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Taking aim at her top adviser. So shes getting classified secrets. Shes married to Anthony Weiner, whos a perv. And cowabunga groom. He convinces his girlfriend he should dress as one of them for their wedding. How did he get her to say yes . We will ask them, today saturday, august 29th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today im erica hill. Im carson daly alongside Sheinelle Jones and dylan dreyer. It must be love. Interesting to see those wedding pictures. Maybe she is a big teenage ninja turtle fan. Looking forward to some of those answers. On a serious note, the top story is the deadly shooting in texas where a Sheriffs Office was gunned down in houston. The trooper is a married father of two, shot filling up his patrol car. Sheinelle is following the latest for us. These developments are changing quickly. There is a person of interest voluntarily questioned at this hour. This less than 12 hours after the deadly shooting at a gas station. The executionstyle killing was carried out friday evening outside houston. 47yearold Deputy Darren goforth, a father of two, pulled into a gas station and began filling the tank of his patrol car. That is when the suspect walked up behind the deputy and opened fire. An officer down. Gunshots in the vehicle. The victim fell to the ground. The suspect moved closer and fired more shots into the helpless man. Ems arrived on scene. Unfortunately the deputy passed. No reason at all. The callus individual. Reporter Police Released this surveillance picture of the suspect and get away truck. The officer just completed an accident investigation, but not believed to be in pursuit of anyone. He was simply stopping for gas. It strikes us in the heart to be a target because you wear a badge. It is horrifying. It is an act of cowardess and brutality. Deputy goforth was a tenyear veteran of the force. Thanks, sheinelle. There is a preparation ahead for florida waiting Tropical Storm erika. In the meantime, the death toll from erika is rising. At least 20 People Killed in dominica on thursday. Right now the storm is dropping heavy rain on haiti. Dylan . This storm is kind of falling apart. It doesnt mean it will not produce a lot of rain. The Dominican Republic reported 24 inches of rain. 9 inches of rain falling in just one hour. That leads to the mudslides and flash flooding. Winds are not the issue with this storm. As it moves through the area and through cuba, there is a chance that it will rip it apart farther and erika could become a tropical depression. That being said, we still have some of the Tropical Storm force conditions expected in the bahamas and into cuba. We will see it perhaps weaken and most likely restrengthen into a Tropical Storm once it moves back into the warmer waters of the gulf of mexico. The track of this storm has been shifting farther and farther to the east with every single model run. Look at this cone of uncertainty. There is still the possibility it could track along the west coast now of florida. For right now, the estimate is by wednesday at 2 00 a. M. , it should have 45mileanhour winds and producing a lot of rain, especially through the panhandle of florida where we could have 5 or 6 inches of rain. Ed intoing aflooding and heavy rain. And it awaits erika, new orleans is remembering katrina. Ten years ago today, the monster storm came ashore and much of the region has not been the same. On friday, president bush and his wife have visited. Al roker joins us from new orleans this morning. Al, good morning. Reporter good morning, erica. Interestingly enough, within the next five minutes, this storm made landfall exactly ten years ago today. At 6 10 a. M. Central time. Hurricane katrina roared onshore as a category three storm. Packing 125mileanhour winds. At one point it was a category five storm. Even as such as a category three, the devastation was complete. As we take a look at katrina by the numbers. This was the deadliest hurricane ever in the countrys history. 1,833 people died. 40 of those people died by drowning. The homelessness, over a quarter of a Million People in relief shelters. 143,000 houses damaged. The cost of the damage over 100 billion. The costliest hurricane and people had to relocate. If you look at the population numbers back in 2005, new orleans had about 1. 39 Million People. By 2006, it was down to a little more than 1 million. They bounced back. In 2014, 1. 25 Million People. The celebrations and the commemorations continued this week. On thursday, president obama was in town and while they were looking ahead at what needs to be done, they were also celebrating what has been done as well. And celebrations will continue all weekend long. We have been seeing what is going on. The celebrations, parades and commemorations. This forever changed this area. A lot of people said it has been for the better, but still areas that are lagging behind. The ninth ward still struggling. Later on in the program, guys, we will look at that. For the most part, people see this as being a real celebration. One of the things you can judge about. Prekatrina, 800 restaurants in this town. Today, there are more than 1,200. Its a great place to visit and great place to eat. Guys. Looking forward to seeing more later in the show. Thanks, al. A former student at one of the fanciests prep schools is facing