Good morning, everybody. Im betty nguyen. Breaking news as hurricane arthur makes land fall. Heres what we know. Arthur strengthened to a category 2 hurricane last night with winds of about 100 miles per hour. The worst appears to be over for the outer banks of mcincome azar thur heads into the atlantic ocean. The hurricane made landfall just after 11 00 p. M. Near cape lookout. North carolina governor declared a state of emergency for 25 coastal and ajoining counties. Were going to darkness, and weve just been notified that this is a category 2 hurricane, which we want to warn our citizens up the coast and thousands of tourist that is may be dealing with this for the first time. This is a serious storm. Indeed it is. Bill karins with a look at that. It appears weve done pretty well. As i said, the storm is racing out. The sun is racing out into the lower portion of the outer banks and soon well have all the power crews that will get in there this morning, and it really wont be much of an issue. We are watching it right now about 71 miles southeast of Virginia Beach. Pressure at 90. 73. Still ae category two with 100mileperhour winds. Thats the estimate highest winds near the center. As it leaves the coast, it now appears to be getting a little more disorganized. There are still bands of rain from Virginia Beach up through the coastal areas of maryland, ocean city, maryland, all the way through delaware and up the southern portion of mnl new jersey right now. Its kind of a ruined fourth of july morning for a lot of those beach areas. The waez are obviously raw, and the rip currents. People arent being allowed in the beach wrar. As it parallels the medicine atlantic coast, we will see the rain heading up into areas of new england and later tonight up towards cape cod. Rainfall was not a problem. Fastmoving storm. That helps. Now the wind is dying down too. 20 to 30 to 44mileperhour gusts. Weve seen even portions of North Carolina. A little bit of damage, and it does not appear to be devastating. Thats such good news. Thank you, bill. Dozens of counties in nblg income have been the hardest hit by hurricane arthur. Thousands of people had to leave their homes ahead of the storm abandoning their long Holiday Weekend plans. Nbcs cris malone is tracking the storm from kill devil hills, North Carolina. The winds are picking up a little bit out there. How is it going . Betty, much better than it was a few hours ago when the eye wall was passing over here, but it appears that were in the last tloez of arthur at this point. Yes, there are some gusts and some bands of rain that are coming by every now and then, but thats to be expected as the tail end of this storm moves fully out to sea. Now, earlier is a far different story. About seven, eight hours ago the storm made landfall just after 11 00 eastern time. Several hundred miles south of here, and it slowly moved up the North Carolina coast across very heavy bands of rain and winds over 100 miles an hour. Now, the good news, as you were just talking about, is that rib there are about 25,000 Power Outages in North Carolina. Well need some numbers to put that in perspective. It appears that thats not a very high number given the speed of the wind and how big a storm this was. Is that you know, does that say that this damage that as teams go out and take a look around wont be too bad . Hopefully that is the case here. Business owners certainly hope that they can get things reopened very quickly and get more tourists in here. Many did evacuate. Many did stay. If folks head to restaurants and whatever, then the Business Owners here will certainly take that. Betty, back to you. Absolutely. They want to get on with the fourth of july Holiday Weekend. Okay, chris. Thank you so much for that report. Speaking of fourth of july holiday, president obama will continue the tradition of hosting a white house naturalization ceremony. Todays event will be held for active duty military members, reservists spshgs spouses who are immigrants. It comes as the president prepares for a showdown with congress over securing our countrys borders. Im joined by tracie potts live from washington d. C. Happy fourth of july to you. Whats the latest with this immigration issue . Reporter hey, happy fourth. The latest is that today were going to see two different pictures. Really a demonstration of why this situation is so complicated. Weve been looking at those pictures from text tickets, california, arizona. Today well see immigrants who serve this country being honored at the white house. The constitution of the United States. Reporter later today president obama welcomes immigrant soldiers and reservists and their spouses at a naturalization ceremony at the white house. This Independence Day will be their first day as american citizens. Reporter president obama dealing with the 52,000 immigrant children who come here on their own. The u. S. Is pending 1 million on a new ad campaign in sfral america warning parents its dangerous to send kids to the u. S. Alone. So far this year the government says 220 people have been found dead trying to cross the border. The message is if you come to the United States, this government is going to let you in and youre going to be able to stay there forever. Thats not how our immigration laws