For the firsttimeever, a woman is the presumptive nominee for president for a major u. S. Party. Youll hear Hillary Clintons reaction to making history. We talk to the driver who was cited for this metro bus crash that injured nearly a dozen people. And we have the video of the encounter between officers and a man who died in custody. His widow says this shows what really happened. And breaking news, big news for Hillary Clinton tonight. Nbc news is projecting that clinton is the presumptive nominee for the democratic party. That will make her the first female nominee to top the president ial ticket in american history. Nbc news made that projection after 13 more super delegates pledged their support to clinton today. There are six primary election contests tomorrow. But even if she state, clinton will have enough delegates to clench the nomination. While clinton acknowledged the news tonight at a rally in california, she is still focussed on winning tomorrows contests, especially, cal
Been shot. Were trying to find out their conditions at this hour. Well send it back to you. Tonight a Montgomery County high school is reeling from a tragedy. Three students killed in a horrific crash just hours before their classmates were to graduate. This happened last night on burnt hill road in damascus. The students all juniors at clarksburg high school. Chris gordon is live near the crash scene with more on how the teens are being remembered. Reporter well, you see behind me that police have blocked off one lane of this very dangerous stretch of road to give members of the Clarksburg Community room to grieve. We reached out to all three families who lost a son last night. One father not only wanted to speak with us about his son, but wanted to honor the memories of the friends his son died with in this accident. Students g their friends. It consists of flowers, footballs, and balloons. Last night just after 11 30, the crash occurred on a section of burnt hill road that is downhi
Tom brokaw talks about retirement, the president ial race and that beard. And goodbye to the greatest. Friends, fans, celebrities arrive in louisville for the funeral of muhammad ali. And matt joins is live with a preview, tonight, june 10th, 2016. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. We have a concert crowd. And carson inside because matts in louisville, kentucky. Later, tens of thousands of fans along with a starstudded crowd will stay goodbye to the champ, mohammeduhammad ali. Good to see you. Good morning. I think it will be a sad and inspiring day in louisville. A city that muhammad ali. Hes a hometown hero. Young center behind me, to pay their respects and memorialize the threetime heavyweight champion of the world. I left my hotel room early. Walked down the hallway. In front of every hotel room in that hallway, was this, usa todays tribute to ali. I have a feeling it will be a very
[ applause ] and then this. The children hose lives he touched. The young people he inspired. The most important thing of all. So i ask you to remember that. We all have an ali story. Its the gifts that we all have that should be most honored today because he released them to the world. Never wasting a day that the rest of us could see anyway, feeling sorry for himself that he had parkinsons. Knowing that more than three decades of his life would be circumscribed in ways that would be chilling to the naked eye. But with the free spirit it made his life bigger, not al all of us unlettered and unschooled, and would you look at that . Look at that. May not be able to run across a ring anymore. May not be able to dodge everybody and exhaust anybody anymore and he is bigger than ever because he is a free man of faith sharing the gift we all have. We should honor him by letting our gift go among the world as he did. God bless you my friend. Go in peace. [ applause ] you are watching at 6 6 0
Well take a look at the longterm plan for that position. But first, the not as hot forecast with meteorologist chuck bell. Were going to measure progress in small doses around here. It will be better than its been. Mostly clear skies this morning. Its a dry, warm and humid start this morning. Temperatures most areas, especially inside the beltway, above the 09degree mark. Rain and thunder shower chances creeping up, up, up into the evening plans. A dry start may turn into a wet finish today. Have the umbrella ready to go on the safe side. High temperatures today, 91 in leesburg, 92 in manassas. Upper 80s alongside of the chesapeake bay. Thats a little bit in the way of progress. Speaking of progress, lets go to melissa southeast, southwest expressway. Eastbound southeast, southwest freeway, split at the third street tunnel, the left lane is getting by the crash. Sounds like the exit ramps are unaffected right now. Thats very good news through that area. Northbound bw parkway, crash. Ch