Good morning. Im dara brown. The hunt for isis intensifies. The pentagon increasing five flights over syria, drones looking for isis soldiers, weapons and training camps. On the political front the president mobilizing a coalition of allies in case air strikes are needed. Its clear by word and action that the president , the head of the joint chiefs of staff, the secretary of defense thinks we need to engage militarily but they ought to describe what the military mission is and what we hope to achieve. As reports an american with an allamerican name died fighting for isis. Douglas mcarthur mccain. Hes not alone. The fbi says since june, 100 americans have joined isis inside syria. Nbcs tracie potts is live if washington covering it for us. Good morning to you, tracie. Dara, good morning. As you can see we have americans on both sides of this and new overnight an interview video from a relative of Douglas Mcarthur mccain here in the United States who says her cousin is no terrorist. Douglas mcarthur mccain is the First American killed while fighting with the Jihadist Group isis. His cousin insists mccain was not a terrorist. My cousin wouldnt support a terrorist group like that. Any group like that. You know, hes a very humble, caring man. Reporter mccain grew up in chicago and minnesota. He was arrested nine times and converted to islam. He even tweeted about joining isis overseas. Syrian rebels backed by the u. S. Killed him last weekend. Now military surveillance planes are flying over iraq, trying to identify which isis member beheaded american journalist james foley. Im afraid just a preview of what they would do to other americans. Reporter there was a vigil at marquette university. Foley was an alum. Please, jimmy, just promise usle youll wait for us in heaven. Reporter president obama told the American Legion foleys death wont be forgotten. To anyone who harms our people its simple. America does not forget, our reach is long, we are patient, justice will be done. Reporter experts think the u. S. May soon expand its surveillance over syria. They see real and imminent threats and to stand back and not strike will really be too dangerous a risk to take. Reporter democrats and republicans say the president may need to get permission from congress first. Congress should weigh in, congress should be a part of this. Reporter theres concern and were following developments an american aid worker, a woman, has been held by isis. Authorities say since last year. Now our government and her family dont want our identity out there. Her name, her photo. Because theyre concerned about her safety. Tracie potts in washington, thanks so much for that report. And this morning an al qaeda captive is back ons u. S. Soil. These are brand new photos of American Writer and journalist peter theo curtis. He flew from israel to new jersey then boston. He was taken by militants inside syria in 2012. He was let go sunday. Qatar helped win his release. But a ransom was never paid. It is unclear if massive waves brought on by hurricane marie are responsible for the death of a male surfer in malibu. See the big wave and high winds on the Northern Pacific coast of mexico where hurricane marine is wreaking havoc. Forecasters say this could create one of the highest tides in years. Swells from hurricane marie at beaches like newport could be as high as 25 feet over the next few days. We are seeing chilling new video this morning showing the moments before a 9yearold girl accidentally shot and killed her shooting instructor earlier this week in arizona. The ma harvey Sheriffs Department released this part of a longer video. It shows the instructor demonstrating how to pull the trigger of an automatic ooze and handing the weapon to the girl. The instructor was accidentally shot in the head when the girl pulled the trigger and the recoil sent the gun over her head. The 39yearold instructor was air lifted to the hospital where he died of his injuries. An autopsy will be performed. There is peace in the middle east for now. Israel and hamas agreeing to an openended ceasefire. Egypt helped broker the deal. The truce eases border limits in gaza but doesnt call for disarming hamas yet. Fighting raged up until the last minute. Israeli air strikes hit several high rise buildings tuesday. The 50 day conflict left more than 2,000 dead, mostly palestinians. Extreme weather brought heavy rain, thunder and lightning to the denver area. The deluge forced this manhole cover to flip its lid. Never seen that before. Meanwhile, two denver men were struck by lightning while sitting under a tree. One was critically injured. And if Southern Michigan storms packing 60mileperhour winds downed trees and left thousands in the dark. Flooding closed parts of some detroit area expressways. Nbc meteorologist bill karins is here to tell us what is in store for the day good morning. The manhole cover is something you dont see. I saw it wondering whats making it do that. Because the water was rushing down and forcing the air out of the sewer pipes and then boom. Yesterday we did see a lot of problems with the flash flooding in areas of pretty much the Intermountain West and new mexico and colorado. The only problems we saw in the west were on the coast. Associated with the waves from a very large hurricane marie. Intensity has come way down over the last couple days after peaking about two days ago. But its still such a human storm. The large wave will be felt in Southern California at least until thursday, probably friday. About 10 to 15 foot waves. You may get a