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Southwest of us. Where were the drones coming from and who is responsible . And from tears to elation. The baseball player who just days ago broke down on the field thinking he had been traded hits a dramatic gamewinning home run for the team he loves. And its gone he did it flores we have a feeling hes not going anywhere. Today, august 1st 2015. From nbc news this is today live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on this saturday morning. Im erica hill. Im craig melvin alongside Sheinelle Jones and dylan dreyer is here. You are right. Wilmer flores has been with the mets since he was 16. You can play at 16 . Well farm system. He was in the farm system. You are thinking you missed the boat . I could have played at 16. It could happen. That aint happening. Well have more on that coming up. We begin the top story which is the out of control wildfires. Two dozen of them out west show no signs of letting up. This morning, the firefighters battling the blazes are mourning the loss of their own killed on the frontlines. We have Gadi Schwartz with more. Reporter good morning, erica. We are talking about 8,000 firefighters out there. Many of them are learning for the first time this morning that one of their own has been killed in the line of duty. Tragedy overnight. The u. S. Forest service confirming that Firefighter David ruhl was killed battling a fire in the Modoc National forest. An engine captain on temporary assignment assignment. In the statement, the Forest Service called the loss tragic and heart breaking. In Northern California a small neighborhood erupts in flames as propane tanks explode shooting fire balls into palm trees. It started raining fire on us. Reporter seven mobile homes destroyed and on the edge of the inferno, firefighters risking their lives to save peoples property. I heard this loud explosion and ferocious noise. Reporter about 70 miles away same story, different terrain. Crews moving to contain the fire that has been torching forest pines. We see flames in excess of 100 feet. Reporter the rocky fire is the biggest at 18,000 acres. All across california 23 large fires are burning in the midst of a severe drought. With that drought, comes dry vegetation and wind conditions make the potential for firefighting dangerous. Reporter the governor declared a state of emergency and National Guard to help crews on the ground. This morning, firefighters start another dangerous day of trying to contain the flames. And this weekends weather is expected to make conditions more dangerous. Red flag Warnings Issued in the northern part of the state and dry thunderstorms, the worst kind for firefighters are expected to bring heavy lightning and strong wind. Erica. Gadi schwartz thank you. To the extreme heat which is making matters worse for the firefighters out west. If you have been pouring sweat, you are not alone. The sweltering heat breaking records in some areas with no end in sight. Nbcs Kristen Dahlgren is live with more. Reporter good morning, craig. It is about 76 degrees already and going to be going up quickly. They are actually getting ready for a race here in central park which starts in an hour and a half. This morning, we have your every day joggers and cyclists out. They have to get these workouts in early because it is going back up near 90 again today. At new yorks coney island ronaldo fuentas is joining the kids to get cool. You get out for ten seconds and get back out. Reporter the fountain or waves the best way to beat the heat for humans and their pets. I put them in the water to keep them cool. It regulates their body temperature. Reporter temperatures on the east coast expected to stay near 90 for the next few days. While out west the mercury is soaring over the century mark. Portland oregon seeing the highest temperatures since 2009. I have my apron and soak it in water. Reporter seattle has now seen the most 90 degree days it has ever seen in a year. We got the ice cream sandwich. Reporter nearby beaches are setting tourism records. That feels better. Reporter Scientists Say the California Drought is so bad, the state is deficient an entire years worth of rain. And another danger under the beating sun. Cars quickly turning into ovens with children forgotten inside. This video shows a new Jersey Police officer busting into a car to save a 2yearold left in the back. You left her in the car sorry. Sorry. No sorry. Reporter the child is okay but the mother is charged with child endangerment. A harsh reminder just how serious this summer heat can be. And now little bit of good news. Drier air here in the east will help it feel cooler than the past few days. All of this comes with warning from authorities. Please check your car. Make sure that you have not forgotten a child in the back. Check on your neighbors, especially the elderly and stay hydrated. Kristen, thank you. Kristen mentioned the drier heat may come through, but what we want to know dylan dreyer when the heat wave is expected to break. Any relief . Sight . By wednesday. Temperatures dropping in the 80s. It is a dry heat in the northeast. That dehydrates you quicker. We are looking at temperatures to hover in the 80s and 90s down the east coast with the feelslike temperature in the 90s. Because of the lower humidity. Its going to stay hot through about tuesday. Finally, especially up in boston well start to see temperatures start to drop down low to mid80s. Here is our set up right now. The entire United States is under this ridge in the jet stream. It allows the heat to build out in the Pacific Northwest. Were likely to break more records today. Portland will most likely break a record with a high of 99 degrees. Watch what happens, though as we go into monday and tuesday. Temperatures will fly back down to the 80s in the northwest. Down across the south it is hot but this is typical for this time of year. Does not look like were going to break records in this area but it is going to be up around 99 to 100 degrees. This unfortunately is not going to break any time soon. Its also very humid, too. That does make it feel like its closer to 105, 110 degrees. This is an area thats doing to be feeling heat. In the northwest heat will start to break as we go into tomorrow monday, tuesday. Here we have to wait until wednesday before we get back down to lower 80s. Okay. This is a day we can focus on. There is one. Dylan, great to have you back. Full forecast in a moment. Back. We will get to the full forecast in a moment. Now the wreckage on reunion island believed to be from flight mh370. The wreckage is in france to be analyzed by a special lab as searchers continue to scour the island for more clues. We have nbcs bill neely on reunion island. Bill good morning. Reporter good morning, craig. From a normally quiet tourist island where they really believe they can help solve an International Mystery and where a volcano has just erupted. They are optimistic here that they can find more aircraft debris. Now the big piece of debris and it is from a boeing 777, is now in the hands of