John yang, thank you. John henry is a former assistant of the fbi and nbc news analyst. Good morning to you. Good morning. It sounds like the manhunt began uickly after the shooting happened. Do you think it is likely that the suspects are still in this general area . Were not sure. There is an opportunity to get onto the interstate there. Whether they are holed up in a residence in some nearby ilding tsere or whether they are able to get out t m take off and evade the police before they can set up a perimeter is unclear. This likely happened unannounced. This was not premeditated. Butrobaely they didnt have money, food or water. They need to et the basic necessities. They have to l ook for them somewhere. Well rely on the community to recognize these people, taking some efforts to obtain resources. We know little about them beyond this description. Two white men and one black man. Do you think police may know more than they are letting on, perhaps knowing their id ientities . They very well might. Remember , we have an initial crime scene, where the officer was murdered. There may be a cigarette butt, discarded coffee cup where they could get dna. They could get fingerprints. This was a burglary in process they may have been able to collect evidence there. They might have information. This is a small community. About 10,000 people. Its probable, i think, that these are people from th community, in the area and somebody may know who they are. Do you think they are still together or would they split up thinking that was a etter way to elude capture . I would think they would split up since the only information we have now is two white males and one black male. Thats all people have to go on. You see them walking down the street there will be a 911 call. I think were they to split up, this makes it three separate fugitive investigations rather thano one. Much more challenging for law forcement. Much more difficult to pprehend these people. Its a terrible loss for the community. Rsn henry, well keep an eye on it. Thank you. Now to the race to the white house with both parties making big news this morning t. Gloves are off for jeb bush and donald trump locked in a battle of new ads and a war of words. More on that in a moment. , Vice President joe bid is stepping back into the political spotlight for the First Time Since speculation began about possible plans to ru for president. Today, the key state of florida. Pes ter alexander is in miami for us. Good morning. Reporter good morning. You said it. Oridina is a critical battleground. Today joe biden gets his first taste of a potential 2016 run. With Hillary Clinton look ng vulnerable, the latest release of emails taking a political toll, people close to joe biden tell nbc news hes reassessing the odds now, recalculating, that hes been finding a lot of support from donors and potential staff. People told him that he needs the time that he certainly has it. Fist, potential deadline for joe biden may be about six weeks from now. October 13 is the first democratic debate now. Last week biden told Democrat Committee members of the dnc he may not have the emotional fuel to run. Thats what he says hes assessing now. The draft biden folks who are trying to compel him to run tell me they have hired staff for the first time in the state of south carolina. So far biden has been touching all of the bases. His speech today is about the importance of Community Colleges in florida. Hell speak to jewish leaders as well. Hell speak with labor leaders and next week he goes on the new Stephen Colbert show. Arnold schwarzenegger announced on leno in 2003. Leno hosted john mccains president ial announcement. Will the 2016 announcement for joe biden come on Stephen Colbert . Lots to think about for joe biden in the next few weeks. Peter alexander, thanks. Republicans in a bitter war of words between jeb bush and donald trump. It doesnt look like it will end soon. We have Hallie Jackson with that part of the story. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Going after donald trump hasnt always worked for other candidates. This morning there is a fresh push to take down the republican front runner as jeb bush, one of trumps most frequent targets fights back. The gop war of words now escalating with the new intensity from jeb bush delivering one of his hardest hits yet against donald trump in this new video. As far as single payer, it works in canada. It works well in scotland. This is not a conservative. Using his own words is not a mischaracterization. Reporter bush in offense on two languages. [ speaking spanish ] bush wants to define trump as a democrat. Thats the way bush and many in the republican establishment see a way for trump to be taken down. Reporter late tuesday, trump brushed it off. In new york city, everybody was a democrat practically. Reporter the billionaire businessman on top of the polls as he bashes bush at nearly every stop. Do you notice jeb never loses his last name . Thtis guy cant negotiate his way out of a paper bag. Hes very low energy. Reporter trump on the