Investigation. 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. 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. 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. With good reason. The baby not only has the virus, but a condition known as microcephaly, which stunts the infants growth and often causes severe brain damage. Its important to point out the mother was visiting the u. S. From honduras and had contracted the zika virus before she arrived here. Reporter this morning, a team of doctors at new jerseys Hackensack Medical Center providing intensive care to a baby girl born overnight with microcephaly, the serious medical condition commonly linked to the zika virus. The 31yearold mother, who has not been identified, was visiting the u. S. From honduras. She reportedly contracted zika early in her pregnancy after bitten by an infected mosquito. It wasnt until last friday that an ultrasound found the microcephaly in her unborn child. All pregnant women should be aware this is a travelrelated case of zika and it didnt occur in the United States. Reporter this on the heels of new guidelines released by the world health organization. The w. H. O. Advising people who recently traveled to wait eight weeks to conceive, either if neither partner has symptoms. Thats twice the length of time the w. H. O. Previously recommended. The guidance is to consider delaying pregnancy, certainly recognizing this is tough for some populations. Reporter Major League Baseball player rodriguez revealed he contracted the virus in his homeland this past off season. The 34yearold relief pitcher for the detroit tigers, a native of venn save venezuela, was sick for two weeks. Officials have been pressured to move the olympics, but the w. H. O. Says doing so would not stop the spread of it internationally. New name surfacing in the race for the white house as donald trump rips the media during a fiery press conference. We have complete decision 2016 coverage starting with hallie jackson. She joins us from trump tower in new york city. Good morning to you. Good morning. The scene here at trump tower, a combative candidate giving us a preview of what a President Trump would be like. While he brushed off our questions about a possible independent opponent, this morning, word that someone new could challenge the Presumptive Republican nominee. Many republicans asking, who . Reporter Donald Trumps new mystery challenger revealed. Multiple sources telling nbc news, conservative writer david french is considering an independent run. You give all of these people another option. Reporter but without money and name recognition, many think it is a long shot to take on the billionaire businessman. Trump, not commenting yet, taking on his favorite target instead, the media. Youre a sleaze. Ive watched you on television. Youre a real beauty. I find the Political Press to be unbelievably dishonest. Reporter trump, angry over questions about what happened to the 6 million he says he raised for veterans back in january. I have never received such bad publicity for doing a good job. Ill give you the names, if thats what you want. Reporter trump detailing 5. 6 million in donations to veterans charities, including 1 million of his own money. An Analysis Shows 1. 9 million was disbursed this past week, when pressures started building for trump to explain what happened to the money. He bragged for months about raising 6 million for veterans and donating 1 million himself, but it took a reporter to shame him into actually making his contribution. Reporter trump taking a testy tone, promising if he makes it to the white house, this is what to expect in the briefing room. Yeah, it is. Let me tell you something. Im a person yeah, it is going to be like this, david. Reporter his insults aimed not just at the media, but his fellow republicans, too. Conservative writer bill kristol. Hes a loser. Reporter Susana Martinez. He wasnt nice. Reporter former rival mitt romney. Why should people believe you when you say youll bring the Party Together . I made robo saul calls for r. He let us down. Reporter hammering romney, calling him a stiff in the hollywood reporter. Romney himself, by the way, the subject of speculation, he could be considering an independent run. A top aide reiterating, romney is not running. He is tweeting about david french, calling him an honorable, intelligent and patriotic person. Matt and savannah . Hallie, by the way, among the targets at the press conference, the judge who oversees the fraud case involving Trump University. Thats the case going on right now. There was a trove of records just unsealed. What did we learn . These are the playbooks surrounding the case. Used to sell the course for the forprofit university. It was telling the people, you dont sell products, benefits or solutions, you sell feelings. The salespeople were also told to suggest to potential customers to rely on credit card debt, retirement funds, to pay for Trump University. All of it, savannah, opening up trump to potential new attacks from his democratic rivals. Weve already seen that in action. Hallie jackson, thank you. Let us turn now to the democrats. Hillary clinton gets ready to shift her campaign to delegaterich california, where Bernie Sanders is gaining ground in the polls. Nbcs Kristen Welker is on the trail with secretary clinton in new jersey. Good morning to you. Matt, good morning to you. Secretary clinton will spend the day campaigning here in new jersey before she