Nomination. Trouble in paradise. Tropical storm colin churning in the gulf, towards florida. Where and when will it make landfall . Al is tracking it all. And mayhem in manhattan. Thousands of kanye west fans, the crowd spilling out into the streets. But the show didnt go on. Today, monday, june 6th, 2016. From nbc news this is a special edition of today remembering muhammad ali, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on this monday morning. Were talking about remembering muhammad ali. Were talking about remembering one of the most the last century. Someone you deeply loved and admired. What a privilege to have known him a little bit. As weve been mourning the loss of ali over the weekend, its been gratifying to hear the wonderful things that people are saying about him. Not just talking about their love for him but recognizing the controversial side of muhammad ali, as well. Thats our top story this morning. Muhammad ali has returned home. The body of the boxing legend is back home in louisville, kentucky, where a public memorial will take place a little later this week. National correspondent, craig melvin, in lieu i have. The city and the world celebrating the life of its native son. Craig, good morning to you. Reporter good morning to you. Ive had a chance to talk to some of the thousands who stopped by this makeshift memorial over the days, dropping off cards, gloves. Tremendous sadness that the greatest is gone. The people are pleased they will have a chance to say goodbye to todays favorite son. This morning, the champ is home. Muhammad alis body arrived late sunday. Friday, a Public Memorial Service is planned for the heavyweight champ. Known for his charisma, wit i am the greatest. Reporter and resolve in and out of the ring, muhammad ali will be laid to rest in his hometown, with a low procession, circling the city. It will wind through the neighborhood where he grew up and make its way down the street bearing his name. The 74yearold died late friday from septic shock, due to unspecified natural causes. Over the weekend, tributes poured in. On social media, celebrities, including paul mccartney, buzz aldrin, expressed their condolen condolences. And this picture of a defiant ali over sonny liston. Saying, quote, he shook up the world and the world is better for it. Rest in peace, champ. Late sunday, a Memorial Service at the Louisville Islamic Center paid tribute to ali as a man of faith. Before he was the worlds greatest, he was a son of louisvil louisville. Ali learned how to box just blocks from this boxing gym. Everyone you think kentucky, you think muhammad ali. Reporter his life outside the ring influenced roger purdy, who plans to become a doctor. You can do great things and you can change the world. And he did. Reporter at the muhammad ali center, a museum and cultural thousands have made their own memorial. He became exponentially bigger than boxing. Whose good spirit inspired millions, fought to the very end. His daughter, hana, sharing an emotional post on instagram saying, all of his organs failed. But his heart wouldnt stop beating for 30 minutes. His heart just kept beating. Before that fight with George Foreman in 74, a fight no one thought he was going to win, he gave one of his famous oneliners, promising to float like a butterfly and sting like a bee. Another tribute, albeit an odd one popped up here hours after word of his death spread. A swarm of bees took root in the ali center. A beekeeper telling me, that has never, ever happened. Thats fitting, craig melvin. Thank you very much. Muhammad alis daughter, laila joins us now. Laila, good morning. Our condolences. Good morning. Thank you. How are you doing . How is the family doing . Were sad. I personally have been sad for a long time. My father has been struggling for parkinsons disease many year. And its not easy, wasnt easy, to watch him suffer. Knowing that hes not suffering anymore gives me comfort. I had prepared mentally for many years, one day i was going to lose my father. And the time has come. And i think the whole world is sad. Anybody who loved him, and so many do. I dont feel alone. Its not just our family. Its the whole world. Its going to take so many people of the world, not just americans, love him and revere and feel like they know him. And yet, you know him from a Vantage Point so few do, as your father. Tell us about that side of him. Well, my father there isnt much that people dont know about my dad. Hes pretty much an open book. He treated kids he didnt know the same as he treated us, with how much love he showed. You see him picking up kids and kissing babies. He always puts children first. And a lot of the work hes done is humanitarian work is about making sure that kids have a brighter future. So, he was a loving father. He gave us anything we wanted, now that im a parent, that isnt always good. He was a spoiler. But you know, thats what i remember. Just being kissed and hugged and him being that person. Give you anything you want. There was a kid that wa piece living in louisville. He said, what i learned is you can do great things and change the world. The constant throughout his entire life was the unwavering belief in himself. Where do you think he got that . I dont know. I have that same belief. And i feel like it was passed down to me. Where he got it, i dont know. It was a pass down to him from somewhere. I think a lot of it comes from just having someone in your life that kind of puts that idea in your head that you can do whatever it is you want to do. My parents did it for me. My mom did. Theres parents that tell their kids they cant do something. And they put that fear in their head. When you go out and youre willing to work hard, and you put in the work, you do what you thought you could o, it gives you confidence to keep going. That holds people back in life. Im glad that child, among others, were inspired by father. Thats what they need, inspiration from others, to make you strong where theyre not naturally strong. You talked about the suffering, laila. You said it was tough to watch. Do you think