time behind bars. Owen labrie was convicted on a number of other lesser charges. We will speak to the prosecutor in the case, but first, lets get to nbcs Gabe Gutierrez who is covering the trial. Reporter carson, good morning. Nine men and three women took less than three hours to come up with the verdict and he will have to register as a sex offender. This morning, owen labrie is out on bail awaiting sentencing after the jury returned a split verdict. Guilty or not guilty . Reporter the 19yearold who planned to study at harvard cried. He was convicted of using a computer to seduce a minor and four misdemeanors. He was acquitted of the more serious felony Sexual Assault charges. The prosecutor struggled based on the alleged victims testimony to prove beyond a doubt. The misdemeanors were largely dependent on the victims age. Do you swear. Reporter the trial filled with agonizing testimony lasted almost two weeks. We concealed the identity of the now 16yearold girl. I was raped. I was violated in so many ways. Of course i was traumatized. Reporter prosecutors allege labrie sexually assaulted her last year known as the senior salute. Owen was devastated by the verdict. He hoped that the jury would acquit him. Reporter he said it was consensual and they kissed, but never had intercourse. In a letter to the community, the senior salute was not a decades old tradition and that behavior was never condoned. The girls family says the school has not done enough to address what they call a toxic culture. On behalf of the victim herself, she says she has left here with her head held high. Its a step in the right direction even if it is not complete justice for her. Reporter as the verdict was read, the young girl sat in the front row also in tears held tightly by her parents. This case drew National Scrutiny of Sexual Assaults in high schools, but lives of two teenagers are now changed forever. Carson. Gabe gutierrez on the story. Thanks. Katharine prosecuted the case gener against owen labrie. Good morning. Good morning. And as gabe pointed out, the case was not proven. One teenager was found guilty of having consensual sex with another teenager. That is how he classified that. I guess you would not agree with that statement . I do not agree with that. The jury did not have to find consent for the convictions of the Sexual Assaults. Consent was not an element in those charges. As we look at sentencing, the judge has a wide discretion from no jail time to 11 years in prison. What do you believe is the proper sentence here . I think the most important component in the sentence is going to be rehabilitation. The judge has to consider factors of punishment, deterrence and rehabilitation. I think there will be some portion of each of those components. I think given owens age in this case is rehabilitation so he can move forward in life and not continue to commit crimes of this nature will be important. In terms of moving forward for the victim, she leaves with her head held high. She feels this is a step in the right direction. Her parents in releasing the statement said they essentially feel not just let down, but they felt betrayed by st. Paul. Saying it allowed and fostered a toxic culture that left our daughter and other students at risk. What role do you believe st. Pauls played in this situation . I really cant speak to st. Paul specifically. I think what is most important in this case is there has been attention to this issue in regard to College Campuses and what this highlights the need for these conversations and issues to be addressed at the High School Level and perhaps middle school level to educate students and parents in the community about the importance of this issue. Catherine ruffle, thank you for your time. Donald trump is setting his sights on Hillary Clinton. He took the aim at clintons top aide and husband. We have katy tur with the latest. Reporter good morning. Donald trump is expected to be here in a few hours after a rowdy event and personal attack. This time aimed at Hillary Clintons top adviser. We love you, donald. Reporter donald trump in boston friday night greeting more than 1,000 donors. I dont want your money. Reporter and insisting the event wasnt a fundraiser despite the 100 admission and signs at the front to make checks payable to trump. Trump has vowed to self fund the campaign. With this fundraiser and donation button on his web site and a super pac to make America Great again, some are questioning. Donald trump is walking a fine line. He said i dont need money and wont take money. He is taking money and to some degree pursuing money. Reporter a worry not in the minds of those in boston who cheered as trump took pot shots at Hillary Clinton and her email controversy by insulting her top aide and her husband, disgraced Congress Member Anthony Weiner. Uma is getting classified secrets. Shes married to Anthony Weiner whose a perv. I have known anthony for a long time. I known him before they caught him with the bing, bing, bing. Reporter and sarah palin on one america news and referenced to a perceived got ya question about trumps religion earlier this week. They are asking what is your favorite bible verse. I thought did they ask hillary that . That is a personal thing. I dont like giving that out to people you hardly know. Reporter despite what the organizers said and the sign on the door, trump is adamant that