Fleeing the scene and could be charged with murder. Outrage grows. More anger over a former Stanford University athlete who was sentenced to just six months in jail after he was convicted of sexual assault. Now more than half a Million People have signed a petition to have the judge in that case removed. This morning, the prosecutor speaks out to nbc news. And mother of the year. A woman fights valiantly to prevent her 13yearold daughter from being abducted inside a florida store. How her relentless struggle saved her daughter and put the suspect behind bars today, wednesday, june 8th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Well show you more of that video of that incredible mom in just a second. But we have a lot of politics to talk about this morning. I dont know whether we should say it was a late night or it was an early morning. You said good morning, its wednesday morning. Isnt it just a continuation of t tuesday night . We just got another result. The race for the white house seems set now as Hillary Clinton solidifies her position as her partys presumptive nominee. With victories in four primaries on tuesday. It will be clinton versus trump in the general election. The former secretary of state won in new jersey, new mexico, south dakota and, as we said a short time ago, the big prize california was called for clinton. Meantime, Bernie Sanders took montana and north dakota. Lets switch over to the delegate count putting clinton on a collision course with donald trump. Weve got it all covered starting with nbcs Andrea Mitchell. Shes been covering the Clinton Campaign all along. Andrea, good morning to you. Reporter good morning to you, matt. With that big win now in california, Hillary Clinton has her best argument for persuading Bernie Sanders to concede. Exactly eight years after clintons painful loss to barack obama. Now president obama is ready to go allin to make sure clinton had succeed him in the oval office. This morning Hillary Clinton is making history. Thanks to you, weve reached a milestone. Reporter declaring victory in the democratic president ial primary. First time in our nations history that a woman will be a major partys nominee. Reporter after clinching the nomination monday, clinton last night added to her delegate lead over Bernie Sanders. I want to congratulate senator sanders for the Extraordinary Campaign he has run. Reporter speaking in california, sanders did not concede but says he can do the math. I am pretty good in arithmetic and i know that the fight in front of us is a very, very steep fight. Reporter moderating his tone but vowing to take his revolution all the way to the convention. Thank you all. The struggle continues reporter for nearly a month, sanders has been on the trail in the golden state, hoping a win in california could give him some badly needed momentum. But clinton has still secured more pledged delegates and more votes. Overnight, president obama called both candidates, congratulating clinton on winning the nomination, thanking sanders for energizing the party. The two men will meet at the white house tomorrow. Now the former first lady, senator and secretary of state is turning her focus to the general election, hammering donald trump. Donald trump is temperamentally unfit to be president and commander in chief. Reporter keeping was historic night invoking lessons she learned from her mother. She taught me never to back down from a bully which it turns out was pretty good advice. Reporter president obama and Senate Democratic leader harry reid both will try to make peacemaker telling urging sanders to concede if they are going to beat donald trump. Nbc news confirms as soon as today the Sanders Campaign is going to lay off as many as half their campaign staff. Matt and savannah, back to you. Andrea mitchell, thank you. Chuck todd and nicolle wallace, guys, i know it was a late night for you. There are so many moments that break through during a campaign. Do ow think Hillary Clinton made the most of her moment tonight . I think it was her first real coordinated takedown of donald trump and her speech last night, it is difficult to argue, even as a republican, that she doesnt have her message an her tone and her presentation of her case together in a way that she hasnt at any other point in this cycle. And just as a woman, a woman became the first ever to seize the nomination of a Major Political party. Chuck, perhaps not surprising, Bernie Sanders didnt give her moment last night. He didnt urge his supporters to get behind her. Theres this meeting at the white house tomorrow. I guess wed all like to be a fly on the wall if that room, whats going to happen and what will happen right after that meeting. I dont know if it is going to happen right after, but i think there is a feeling in the Democratic Party to give Bernie Sanders a little bit of space, give him a little bit of respect. There is one more week of the primary season and ive talked to folks close to both the white house and clinton that there is a feeling, look, if sanders really wants to go through to the d. C. Primary, give him the week. No sweat off of their back. But i think what hes going to learn is that if he carries this on too long, then there will be some public urgings. And then maybe you wont get that committee spot you really want in the senate. There is they do have one piece leverage over him. He likes being a senator. So the Senate Democrats can force his hand. This is a rather ginger exercise, helping someone dom terms. Youve got Campaign Staffers devoted, the candidate