heads back out west tomorrow. Her top aides telling me there will be no shortage of attacks for donald trump. All this as her campaign is coming under fresh scrutiny for its scrtrategy and messaging. Reporter Bernie Sanders barn storming california late into the night. I think were going to win here in california. Reporter as Hillary Clinton takes a page out of the trump playbook, flooding the airwaves on the phone, calling into news programs. Telling Msnbcs Chris Hayes im feeling very positive about my campaign in california. We are working really hard. Reporter but the clinton team is clearly concerned, with polls showing a tightening race. Shes added a fiveday Campaign Swing throughout the golden state. I want to cover as much of the state as i possibly can. Reporter clinton was also on defense tuesday, amid criticism she hasnt held a formal press conference in months. I have done nearly 300 interviews just in 2016. Reporter trump tweeting late tuesday, i am getting great credit for my press conference today. Crooked hillary should be admonished for not having a press conference in 179 days. Clinton aides say while she campaigns in california, clinton will keep her eye on her likely challenger. I think the problem here is the difference between donald trump says and what donald trump does. Reporter as both candidates gear up for the fall fight, some democrats expressing concern. That while Trumps Campaign has a clear theme were going to make America Great again reporter clintons message seems to keep shifting. Im fighting for everyone who has ever been knocked down but refused to be knocked out. Breaking down barriers has been a major theme in my campaign. We are stronger together in facing our internal challenges and external ones. Reporter clintons team says stronger together is aimed, in part, at countering trumps decisive rhetoric in the general election, and say her guiding principle hasnt changed. Some of her democratic critics are concerned her messaging has been muddled. Has that hurt her with voters . I dont think the messaging has been muddled at all. Particularly the last few weeks. Our country is going to be stronger when every single american can give up to their godgiven potential. A new poll just out this morning shows secretary clinton with a slim lead in a hypothetical general election matchup against donald trump. 45 to 41 . Yesterday, she picked up a key endorsement. California governor jerry brown said it is time to unite the party to take on trump. Now, the reality here, secretary clinton can win the nomination without winning california. But if she wins there, she could blunt any remaining argument sanders has for staying in the race. Matt and savannah . Kristen, thank you very much. Chuck todd is nbcs political mcommentator and moderator of meet the press. Good morning. There was going to be a respected, qualified, independent candidate for president. Turns out, it was david french. Yes, respective and qualified, a veteran. When you heard it was david french, what was your first question . It was who . Did he mean the guy from National Review . I mean, it was sort of one of those moments. I, for the life of me, matt, if bill kristol and the never trump people are so emphatic about finding somebody else other than donald trump, there is a ticket. The Libertarian Party ticket is not one but two former republican governors. Weld and johnson. It seems silly to go down this road with somebody most people never had bill kristol has higher name i. D. Write the Bumper Sticker for David Frenchs campaign. I might go, country first, vote french. Or who i am and why am i here . Chuck, its hard to follow up that. Lets talk about the donald trump News Conference yesterday. Obviously, we know it is a nolose proposition to blast the media. Lets not get distracted by that. Lets go to the substance. Where do we net out on what happened to the donations to the veterans . Also this issue of the Trump University documents that hallie talked about. I would say to me, there were two more important take aways than the back and forth with the media. Number one is the Trump University. The fact of the matter is, donald trump you know why the documents are public . Because donald trump has done nothing but beat the living daylights out of this judge. The more hes done that, the more the judge has basically said, our credibility is called into question. We have to put everything out here. It is a reminder, is this the way he would govern . Is this how he would act in office . Any critic from the judiciary branch, another branch of government. This is something minor in his own office. If he did this while in office, it could trigger a constitutional crisis. It is truly borderline irresponsible behavior, on that front. On the second thing torks , to t jumped out of the press conference was his willingness to trash anybody, including republicans. It may work politically but, again, its no way to govern. He will find out he is lonely in the oval office. May work politically, it plays well to the people who have been longtime trump supporters. Right. Does it expand his support though, the people on the fence . Not only does not expand his support, it actually is hurting him financially. The point of that question, where he snapped out of it and said, hey, im not going to i am who i am. Im always going to go this way. It was about how the chief fundraiser, essentially for the republican governors association, the organization that Susana Martinez