The incident raising concerns about safety at zoos all across the country. And speaking out. The motorcyclists who survived this road rage incident telling their story to nbc news. He said i cant say that on tv either. Before we knew it, he was on top of it. Today, wednesday, june 1st, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on this wednesday morning. We start with major news. It comes from the world of health. Yes. Pretty disturbing. A pregnant woman with the zika virus has given birth to a baby in new jersey. The birth believed to be the first of its kind in the continental United States. Natalie is here with the details on this. A lot of people paying attention. A lot of people very concerned, with good reason, guys. The baby not only has the virus, but a condition known as microcephaly, which stunts the infants growth and often causes severe brain damage. It
The true state of the president ial race. Also, before donald, there was arnold. Arnold schwarzenegger, be oneonone, on the state of the Republican Party in the age of trump. And joining me for insight and analysis are robert costa, kellyanne conway. Gerald seib and near candidate, president of the liberal think tank, center for american progress. Welcome to sunday. Its meet the press. From nbc news in washington, this is meet the press with chuck todd. Good sunday morning on this memorial day weekend. This holiday weekend, we pause to take a look at this headscratching president ial race. Lets admit up front, every year some people are upset with the major Party Choices they have for president. And its always this hold your nose business, lesser two of evils. And we push through it. But how did we get here . How did we get to the point, where on one side, Hillary Clinton would be the most unpopular nominee in history, if not for the fact that donald trump is even more unpopular . Ther
Beginning, which is where we start our fact check of his financials. Donald i know the best people, and im totally selffunding my campaign. Sam its a personal point of pride. Donald im the only one thats selffunding my campaign. Sam and its part of his pitch to voters. Donald im not taking money from wall street. Im not taking money from anybody. Sam donald trump keeps rolling out the same claim, a claim that hbo comedian john oliver vetted on his show last week tonight. John oliver the implication that he has personally spent 20 to 25 million is a bit of a stretch, because what hes actually done is loaned his own campaign 17 and 1 2 million. Sam oliver kick started a conversation that well now pick up. Because the question remains, how would trump get that money back . Daniel newman and if you click on candidate loans, you can see the list of the specific loans sam maplight cofounder Daniel Newman highlights the 17. 5 million in trump loans listed clear as day on the fec website. He s
Well flush out the claims and filter through the facts, next on reality check. Sam and good evening, and welcome to this special edition of reality check. Im sam brock. For the next 30 minutes were gonna take you behind the latest headlines and punchy political claims to separate the truth from the bunk. And we start tonight on the campaign trail with one of Donald Trumps most tried and true proclamations, that hes selffunding his campaign. The real estate mogul turned presumptive gop nominee says hes been bankrolling his operations from the very beginning, which is where we start our fact check of his financials. Donald i know the best people, and im totally selffunding my campaign. Sam its a personal point of pride. Donald im the only one thats selffunding my campaign. Sam and its part of his pitch to voters. Donald im not taking money from wall street. Im not taking money from anybody. Sam donald trump keeps rolling out the same claim, a claim that hbo comedian john oliver vetted on
I watched hillary today. Pathetic. New barriers less than a week after that tragic encounter at the cincinnati zoo reramping its enclosure, pushing back reopening of the exhibit. And going country. Superstar luke bryant swings by as we welcome the entertainer of the year for a special concert today friday, june 3, 2016. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning everyone. Welcome to today on friday morning. Weve been talking about this awful weather down in texas. Now were having a story that is so terrible consequences of this weather. It is our top story. The tragic deaths of five ft. Hood soldiers swept away in flooding in texas. Three others were injured when the soldiers got caught during a Training Exercise. The search is on for four more soldiers missing. Gabe gutierrez is in texas with the latest. What can you tell us . Reporter good morning. Earlier this year this unit returned from a ninemo