Nightly news begins right now. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt, reporting tonight from washington. Good evening. You may have thought youd heard it all regarding the prison escape and manhunt involving two killers last month in new york but it turns out there was a lot more. Today as Joyce Mitchell the prison worker who helped them bust out, appeared in court to plead guilty to her crimes nbc news obtained a detailed, at times salacious and eyeopening statement she made to state police about the plot the supplies the weapons, and the plan to kill her husband the night of the escape. Nbcs john yang was in court today in upstayed new york. Reporter with a tearful signature Joyce Mitchell accepted a plea deal today admitting she smuggled hack saw blades, drill bits chisels, padded gloves glasses with lights, and other tools into the prison for convicted killers richard matt and david sweat who, the d. A. Says used them to escape. Shes been very anxious, very depressed,
Risk for people with asthma and other respiratory diseases. Temperatures in the 60s and 70s. Pottstown 69 degrees. 10 degrees warmer in philadelphia. Thats just to begin with. Add sunshine, you get this 76 degrees at 6 00. By 9 00 low 80s, 90 degrees and climbing at lnch time today. Your neighborhood by neighborhood forecast when i come back in ten minutes. As bill just said theres a heat warning issued starting today at noon. That warning will be in effect through tomorrow night. Nbc 10s katy zachry is live in center city to tell us what this means for people out there. Katy . Reporter it means those who are most at risk for heatrelated illness, very Young Children and the elderly, they should stay inside especially during the heat of the day. For everyone else you should drink plenty of water. On days like today and tomorrow expect to see higher crowds of seniors at local senior centers. Anyone 55 and older is welcome. Many who go are in the most vulnerable population. At the West Oa
So, spends time, as much as you can in airconditioning. There is your satellite radar picture, few pop ups yesterday because of the heat, no showers or thunderstorms right now. Look at the american flag, not blowing at all no wind at all. So calm winds 77 relative humidity, and already 79 degrees, when it is almost 80 at 5 00 in the morning you know it will be a hot one. 5 57 is our official sunrise time so, other temperatures throughout the region, to the north of us, in the upper 60s little more comfortable at least to start the day. And then, lower 70s out at the shore. And just about everywhere, we cannot find a breeze anywhere. We could use one but sorry about that. And in weather by the numbers we went with seven for today because of the excessive heat warning, makes it even more uncomfortable. Soap as we go through the day, offer to another muggy start like yesterday. Warm humid by lunchtime already up to 90. We will probably top off at 95, it will feel like it is close to 100 a
Over . By simply inhaling the air we breathe, thats how 65 people in the south bronx were sickened with the potentially deadly legionnaires disease. Four of them have died and 55 remain hospitalized. Thats public, you know, public places, thats very scary at a father. Reporter the outbreak was first detected on july 10th after all 17 commercial rooftop ac units were tested in the area, five came back positive for the area. The affected sites are lincoln hospital, concourse plaza, the opera house hotel, Verizon Office Building and the streamlined plastic company. Legionnaires disease is not contagious. Health officials suspect people were infected by inhailing the mist given off by infected units. Once a year inspectors from the city should go around and then thats part of maintenance. Reporter symptoms include high fever, coughing, aches, but it is highly treatable if you receive prompt medical attention. Officials say the water supply here in the bronx is completely safe. Still, many
Images of herself on big game hunts taunting her critics. Well talk to her. And end of the road. The little robot on a Cross Country journey to San Francisco. Strangers supposed to get him all the way. But then this happened. How the happy little life of the robot came to a sad end today, monday, august 3rd, 2015. From nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today. 7 00 a. M. On the west coast on monday. Im Savannah Guthrie. Our big story is out west. Scary scene in california. Over 20 individual fires but a couple of them very, very alarming. Its our top story this morning. Thousands of homes now being threatened by this california wildfire. And overnight, emergency officials stepped up evacuation orders. Nbcs joe fryar is live in lake port, north of San Francisco this morning. Good morning to you, joe. Good morning, savannah. We have just learned this fire is now 60,000 acres burned,