aviation experts in france who believe they can unlock its secrets. They packed it carefully. Every square inch of the aircraft wing flap may be vital in answering what happened to malaysia 370. The debris has now arrived in france to be analyzed at a specialist defense lab. French police are searching reunion beaches for more debris. Locals are making discoveries finding pieces of plastic taken in by police as evidence. The man who found the aircraft part and a battered suitcase here finds Water Bottles from china and indonesia. Half of the passengers were chinese. I hope to find a lot more debris to help solve this mystery, he says but there is a problem. The truth is there is every kind of junk on this beach. Something that looks like a machine part. This is a rubber ring from something. It could have fallen off a ship or aircraft or anything. Investigators look for debris by air, too. We joined the search along the coast where finding anything more could be tough. Theres 120 miles of coastline to search on this island alone. On a nearby island it is more than 3,000 islands. There are more than two dozen islands they have to search in this general area. So all eyes on the debris they found and what it might tell us. We wait for the result of the verification whether it belongs to 777 or it belonged to mh370. I think that is yet to be verified. Reporter these are extraordinary times on the normally sleepy tourist island. A volcano erupting. Just miles from where the islanders are trying to unlock the mystery of the missing plane. And search experts from malaysia have now landed here in reunion to help. But spare a thought for a moment for the relatives of those on board waiting for confirmation that their loved ones died in this ocean and yet unable really ever probably to know exactly how or why unless those black box flight recorders and fuselage of that plane is found. A really difficult situation for them. Craig. So many waiting for closure. Bill neely, thank you. Some scary moments for pilots flying into jfk airport. Sheinelle is following that story. Good morning. Federal officials are investigating two close calls with passenger jets and drones in new york. A jetblue flight reported a drone friday on approach at jfk airport. Shortly afterwards a delta flight just missed a drone 1400 feet off the ground. It was below the planes right wing. And some scary moments for two other flights forced to turn around after takeoff. Smoke engulfed a flight after a heated mechanical part. In boston, firefighters boarded a jetblue flight after smoke in that cabin. U. S. Fish and wildlife officials made contact with the american dentist wanted for killing cecil the lion. Wildlife Officials Say a representative for Walter Palmer reached out to the agency thursday. We will have more in our next hour. A lockdown at the white house has been lifted after another trespassing incident. A woman was arrested friday after she reportedly jumped a bike barricade protecting the white house. She is charged with unlawful entry. Two relatives of Osama Bin Laden are dead after their plane crashed in england. The victims included Osama Bin Ladens stepmother and half sister. Osama bin laden came from a large wealthy family, some of whom disowned him before the 9 11 attacks. The white house confirmed mullah omar is dead. The circumstances of his death remain unclear. The u. S. Once had a 10 million bound bounty on his head. The wrestling world is mourning a legend. Rowdy roddy piper had a heart attack in his sleep. Hulk hogan is devastated telling tmz, he was my best friend. Roddy piper was 61. We talked about this. It has been a swing of emotions for one Major League Baseball player. Wilmer flores made headlines for crying when he thought he was traded. But then a gamewinning home run last night. Good to see a guy love his team that much. The fans responding the way they did too. I think so. Passionate guy. And they are in first place . Bigger win. Mets just two games back. Were all nationals fans here. Oh . Oh, were not . This is the wildest turn. I love it. If you see the looks on the faces of the crew in the studio. Lets go to weather. Amazing sight in the sky . I learned something from you two. This blue moon were talking about. What is the definition of blue moon . Officially two full moons in one month. We had the second one last night. The first on july 2nd. It is never blue unless a volcano around. It is usually reddish. As it gets lower, the particles in the atmosphere and the light reflected in red in color. It is usually a reddish blue moon. We have more pictures. Today, we have a couple of scattered showers in the southeast. We have more thunderstorms because of the stalled front through florida. Very unsettled for the last several days. It will remain unsettled near florida and southern florida. We have some mon a good saturday morning, meteorologist michelle grossman. Breezy, temperatures in the low 90s. 89 to 92 under mostly sunny skies. Another hot one on sunday. Were going to reach 91 mostly sunny once again. Even hotter on monday up to 96. More humid. Feeling closer to 100 degrees. Could see a late shower thunderstorm on tuesday. 92 and finally breaking that heat wave on wednesday with showers 87 mostly cloudy on thursday. 84. Have a great day. And t s your latest forecast. Thank you. Dylan, thanks. We are learning a bit more about Hillary Clintons finances after the release of her tax returns. They show she and president clinton made more than 100 million donating 50 million to charity. This morning, we are learning more on how she is taking on jeb bush. Reporter in florida, the state with the ties to cuba ended a ban on trade. We must decide between engagement and embargo and returning to cold war deadlock. Reporter such a position would have been poison but a Pew Research Poll show 72 favor the end of the embargo and 59 of republicans. With Donald Trump Center stage and clinton struggling on immigration. She will be fine. Reporter donald trump will be center stage at the republican debate. Nbcs lester holt asked jeb bush if he thought trump would do well in the polls. Im surprised donald trump has surged. I think he has captured the deep frustration that people feel. I get that. The lack of rule of law. Reporter clinton took a shot friday. He has said all americans have a right to rise a right to social progress. I dont think you can credited bring say everyone has a right to rise and say you are in favor of phasing out medicare or repeals obamacare. Reporter on the subject of her finances a question for both clintons she released their tax returns since 2007. The clintons earned 140 million. They paid 44 million in federal taxes and 14 million in state and local taxes. A combined tax rate of 45. 