The reigning champ defeated so how many hot dogs does it take . Good evening. And thank you for joining us on this holiday. Im cecilia vega. We begin tonight with patriotic fever and fear around the country, as fourth of july celebrations are in full swing. Police are on guard. Take a look. This officers face says it all. Heightened security here in times square. In the nations capital, officers lining the Independence Day parade. And in boston, bombsniffing dogs making sure the thousands gathered at the pops concert will be safe. Teams of police tracking any possible threat. And our Ron Claiborne has been right there with them. He leads us off tonight from one of the countrys largest celebrations, right here in new york city. Reporter this holiday weekend, crowds gathering to watch fireworks, enjoy a parade, take in a ball game, under the shadow of heightened concerns about the possibility of a terror attack. Already, heavily armed squadrons of Police Deployed to city streets and at n
The reigning champ defeated so how many hot dogs does it take . Good evening. And thank you for joining us on this holiday. Im cecilia vega. We begin tonight with patriotic fever and fear around the country, as fourth of july celebrations are in full swing. Police are on guard. Take a look. This officers face says it all. Heightened security here in times square. In the nations capital, officers lining the Independence Day parade. And in boston, bombsniffing dogs making sure the thousands gathered at the pops concert will be safe. Teams of police tracking any possible threat. And our Ron Claiborne has been right there with them. He leads us off tonight from one of the countrys largest celebrations, right here in new york city. Reporter this holiday weekend, crowds gathering to watch fireworks, enjoy a parade, take in a ball game, under the shadow of heightened concerns about the possibility of a terror attack. Already, heavily armed squadrons of Police Deployed to city streets and at n
Climbing. The storm is blamed for at least seven deaths. Abc News Reporter lana zack is live in the area with the very latest. Lana . Reporter hello, as you can see. The rains continue to fall here in houston, just in Harris County we now have an updated total. 1 trillion gallons of water. To put that all into perspective, thats enough to fuel Niagara Falls for 15 days. Historic flooding has brought Southeast Texas to a standstill. President donald trump and the first lady had a touched down in Corpus Christi where they will see firsthand the devastation harvey left behind. There was of epic proportion, nobody has ever seen anything like this. Reporter just northeast rescuers are rescuing residents trying to stay above water. Lifeanddeath moments playing out over hundred of square miles. They have saved more than 6,000 so far, but thousands more are still waiting to be rescued, and the flooding is only getting worse. I didnt even imagine that it was going to be this catastrophic like t
From nbc news, this is a special edition of today, the impact of Hurricane Harvey. With matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live in studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Its tuesday morning, 7 00 a. M. On the west coast. Glad youre with us. Craig is in for matt once again. And weve got a shot over the skies of houston. Downtown houston, this is a look from our drone. And you can see the situation thats unfolding there. Still unfolding at this hour. It has been raining off and on there all morning in houston. But perhaps some good news coming. Dylan said were on the back end of this thing. We will get to her in just a moment. Also some harrowing tales of neighbors helping neighbors as well. Weve got a lot to get to. Overnight developments on this storm. The official death toll in texas stands at three but dozens more are missing at this hour. And that includes six family members who are feared dead after relatives say their van was swept away by the rising floodwaters. T
D. Were just a moment ago. The latest on harvey, the water. Reached a levee near Columbia Lake and evacuations have been ordered. Right now the death toll stands at at least four. There are reports a Police Officer is among the dead. Officers say that more than 6,000 people were rescued in bout an alone, never mind the outlying areas, and more than 17,000 people in texas are in shelters right now. Just about an hour and a half ago, the president and first ocdy arrived in corpus christi. President trump will tour the damage today and he appeared with the governor of texas, greg abbott, less than an hour ago. We want to do it better than ever before. We want to be looked at five years and ten years from now as this is the way to do it. This was of epic proportions. I just want to say that working of the governor and this entire team has been an honor for us. Clearly a working environment. Now, the president is set to us t four parts of texas today, and as that happens, you can look for i