President , after ohio governor, john kasich, officially suspended his president ial campaign. I have always said that the lord has a purpose for me, as he has for everyone. And as i suspend my campaign today, i have renewed faith, deeper faith that the lord will show me the way forward. While there were some Republican Voters burning their registration cards in protest of trumps ascension, establishment spent the day by his side. John mccain, rob portman, susan collins, hailey barber, offering support to the presumptive nominee. However, two former president s will sit out on the sidelines. Former president s bush 41 and 43, both republicans, say they will not participate in the upcoming election. Since the First Time Since his own presidency, george h. W. Bush will stay silent in the oval office. Donald trump sat down with lester holt last night and said he stood by his statements on the ban on muslims. As you try to appeal to the entire country, do you stand by them . Do you stand for example by the idea of a ban against foreign muslims coming here . I do. We have to be vigilant, strong. We have to see whats going on. There a big problem in the world. You look at germany, its crime riddled right now. Is that the first 100 days topic. It is an urgent problem in this country. I mean, san bernardino, you look at what happened in paris. On a selffunded president ial campaign. I dont know first of all about super pacs, i know people maybe like me and form a super pac, but i have nothing to do with it, as you know. Im not allowed. Well see what hams. As far as the campaign, im making decisions, but probably will work with the Republican National committee, raise a lot of money and beat hillary. Were going to try to raise over 1 billion. The democrats will maybe get as high as 2 billion. But we want to raise up to 1 bltds, maybe over that. It is a surprising change from a candidate who beat his opponent for being behold en. Trump has also said he started the vp process, but has yet to release names. He tells the New York Times neurosurge neurosurgeon, ben carson will be part of the selection committee. Former house speaker, Newt Gingrich said he was not counting on becoming trumps vp. It is very hard to turn down the president of the united states. John kasichs advisors say there is no way he would be on a ticket with trump. Meanwhile, trump told fox news, rudy giuliani, Chris Christie would be possible on his cabinet. The wall with mexico would be designed, the immigration on muslims in place, the audit of the Federal Reserve would be underway, and plans to repeal the Affordable Care act would be in motion. All of this, as bombshell news on hillary clinton. A federal judge said it may be necessary to depose clinton regarding her personal email server, over a freedom of information lawsuit regarding his close aide. The clinton camp responded with a statement, our focus remains on the independent review being conducted by the justice department. Hillary clinton is long expressed her willingness to cooperate in that review in order to help them complete their wochlt we remain confident it will affirm nothing inappropriate took place. That news came as the hacker who is first exposing the private email address makes a new claim. He says he also gained access to the former secretary of states completely unsecured server. He exclusively told nbc, it was like an open orchid on the internet. Hundreds of folders. He gave no proof to back up his claim and the review of the server showed no signs of hacking, according to a source familiar with the case. Clinton press secretary blasted him, saying so we are surprised to believe he hacked clintons email but decided against leaking any of that. Yeah, right. Clinton has maintained the server was not breached. On tuesday, she told andrea mitche mitchell that she had no knowledge of it. North carolina bathroom law, the u. S. Justice Department Says it is a civil rights violation. Hb2 requires people use the restroom according to the gender of their birth. It has sparked protests throughout the death. The Doj Civil Rights Division sent a letter to the governor saying it blatantly discriminates against people on the basis of sex. Doj says it is a practice of discrimination against transgender state employees. The governor has until monday to respond. If he refuses to change the law, North Carolina could lose access to millions in federal dollars. The state is already reeling from the Financial Impact of the law, as a slew of performers have boycotted the state. President obama made his long awaited visit to flint, michigan, in front of a crowd of about 1,000. He called it a tragedy. He reassured angry residents that their frustration wasnt falling on deaf ears. That is why im here. To tell you directly that i see you, and i hear you. I also want to come here, though, to tell you that ive got your back. Well, the president also drank some of the citys water. Twice, in fact, to show it was safe to drink for most people. He was inspired to visit flint after having a letter from an 8yearold girl that says the water smells like bleach and old fish. A state of emergency in canada, out of control wildfire, mass evacuations, already devowed an area bigger than manhattan. Nbcs al migger. Panic and chaos on the highway. Families fleeing from their lives from for tt mcmurray, canada. Exploding, out of control. Get out of Fort Mcmurray in one piece. It was on dry forest, the blase so intense, it is generating its own weather. 1,600 homes and businesses torched. A hospital evacuated. The scene, apocalyptic. This fire is absolutely devastating. Its a loss on a scale thats hard for many of us to imagine. 200 firefighters are overwhelmed and losing ground. Reenforcements arriving in the air. The military called in. For families that escaped the fire, now another disaster. Gas stations are running out of fuel. Lines are long and stores are running out of food. Tens of thousands on the move. But so are the flames. A disaster, unfolding. The worst, may be yet to come. Miguel almaguer, canada. You may want to buy a ticket for saturdays powerball drawing. Saturdays top prize is now grown to an estimated 415 million. That is 269. 