and beyond >>> nbc news exclusive. a new accuser says billionaire jeffrey epstein sexually assaulted her when she was 15 >> did jeffrey epstein rape you >> yeah, he raped me forcefully raped me. >> and president trump's labor secretary defends his involvement as a federal prosecutor in a lenient plea deal for ep years ago. >>> the stunning announcement about an american scientist found dead on a greek island in a tunnel now an urgent search for her killer and that mystery deepens. >>> our reporting on sexual assault and other abuse on migrants in arizona, as we get a first look inside another government holding center in texas. is there enough oversight? >>> families desperate to have children, devastated by a fertility clinic mixed up, after they say the clinic implanted the wrong embryos. >>> and a heroes' welcome for the women who won the world cup. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening there is breaking news as we come on tonight. a hurricane watch posted now for parts of coastal forecasters tracking a tropical cyclone likely to intensify into

nature's wonders. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening we begin with breaking news, a killing spree that held los angeles in suspense for much of a day just ended with the capture of a suspect. since this morning six people have been shot, four of them killed the shootings happening at three locations in l.a. san fernando valley including a city bus where the latest victim was shot molly hunter is in l.a. with the latest >> reporter: tonight the suspect is in custody. >> he's armed with a 9 mm auto >> reporter: dramatic video shows s.w.a.t teams zeroing in he went to an apartment in the valley shooting and killing his brother and father and wounding his mother >> i saw police just raiding the building next to me and saw ten police officers with guns, rifles and hand guns going crazy. >> reporter: hours later at a gas station in north hollywood he shot two people killing his girlfriend and leaving the other person in critical condition on the run from there, then he attempted to rob someone at an a atm. then he boarded a bus nearby shooting at pers

football hero. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening an american blogger who's around the world adventure took him into a country gripped with civil war, death, and unspeakable suffering has emerged alive and apparently well months after he was seized by government troops in syria. his release as a result of quiet negotiations and comes as we get a disturbing new look at the cross fire there richard engel reports. >> reporter: tonight rare good news from syria. 30-year-old american sam goodwin is now free. his family tells nbc news goodwin kept this blog as he aimed to travel to every country. and with ten countries left, he went into war-torn syria syrian sources tell nbc news goodwin was traveling alone about two months ago without local help when he was arrested by the syrian regime in a statement, his family said goodwin is in good health. we are grateful to be reunited with our son they thanked the lebanese government for brokering goodwin's release under terms that remain unclear. and tonight, these images are capturing the danger and heartbr

gaining strength tonight. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening, everyone. the fallout from the indictment of the well-connected billionaire jeffrey epstein on sex trafficking charges has been swift, with democrats now calling for the resignation of trump labor secretary alex accosta over a plea deal he once made with epstein. also, presidents trump and clinton have quickly moved to put some distance between themselves and epstein. both have been part of his elite social network around the time prosecutors say epstein was procuring under aire sk has the story. >> reporter: after pleading not guilty to sex trafficking charges, jeffrey epstein sits in a manhattan jail cell, a far cry from parties like this one in mar-a-lago alongside donald trump in 2000. today president trump distanced himself from the billionaire socialite. >> well, i knew him like everybody in palm beach knew him. i mean, people in palm beach knew him. he was a fixture in palm beach. i had a falling out with him a long time ago. i don't think i've spoken to him for 15 years. i wa

gaining strength tonight. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening, everyone the fallout from the indictment of the well-connected billionaire jeffrey epstein on sex trafficking charges has been swift, with democrats now -- calling for the resignation of labor secretary kokkinen over a plea deal he once made with epstein. also presidents trump and clinton have quickly moved to put some distance between themselves and epstein. both have been part of his elite social network around the time prosecutors say epstein was procuring under-aged girls for sex. our stephanie gosk has the story. >> reporter: after pleading not guilty to sex trafficking charges, jeffrey epstein sits in the manhattan jail cell, a far cry from parties like this one in mar-a-lago alongside donald trump in 2000. today president trump distanced himself from the billionaire socialite. >> well, i knew him like everybody in palm beach knew him. people in palm beach knew him he was a fixture in palm beach i had a falling out with him a long time ago. i don't think i've sp >> reporter: th

. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>g. there's bruise eaking news as we come on tonight. a hurricane watch for costal louisiana, mother casters intensify into a named storm. triggering a flash flood emergency and leaving neighborhoods under water. morgan chesky is in new orleans tonight. >> reporter: tonight louisiana under a state of emergency after a fast-moving storm threw waterspouts and flash flooding that brought new orleans to a soggy stand still. in some areas, nearly ten inch of rain in just two hours. >> disabled cars all over the rain. it's like a hurricane. >> reporter: canal street living up to its name. >> i'm struck. i'm stranded out here. i don't know what to do. >> reporter: when it comes to keeping the city dry, these drainage canals are crucial. only problem they can only handle so much water, leaving these low-lying neighborhoods at risk with nothing more than a few inch of rain. the building tropical threat casting a shadow as far as texas. >> be prepared for this particular storm. this is the time to start getting prepared. >> gettin

residents. the threat of aftershocks is not over dan scheneman, nbc news. >> a ticker tape parade is planned for wednesday after a spectacular world cup win for the u.s. women's soccer team rose lavelle delivered the winning shot, beating netherlands 2-nil. cheers erupted in the stadium. megan rapinoe burst into the locker room as the team popped champagne. kelley cobiella has the details. >> u.s. wins their fourth world cup. >> reporter: the u.s. women's soccer team is the best in the world. another victory, and they had to fight for it >> lost in the circle. >> reporter: not a single goal in the first half against the under dogs from the netherlands. then nearly an hour in, a penalty on alex morgan megan rapinoe with a roaring goal >> goal! u.s. leads >> reporter: not long after rose lavelle through two defenders. the red, white and blue drowning out the bright orange dutch in the sold out stadium of nearly 60,000 in the u.s., fans across the country cheering the 2-0 win an emotional megan rapinoe won player of the match, golden boot for the most goals scored and golden ball for the best p

throwing up. >> the nbc news investigation you'll want to see. >>> and jon stewart blasting the one senator holding up additional money for health care for 9/11 first responders. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening. president trump's attempt to distance himself from the go back controversy is ringing hollow tonight the fall out from his racist attack on four congresswomen who the trump rally began yelling "send her back" after the president took another swipe at somali-born congresswoman ilhan omar the president saying he tried to stop the chant, except the video shows he didn't. hallie jackson has details. >> reporter: the chant easy to hear but for some hard to listen to "send her back." >> reporter: democrats and a few republicans appalled at the words incentive erupting from the crowd at the president's north carolina rally, referencing congresswoman ilhan omar who escaped somalia as a child. >> i'm worried for our country. >> it's violent rhetoric. >> the chant was offensive. it's just wrong. >> reporter: omar herself quoting maya angelou,

: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening i'm kristen welker in for lester we begin tonight with the growing outrage over the conditions at those migrant detention facilities at the southern border we've seen the images from inside these centers. and tonight, these are the heartbreaking drawings by the children themselves. some of the depictions showing kids in crowded cages, side by side now the head of homeland security has launched an investigation into what he calls disturbing social media posts allegedly made by border patrol agents our gabe gutierrez starts us off from el paso >> reporter: tonight, these images of overcrowded migrant detention centers from fueling more outrage government investigators say 88 men were crammed in this cell with the capacity of just 41. one migrant held up a sign with the word "help," writing he had been in custody for 40 days the report from homeland security's ecr general says children had limited access to a change of clothes and two facilities had not provided children access to hot meals. now these drawings paint a hear

abroad telling nbc news - >> these proceedings will be protracted and lengthy, and i anticipate this going on for a very long time >> reporter: tonight, the two teens remain in jail in a country mourning an officer gone too soon. >> sarah, what could be next for these teens? >> reporter: jose, they both remain in jail for now that lawyer i spoke to said we have to remember there are two different people in custody, and the facts and ultimately their fates could be very different. jose >> sarah harmon, thank you very much. >>> a tragic story here in new york and a wake-up call to parents afte 1-year-old twins were found dead in their father's car they'd been left there all day. it is just the latest heartbreaking example of a problem that is all too common here's kathy park. >> reporter: juan rodriguez in court tonight is charged with manslaughter and negligent homicide after police say he left his 1-year-old twins in a hot car for nearly eight hours yesterday. >> the babies are not breathing, possibly dead inside of the vehicle >> reporter: police say the baby boy and girl had been i

district going to such extremes? >> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening there's breaking news tonight from the persian gulf region where things are becoming more confusing and unstable by the day. iranian forces have seized a british registered tanker ship and its crew in the strait of hormuz claiming it broke the law. they also stopped another ship it comes as iran disputes president trump's claim that the u.s. destroyed an iranian drone that threatened an american warship. the president issuing a new warning tonight. our hallie jackson has the latest >> reporter: ath strait of hormuz after iran seized a british tanker with 23 crew members onboard >> this only goes to show what i'm saying about iran. trouble. nothing but trouble. >> reporter: the u.s. calling iran's move esculatory violence tehran had pledged retaliation after the brits seized one of its ships earlier this month >> we will respond in a way that is considerate but robust. >> reporter: it's the latest flashpoint in this already volatile region. a fifth of the world's oil flows through the strait o