your dad had grown weary of this fight . He was such a fighter. Had he grown weary of this fight with parkinsons . That would be hard to answer that question. Never to the point he wanted to move on. I know my father, one of the things he was afraid of was death. He wouldnt want to just move on. Were not in control. God is in control. And everything is written. And it was time for him to go. And i know hes in a better place now. And hes taking again and moving again and doing all of the things he couldnt do in his body. Im happy for that. Even though i will miss him deeply. I want to close by asking about your conway jr. We should put up a picture of him. Its striking how much he bares a resemblance to his grandfather. I wonder if thats a comfort to you and what you plan to tell him about his grandfather . My son is a spitting image of my father when he was young. He has so many of the same characteristics and qualities. Hes going to live on through him. He is learning more and more how special papa was. Its hard for me to break the news to them. I told them this morning that he went on to heaven. And its hard to explain to a 5yearold and 7yearold about that. So, that was a challenge for me the first time i ever had to do it. But theyre doing well. And im going to be here to support them and stay strong for them. Laila, i know how proud your dad was of you. And our condolences. We mourn with you and your family. Thank you very much. Thanks for all of the love. I bob costas will join us for more on the legacy of muhammad ali. Donald trump under fire for comments about the federal judge on the Trump University lawsuit. This as Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders get ready to battle it out in california. Peter joins us this morning. With a win this weekend, Hillary Clinton in puerto rico, all but assured she will wrap up the democratic nomination tomorrow night, setting up for a tight with donald trump thats already under way. Trump, in the face of blistering criticism, a lot from republicans, over attacks of the mexicanamerican judge. Not softening his stance but intensifying it. Hillary clinton looking past Bernie Sanders in california, hammering away at her rli rival. Donald trump is not qualified or temperamentally fit to be commander in chief. Reporter clinton, not mincing words. Were trying to elect a president , not a dictator. Reporter donald trump, stirring new outrage, arguing his ethnicallybased criticism of the mexicanamerican judge overseeing his case, would apply to religion. Saying that muslim judge would treat him up fairly that is possible, yes. Reporter as for judge gonzalo curiel, born in indiana, he is refusing to step back from his attacks. Hes society of mexican. I want to build a wall. Im doing well with the latinos, with the hispanics. Im doing well with them, in my opinion. Reporter trumps comments, widely viewed as prompting republicans to reject his words while supporting his campaign. All of us came from somewhere else. Reporter an from two men that have been floated as possible v. P. Picks. Senator bob corker on trumps behavior. I think he has to change. Reporter and newt gingrich. This is one of the worst mistakes that trump has made. Reporter at the start of the holy month of ramadan, president obama is extending his best wishes to muslims in the u. S. And around the world, adding this pointed contrast to trump. I stand firmly with muslimamerican communities and rejection of the voices that would seek to divide us or limit our religious freedoms or civil rights. Meanwhile, trump is reversing his stance on u. S. Military intervention in libya, saying he would have authorized strikes to take out moammar qadd take him out. Reporter a shift from the primary. We would be better off if gadhafi were in charge right now. Reporter its increasingly likely that neither donald trump or Hillary Clinton will face an independent Party Challenger coming up this fall. But writer david french, whose name was recently floated as a possible third party pick, has decided not to make a bid. Writing in an oped, im not the right person to challenge trump and hillary. But the path remains open for others. Matt and savannah . Peter alexander on politics. Lets look to Tropical Storm colin, along the east coast. Millions will start to feel the effects this morning. Kerry sanders in clearwater beach. Good morning to you. The lines have been coming through squall lines. And some cases, the winds are up to 50 miles per thats knocked out power to 5,200 people in the tampa bay region. We look to the north and you see the strong rains and the wind. There can be up to eight inches of rain. The n. O. A. A. Service, hurricane hunter, in the gulf of mexico, snapped an amazing photograph. You can see the waterspout off of the right wing. That suggests that there could be more tornadoes associated with Tropical Storm colin here. Most schools are open. They expect that business will continue. A lot of sandbagging and concern over the next two or three days of possible flooding. Kerry sanders. Thanks very much. Thats the calm before the storm. This is a lopsided storm. The heaviest amount of rain is on the its making its way into florida. 