Not someone like hillary or barack, neither of which has a clue. While clinton might be struggling against trump Vice President joe biden beats trump in a general election matchup in iowa and New Hampshire. He will be marking this labor day in the battleground state of pennsylvania as the political world awaits his final decision. Back to you. Busy time in politics. Kristen welker, thank you. Chuck todd is moderator of meet the prissthnd nbcs political director. Ts start intoew hampshire. Two months ago Hillary Clinton had a tenpoint lead on Bernie Sanders there. She now trails by nine points. By my math thats a 19point swing over the summer. Whats going on here . The fact is Bernie Sanders is connecting. We sit here focus on Hillary Clinton and there is no doubt i think shes come across scripted. The email story has reignited doubts that maybe progressive democrats had eight years ago about her. They are back a little bit. Throw it all together and you have a surging sanders candidacy, tapping in to an excited, progressive wing. Thrown together with a clinton mpaign that looks like they arere tentative, like the candid e sometimes looks like shes struggling to get out from under this email story. Here you go. I know the Campaign Said its just iowaNew Hampshire, they are white states, not diverse. Wait for it to move to the south. Losing both of them would be disastrous. Chuck, in the background of this we have Vice President biden weighing a decision about whether or not to et into the race. Would you look at the calendar . There is a debate coming up next month. When does he have to make a move . Whats interesting is those close to biden said the Vice President is trying to determine what his dropdead deadline is, thbue last filing deadline. He could go until november without missing a state. Without missing a ballot. That said, he himself has been told end of the month is more realistic. If you want to do a competitive campaign and have a shot at winning you better be in by october 1. The problem is hes not there yet. Hes looking to buy more time which tells me i dont know if he has the fire in the belly to do what it takes to take on clinton to run. He may want to run. Is he willing to take on clinton to do it. As we look at your nbc poll on the other side of the Republican Party donald trump is essentially tied with ben carson. In iowa. Hes winning by a wide margin in New Hampshire. This was the summer of trump. Are we looking at the fall and winter of trump as well . We could be. I think its the winner of the outsiders. Take carson and trump. Take the numbers together, its over 50 in iowa. Outsiders are doing well in New Hampshire. John kasich doing well as well. I think this has been a horrible month for the establishment candidates, great for outsiders. Thats what well see throughout fall. If its not trump, carson, fiorina, which of the outsiders has the ability to hang for a while . It will be a fascinating year ahead. Chuck todd, happy labor day. See you. Thanks, willie. Labor day mark it is unofficialle end of summer but e hot weather isnt going anywhere this week, sadly. I dont know if youre hanging on. There is Severe Weather as well. Dylan is here for al. Good morning. Good morning. Sadly a lot of people are excited for the heat to hang on, not quite ready to say goodbye to summer yet. This High Pressure will make it feel warm. We have 26 states with temperatures at 5 to 15 above average. Not only will it be warm but it will get humid, too, with the southwest winds. New york city, 90 diagnoses. It starts to cool by the end f the week. Burlington, vermont, dropping to 75 by thursday. Cooling in the midwest as well. 90s, 100. St. Louis going from dangerous feels like temperatures around 100 dropping into the 70s by wednesday. Well get the rest of the forecast in a few minutes. Thank you. The minnesota dentist who killed one of the most popular lions in africa is going back to work. Thats not all. Stephanie gosk has more. Happy labor day. Dr. Walter palmer insists he acted legally while hunting cecil in early july and says he doesnt understand the level of anger thats been hurled his way ever since. Breaking his silence. Minnesota dentist Walter Palmer who faced worldwide backlash after killing cecil is lion now ys he didnt intentionally kill the beloved lion telling the Associated Press and the Minneapolis Star Tribune in a joint interview, if i had known this lion had a name and was important to the country or a study, obviously i wount have taltken it. Nobody in our Hunting Party knew before or after the name of this lion. After halmers identity was revealed in late july his dental office and home became protest sites. Titions began to have him extradited to zi abwe. His Vacation Property in floodda vandalized. The chaos causing him to close his practice and disappear insists he wasnt in hidi. I was out of the public eye. That doesnt mean im i hi ng. I have been among peop ,eugfamily, friends. Location isnt that