gamed avatar >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with kate snow >> good evening. for much of the country it's been a sweltering weekend of unrelenting heat excessive heat warnings and advisories in effect from the mid wall street to the east coast. the heat index topping 110 in baltimore, norfolk and atlantic city at least three deaths are blamed on the heat and late word today, a lightning strike on clearwater beach on florida's gulf coast our kathy park has all the latest >> reporter: this afternoon, lightning at a beach in clearwater, florida, struck a man in 40s. >> it was shocked, like thrown to the ground >> reporter: sending him into cardiac arrest he's currently in critical condition and several are recovering from their injuries. while across the country, scorched cities hit a boiling point with another day of relentless heat >> it's toasty warm. >> reporter: out side of manhattan in queens, hundreds of customers were without power earlier today, and many were finding relief outside rather than inside their home last week, expecting mom elsa was admitted to the hospital

and outer wall nbc news has learned the plane was based in addison and traveling to st. petersburg, florida. scheduled to arrive about three hours after take off >> preliminarily we've noted that the airplane was damaged by impact forces and a post-impact fire my team is starting to gather information on scene >> reporter: the investigation now in the hands of the national transportation safety board who will try to determine exactly what happened and why. dan scheneman, nbc news. >> well, one small step for man, a giant leap in diplomacy for north korea. this week president trump became the first sitting commander in chief to cross the korean demilitarized zone sharing a handshake with kim jong-un some say it could jump glorifie engel has more >> reporter: hey, phillip. it certainly showed president trump's love of the dramatic ant trump's few steps into north korea are steps toward peace president trump was first to arrive and walked slowly toward north korea in the no man's land of the demilitarized zone or dmz. still unclear if he was coming, kim jong-un then emerged, walking f

games begin >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening i'm savannah guthrie in for lester tonight iran is making bold accusations against the u.s., the country claiming it busted the iranians laid out their case on state television in dramatic fashion today. but the white house was quick to dismiss these claims as just the latest provocation from a country feeling the heat chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell leads us off >> reporter: tonight another escalation in iran's showdown with the u.s this highly produced video claiming to show that the cia recruited 17 iranians, a charge president trump strongly denies. >> i read a report today about cia. that's a false story they put out propaganda. they put out lies. let's see what happens with iran we are ready for the absolute worst, and we're ready for sense too. >> reporter: iran also showing alleged business cards from u.s. diplomats iran says are cia agents in turkey and other countries, all presented at a highly unusual briefing. nbc's ali arouzi was there >> reporter: briefings such a

from winning it all. >> translator: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening. there is breaking news as we start tonight. a stunning verdict in the california trial of a decorated navy seal charged with a 2017 murder of a wounded prisoner in iraq. a military jury finding chief edward gallagher not guilty on all but one count. steve patterson is in san diego with late details. >> reporter: tonight vindication for a navy seal. >> tears of joy. >> absolute joy. >> emotion. freedom. absolute euphoria. >> reporter: the jury acquitting chief edward gallagher of six of the seven charges against him including premeditated murder. >> huge victory, huge weight off the gallaghers. >> reporter: but finding him guilty for violating a uniform code of military justice by posing with a human casualty. the decorated seal was charged with an array of war crimes, stemming from a 2017 tour of duty in iraq. the most serious, shooting an unarmed citizens in the murder of a wounded isis detainee. over the two-week trial, prosecutors called members of the team who described a man unh

with your photos. >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news with lester holt. >>> good evening, we start with that breaking news out of massachusetts where prosecutors have just dropped their sexual assault case against "house of cards" actor kevin spacey the oscar-winning spacey, one of several high-profile men caught in the glare of th an 18-year-old man in a nantucket bar in 2016 our kate snow has the late details >> reporter: prosecutors dropping charges against actor kevin spacey, something his attorney called for in court last week. >> this case needs to be dismissed and i believe it needs to be dismissed today. >> reporter: the state of massachusetts dropping a nantucket case due to the unavailability of the complaining witness. that witness, a young man who was 18 when he worked as a busboy at this nantucket restaurant his mother told me in 2017 that spacey assaulted her son. >> it wasn't until kevin spacey put his hand inside his pants that he really knew he was in trouble >> reporter: you say he didn't consent to that >> absolutely not. >> reporter: the teen sent a snapch