it was not a fundraiser and even calling our producer saying the money went to food and drink. A fact he will reiterate today and as well as trying to bolster his credentials while gaining endorsement for him for the Republican Federation of assemblies here in nashville. Katy tur, thank you. Hillary clinton has yet to weigh in on the comments, but she is talking about the email. Nbcs Kristen Welker has more on that. Reporter erica, good morning. Secretary clinton is off the campaign trail this weekend after a day of fireworks at the Democratic National convention in minneapolis. On friday, clinton said despite the email controversy, she is still the strongest candidate to lead the party to the white house in 2016. The campaign tried to quiet the talk about the possible bid by Vice President joe biden. Her Campaign Says it has commitments from more than 440 super delegates. And she was contrite when asked about her emails. A sign she is listening to some in the party who want her to take the issue seriously. Im trying to do a better job of explaining to people whats going on so that theres not all of this, you know, concern and theres some sense made out of the confusion and answer peoples questions. Reporter former Maryland Governor Martin Omalley made news on friday. Accusing the Democratic Party of rigging the process by only having four debates before the early voting starts. Those fiery comments earned him a chilly reception from the campaign. As for Vice President joe biden. He was not there. He is still weighing his options. A decision expected next month. A decision many are anxiously awaiting. Kristen, thank you. And firefighters battling the unrelenting wildfires out west. Facing another obstacle. Sheinelle has more. The wind storms may trigger extreme fire behavior. 14,000 homes are still in danger. The largest wildfire in Washington State has grown by 22 square miles and the Forest Service is spending 10 million a day fighting the fires. The father of the virginia reporter gunned down on live tv by a former coworker says he will make it his mission to try to change gun laws. Andy parker spoke to reporters outside his daughters television station friday putting pressure on lawmakers and says he will have to take matters in his own hands. I dont own a gun. We dont have a gun in our family. Ill probably have to get one. Alison parker and adam ward were fatally shot on wednesday before the gunman, Vester Flanagan killed himself. An air show in new york will go on as planned this weekend despite a deadly accident cause on tape. The pilot of a stunt plane was killed friday after he crashed practicing some of his tricks. Witnesses say it appeared the plane crashed coming out of a dive. The ntsb is investigating. This morning, an Egyptian Court sentenced three Al Jazeera English journalists to three years in prison. They were arrested in december of 2013 charged with broadcasting false reports and the muslim brotherhood. Human rights Attorney Says this sends a message that the journalists be locked up for just doing their jobs. Wildlife officials in connecticut are searching for black bear whose had a clo Close Encounter with a hiker. A woman captured it on camera friday. You can see the bear rush toward the woman and put its mouth on her leg. Wildlife officials tagged the bear and say it is a male and it is 150 pounds. The hiking trials are closed. They are matching tags. That is nice. A nibble on the ankle. Frightening. There you go. Thanks for that. Dylan is back with a quick check of the countrys forecast. Good morning. We are already seeing rain in florida although it has nothing to do with erika. It is the stalled front producing scattered showers and storms. In the northwest, a storm system making its way onshore, but it has a lot of wind with it. For eastern parts of washington and oregon, you get the wind without the rain. Thats the good morning. Im first alert meteorologist brittney shipp. As we head into the rest of the day our temperatures will range between 85 and 88 degrees. A little bit above average for us. Plenty of sunshine. Warmer than we had yesterday. As we head into tomorrow well push into the 90s. 90 degrees and hot for us. Lots of sunshine and as we head into next week, we could have a heat wave on our hands for the next six days or so. Im also tracking a slight chance of thunderstorms by monday. And thats your latest forecast. Dylan, thanks. Still to come on today, a look back on the weeks biggest stories. But first this is today on nbc. Good intentions. Is paved with mr. President , we know you tried to make a good deal with iran. Whose leaders stone women, hang homosexuals, sponsor mass terrorism, scream for the destruction of israel and death to america. So, what if youre wrong . And they cant be trusted . Senator casey, dont trust iran. Vote this down. Back now on a saturday morning with the download. Our look at the stories grabbing headlines. We begin with a gunman opening fire in the middle of the live tv interview. Horror on live tv. A reporter and her cameraman gunned down during an interview. Flanagan, a former station colleague, opened fire and killing them both and wounding their guest vicki gardner. He started live tweeting as flanagan approached and killed his victims. She loved her family so much. She loved everyone. Overseas, the three americans who foiled a terrorist attack received frances