are intended to work. Reporter one california town against the bunches of immigrants headed their way. This is an invasion. Why is the National Guard not out there stopping them from coming in . Reporter a congressional hearing in texas thursday governor rick perry offered a solution. Send them home. Nobody is doing any of these children the slightest favor by delaying the rapid return to their countries of origin. America reporter independence and freedom being celebrated today. For thousands of immigrant children its close, but not close enough. Now, that ad campaign that the u. S. Is launching in central america, theyre also going to be running those ads here in major u. S. Cities with large immigrant pop layiulations. Trying to get the word back home. Thank you, tracie. Would you get a tattoo of your Favorite Team logo if it guaranteed you free tickets for life . Plus, americas roads, bridges, and tunnels are in dire need of repair, as our Highway Trust Fund runs dry. Whats congress doing about it . Another haboob in arizona. Well tell you what that is when early today returns. Does in a day is building up layer, upon layer, upon layer of bacteria. And to destroy those layers . You need listerine®. 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Police say justen ross Justin Ross Harris sent nude photographs and was sexting to women that day and wanted a, quote childfree life. There was no proof the death was intentional. Out west, two weather events are causing significant disruptions. A dust storm known as a haboob barrelled through arizona. All flights at phoenixs main airport were grounded or diverted until it passed. The remnants could make it hard to see the fireworks. That is quite a sight. And in california the napa fire is still burning through rugged terrain. Reinforcement crews arrived to help. Flames scorched more than 6. 5 square miles. Are you going away for the Holiday Weekend . Watch out for the potholes. Its one of the busiest travel times of years but many roads and bridges arent up to snuff. Thanks to a recent movement by chris, nbc senior White House CorrespondentChris Jansing has more. Reporter 8 hour a day tony johnson operates heavy equipment at a plant at a makes asphalt to make roads. Its always hot and nosey. Its been good to me. I just need to keep it going. Reporter but work could dry up. Congress went home for the holiday without replenishing the Highway Trust Fund which help states pay for road, bridge, and rail projects. From fixing the broadway bridge in boise to new buses in columbus and in West Virginia all Road Construction could grind to a halt. One thing thats everywhere, potholes. And when they dont get fixed it costs you money. 324 a year per driver. Thats coringed to one study. In extra operating costs and repairs. Without the trust fund, 700,000 workers could lose their job. Are you nervous about work drying up . Definitely. The president has been pushing congress to make a deal. That doesnt just put construction workers back to work . That puts engineers back to work. That puts Landscape Architects back to work. It would seem to be a winner since federal dollars have been a huge chunk of highway budgets in almost every Congress Members state. More than 40 in ohio and alaska, more than half in ohio and oregon. 39 in florida. The most obvious fix is raising the gas tax but tax hikes are never a popular option in election years and frustration is running high. I dont know why people of congress think they can come to work every day and not do anything at all. A political tug of war over crumbling infrastructure searching for a deal that wont fall apart. Chris jansing, nbc news, the white house. Just ahead, new details on hurricane arthurs path of destruction and the passing of an incredible american. Tom brokaw on this mans amazing life. And the rest of your sports highlights, thats next. Want a fiber thats clearly healthy . Benefiber is clear, taste free, and dissolves completely. And unlike other fibers, youll only know youre taking fiber by the way Good Digestive Health makes you look and feel. And benefiber is so easy, you can feel free to add it to everything you love. And thats clearly fabulous. Benefiber. 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For us he was a comedian. He looked like a comedian and acted like a comedian. What did he say to you . The boy with the fast finish. His track career was interrupted by world war ii and the legendary tale of survival at sea and in a japanese prison camp where he was tortured daily. Theres no way i could. I would rather be dead than what we call a turn coat. After more than two years he came home a hero but then his story was largely forgotten until unbroken, the epic best seller. Enter another legend, angelina jolie. I miss you. I miss you honey. Louiss new friend. He has not lost my sense of humor. Shes my gal. Fortunately for her im not 21. Jolie is the director of unbroken, the film that premiers later this year. You train, you fight harder than those other guys and you win. The resilience and the strength of the human spirit is an extraordinary thing and men like louis teach us it can be all right and we can pull through. We were the heartiest generation. They were hearty. 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