that you have to see to believe. >>> this is nbc "nightly news" with kate snow >>> good evening across the gulf coast, there are real concerns about significant flooding barry made landfall in louisiana this afternoon as a hurricane leaving some coastal communities under water. stranding residents. it was downgraded to a tropical storm but that does not mean the threat is over it is the unending downpours now that are bringing the possibility of live ovg, people can walk faster handle the it's traveling. that's why it could dump up to 25 inches of rain on some areas as inland areas brace for flooding, grocery shelves are bare residents hoping their sandbags will hold. we have coverage across the region kerry sanders is in the southern part of the state where barry left a mess this morning. kerry? >> reporter: good evening. officials say when you're battling mother name, you're likely to lose since the levee gave way, the water is rising and it hasn't stopped yet. residents in myrtle grove trapped when a levee failed here today. >> this is the main road and the trees.nce the leve

is "nbc nightly news" with kate snow. >> good evening, i'm peter alexander. kate has the night off with a dramatic display of showmanship, president trump became the first sitting american commander in chief to set foot in north korea today, meeting that country's leader kim jong-un at the heavily secured demilitarized zone the two sharing a handshake before nearly an hour of private talks agreeing to revive negotiations over north korea's nuclear program. tonight critics call the encounter an empty photo op alongside a murderous dictator with no substantive agreement to show for it. we have two reports beginning with our chief foreign correspondent richard engel in seoul. richard, good evening. >> reporter: well, it is morning now here in seoul and the government is saying that president trump's few steps into north korea were steps toward peace. president trump was first to arrive and walked slowly toward north korea in the no man's land of the demilitarized zone or dmz. still unclear if he was coming, kim jong-un then emerged walking faster to catch up the two leaders shook hand

of america's superstars >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening, everyone former high flying finance an sear jeffrey epstein was indicted today o charges of sec trafficking involving underage girls epstein, who once socialized with some of this country's top political elite, remains behind bar tonight after prosecutors revealed the discovery of pornographic images of young women in his townhouse. he's accused of sexually exploiting dozens of teenage girls. today's indictment bringing to light the previous plea deal that prosecutors say was far to generous to epstein. our stephanie gosk reports. >> reporter: billionaire, socialite, accused sex trafficker >> the alleged behavior shocked the conscience >> reporter: federal prosecutors say jeffrey epstein created a network of dozens of victims, some as young as 14, who he sexually abused from 2002 to 2005 at his estate in florida and mansion innew york city. th vast trove of photographs of young women and girls overt weekend. hundreds and perhapsthousands suggestive photographs. epstein was arrested o

chesky, nbc news >>> an update now on a mystery we've been tracking on this broadcast. a set of bones located under the vatican found after following a cryptic clue were resumed today. experts are no determine if th here's sarah harman. >> reporter: new clues in a decades-old mystery.tican recovering two sets of bones. possible clues in one of italy's most famous cold cases 15-year-old emmanuela orlandi, the daughter of a vatican bank employee, vanished in 1983 after attending a music lesson her disappearance was never solved and captivated the country, sparking conspiracy theories and even a film. her family has never stopped pressing investigators. her brother pietro orlandi says we will never take a step back earlier this year, emmanuela's family received an anonymous tip telling them on search where an angel is looking on. that led investigators to the tomb of the angel, meant to held to remains of two 19th century princesses emmanuela's br open. but in a shocking twist, they were princesses two days later this vatican said it had discovered two more sets of bones near the tomb to

. steve patterson, nbc news >>> another breaking story we're following tonight. president trump just announced he is altering his controversial plan to include a question about citizenship on the 2020 census. our hallie jackson has the details. >> reporter: president trump tonight still determined to count how many people are legally living in this country. >> today i'm here to say we are not backing down on our effort to determine the citizenship status of the united states population >> reporter: but it won't be a question on the 2020 census. instead, the president is retreating from that fight and instead directing federal agencies to give records they already have to the commerce department to try to more accurately determine the count. >> we will defend the right of the american people to know the full facts about the citizens and noncitizens in america. >> reporter: it comes two weaf delivered a temporary blow to the trump administration by refusingalversial citizenship question on the 2020 census >> these delays would have prevented us from completing the census on time. it's

apple and eavesdroppers. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening we learn today that two of the three people killed at a mass shooting at a california food festival are children and that the attacker was a 19-year-old tonight police are examining his social media posting some with racial overtones as they search for a motive in addition to the dead, a dozen were injured in yesterday's attack in gilroy that sent families fleeing in panic and police leaping into action we have it all covered tonight and miguel almaguer leads us off in gilroy. what's the latest there? >> reporter: good evening, the park behind me where the festival took place remains a crime scene. just this morning this entire area was on lockdown as police were looking for a possible accomplice they never found one the suspect is dead and now they may never know why he opened fire the band was playing their final song when gunfire began. chaos and carnage at the gilroy garlic festival. the teenage gunman unloading round after round as families ran for their lives. >> he just brought hi

several more days. dan scheneman, nbc news. >> the clock is ticking on the trump administration's efforts to add the controversial citizenship question to the census a federal judge has given gome at 2:00 p.m. eastern to submit a legal basis for keeping the question last week the supreme court ruled againsanthe fight seemed , but a tweet wednesday night from president trump sent the department of justice scrambling to save the question critics argue that it would suppress immigrant participation in the census and thus lead to an under count >>> president trump keeping his promise to not get political at his controversial taxpayer funded 4th of july bash. he mostly stuck to the script at the salute the america celebration capping things off with a fireworks show. and earlier in the day there was also some fireworks on the ground police arrested two protesters burning an american flag outside the white house in an area not permitted by the national park service. nbc's craig boswell joining us now from washington with the latest craig, good morning. there's still plenty of controvers

