starting in palm beach and end it with two rallies in tampa. he is doing this now because early voting starts today in florida. a million people have already voted mail according to state election officials and republicans are leading ballot returns by 1.8 percentage points. that s good news for trump. the bad news is the latest national polls show them trailing clinton by a large margin. the et electi kelly ann conway yesterday on the show that they are behind but he also said they are not giving up. they still think they can win this and hearse who you. what can turn around in these next two weeks? florida, iowa, you add nevada there and protect arizona and georgia look at new hampshire and maine, too, where the congressional districts are slit the way they have their electoral votes. you can visit colorado, virginia, pennsylvania. one poll that is some what encouraging for the trump campaign is this one from cbs news. shows trump well within the margin of error at 43 p
on edge. and seventh inning stretch. take me out to the ball game why this rendition of take me out to the ball game sung by the manager of a minor league team has people talking today, friday, july 25, 2014. from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning. welcome to today on a friday morning. that big crowd outside getting ready for a concert in our 8:30 half hour from the group onerepublic. we look forward to that. speaking of music. that rendition of take me out to the ball game in that minor league ballpark, let s just say, the guy puts you and me to shame. and it was all done for a very good cause. we ll explain that in natalie s newscast coming up. clearly, though, he was on key most of the time. well, there was a little hint. we ll get to that in a moment. we ll start with today s top story. there s growing talk of a truce in the middle east, but israeli official this
speaker was invited to give a commencement speech at san jose state university. a four hours later he says police beat him up. kpix 5 s betty yu has video of the confrontation outside a nightclub in downtown san jose [ screaming ] no, no! reporter: the guy in the white shirt in this youtube video so this left him badly bruised and traumatized. threw me to the ground and then picking me up again to throw me back on the ground and then what if you know [ indiscernible ] pull out a baton. 23-year-old nate howard spoke to me from his san diego home by skype. he said he had just given a speech at san jose state s black graduation ceremony. i was a visitor. i didn t deserve that treatment. i was looked at as another brother with dreds causing trouble. reporter: he said they celebrated at a nightclub and things got messy as his friend was charged with public urination. i speak for the millennial generation. reporter: nate is a motivational speaker who graduated fro
in the west bank to protest the 17-day conflict in gaza. the west bank burns as violence spreads in the middle east. outrage growing over the shelling of the united nations school in gaza. the badly burned wreckage of the al algerie jet has been found in mali. no one has survived. a couple has died after a tornado hit their campsite in virginia. another sweltering day is in store for millions of people across the southwest, with record temperatures climbing well into the triple digits. russians are firing artillery from within russia to attack ukrainian military positions. the pentagon saying this is clearly a military escalation. police say a patient s deadly rampage at a pennsylvania hospital ended when he was shot by a psychiatrist. everybody was running and ducking for cover. baltimore ravens running back ray rice is facing a two-game suspension from the nfl after a fight with his then fiancee. that decision is coming under intense scrutiny. the on
happen or will the president use his pen and paper instead? we will bring you the president s comments as soon as they happen during our show. in it the meantime, the accusations flying like bullets as ukraine claims its troops once again coming under fire by troops on the other side of the russian border. hi, everyone. welcome to a busy friday. i m gretchen carlson. it s the the real story. the ukrainian army trying to cut off supply routes along the border where the defense department now says russia is about to make an imminent delivery of heavy weaponry to pro-russian rebels. russia has also emasked about 12,000 troops there. russia denies its roll in all of this even after images of this which we cannot independently verify of russian mortar fire being used to help rebels there. we go to the eastern part of ukraine now. you aren t far from where this is happening. what can you tell us? reporter: we can actually hear sounds of the shelling in the city of donetsk. fi