that shaky debate. >> the president above all is focused on what do we do next. >> and questions about how first lady jill biden could influence any decision. the first hurricane of the season has just developed. we are tracking its path. will it hit the u.s.? a horrific accident in new york. an suv plowing into a nail salon. four people now dead, including this nypd officer. nine others injured. the charges the driver's now facing. trump ally steve bannon one on one 36 hours before he reports to prison. staying in space. the major new delay for that starliner crew aboard the space station. why they may not come home for months now. more than 100 dolphins stranded on cape cod. we'll show the rescuers racing to save them. >> we have over 100 volunteers out here. the u.s. men's gymnastics roster now set as a series of injuries shakes up the women's team. who's now out? and the big bangs are back. why communities are ditching drone shows for fireworks this 4th of july. ♪ >> announcer: this is ""nbc nightly news"" with jose diaz-balart. good evening, everyone. i'm laura jarrett in for jose. the biden campaign kicked into full damage control today as calls for the president to pull out of his re-election bid have not quieted down. if you were to read the nation's leading newspapers today, you'd see a flood of editorials calling for mr. biden to drop out. and as the president hit up multiple fundraisers this afternoon, he was confronted with protesters holding signs that read "please drop out for the u.s.," and "step down for democracy." the floodgates so far are holding with no major democratic elected officials publicly calling for the president to step aside. and today he tried to assure his major donors that he's not only staying in the race but promising he will win this election. aaron gilchrist leads us off tonight. >> reporter: tonight president biden attending fundraising events in new york and new jersey, doing post-debate damage control, saying he converted undecided voters in promising, quote, we're going to win this election. this afternoon the democratic national committee holding a virtual check-in meeting with members of the biden campaign. in public the biden campaign making clear he is staying in the race, and prominent democrats making a full court press. >> the president above all is focused on what do we do next, what do i need to go do. >> right now the people are galvanizing and they're supporting biden. >> i know a lot of the conversation right now is about a debate performance. can we please talk a little bit about presidential performance? >> reporter: the pressure mounting after voters saw two different versions of president biden on the debate stage thursday night -- >> with -- with the covid -- excuse me. with dealing with everything we have to do with -- look -- if we finally beat medicare. >> reporter: and on the rally stage in north carolina on friday -- >> i know what millions of americans know -- when you get knocked down, you get back up! [ cheers ] >> reporter: a one-day poll conducted in the hours after the debate showing 60% of voters said biden should be replaced as the democratic candidate. "the new york times" editorial board out friday with a blistering call for biden to quit, writing "the greatest public service mr. biden can now perform is to announce that he will not continue to run for re-election." the first lady, an unofficial adviser and the president's fiercest defender, saying they're not going to let 90 minutes define his four years as president. >> these perils the world is facing, there is no one that i would rather have sitting in the oval office right now than my husband. [ cheers ] >> aaron joins me now. aaron, out of that meeting today, the dnc leadership is saying they're completely behind the president. >> the dnc is unwavering in its support of president biden. the nomination is set to happen officially virtually on august 7th, and right now there are no coordinated efforts to change that plan. >> aaron gilchrest. thank you so much for your reporting, my friend. tonight we're tracking the season's first atlantic hurricane. hurricane beryl is rapidly intensifying, on track to become a dangerous category 3 or higher by monday. right now beryl is barreling toward the southern caribbean. it is currently not expected to impact the u.s. we are learning more tonight about the terrifying moments an suv plowed into a busy nail salon near new york city killing four people. george solis has details on what police are now saying about the man who was behind that wheel. >> reporter: tonight new york city's finest is in mourning after the death of one of their own. authorities say officer emilia rennhack was among four victims killed in a deadly suv crash at a nail salon and spa on new york's long island friday. >> give me whatever extrication tools you have. i have approximately three people trapped underneath a vehicle. >> reporter: the officer at the salon in preparation for an upcoming event. police identified the driver as 64-year-old steven schwally, who