, nbc news. >>> and there is more breaking news tonight we have just learned los angeles angels pitcher tyler skaggs was found dead in a texas hotel room today. skaggs was just 27 nbc steve patterson has late details. >> reporter: tonight, shockwaves of sadness rippling through major league baseball. the los angeles angels announcing pitcher tyler skaggs was found dead in a hotel room in texas at just 27 years old south lake texas police think skaggs was found unresponsive this afternoon at this hilton with no signs of foul play the team scheduled for an away game with the texas rangers, tonight's game now cancelled the angels saying in hay statement tyler has and always will be an important part of the angels family. our thoughts and prayers are with his wife carly and his entire family during this devastating time skaggs was a california native drafted by the angels in 2009, called up to the big leagues in 2012, the pitcher just two weeks away from his 28th birthday. an angel taken too soon as fans, family, and investigators ask why. steve patteren so, nbc news. >>> also inves

. >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news" with kate snow. >>> good evening across louisiana and six other states tonight, there are still concerns about flash flooding, as tropical depression barry now slowly creeps northward, testing levees, swelling rivers and fraying nerves 12 million people are under a flash flood watch tonight. there's a possibility of tornadoes as well. all weekend long, the rain has not stopped, flooding parts of louisiana, the coast guard rescuing residence near the coast. our kerry sanders is in myrtle grove tonight. what are >> reporter: the floodwaters on the street are much lower than they were, but that doesn't mean the troubles associated with what was hurricane barry are far from over. in louisiana today -- >> oh! >> reporter: -- barry still making a mess. ominous skies, multiple tornado warnings baton rouge took a beating as the storm lingered over the city for several hours. while no longer a hurricane, the weather system is still dangerous. what's left of barry is now slowly crawling north, also impacting mississippi, alabama, and arkansas cities l

preliminary report on the tragedy is expected in the next two weeks. jay gray, nbc news, dallas >> a major scare at facebook several office buildings were evacuated in menlo park after a suspicious package may have exposed employees to a deadly nerve agent. during a routine check, one of the company's mail processing machines detected th on first responders and the fbi the suspicious package arrived police say two employees who potentially exposed have not showed any symptoms. authorities are doing further testing to confirm if it was indeed sarin >> now some bad news for baseball fans and teammates mourning the death of 27-year-old l.a. angels pitcher tyler skaggs he was found dead in his hotel room on monday hours before his team was scheduled to play the texas rangers. fans placed flowers, hats and momentos for the pitcher at angels stadium of anaheim. his death comes 12 days before his 28th birthday. steve patterson has more >> reporter: shock waves and sadness rippling through major league baseball. the los angeles angels announcing pitcher tyler skaggs was found dead in a hotel room

and why dan sheneman, nbc news >>> now to north korea and what is next. this weekend president trump became the first sitting commander in chief to cross the demilitarized zone sharing a historic handshake with kim jong-un. supporters say it could jump-start stalled talks with north korea while critics called it a glorified photo op. nbc's tracie potts has the latest from washington, d.c. as they look to the plan ahead, two to three weeks is what the president says they've got >> reporter: that's the big question, richard, was this a pr move tha korea or scaling back on nuclear programs president trump stepping into history. the first american president to stand on north korean soil shaking hands with north korea's leader kim jong-un >> an expression of his willingness to give a new future. >> reporter: it is historic, but is it symbolic could it lead to north korea giving up nuclear weapons. >> to see whether or not they can do something >> it's a tall order. >> reporter: north korea wants relief from economic sanctions and the u.s. wants to end their nuclear program. two summ

