Americans who helped subdue a gunman on a parispound train. Spencer stone and Alek Skarlatos and Anthony Sadler and two other men jumped into action to save passengers catching the suspect and beating him until he was unconscious and tieing him up until authorities arrived. Claudio lavangos is live in paris for us this morning. This is a remarkable story. Its heroism really. The three received frances highest honor because of that heroism. Reporter well, that certainly is the highest honor that could get here in france. The legion dhonneur is given to people. This is exceptional circumstances as the president of france holland during the ceremony said with their bravery, they have probably, almost surely, prevented a blood bath, a carnage. I saw he had an ak 47 and it looked like the jammer wasnt working and he was trying to discharge the weapon and we said lets go. Im glad they quickly took action. Belgium authorities identified the gunman as khazzani he was on the watch list but still allowed to board the train in brussels. His lawyers said he was homeless and wanted to rob people on the train. To the point he was trying to rob the train, it doesnt take that to rob a train. He seemed like he was ready to fight until the end. So were with. The gunman had nine magazines, an assault rifle, and box cutter. Spencer stone had his thumb partially cut off. Doctors were able to reattach his thumb. Thank you so much, claudio. We do appreciate that. Always are a wall street today after the Dow Jones Industrials fell more than 500 points on friday. The stocks began falling last week with when mine announced it china announced it was devaluing its currency. It was a crazy week for wall street last week and a complete sea of red. We could see more red arrows at the opening bell this morning. The dow fell 531 points. Its the worst day in four years. The slow down in chinas economy could affect the rest of the world. Speculations over when the fed will hike Interest Rates and the continue decline in oil prices. Here is an interesting snap the dow losing more than 1,000 points last week, only the second time thats happened. The other was in october of 2008 during the financial crisis. Wall street may be waiting for a move by the fed, which means in two weeks we could get some news whether a rate hike is coming when a vice chairman speaks at wyoming. Oil prices are falling again today below 39. Gas isnt following suit. It held steady at 2. 71 a gallon. Prices are higher in the midwest due a refinery outrage offsetting declines elsewhere. And the market may look scary, but investors should be taking the longterm view. They recommend you reevaluate how you divvy your assets in stock, bonds, or cash. Right now the dow features are down around 400 points but pointing to a sharply lower open and a long day ahead. Thank you. A terrifying scene at Pocono Raceway in pennsylvania with 21 laps to go. He hit the wall around 220 miles per hour. He walked out of the car and into an ambulance under his own power. Driver Justin Wilson was not as fortunate. Wilson was hit in the head by a large piece of debris that knocked him unconscious causing him to veer into the wall. He was airlifted from the raceway and currently in a coma in a clinic in allentown. More than a million acres have been scorched by wild fires in the pacific northwest. Hundreds of homes are burn there had. The government is spending 150 million a week in federal money to fight the flames. Dozen of fire crews are on the line now. In washington thousands are still evacuation orders. Some are refusing to leave their homes. I see several structures burning. Pretty sad. In oregon, cooler temperatures and lighter winds have helped firefighters tackle some of the flames. Right now, though, there are more than 100 fires kicking up Dangerous Levels of smoke all across the west. President obamas vacation has come to an end. He returned from his twoweek stay in marriages vineyard last night. Starting today he has a full plate. After meeting with Vice President joe biden, president obama is off to las vegas this afternoon. While he is there he will deliver remarks at the National Clean energy summit. Environmental concerns will likely be the topic of conversation in upcoming meetings with pope francis and the president of china. On top of all that he has to deal with congress. A looming Government Shutdown at the end of september, not to mention Infrastructure Spending and the export and import bank. There is good news for the president yesterday. Senate Majority Leader SenateMajority Leader Senate minority leader will support the agreement. That means president obama needs seven more to assure the iran deals passage. Will joe biden or wont he . This morning, its looking more and more likely. The Washington Post is reporting biden is now leaning toward a president ial run. Thats after a surprise meeting yesterday with liberal wing darling senator elizabeth warren. Meanwhile, gop candidates are clawing to pull ahead of the pac. Nbcs brian moore reports. Reporter Carly Fiorina is fighting for a spot on the main stage in next months gop debate. She wants to talk about taking on the economy and hillary clinton. She has lied about some on key things, benghazi, her emails, her server. Were going to build a wall. Reporter but Donald Trumps tough talk has the gop stuck on defense. I dont agree we should be trying to amend the constitution. I