important. Palmer, now set to return to his minneapolisarea dental Office Tuesday said he d snt know what the future holds after he and his family have been villified across social media with some posts suggesting violence. This has been especially hard on my wife and my daughter. They have been threatened in social media and again, i dont understand that level of humanity to come after people not involved at all. Palmer said he was heartbroken that his hunt caused a disruption in the lives of his staff. He has not been charged with a crime. When asked if he would return to zimbabwe for future hunts, palmer said he d nt tlow. Lets hope he can return to work safely, for his family, himself, his patients. Tough position for his family. Meantime, thousands are expected at todays funeral for an Illinois Police officer murdered in the line of duty. His alleged killer still on the loose nearly a week later. Kevin tibbles has more from antioch. Good morning. Reporter as the manhunt continues, thousands are expected to line the funeral procession route to say goodbye to the popular come many simply knew here as g. I. Joe. Metimorials and m rners poured into the griefstricken community of fox lake over the long weekend. We are all hoping something happened soon and they catch these people. Reporter lieutenant Charles Joseph gliniewicz gunned down a week ago, was remembered at a sunday tribute. He was a hard worker who poured his heart and soul into everything he did. Reporter the funeral for the popular come they called g. I. Joe will take place at an Area High School ater today. While the manhunt for his killers continues with heightened intensity. We are not going to sbop until we make an arrest. Reporter authorities discovered a, quote, significant piece of evidence found near the murder scene by the officers using machetes and weed whackers. They are scouring video saying they are seeking three suspects two white and one black. There is a commonality there, an interest in the videos. Reporter authorities in fox lake have had to deal with false leads. Saturday, they released a 911 call by a woman claiming to see the potential suspects last week. Ed ed out to be a hoax. Two guys approached me and asked me if i was going to wisconsin and asked me if they could get a ride. I dont know who they were. It made me nervous. Reporter it diverted resources and cost authorities at least 75,000 in valuable time. The fun al procession will avel some 20 miles through many of the small towns and communities lieutenant fwlin communities lieutenant gliniewicz served. Our thoughts are with his family. The father of four did so much in the community. Sheinelle has new developments on a major crisis over seas. Good morning. Deep division in europe over how to handle the arrival of thousands of migrant and refugees. Richard engel is in hungary with the latest. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Two very distinct policies seem to be emerging in europe with northern and western countries opening their doors. Germany in particular said it received about 20,000 migrants just this weekend. Hundred fwary is trying to closes i doors. Mie grant migrants in southern hungary woke looking more like prisoners than europes newest residents. Its starting to get hold. The camps are packed and dirty. Ringed in re azor wire, guarded by dogs this. Shows two europes now. Perhaps there always have been. In germany, migrants have been applauded for having escaped the worlds worst war zones alive. Germany said it will spend over 6 billion next year to help the migrants. In austria, too, a warm embrace. The tiny vatican city a fraction of a square mile in rome said it would take in two families. The church urged every christian parish to shelter a family. [ speaking in a Foreign Language ] reporter the gospel calls us and asks us to show solidarity to the abandoned and give them hope. In hungary, they are calling the riot police and are working fast to finish a 100milelong fence to lock the border for good. This is one of the camps in hungary where migrants are taken. Some of them are on the bus. They should be unloaded soon. A lot of migrants try to slip into europe without being noticed. It means no one can say for sure how big the crisis is. Sheinelle . Certainly a challenge. Thank. A las vegas Police Officer is recovering after a gunman opened fire shooting three rounds at his vehicle. Two Police Officers were responding to a 911 call at a con seen yens store at the time of the attack. One of the officers pursued the suspect on foot and took him into custody. The officer is in stable condition. A kentucky county clerk who is in jail for refusing to issue marriage licenses to samesex couples is asking for an Appeals Court to reverse the ruling. Kim davis stopped issuing all marriage licenses in june. A federal judge ordered her to issue licenses. She was found in contempt of court. Daviss attorney calls the ruling unlawful. A bizarre traffic incident in