! >> why some made it a day of protests against the retail giant. >>> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >> good evening. president trump's message, america love it or leave it. doubling down upon harsh words to four liberal democratic congresswomen, all women of color, all american citizens, whom he told over the weekend to go back to their home countries. a demeaning phrase often used by racists. today the president brushing off the storm of criticism his words created, but not letting it go the four women targeted by the president speaking out just a short time ago our hallie jackson has late details. >> reporter: a united front late today from the freshmen democrats attacked by the president as he fans the flames of racial resentment >> this is his plan to pit us against one another. >> this is a distraction, and we should not take the bait >> he does not know how to defend his policies. so what he does is attack us personally, and that is what this is all about. >> i urge house leadership, many of my colleagues, to take action to impeach this lawless president today. >>

moon struck. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >> and good evening, everyone. we start with breaking news ted tonight to officially n esident trump for his racist tweets. several republicans joining democrats in voting for the resolution the vote forced members to take a public position on the president's demeaning call for a group of liberal congress women to go back and fix the places they came from all of the women are of color and most born in the u.s but the vote unlikely to shame mr. trump who called on republicans to not show weakness our hallie jackson has late details. >> reporter: drama as democrats tonight work to put the president's racist attack into the congressional record, voting to approve a resolution that, quote, strongly condemns president donald trump's racist comments that have legitimatized and increased fear and hatred of new americans and people of color. >> join us in condemning the president's racist tweets. to do anything less would be a shocking rejection of our values and a shameful abdication of our oath of office >> reporter: th

. >> reporter: the hangar was left with a massive hole in its roof and outer wall nbc news has learned the plane was based in addison and traveling to st. petersburg, florida, scheduled to arrive about three hours after take off. >> preliminarily we've noted that the airplane was damaged by impact forces and a post-impact fire my team is starting to gather information on scene >> reporter: the investigation now in the hands of the national transportation safety board who will try to determine exactly what happened and why. dan scheneman, nbc news. >> a 43-year-old el salvadorian man is the latest migrant to die in the u.s. customs border protection the man who crossed into the u.s. was being held at a processing senor it in mcallen, texas, where he became ill and collapsed. he lart died at the hospital the man was traveling with his daughter who will remain in the shelter for now. at least two other adults and five children have died in custody since december >> the streets of new york were flooded with rainbows and glitter on sunday as millions across the globe gathered to celebrate w

remarkable wimbledon run >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >> good evening i'm peter alexander. this evening new fears another major earthquake could be on the horizon and new warnings that warnings that after after shocks will last for days after the strongest quake to hit southern california in 20 years. this new video capturing the intensity of the shaking, interrupting the community playing terrifying students and their families. hundreds of after intensity of the shaking, interrupting the community playing terrifying families. hundreds of after shocks already rattling that region including a 5.2 magnitude tremor today we begin with miguel almaguer near the epicenter tonight >> reporter: tonight new images show the >> reporter: tonight new images show the panic when the quake struck in the middle of a performance with 65 children on stage. >> it started shaking back and forth and up and down. going to it felt like it was going to rip off of the roof. >> reporter: 24 hours after the 6.4 magnitude earthquake rattled the epicenter near ridgecrest, today hundred

storm threat. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening, everyone. a very public and poignant battle is won tonight for those who bravely confronted the ashes, debris and hidden health dangers of ground zero. as 9/11 victims compensation fund, ensuring a financial safety net sickened by toxic exposure at the site. our jeff bennett has late details. >> reporter: tonight a victory for the first responders who risked their lives on september 11th. cheering from above the senate floor. >> expression of approval is not permitted in the gallery. >> reporter: as the bill passes to permanently pay for the 9/11 victim compensation fund. >> the yeas are 97, the nays are 2. the bill is passed. >> reporter: the two senators voting no, republicans mike lee and rand paul. both introducing measures to cap pay outs, which failed. >> this should never have been a fight. >> reporter: the compensation fund had been running short on money. recently gaining nationwide attention following passionate pleas for support fro first responders and comedian jon stewart. >> your in

. dan scheneman, nbc news. >> now to president trump igniting new controversy this morning with a tweet targeting progressive congress women his message denounced as racist by democrats he suggested they go back and help fix the totally broken and crum infested places from which they came. while he didn't mention anyone by name, he appeared to be referencing four freshman democrats, none of whom are white and all but one are from the u.s. nbc's hans nichols has more. >> reporter: president trump trying to stoke conflict between house speaker nancy pelosi and four minority liberal congress women. tweeting, go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came mr. trump added, so interesting to see progressive democrat congress women who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe. the president has singled out one of the women, miss omar before she's from somalia, the only one of the four congress women born outside the united states. >> i'm looking at miss omar from minnesota. she shouldn't even be in offic

beauty of trees. anne thompson, nbc news, california >> it is a beautiful thing when we come back, everybody in the pool some life-saving lessons in more ways than one. >>> finally tonight, lifeguards have the reputation of being longtime swimmers, b g of young lifeguards here in new york took a different path morgan radford explains. >> reporter: 17-year-old kaykel avila is spending her summer as a lifeguard at one of new york city's busy ymca pools remarkable because two years ago she couldn't swim. >> you watch it on tv and know you have to move your arms. >> reporter: she's a graduate of a special phys ed class. >> move them around. >> reporter: at grover cleveland high school, where students learning how to swim also train to become lifeguards with a show of hands, how many of you knew how to swim before starting this program? nobody none of you are swimmers 70% of student come from families that are economically disadvantaged meaning they are more likely according to usa swimming to have no or low swimming ability, putting them at risk for drowning the skills they learn in t