they say was drunk behind the wheel. investigators say he was speeding through the parking lot of this strip mall before crashing through the front window of the salon. >> it was a sound i never heard before. >> reporter: officials on scene say the vehicle nearly crashed to the other side of the building. three women including officer rennhack, and one man died at the scene according to authorities. >> terrible. terrible. it's very unfortunate. you know, i'm just praying. >> reporter: nine others were taken to local hospitals including one victim who was airlifted from the scene. >> it's horrible. it's horrible. it's going to be tough for the community. >> reporter: schwally has been charged with driving while intoxicated and himself was taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. the vehicle was towed from the scene. the aftermath of the deadly tragedy still visible. flowers adorn the storefront. tonight, family members and friends of the victims distraught by the tragedy. >> i feel like crying right now. like almost impossible to -- that this happened. it happened. it's just -- the saddest thing i can think of. >> george is joining us from the site of that crash. george, the driver could face additional charges? >> reporter: yeah, laura, that's certainly right. with four dead and nine injured, police say among the injured a 12-year-old girl. now that suspect does remain hospitalized. no word yet on an attorney. as you see behind me, that salon is now boarded up. laura? >> george solis, thank you for your reporting. there are new questions tonight about why there's yet another delay for astronauts who took the boeing starliner to the international space station. the pair was supposed to come home weeks ago. now it may be months before they return to earth. marissa parra reports. >> reporter: tonight, high above earth's atmosphere, two astronauts are waiting to find out when they can return home. >> let's go forward into starliner -- >> reporter: at the time suni williams and butch wilmore gave this tour of boeing starliner, docked since june 6th at the international space station, they thought they'd only be there for days. >> super happy to be here on the international space station. >> reporter: but now after a series of delays, a planned ten-day mission has become a weeks' long stay with a return date unknown. nasa fighting back on suggestions that the astronauts are stuck. >> i want to make it very clear that butch and suni are not stranded in space. our plan is to continue to return them on starliner and return them home at the right time. >> reporter: it was just under a month ago when boeing's starliner launched into the skies for its historic test flight. but helium leaks and thruster issues since are delaying its return. nasa, boeing saying to leave the iss now would mean the evidence would burn in the atmosphere upon re-entry, they need time to study the root cause and insist time is on their side. how much time do they realistically have? >> so there's plenty of food. there's plenty of resources up there. there's plenty of clothing. they will be absolutely fine for an extended period of time. >> reporter: nasa and boeing are looking at extending the mission window to 90 days but say the astronauts are in no danger, and starliner has been cleared to return in the case of emergency. with pressure mounting to find the cause of the thruster issues, they'll start ground testing thrusters in new mexico as soon as tuesday, but that could take weeks. and how quickly they move through those tests will likely determine when these astronauts -- >> i go first, and you follow me -- >> reporter: get the green light to come back earth-side. marissa parra, nbc news. a top adviser to former president trump is heading to prison in just two days. steve bannon courted controversy for refusing to tell congress about what he knew about the january 6th attack on the capitol. today nbc's vaughn hillyard pressed bannon about the reasoning behind that decision. >> we're clearly at a political war in this country. >> reporter: just before he reports to federal prison, onetime top strategist for former president donald trump steve bannon remains defiant. >> we only get stronger with this. we're not going to get weaker. we're a populous movement. >> reporter: after leaving his position as chief white house strategist less than seven months into the trump administration, bannon went back to his roots in conservative media. >> it's saturday, 29 june, the year of our lord 2024. you're in the war room -- >> reporter: launching an online program he calls "war room," which has rocketed in popularity among the maga faithful. >> he went ahead and ignited a bunch of fires under a lot of people, including myself. >> mr. bannon refused to testify. >> reporter: his refusal to comply with the congressional investigation of the january 6th capitol attack and alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election led to bannon's conviction by a jury on two counts of contempt of congress. the supreme court now