Her trash talking opponent ronda rousey remains undefeated this morning. A stunning victory in a mere 34 seconds. Shes already talking about her next opponent today, sunday august 2nd 2015. Announcer from nbc news this is today live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. Welcome to today on a sunday morning. Im erica hill. Im craig melvin alongside sheinelle jones. Dylan drier is here as well. Ronda rousey i hope you didnt spend 60 on pay per view. It would be over like now. Her last four fights barely 2 00 combined. Thats amazing. You werent surprised, i bet, at all. No. I was surprised. I thought it would go at least a minute. The brazilian fighter she was undefeated as well. She was thought to be if there was a woman out there that could beat her was thought to be here. It was the art move . Yeah. And she was out. Then were done. We want to get to the top story in california. New evacuations overnight to tell you about. People packing up their homes to get out of the way of the swiftly approaching wild fires. One of the largest fires, the rocky fire remains 5 contained this morning. Nbc gotty schwartz just filed this report for us from california. Reporter yeah take a look behind me. The fire conditions extreme even at night. Its easy to see why 12,000 people have been evacuated. This is just one stretch of the 27,000 acre that has been torched. Overnight huge flames and more mandatory evacuations in californias lake county. Just days after fire captain david was killed scouting a fire in Northern California. A husband and father of two now hailed as a hero as a tight knit community of firefighters worked through this difficult time. All kinds of things go to your head. Could it have been me . What happened . Fire reporter fires in the west are offering no reprieve. Heavy wind and lightning are making conditions worse. Because of the drought and lack of water throughout california the fuel conditions and the bush burning is what we would normally see in late august. Reporter in rural Washington State homeowners returning to find their houses destroyed. All three of my babies were raised in here. Even him. Its crazy. Reporter in Southern California it was round two. The major thurorough fare connecting l. A. To las vegas. Today another fire near the same stretch of highway but this time firefighters were able to divert traffic and the flames. Now the main focus for firefighters in california is up north at the rocky fire. So far 14 homes have burned while others have been saved. We had the tanker come in the big jet drop a lot of retardant. If it wasnt for that i tonight think my property would be here. Reporter chris is packing up and evacuating along with hundreds of others as the fire continues to grow. A relently fire season only expected to get worse. Here at the rocky fire, fire crews have been working on this fire for several days. They only have 5 containment. The conditions are looking like theyre going to get worse today. Back to you. Tough up there. To politics now where there is new speculation this morning that Vice President joe biden may be considering entering the race for the white house. This as the gop candidates get ready for their first debate on thursday. Nbc White House CorrespondentKristen Welker is in washington with more. Reporter good morning to you, craig. Will he or wont he . One of the big debates in washington right now revolving around whether Vice President joe biden will throw his hat in the democratic race for the white house. Theres new rumbling this morning that he might be giving it some thought. Could democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton be getting some fresh competition . According to the new york times, Vice President joe biden is taking a new look at a potential run. The newspaper reporting that mr. Bidens advisors have started to reach out to Democratic Leaders and donors who have not yet committed to mrs. Clinton. One possible factor . Biden late son bo who passed away from brain cancer. He encouraged his father to run before his death. They had conversations about this and even when beau was sick he said i think you should run. The Vice President s press secretary down played the speculation. Bidens long time friend senator john mccain telling kelly odonnell. I think he sees this trust factor of Hillary Clinton in a steep decline, and i think that hes examining his options. Reporter meanwhile the gop race is heating up too. As candidates get ready to face off this week in their first debate. Only the top ten candidates qualify for the prime time stage. Frontrunner donald trump a political novice trying to lower expectations. I have no idea how ill do. Maybe ill do terrible. Maybe ill do great. Reporter the challenge for the nine other candidates how to respond to trumps brash style. What do you expect in the debate . Do you expect hell be the unfiltered donald trump . No. I really dont know what to expect. I think there will be lots of interaction between us and the other candidates. I think it will be a lively debate. Reporter now as for Vice President joe biden, some of his key aids have been helping secretary clinton. Clinton has broad support among democrats and shes polling very well. Democratic sources say biden would likely only seriously consider running for she were to stumble in a big way. It hasnt happened. Biden has said hell make a decision at the end of the summer. Kristin welker from washington thank you. Chuck todd is