, on the trail in chicago of an alligator on the loose. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening louisiana coast as at tropical storm named barry, strengthening and poised to make land fall saturday possibly as a hurricane. parts of the new orleans area are under mandatory evacuation orders at this hour. the storm could dump as much as 20 inches of rain along with a storm surge that threatens historic flooding. our kerry sanders is in the storm zone tonight. >> reporter: tonight people in louisiana are heading out with mandatory evacuations ordered in low lying parishes. >> you're concerned if the levees give way, you could house could get swept away. >> i don't want that. i just want everything to be all over with. >> reporter: it's not tropical storm barry's winds officials are worried about. it's the water. with new orleans already reeling from over 9 inches of rain yesterday flooding the french quarter. plus the mississippi river is eight feet above normal. barry could since 1950. >> this will be the first time that we've had a hurricane make lan

and what it does with it you'll want to listen to this one. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening, i'm kristen welker in fost southern california. search and rescue teams in 20 y, the epicenter about 150 miles northeast of los angeles near ridgecrest where tonight a state of emergency has been declared the quake was long and rolling with buildings rolling back and forth. fears about what may be coming next nbc's miguel almaguer has made his way to ridgecrest tonight. >> reporter: it struck at 10:33 a.m., flames quickly engulfing this home. >> earthquake, all units out from your stations >> reporter: firefighters responding after the earthquake started the fourth of july with a bang the epicenter in ridgecrest in the mojave desert. >> we have multiple commercial firearms >> reporter: the quake was so powerful it split the asphalt on this highway >> all the knickknacks and things in the cabinets were flying out like missiles >> reporter: aisle after aisle at grocery stores and convenience stores, merchandise tossed off shelves, floors damaged. the

gray, nbc news >>> the trump administration will start printing the census without that controversial question on citizenship. commerce secretary wilbur ross issued a statement objting to a supreme court decision to block the question but also indicated that the censuit nbc's tracie potts joining us now with twashgton, d.c. tracie, good morning the president is hinting that this fight, though, it's hard from over. >> exactly you would think that the supreme court having made a decision and a decision to go ahead and print the census, that this would be a done deal. but take a look at this tweet from president trump the president saying that the decision by the supreme court is a very sad time for america and he ends that tweet by saying he's asked the commerce department and the department of justice to do whatever is necessary to bring this most vital of questions and this very important case to a successful conclusion, hinting that maybe they want to take some other legal action to try get that question on the census it has been a big states and the cities and the groups that have s

or die battle what their world cup victory means to a new generation of fans >> this is nbc's "nightly news" with kate snow it has been a long anxiety filled weekend for residence rad over again after 7 poi.1 magnitude earthquake many are without running water people are worried of the possibility of more large quakes to come. scientists said as many as 30,000 aftershocks the governor dispatched troops to help. migu miguel almaguer is inside. how are things tonight >> reporter: we continue to feel the aftershocks. at this laundry place while the ceiling is comin, e 4,000 earthquakes have rocked the region near ridge crest. and thursday's 6.4 today sizable after shocks are rattling nerves and leaving many on edge. >> out here, we feel a little safer. >> reporter: bridget cunningham's family won't sleep under their roof >> it is scary >> reporter: with the governor declaring a state of emergency in the area. >> you have to go over these huge crack and crevices on the road april has returned >> it will never feel the same again. >> reporter: the large tremors and sparking fires a

doesn't go far enough. >>> nbc news investigates the new warning about certain breast implants and their links to cancer. today the fda asks for a recall. what women need to know. >>> a bison in yellow stone charges and attacks a young how close is too close in the wild? >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. he was the reluctant witness, robert mueller who for two years had the country holding its breath went public today testifying about his russia report. the former special counsel as promised didn't stray much beyond his written report, but none the less made headlines. acknowledging president trump was untruthful in his written answers to investigators, calling the trump campaign's embrace of wikileaks problematic and firmly rejecting the president's characterization of the report as a hoax which is exactly what the president called it again late today. pete williams starts our coverage. >> mr. mueller, what's your message to the president? >> reporter: robert mueller arrived in hopes to the democrats that the message would spread to milli