highest honor. President Francois Hollande called them heroes. One was missing. A frenchamerican injured in the attack. Back home, a roller coaster week on wall street. The dow falling by more than 1,000 points at the opening bell. These are enormous moves. By the mid week, the stock market vrallied. The third biggest point gain ever. The racing world mourned the death of one of the most beloved. Indycar driver justin wilson. During sundays race, another driver lost control of his car and slammed into the wall. The heavy piece of debris struck wilsons head knocking him unconscious. He was a friend among everyone. And a museum trip to remember or maybe forget. Watch as the 12yearold kid in the tshirt and shorts stumbles and puts his hand through the painting in the taiwan museum. The 350yearold oil on canvas is worth 350 million. Tough love. A dad gave his son a terrible birthday gift. Thanks. The father wanted to teach his son the importance of being grateful at all times. The boy passed with flying colors. At the line, usain bolt again. And bolt from the blue. A cameraman on a segway takes out the worlds fastest man. He was focused more on me than riding the segway. I dont think dad was expecting to give the kid an avocado. A teachable moment. He said thanks. Like me, he sees avocados and he nbc 10 news starts now. Good morning, im rosemary connors. Its just a few minutes before 7 30. A little bit crisp out there on this saturday. Lets get a check of the forecast with meteorologist brittney shipp. Hey, britt. It wont be crisp as we head into the afternoon. Well see above average temperatures as we head into the day and by tomorrow well push 90. A live look outside right now. Plenty of sunshine. Our radar shot shows quiet conditions for us. Were not going to see a whole lot of cloudiness either. Plenty of sunshine. 55 in pottstown, 56 in lancaster. 56 in wild wood. Your city planner shows that temperatures will warm into the low 80s by noon. By 3 00 p. M. 85 and todays high in philadelphia, 87 degrees. Rosemary. Thanks, brittney. New this morning, the American Red Cross is helping about a dozen people who could be out of their homes for a week because of a fire. Nbc 10 was on the scene at the beachwood apartments in philadelphias bustleton neighborhood. Firefighters responded here around 3 45 in the morning. They say the blaze was confined to a storage area in the basement. Officials tell us that one person is being treated at the hospital for smoke inhalation is in Good Condition and one firefighter had to receive some oxygen at the scene but is doing okay. Smoke damaged ten apartments in the building. Pico turned off the power. Tenants will be allowed to go into the building later on today to get their essential belongings. Quick reminder for all you eagles fans out there. Its the eagles visiting the packers on nbc 10. Our pregame coverage begins at 7 30 and kickoff is at 8 00 followed by our complete post game coverage. Thats it for now. Im rosemary connors. Well see you back here in just about 25 minutes for another update. Have a good one. Good morning. Breaking news. Hurricane katrina has come ashore. The monster storm is battering louisiana and still posing a major threat to new orleans today, monday, august 29th, 2005. That is a look how our show started on this day ten years ago. Hurricane katrina just made landfall. No one knew how monstrous and disastrous this storm would be. Coming up, al roker has a look at the surrounding regions. We are back on this saturday morning, august 29th, 2015. Enjoying the last saturday of august. How did we get here . Hard to believe summer is nearly over. Im holding on. Coming up this half hour, we take you to the middle of the desert in nevada where a huge makeshift city is set up for the annual festival burning man. It attracts tens and thousands of people including the rich and famous. And a little later, we will answer a few mysteries of the next story. One man told his girlfriend he would like to dress as ninja turtle for their wedding. He will dress as a teenage mutant ninja turtle. He and his lucky bridetobe will join us. Before we get to that, lets check in with dylan out on the plaza with a look at the forecast. Hey, we are celebrating a tenth birthday here today. Do you feel different . Of course you do. We are talking about how gorgeous it is here. You think it is humid. It is. Its not. Who thinks its beautiful . A beautiful morning here. Sorry. Here in new york city. It is going to get more humid as we go into the afternoon. We are looking at a chance of temperatures to get up near 90 degrees. In the northwest, the storm making its way onshore. Winds up to 70 miles per hour. It does come with rain. Muchneeded rain across Washington State. That will extend into the western part of oregon. The eastern good morning. Im first alert meteorologist brittney shipp. The temperatures will range between 85 and 88 degrees. A little bit above average for us. Plenty of sunshine. Warmer than what we saw yesterday. As we head into tomorrow well actually push into the 90s. 90 degrees and hot for us. Lots of sunshine continuing. As we head into next week, we could have a heat wave on our hands for the next six days or so. Im also tracking a slight chance of thunderstorms by monday. And thats your latest forecast. Erica and carson. Dylan, thanks. Big crowds and names headed to the middle of nowhere