8 . They contributed nearly 15 million to charity. She is also the first candidate this year to issue a report on her health. A letter from her doctor who says her physical condition is excellent. Pete williams nbc news washington. Still to come in this half hour a look back at the weeks biggest stories and including the cincinnati Police Officer facing murder charges and the nfl upholding tom bradys suspension. We will look at it in the download but first this is today on nbc. In this mornings download we are catching you up on the stories in case you missed them. From the search for the dentist who killed a beloved lion and the nfl. We begin with the clues in the search for missing flight mh370. Engine 370. Contact. Those were the last words from Malaysia Airlines flight 370 before it vanished with 239 people aboard. Nearly a year and a half later, a piece of the plane may have finally been recovered. The first piece of debris located thousands of miles from the priority search zone off australia. Investigators are looking at what this man found. A remains of a suitcase on the beach at the same time. In cincinnati. Okay. Im trying to figure out if you have a license. Samuel dubose pulled over for a traffic stop by officer ray tensing whose body camera captured what happened next. Tensing fires a single shot hitting dubose in the head. Killing dubose as the car starts to move. Shot him. Tensing has been indicted for murder. He pled not guilty. Growing outrage against a minnesota dentist who admitted to killing one of africas most beloved lions. Palmer maintains he paid his guides. His guides have been charged with poaching. Palmer is in hiding. His dental office closed. Officials in zimbabwe have started extradition proceedings. At home officials are asking palmer to come forward. A guilty plea by the prison worker who helped two Inmates Escape from a correctional facility in new york. Joyce mitchell providing new details about her relationship with the convicted murderers. She got to know matt and sweat from the work in the tailor shop. Giving them rum and coke and performing sex acts on matt. I really do love my husband. That is the reason i did not meet matt and sweat. The nfl upholds tom bradys fourgame suspension for deflategate deflategate. Roger goodell said tom brady had his cell phone and sim card destroyed. To say i destroyed the phone to avoid the investigation is wrong. The Arizona Cardinals making history by naming jen welter as a coach. The cardinals share their hire on twitter. She has an Arizona Cardinals coaching job. And a medical first. Making one little boys dream come true. A few weeks ago, zion became the first child ever to receive a double hand transplant. What will be your favorite thing to do once all of the bandages come off . Take my sister from day care and i pick her up. How sweet is that . I cant wait to pick up my sister. Beautiful story. Kudos to the doctors at Childrens Hospital in philadelphia. A double transplant takes a team of doctors and nurses and a whole crew of folks. I was amazed at what he was able to do before the surgery. Really impressive. It will change his life. Im afraid to talk to you. I dont like to bring up the subject around you. Dylan is the biggest brady fan and pats fan. Heres the thing, we will find out all of the false reports in court. Lets wait and see what happens in court. The truth will come out. You should hear her in commercial break. We will see how it plays out. Dylan, left us know. Still to come on today, the 20 million lawsuit facing the fbi after the alleged kidnapper was kille announcer nbc 10 news starts now. Good morning, im rosemary connors. Its a few minutes before 7 30. Its a warm one already. Lets get to the forecast with meteorologist michelle grossman. Hi, michelle. It is warm. Temperatures in the mid70s in some spots already. A nice looking start. A nice finish. Taking a look outside, mostly sunny skies in philadelphia. 76 already in philadelphia. A little cooler to the north and west. 66 in allentown, millville and 77 in wildwood. By this afternoon temperatures up to 91 degrees. Sunday same story, mostly sunny, 91. Heat humidity returns monday 96 feeling warmer than it actually is. Tuesday mostly sunny, 92 finally a break on wednesday, 87. Thursday showers and friday 85. This morning the Investigation Continues into the execution style murder of a mother in philadelphias Port Richmond neighborhood. Authorities tell us the victim was targeted and a new clue could help them catch her killer. This is Surveillance Video showing the suspected gunman running from the scene moments after witnesses heard shots fired from inside the victims house. Last night dozens of people crowded outside the home of 22yearold stephanie dzikowski. Her fiancee discovered her body when he returned home from the corner store. Suspects have been named in the case. Pennsylvania police tell us a teen has been found and is safe. An amber alert issued for jena patterson. Police say she was taken outside her house in wilkesbarre by walter lewis. They have not given specifics as to where. 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I spent some time with her in her gym in california to see what it is like to get in the octagon. She is fierce. She is as intense as she seems. The fight tonight, we should note she is heavily favored to win that fight. She is running out of people. We may have to put you out there. What . For an easy win for her . How about i cheer her on. And our friends out on the plaza. We will head out and say hello on this warm august day. Not as humid. A dry heat. Well take it. Lots more on the weather, but coming up in this half hour would you be able to spot someone drowning in a pool . Jeff rossen will tell us what to look out for. And we begin with a multimillion dollar wrongful death lawsuit against the fbi. It comes from the sister of james dimaggio. An attorney for dimaggios sister said the fbi did not respond appropriately. The lawsuit may wind up bringing hannahs victim into a courtroom. Nbcs joe fryer has more. Reporter james was accused of kidnapping teenager Hannah Anderson and murdering two of his relatives when he was shot by fbi. Now dimaggios sister is filing a lawful death claim against the fbi. She knows he was not one to shoot at an fbi agent. Reporter investigators say two years ago, dimaggio killed her mother and brother and setting fire to the home in california. He was accused of abducting anderson and triggering a multistate manhunt. Did you feel in fear of your life . He threatened me. If i ever tried to run that he would kill me and whoever tried to help. Reporter they were found in the idaho wilderness where he was killed with a confrontation with fbi agents. His Attorney Says he should not have been killed. He only fired his gun in the air as a call for help. The fbi has released some information, not much. When you put it all together there are too many unanswered questions. Reporter prosecutors say the agents acted reasonably. The department of justice will review the claim and respond in the appropriate manner. Meanwhile, Hannah Andersons family declined to comment. She just turned 18 and about to start college, but could have to testify in a deposition. It is almost always difficult for victims to relive their ordeal. Ultimately your testimony can be compelled. That means according to the court, the search for truth is more important than understandable personal discomfort with testifying. Reporter ready to start a new chapter in her life Hannah Anderson may soon have to relive part of her part in court. For today, joe fryer nbc news los angeles. Dylan is out on the plaza with another check of the weather. Good morning. We are watching storms for the midwest. Some storms in iowa and this area of low pressure and the fronts associated with it will trigger rain. Golfball sized hail and winds with isolated tornadoes. Tomorrow will push a little farther east. We are looking for a chance of stronger storms in chicago and detroit. Major cities under the gun tomorrow. Possibly tornadoes, but larger hail and damaging winds. In the southeast, scattered showers and storms and in the southwest, monsoonal moisture. Elsewhere. It is hot across the country. In the northwest and northeast too. Speaking of the northeast, here in new york city we have five sisters celebrating your birthday. 