killer here. police are trying to figure out how no one noticed the stockpile

his home. his mother says she watch him transform. >> i didn't see it coming. >> he was a good son. >> he was a good son. >> i love my son with all my heart. i hate what he did. >> johnson was sent home from afghanistan after he was accused with sexual harassment. nbc news will have special coverage of today's memorial service in dallas thatch -- this afternoon. we anticipate a special report begins sometime after 1:30. today, mayor mural muriel bouser