Swirling collection of thunderstorms off the coast of florida, but it wont be for long. And with the 4th on the way, the timing couldnt be worse. Forecasters are predicting a hurricane with 90 mile an hour winds at the core, just as the core is predicted to pass by the shore of the outer banks of north carolina, moving right on up the atlantic coastline, kicking up rain, high surf and winds as it goes right through vacation corridor for tens of millions of americans who are about to head to the coast line from florida to maine, if they arent there already. Its the first named storm of the 2014 hurricane season. Its where we begin tonight with Weather Channel meteorologist mike seidel on the beach in melbourne, florida. Mike, good evening. Reporter good evening, brian. Today the bahamas took a battering, gusty winds over 40 miles an hour, and heavy rain. Thats what were expecting here along the Florida East Coast beaches tonight and tomorrow. Here is the latest from are the National Hurricane center as of 5 00 eastern. It is a mid grade Tropical Storm winds of 50 miles an hour. Its strengthened this afternoon. Its drifting northwest at 2 miles an hour, paralleling the coast. Because it is not far offshore, Tropical Storm watches are up right now in the yellow shaded areas. The watches and warnings will be extended up the east coast tomorrow and thursday. As it feels the effects of the jet stream, arthur will start to accelerate, first north then northeast. And by thursday, expected to attain hurricane status off the carolinas. And by friday morning, the worst of the impacts, strong gusty winds surge moving across the outer banks, sweeping across the area. And then the consensus right now takes whats left of our hurricane out at that point out to sea. Were thinking for the Holiday Weekend only peripheral impacts in the northeast, that would be surge and dangerous surf. So listen to your lifeguards. Brian . Mike seidel, melbourne, florida. Heres hoping you and the forecasters are right. Mike, thanks. That is just one part of our weather story tonight. The other is dangerous weather in several other parts of the country, including severe storms that hit the midwest very hard. Nbcs katy tur has our report. Reporter a spectacle of light over chicago as lightning bolts hit the willis tower, the light show, high winds and heavy rain lasted for hours. Flooding chicago highways and causing sinkholes overnight. This morning, travelers were forced to abandon their cars in the hopes of making flights out of ohare airport. Theres absolutely no way into the airport. So here we go. Reporter the storm known, a rare weather event known as a derecho. Straight line winds with gusts up to 80 miles an hour rolled across five states, killing at least three people. We get thunderstorms, we dont ever get anything like this. Reporter in iowa, two teens were sucked into a storm drain after eight inches of rain fell in just a few hours. Late today authorities found the body of logan blake. His friend david bliss, who was trying to save him, went through a mile and a half of pipe before coming out near a local lake. It was pretty bad. The water was too powerful, and it was moving really fast. Reporter along the iowa illinois border, parts of the mississippi could reach their highest levels in six years. Out west, rain would be a welcome relief. A haboob in oklahoma. Excessive heat warnings in parts of washington, oregon, and nevada. Temperatures could climb to 114 degrees in las vegas. And in new mexico, evacuations after more than 1,000 acres continue to burn in the Santa Fe National forest. We are just outside of chicago, the neighborhoods around here look like this, downed trees and power lines. The cleanup is ongoing, as 152,000 customers are still without power tonight. Brian . Katy tur with the situation in illinois and throughout the midwest tonight. Katy, thanks. Well, it has just ended in brazil tonight. And for the united states, it is all over in the world cup. A heartbreaking 21 loss to belgium in overtime. But until it ended, those who loved the sport back here in the u. S. Could not get enough of it. Nbcs Stephanie Gosk was watching with some of them here in new york. Stephanie, good evening. Reporter good evening, brian. Theres definitely a little bit of disappointment. They came here to queens hoping the team could win. But unfortunately, its the end of the road. Ill tell you, this game is a good example of why people love the sport of soccer. The first hour and a half of the game, nothing happened. 