coming up on "early today," arrests made as a plot to kill baton rouge cops is stopped in its tracks. president obama leads the nation in mourning the five dallas police officers ambushed while protecting a peaceful protest. and the belated endorsement of bernie sanders to hillary clinton. and a formal announcement for donald trump's ticket on friday. and trump calls for the resignation of supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg. a bear in quite a pickle of a situation. and is this the next iron lady? "early today" starts right now. good morning, everybody. thanks for waking up with us today. a manhunt is under way in baton rouge, louisiana. police say they foiled a credible plot to gun down officers on the street.

alton sterling by police last week, authorities have arrested three suspects who they believe planned to target officers using guns stolen from a pawnshop. one suspect is not shown because he is 13 years old. meanwhile, a fourth suspect has been arrested and charged with possession of one of the stolen firearms. one suspect remains at large. authorities say eight hand guns and a bb rifle were stolen from cash america pawn on saturday. two of the hand guns have not been recovered. >> our officers, in conjunction with these other agencies, have been working around the clock to get these firearms off the streets of baton rouge. >> as the nation mourns the dallas police officers, president obama spoke along with george w. bush. he addressed frayed race p

and commended police officers who have been asked to take on more and more. >> reporter: the obamas joined the bushes and biden in a sun of unity as they offered comfort to the families of the murdered police officers. >> like police officers across the country, these men and their families share a commitment to something larger than themselves. >> reporter: it's the 11th time this president has addressed a community after a mass shooting. even he seemed discouraged that he hasn't been able to do more. >> i've seen how inadequate wordks be in bringing about lasting change. i've seen how inadequate my own words have been. >> reporter: but still, obama remained hopeful. >> i'm here to insist that we are not as divided as we seem. and i know that because i know america. i know how far we've come against impossible odds.

> reporter: the president got a mixed reception from a law enforcement crowd when he urged americans to acknowledge racial concerns. >> we can't simply dismiss it as reverse racism. >> reporter: and president bush said americans need to be more empathetic by the plight of not people like them. >> too often we judge others by their worst examples. >> reporter: the focus was on the fallen officers in dallas and their families. but the messages resonated across the country. donald trump is expected to name his running mate on friday. last night he campaigned alongside indiana governor mike pence. sit the late nest a series of public auditions for the vp slot. yesterday, pence made his best pitch for the job. >> let

that from this day forward, we will unite, we will stand together, we will not rest. we will not relent until we make this good man our next president. my fellow hoosiers, i give you the next president of the united states of america, donald j. trump. >> pence's presence on the trail came after trump told the wall street journal he wanted an attack dog as his running mate. while pence has tepid support among conservatives, he received solid support from house speaker paul ryan. >> i'm just as anxious as the rest of you who the vp pick is. i'm familiar with this process. i have the highest regard for mike. he's a personal friend. >> ryan continued to defend his support for trump last night during a cnn town hall. >> i do believe tha

certain institutional responsibilities and it is to help keep our party unified, to respect the will of the primary voter. so it's important. if i had not done that, i believe i would have contributed to cutting our party in half and giving the presidency to hillary clinton. and i couldn't do that. >> yesterday, trump strained his already fraught relationship with the african-american community by declining a speaking engagement before the naacp, becoming just the third presidential candidate to do so. meanwhile, hillary clinton plans to address the racial divide when she heads to springfield, illinois today. she's expected to call for unity just one day after president obama and former president george bush did the same in dallas. in new hampshire, bernie sanders finally joined clinton and pledged to support her bid in an effort to defeat donald trump. >> she will be the democratic nominee for president.

and i intend to do everything i can to make certain she will be the next president of the united states. >> sanders is yet to hand over his coveted donor list to clinton. while he has endorsed her, he still will be a nominee at the democratic convention. donald trump went after sanders for his endorsement. >> today, i see bernie sanders gave her this very, you know, sort of strange endorsement. i want to tell you, a lot of bernie sanders' people are so upset about it, they're going to be voting for trump. i really believe that. they're going to be voting for trump. >> and another potential clinton running mate has been confirmed by nbc news. retired admiral james

is being vetted. a spot that earlier than vice presidential picks typically appear. so we'll have to wait and see as clinton plans to make her vp announcement after the republican convention next week. something is getting under donald trump's skin and it may not be his democratic rival. he's wanling a war of words against supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg after she criticized him. donald tweeting, she has embarrassed all by making very dumb political statements about me. her mind is shot. resign. it's a feud that's sure to grow. nbc's pete williams has more. >> reporter: ruth bader ginsburg is the court's most outspoken justice off the bench. but her remarks about donald trump have legal experts saying she went too far. "the new york times" -- i can't imagine what the country would be with donald trump as o

something her husband would have said. now it's time for us to move to new zealand. he's a faker. he says whatever comes into his head at the moment. how has he gotten away with not turning over his tax returns? asked by the ap about a trump victory, she says i don't want to think about that. >> no matter how strongly she feels, part of the job of a judge is to keep her feelings to herself on these public issues and candidates for public office. >> reporter: one of her defenders asked, doesn't everyone has an outspoken jewish grandmother? she's soon off to a trip overseas. >> the pokemon go craze seems to be everywhere, and now it's showing up in inappropriate

