The mtv Video Music Awards big half hour ahead. Early today starts right now good to be with you this morning. Im Frances Rivera and i am phillip mena a state of emergency thats been declared in puerto rico as Tropical Storm dorian gains strength overnight it passed by nearby barbados, and if this continues in its path, it could hit puerto rico tomorrow as a category 1 hurricane. The island is still recovering from Hurricane Maria, which made landfall nearly two years ago. Maria was the deadliest Natural Disaster in u. S. History, killing nearly 3,000 people and destroying the islands power grid now people will are stocking up on food, water, and back up generators ahead of time meteorologist Michele Grossman now is tracking this Tropical Storm for us its getting serious good morning hey there, guys its going to be something were going to watch at least through the weekend. Lets take a look at whats happening now. This is whats called the enhanced satellite you can see its a small stor
Gunfire still echoing across the country tonight after a weekend of terror that began in texas. Theres not words you can place to Say Something like that. You know, you have to see it for yourself. Reporter the El Paso Walmart now a killing field. 20 murdered, two dozen wounded. A horrific scene playing out more than 1500 miles away. People started running, they started pushing us out the back door out the allie in the back because they didnt want us coming out the back. They didnt know where the shooter was or how many there was. Reporter it was a lone gunman connor betts wrapped in body was gunned down by police. Why . We do not have that answer at this time. Reporter investigators also still trying to piece together a motive in el paso. We are also treating this as a domestic terrorist case. Reporter the suspect, 21yearold Patrick Crusius was captured by responding officers after the attack. He was forthcoming with information. He basically didnt hold anything back. Reporter crusius
Me and that are me, of course, but it excludes a lot of people in his base as well. And i think that hes trying to divide so he can conquer, not unite so we can all conquer. Anything he can do that is not all Megan Rapinoe said early today starts right now good monday morning im phillip mena and im frances rivera. Great being back with you again. Its been a couple of weeks. Sure has. Everybody its hard to leave vacation, right . But when you love your job as much as i do, makes it a little bit better well, glad to have you back we begin with communities under water, coastal ones, as tropical depression barry churns over the south floods putting people in louisiana and six other states as barrnt battle wn the coast guard rescued 12 people left stranded in flooded homes. Kerry sanders is in louisiana with the latest. Reporter good morning, frances. The flood waters are lower than they were, but the troubles here in louisiana are far from over in louisiana, barry still making a mess omino
Im luz pena in San Franciscos Mission district. At this time on a saturday night, streets will be packed and even this park with families. As you can see, its empty. Many families tell us they are concerned about tomorrows raids. Im Lisa Amin Gulezian. I spoke exclusively with the father of a 2yearold hit by a suspected drunk driver. Warm temperatures continue inland this weekend, but a cooling trend is on the way. Reporter now news to build a better bay area, from abc7. Tonight bay area families are preparing for possible immigration raids that could now be just hours away. In some San Francisco neighborhoods, people are staying inside, hoping to remain safe. This comes as local leaders rally to make sure undocumented individuals know their rights. Good evening, thanks for joining us. Im eric thomas. And im dion lim. Tomorrows possible raids are expected to focus on as many as 2000 people who have been identified by President Trump as a top priority for deportation. The raids are expe
Are searching for her parents. The chilling ransom call released by the fbi in the cold case kidnapping of a teenage babysitter. 10,000 might be a lot of bread, but your daughters life is a better topic. Investigators asking the public to help solve a mystery thats baffled them for 45 years. G d stopping those annoyin robocalls, the new crackdo targeting scammeun across the y. One man nicknamed the dialer, ndaccused of personally seing nearly 60 million calls. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Reporting tonight from miami. Good evening from miami where the candidates are starting to arrive for tomorrows night one of the first democratic president ial debate. Enone of the issues at ther of this campaign, of course, is immigration. And today in the midst of the folding crisis over the treatment of detained Migrant Children came the surprising news that President Trumps acting commissioner of customs and Border Protection is stepping down. We have two reports from the w