Tens of thousands attend the largest individualual yet as the fbi prepares to release the gunman calls with hostage negotiators. Risky rescue, one, perhaps two workers sick and stranded at the south pole. Conditions so far making it impossible to reach them. As crews wait and hope for a break in the weather and a chance to save them today, monday, june 20th, 2016. Announcer 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 on a monday morning. We have willie in for matt. If youre a little blurry eyed you stayed up to watch history. Every last minute of the game and the post game. Lebron james bring that title to cleveland. He grew up in the state of ohio and this one means the no sports title for the city of cleveland since 1964. Has to feel good. In oakland, california, where history unfolded and the cheers of cavs fans can still be heard. Miguel, good morning. Savannah, good morning. It was an instant classic, the cavs and warriors in a nail biter. This morning here in oakland, disappointment while in cleveland, history. Oracle arena is alive and roaring. The showdown was electroifying. Right through the hands of curry, james. Reporter game seven down to the wire. Back to curry, corner three. Reporter steph curry and lebron james going head to head. Curry drives, again. Left handed blocked by james and rejected out of bounds. Reporter and literally face to face. The two of them have some words. Reporter the heated series a classic. Green for three bam the final game a see saw battle. Lebron james another attack to the basket. Reporter with the score tied and a minute left. Kyrie irving would drain a three and give them the lead and ultimately the title. Their first championship in franchise history. The cavaliers are nba history. Reporter for james who left the cavs six years ago as a villain he returned as the Hometown Hero. I gave everything i had. My blood, my sweat, my tears to this game and against all odds, cleveland this is for you reporter the first team in history to rally back from a 31 deficit in the finals. The warriors were the first team to win a record 73 regular season games. We had a great regular season. Did something that no team felt short the last team of the season, it hurts, man. Reporter champagne and tears on fathers day. Everything i do is for my parents and my family. I mean, the cars is nice, the houses is nice, but none of this matters without them. Reporter in the streets of cleveland, an allout all night party. Oh, man that, parade is going to be ridiculous. Reporter the celebration has just begun. This is history. The cavs are champions. The city of cleveland hasnt won a major sporting championship since the 1960 when the Cleveland Browns won the nfl title. As for the league mvp sharp shooter steph curry says his warriors will be back next year. Back to you guys. Such a good game. Miguel, thank you. The warriors were 739 in the regular season. Up 31 in the series. The Cleveland Cavaliers won three consecutive no. Heard that on the radio this morning. Well talk much more about that game coming up. Record heat is blanketing the southeast. Several deaths being blamed on the extreme condition and the triple digit conditions making the fight against raging wildfires even more difficult. Steve paterson has the latest. Good morning. This area under a red flag advisory saying fire could increase and the tripledigit temperatures were feeling across the southwest are only going to get worse. This morning the southwest ravaged. Destructive flames and deadly recordsetting heat. The wildfires scattered all over the map. In arizona, the cedar fire driven by low humidity and blistering temperatures over the weekend has torched more than 12,000 acres. In new mexico, life altered. Its just like you cant imagine and you just want to run. Reporter two dozen homes destroyed in the wake of the dog head fire. A 1700 acre monster that has been hard for firefighters to contain. In Santa Barbara, 2,000 firefighters are battling the sherpa fire. Reporter blackened close to 8,000 acres, turning parts of the hillside into ash. But its now the heat crews are most worried about. Sunday, three firefighters had to be airlifted for heatrelated emergencies. We have started to see some of the effects of this hot weather and the impact that it is having on our firefighters. Reporter that hot weather having an impact everywhere. 104 degrees in chino hills. Reporter the National Weather service has issued excessive heat warnings throughout the southwest. Officials in california issuing a flex to conserve energy and protect themselves from heat stroke. In arizona, the extreme heat is fatal. This is like incomparable to anywhere else. Reporter four deaths blamed on the brutal weather. How tragic and overwhelming this heat can be. In the striking example of this extreme heat a United Express flight from phoenix to houston had to be diverted because of those record temperatures in arizona. Sometimes the heat can compromise the lift of the planes wings and the thrust of its engine. Striking to think about how the heat can affect something even science based. Willie and savannah. Those conditions not helping at all. We have dylan in for al and some relief for the southwest coming. Still going to be hot. It is still going to be exceptionally hot with temperatures up around 115 degrees. We have 29 Million People under some sort of heat alert in the southwest. Million people who will see temperatures above 90 degrees