child's view of the unfolding humanitarian crisis at the border drawings given to nbc news by the incoming president of the american academy of pediatrics who says they were created by children recently released from cbp custody. another vivid and sobering glimpse of the situation called a ticking time bomb. in a report from the department of homeland security's office of inspector general investigators for the government watch dog group touring several border patrol facilities in texas in june quote, concern for crowding and detention represent immediate health and risk of safety to officers and to those detained in photos, 80 men were crammed into a room with a capacity of half that. the report says that these facilities, children had limited access to a change of clothes and two facilities had not provided children access to hot meals. >> you shouldn't hold anybody there for any length of time, let alone children >> reporter: meanwhile, following the bombshell report by propublica, the private border patrol facebook group demeaning mocking of congress, d.h.s. promising a swift

go. >> turned into a heroic life saving mission for a baby. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening on this busy news day, tropical storm barry is being felt along the louisiana coast, now less than 24 hours from land fall as a likely hurricane. torrential rains and a storm surge expected to produce life threatening floods. in new orleans today, crews hoping to hold f the risinmanyesidents heedin taking what they can eeft some storm shelves practically bear. our kerry sanders is in the storm zone tonight. >> reporter: tonight tropical storm barry and bearing down on southern louisiana. portions of the grand isle under water as time has run out to prepare. >> nobody should take this storm lightly just because it's supposed to be a category one when it makes land fall. >> reporter: tens of thousands of tourists and convention goers in new orleans packing up and getting out. >> they gave us word and we said that's what we're going to do. >> reporter: 3,000 members of the louisiana national guard are on alert bringing boats and high water vehicles. th

tracking it all. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >> good evening. another american workplace has been shattered by violence this time a walmart in northern mississippi where police say a former employee opened fire, killing two store managers and hitting a police officer who was saved by his body armour the deadly rampage happening as the day began. our kristen dahlgren has details. >> reporter: the shots rang out just before 6:30 a.m. >> you hear, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop. >> reporter: shoppers and ploy ease running for their lives at a walmart just south of memphis. >> two people. >> oh, my god. >> a shooting at walmart right now. >> reporter: within minutes police shot and injured the suspect, identified as recently fired employee martez abe ram. but not before store managers anthony brown and brandon galz were killed. >> this ain't no joke. my partner >> these people were doing the same thing you and i do every day. showing up for work in an attempt to provide for their families and then became victims of a senseless violent act >> reporter: one police o

hold a news conference at the white house around 2:00 or time this afternoon. a source tells nbc news, the president will announce an executive order to add the citizenship questions to census form, though that has not been confirmed. earlier today, the president did tweet he plans to talk about the question during that news conference in the rose garden. >>> developing right now on another front, federal immigration raids are planned for this weekend across the country. >> some of those raids could take place right here in the bay areas. peet joins us live from san francisco with details that could affect a lot of families, pete. >> reporter: it sure can. good morning. i talked to a usf professor who said the immigration rates could affect areas like where i'm standing in san francisco so we'll see what happens. the details we know so far nbc news is also reporting that the miami herald previously reported that san francisco could be on that list of cities. "new york times" reporting that these are families with final orders of deportation who have crossed the border recently. the times a

alexander, nbc news, washington >> justice john paul stevens, dead at the age of 99. >>> a political crisis rocks the commonwealth of puerto rico. the unrest and turmoil hitting the tourism industry several cruised celebrity cruises are canceling stops at the island until the unrest settles meanwhile, singer ricky martin released this video demanding ricardo rossello's resignation and he has vowed to march in demonstrations later today rossello at the center of multiple scandals involving corruption and leaked private messages revealing sexist and homophobic remarks the governor has ishan apology but refuses to step down so far several of his cabinet members have resigned. >>> the justice department will not file federal charges against a new york city police officer in the 2014 choke hold death of eric garner. garner, an unarmed black man, was killed while being arrested by officer daniel pantaleo for selling loose and untaxed cigarettes his death sparked outrage across the country. and while officer pantaleo will not face criminal prosecution, he could still be dismissed from the f

more details on this protest coming up on nbc bay area news at 6:00. reporting live in san francisco, nbc bay area news. >> we'll see you then, sergio. so much. >>> after an impressive performance in miami, presidential candidate and senator kamala harris was back in the bay area to take part in today's pride parade. we talked to the presidential hopeful and sheonthe par on that. lili. >> reporter: yeah. after i asked the senator how she was doing after thedebate, she said very simply one day at a time. now, after i asked the bay area native how she was feeling about pride, she had a very different response. have a listen. >> it's so great to be home. i have done this parade for countless years. we have so much to celebrate and obviously so much work to do. >> at the end of parade, she spoke to reporters about segregation, a point she made at the debate. >> they make people uncomfortable to think about the history of our country, but we must speak the truth. we must agree that there not only is facts that is the basis for these truths but that we shhould not happen again. >> federal