in the desert for the burning m man festival. It started in the 80s. We have nbcs Gadi Schwartz with the story. Reporter a post apocalyptic city rises from the desert with massive monuments of art. This is burning mans black rock city and starting tomorrow until labor day more than 60,000 people will make it the sixth largest city in nevada. It is nice to get out there and get weird. Reporter jake is packing. He works on tech start ups by day, but this weekend, he will be wearing fur. A break from the emails and break from the conference calls. Reporter his essentials, boots, goggles and ninja turtle pajamas. Over the years, burners have seen black rock city evolve. An airport and people getting married and a black Rock Department of mutant vehicles. Like this one, it is seeing gentrification. It is going through an enormous problem. Reporter this tech reporter sees burning man complete with a billionaires row. You cannot force someone to make a private camp with chandeliers and private body guard. Reporter some hate the idea and others like elon musk says burning man is silicon valley. It is a place loose on rules and heavy on creative experiments. Drones were first started there. Reporter designed to connect with all kinds of people like Facebooks Mark Zuckerberg and rapper Sean Diddy Combs among the crowds. Sharing the idea of burning the man on a clean desert slate and creating a Fertile Ground for art and innovation. For today, Gadi Schwartz, nbc news. 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Sometimes you build a building. Reporter pastor charles duplesses holds Church Services in his home. Money for the community ran out. We wanted to expand to make it more community friendly. Give away clothing. Things like that. Reporter did you have any redoubt you would rebuild . Not at all. Never. Thats why we are still at it right now. After ten years. Reporter his neighborhood shows scattered signs of progress. A new school here. A new fire station there. And more than 100 homes built by brad pitts foundation. Fiola garrett moved into one. That is a wonderful and positive experience for me personally. If it had not been for the make it right foundation, i dont believe i would be home today. Reporter why do you think it has taken so long . I believe the program that the state of louisiana set up called the road home didnt exactly help the homeowners in this area the way it should have because they did not have enough. They just havent been able to get back home. A lot of the area. Reporter across town, Billy Nungesser says a lot have returned. I used to say they have the dirt on their feet in plaquemans parish. He is starting to protect himself. Reporter and other parts of the city are thriving. Before katrina, there were 800 restaurants in new orleans. Now more than 1,000. This is good. Reporter this family has been making sausage in this council since the 1800s. He was not prepared. The largest maggots i have seen and all of that meat was gone. Reporter he says he wasnt properly insured. He feared the Family Business was finished. It wasnt until people found me on facebook. People saying im looking and if we are back. Can we get sausage in california or virginia or florida. Reporter inspired, he managed to rebuild. Business now booming. Throughout new orleans, it is a familiar story. A strengthened spirit. A fierce determine to recover in a city that doesnt give up. That is the resiliencresilie. It is america. We have the long storied history of finding a way when we have to make one out of one thats not there. Reporter and not only is the Food Industry which led the rebirth here, but tech start ups had a big impact here in new orleans and the gulf coast as well. What you hear over and over again, hope and perseverence. People love it so. They refuse to give up. Everybody has been so welcoming and excited to let people know what has been happening here. Nice to pinpoint the positive changes and success they have seen. Al, thanks. Still a lot of work to do. Thank you. Coming up next, with the shell i three wed. Why one man may say that to his bride on his wedding day. woman you want to eat. You want to eat, who wants to eat. dog do i want to eat . Yes, i want to eat. woman do you want to eat . dog do i want to eat, yes. Thats like nine times youve asked. Yes. I mean its beneful. I can actually see the meaty chunks and carrots right there. Look at it. Its beautiful. 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I guess i should ask the biggest question first. Why, nic, would you want to do this . You love the Ninja Turtles . Yeah. I really truly do love the Ninja Turtles. Always have ever since i was a kid. Why not . Did you ever think you would get 100,000 retweets . Absolutely not. This is crazy. What is your family think about this . They think it is hysterical. I dont think they quite understand what twitter is yet. They are slowly wrapping their minds around it. They are today. Nic, you have not actually gotten on your knee and given her the ring yet . Not yet. Now we just have the support from the establishment. Which means you have to do it. You know, i guess you are telling me. So really quickly, how will this work . Will you be in the beautiful white dress and he is in the front like a turtle or wait for the reception . How are you going to do this . We havent figured out details yet. We will figure it out. I would say keep us posted, but 100,000 other people would like to stay up to date. Im sure ill be talking to you again. Congratulations. Who is your favorite ninja turtle . Ralphael. Which one is that . Yellow . Red . Thank you, guys. Talk to you again. Is there a yellow . I dont think so. Its red, orange, blue and purple. Michaelangelo. They love pizza. Pizza at the wedding reception. That will be great. That will save money. We look forward to the invitation and the pizza. Just ahead, Hugh Jackmans special surprise for a little boy who loved wolverine. That story coming up in pop start. But first this is today on come on, lets see you dance. That little girl dancing there. 