across the entire country. So, it is hot everywhere. Lets take a look at what is going on. Temperatures hot 100 to 120 degrees. Humidity is so low, you need to stay hydrated. Make sure you check on your neighbors and make sure that everyone is safe during this heat. This area of High Pressure, you have this sinking air and as the air sinks, it heats up. Temperatures to remain 15 to nearly 25 degrees above average. Los angeles about 104 degrees. As we go through the middle of the week, we will see temperatures drop off a little bit in burbank but through yuma and phoenix, temperatures not breaking records but still up around 115 degrees. The good news for firefighters in Santa Barbara, temperatures should drop into the 80s and temperatures incrse triphole le digit numbers on yo map. Thousands of people attended a massive vigil one week after the worst u. S. Shooting in u. S. History. Released new information about what the gunman said to police during the ram page. Gabe gutierrez in orlando. Good morning. Later today the fbi is expected to release partial transcripts of the three 911 gunman between omar mateen and police. Mateen had pledged allegiance to isis during those calls. Honoring the victims in the largest gathering yet. Late sunday, a massive vigil in orlando drawing tens of thousands that focus not on the killer, but the victims. I think its brought us together in ways unlike anything before. A lot more that puts us together than what i think you see that. I never imagined. I never, i cant describe that. Reporter oscar was just 26. A mentor to his younger brother. His dad held his funeral on fathers day. I prefer to die first, you know. I prefer give my life for his life. Reporter this morning, federal investigators are Digging Deeper into the orlando gunmans motive. As this newly released propaganda video praises omar mateen for the massacre at the pulse nightclub. It does not indicate he had any prior contact with isis. Where we are in this investigation is talking to everyone who had any kind of contact with this killer. Reporter Loretta Lynch would not say whether mateens wife might face charges. A senior law inporsment official tells nbc news, they found no manifesto or anything resembling a suicide note. There is some team on the Electronic Devices that he may although they not have found dating apps on his cell phone. Amid the sorrow, udenly, a sign of hope. Help people realize what is important. The city will not be defeated. Reporter it really was a powerful sight. Since the rampage, more than 7 million in donations have been raised for the victims and their families. The attorney general says she plans to visit orlando tomorrow to meet with investigations. Willie and savannah. Gabe gutierrez in orlando for us. Thanks. Donald trump weighing in, once again, and also speaking out about some cracks in his support within the Republican Party. Nbc National CorrespondentPeter Alexander is following that story. Peter, good morning. Savannah, they are brewing signs of a rebellion against donald trump within the Republican Party as we reveal newly revealed plans to stop. Its a long shot. The nrc says it will never happen but right now as trump complains about a lack of party unity, he still has a big climb ahead. Profiling muslims to avoid another terrorist attack. I hate the concept of profiling, but we have to use common sense. Reporter hes facing a widening deficit against Hillary Clinton trailing in polls and in money. Still insisting its early with nbc haley jackson. We havent started. We started pretty much after the convention. Reporter looking to capitalize clinton and her democratic allies are unleashing 23 million worth of ads in eight battleground states. Pro trump forces havent spent a dime. This candidate was playing catch up in the fundraising battle making multiple stops in texas, a very red state, that hasnt voted democratic in 40 years. If the gop doesnt want to pay his way otherwise well have help. Ill just keep funding my own campaign. Reporteit Speaker Paul Ryan is giving republicans the green light on how they choose. The last thing i would do is tell somebody to do something that is contrary to our conscious. Reporter trump downplaying the need for party unity. Nice if the republicans stuck together. I think i went either way. I could win one way or the other. Reporter with Vice President joe biden expected to unload today, its open season on trump for democrats. Every day it becomes clearer that he is a thin skinned, racist bully. And every day it becomes clearer he will never be president of the united states. Reporter still, trump says hes sitting pretty. I feel like a supermodel except like times ten. Its true. Im a super model. Reporter little bit of joyful news this weekend. Too young to vote this fall but the Clinton Family is celebrate agnew addition. Chelsea clinton giving birth a new son. What a joy being with our new grandson so grateful signed h. Savannah and willie. Congrats to them. But back to this gun debate. I know there are votes back on the hill, peter. The last time the senate held votes on Gun Legislation was last december the day after the San Bernardino attacks. Another four up for a vote today. Two sponsored by democrats and two by republicans. Seems unlikely either will pass this time either. Simply put, both parties with competing measures on background checks and to try to ban sales on a terrorist watch list. Even on that, though, republicans worried about