attack again slamming bush and his brother for ties to the clintons. What does phat make hillary inton to the bush family . My sisterinlaw. Trumps hit coming on social media where hes touti 4 million twitter followers and lighting up facebook with nearly 30 a million menti s in just the last week. Bush autears to have the edge in a different battlfe the one for lat no ino votes which could be why trump leech reached out to the Hispanic Chamber of commerce. Carly fiorina will likely be on the main stage with the rest of the top tier candidates after cnn changed the participatiro rules. Shes been polling better and her Campaign Said shes earned her place with the rest of the top ten. Hallie jackson, thank you. President obama is using his trip o alaska to highlight Global Climate change. Tuesday the president visited a twomile chunk of ice thats receded 800 feet since 2008. The president trekked up to the glacier. He then went for a boat tour of the bay. Its wild life, saw the glaciers. The president commented we want to make sure our grandkids can see this. Beautiful country. Lets go to the battle over samesex marriage putting a kentucky county clerk in the spotlight after she defied orders tuesday to issue marriage certificates to samesex couples. Shes facing jail time and is e in court on thursday. Gabe gutierrez is in morehead, kentucky for us. Reporter the county has opped issuing all marriage licenses. The clerk said she doesnt want to discriminate. Now opponents are fighting to have her held in contempt. We are not issuing marriage licenses today. Reporter this morning a christian clerk in kentucky is in the national spotlight. Kim davis is defying the Supreme Court. Why are you not issuing marreage lic ses today . Because im not. Why . Under Whose Authority . Under gods authority. Reporter in june the nations highest court ruled gay couples have a right to geti married. Its our civil 0ight, plain and simple. Reporter but davis has become a hero to opponents here. We are ral lie lying for religious freedom. No employee should have to leave their reel lijs beliefs at the door. Reporter shes been ordered to do her job. The Supreme Court has declined thosa or ders. Daovis said it is not a light issue for me. It is a heaven or hell decision. She has a name with her name authorizing a license that collides with her beliefs. Reporter some say shes been gorsed ed divorced three times and is on her fourth. Her lawyer said its in the past. Shes a changed person. Four and a half years ago there was a different kim davis. She did a lot of mistakes, went to church and gave her life to the lord. Reporter april miller and Karen Roberts have been together 11 years and have been denied a marriage license three times. T hurts to get denied each time. It makes us feel marginalized and ostracized. Its frustrating. I get angry now. Reporter ecause she was elected kim davis can only be removed by impeachment. Aav judge ordered her to appear tomorrow to explain why she should not be held in contempt of court and fined. Fascinating. Gabe gutierrez, thanks. We have natalie with the latest on the roller coaster of the stock market. Her we go again. Anxious eyes on wall street this morning. Investors hope for improvement after u. S. Stocks plummeted 3 on tuesday. It was the third worst drop of the year. Dow futures are up ahead of the opening bell. Meantime asian stocks recovered from sharp losses in volatile trading. Six baltimore,police officers indicted in the death of freddie gray are in court today. Hear ing gs will be held to decide key dwrishs including whether charges should be dismissed and whether the trial should be moved out of baltimore. Gray was arrested and suffered a spinal cord injury in police custody. He died a week after the arrest. City officials are gearing up for protests and potential unrest during two weeks of hearings. Back to the video that shows a construction work in the di ct line of fire of a steam pipe explosion. Seconds before the blast you can hear a coworker encourage h im climb out of the piper get out video of the 2014 incident just released by the county ofm santa clara, californ a, on tuesday as part of an ongoing dispute with turner construction. The video shows a clear breakdown in safety protocol. Rner says tge county is trysng toea divert attention from its own mismanagement. The man was badly injured and never returned to his job. Stunniag allegations against two former employees at a new jersey today care center accused of encouraging children ranging in the ages from 4 to 6 to fight on camera and sharing that video on social media. Today care Officials Say the employees were fired. None of the children involved in the fight appear to have suffered serious injuries. Prosecutors believe it onlile happened once. Now to a fish tale like no other. Drones can take breathtaking pictures, monitor wildfires and deliver packages. How about this using a drone to catch a fish . Farmer derek klingenburg reeled one in in what he called his first attempt. It wasnt a big one. Come on he threw it back. But not