50 years old today. Yes. How does it feel . Old. You dont look it. I hope you are having a good saturday morning. Meteorologist michelle grossman. Heat wave continues, hot one, breezy. Also temperatures in the low 90s. 89 to 92 under mostly sunny skies. Another hot one on sunday reach 91 mostly sunny once again. Even hotter on monday up to 96. More humid, feeling closer to 100 degrees. Could see a late shower or thunderstorm drying out on tuesday. 92 and finally breaking that heat wave on wednesday with some showers, 87. Mostly cloudy on thursday 84. 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Did you know that accident at drowning is the number one killer of children ages 1 to 4 and children are ten times more likely to be killed by a pool than a gun. Would you know how to spot someone who is drowning and could you rescue him . Give me two minutes and ill show you how to save a life today. Right now, a child is drowning in this pool. Can you spot him . Ill give you a second. Cant find him . Dont feel bad. I couldnt either. Let me zoom all the way in. There he is. Just went off that tube. It happens that fast. Even in a packed pool like this. Luckily a lifeguard spots him and saves his life. So this summer with kids and adults jumping in, all of us need to be ready. Silent and quick. Reporter Jeff Thompson is a certified lifeguard. I thought anyone was drowning they would flail around. That is not the case. They cant breathe. What does it look like when someone is drowning . Their feet look like they are climbing upstairs and all of the action is occurring under the water. No splashing. It looks similar to this. It looks like youre just relaxing on your back except you are vertical. What do you do if you notice someone drowning . We are about to show you. Ill play the victim here. Jeff shows us how to do it. You want to scream for somebody to call 911. Dont jump in the water. Use a pool skimmer. Thats a critical tip. Keep your pool skimmer handy. Grab them by the wrists and pull out of the water. And roll them over. Start cpr. In the movies they go mouthtomouth. We dont want to do that. Do chest compressions. Find the base of the rib cage. You place one heel there and the other hand on top of it lacing your fingers. Compression the chest. This looks like it could hurt somebody. It can break ribs but it keeps them alive. Reporter it sounds like a cliche but seconds do matter. Especially in a drowning. Doctors say it comes down to how long the brain goes without oxygen. Your ability to identify a drowning victim and get them out the right way could mean the difference with a normal life brain damage or death. Hope this helps. Back to you. It does help. Jeff rossen. Thank you. And the pool skimmer. He said dont jump in. Keep it handy. Up next a life long dream for two pilots with a very familiar connection. Well explain after these messages. Every Auto Insurance policy has a number. But not every Insurance Company understands the life behind it. Those who have served our nation. Have earned the very best service in return. Usaa. We know what it means to serve. Get an Auto Insurance quote and see why 92 of our members plan to stay for life. Matts gotten used to the funk in his mancave. Yup, hes gone noseblind. He thinks it smells fine, but his wife smells this. Luckily for all your hardtowash fabrics theres febreze fabric refresher febreze doesnt just mask, it eliminates odors youve gone noseblind to break out the febreze, and breathe happy we snap it. 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She did a beautiful landing. I could not help but smile and say that was beautiful. I was glad it went well and seeing my dads expression was priceless. Reporter and mom could not have been happier either. A life long dream. I could not have been prouder. Reporter of the three of you, who had the biggest thrill that flight . I guess it could be each of us. To realize a dream i had since i was 8 was pretty amazing. Reporter believe it or not, dad wasnt always sold on the idea of jen following in his footsteps. Its tough to raise a family. Maybe you should be a physical therapy. Dad, i know what i want to do. I want to be a pilot. Mom was a booster from the beginning. It was a positive thing to know you work hard and you can get your goals. Reporter captain and first officer bern hope to share the cockpit again soon. You dont want everybody to be smarter than you. But it is your daughter. You like that. Reporter a father daughter dream 20 years in the making finally taking flight. For today, john yang nbc news chicago. Thats a great story. Moms in the back of the plane. Knowing they are both going to do great, but a certain amount that is nerve wracking. Coming up this morning, move over grumpy cat. A new kid in town. Say hello to grumpy puppy. But first this is today on nbc. Get this. I was at my shop tied up with a customer when i realized the time. I had to get to the bank before it closed, so i made a break for it. When i got out it was almost closing time. Traffic was bad. I knew i was cutting it close. But it was ok. I use td bank. Its got the longest hours and stays open an extra ten minutes every day. Im sid. And i bank human at td bank. Lots of happy faces on the plaza, ladies but have you heard of this new thing . It is called resting grumpy face. I heard a version of it. We did a segment on it last year. It is my face 100 . No. Sheinelle is in the orange room with a face you have to see to love. Do you guys remember grumpy cat from a few years ago . 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Finally breaking that heat wave by wednesday. Showers and storms arrive on thursday. 