think birth right citizenship as a policy matter doesnt make sense. If folks want to come to our country, they should come legally. Reporter an immigration plan that could cost between 100 and 600 billion dollars and not saying exactly how he would pull it off. Its called management. The first thing we have to do is secure the border but its called management. Reporter managing the conversation, donald trump is still leading in the polls. Brian moore, nbc news, washington. The fallout continues after the hacking of adultery site Ashley Madison. A married florida prosecutor is coming clean after having an Ashley Madison count. Jeffrey ashton has admitted signing up for the site two years ago. He gained attention in the Casey Anthony case. On sunday, he said he committed no crime and never followed through with an affair. These were incredibly stupid choices. Today, im not very proud of myself. Meanwhile, two canadian law firms have filed an almost 600 Million DollarClass Action Lawsuit against the companies that run the Ashley Madison site. The Law Firm Says the suit was filed on behalf of canadians who had their personal information leaked. The breach exposed 39 million memberships on the socalled dark web last week. I had no idea there were that many people on that site. 39 million and theyre sues we didnt have to worry about kilo in hawaii. Danny in the tropics is not a problem either. Well show you pictures of florida. He took the selfie video of himself as he was trying to kayak as a squall was moving in. It didnt close in on him, thankfully the lightning strikes were bare think in the distance. He did get drenched and made it back just in time. In the west red flag warning. We had a blanket over the fire. The fire didnt spread a lot. Now were going to mix the air more and get more windy conditions today. Well have more concerns of the red flag warnings and the fire weather watches in the region and the air quality very poor. Everywhere in gray were under air quality alert. As far as today the area of red we could have dry thunderstorms. Thunderstorms with the no precipitation but lightning so new fires could form here and north its going to be windy where we have the fires they could spread rapidly and its very warm, too. Boise at 96. Salt lake city will be very warm. We have the dry air, warm and windyhot. Temperatures on the continue to be a little bit above average. 107 in phoenix oh, my goodness wow. Bill, thank you. A big sunday surprise for former president jimmy carter. Plus multiple deaths at two Different Air shows over the weekend. Details straight ahead as early today continues. Stories making news this morning, isis blows up ancient syria at palmyras ruins. According to reports the group detonated one of the important temples yesterday in palmyra. The first time the Islamic State are damaged a part of the ancient roman ruins. Last week isis beheaded an 82yearold scholar. Two major air show tragedies over the weekend to tell you about. In england, a vintage fighter jet crashed into a busy road leaving two cars burning on the highway. After the pilot failed to pull out of a loop maneuver. The likely death toll has risen to 11. In switzerland, two small planes collided while flying in a threeplane formation and one of the planes crashed into a barn and leaving it in ruins. The pilot of the aircraft was killed. Luckily, the pilot of the second plane was able to eject himself to safety. For the First Time Since revealing his cancer diagnosis, president carter taught sunday school in his hometown plains, georgia, where hundreds lined up to hear him speak. If you have a setback, accept it and ask how much of it is our fault and then set a higher goal than you ever had before and strive for that. It is panda monium in the national zoo in washington, d. C. Mei xiang had twin pandas. Only the third time that has happened in the u. S. Floyd mayweather latest outrageous purchase and this one is eyepopping. So what if its just preseason . Some of this weekends greatest plays on the gridiron are next in sports. Im a Customer Relationship im roy gmanager. Ith pg e. Anderson Valley Brewing company is definitely a leader in the adoption of energy efficiency. Pg e is a strong supporter of solar energy. We focus on helping our customers understand it and be able to apply it in the best way possible. Not only is it good for the environment, its good for the businesses bottom line. These are our neighbors. These are the people that we work with. That matters to me. I have three children that are going to grow up here and i want them to be able to enjoy all the things that i was able to enjoy. Together, were building a better california. This morning, on today how safe is your ground beef . Well, a new report out today investigates the kind of beef that you buy and that may affect your health. In sports now. Ill send it to my colleague betty nguyen. Week two of preseason football. Packers steelers. First quarter Aaron Rodgers rolls out of the pocket and finds randall cobb for a 30yard completion. Rodgers completed 4 of 5 passes for 57 yards before he made his exit. Ben roethlisberger also having a good passing day and finished the game 11 for 14 for 100 yards and one touchdown pass. Steelers win it 2419. Cowboys in San Francisco facing the 49ers. Dustin von trying to get rid of it quick and an interception and he breaks two tackles and goes 37 yards for the score. Third quarter, cowboys still struggling deep in their own territory. Tom hornsy ready to punt it deep and its blocked by 49ers and recovered in the end zone for the touchdown. Niners win it 236. The pga championship. Scott brown. This takes a couple of bounces and lands in the cup. A hole in one he finished tied for third. The winner davis love 3finished 17 under par to win his third wyndham championship and the oldest player to win a pga championship. Usain bolt is back as he took the championships in beijing. He finished in 5. 