california is caught by a dash cam. Take a look. It happened in orange county. You can see the driver stop suddenly in the middle of a busy road. The woman jumps out and walks away, leaving the car to just roll down the hill with no one at the wheel and no passengers. It crosses the median and hits an suv. Eventually it comes to a stop. The woman was arrested for driving under the influence. Nothing can stop the action at the u. S. Open. Maybe this. Sunday afternoon a squirrel who didnt have a ticket and wasnt anpen certified ball bay sur came in during the match. No one was sure what to do. It jumped into the stands. Perhaps got a lemonade or a heineken. That was entertaining. The squirrel must live there. Martha stewart shot a video from her seat of a squirrel running up and down the stands. Poor thing. I think they are throwing nuts on the court. There were a lot of crumbs. The unofficial mascot. Thank you, sheinelle. Dylan. We have heat for your Labor Day Weekend stick around for a while. We have a chance of stronger storms, especially back through the midwest. Its a slowmoving cold front. It is going to drop temperatures up towards minneapolis today. It will be only 79 degrees. Watch out. Some of the storms could be severe. Just keep an eye to the sk heres a look at your local weather. It looks like were going to see high heat today. 70 degree outside right now but were on our way up to 93. 90, i should say. 63 in mutttontown, 58 in emerson, 63 in white plains this hour. And as we head inland, temperatures will warm up even though they are on the cooler side now. 86 at noon. Sevenday forecast, heat wave for the next seven days. Thunderstorm thursday and friday. Dylan, thank you very much. Two High School Football players in texas have been suspended after they collided with a referee in the middle of the game. An investigation is under way to determine if the hits were intentional. Nbcs Kristen Dahlgren is back with more on the story. Good morning. Reporter we are used to seeing hits in football but not like this. The ref appears to be intentionally targeted and its caught on tape. The hit comes with a minute left on the clock. Theres the ref. Watch the player behind him. Boom, hit so hard his hat flies off before another player from san antonios John Jay High School dives into him, helmet first. The takedown caught from several angles is under investigation by the School District and interscholastic league. Both players were suspended from the team. The School District says the video is extremely disturbing. We will teal with this on tuesday and schedule a due process hearing which will include formal interviews with game officials, coaching staff, and student athletes. Northside isd will not tolerate this kind of behavior. The incident came as john jays opponent, marble falls, was attempting to run out the clock for a 159 win after a contention games with several penalties against john jay for unsportsmanlike behavior. On social media, reaction was fierce. Many calling for criminal charges on top of expulsion. Players and students have tweeted the hit came after racialle slurs were used by the official. The referee could not be reached for comment. The Athletic Director said he hopes to know more. Whatever the motive, if there is one, thats an ugly incident. Such unsportsman like conduct. Hard to see. Disturbing. Thanks, kristen. Still to come an arrest made in connection with the popular dentist in dallas. 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A shooting and a stabbing happened right here along the parade route. It was very early this morning, right at the start at the parade, 2 00 a. M. , tragically, a young man guide. He was only 24 years old. A second young man was shot in the back and survived. Michael, at this point theny pd still looking for the person or people who committed these crimes. Back to you. We want to take a look at the morning commute. We have this accident investigation out there on the cross county parkway eastbound that shuts down the local lane at the split out there by yonkers avenue. Just as a reminder from mass transit today, all of them are running on modified schedules, the rails, and the ferries and the buses, bus of all, meter rules are suspended. Thank you very much. Well be right back with daves holiday forecast. It looks like we have another heat wave beginning. 70 degrees outside right now. A little cooler as you head to the far north and out to the west but the sunshine and humidity are going to be working together as far as the rest of the days goes, 70 is where we start. 90 is where we top it off. Well have much more you and well continue to track the weather for you. Coming up on the today show, how to make the most of your fall travel plans. Well be back with another update in half an hour. In the meantime, enjoy your start to this labor day. Back now at 7 30 on this labor day morning, september 7, 2015. The guys are entertaining the holiday crowd on the plaza. Kicki