84. A really nice end to the workweek by friday. Mostly sunny, 85. New from overnight police in philadelphia are investigating a shooting death in the point breeze section of the city. Investigators tell us the 30yearold victim was shot four times in the 1900 block of mountain street. He was found lying on the ground between two cars. No word on a suspect or motive at this time. Today baseball fans can help dedicate the new phillies mural in center city. Eightstory painting at 24th and walnut street. It faces Schuylkill River and expressway. Alumni featured on the mural will be there for the dedication at 11 30 this morning. They include hall of famer mike schmitt, brad linlg, Mitch Williams and darren dalton. The dedication part of the phillies number nigh weekend. Tonight at Citizens Bank park pat burrell just inducted onto the wall of fame will join more than 50 other phillies legends for alumni night then phillies will take on braves at 7 05. Can you watch it right here on nbc 10. Im rosemary connors. Well send it back to the today show. Michelle and i will see you right back here in 25 minutes for another update. Come to sesame place before little kids become, big kids. Before dress up, turns to makeup. And tag becomes, hashtag. Its time to celebrate our 35th birthday, with our new Neighborhood Birthday Party parade. Come to the only place that makes Little Hearts race. Buy your 2016 pass now and get the rest of 2015 free. Sesame place go before they grow. Good morning. Its saturday august 1st 2015. Heres what were watching today. Deadly wildfires. The fires on the front lines in california has claimed the life of a fire captain and father of two. This morning, more than 8 thundershowers,000 continues to battle the blazes. Boiling point. This weekend, temperatures are expected to soar. In some areas out west they would be over 100 degrees. And the 9 00 degrees in the east could make you feel better. And facebook executive Mark Zuckerberg and his family are expecting a baby. This comes as the couple suffered some miscarriages. How that is helping thousands of others. Welcome back to today on this 1st saturday in august. A very warm saturday morning. Im craig melvin alongside erica hill and dylan dreyer and rowdy crowd on the plaza. We have a great crowd out here. Its not so bad right here right now. A lot of other areas in the country will get hit hard. Especially the northwest. I have family in the northwest. They are dealing with insane heat. The good news is it will break some time this weekend. You will fill us in on that. We are following sheinelle who is dealing with a tragic death in the west. Good morning. At least 23 wildfires are burning in the west. We have Gadi Schwartz with more. Reporter good morning, sheinelle. Tragedy overnight. Firefighter david ruhl died in the Modoc National forest helping with the firefighting effort. The Forest Service calls this tragic and heart breaking. The rocky fire is the biggest concern to firefighters. It has burned more than 18,000 acres so far. With the dry vegetation and wind conditions make the potential for firefighting dangerous. The governor has declared the state of emergency. He is ordering National Guard helicopters to help crews on the ground. All of this this morning, firefighters start another dangerous day trying to contain the flames with the new that one of their own has lost his life. Back to you in the studio. Gadi thank you. The Union Representing the university of cincinnati Police Officer indicted on murder charges is demanding his job back. They filed a grievance on ray tensings behalf claiming the university fired him without due process. Tensing is accused of murdering Samuel Dubose earlier this month. The two other officers who responded to the call will not face charges. This as reports tensing had another controversial runin with drivers last year that may have been caught on video. The update on the texas Police Officer involved in the arrest of a woman who died in police custody. The trooper was reportedly warned of unprofessional conduct last year and apparently given written counselling. Sandra bland found dead in her jail cell three days after the traffic stop in what police say was suicide by hanging. An account her family disputes. As if sky diving is not hard enough try doing it in a crowd of 164. 164 joined hands over the skies of illinois. Traveling at speeds of up to 240 miles per hour. Can you imagine . It took the team 14 attempts to build a giant flower. Beating the 2012 world record. Would you do it . I have done it. You made a flower in the sky . All by himself. I have done it. I dont think you could pay me enough. Would you do it. It is addicting. I did it twice. Not happening. We should get you in a plane. No. Third times a charm. Lets not tempt fate. In addition to the heat there is a hurricane. Out in the pacific. A quiet atlantic hurricane season. In the pacific, we have hurricane guermo. Hawaii needs to be concerned about this one. We are dealing with the heat wave in the northeast. Three consecutive days with temperatures up around 90 days. Washington, d. C. Should hit 92 today. It stays hot until tuesday. Wednesday we cool off. In the Pacific Northwest, it is record breaking hot. In oregon 102 in roseberg. Portland should break a record of 92. We are looking for temperatures to cool off into monday and tuesday in the Pacific Northwest as highs drop in the 80s. This is a category two hurricane in the pacific right now. Winds are now up to 105 miles per hour. It is exacted to make its way closer and closer to hawaii. Watch what happens as it moves over cooler waters. It should downgrade to a category one hurricane by monday and a Tropical Storm as it passes north of the big island wednesday night. We will see the rough surf. It should be a Tropical Storm byth Schmidt Schmidt schmidt submit Schmidt Smith schmitt schmidt. Meteorologist michelle grossman. The heat wave continues, a hot one this afternoon. Breezy temperatures in the low 90s. 89 to 92 under mostly sunny skies. Another hot one sunday 91 mostly sunny again. Even hotter on monday up to 96 more humid, closer to 100 degrees. Could see late showers, thunderstorms on tuesday. 92 and then finally breaking that heat wave on wednesday with some showers, 87 mostly cloudy thursday, 84. Have a great day. And thats your latest forecast. Dylan, thank you. Still no sign this morning of the american dentist who killed cecil the lion in zimbabwe. Meanwhile, we are learning more about whats called trophy hunting. Nbcs Kelly Cobiella is in london with more on that. Reporter craig, good morning. Big game hunting is legal in zimbabwe and many other countries in africa with the proper permits. Officials say palmer wasnt following the rules. The killing of cecil the lion was illegal. The zimbabwe government says and they want Walter Palmer to be extradited. The minnesota dentist still in hiding. His local guide told the telegraph newspaper the two were upset when they realized they killed a protected lion. He said we took the head and skin as the client paid for the trophy. He said palmer wanted to kill an elephant next but couldnt find one big enough. Trophy hunting is legal in 11 african countries. Every year, tourists kill animals. Including 600 lions and 600 elephant elephants. Even the black rhion is fair game. Over 95 of americans are against hunting any animal in danger of extinction. Over half of big Game Trophies go to american hunters. They pay tens of thousands of dollars. Money they argue goes toward helping animal populations. Jason hunts in south africa but only kills what locals eat. These animals are