9 seconds. He beat rival Justin Gatlin by just 100th of a second boxing megastar Floyd Mayweather posted this picture on instagram over the weekend. My new 4. 8 Million Dollar car. Treveta. I dont know if i said it right. I cant afford it. The only one built in the world with a 4. Liter v8 engine and yielding 1,018 horsepower and it has a whopping 6 and a half force. It was also featured on jay lenos garage. Take a good look because most of us wont be able to get near that thing. John stewart was host of wwe summer slam in brooklyn last night. Set ar seth are rowe lynns and jo s an cena. It seems only right stewart gets a belt, of course. Ahead which former snl cast member got hitched this weekend . Ahead, its every teens nightmare. Why you may want to call this boy a different boyfriend. Youre watching early today. Time now for some entertainment news. [ cheers and applause ] well, members of the Westboro Baptist church got a visit from the foo fighters singing never going to give up. They held up a sign that said you got rick rolled. It looks like they did. Rapper wiz khalifa was detained at l. A. X. For riding a socalled hoover board in the airport. Is that possible . Apparently. I guess. Apparently he got a forced to lie on the ground with officers yelling stop resisting. Tracy morgan tied the knot with his long time girlfriend Megan Wallover yesterday. Its been a little over a year since he was fatally injured in a car accident so the winners at the box office this weekend include straight outta compton, earning 29 million it its second week and mission impossible, 11 million in its third week, and sinister 2 i havent heard of that. Saw 10. 5 million in itsi openig weekend. One direction is about to go on hiatus. Dont worry. They are not breaking up. A source close to the group said they needed a break and plan to reunite in the future. Celebs hanging out with Barbra Streisand this weekend. What a completely amazing woman tweeted lady gaga. This is early today. Leading the news in usa today, police secretly track cell phones to solve routine crimes. They are looking for a surveillance tool called sting ray. It is helping officers in the fight against street crime. A disturbing story on nbc news. Com. Oklahoma labor commissioner stabbed to death allegedly by son. Police say the incident happened last night outside an Oklahoma City restaurant. Also in the news this morning, this is yet another disturbing story. Washington county, pennsylvania, saw 25 overdoses from heroin over a twoday period. Eight of those in just a little more than an hour. Three people died. But many were saved, thanks to an antidote which the responders administered to the patients. Now Washington County has become an example of the heroin epidemic, but also of the life saving decision to equip First Responders with the antidote. Police, they are puzzled after the body of a 25yearold girl was stolen from a texas funeral home hours after her funeral. Staff found her body missing when they went to take her to be cremated. Police say they were cautiously optimistic about her recovery. Nepal is opening mt. Everest that was hit by an avalanche this year and killed 19 climbers. Climbers are supposed to start on the mountain on tuesday. How much do you love sunflowers . A man in wisconsin is honoring his late wife by planting a fourmile stretch of them along the highway. The sunflowers total more than 400 acres and they were his wifes favorite flower. She had plans to sell seeds to benefit Cancer Research and that dream will soon come to fruition. These seeds will come from the flowers and then they will be sold as babbitt seeds. That could have been an attraction. The official sentencing hearing for the colorado Movie Theater shooter begins today. James holmes was found guilty on all counts but was spared the denial penalty. During the third and final phase, the judge will impose a sentence of life without parole and he may address the the court if he chooses. Here are our birthdays for today. Ron wees weasly from harry potter. Steve guttenberg turns 57. Im melissa rehberger. Thank you ancti sech is rni inthsou bafort morning in the south bay for those responsible in a late night homicide as investigators comb through neighborhoods and school grounds. And the anniversary marking the strength and resilience of the Napa Community one year after the quake. Plus a community grieving together for eightyearold maddy middleton. Today in the bay starts right now. A very good morning to you. Thanks for joining us. Im laura garciacannon. And im sam brock. It is your monday morning. Lets find out quickly whats going on on the weather front with meteorologist kari hall. Good morning. We start out with temperatures now in the 60s and clouds but it will be another nice day. Very much like yesterday with those highs topping put out in the 70s and 80s across mos