issue or even nixonesque on this area. this didn't used to be a partisan thing, but we'll see thursday night. 50 years. watch this space. this issue. 50 years. watch this. "first look" is up next. it's wednesday, august 5th. right now on "first look," top ten have been named. the rest are not happy. a jeb bush comment gives hillary clinton something to swing back with. severe weather packing a punch in the northeast. why is apple stock lost billions of dollars in value? why is china removing christian crosses? the video with 15 million views has people talking. "first look" starts now. thanks for joining us today. i'm betty nguyen. the field is set tomorrow.

the top ten candidates will take the stage for the first 2015 debate. good morning to you. a lot of people looking forward to this debate. >> exactly. it's fox's debate they made the rules. they decided to cut off the top ten. there are so many many candidates. they looked at last five polls, averaged them and kit off. seven of 17 candidates will not be on that stage tomorrow night. here's tomorrow night's final line-up with donald trump center stage and promising no antics. >> i want to be down the middle talk about policy. i'm not looking to hurt anybody, embarrass anybody. >> ohio governor john kasich barely made it in the top ten now assured a spt on stage in his home state. >> the only way we win ohio is with someone that's a uniter.

if you think you can come to ohio and divide and polarize, you won't win. >> perry and santorum got squeezed out. >> to cut off that number is an insult. >> it's a disadvantage a setback. it's not necessarily terminal. >> jeb bush is in to mix it up with hillary clinton over planned parenthood. >> when you attack planned parenthood you attack women's health. when you attack women's health you attack america's health. >> health isis all likely to come up tomorrow night. many a statement, bush said he wasn't talking in general about women's health. he was talking about money they've been talk about here on the hill for planned parenthood. he said hillary clinton is absolutely wrong when it comes to funding planned parenthood given the fact they perform

dorgss. tomorrow night, it will be all republicans. we now know all 10. >> thank you. nbc news has confirmed right now the fbi is looking into procedures used on her private e-mail server while she was secretary of state. it's the next step in the process following referral from intelligence and state inspect general from july. they're trying to find out if the e-mails were secure. the fbi has reached out to her attorney 0 for the thumb drive. this is investigation of the actual system, not hillary clinton or any one person. there could be a potential game changer in the war against isis. u.s. fighter jets may soon take off from bases a lot closer to isis targets. richard engle has that. >> the u.s.-led air war against isis is about to get more

intense with u.s. fighter jets soon able to take off from a key air base much closer to the fight. nbc news learned the air base in southern turkey should be ready in two to three weeks. a major ramp up is underway with weapons, ammunition and communications equipment on their way including a refuelling system and critically search and rescue capability for pilots in distress. it's a new phase of cooperation with turkey and could transform the air war against isis. for years, bases were in the persian gulf hundreds of miles away. bases in turkey are far closer putting isis targets in the cross hairs. towns like raqqa sit so close to the turkish border you can see the isis flag and turkish flag a

stone's throw apart. >> after turning a blind eye, # turkey is now refocussing on the border. the military here is preparing for a fight. now to zimbabwe. the professional hunter accused of helping american dentist walter palmer kill cecil the lion will appear in court today. last week he pleaded not guilty for stilling to provide a legal hunt. he was paid to lure cecil out to be killed. the animal researcher who worked closely with cecil the lion is demanding justice. >> i think a zimbabwe jail is harsh place. if you can't do the time don't

do the crime. he is charged for illegally killing a lion. wildfires in california remain an uphill battle this morning. at this hour there are 23 large fires burning out of control. they're spreading in fightening ways. the rocky fire hurdled over a highway. wind driven flames are in surrounding neighborhoods. >> we could see it cresting over the hill and back into the valley. we decided we needed to go. >> time lapse showed one man's escape when he was told to evacuate. there's been instances of firenados, spirals of fire that shoot out hot ambers for miles. let's get down to business with landon dowdy. >> good morning to you. apple stock fell a second straight day adding to losses on paper. shares down 14% since sitting

high in april wiping out $113 billion in market value. the entire worth of several giant companies including nike and mcdonald'ss. big reason behind the loss concerns of smart phone competition in china, apple's last big growth market. netflix offering parents a year's leave after a birth of a child or adoption. jp morgan is latest to make it easier for you to get a mortgage. >> seems like we heard that story before and it didn't turn out well right? >> that's right. we start with one of the greatest rivals in sports red sox in the bronx against the yankees. it was close until the seventh.

