He talks about retirement the president ial race and that beard. Friends, fans and celebrities arrive in louisville for the funeral of mum ahammad. Matt joins live in lul. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. We got a great concert crowd outside. We have carson inside because matts in louisville, couple this morning, where later, tens of thousands of fans, along with a starstudded crowd will say goodbye to the champ, muhammad ali, matt good to see you. Savannah, carson, good to see you guys. I think it will be a sad and inspiring day in louisville a. City by the way that adores muhammad ali. Hes a hometown hero. 15,000 people expected in the center behind me to pay their respects to memorialize the heavyweight champion of the world him i left my hotel room early, walked down the hallway. In front of every hotel room was this, usa todays tribute to ali a. Very moving way to start the day. We will have much more on this in a few minutes, guys. It will be an emotional day. Lets get to our top story. Two big endorsements for Hillary Clinton. First president obama saying im with her. Then late last night, senator Elizabeth Warren announcing her support for clinton on the Rachel Maddow show. We got all this covered. Lets start with nbc National CorrespondentPeter Alexander at the white house for us. Good morning. Reporter savannah, good morning. If there were any questions about democratic unity, those were quickly sigh lend by the president and Vice President and now Elizabeth Warren backing clinton. Warren has emerged as a weapon of war against donald trump. She was the only female democratic senator who hadnt yet backed clinton and this morning, just a short distance here at the white house, the two women will meet privately at clintons home. Overnight, Hillary Clintons securing the endorsement of another powerful allie. Im going to do everything i can to help Hillary Clinton get elected and im going to do everything that ki to make sure donald trump never comes within shouting distance of the white house. Reporter progressive hero, Elizabeth Warren, fueling spec laying of a clintonwarren president ial ticket. Asked Rachel Maddow if she believes she is commanderinchief if necessary. Warren left no doubt. Yes, i did. Issuing an attack on donald trump. Donald trump is a loud, nasty, thin skinned fraud who has never risked anything for anyone and who serves no one but himself. Reporter Vice President joe biden hammering trump for his repeated criticism of a latino federal judge. I find Donald Trumps conduct in this regard reprehensible. It is racist. Reporter president obama on jimmy fallon mocking trump. I have been watching my new favorite show, orange is not the new black. After sitting on the sidelines, all campaign, the president for the first time throwing his support behind clinton in this video. And im with her. I am fired up and i cannot wait to get out there and campaign for hillary. Reporter the endorsement full of praise for his 2008 rival. I dont think theres ever been someone so qualified to hold this office. Reporter in a private hourlong white house meeting with Bernie Sanders thursday, obama played president ial peace maker, giving sanders room for a graceful exit. Sanders vowing to campaign through tuesdays d. C. Primary showing increasing signs hes opened to backing clinton. I look forward to meeting with her in the near future to see how we can work towing to defeat donald trump. The 2016 final lifts exchanging on twitter, trump twing swinging first. Obama just endorsed hillary. He wants four more years of obama. Trump pouncing, how long did it take your staff of 823 people to think that up . And where are your 33,000 emails that you delete . Reporter and as for rallying Bernie Sanders supporters over the checkpoint, president obama could be a huge asset. His Approval Rating among sanders primary voters right now 82 . The president heads out to campaign with his former secretary of state for the first time wednesday in wisconsin. Savannah. Peter alexander at the white house. Thanks. Lets bring in chuck todd and Nicole Wallace in new york. Good morning. We start a real concerted effort, a coordinated effort to unify yesterday. It was a big day for hillary. How big with the endorsement from the president and Elizabeth Warren . Hillary clinton has arguably had her best tenday stretch since she launched her campaign. At the same time, trump has had his worst tenday stretch. So these leaders coalescing around Hillary Clinton creates a steam for her. I think she is trying to convert voters who dont care about the establishment. She will have a head of steam headed into this weekend. She had a Tour De Force around her, whether it coninvestigators bernie supporters, which is the tactical thing that needs to occur is a still unknown. We heard Officials Say she is a weapon and war and can take it to donald trump. I know you have your ear to the ground do you think she is a potential vp candidate for clinton . I think it depends on your definition of potential. If you know Hillary Clinton and people close to her, you know, shes getting to know many of the people that are on the vp short list. She has been getting to know them throughout the campaign. One person she doesnt know well, Elizabeth Warren. While there is a chance she can get to know each