couple sets coming in higher than that at times. They are worried about damage being done at the high tide cycles with the large surf on top of it. Again, the areas in blue pretty much from santa barbara, the beaches near l. A. Where the highest surf will be found over the next two days. Yesterday it was also another hot day, portland you did it again, 93 degrees. Now that is 15, 90 degree days so far this summer. Many more than cities associated with hot weather like st. Louis, chicago or washington, d. C. And its going to be close as i said, today will be about 89 in the northwest. Thats your national weather. Now heres a closee interior california, upper 90s. You dont consider portland, oregon, one of the hottest spots. By no means. But it sounds like you have a poem going there, surf up, heat up, august is winding down. No one wants to go back to school. Hopefully well have a good labor day forecast. Denying fellow air travelers the right to recline. An accident results in one messy foam fest. Youre watching early today. To pitch in for an industrialsized smoker. Before earning 1 cash back everywhere, every time. 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Now Bob Mcdonnell is wrapping up five days on a witness stand. The former Virginia Governor denies any special favors, but acknowledged poor judgment in accepting 165,000 in gifts and loans from a businessman. And it looks like a winter storm passed over this Oklahoma National guard base, but thats not snow, no. Its suds. The foam is used to help save those helicopters from fires. Officials say this was an accident. A huge day for stocks as the s p 500 reached another milestone. Up just 2 points but closing above 2,000 points for the first time ever. But could things change quickly if the fed acts too slowly on raising Interest Rates which that could cause inflation. The als ice bucket challenge has raised almost 90 million in donations thats a huge deal since last year it raised only 2. 5 million in the same period. Now to a story of a flight forced to land because two passengers were squabbling over personal space. It all started with a seat blocking device preventing one passenger from reclining their seat. We get the report from nbcs katie turr. Reporter for two passengers on united flight 1462 from newark to denver, a spat over five inches of extra space was all it took to force an Emergency Landing in chicago. And it all began with a 22 gadget called the knee defender. It keeps people from reclining. Reporter especially designed for coach class flyers who need protection from reclining seats. Officials say a man seated in economy plus was using the device which attaches to the tray table to stop the woman in front of him from reclining her seat. Try as she might. The woman put her seat back into the guy and he shoved it forward and then she threw her drink on him. Reporter halfway through the flight the pilot landed the plane. The two unruly passengers escorted off by police. But if youve flown coach in the past decade where personal space really does come at a premium, i mean you paid for the seat which is hopefully in the air and not on a new york city Street Corner but you paid for it and you should be able to recline as far back as you want. Really . Oh, come on. Well the faa doesnt prohibit devices like the knee defender. Most airlines including united have banned them. Spirit and Allegiant Air have removed the reclining function in their seats altogether. Katie turr, nbc news, new york. Just ahead, the nasty comments directed at nba baller kevin love and the u. S. Open has a new star. That and the rest of your sports highlights up next. Huh, fifteend save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. Everybody knows that. Well, did you know the great wall of china wasnt always so great . Hmmm. What should we do . Geico. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. But do you really . 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Open match in 20 years. Bellis is ranked 1,208 in the world. She earned a wild card spot in the open after winning the girls 18 national. Serena williams bid for a third consecutive title began with Taylor Townsend in a 63, 61 victory. Roger. Rub it in. Sit right there. Another reason hes number two in the world. Roger federer with an incredible shot between the legs behind the back and as you can see right here, even his heiress Michael Jordan was impressed. Federer won in straight sets. The Cleveland Cavaliers introduced Power Forward kevin love after a threeteam trade was final ooized on saturday. The people of minnesota met their newest players including number one overall draft pick andrew wigps but glenn taylor used this opportunity to criticize love. He said, quote, i question kevin if this is going to be the best deal for him because i think hes going to be the third player on the team. I dont think hes going to get a lot of credit if they do really well. I think hell get the blame if they dont do well. Usc quarterback josh shaws story of spraining both of his ankles will rescuing his nephew from a Swimming Pool is being questioned. Usc is investigating the story after they received several calls questioning the authenticity. The Seattle Seahawks being fined over 300,000 for too much contact during the june practice. This violates the 2011 cba that bans physical contact between players during the offseason. The nfl has also stripped the super bowl champs of two days of minicamp practice next year. And this, major cap date for the cutest selfie ever. Thats saints quarterback drew brees posing with his newborn baby girl. Every time you throw a baby in there it makes it the cutest. Back to you. Thank you so much, frances. Just ahead, john stamos is getting the full house gang back together for a major undertaking. Thats up next. [ shutter clicks ] hi there [ laughs ] im flo i know im going to get you your rental car. 