yankees sent 13 batters to the plate and scored nine times in the martin luther king. they tame game one 13-3. dodgers and phillies play the game. the pitcher loses the ball while throwing a pitch. where can did it go? it was ruled a balk. that filled the bases. a grand slam give the phillys the lead. they win 6-2. fantastic effort by the braves infielder. diving catch for the ball there or at least he does. precelebration over a catch, no catch. floyd mayweather will defend his world title september 12th on show time paper view. the pun defeated champ said he would retire after the september fight but has not made that official.

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the dangerous weather that contributed to a deadly tent collapse in new hampshire continued through the region yesterday. storms hammering parts of theng with violent wind lightning, hail. katie reports. >> reporter: violence severe storms slammed massachusetts battering boston with strong winds, damaging hail and heavy rain. thousands forced to take shelter as tornado warnings sounded in several cities in town. at fenway golf ball size hail. some larger fell fast and furious. a ground stop at low gone. 60 miles per hour wind knocked out power to 100,000. strong winds store trees from

their roots in long island peeling lawns back like carpet. near the coast at a campground in charleston ten were injured after trees crashed onto trees and tents. another tree fell on an suv killing the driver. in brooklyn new york a sinkhole. officials have yet to determined if it was caused by the storms that tore will through the city and lit up the skies. another round threatens the northeast all over again. katie ter, new york. >> it was an amazing day yesterday. in massachusetts it was scary betty. we had a two-hour period these thunderstorms rolled through thank you state. thankfully that's done and gone. we are all safe there. we are watching a new storm. kansas has strong storms this morning, especially central kansas. heavy rains developing over missouri today. flooded watches possible through

paducah, louisville state of kentucky. this is a weird storm. going from the mid manile of the country to the east coast. almost like a fall type storm. a soaking rain. this is one inch through this region. kentucky tennessee, north carolina virginia by the time we get to friday. saturday this will all exit off the coast. today's forecast also very hot in dallas heat index values 110 today. phoenix heat warning 112. the northern half of the country is gorgeous. the the other thing i want people to know about, people in taiwan are nervous. this is the typhoon, strongest storm we've seen on this planet as we've gone through this year. huge typhoon, should make landfall thursday as equivalent category 4 storm for us. >> you know there's going to be damage. >> huge damage life threatening event. >> thanks for that bill. a drone was caught delivering heroin and marijuana

to afternoon ho prisoner. nooin in nine inmates were placed in solitaire confinement. 16 million views as of this morning. in los angeles, a woman was caught on camera berating an ihop customer for speaking spanish in the restaurant. >> close your mouth. i speaking. >> so this clash began when the woman in the sun glasses interrupted the other woman speaking spanish. the woman in the sun glasses were heard saying we speak english in america. the spanish speaking woman says she speaks english be but not clearly. the video was posted by the spanish speaking woman's son. four people were reportedly sent to the hospital but were

