House from florida. In a new op ed for the miami herald, she calls her decision deeply personal and one that she has spent a lot of time reviewing. Ive come to the conclusion that the agreement promotes the National Security interests of the United States and our allies and merits my vote of support. Overnight new developments in europes exploding humanitarian crisis. Germany says it is freeing up more than 3. 3 billion to help deal with the Record Number of migrants fleeing violence in the middle east. Theyve been one of the most accepting European Countries welcoming up to 18,000 p refugees this weekend alone. Many of them are coming from hungary where the response wasnt as warm. Last night after an appeal on facebook a convoy of 140 private cars arrived in hungary. They came from surrounding countries to escort them to the border. But israel now says it will not accept refugees. Prime minister netanyahu says the country is just too small. Theyre even building a security fence along the syria thn border. Meanwhile po spe francis iss calling on every catholic parish, convert, monastery and sanctuary in europe to shelter a familyn the pope says the vatican is taking in two families of its own. T back in texas where they take their High School Football very seriously, what appeared to be a violent midplay attack on an official, it was caught on video. It happened near san antonio toward the end of the penaltyfilled game. Two players on the losing team, john jay high school, hit the official standing on the field, whether intention ly is not clear. One pummeled him over before the other shoulders him to the ground. Both players were ejected. This morning theyve been suspended from the school and the team. The School District has launched an investigation and in a statement it says the video is tremely disturbing and not e good sportsmanlike behavior that we teach students. Another competition right now, it turned violent. This time at west point. This morning military police are investigating what happened during the military academys annual pillow fight. Sounds like fun, right . Wehell, according to the New York Times some cadets put hard objects like helmets into their pellow cases. They say one person broke a leg. In awe the School Superintendent says 30 cadets were evaluated by medical personnel, 24 diagnosed with concussion. On top of a broken nose, a dislocated shoulder action and a hairline cheekbone fracture. In a statement the superintendent said while the inci thdents do occur we never condone intentional harm o a teammate. Aalthough the vast majority of the class appears to have maintained the spirit of the event it is apparent that a few did not. The minnesota dentist who killed cecil the lion will head back to work today or tomorrow, that is. Walter palmer has spent more than a month out of sight amid harsh public outcry for his actions in zimbabwe. People have been picketing his office. Now he tells Associated Press he and his family have felt threatened. Lmer says se believes he acted legally, but it was a mistake, adding if i had known thision had a name and was important to e country or a study, ob iviously i wouldnt have taken it. If speed and precision are your thing, this is the competition for you. The red bull air race World Championship was held in austria sunday. Its one of the series of eight races this year. Pilots fly through giant inflatable pylons at top speeds of 265 miles per hour. This years winner was an australian man. Hepr finished the course in just 56. 8 seconds. That is a need for speed. Lets check out this wild video of an intense weather system sunday night in ashland, nebraska, including vivid lightning and the side view of a supercell. Also this beautiful time lapse video of lightning showing the storms on the horizon in palm beach, florida. You can see an elaborate sand castle at the bottom of your screen lit up by the light show in the background. Whats going on weatherwise . Meteorologist Veronica Johnson is here with a look at the labor day forecast. A lot of people wanting to get outside, do some barbecuing today. Is that on did tap . That is on tap. Two areas of the country youre going to have to keep your eye on today. That is the southeast. Showers and thunderstorms firing up. This is a look a the National Satellite and radar. As we focus in on that part of the country down through the southeast ound tampa, more showers and thunde torms. This will be the big zone for thunderstorms. From areas of Northern Michigan right down toward northerecn missouri, yesterday those areas had not only hail but also some flash flooding in spots and even some high winds. For today our temperatures start out in the mid60s to low 70s. At area of High Pressure now building. So while weve had the comfortable weather across the northeast, now its that southwesterly flow. Temperatures will move from yesterday in the mid and upper 80s, today to the low 90s in areas of the northeast. For boston, new york ci, right do ir into washington, d. C. , Severe Weather threat today. Again, omaha to wichita, now pivoting east to chicago. This will be the zone today with the risk of some flash flooding and even some hail. Thats a look at your national weather. Now lets take a closer look at where you are. Areas like d. C. Today topping out at 91 degrees. New york city 90. Meanwhile well see rain in minneapolis, minnesota. Areas like chicago 87. Its along that front down to the south where there will be some Severe Weather today. Betty, looking pretty good in areas of the east. But really heating up with that heat peaking for the east on tuesday and wednesday of this week. Oh, all right, watch out. Thanks so much, we appreciate it. 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Dramatic video from Southern China shows an 11monthold boy and mother being hit headon by a mini bus. Passersby lifted the vehicle. The baby was taken to the hospital. Remark plea he only suffered facial bruising and a slight concussion concussion. That is one lucky boy. From yahoo news, a man hasnt showered in 12 years. Selling his secret in a bottle. I dont know about this secret. But in lieu of a shower, chemical engineer date whitlock sprays a mist containing live bacteria on his skin. The mysticaled mother dirt is produced by his company. It supposedly restores the lance of micro organisms that live naturally n your skin. Just in time for labor day, a new survey shows 97 of employers will pronide a paid day off for all or most employees on labor day. And more good news for workers on this labor day. President obama will sign an executive order today requiring paid sick leave for employees of federal contractors. 