himself has poured himself into this race. You need to bring in some shrinks. Right . Losing is really, really, really hard business but hes had two months to learn how to lose. Hes been mathematically eliminated for months. So i am still bewildered by the tenderness with which the party is treating him. Its over. If trump werent such a hot mess in this current news cycle i think there would be a lot more pressure on him to get behind her. Trump may regain strength. Hes sort of like a storm over the sea. He may regain strength and. Capable of doing real el haharm her and hell have all bernies attacks to use. But Hillary Clinton running against donald trump versus Hillary Clinton running against Bernie Sanders, the comfort she has running against trump. She believes in her mind more than half the country is going to believe what she says about trump. She has this ginger nature of the democratic primary. She wasnt totally convinced that a majority of democrats were really with her. Guys, stick around. We arent done with you yet. Lets turn to republican donald trump. He swept all states tuesday making it clear hes ready to take on Hillary Clinton. General election is on. Nbc National CorrespondentPeter Alexander joins us now from trump tower. Peter, good morning to you. Reporter hey, good morning to you. We were at that Election Night celebration. This one was unlike all the others. Donald trump not ripping. Instead, reading off prepared remarks. It comes in the midst of a republican rebellion over trumps latest controversy where even the topranked republican in the country is now trying to walk a tight rope. Reporter donald trump sticking to the script trying to reassure rattled republicans. I understand the responsibility of carrying the mantel and i will never, ever let you down. Reporter trump relying on a teleprompter just days after mocking Hillary Clinton for doing the same, attacking his democratic rival and her husband. The clintons have turned the politics of personal enrichment into an art form for themselves. Reporter trump also appealing to Bernie Sanders supporters he says are victims of a rigged system. We welcome you with open arms. Reporter the speech, not without its awkward moments. Trump, apparently mishearing a supporter who blurted out his opposition to the Transpacific Partnership trade deals or tpp. No ppp. Youre right about that. So and you mean no pp. Reporter later making this promise. Going to take care of our africanamerican people that have been mistreated for so long. Reporter trumps remarks just hours after illinois senator mark kirk facing a fierce reelection fight became the first republican to yank his endorsement. Racism and bigotry are not going to be tolerated in the party of lincoln. Reporter that reprimand after trumps repeated attacks on a federal judge as biased because of his mexican heritage. Despite mounting pressure, trump not apologizing, instead saying his words were misconstrued. I do not feel that ones heritage makes them incapable of being impartial. Trump insisting hes done talking about it but his critics arent. Jeb bush demanding his former rival retract his comments, not defend them. House Speaker Paul Ryan backing trumps candidacy, just not his words. I dont think claiming a person cant do their job because of their race is sort of like the textbook definition of a racist comment. But do i believe that Hillary Clinton is the answer . No, i do not. Reporter Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell delivering his own rebuke. I think it is time for him to look like a serious candidate for president. Reporter trump overnight dismissing the gop critics as sore losers. They have to get over it. They shouldnt be so angry for so long. Reporter Still Standing by his man chris christie. I know donald trump. Ive known him for 14 years. And donald trump is not a racist. Reporter overnight rnc chair Reince Priebus calling it a great victory speech saying it was exactly the right approach. Trump Campaign Aides tell me that donald trump is now full steam ahead focused on Hillary Clinton and the general election that beginning friday he will hit four battleground states in four days virginia, florida, pennsylvania, and new hampshire. Matt and savannah . Peter alexander, thank you so much. Chu chuck, if you read Donald Trumps statement yesterday, it wasnt exactly backing off what he said about the judge but perhaps the dialing done or saying, all right, im going to move on to placate everybody whos freaking out right now. Is this the best republicans can expect on this issue . Probably. He doesnt like to apologize. Somebody read the statement to jeff flake, the republican senator, saying, i guess hes walking back. His response was keep walking. Youre not done walking back. He didnt apoll guys. He just simply said ill move on and ill stop talking about it. But then of course he does this lengthy statement, says hes not going to talk about it anymore. In the speech he doesnt talk it, but in the middle of takes an interview from sean hannity where he talks about it. This headline says, im with racist. It is a chastising headline for paul ryan, the speaker of the house, despite all the controversial things that donald trump has said saying he continues to say hell vote for him. Is this going to start to be a tough headline for a lot of republicans . It already is. I think that paul ryan isnt being held to as harsh a standards as other republicans. Lots of republicans have endorsed donald trump. But hes the face of the republican party. Hes also seen as the future of