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Lets get right to the first alert forecast with meteorologist brittney shipp. Hey, brittney. Good morning. Plenty of sunshine on tap for us and temperatures will warm into the high 80s today so this will be a great day to head down to the shore. Temperatures at the shore will be a bit cooler, in the low 80s. Still cant beat it. Beautiful weather for the weekend. 66 currently in philadelphia. Just went up to 70. 70 degrees in philadelphia. 65 in wilmington. Temperatures in wild wood at 64 degrees. Today will range between 85 and 88 degrees. Plenty of sunshine. Warmer than yesterday. And by tomorrow well push into the 90s. Rosemary . Thanks, brittney. Philadelphia firefighters busy overnight. It took them an hour to extinguish this house fire in kensington this morning. The fire started on the first floor and spread to the second. There were people inside. No one was hurt and investigators are now looking into the exact cause. A bicyclist is in the hospital this morning with some broken bones after she was struck by a car overnight. Nbc 10 was on the scene at 22nd street and the ben franklin parkway in center city where it happened around 12 30 this morning. Medics took the bicyclist to hahnemann hospital. The driver did stay at the scene and was not arrested. Take a live look at boathouse row right now across the Schuylkill River is the starting line for this afternoons naked bike ride. Hundreds of cyclists will shed their clothes for a spin through the city. Again, theyll be starting off from Martin Luther king drive. Now if you are participating, organizers urge you to wear a helmet, use sun block and bug repellant. Thats it for now. Im rosemary connors. Now back to the today show. Good morning. Its 8 00. Here are the stories we are watching. In cold blood. An Investigation Underway after a sheriffs deputy is shot and killed while pumping gas. Taking aim. A Tropical Storm erika is making its way to florida. A state of emergency as residents prepare for the storm that could bring massive rain and flooding. Dylan is here tracking it all. And going for glory. American pharoah set to race again today in a race that could cement his place in the history books. The triple crown winner taking on the sports toughest races. We will see what his chances are today saturday, august 29th, 2015. And a big hearty good morning to you. Welcome back to today on this beautiful saturday morning. The crowd here from all over. A lot of birthday celebrations. Family. Wedding anniversaries. The whole thing. Im carson daly alongside erica hill. We have a lady here with us. Her third year in a row with us. She knows all about katrina. She was in mississippi. We have a lot to get to this morning. We start off with dylan tracking Tropical Storm erikas path. Good morning. Good morning, erica. The storm is weakening. It will downgrade to a Tropical Storm, but dont let that change the fact that we are still looking at a lot of rain associated with the system. Here it is very ragged looking right now. In the Dominican Republic, it produced about 24 inches of rain. 8 of those falling in one hour alone. This has 40mileanhour winds right now and moving west northwest at 20 miles per hour. We do still have the threat of Tropical Stormlike conditions in cuba and bahamas and eventually in and around the west coast now of florida. The path of this storm continues to shift farther and farther to the west. Now it is most likely going to weaken into an area of low pressure, a tropical depression as it moves over cuba. As it moves into the warmer waters of the gulf of mexico, a lot of models are restrengthening it into a Tropical Storm. Either way, it doesnt matter if it is a depression or storm or a name or not, it will produce a lot of rain and gusty winds. As much as 5 inches of rain in the panhandle of florida. This is the storm we have to watch. A lot can happen in the warm waters of the gulf. The track if it shifts to the west, it will spend more time in the gulf of mexico. If it goes east, we will have heavy rain in central florida. We need to watch out for the potential of flooding as we go into monday and cutuesday. Erica. Thank you. We will have more on the full forecast in a moment. First, inside to sheinelle with more on the investigation into the deadly shooting overnight of a sheriffs deputy in texas. Good morning. Authorities are questioning a person of interest in connection with the shooting overnight. According to our houston affiliate. 