A firefighter takes on a very different hero role and latebreaking details on president bushs injury from a nasty fall. Early today starts right now. Good morning everybody and thank so much for wake up with us today. The best athletes in the world gathered last night in los angeles for the espy awards. The most anticipated moment of the evening didnt disappoint. Caitlyn jenner live for the first time before a worldwide audience. She accepted the prestigious arthur ash award. Ladies and gentlemen, the courageous the stunning caitlyn jenner. Jenner did not walk the red carpet or talk to reporters. Espn said she wanted her onstage comments to stand. This transition has been harder on me than anything i could imagine. The biggest fear i always had in coming out is i never wanted to hurt anyone else. Most of all, my family and my kids. It is an honor to have the word courage associate with my life. If you want to call me names, go ahead because the reality is i can take. Thank you so much
Of these issues and these are the top five most talkedabout political topics on facebook in the u. S. Over the month of july. The number one discussion racial issues followed by mexico the economy, lgbt issues and immigration. Lets go straight to nbcs tracie potts right where its all going down cleveland, ohio. Good morning tracie. Any and all of those topics could come up here at either of these debates tonight. It will be interesting to see the responses 0 on immigration in mexico from donald trump after he made headlines early in the campaign with that were awaiting the arrival of a number of candidates just a mat he of hours before the showdown. Final preparations at the arena this morning where seven candidates will debate this afternoon and the top 10 will bedebate tonight. Including ohios governor john kasich. Carly fiorina is in the happy hour debate. Only 40 of republicans know my name, but dont worry, they will. Analysts tell us with social media, it may not matter which cand
Explosions rocked china. Smoke is still smoldering from the blast site and were getting a look at the devastation. New drone footage shows the aftermath. And the smoke above the warehouse where the explosions took place. It happened an at an Industrial Area and triggered a blast that was felt miles away. And cell phone video captured seconds of the second one. Reporter a first blast had shaken the port city of tianjin, then this. A massive explosion, many times bigger than the first blast and a blinding white light. You see it and then they feel it. The shock waves shattering windows and turning shards of glass into projectiles. Images of the blast flooded chinese social media. A store froth disappearing. A living room covered in broken glass. Hospitals are filled with injured. Some burned, many cut by flying glass and debris. Tianjin is one of chinas biggest industrial centers. Home to 11 million people. And canadian in bejing got called from friends in tianjin. The first conversation
Burning across the western united states, and now another threat is sparking concern not only are the fires burning through acres of land, theyre also burning through firefighting budgets, the u. S. Forest says its spending 100 million a week to fight the flames. Nbcs Miguel Almaguer begins the coverage. It may be the most explosive inferno in the nation. What began as five small lightning fires merged into this monster. It looks like a war zone here, because it is. In the air and on the ground, the National Guard has arrived. But for now, theyre losing the battle. It was heartbreaking. Im getting phone calls from people saying can you see if my house is on fire . The complex fire torching tens of thousands of acres, destroying lives. In Washington State alone, nearly 3,000 forced to flee the flames but not everyone escaped alive. This man lost his father, who died of a heart attack as he scrambled to flee. He loved me, a good man. Across the west, nearly 100 uncontrolled wildfires are
Thats correct, dara. From the Roanoke Community and the Journalism Community at large. New details about the troubling mindset of the shooter are emerging. A man claiming to be him faxed a 23page document in which he described himself as a human powder keg waiting to go boom. Colleagues describe Allison Parker and adam ward as special people. The kind who were up before sunrise to put in long hours reporting the news. Their offcamera lives were just as busy. Parker had recently moved in with her boyfriend and ward was engaged to be married. If i walked in the morning, the first person i saw was either adam or allison. I got a smile on my face because they were always that way. They were interviewing a local official live when Authorities Say 41yearold vester flanagan, a former colleague, opened fire, killing parker and ward. He also filmed the shooting. Posted it to social media later. As he was pursued by police before he turned the gun on himself. Its obvious there was this gentleman