dtds she do to you? i just authorized a fundinea i hrd about it this morning. i have overridden my people. >> speciducally ecation secretary betsy devos, who now says that she and the presidentt see eyeo eye on funding of secial olympfter a massive backlash. >> a federal jury$8 awards million to a man who says his cancer is linked to weed killer round up. this is just the binning for corporate giant monsanto. >> tthe tiny hamlett of berlin, wisconsin, everyone is trying to find out who won half a billion dollars. >> mee i teen with 4.4g pa and runs two youtube channelat th's not all. >> what else could t be? dropping overnight, the miley

cyrusid v that has hannah montana losingheir minds. >> watch out for the big win. the friday edition of "early today" starts right now. >> hold on. i'm phillip mena. >> i'm frances rivera. president trump had an extra spring in histep at last night's rally in the battle ground state of michigan. it was his first campaign event since robert mueller completed his investigationnto russian election interference. the president sounded off against his critics and vowtu to mueller's findings into a political weapon. nbc's tracie potts joi us now from d.c. with the latest. tracie we hear house democrats are gearing up for a major battle withl attorney gene william barr. >> reporter: they are. they want that full mueller report releaseds soon as possible. they've given barr a tuesday deadline, but barr has mad it ear it's going to be weeks before they see that report as they try to sytub it for ng that could be classified. meantime, predent trump in friendly territory, michigan last night. the state he turned red, slamming the investigation,

amming his critics, and throwing out over and over o collusion, the finding from the mueller report, which is something we will likely hear a lot o going into the 2020 lsesidential election. president trump with a message for democrats to move on. >> the democrats have to now decide whether thewill continue defrauding the public with ridiculous [ bleep ]. reporter: back here in washington, the chair of the house intelligence committee, democrat adam schiff, in some hot water. republican are calling on him to resign because he continues to say that trump associates colluded with russia despite thh findings o report. of course, those findings have only been revealed in a smary so far. that's why democrats are pushing for that full report. frances? >> all right, tracie potts for us. tracie, thank you. ersy ow, a growing contr over president trump's proposal to cut money for the special

olympics. the comefnder in c is changing course, overriding his secretary of education. our hallie jackson is here with the latest. >> reporter: that controversial proposal called off. >> why cut money for the special olympics? why would you cut funding for that? >> the special olympics will be funded. i've been to the scial olympics. i think it's incredible. and i just authorized ag. fund i heard about it this morning. i mve overridd people. >> reporter: the president announcing an about face afters etary betsy devos came under fire yet again for proposed across the board cuts to the education department, including more than $17 million from the specialolympics. >> whoever came up with that idea at ombs g a special olympic medal for insensitivity. >> let's not use disabled children in a twisted way for your political narrative. that is jgut ding and it's shameful. >> reporter: devos,ft days of publicly defending the

proposed cuts, now says she's adding,and grateful this is funding i have fought for behind the scenes over the last several years. keep am miin mind, the priv organization never seemed at sk of losing its federal funding. it is up to lawmakers to make that call and they didn'to want make the cut. a top official pointed out the a symbolic signie of this reversal, telling me it is a pretty amazing move. frances, >> all right, hallie jackson for us. thank you. >> the charges may be dropped, but the jussie smollett saga is not over. chicago's mayor wants the "empire" actor to pay some of the bill f overtime hours that were used in his tvestigation. and now presidemp is calling for the fbi to look into the case. here's nbc's miguel almaguer. >> reporter: after prosecutors dropped charges against jussie smollett, the is reviewing the case and the president is weighing in. >> i think that case is an absolute embarrassment to our

country. >> reporter: kim foxx, cook county's top proshcutor, said recused herself after communicating with smollett's family who expressed concerns about the investigation while he was still considered a victim. >> this appears to have been a case of special treatme for celebrities. and any special treatment in the justic system fundamentally is not just. >> reporter: foxx says the deal to drop the 16 felonies for two ouys community service and $10,000 in c fees was fair. but chicago's mayor is sending smollett thister and a bill for $130,000 for pol overtime. >> given that he doesn't feel any sense of contrition and remorse, my recommendation is when he writes the check in the memoe section can put the word, i'm accountable, for the hoax. >> reporter: with smolleec's court rd sealed, police insist they have overwhelming evidence proving his guilt, but are barred from court order from sharing it. he's tt's legal team says no criminal.

>> he at this point has been more victimized what happened than what happed that night. >> reporter: he maintains his innocence as police call him a fraud, the actorn is back l.a. this weekend, up for an naacp image award. miguel almaguer, nbc news. >> former yale women's soccer coach pleaded guilty to the college admissions scandal. during the stij, rudolph meredith allegedly asked for $450,000 to help a student get into yale by presenting her as a he faces up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000. the former coach is expected to get a lesser sentence in exchange for his cooperation, but will have to forfeit more than $800,000 in illegal earnings. >> now to a major court decision that could be a bellwether for future cases. a federal jury awarding $80 million to a mans who s his cancer is linked to the popular weed killer round up. here's nbc's steve patterson. >> reporter: for 70-year-d

edward hardeman, anndication. arancisco jury awarded $80 million to the california man after determininghe agri business giant monsanto owned by bayer is liable for his cool certificate. repeated use of the weed killer round up led to his nonhodgkins lymphoma. it discussed other cases involving round up. >> we lookedt justthe science and the jury told bayer and monsanto, this product causes cancer. >> reporter: in 2015 the world heal c organizationegorized glyphosate, the active ingredient in round up, as a probable carcinogen. bayer disagrees saying the product is safe citing studies from the epa and other regulators. the company adding, this verdict does not change the weight of over four decades of extensive science and conclusions of regulators worldwide they are not carcinogenic. as bayer plans to appeal, cancer patient duane johnson is still

awaiting on millions awarded to him in similar lawsuit. >> it's been a long run. they will see the effects and that's global. so that's bigger than me.r: >> reporte a third trial begins in what is now a barrage of lawsuits that could bring down a biochemical titan. steve patterson, nbc n is. is a question of just about everyone from here to wisconsin. who won it? the jackpot mystery, someone sitting on $768 million. nbc's kevin tibbles is on the hunt. >> reporter: it's the talk of this tiny hamlet. some lucky guy or gal hit it powerbalg, buying the winning ticket at the local speed way. so far the winner is a secret, but the rainbow diner is all abuzz. you didn't win, though? i didn'twin. >> reporter: me neither. the biggest thing to hit newrl in, wisconsin, since, well -- >> since the parade last 4th of july. >> reporter: this jackpot of $768 million has a cash pay out of almost half a billion.

and here, that will buy you 298 million pounds of wisconsinda ch or 119 million pounds of wiscoinin braatz. g cheesy about that. kevin tibbles, n news, new berlin, wisconsin. >> lot ofer money all right. how about some ncaa tournament action for you? >> and right now, on the defense. how about the finish right there. it's a three-pnt game. >> a barn burner in louisville, two ceded tennessee battling purdue in an overtime thriller. i the end the boiler makers managed to pull out 99-94. meanwhile number 12 oregon gave top ceded virginia all they could handle. five minutes to go, the cavaliers would even up the score, stealing the momentum. taking the lead and the game.

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