to the conclusion that trump is guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors, which taints this whole investigation anyways. leave it there. thank you. david corn nine, all will be back with us. don t miss ari melber s coverage of the mueller report tonight. what you need to know. 9:00 p.m. eastern time right here on msnbc. still ahead, temperatures are rising, millions across the country are trying to keep cool from a summer heat wave. a cool down may be on the way. details ahead. why is the trump campaign trying to make drinking straus great ago en? drinking straus great ago en again? again the shawn mendes verizon up concert was surreal. we were right in front of him. dead center, front row. i ll never forget that day. (announcer) the network more people rely on
million people under heat alerts or advisories. nbc s blayne alexander has more. reporter: in madison, wisconsin, a mechanical fire at this power plant. there s a transformer active fire. reporter: knocked out power downtown on the hottest day of the year. with the summer heat wave sweeping the country, in kansas city it feels like 110. in omaha and des moines, 114, heat that s already proving deadly. former new york giants player mitch pet tris just 32 years old died of apparent heat stroke in arkansas after working outside. the temperatures in new york city are climbing so high this weekend, the city has canceled the planned triathlon, but the heat wave is expected to break on monday bringing slightly cooler temps to millions of people across the country. can t wait for that. why hope hicks testimony to congress is coming under scrutiny. now the chairman of the
north koreans and also interesting that the drills that are coming up are very much scaled down. the scope is less. there is more computer simulation. there has been a real effort on the side of the u.s. and south korea to make sure military drills are scaled down so it doesn t affect the diplomatic side. certainly it s interesting that north korea once again is making this into an issue suggesting that this is what could be derailing any potential talks. alisyn, back to you. it will be interesting to see how the u.s. responds to this. paula, thank you very much. so the flood threat continues this morning as heavy rain moves through the midwest. meanwhile, the east coast is bracing for a summer heat wave. cnn meteorologist chad myers has our forecast. it s already pretty hot here. and it s going to get hotter. yeah, the rain is in arkansas today from the old remnants of what was barry. this weather is going to be brought to you by xyzal, all night, all day allergy relief.
attorneys general from 19 states and washington, d.c. who argued guns made from the blueprints would be difficult to trace and a risk to public safety. now, the ruling comes after the texas-based company seeking to release the plans reached a settlement with the government in june, allowing the blueprints to be available to download. according to the associated press, the plans for the plastic gun called the liberator were downloaded about 100,000 times until the state department ordered him to take them down. all right. so the heat is back for a lot of us. let s get on check on the forecast with nbc meteorologist bill karins. how are we looking? good morning. end of a summer heat wave for so many. in july you expect it, this time of year you know you will have a little bit but the kids are back in school and it is a little uncomfortable, especially if they don t have air conditioning. we have an unfolding situation in southern wisconsin, especially this area southeast of lacross
feet around honolulu so we re not worried about that. again, the biggest kesh concern going to be how bad the rain is and what the damage is done. they have small streams that turn into raging rivers. a hot day today in texas, about as good as it gets for august in the northeast. the air conditioner should be off in many cases. heading towards the weekend forecast, we will see the summer heat expanding. 96 in kansas city. a few showers and storms in the great lakes. a beautiful saturday mid atlantic through the northeast. by saturday, things heat up. 95 in 94 in st. louis, 90 in d.c. the return of the summer heat and it looks like we will have a summer heat wave for the east coast starting sunday and lasting monday, tuesday, wednesday. everybody looks to be about 90 to 95. summer is not over yet. yes, so enjoy the cool weather while we have it this weekend. thanks, bill. still ahead, she may be taking hits from both in and outside her party, but nancy