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time for your werchzdnesday edition of "scrambled politics." starting off with money, money, money. can't sing that well. according to data 60 ultra rich people donated to both campaigns to hedge their beds. they include men and women, racetrack owners bankers, media barriers chicken magnets. some are republicans and some are democrats. all business people first. after gawker gave out trump's cell phone number he made a slight alteration to the message. >> with your help and support, we can make america truly great again. >> you can put this one in the tmi file for governor chris christie. at a campaign stop in new hampshire he was making the argument different people have different interpretations of religious text. then this admission. >> for instance i'm a catholic

but i've used birth control. not just the rhythm method okay. >> all righty then. if governor christie or any gop candidate wins in 2016 get ready to start hearing elizabeth warren in 2020. the senator in massachusetts took time to accuse republicans of wasting time. >> in the past six months they have burned huge amounts of time as they try to shut down homeland security tried to build a pipeline to help a canadian oil company, tried to turn a human trafficking bill on referendum on abortion and now trying to defund planned parent hood. all this instead of working on kind of issues that would help level the playing field for hard-working people. >> secretary of state john kerry is ditching crutches from his bicycle accident for a famous

cane. in malaysia he showed off a cane used by jfk and ted kennedy as well. a full break down of pros and cons for tomorrow's republican debate. >> pro republican candidates introduced. con, crap isn't there anybody else? a forum you get to see people complain about obama for two hours. it's basically your uncle's version of the facebook feed. i get it you didn't vote for him. i heard you, you didn't vote for him. pro, one of these could be the next president of the united states. con, one of these people could be the next president of the united states. >> that's your morning dish of "scrambled politics." all right. 22 minutes past the hour. i'm joined by jonathan allen, chief political correspondent for vox. good morning jonathan. >> good morning. i'm totally excited about the debate.

i'm headed to cleveland tomorrow. i think this is going to be -- obviously the the big launch for the campaign. i think it's been a great campaign so far and will continue to be. >> yeah. a lot are wondering how much we'll see in the area of fireworks between these candidates. i want to start with donald trump. he says he's not going to try to hurt or embarrass anyone. let's be honest, many viewers are watching to see if he'll take the gloves off and have a tough debate. >> i don't know why he'd want to change his brand now. >> such is a good point. it's been working for him, right? >> right. >> if you're a betting man, would you say i we'll see more substance or bluster from trump thursday? >> if he can figure out how to do substance in a republican debate and show knowledge, he should do that. it would be a good surprise for people. i haven't seen from him he's got a command of substance at the level you need to have it for. >> do you think he'll get eaten

alive in this debate? >> no. i think it's hard in this arena to get eaten alive. he's better at showman ship than any others on the stage. the more dug-in supporters may get. the problem for him if he has factual lapses and potentially says something that turns off his base. >> let's talk about people saying something that may turn off voters out there. jeb bush is taking heat from hillary clinton and a lot of women from his comments about women's health issues and funding surrounding that. could this be a defining moment in both of these campaigns? >> definition of a gaffe according to one washington writer is when you accidentally say what i didn't mean. this is a case jeb bush said what he meant. he doesn't believe the federal government should be pumping half a billion into planned parenthood. the problem for him is that

majority of americans disagree with that. planned parenthood if you look at polling is extraordinarily popular. this is a prop for him going forward in the general election. >> all right. jonathan allen, have a fun trip. i know you're going to indeed see a lot of fireworks on the stage. thank you jonathan. >> take care. just ahead, how a community's number one hero is fixing the number two problem. you had some blocks and you had major thoroughfares and corridors that were just totally pitch black. those things had to change. we wanted to restore our lighting system in the city. you can have the greatest dreams in the world, but unless you can finance those dreams, it doesn't happen. at the time that the bankruptcy filing was done, the public lighting authority had a hard time of finding a bank. citi did not run away from the table like some other bankers did. citi had the strength to help us go to the credit markets and raise the money. it's a brighter day in detroit.

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>> that was it. all eyes on this debate. this is top ten. jeb bush is talking about planned parent hood. he's trying to clean it up. hillary clinton is already on the attack. trending overnight, let it rep, rock legend lenny kravitz rocks out too hard and gives the audience a quick peep on the show. this is "way too early," this show that will rock leather pants but will never ever go commando. ♪ i want to get away ♪ ♪ i want to fly away ♪ ♪ i want to get away ♪ ♪ i want fly away ♪ >> good morning. it's wednesday, august 5th. i'm ayman mohyeldin. the stage is set for the republican debate in