7 million if you choose to take it in one lump sum. The odds are 1292 million. Do check out that amazing image of a lightening strike in texas. It was captured by an officers body camera while assisting a motorist. It looks like it was just a little bit too close for comfort. Can you believe that . Its a little erie. Close enough, probably give him a shock and scare him. Beam me up, scottie. Yeah. Alex, the west is almost as a miserable and dreary as the east. Not quite, but at least its a little warmer. We have two little storms that are sitting up here, upper level lows, california coastline, the most beautiful warmest weather will be in north dakota. So we still have our jet stream doing this really crazy big up to the top, coming down and back up and around. Its just pretty unusual weather pattern. Called an omega block weather. Were moving things really slowly out there. Showers in the east, any airport delays. Midatlantic. Forecast, showers, higher elevations, northern california, a lot of clouds, too. Le temperatures in the 60s there. Compared to the east, 40s and 50s. We have friday getting a little nicer in seattle, but unsettled in the rockies. A little warmth around boise, 85 degrees. Good news for people on the west coast, as it will be improving for the weekend, for mom. Oh, good for them. Thank you, bill, for that. Massive frozen food recall that affects all 50 states. Details next. Plus, details on princes final hours. Youre watching early today. R. 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As the investigation gross, new revelations coming to light. Stephanie goss has details. The urgent call for help came the night before prince died. They reached out to dr. Howard kornfeld, a drug addiction specialist in california. According to the doctors minneapolis attorney. He said in a motion a plan to deal with a lifesaving mission. He made an appointment with a local doctor for the next day, and sent his son, who is not an md, on an overnight flight to meet with the musician and discussion the familys california addiction clinic recovery without walls. According to the attorney, when Andrew Kornfeld was brought here to paisley park on the morning of april 21st, no one could find prince. They started searching. Andrew heard the screams and went to the elevator, where he saw that prince was unconscious. Andrew called 911. For medical paisley park. When investigators arrived, andrew handed over a drug to treat opioid addiction that he brought with him from california. It is joining the investigation into princes death. Stephanie goss, nbc news, minneapolis. Long time utah senator bob bennett has died at the age of 82. He was a moderate republican and a vocal critical of his partys conservative wing. He was one of the first incumbentsoused in 2010. He died wednesday from complications of cancer and a recent stroke. Make sure to check your freezer. Crf frozen foods expanding its recall to more than 350 frozen fruit and Vegetable Products for potential listeria. All 50 states and canada offer the items from retailers including costco, walmart, trader joes. California, the second state in the country to raise the legal age to buy tobacco from 18 to 21. Under the new law, anyone who gives tobacco to anyone under 21 can be found guilty of a miss demeanor. Lets get down to business with landon. Good morning. Hi, alex. Good morning to you. Wall street looks to bounce back from a second day of losses on wednesday. Stocks on the back of reports showing weaker than expected hiring in the private sector last month and a drop in worker activity was created on unemployment, head up tomorrows key monthly jobs report. Also, watch shares of tesla, they rose last night, reporting earnings that beat forecasts. Making a bold promise to sell 500,000 cars a year by 2018. Thats two years earlier than earlier projected. The ramp up is the eexciting lower priced tesla. Youtube streaming tv service which could launch next year. It has been in talks with nbc universal, and skinny bundles, for less than 35 a month. Thanks for that. Johnny manziel turns himself in, and how many records did the cavs set last night. Were going to show you next, on early today. Where tarzan go tarzan does not know where tarzan go. Hey, excuse me, do you know where the waterfall is . Waterfall . No, me tarzan, king of jungle. Why dont you want to just ask somebody . If youre a couple, you fight over directions. Its what you do. 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The man claims photos and Important Information was lost. His publicist has not commented. Caitlyn jenner will appear on Sports Illustrated naked. The former olympian will grace the magazines cover, only with an American Flag and 1976 gold medal, the 40th anniversary of the winning. Scifi, sharknado movie, stacey dash and married with children david faustino, and lori grinere. Jimmy fallon, a call between donald trump and president obama. Congratulations, youve just reached donald trump. Donald, you called me. It doesnt matter. Did you see the news . Im now the republican president. Come november, im going to be voted captain america. All right, congratulations on indiana. Thank you. I love indiana. The birthplace of indiana oh,. Im alex witt, and this is early today. Arly today. But grandma, we use charmin ultra soft so we dont have to wad to get clean. Charmin ultra soft gets you clean without the wasteful wadding. It has comfort cushions you can see that are softer. 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He was taken into custody and his monkey was released to a family member. So yesterday was star wars day, also known as may the fourth be with you. Even the president and first lady had a dance party with r 2 d 2 and stormtroopers. Hamiltons tickets, now this is awesome. Can you imagine seeing this for free. He performed a song he wrote for star wars, the force awakens, but then you recognize that guy, j. J. Abrahams. Oh, my gosh. That song will be able yesterday, for you all interested on itunes. Thats why we like him. Princes daughter loves her new pet. She has acquired a hamster named marvin. Second royal pet, because they have a cocker spaniel named loopo. Check out this headline from the huffington post, the mustache cat, marriage proposals. 28yearold police officer, from South Carolina posted this photo, after he found a kitten under a dumpster, right before a flash flood. The photo quickly went viral, even inspiring the muss tutache the kitty. All the marriage proposals, because she loves herman. Do you think he looks better or without the mustache . No comment. Cute kitty, though. Celebrating birthdays, adele turns 28, batman versus superman actor, and nbc anchor, brian williams, turning 57. Happy birth to to all. Keep it here for all the news, weather and sports. Thanks for watching early ugh. does your carpet ever feel rough and dirty . Dont avoid it, resolve it. Our formula with a special conditioning ingredient, softens your carpet with every use. Its resolve, so you know it cleans and freshens. But it also softens. Resolve. A carpet that welcomes you. And to clean pet messes, try resolve pet expert. Jose at the scene of a standoff involving a man standing on top of a vta train. Its been going on for hours, and it could affect the train. Live in san jose at scene of a standoff involving a man standing on top of a vta train. Breaking fire breaks out at a vallejo home. 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