about his efforts to get sober before buying the gun at the center of the case. the outrage in israel. the u.n. adding it and hamas to a blacklist of those who harm children in war zones. new body cam video from the arrest of the world s number one golfer, scottie scheffler. what it reveals. and team usa stunning the world with a historic win. is america catching cricket fever? announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and welcome. in this season of extremes and heightened weather danger we ve witnessed these last several weeks, it s now the crippling heat we re watching tonight taking hold across a wide stretch of the southern tier putting 21 million people under heat alerts today. in the past 24 hours, triple-digit temperatures being recorded in places that include phoenix and las vegas. near record high temperatures could occur as far east as miami. tonight, first responders are adopting some of the lessons from last year s deadly summ
Matt letourneau of Engine Company 45 joins that host of heroes and our hearts are brea breaking. A city in mourning. A fire lieutenant making the ultimate sacrifice. Lieutenant Matthew Letourneau runs into a burning building but does not make it out okay. Now, family, friends, the Fire Department and complete strangers are with heavy hearts tonight. Thanks for joining us. Im joyce evans. Im dawn timmeney. Today the city lost a real her row lieutenant letourneau died fighting to keep our community safe. Speak of the 11yearold veteran including mayor jim kenney calling him one of the best. Fox 29s Joanne Pileggi is live at the philadelphia Fire Department with more on this heartbreaking story. Joanne . Reporter good evening everyone. Well it gets you right in the heart. Two dead after a fire in north philly. One of them living in the home the other one of the brave, city workers. A firefighter who died doing his job. When i came outside the fire was a blaze. The first floor, the second f
Amended. Yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk h. R. 4547 a bill to amend titles 2, 8 and 16 to improve and strengthen the representative payment program. The speaker pro tempore the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a 15minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore on this vote, the yeas are 396, the nays are zero, zero recorded as present. 2 3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. The speaker pro tempore the ouse will come to order. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20 the Unfinished Business is agreein
Pretty good shirt. Orange and black with the oriole bird. I saw one. I want one. You want one . Wish i could help you. Okay. Okay. You get one. Three balls a strikeout on desmond. Tommy hunter trying to come back on him. Will not. He got back into the count. Theres a lead off walk here in the ninth inning. Ian desmond walked last night. Matt williams has to like that from his shortstop. Wonder if hell bunt den dekker. Trying to put up one more run here in the nooipgt inning. Orioles think hell bunt. Manny machado at third base. Den dekker hes had a triple, his First Major League triple, a walk and flied out. Got himself on base twice in that number nine spot. Chris parmelee will hold the bag at first. Ian desmond has a pretty good lead. And hunter will throw over. Matt den dekker showed. Did he it depends what they do. Some guys will show after the throw is already caught at first base. If they show right when the pitcher steps up and throws and clinch a little bit then you know youre
Browns select miles garrett. Its a celebration of the best of the best. But a real hero, his life and his death that has shattered our area. Now fox 29 news at 10 00. Two big stories unfolding right now. Good evening, im lucy noland. Im iain page. Our two big stories one green, one blue separated by just 40 miles but separated in tone and meaning by infinite miles. In delaware about a family and dreams shattered and all of us try comes grips with that reality. Well cover that. Here in philadelphia, its about dreams coming true, a game that brings people and cities together in a party on the ben franklin parkway. Weve got Team Coverage covering this spectacular event from every angle. Howard eskin live at the eagles practice facility. Chris oconnell is live on the parkway with all the fans. But lets start tonight with fox 29s ron burke with details about tonights big selection. Ron . Reporter iain and lucy, the eagles going with 14th pick and the future is now for the nfl and the eagles