moderator of meet the press. Good morning. Good morning. A lot of action for a summer weekend. It doesnt usually happen this way. This aint august. No. What does your gut and d. C. Sources this morning tell you the chances are that Vice President biden will throw his hat in the ring . The problem with the trying to figure out what Vice President bide season going to do, unlike most other National Figures he has close counsel ands it family members first. In the past president ial candidates was run by his sister. His niece was the political director. His sons were always with him on the campaign trail. So the reporting that is family definitely would like to see him running is true. The question is what is he going to do . I think what you have to be careful reporting about joe biden is there are plenty of advisors who dont have the last name of biden who arent family members who dont fully know. Joe biden is going to have a big Summer Vacation where the whole family is gathering. Hes in mourning but theyre going to have a conversation about this. After that were truly going to know. One thing you have to remember is this erica. When you run for president once you usually want to do it again. His heart, im told is leaning toward running. The question is does he think he can win. Theres one democratic voter say its not like that we dislike hillary, we want to win the white house. Is there a sense that Vice President biden would fare better than Hillary Clinton at this point . I dont think theres polling evidence that says that. Now that said this week brought some new numbers out that show Hillary Clinton had the lowest favorable ratings of all time and joe biden had the highest favorable ratings hes ever had recorded of all time. In general election match up they look about the same as strong and previously Hillary Clinton looked like a stronger candidate. Shes still very popular among democrats. Her problem is with swing voters who are souring on her and view joe biden more favorably. Because they dont like Hillary Clinton . But they never actually would vote for him. I think thats somebody that the biden people have to answer in order to figure out if its truly viable for them to run. In the meantime on the republican side as we saw jeb bush told lester. Its going to be a lively debate. Its also a little confusing. We have two debates. The top ten will be in the prim time debate. Realististly for the American Voters how much are they going to learn or accomplish when 90 minutes is shared between ten people. Exactly. If its all evenly divided, youre going to hear nine minutes of a candidate. I promise you today on the show youll hear more from donald trump and ben carson than you may hear from them in the debate. What the public is going to learn is probably more stylistic. More to see how they interact with each other. And obviously the trump phenomena is going to end up being the story line. Whethers it trump himself, the way other candidates react to trump. That is i think, part of this that makes this such a fun debate to watch but probably not very substantiative. All right. Well well be watching that but well be tuning in for meet the presz press this morning. Chuck, thank you. Turning overseas where we got news overnight that rumors that cecil the lions brother had been killed. Scientists say jericho is alive and well and with his pride. Kelly koeb ya ya is in london. Reporter good morning. Its been a confusing 24 hours for researchers and the millions around the world following the lions. The park where they live is about the size of connecticut, and early this morning zimbabwe time researchers in a park ranger set out into the remote bushland searching for jericho, cecils so called brother. Cecil, the famous black maned lion killed by american dentist Walter Palmer wasnt the big male being tracked by scientists. Thats jericho on the left and cecil on the right. Jericho was colored as well and was believed to be looking after cecils cubs. But late saturday volunteers of the Zimbabwe Conservation task force posted this on their facebook page. But this morning one of the oxford scientists studying the pride tweeted jericho is alive and well. Seen him at 7 06 zimbabwe time. He posted this picture of the healthy lion. The scientist said he was with his lioness who had just made a kill. The pride is weaker. The death of one male lion can cause a cascade of effects which leads to other lions being killed. Jericho and the cubs could face threats from other dominant male lions. For now the zimbabwe lion is being protected from hunters banning all hunting around the park. Restricting the kind of hunting practiced by dr. Palmer. All hunting has been suspended. Dr. Palmer is still in hiding and still wanted by the zimbabwe government. I understand that already the processes have been studied and were looking for hisextraextradition. The dentist hasnt been charged and said he believed he had the proper permits. Reporter authorities in zimbabwe are looking into two other protected killings of lions near the park. The one in april the second in july. Both are just now coming to light and may explain some of the confusion among volunteers over the fate of jericho. Kelly, thank you. Sheinelle has more. Breaking news overnight in the search for flight mh 370. A piece of debris on reunion island is being checked for any connection to Malaysian Airlines flight 370. Items collected are sent to france for study. A possible wing part has already arrived at the lab. Investigators will also check a suitcase for dna to see if it matches anyone on the flight that disappeared more than a year ago. And in tennessee a manhunt is underway after the shooting death of a Police Officer. 