other very well in a short period of time. She has campaigned with tom perez already, she knows people like mike mullen. It is more likely she is going to want to pick somebody she has known for a long time. Let me bring up that newspaper article. Clinton had a good day yesterday. This morning, she wakes up to another article about her emails. This one says state Department Officials in pakistan sent emails to cia officials that cryptically referred to drones, which are supposed to be classified. They did so on an unclassified system. It got forwarded to Hillary Clinton. A lot of information there. Whats the bottom line . The bottom line is the republican freakout is this on two pillars, one the sort of the tone and tenor of trumps comments and his candidacy t. Second the opportunity, the treasure trove of opportunity to really point to problematic questions about Hillary Clintons judgment, whether its her emails, whether its her conduct and interaction with the Clinton Foundation and ever since clinton alleged Foreign Policy speech, republicans over trumps refusal to make a disciplined concerted case about these kind of topics. Meanwhile, trump waking up to that usa today report that basically says he stiffed Small Businesses in the past the working man, thats his base. Is that going to hurt him . It could if it gets turned into a concerted effort. You have to spend a lot of money as a Campaign Organization to sort of sell that topic to get voters to know that. Think of it sort of similar to how ban and romney. Very quickly on my coals point. Do you know this tenday period, it could have been a lot different. Ten days ago is when the ig report came out in emails. The last ten days could have been nothing but emails and democratic hand winging, but theres donald trump. Enough said. We will see the next few days. Guys, breaking overnight, a moderate earthquake felt across parts of california. It had a preliminary magnitude of 5. 1, it was followed by a series of aftershocks. It was Strong Enough to wake people up. There were no early reports of any significant damage. Controversy surrounding a stanford athlete convicted of sexual assault. The chorus growing louder, even joe biden taking foy. Donny schwartz, good morning. Reporter retold probation officers he had never done drugs him he told the judge, he wasnt used to drinking. But pictures on brock turners phone show otherwise. Pictures of brock turner appearing to be smoking from a mash pipe released today by the courts, further eroding his clean cut image as the anonymous victims voice is getting louder. Her message echoing across the country. Vice president biden, your words will help people you have never met and never will. And so i believe you will save lives. Her letter read on capitol hill and all around the nation. I read according to him i liked it. Reporter under fire with mounting efforts for a recall, judge aaron perski has some members of the public behind him. As a sitting judge, he is unable comment. And brock turners claim he was just caught up in the Schools Party culture, in which he said, quote the guys that i thought highly of would dance with girls while being intoxicated and encouraged me to participate in the party like they were. I was an inexperienced drinker and partygoer, so i accepted these things as normal. Those statements by turners own techs about acid and drugs and also drawing a response by Stanford University which issued statements on what they call stanfords efforts on alcohol responsibility. Can ford has devoted significant attention to fostering accountably around alcohol use. It is an ongoing effort as it is on Many University campuses. But some students say the school isnt doing enough to prevent sexual assault. According to stanfords own findings in 2014 alone, there were 30 total sex offenses on campus. With graduation on sunday, two groups are planning protests. One demanding that stanford quote release the names of rapists. They dont necessarily who all the rapists are, but they do know of some. We would be safeer as a community if we knew who they were. Reporter for brock turner, the question is whether to appeal and risk a new trial and possibly a new sentence. Online a petition circulating to recall the judge now has over 1 million signatures. Meanwhile, here in the Legal Community of palo alto, both prosecutors and Defense Attorneys are arguing that this decision was within the bound of the law and should be respected. Savannah. All right. Thank you very much nmplts other news, a small plane crashed in houston, killing all three people on board. It slammed into a local Hardware Store dramatic audio from the tower you can hear air traffic pilots to abort the first landing attempt. Moments later the tower issued another more urgent warning. You might be too high. Okay. Well go around then. Maam, straighten up, straighten up. Ntsb investigators say they may have approached altitude too soon causing it to stall before hitting the ground. An issue for lawmakers, saying a delay in approving zika is impeding efforts to fight that virus. Dr. Thomas frieden, the director of the cdc says epidemics can spread in days and weeks and the sooner Congress Acts the better. The Obama Administration requested 1. 