the republican party. I think that he is paying a higher price than anybody. Mitch mcconnell endorsed him well before paul ryan did but i think it speaks to just this gushing wound in the republican party. The truth is our hearts are broken that were seeing a party that rights of and a lot of us have been a part of and worked for for 20 years sort of ripped apart by someone whos made not one, not two but is now in three racism scandals. Really quickly, mark kirk, senator from illinois, in a tough reelection battle there. Unendorsed. Can you think of another unendorsement in history . If anyone can, chuck, it would be you. No, i cant. I go back to i think trump is three or four weeks to sort of one more time try to prevent this sort of lastminute panic or run. By the end of the month if hes down, 10, 12 points in the national polls, if the fundraising isnt going well, you still might see it is a long shot some semiserious chatter of trying to stop him at the convention if the month continues as badly as the last 72 hours. Want to turn now to a tragic hitandrun crash in michigan. Five bicyclists are dead, several other hospitalized after a pickup truck slammed into the Group Without any warning. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez is in cooper township, michigan, just north of kalamazoo. Gabe, good morning to you. Reporter matt, good morning. Police say the 50yearold drivers in custody but has not been charged yet. Overnight authorities said that they had gotten several calls reporting the pickup Truck Driving erratically just minutes before the deadly crash. It was chaos. Multiple bikers down. Reporter confusion. Cyclists run off the road. This morning investigators in western michigan are trying to piece together what led to this deadly crash near kalamazoo. Ive never seen anything like this in my life. Reporter one witness says this blue pickup truck swerved into the group before he could warn them. Thats what i seen a bunch of bikes hit the front of his truck and couple of them flew. Reporter nine cyclists hit, five killed. The our four were rushed to the hospital. Police say callers reported the pickup Truck Driving erratically. The police were alerted to a blue pickup truck in the approximately 30 minutes leading up to this accident. Reporter after the crash, police say the driver fled on foot but was later arrested. A neighbor says she first thought the truck had hit a tree. The front of the truck is completely demolished. So i figured it was just pieces of the truck. I see im picking of up pieces the bike. Reporter the Prosecutor Says this area is once again in shock. On february 6th six people were killed when an uber driver allegedly went on a shooting spree in kalamazoo. Now more heartbreak. I just wish that we had more of an opportunity to maybe get our feet under us before we had to do it again. Reporter this morning, the Cycling Community here is mourning the loss of these riders. They were believed to be part of an organized Bicycling Club that was struck from behind on this road. Authorities say that the four survivors sustained serious injuries and, matt and savannah, the people who were hurt, their identities have not yet been released. Back to you. Gabe gutierrez, thank you very much. Breaking news overnight, Officials Say a bomb threat forced an egypt airplane flying from cairo to beijing to make an Emergency Landing in uzbekistan. Egyptian Officials Say an anonymous person cause security agents at the cairo airport to say a bomb was onboard that flight. Agents then ordered the plane to land at the nearest airport. All 135 passengers were evacuated. The aircraft was searched, no bomb was found. That incident comes nearly three weeks after an egyptair flight crashed in the Mediterranean Sea killing all 66 people on board. More breaking news overnight. Two f16 fighter jets crashed after a midair collision in georgia. The fighter jets assigned to the South CarolinaAir National Guard were performing routine night flying operations. The pilots of each aircraft ejected safely. There were no injuries reported. The u. S. Air force is investigating that crash. Now back to that chilling Surveillance Video we showed you at the top of the show. An attempted kidnapping caught on tape. This happened at a Dollar General store in hernando, florida. You see the suspect walking over to an aisle where a 13yearold girl and her mother are shopping. The man then grabs the girl and tries to drag her out of the store. They have a tugofwar between the suspect and the mother who were told is a complete stranger. The man eventually gives us and runs away. He didnt get far though. There was an offduty sheriffs deputy in the parking lot. He took that suspect into custody. Now the 13yearold is charged with kidnapping and child abuse. What could possess someone to attempt that with the mother of that child right there . And how about that offduty sheriffs deputy coming right in there . Unbelievable. Fists were flying last night in the game between the orioles and royals in baltimore. This all started in the second inning when the orioles short stop flies out. Words were exchanged between him and the royals pitcher. Fast forward now were in the fifth inning, he nails him with a 99mileperhour fast ball. He charges the mound. The two exchange punches. Teammates join the fray. Both ejected for their role in the melee. Suspensions are coming. I bet they are. Who was boxing on the other card . Al has a check of the weather. I see florida on your map. Yeah. Unfortunately, even though our friend colin is long gone,