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Entertainment news, kevin bacon and Kyra Sedgwick celebrating their 27th wedding anniversary. They shared this instagram saying, celebrating 9,855 days of marriage. Love that. So wedding bells will be ringing for music exec and british model ross. They were spotted in 2013 after ross divorced her husband, director rupert sanders, when she discovered he was allegedly cheating with her on kristen stewart. Abc family and fox have been named the most lgbt familyfriendly networks according to gladd. Glee contributed to its high score. Other media sources like netflix and amazon were not included in that index. This year will be the last year for nlri, making it hard to measure lgbt representation. A little more a year after Robin Williams death, his daughter zelda shared words from her own struggle with grief and depression. She discussed the impsttance of embracing her own grief. Zelda has become a public advocate against the stigmatization against Mental Health and suicide since her father passed away last year. While the a. L. S. Ice bucket challenge raised millions of dollars and awareness for the cause, hugh jackman is reminding us that the fight isnt over, folks. He takes his version of round two and it looked to be a very cold one. Dont you love him . He will go with anything, it seems. Exactly. I love this challenge. Because they have raised so much moon. They have gotten so many people involved. You never thought it would take off like it did. Im a supporter but i have not dumped the bucket of ice on my head. My kids have. This is a call to action . Its a call to action, i guess. Im inviting my kids who have done it to go ahead and dump the ice on me. Maybe by the end of the show we can find some ice and a bucket and get this going. Im betty nguyen. This is early today. We hope its just your first stop of the day on nbc. 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Reporter towering above the Sequoia National forest, living icons of resilience that have survived fire, storms, and insect infestations. Attracting thousands to go stand next to their massive trunks. But in this historic drought, something is happening to the mighty sequoias. This area was identified as having the highest number of trees that are showing symptoms of what we think is drought stress. Reporter some of these trees have lost 75 of their needles. Thats what youre seeing down here on the forest floor. But to see the true stress of the trees, weve got to go up. These massive sequoias dwarf scientists like Anthony Ambrose and his team from berkeley inching their way to the top. These trees are some of the most amazing organisms on the planet. Theres these huge ancient beings with massive beautiful crowns. Reporter we were given rare access to join their climb. These giant sequoias are the largest tree on earth and some of them can suck up to 700 gallons of water a day. All of that water has to make it into the trunk and up to the top of the tree. 20 stories high, ambrose peeks his head through the crown and collects vital data. The measurements that weve been getting of the amount of tension in the water in the foliage indicates that theyre more stressed than weve ever measured before. Reporter back on the ground, researchers Nate Stevenson walks us through an area nearby where other kinds of trees, smaller than the sequoias, are dying at an alarming rate. 1 in every 4 the trees has died. Reporter its too soon to tell what the data will mean for Sequoia National forest but many scientists are comforted knowing although the sequoias may be showing troubling signs theyre the monarchs of the planet. Reporter theyve lived thousands of years, theyve seen droughts before, yet still continue to grow. Gadi schwartz, nbc news, Sequoia National forest. Heres a look ahead. A funeral will be held for fox lake, illinois, Police Lieutenant joe gliniewicz. The married father of four boys was murdered thursday. Thousands are expected to return the services. The suspects are still at large. Happy hirth day to evan rachel wood, she turns 28 today. Julie cavener voice of Marge Simpson is 64. I will survive singer Gloria Gaynor is 62. Keep it here for more weather and sports and news. Enjoy. Right now, breaking news from brooklyn. Police are on the scene of a deadly stabbing near the west indian day celebrations. The pope takes a stand on the growing migrant status in europe. How hes asking the faithful to help. Beachgoers can celebrate an extension to the beach season. Today in new york starts now. Good morning. It is monday, september 7 ft. It is labor day, of course, im kerry barrett. Im in for darlene. Im Michael Gargiulo and storm team 4s dave price is in for chris. Going to be a warm one, dave. Going to be warm but a beautiful one. If you want that last bit of barbecuing in or head to the beach, temperatures right now, folks, anywhere from the 70s to the 50s. 71 degrees in central park right now. When we widen it out, the cool spot in westhampton at 56 degrees. 57 in monticello. The 50s to the west. Everywhere else from, lets say, Westchester County into the city and sections of jersey, talking about mid60s to low 70s. As far as your day planner goes, it will be spectacular. Look at that. Clear and quiet now. Up to 86 at noon. High of just about 90. 87 degrees as we wrap thing up at 10 to 20 mile per hour breeze. Well have more in a while. Lauren has the traffic now. Thank you. Good morning. Unfortunately, problems already. Two overturned vehicles in new jersey. Well het to route 280. Eastbound, theres an overturned vehicle in the left lane. Then heading over to 80 by howard boulevard, another overturned vehicle in the westbound lane. You can see minor delays through here as well. Well have more weather and traffic on the 4s. Lauren, thank you. Breaking news out of brooklyn. Reports of violence at the west indian day parade. Katherine creag joins us from Crown Heights with whats happening. What can you tell us . Michael, you have this huge celebration here but a crime scene across the street. This is the overnight parade right before the official parade later today. This is known thousands of people are here. One paradegoer remarked its hard to figure out who did the stabbing. Eastern parkway. Around 2 00 a. M. , a man was stabbed in the chest and died at methodist hospital. We talked to a paradegoer who walked by the crime scene earlier. With so much people around, you dont know which one did it. Its going to be hard to find because theres so many people around at the moment. Reporter its frightening to think theres a killer out here on the loose one of the paradegoers said. A second man was also stabbed. Hes in stable condition. Both of the victims in their early 20s. Back to you, michael. Kat, well continue to follow that. Thanks very much. Police looking for the driver who hit an nypd officer in brooklyn and then kept going. Police say the officer was on foot and was trying to stop a suspected drunk driver near clifton and nor strand. The driver took off, hit a utility pole and then the vehicle brushed against the officer. Theyre looking for a black ford fusion. That officer has minor injuries. A driver ran down a woman in brooklyn and kept going