providing food. A lifestyle. Jobs for unfortunate people over there. A lot of the hunting stuff falls back into the community. Reporter most conservationists agree. Trophy hunting can be conducted sustainably and can contribute to conservation. Reporter while paying to kill brings in millions paying to simply see the animals is worth billions. Safari tourism or nature tourism is worth 25 billion a year in africa. As for palmer this morning, there is more backlash against the dentist. Betty white and Arnold Schwarzenegger both weighing in. White called the lions death heart breaking and schwarzenegger said stop killing big cats. Craig. Kelly cobiella for us. Kelly, thank you. This morning, there will be no search at sea for two 14yearolds who disappeared after going on a fishing trip a week ago. The coast guard says they are done looking. Boys parents are not giving up hope. Nbcs Kerry Sanders in florida with more. Reporter good morning. The reason there are no official searches doesnt mean there are no searches. There are planes over the atlantic this morning looking for the two missing boys but not from the u. S. Coast guard. They are volunteers who have taken to the skies as well as boats to see if they can find the missing children. These two 14yearold boys. Their efforts are funded by a go fund me site that has in excess of 368,000. On day eight of an allout search for 14yearold friends perry cohen and austin stephanos. The coast guard said at sunset friday night, the search ended. This is particularly painful. Reporter for the boys parents who have not given up hope they are still alive, the effort to find them remains active. Only now with volunteers in boats and planes. We continue to appreciate everybodys support in this critical time. We know there is a window here. We will do everything we can to bring these boys hope. Reporter the two best friends set out a week ago from jupiter, florida. Without parental permission the coast guard feels the boys were headed to the bahamas to fish and hit by a squall. You see by cell phone video, other boaters raced to shore. As the teens headed out. The 19foot boat was found capsized north of jupiter. The engine cover was missing and cooler and life vests. The coast guard searched for the boys which lasted a full seven days. Hundreds of people searched thousands of miles because were committed to finding austin and perry. Reporter by way of comparison in other u. S. Coast guard searches where they were unsuccessful in finding people missing in south florida waters those searches lasted two to three days. Erica. Kerry sanders, thank you. Still to come on today, amy schumer is on vacation visa checkout is such an easy way to pay online. Enter your username and password. A few clicks. And check out. Simple as that. No reentering payment and billing info. 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The response to the openness is overwhelming. 87,000 comments so far from women and men who are sharing their own fertility struggles. He made a good point. A lot of times you feel you have done something wrong. A lot of people in that situation can relate. It is great to open up that conversation. I had no idea how many people had experienced such a thing until we started to have a child. And people who dont have anybody to talk to. Good deal. Great way to open that discussion. What would you do if a bald eagle got in your face. I mean right in your face . Probably caught off guard, right . Prince charles certainly was. We have photo evidence. He and camilla were at an event when the Army Air Corps mascot startled them. We have a host of memes. Sharknado took over england. Theyll never let travolta live that kiss down. And the famous trump combover. And even the force was working against the prince. I think id run. I know. Id run after that. We caught that one moment. 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Im rosemary connors. Its 8 25 on this saturday. So the heat wave continues. Lets check in with meteorologist michelle grossman. Hey, today, tomorrow tuesday. Get used to the 90s. Well have them today and finish out the weekend as well. A little breezy outside. See it from that shot looking at that flag. It is warm 78 in philadelphia 73 redding, 76 Atlantic City and 76 in dover. Its going to be another hot one by this afternoon. 91 degrees. Repeat performance. Monday warmer 96. Throw the humidity back in to feeling a little warmer than it actually is. Tuesday warmer 92. Look what happens on wednesday. Finally breaking that heat wave in the upper 80s. Thursdays showers and storms. Looking nice around the workweek friday. Mostly sunny, 85. Were following breaking news this morning. Police are investigating the shooting death of a 40yearold woman in philadelphias kensington neighborhood. It happened at coral and rush streets around 5 30 this morning. Police tell us the woman was shot in a white ford explorer. Bullets shattered the back passenger window. You can see it right here. Its unclear if the shooting was random or the victim was targeted. Police are on the hunt for the gunman. Still no arrests in the executionstyle murder of a young mother in Port Richmond. This morning philly police tell us the victim was targeted and a new clue could help them catch her killer. This is Surveillance Video showing the suspected gunman running from the scene on aramingo avenue just moments after witnesses heard shots fired from inside the victims house. Last night dozens of people crowded outside the home of 22yearold stephanie dzikowski. She was shot and killed late thursday night while her toddler sat nearby. Policesey seysey dzikowskis fiancee discovered her home after he returned from the corner store. No suspects named in the case. As for now im rosemary connors. Michelle grossman and i will see you back at 9 00 for news. Come to sesame place before little kids become, big kids. Before dress up, turns to makeup. And tag becomes, hashtag. Its time to celebrate our 35th birthday, with our new Neighborhood Birthday Party parade. Come to the only place that makes Little Hearts race. Buy your 2016 pass now and get the rest of 2015 free. Sesame place go before they grow. Looking like a good time dont disguise the way you look tonight oh, my my were from naples, florida and its our dads birthday. Were from louisiana. Go tigers carolina gals here at today. We love craig. Best day ever. Love for craig melvin on the plaza today. Those are family members. We have so much fun when when come out on the plaza. We have to tell you, let me tell you, a good crowd on the plaza changes everything. Yes, it does. Make some noise one more time. Nice to have you with us on saturday morning as we welcome the month of august. August 1st already. It is going to get steamy later in the day. Everywhere in the country. Lots to get to in this half hour. Have you heard of ronda rousey . Yeah. She is probably the toughest female fighter out there right now. Undefeated champion of the ufc. Biggest name in mixed martial arts right now. Dont let the harsh exterior fool you. She says she cries all the time. We will show you what happened when i get you know what . When she made you cry . A video that makes me look like i got my butt kicked. Not for 12 straight minutes. Coming up in just seconds. Then there have been so many stories in the news about Police Officers and troubles within the communities within which they work. We found a great story where the police and community are coming together on the water. If you are ready to blast the ac and curl up with a great book we have the next gone girl to the next thriller starring matt damon. We have that and a lot more. Before we get to that we want to say hello to steve guttenberg. I watch you every weekend. You have a great show. We went over that in our meeting. Im in my pajamas right now. You are also here not because you love weekend today, because things are going well for you. Lavalantula. I love. 2 fast 2 furious copied from us. We did really well on the sy fy channel. 