leads, said, will you stop bashing republicans or i wont be able to raise money for you. If you want to raise 500 million in three months, and youre way behind, stop trashing republicans. Do it for a week and see what happens. Interesting morning. Thanks very much. You got it. Evacuations are underway in parts of Southeast Texas this morning due to record flooding there. Even more rain is coming. Rescuers made their way through deserted neighborhoods in Fort Bend County tuesday and found a dog chained to a house. The pup was struggling to keep its head above water. Rescuers were able to free the dog and take it to higher ground. Look at this dramatic video. A jeep swept away by flood waters. Thankfully, nobody inside at the time. Already, six people in texas have lost their lives in four days of flooding. Lets talk about the continuing controversy over the shooting death of a gorilla at the cincinnati zoo after a 3yearold boy fell into the animals enclosure. This morning, police are confirming theyre investigating the actions of the boys parents. As the incident raises questions about safety at zoos all across the country. Nbcs joe fryer is in cincinnati. He has the latest. Joe, good morning. Matt, good morning. We now know the Cincinnati Police department is looking into what happened here, but that investigation will not focus on safety or operations here at the zoo. Reporter these tense moments captured on video have captivated the world. Cincinnati investigators are concerned with what happened right before a 3yearold boy fell into the gorilla enclosure. Police say their review is only regarding the actions of the parents family that led up to the incident. However, the zoo is the focus of a complaint filed by Animal Rights activists. What happened this last weekend made it very clear that the physical barriers at the cincinnati zoo are not adequate. Reporter the eyewitness who shot the video said the little boy seemed curious about the gorilla pen. The little boy himself had been talking about wanting to go in, go in, get in the water. Reporter zoo Officials Say it appears the boy climbed over a barrier thats a little more than three feet high, making his way through bushes before falling 15 feet into the mote with harambe. Mommy loves you. Reporter at times, the 420pound silverback gorilla dragged the child around the enclosure before the zoo decided to shoot harambe. A controversial decision supported by some of the countrys top experts. I believe in my heart that the zoo had found itself at the point of no return. Reporter what happened will likely prompt many zoos to review their barriers. The miami zoo is already installing higher fences and has other layers of protection, including thorny hedges. If he managed to climb in here, can stand all the thorn pricks going to the other side, we have a ledge with an electric fence. Reporter much of the outrage is directed at the boys mother. On social media, give me ten children and i can guarantee none end up in a gorilla enclosure. Another incident 30 years ago in the uk, a gorilla protected a boy who was knocked unconscious after falling into the enclosure. In this case, the child was rescued without harming the animal. In the interviews this week with the british press, they believe the cincinnati zoo did the right thing in this situation by shooting the gorilla. The zoo is standing by its decision. The gorilla exhibit is set to reopen on friday. Thank you very much. Frightening moments for passengers on a united flight on tuesday from new york to houston. Panels came loose. This video was shot by a passenger. This happened after the plane bounced when touching down in newark. The pilot cancelled the landing and took off again. The plane circled 30 minutes before landing again. Fortunately, nobody was hurt. We have an important recall to tell you. General mills is recalling 10 Million Pounds of its flour. Over a possible link to an e. Coli outbreak. The recall is for several varieties of gold medal and signature kitchen flour sold at safeway, albertsons and other super markets. State and federal health Officials Say flaur seour seems the common link between illnesses in 20 states. General mills says e. Coli has not been found in any of the flour products but its recalling them out of an abundance of caution. Lets turn to al. We show td ved the video out of texas. Unfortunately, theyre under the gun again. More scenes like this, unfortunately. Not too bad now. Heavier showers and thunderstorms in southern texas. We are going to be looking at 15 Million People under Flash Flood Watch through the evening hours. Scattered storms coming across saturated ground. This is a slowmoving front. The risk for flash flooding continues today. Moves into thursday. The risk increases as we get tons of gulf moisture. The atmosphere is juiced up now. The front just lays there. The risk for flash flooding continues into the weekend. Look at the rainfall amounts were talking about. Generally, two to three inches. Five inches, not unusual. Parts of South Central texas may see, get this, 10 to 15 inches of rain. We are going to be talking about possibly catastrophic flooding going into the weekend. Thats whats going on. Were going to get to Olay Regenerist renews from within. Plumping surface cells for a dramatic transformation without the need for fillers. Your concert tee might show your age. Your skin never will. Olay regenerist, olay. Ageless. 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