infridging on someones due process. If theyre wrongly on that list arguing lawmakers given this threat of terror that these new efforts are basically useless. What were doing with this debate on the hill right train with a piece of kleenex. The bills all need 60 votes to pass. That means for anything to change here in washington, savannah, it is going to have to be bipartisan. Okay. Donald trump actually did weigh in on this and it seems like he might be willing to take on the nra and side with this notion of no fly, no by. I think thats right. This weekend he focused his remarks to keep the country safe and found himself at odds with the nra. Argued more people at that orlando nightclub were armed with guns strapped to their waist and fired back at the shooter, the carnage would have been much less. Even the nra pushed back against that insisting it does believe people should carry guns in drinking establishments. Trump said that he would meet with the nra suggesting he was onboard with the law to try to keep guns out of the hands of people already banned from flying because theyre suspected or they are known terrorists. Savannah. A lot of moving pieces peter, thank you. Speaking of guns, the connecticut judge with whether a lawsuit can proceed against the maker of a semi automatic rifle used in the sandy hook shooting. Members of the family are suing Remington Arms which made the rifle used in that attack. The plaintiffs say the company knew the rifle was meant for the military and too dangerous to sell to civilians. Remmington shield gun manufacturers from most lawsuits over criminal use of their products. A funeral will be held tomorrow for the 2yearold boy who was killed by an alligator at disney world. This is more changes are being made at the park in the wake of this tragedy. Kerry sanders is following that story for us. Kerry, good morning. Savannah, its been almost a week since 2yearold lane graves was attacked and killed by an alligator here at disney world. This morning his parents and 4yearold sister are back home in nebraska, preparing to lay lane graves was snatched by an alligator and dragged to his death remains closed. After capturing what may be all the wild alligators that were in the waterways here, disney added the temporary barriers. New signs are up, too, warning guests alligators and snakes can be dangerous. Disney saying its safety team along with its animal behavior experts are working on a longterm solution. Evaluating what procedures need to change while recognizing alligators are a fact of life in florida. Last tuesday evening, 2yearold lane graves was playing in Shallow Water in the lagoon with his dad by his side. The alligator attacked just after sun down when gators usually hunt. The medical examiner says the toddler died from drowning and traumatic injuries. Lanes father releasing this emotional statement. Melissa and i continue to deal with the loss of our beloved b and our overwhelmed with the support and love we have received from family and friend in our community as well as from around the country. We ask for and appreciate the privacy we need to lay our son to rest. At the familys hometown in nebraska, neighbors are showing support. Thank you. God bless you. Reporter collecting donations. Holding prayer services. Tying blue ribbons outside the graves home. They were just trying to make memories for lane and ella. So, just breaks my heart that she has to go through this. Reporter a wake for lane graves will be held later today. His funeral is scheduled for tomorrow. Savannah. All right, kerry sanders, thank you. Lets go back to some sports now. American Dustin Johnson overcame a controversial onestroke penalty to win the u. S. Open on sunday. The drama started on the fifth hole as johnson was getting ready to putt his ball moved just a bit. To never touched the ball, still later in the round, while he was still playing and trying to win the u. S. Open he was told he may later be penalized for it. That created a firestorm on social media against the usga who told johnson that. Despite the distraction, johnson finished the stroke ahead four strokes of the field and the onestroke in the end turned out to be irrelevant. 1. 8 million prize. Hes one of the guys who has been talked about one of the best to never win a major and he finally got one yesterday. The controversy that he was under a cloud that he had to be potentially distracted by the possibility. With all that pressure on a sunday at a major and has to be one stroke better. A fly gets in my head. Something like that. Well, he didnt let him see him sweat. Thats pretty awesome. Lets get the rest of your forecast. All about the heat. Its hot. Pretty much everywhere across the country except the northeast and the northwest. Where temperatures decent. Stronger storms in the interior northeast through parts of ohio and into illinois, too. Nothing too severe but gusty winds and also some small. Your local forecast is coming up in just 30 seconds. And a good morning to you, im storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. Temperatures are on the comfortable side here this morning. Low humidity in place. 61 in college park and 58 still and not even too bad your forecast then for today a sunny and hot one. Code orange air quality for today. Its unhealthy for a sensitive group. Reduce your Outdoor Activities if you susuffer from as thma or other respiratory issues. 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