11 Million People turned in . I have a spider with me right now. No no no no Everybody Loves giant spider movies. We are looking forward to the sequel. In the sequel you reunite with a lot of people from Police Academy . Yeah. Patrick renna. I was lucky to have my friends working on the show. We have another encore show on august 8th at 2 00 on the syfy channel. If you like spiders. Curl up. You dont mind if i put a spider in your dressing room . The plastic spider. You can put that in dylans room. You dont mind dylan . No. The tarantulas get a bad deal. They are friendly and furry. They are easy to work with. They dont eat much. Except a little skin. Congratulations on the success. Thank you. It is syfy a brother and sister of the nbc family. We are all in the family. Can you give us a few details on 2 lava 2 lantula . It will take place in chicago or dallas. Im going to be in it or im not going to be in it. There may be tarantulas. It might be on at 8 00 or it might be on at 9 00. Does everybody want to see a show . You have a beautiful audience. Thanks for coming by. Thanks so much. Thank you so much. Were excited for the next one. Well be back. There will be one in the dressing room. Dylan, how about a check on the weather before the check on the tarantulas . Im not goingging in my dressing room. We have scattered showers in florida. Monsoonal moisture in the southwest. Strong storms in iowa and minnesota and southwestern parts of wisconsin and northwestern illinois. Tomorrow we will see that slight risk of stronger storms move into the southern great lakes. It does include chicago and detroit. Biggest threat for large hail and damaging wind gusts. We cannot rule out an isolated tornado. It is staying a good saturday morning. Meteorologist michelle grossman. Heat wave continues, a hot one this afternoon and breezy. Temperatures in the low 90s. 89 to 92 under mostly sunny skies. Another hot one on sunday were going to reach 91 mostly sunny once again. Even hotter on monday 96 more humid, feeling closer to 100. Could see late showers, thunderstorms drying out on tuesday. 92 and finally breaking that heat wave on wednesday with showers 87 mostly cloudy on thursday 84. Have a great day. And who says wranglers not here on the weekends . Where are you from . Connecticut. You saw stuff like this in connecticut . We have that. I love it. Nice. Wranglers here on the weekend. Americas most popular dog. Mixed martial arts dominant star ronda rousey beat out floyd mayweather. She was named best female athlete beating out serena williams. She is looking to fight undefeated tonight in brazil. I caught up with her in california at her gym where she introduced me to the famous arm bar. Ronda rouseys dominance is a sight to behold but you better look fast. Her last three fighting Championship Bouts have lasted a combined 96 seconds. The quickest finish in ufc championship history. Reporter she has never lost. 110. I want to be that one fighter that remains undefeated and dominant throughout their entire career. There are a lot of fighters out there with a rise. Reporter rousey started in judo and won bronze for team usa in beijing. She returned to california and grew tired of partying and bouncing between deadend jobs. That is when she discovered mixed martial arts. She remembers the day she told her mother she wanted to start competing in the noholds bar style fighting. She looked at me and goes thats the stupidest [ bleep ] thing i heard in my life. Reporter she has become one of the biggest names in the sport dominated by men. She has train skended the sport. Starring in two movies this year. His parties bore me to death. Reporter writing a best selling book and gracing magazine covers. But despite it all. I cry all the time. Reporter really . Im a huge crier. To be a fighter, you have to be passionate. Reporter the perception and the real ronda . How people perceive you, is that off in some way . Im a lot more calm and laid back in person and i have to be a salesman and entertain eraer a lot of the time. No one wants to see me sitting on the couch with my dog. Reporter opponents never see the softer side of ronda rousey. They are introduced to this. I had to see if the hype was real. What if i try Something Like that . Okay. All right. Thats the next one. And if i . Thats the sleeper. Reporter what shes known for is the legendary arm bar. Forcing women who dont want to lose an arm to force into submission before it snaps. One way is to hold your hand like you want to keep it. With your other hand. And i go backwards. Thats how you get them. And i dont use any muscle. You hug the arm. Dont make me tapout on tv. Didnt you sign a waiver when you came in here . You have to tapout. All right. All right. It wasnt a whole tap. Dont try to play it off. Its okay. I like my arm. Did it hurt . Oh, yeah it hurt. She dialed it down. Her fight tonight against a woman in brazil. She is also undefeated. Talk about the staredown. Wait until you go facetoface. They dont like each other. There is some history there. That fight is on payperview. We dont know what she was saying. It wasnt nice. Ronda rousey is a real deal. We have more footage. I know you find that shocking. Of course you do. What was this called . This is akin to the sleeper. If you keep that on someone long enough. It passes you out. Her last three fights the other opponent hasnt been able to executes a move because she puts them in the arm bar. She is on them so quickly . Right. They cant react . Last three combined 93 seconds. Thats a great piece. Thank you. Thank you very much. Im glad i made it back. Thanks for having me. Your wife and son are especially happy. Up next some of the best new books you want to get on your Summer Reading list. But first these messages. I sure had a lot on my mind when i got out of the hospital after a dvt blood clot. What about my family . My lil buddy . And what if this happened again . I was given warfarin in the hospital but i wondered if this was the right treatment for me. Then my doctor told me about eliquis. Eliquis treats dvt and pe blood clots and reduces the risk of them happening again. Not only does eliquis treat dvt and pe blood clots but eliquis also had significantly less major bleeding than the standard treatment. Knowing eliquis had both. Turned around my thinking. Dont stop eliquis unless your doctor tells you to. Eliquis can cause serious and in rare cases fatal bleeding. Dont take eliquis if you have an artificial heart valve or abnormal bleeding. 