50mileperhour winds, moving northnortheast, at 14 Miles Per Hour. Right now, we have Tropical Storm warnings along the gulf. Inland, we have flash flood watches through monday, maybe even extended on into tomorrow. Heres what we got today. Look at this system. By 1 00 p. M. This afternoon, 50mileperhour winds, just off the florida coast. Make landfall some time late tonight. By 2 00 a. M. , its along the eastern georgia coast. And gets pushed out with winds of about 60 Miles Per Hour. As kerry mentioned, we cannot rule out tornadoes because theres a lot of instability and a lot of warm, moist air. Thats whats going on around the country. Going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. Good morning. Im storm team 4 chuck bell. Were off to a bright and sunny start in washington. Mid60s. And 70 in college park. 71 downtown. Your forecast for today, it will be a Beautiful Day to be outside. It will be toastywarm. Afternoon highs, mid to upper 80s. Sunshine coming our way. Rain showers coming up tomorrow. But tomorrows rain chance stands at 30 . After that, we turn cooler and drier for the middle of the week. Wednesday, up with eight inches of rain, all the way up to cape hatteras. Matt . Savann savannah . We get ready to say goodbye to the greatest. Were joined by Bryant Gumbel and nbcs bob costas with their thoughts on the life and legacy of muhammad ali. I spent the weekend worrying about if the Younger Generation get it. He has been silent for three decades. Bob was just sitting there, as were watching melvins piece. And i said, you realize that youre talking about the rumble in the jungle, somebody can be 45 years old and not have seen it. Yeah. There really has been when he was cassius clay. And by the way, just as a side note, a lot of what ali said was profound. Some of it was hyperbolic. When he said that cassius clay was a slave name, that was ironic because the oig cassius clay was a white abolitionist, who was shot by a proslavery guy in the 1940s. That dun mean that ali didnt do what he did for good reasons. But cassius clay was an abolitionist. To go back to the point, now, everyone reveres him. Now, everyone loves him and adores him and the temptation is to have this portrait. Lets set it in its time. How radical. How controversial. And how expensive it was for him to do in the 60s, standing up to the war. It was not only expensive to him financially. And it was expensive to him in terms of his image. Its easy to say everybody embraced him and everybody loved him. But he did a variety of things that turned off a great portion of america. And im not just talking about dividing along racial lines. When he walked away from malcolm x. He turned his back on malcolm x. He lived to regret it and said later he wish he hadnt. He vilified joe frazier in a way that today he would also be vilified. Not always did he take a step that was applauded. Often, quite contrary. Wh you look at the sports of today and the sports figures and the money at stake, do you think we will see any athlete take the risk that we saw muhammad ali take . Will we see an athlete activist like him again . Doubtful. He was a remarkable individual. And it was a confluence of the individual and the times that produces. I dont know if you will get that combination of circumstances anymore. Now, seems like everything is about branding. Ali, mistakes and greatness taken together, he was authentic. I would argue, it would be tough to find somebody who approached his level of his platform. The height of his platform. His reach. You can say lebron james, and his fame is considerable, but compared to muhammad ali, is almost nonexistent. When muhammad ali came on the scene in the 60s and 70s, boxing was mainstream. Most americans havent seen Floyd Mayweather fight. Most americans cant tell you who the heavyweight champion of the world is. You would see the whole fight on nbc. Some of the fights were on abc live. People saw this stuff. They knew who joe frazier was. Youre going to speak at the memorial. What a great honor. It is a terrific honor. I would be lying if i told you it wasnt daunting. You will do well. Bryant, bob. More to come on the life and death of muhammad ali, as we look at his impact outside of the ring. Were going to talk to football great, jim brown. First, this is today on nbc. Just ahead, you think his just ahead. You think his password would be safe. But Mark Zuckerberg got hacked. Your local news is next. Life is a sport. We are the utility. Be unstoppable. Every ingredient is the main ingredient. Whether its big. Or small. First to go. Or best for last. Sweet. Or not so sweet. Whether its tossed. Or twirled. If its easy prey. Or plays hard to get. Every last crunch, sprinkle and drip. Should be as clean as it is delicious. Panera. Food as it should be. Mmmm. Yoplait. You didnt listen to your parents. You ignored every piece of advice. You failed over, and over, and over. U. Time to shine. Orbit. This is a news 4 today newsbreak. 7 26 is your time on this monday, june 6th, 2016. Good morning to you. It is the first weekday commute under metros Safetrack Program. Lets get a check on that with jack taylor. Good morning, aaron. The first morning of one of ten, at this point, as were starting in the rush hour. For now, the orange line and the silver line are singletracking, indeed, between east fall s church and boston. What you experience this morning will be different from tomorrow morning and wednesday morning. This is a feelout process. For now, thats what we can do. Singletracking. And our crash with a tree down along Howard Montgomery county line. 108 remains closed. Back to you. A man is dead after he was hit by a train overnight. The csx train struck the man. The train empty at the time. Csx has not told us why he was on the track. They said he was 25 years old. Were working to find out more about a deadly shooting in southeast d. C. A man was killed near c street last night. We dont have a word on a suspect in this case. A look at the forecast, next. Good morning. A pretty start to the day. Temperatures in the mid60s to around 70 degrees right now. A nice way to get your monday morning started. Rain from yesterday all gone now. Will be dry today. A slight chance for a shower coming our way tomorrow. Wednesday and thursday look wonderful, with highs in the mid to upper70 our way as we head into saturday. Most of this week will be dry. Thank you. Another news update in about 25 minutes. Back to the today show after this short break. [ cheers and applause ] 7 30 monday morning. We have a happy crowd. We will get out and test the waters ourselves in a moment. A Beautiful Day. Here inside studio 1a, lets look at the headlines. As Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders campaign in california ahead of tomorrows primary, donald trump stirs up more controversy, even taking heat from his own party. The republican nominee refusing to back down from his ethnicallybased criticism of the judge overseeing a laws