refusing to delay bannon's four-month sentence as he appeals. why refuse to comply with a congressional subpoena? >> because first off my lawyer told me when i got the letter of exerting executive privilege from the president, the j6 committee was not legitimately structured. so therefore, the subpoenas don't mean anything. >> reporter: no court has so far agreed with those objections. the january 6th committee's interest in bannon stemming in part from white house records showing he talked to president trump twice on january 6th, as well as the day before. the same day bannon said this -- >> all hell is going to break loose tomorrow. all i can say is strap in. there are personal and private conversation that he's exerted. he's exerted. he's exerted executive privilege on. >> reporter: bannon, who speaks regularly around the country -- >> are you prepared to leave it all on the battlefield? >> reporter: -- says even in prison his message won't be silenced. what is your end game? >> victory or death of this republic. if we don't win -- first off they shred the constitution. it is the death of the constitutional american republic we know. >> and vaughn joins me from washington, d.c. vaughn, even though bannonleft the trump white house early on, he and the former president are still close allies. >> right. it was just over a week ago bannon was live on air when trump called him on his cellphone. he very much has become a go-to source for many of trump's most fervent supporters. laura? 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[ cheers ] night one of women's competition at the u.s. olympic gymnastics trials sending the g.o.a.t. to the top of the leader board in all-around scoring. [ cheers ] she did have a shaky performance on beam. >> oh -- >> reporter: however, on vault, the 37-time world and olympic medalist landed aier chain koe double pike, otherwise known as the biles 2. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: friday evening was also plagued by high-flying heartbreak in minneapolis. >> oh -- >> reporter: with frightening vaults for two olympic hopefuls. in competition's very first moments, kayla dicello fell and knew immediately something wasn't right. u.s. gymnastics says she injured her achilles and will miss the rest of trials. separately in warmups, shilese jones landed awkwardly, tumbling backwards. jones was able to walk away with help and compete. >> my stomach is hurting just seeing all of these. >> reporter: the 21-year-old withdrew from every event except the uneven bars. >> best i've seen her look all week. >> reporter: she stuck the landing, earning the night's highest score. 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[ cheers ] >> their nonprofit is called rod's heroes. >> on average an adoption cost is around $40,000 to be able to adopt internationally. so we raise adoption grants to help offset those costs. >> andrea and brady adopted cooper from china eight years ago to join their family roster that's now grown to 11 kids. you have 11 children? >> we do, yeah. seven adopted. >> plus we have our four biological children. >> slide, buddy, slide! >> cooper's been stealing hearts and bases ever since. >> he kept asking if he could play baseball. he did amazingly well. >> go, buddy, go! >> cooper's passion for the game and the murrays' efforts caught the attention of the chicago cubs last year so they brought him to the mound for the very first time. what was his reaction after the first one? >> i mean, he celebrated like he genuinely just won the world series. you ready? >> yep . >> let's go. >> more invites soon came cooper's way. >> yeah! >> all right. >> and now with five down, this boy of summer isn't stopping park with all 30 major league teams. until he's knocked it out of the park with all 30 major league teams. each one a field of dreams for love and acceptance of the real home runs. when you're watching your boy, what goes through your head? >> just him doing something he's passionate about, it just brings out the best in other people. ♪ >> and cooper's hoping to hit a handful of other ballparks this summer. his parents tell us his dream pick for a pitch -- the new york yankees. something tells me that's going to come true. that's "nightly news" for this saturday. i'm laura jarrett. from all of us here at nbc news, have a good night. from all of us here at nbc news, have a good night. is in full swing, which you need to know if you're heading there to celebrate. plus, two brothers out of jail after a violent sideshow in the south bay with a police car getting swarmed near santana row. more on their release. and what the judge is ordering them to do next. plus, oakland police rolling out a plan to keep the town safe this summer. we'll tell you the strategy. the news at six starts right now. thanks for joining us. i'm terry mcsweeney and i'm gia vang. san francisco is showing and celebrating its pride this weekend. behind us right here, a live look at city hall pride festival wrapping up right about now. but celebrations continue tomorrow for san