47yearold Deputy Darren goforth, a father of two, gunned down at a gas station in what appears to be an unprovoked executionstyle killing. The officer was not believed to be in pursuit of anyone at the time of the ambush. A former ad executive for subway says he was not aware of pitch mans jared fogles interest in minors. He said he was shocked to lauren learn of the allegations this summer. Fogle has greed to plead guilty that he paid for sex with girls as young as 16 and received child pornography. Prosecutors in North Carolina will not retry the white Police Officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man. A judge last week declared a mistrial after the jury deadlocked. The officer was charged in the 2003 death of a former College Football player. After talking to jurors, they dont think a retrial would result in a conviction. In a rare statement, the United Nations secretarygeneral is speaking out of the migrant crisis in europe. He is horrified by the latest deaths. Nbcs ron allen has more. Reporter overnight, hundreds gathered in hungary to more than the loss of 71 migrants, four children. They were found suffocated in the truck and focused the attention of the plight of hundreds of thousands of people fleeing war and poverty into europe. Across the continent, authorities trying to round up human traffickers who would give anything for safety and hope in europe. 21 suspects in custody in this operation. We must understand why people are risking their lives. They are fleeing war, political instability, to seek a better future. Reporter every day, bodies wash up along the shore. At least 2,500 victims this year. Some fleeing call it the route of death. Across the wide mediterranean sea. More than 300,000 this year. This is the grim aftermath of the rescue effort. Several hundred saved, but passengers suffocated packed below deck on the wooded ship. They keep coming. Languishing anywhere they can find shelter. Across a crisis with no end in sight. For today, ron allen, nbc news, calais, france. And video of an 8yearold who went on a 20 mile ride in minnesota. The boy is seen pulling into the driveway before reversing into the police car. You see the boy in his pajamas who gets out with his siblings. Look at these kids. This happened, police say, it happened earlier this year. The little ones. It looks all too normal. Now time to go back inside. Like he had done that before. How is your oldest . He is almost 9. Can you imagine . No. How can he reach the pedals . He picked up his sisters at school and picked up the laundry on the way back. Crazy. Everybody get in the car. We will stop for ice cream. Wait, i need to get my backpack. Running errands for the family. They are too young. Okay. Sheinelle, thanks. Lets check in with dylan. She is back here with the countrys forecast. Did you notice he had a bag, too . He was running errands. Getting the Grocery Shopping done. Lets look at the weather across the country. A stalled front producing rain in florida. This has nothing to do with Tropical Storm erika. It is still heavy at this time. Any additional rain from erika will cause flooding concerns for florida. In the northeast, a beautiful day. In the middle of the country, beautiful. Out west, a big storm system making its way onshore. Winds up near 70 miles per hour. The rain along the coast. Not on the eastern part of washington and oregon where we need it. We will see the wind. The southwest, a bit of monsoonal good morning. Im first alert meteorologist brittney shipp. The rest of the day the temperatures will range between 85 and 88 degrees. A little bit above average for us. Plenty of sunshine. Warmer than what we saw yesterday. As we head into tomorrow well push into the 90s. 90 degrees and hot for us. Lots of sunshine continuing. As we head into next week we could have a heat wave on our hands for the next six days or so. Im also tracking a slight chance of thunderstorms by monday. And thats your latest forecast. Carson. Dylan, thanks so much. Triple crown winner American Pharoah has a big day ahead when he races in the traverse stakes in saratoga springs. If he wins, he heads into the history books again. A lot of people are betting on him. Here is nbcs Kristen Dahlgren with more. Reporter if this is American Pharoahs warm up at saratoga. I have never ever seen anything like that. Reporter just imagine the excitement by race time this afternoon. It is beautiful. Spectacular. The energy is unbelievable. Reporter 15,000 people on hand to watch the triple crown winner get his first practice lap. A track where he could soon cement his place as one of the greatest racers of all time. American pharoah is finally the one. Reporter in june, American Pharoah became the first triple crown winner in 37 years. Only one other horse has won the triple crown and saratogas traverse stakes. That was in 1941. Saratoga is known as the graveyard of champions where the favorites fall. Many good horses, secretariat and man owar has fallen. Reporter it has been a whirlwind week for American Pharoah. Then there is the attention and expectation. The racing rock star has won eight straight. Today, he will face a talented field in the 1. 6 million stakes. None seems to faze the colt. What a great opportunity to be in the moment in time of history. Reporter American Pharoah has already made history. Today, we find out if can he do it again. For today, Kristen Dahlgren, nbc news, new york. A lot of people watching that. Lets send it to dylan in the orange room with todays life hacks. It is all about back to school. We have kate and alexander here from virginia. It is your tenth birthday, you have to go back to school next week. Yes. The first hack is making lunch. If you were to make lunch, you put it in here and it is warm and soggy by lunch. You can take a sponge with water and put it in a plastic bag and put in the freezer. Put it in your bag and your lunch is cold. And then the next is the clips and strings to cables. 