9 billion to fight zika. Neither of the administrations request. Zika is spread by mosquitos and can cause severe birth desks. To sports the San Jose Sharks live to see another day in the stanley cup final. They were on the brink of elimination. But they beat the Pittsburgh Penguins last night 42. The pens still lead the series three to two. Game six is right here on nbc. We mentioned at the top, it will be a somber day in louisville, kentucky today t. Hometown of boxing legend muhammad ali. Tens of thousands are expected to attend alis public funeral this afternoon. They want to pay their respects to the champ and not a preview of what to expect. Reporter all right, guy, good morning to you. Muhammad ali was an icon, both in and out of the ring. Now one week after his death at the age of 74 the greatest of all time will be laid to rest. Today the world says goodbye to the greatest. Family, fans and celebrities are turning out to honor the boxing legend in louisville, kentucky. With thousands expected to line the streets as the procession makes its way down muhammad ali boulevard and later passing by the champs boyhood home. I am the greatest reporter titans in the ring with ali, George Foreman and larry holmes will be honorary paul bearers, others are former heavyweight Champ Lennox Lewis and friend will smith. He won ans a core for his portrayal of the american icon. Ali died one week ago at the age of 74 will be laid to rest this afternoon at cave hill cemetery. On thursday, an estimated 14,000 people gathered to pay their respects at a traditional Muslim Prayer Service in louisvilles freedom hall. On facebook, president obama called ali a personal hero, showing off a pair of boxing gloves, signed by the three time heavyweight champion. I have kept this in this dining room the entire time i have been president. Reporter at todays public memorial service, alis wife lani and daughter miriam will speak. Former president bill clinton, billy crystal, Bryant Gumbel are all expected to deliver eulogies him at the Muhammad Ali Center in louisville, i spoke with his son assad. People from all over the world, people from all over the country will gather in that yum center. They will say all kind of things. He will want to hear how pretty he was. I hope we hear more about what he did outside of the ring. A political activist and humanitarian, a loss mourned by millions and the legend that lives on. I mentioned 15,000plus people will be in attendance, about 300 plus dignitaries and celebrities a. Lot of one namers will be here, arnold, arethra, spike, snoop, sugar the list goes on and on. So many people that want to pay their respects. I know, matt, lani ali his wife has been so instrument u instrumental in planning these commemorations. Did you get a chance to speak to her . Reporter i spent some time with lani yesterday. She is strong. She is also extremely moved by the outpouring of emotions she seen and heard over the last week. She says she thinks muhammad is up there pulling the strings. She said to me, this is his day. You just gave me a little chill. Matt, thank you. We know will you have more with his son assad a little later. Lets get a check of the weather from mr. Roker. Thats right. Were watching a pretty good area of Severe Weather expanding over the first half of the weekend. This is just the beginning of it. You see it coming across the plains right now. For today, we got a risk of Severe Weather, from minneapolis to northwest chicago. Large winds, isolated tornadoes. Look at this on saturday, stretching from cedar rapids, iowa, new york city, just south of boston, 73 Million People at risk. Theres a big dome of high pressure. This ridge, these storms will be riding up over this heat. They will be fast moving tonight. Then they continue tomorrow, wind, damaging hail a real mess. A greater Severe Threat this good friday morning. Im first alert meteorologist Sheena Parveen. Your weekend forecast looking really good, especially today. If youre in the philadelphia area, near 80 degrees, even the pennsylvania suburbs, if youre at the shore, it looks great, too. Nice and sunny. We go into saturday. Well have afternoon thunderstorms. Some of them could be strong to severe with damaging wind would be not until the afternoon hours for most of the area. Then we go into your sunday. We are dry, temperatures back in the mid80s. Have a great weekend. And thats your latest weather. Al, thank you. The trial back in the spotlight in a big way. We will talk to the director of a new highlyy anticipated documentary. And the elected District Attorney who presided over that infamous case. Also coming up, David Letterman gets candid in an exclusive interview with tom brokaw, first, this is today on nbc. Coming up, a mother under fire for staging a walking dead music pretty woman with roy orbison of course you go all out for date night. Even if youre just staying in. Walgreens has all the Beauty Products you need for whatever makes you feel beautiful. Walgreens. At the corner of happy and healthy. Now buy two select skin care products, get the third free. In stores and online. We owhat made their mystskin more radiant . Nt. What . wait only dove has 1 4 moisturizing cream. Smooth dewy skin. Dove, your daily beauty treatment for radiant skin. Clear forsee ya ff. When youre living with diabetes. Steady is exciting. 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