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Craig johns is here with the great finds. Nice to have you back here. Thank you. It is true. I cannot read scary books. We have something for everybody. The first one up were hearing could be the next gone girl. I feel every time a book comes out lately everybody says it is the next gone girl. No one is allowed to say that, except me. This is the next gone girl. It has girl in the title. Its a gripping story about a woman with a great job in magazines and handsome fiancee. The month leading up to the wedding, she finds the documentary is made. Reese witherspoon optioned it for a movie. Anyone who could go on to write a book. Did you see anything she is basing this on me . A few things. Yes. Interesting. We will have to put that on the list. Next one for space nerds. Have you ever fantasized about what it is like to be left behind on mars . Sometimes. More of jupiter. Mars is fine. It is an astronaut who is left behind on a mission to mars. He is there left to survive. It will be a huge movie with matt damon. I love to read the book before the movie. It is a great read. It is rare to see guys reading these days. It is such a great story. He didnt start out. He was a blogger. It became this viral sensation. It is a great book. The movie tiein. Looking forward to that. A post apocalyptic tale this morning. I dont like the end of the world fiction. This has been named the best of the yearbook list by Entertainment Weekly and npr. It is about the georgia flu epidemic and within a month, civilization changed forever. It is how humans turned to art. Its a great read. I heard a couple of things about it. It sounds great. So for someone looking for that perfect chick lit, dont want to think about it enjoy myself beach read. The two reigning are jane green summer secrets. And the rumor over the one summer. And you are sitting in adirondack shares on the beach. Sold and sold. We have the chick lits. Laugh out loud read . This is in the spirit of running with scissors. It is a gay man with his larger than life texas mom. It is funny, but heartwarming too. I like the sound of that. Short stories. This can be great if your kids are running around. You dip it. They are rather dark. Providence noir. I have a story in there. It is a man who keeps his wifes ashes in a pig cookie jar. That has my name all over it. And dr. Seuss book what pet should i get . They found it after his death. They are publishing it this summer. I wanted to mention it. All great choices. Nice to have you here. Thanks for coming in. We will send it over to sheinelle in the orange room with todays personlaza fan. A life hack to make your next summer road trip easier. Have you ever been in a car and you dont know which side the gas tank is on . Which ever way the arrow points on the fuel gauge, thats the side of the car you should pump your gas on. Would you like one more . I would. Let me give you one. After a long trip, your car might smell stale. Do you take road trips . We do. You can take a look at this. Get dryer sheets and stuff a few in the air vents or keep an open box under your seat so the smell lasts up to three months. Isnt that cool . Definitely. A pine tree thing you hang. It would smell better. Here is your moment. Take it away. Still to come on today, an unlikely pairing in the most unlikely place. But first this is today on nbc. Were back on saturday morning with the look now at how police and communities they watch over are coming together in an unusual pairing. As nbcs Kerry Sanders shows you barriers are being broken thanks to a chinese sport. Reporter there is a rhythm on the water that goes beyond the drum beat. Even the teens and adults admit they were an unlikely match. Take marlin mcclain. As in officer marlin mcclain. His patrol in one of orlandos tough urban neighborhoods. The neighborhood where his teenage teammates live. They look at us like the enemy. Reporter 17yearold says the image he had of cops before they became paddling partners was from youtube videos showing angry confrontations or getting stopped by police as he walked in his neighborhood. You know when you are in certain neighborhoods, the neighborhood i grew up here only time you see cops is when somebodys doing bad. Reporter look at them now. Ready and focused. Attention. Reporter in chicago, recently competing as a team where officers and teens are now friends. You feel you accomplished something. You work with people your age and not your age. Particularly officers. Reporter as much as you are learning they are learning. They are regular also. They want to help us as much as they want to help them. Reporter dragon boats date back 2,000 years to china with ancient lesson that carries into modern life. It is a team sport. You learn to give up self for the good of the team. Im having fun. There are kids that step up and want to do great things here. You can see it. 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Ill let you know how long it will last. The full forecast coming up. Cole has a new look. The former phillies ace is a texas ranger. Youll hear from hamels himself and fans about the trade. That story next on nbc 10 news at 9 00. Right now on nbc 10 news today, Philadelphia Police believe this video could be the evidence that breaks the case of a young mother murdered. Were following the investigation. Plus teaming up to save lives. Going door do door with free smoke detectives. Were live with no more deaths Fire Campaign gets you should way. The heat goes on. While the heat wave continues, the humidity will be down. Coming up in first alert forecast well look at when we get relief. Good morning on nbc 10 news today. Michelle grossman is tracking the weather. It is august 1st. If theres any time of year we should expect 90 degree weather its now. Yes, today, tomorrow, monday tuesday. 87 is normal top out around 91 later this afternoon. The good news we dont have humidity in place. Well feel like 91 as we head through the afternoon. A live look outside, enjoying sunshine. A little bit of a breeze. It wont be breezy throughout the day, especially this afternoon. Here is a live look outside. Yes, staying hot. We had a stretch of 90s already. Today were going to reach 90 degrees. It looks like were going to end the weekend with 90s as well. So the heat wave does continue today, tomorrow monday and tuesday. Things begin to change midweek. Temperatures right now are mainly in the 70s. We are warm already. 80 degrees already in philadelphia. 70 to the north and west allentown, lancaster, 70 in mount pocono. Walking out the door to 81 in millville and 81 in wildwood. Plan your day. Hope its a good one, by 3 00 90 6 00 87. Hot today, hot tomorrow. Ill let you know when that heat wave will finally end. Those