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For whatever you put your heart into. We are back on a saturday morning with a look at whats trending today. The stories everyone is talking about online and talking about through the weekend. Today, first up, the tenth anniversary of hurricane katrina. Lots of folks sharing stories and memories and pictures from after the storm. One set of photos that caught our attention came from photographer carlos baria. In 2005, he was on the ground to document the destruction. A decade later, he returned to the same location to see the progress of the city as it is still working to recover. It is really striking images of the before and after. Right back to the same places. You see how the picture lines up. That is cool. A cool way to display it. Here is a story that brings up the age old question should you always leave a tip no matter what the service . A new jersey waitress took care of a table of eight. Instead of a tip, they left this message. One hour for food and they put lol where the tip amount should go. The picture of the receipt went viral. Is it okay to skip out on a tip if you feel the service was poor or do you tip regardless . I always tip 20. If it is good and im having a good time, ill go over 20 . What if service is bad . I worked in restaurants forever. My standard is 20. If the service is bad, i tip 15. I was a waitress making barely 3 an hour at one point. You have to tip. You know what i do in that situation . 112 11. I would have left like 40. Ill kill it with kindness. You have to. You have to take care of it. That means they had a lot of food. Plus im famous. If i dont. Then that mean carson daly. He is cheap. No, you have to do what you can. And that was rude writing lolef what it is like to be attacked by a grizzly bear . Brad joseph had a gopro on a trip to alaska. The grizzly bear is not in the mood for a selfie. Here we go. Do we have it . Brad was not hurt. I dont think we can say the same about the camera. I hope it wasnt a gopro on a helmet. Wow. Thats terrifying. Good footage. It is. Yeah. It has been a big week for music fans. Sheinelle got that and more in pop start. It sure was. First i thought we had music. The long awaited single here we go. All right. First the long awaited single from Malcolm Moore and ryan lewis release the song downtown. Some fans say this is the strangest and most anticipated song. It marks the official return of the duo who have been out of the spotlight following the success of the 2012 album. Beliebers come back. The album has come out. The new singles from the upcoming albums. You can catch Justin Bieber performing right here on the today show plaza on september 10th. Who says 50 cant be fabulous . The latest pictures of Sarah Jessica parker will have you running to the gym. She was photographed vacationing on friday. She looks amazing. We all love her. Finally, a story that will melt your heart. 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Just ahead on nbc 10 news today, right now investigators are looking for the cause of an Early Morning fire at these apartments in philadelphias bustleton neighborhood. The flames forced some two dozen people from their home. A grieving family urges a hitandrun suspect to turn himself in following the death of a toddler killed by a car in philadelphia in the spring. Well explain the new developments. And i am tracking changes as we head into the rest of the weekend. Temperatures warming up and a possible heat wave on our hands. Ill go over all the details in my full forecast. Hes a philly native running the streets of philadelphia this weekend. Why Comedian Kevin Hart is spear heeding a 5k event. Those stories and much more on nbc 10 news today at 8 30. Nbc 10 news starts now. An Early Morning fire forces nearly two dozen people out of their apartments in philadelphia. Well update the investigation and the injuries. Comedian and philadelphia native kevin hart gets ready to run 5k participants are pounding the pavement right now. Here is a live look. Well have a live report coming up. Another beautiful august day. Great day for anybody getting outside to do a jog, do a bike ride. Temperatures will be in the 80s with low humidity, but it looks like another heat wave could be on the way. Still summer. Good morning. This is nbc 10 news today. Im rosemary connors. Its 8 30 on this saturday. Lets get right to our weekend weather with meteorologist brittney shipp. Just when we thought it was feeling like fall, brittney. I know, were going to go back into summer with the heat wave on its way. Well be in the 90s by tomorrow and were going to stay there as we head into next week. Not today. Well see a high ranging between 85 and 88 degrees. Our right now temperatures throughout our region already at 70 degrees. So comfortable conditions for everyone participating in the 5k run right there at the philadelphia art museum. 69 degrees in washington township. 61 in horsham. Northeast philly, 60 degrees in oxford and