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The final episode of the late night talk show sought miley cyrus and 50 cent perform with numerous guest stars some with unresolved issues. What are you doing here . I dame to ask you why ive never been on your show. I didnt know you wanted to be on my show. Im just wondering why wouldnt you ask me to be on your show. I didnt think you liked me. Why would you think that. Nobody like mess. Youre ellen, Everybody Loves you. Shower caps were out. Who knew. While superman may be faster than a speeding bullet but hes not faster than six ice buckets being dumped on his head. He took part in the ice bucket challenge along with amy adams stars of the film batman versus superman dawn of justice that is cold. To honor the late sir richard at ten borrow the Jurassic World film tweeted this picture. He starred in the first film and this statute is expected to be featured in the sequel set 20 years after the original. Sundays vmas, miley cyruss award accepted by a young homeless man and he brought to life the issue of homelessness. But apparently there was an outstanding warrant for the 22yearolds arrest after he was originally busted for an attempted breakin. Hes since violated his probation several times for numerous offenses. And surry cruise petchey what what has gone missing. The mother daughter pair posted flyers with a reward of 1,000 for whoever finds the missing pup. Holding it ransom. Could be. Heres to the upcoming reboot of National Lampoons vacation series. Were going to wait for this one. The roles of chevy chases grandkids have been cast. Steel stev vans and skyler believable. These have been selected as the next generation. Going to wally world. Hopefully. You always need a good laugh when National Lampoon movie comes out. This looks like a new full house is just around the bend. John stamos is reportedly working with Warner Brothers to reassembling the original cast and bring the show back. Uncle jesse would say, you know what, have mercy. They dont have a home for it yet. People are going to have to maybe bid for it and see who takes it. Theres a whole new full house crowd. The kids are watching it on the reruns. Still love john stamos. They have to. They love full house, the kids, the olson twins. Im dara brown, this is early today. We hope its just your first stop of the day on nbc. [ female announcer ] birdhouse plans. Nacho pans. Glass on floors. Daily chores. For the little mishaps you feel use neosporin to help you heal. It kills germs so you heal four days faster. Neosporin. Buy three Johnson Johnson first aid products and get a free bag. Wella, wella, wella, uh tell me more, tell me more. Buy three Johnson Johnson first aid products twizzlerize your summer fun with twizzlers. The twist you cant resist. Curing a yeast infection relieving the itch. 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Prosecutors build a case against a man they call a serial killer. His spree spanned five days. By the time he was arrested three people and two dogs were dead with four critically injured. And the woman who snuck aboard a san jose to l. A. Flight has been arrested again. Airport personnel in phoenix recognized her lottering which she isnt aloutsds to do. In her attempts to go to airports and sneak on to planes police are requesting a Mental Health evaluation. A woman goes through nine months of pregnancy in six seconds. That could only happen on vine. The video artist filmed his wife every month standing in the exact same spot in the bathroom capturing two frames of video each time. These precious moments were seen by over 9 Million People making it one of the most viewed vine videos. Isnt that amazing. The new father said he was the happiest man alive. Looks like the same dress the whole time which most woman cant fit into the same dress from the beginning to the end. Can you imagine if you could take those nine months and turn it into six seconds. Boom. Baby on board. You would have more population coming and going. A nice video. Theyll have it forever which is nice. Time for a look ahead and back. Chicago celebrates its Little League champs with a rally and parade. The Jackie Robinson west Little League team lost to south korea on sunday but claimed the u. S. Title. 50 years ago today the hollywood premier of disneys mary poppins won five Academy Awards including best actress for julie andrews. Happy birthday to breaking bad actor. Paul ruben better known as pee wee herman is 62. Im dara brown. Thanks for watching early today. Have a great one. Well see you later. From nbc bay area this is today in the bay. Good wednesday morning, 4 30, im sam brock. Im laura garciacannon. A lot to get to on wednesday morning. First check the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. Good morning. Good morning to you. A good day for the first part of the day. Its going to be warmer as we head throughout the afternoon. Warmest day of the week is tomorrow, but today we boosted your numbers up by three to five degrees from yesterdays highs. 70 for san francisco. 82 east shore. 84 in the south bay. We had changes for the allimportant holiday weekend. First, heres mike and your drive. Folks on the golden gate id