33yearold officer sean bolton was shot multiple times. He died later at the hospital. Authorities say theyre using all resources to track down the suspect. A collegiate baseball game suddenly became a fight to save the life of a 9yearold bat boy. Kansas Baseball Team think of their bat boy as a member of the team. Kaiser carlisle was in the middle of the excitement of saturdays big game. But after a batter struck out kaiser wearing his helmet ran out to pick up the bat while a player on deck was in full swing. He was practice swinging the bat and ran by him and he was swinging and then hit him in the helmet and knocked him down. He got back up but he went right back down again. The umpire rushed to his aid. Ems brought kaiser to the hospital in critical condition. The distraught College Players in kansas for the summer knelt in prayer. A Team Official tells nbc hes a tough little guy, if i was a betting man, i would put my money on him. Meantime theyre asking fans to keep kaiser and his family in their thoughts. In georgia family and friends gathered to say their farewells at the funeral of Bobbi Kristina brown. A long standing feud between the families of Whitney Houston and bobby brown faired at the service. Browns sister left saying the feud isnt over. Its not over. It has just begun. It has just begun. I just told her that whitney was going to haunt her from the grave. Bobbi Kristina Brown died six months after she was found unresponsive in a bathtub at her atlanta home. The president is set to announce the administration is calling the biggest step ever to combat climate change. The white house released a video outlining the action president obama will take monday unveiling tough regulations to cut greenhouse gases. It could eventually lead to the closing of coalfire power plant and boost the production of wind and solar power. American pharaoh is on the racetrack today. Hell face seven other hopefuls in the haskell invitational. American it could be american pharoahs eight win in a row. You can watch it here on nbc rousey is on top. It took her 34 seconds in their match last night. She told weekend today she wants to be that one fighter to remain undefeated. Her next fight, by the way, will likely be with misha tate and on to film a movie. Shes a busy girl. I heard shes running out. 34 seconds, what did she do . She came out, waved to the crowd, and punched her. Thats that. And thats that. Then she went to dinner. So thanks for the 60. That was something to watch. So lets talk about these wild fires. There are two dozen burning out west. You have thunderstorms without the rain so you get the lightning that triggers the storms and its hot, dry, and breezy. These are all conditions that spread wild fires. Right now there are 21 large fires burning across the state of california. Now we are going to see conditions remain favorable for fires over the course of the next several days. We have red flag warnings in effect. Thats for the high dry winds, and we also have some fire danger weather across parts of Southern Oregon and also into idaho, too. Humidity is around 25 to 35 . Thats dry air. Temperatures remain warm too. In Northern California it will stay hot close to 90 degrees. Well finally start to see conditions improve good sunday morning, im meteorologist Michelle Grossman. Another day like yesterday. Mostly sunny and hot. Low humidity. 88 to 91. Overall a pleasant day. Enjoy it. The humidity returns on monday. Hotter also 94. Late storms. We could see isolated storms on tuesday. Otherwise mostly sunny. Still hot, 91. Not quite as hot on wednesday. Finally breaking the heat wave 87. Looking good thursday and friday in terms of temperatures. Nice on friday, 82. By saturday mostly cloudy chance for showers. And thats your latest forecast. Thank you. Up next too racy for the grocery store. Why some supermarkets are about to cover up the cover of coz moe. First, these messages. 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Listerine® total care. One bottle, six benefits. Power to your mouth™. An iconic womens magazine will soon be covered up. Dylan is following this. This isnt about the pictures right . No about the words surrounding the picture which are racy enough. Were talking about cosmo poll contain magazine. It was published in 1960. This was one of the trademark covers in 1965. This is cosmo now. Theyre known for pushing the envelope. Their headlines are racy sexy and controversial soon it will be placed behind blinders. The blinders will be ushaped. It hides the headlines appearing around the cover. They wont cover the model or the banner at the top. This is kind of what it will look like. How did this happen . Its a response to a campaign from a conservative group called the National Center on Sexual Exploitation formally known as morality in media. One leaders is victoria hurst which founded the hurst group which publishes the magazine. Should retailers place issues of cosmo behind blinders to shield minors from the magazines sexual content. We posted the question on today. Com. Yes or no. What do you think . That picture at any time seem like we shielded a lot. Your eyes go right to her. Hey, look here you go. Serving it right up. Its been my experience often times w