9/11 memorial, even at arlington national cemetery. that forced officials to tweet, we doot consider this to be appropriate decorum. those registered with the google accounts no longer grant the company access to documents. at least two deaths are being blamed on flooding in northern wisconsin, and it's washed out sections of roads and bridges. a state of emergency has been declared in eight counties. rivers and creeks are expected to rise over the next two days. meanwhile, more severe weather is expected in parts of the midwest. let's get the latest on this. good morning. it seems like we hear about flooding every week. >> we can't get a break out there, betty. today, we still have a threat zone out there. some of the storms this morning are out there in western kansas. we're still under

afternoon and this evening. i think areas from kansas towards the chicago area, watch out for severe weather there. where it's not storming, it will be hot and humid. in fact, an excessive heat watch for the philadelphia area tomorrow into friday. why? this heat dome out in the midwest will expand out to the east. look at today's highs. 91 in cleveland. 96 in houston. these places you expect the heat. but the heat grows to the east coast tomorrow. 96 in washington, d.c. so oppressive heat moving to the east coast. and new york city, you're not out of the game. 94 degrees coming up by the end of the week. good news, looks like the heat will break by the weekend. that's a look at the weather across the country. here's a look at the weather where you are. >> showers and strongs storms from kansas. the east is turning hot and muggy. temperatures in the 80s and 90s.

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. a homicide investigation is under way. good morning, everybody. >> let's begin with that homicide investigation. news 4's kristen wright is on her way to hunterton street right now. angie goff is monitoring the situation for us. what can you tell us? >> yeah, we are monitoring the situation. i can tell you we have new video that just got into the newsroom and live desk of that on going investigation in prince george's county. take a look. you can see the scene right there. roped off around this house. in the 1200 block of hunterton street where kristen wr

on the way to. around midnight they responded to a shooting. this is where they found a man shot and he ended up dying at the scene. they don't think this was a random act. and anyone with information at this point, get in contact with them. over to you. >> all right. thank you. want to check your forecast this morning. >> storm team 4 meteorologist with more on this hot and humid weather. good morning, tom. >> yeah. it is steamy humidity greeting you when you step out the door. in addition, if you live in southern maryland and eastern shore, you're hearing some rain coming down. right now the showers are weakening as they're moving off to the east exiting calvert county and st. mary's county. eastern shore, they're weakening. pulling away from the metro area. there is the capitol under a hazy summer sky. temperatures right now in the mid and upper 70s. let's check on the morning commute. what's going on? >> we had fire department activity in

everything was closed in the area. we know there is traffic in the area. just ab ware. it is blocked. crews still working. normal traffic at the kennedy center. one direction at a time. under police direction also. off to the beltway, a quiet start. work zone on the inner loop of the beltway has cleared. back to you. >> all right. jack, thank you. to the tragedy in dallas now. funeral services begin today for some of the five officers killed in an ambush attack last week. 43-year-old brent thompson was married just weeks before the attack. his funeral will be held in a church just south of dallas in a town where he lived. funerals are also set for the senior corporal lorne ahrens and michael smith. >> the violence in dallas is on the minds of some d.c. officers after suspects shot at them twice on

cell phone video shows officers with guns drawn as they arrest three people near fourth and p streets in southwest washington. take a look at the video here. officers were responding to reports of a man with a gun in that area. police chief says officers saw a man matching the description and chase the car he was in. >> the passenger extended the arm out the passenger window with a small automatic handgun. looked like maybe a mac 11 handgun. out the window and fired a shot. >> that incident put the u.s. capitol on lockdown yesterday afternoon. earlier in the day, police say a man with five hostages inside the suv opened fire on officers in southeast washington. today president obama will host a meeting at the white house on ways to repair trust between law enforcement and the community they serve. in dallas yesterday, said the country was not as divided as it

seems. the president said the deaths of the five officers last week should remind all americans of our common ideals. a northern virginia man accused of taking foet yoefz famous d.c. landmarks for isis will be in court. he was arrested on friday following the fbi sting operation. court documents say kumar gave an informant ideas wrf to take photos including the pentagon and other places in arlington and the district. the documents also say he thought the pictures would be used in an isis video to encourage lone wolf attacks in d.c. good morning, we have an alert for awe tend summer school or live around the university of maryland. there were three late night robberies. this is in college park. the first is at tiding hall. happened around 10:00. the second was in cause hall n that case, the thief showed a