before taking a selfie with the catch of the day. Youre a tough crowd. Guy catches a fish. Wasnt that big. You know, catch and release. Natalie, you keep your principles, by golly. Thank you. I thought i was excited about the next video, but maybe not. Lets see what natalie says. This is a micro burst. Monsoon moisture. Look at this. Only micro . But a maxi video. This is phoenix, arizona at sun set. On the left you can see the lightning strikes. On the right you can see the rain coming out and you can even see power flashes as power goes out town there in phoenix. Lets see whats going on now. Wey are talking a hot tart to december. We have a big area of high pressure. Thats going to be this dome of high pressure. Our maps are stuck. All right. Well, well get to your local forecast in the next 30 second this guy first roamed the earth over 65 million years ago. Like our van. Yeah. We need to sell it. Hi. Need an appraisal . Yeah. We do. Vo when selling your car, start with a written offer, no strings attached. Carmax. Start here. Muggy morning, 75 degrees. Some visibility issues scattered out there. And fog with zero visibility. And where it is, it is dense during the course of the morning hour hours. Look for hazy sunshine this afternoon. And becoming less humid, 83. And 84 with sunshine on saturday. Your latest weather. Al, thank you very much. Preparations are under way in new york this morning for pope francis to visit central park this month during his first trip to the United States. Tuesday the vatican announced priests may now forgive women who have had abortions. This during the upcoming year of mercy. The pope isnt alone when it comes to a change of heart. Look at this new poll of catholics released overnight. According to the pew study a third of catholics say terminating a pregnancy is not a sin. Among churchgoing catholics nearly a fourth dont see abortion as sinful. Thats not all. The Catholic Church teaches premarital sex, garj and divorce are wrong but american catholics do not agree. When it came to living together without walking down the aisle, 65 polled said it is not a sin. For gay catholics they are increasingly gaining acceptance. 50 of all catholics said being gay is not a sin. The number dropped to 27 among those who attend mass regularly. While traditional family values were adeal according to the polls 87 said they were accepting of Single Parents and 7 of 10 said divorce is not a sin. You are seeing what the u. S. Catholics are saying in advance of the popes visit. Hell be here later this month. Coming up, wrestling legend jimmy snooka accused in the murder of his girlfriend more than 30 years ago. What triggered police to reopen the cold case. And nbc news exclusive with the American Hero who helped stop a terror attack on the parisbound train. He takes s s us inside the moment they came face to face with the gunman. First, this is today on nbc. Ah, this lucky boy. He has no idea whats coming. My taste so huge, yet so unexpected. Im like a boxer in a ring. A small boxer. You dont expect much. And then, wham i hit em with a whole lotta creamy goodness left right uppercut leaving taste buds. 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There was minimal damage to the home but one person listed in Critical Condition as the investigation continues. Lets take a look at the morning commute. And we still have limited eerbd serve Eastbound Service into jamaica. And big problems out there, 2, 3, e and seven subways are honoring tickets this morn pg squp watch out for an accident on the lie. Thanks, well manda and i smoked while i was pregnant. My baby was born two months early and weighed only three pounds. This is the view i had de her in the nicu. My tip to you is speak into the opening so your baby can hear you better. You can quit. Talk with your doctor. For more help call 1866nyquits. The heat and the muggy weather continues again today. Upper 80s, flirting with 90s. Mid70s tonight. And 91 tomorrow. And late thunderstorm north and west. Clearing 83, much les humid and cooler overnight. Low humidity, 84 saturday and back near 90 bay y the time we get to labor day. And coming up on today, the Social Security mistake you could be making that is costing you hundreds of thousands of dollars. Happy wednesday. Its the second of september 2015. Yes, you are looking to brad paisley. Hell be here in a couple of days for the summer Concert Series. Friday morning, come early and often. Well have brad in concert. Nice to have you here. Great guy. Funny guy. Going to be a big show. Good. Lets look at headlines today. Schools are shut down in a community outside chicago where a manhunt is under way for the three suspects who gunned down a beloved police officer. Federal agents, s. W. A. T. Teams and police dogs are helping in the search as residents are told to stay home. A federal judge said the kentucky county clerk who wont issue marriage licenses to gay couples because of religious beliefs has until close of Business Today to comply. Kim davis was ordered to appear in court on thursday. She coul