30 minutes of overtime, belgium scores two goals. The u. S. Think theyre out of it, and out of nowhere, the youngest american to ever score a goal in the world cup, julian green knocks it in the net. This place and all over the country they went absolutely nuts. I believe that we will win i believe that he will win fans, converts and those just riding the bandwagon. The world cup brought them out today in the thousands. Kansas city, boston, d. C. The soccer crowds were so big that some cities just opened up the football stadium. Chicago bears, eat your hearts out, for today Soldier Field belonged to another game. Usa versus belgium, that tiny european country with the population just slightly smaller than ohio. At a party in queens, they were hard pressed to even find it. Point to belgium on this map. No one knows where belgium is europe always confuses me. Its small. I know, its really small. Not even close. That one. You got it. [ cheers ] we have a winner reporter the belgians were trained to teach the usa a lesson. Like beer and chocolate, they know soccer. Giving the u. S. Only a couple brief moments of hope. This is a tough game for a fan, not many goals. And turns on a dime. Americans seem to be getting used to it, and its fair to say there are those who have grown to love it. Today president obama even led a cheer. I believe that we will win reporter these fans may not be sure where belgium is, but they have certainly put soccer on the map. [ cheers ] the end of the road for the u. S. Team. Its not the end of the world cup. It will be interesting to see who watches from here on out. Its fair to say a lot of americans have opened their eyes to the worlds most popular sport. Sad night in queens, new york and elsewhere, after a heartbreaking loss in brazil tonight. Stephanie gosk, thank you for your report. Overseas tonight, the response by israel was quick and powerful after three israeli teenagers were found dead yesterday in the west bank. Israel launched dozens of military strikes in apparent retaliation on what was a day of mourning for the three young men. Ayman mohyeldin is in telaviv for us tonight. Reporter tens of thousands of israelis turned out today for the three teenagers who were killed near the palestinian city of hebron. The bodies were discovered tuesday, nearly three weeks after the jewish settlers were kidnapped while hiking in the unoccupied west bank. Tonight israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is Holding Hamas responsible and is promising they will pay. The Islamic Militant group has praised the kidnappings, but denied responsibility for it. Overnight, israel demolished and ransacked the homes of palestinian families belonging to the suspects it alleges were behind the kidnapping, and detained about 400 individuals since the teens were kidnapped. In gaza, the Israeli Air Force carried out dozens of strikes on suspected targets belonging to hamas who, in turn, fired rockets into southern israel. Tonight, israels Prime Minister said they are prepared to widen operations in gaza. It has people here extremely worried that there may be more violence here on the horizon. Brian . Ayman mohyeldin in telaviv for us tonight. Muslims were called on today to join the battle. He called for an escalation in the fighting, that rhetoric combined with new intelligence has u. S. Officials worried, especially when it comes to air security and new measures at airports overseas, may be on the way for starters. Nbcs tom costello is at a tsa checkpoint at Reagan National in washington tonight. Tom, good evening. Hi, brian. Good evening. Government sources tell nbc news that they are so concerned about westerners joining the fight in the middle east that they may become threats to aviation back home. And so overseas in the coming days, we may see enhancements to Airport Security screening for those passengers headed for the united states. From western iraq, the latest threat from al qaeda offshoot isis. We are going for you, barack obama. Reporter while u. S. Government sources believe the talk is mostly battlefield bluster, they are concerned about the number of fighters in syria and iraq coming from Eastern Europe and the u. S. Fbi are director james comey. All of my european counterparts are focused on this all day every day, trying to track those who are going and those who might come back. Reporter the chief bomb maker for al qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is ibrahim al asiri, believed to be behind the christmas 2009 underwear bomb attempt and the 2010 plot targeting cargo planes with bombs hidden in printerer cartridges. The concern now that terrorists are developing new bomb technology. And fighters who hold european or northern passports could target passenger planes. Government sources tell nbc news that the u. S. May soon ask foreign airports to ramp up their screening procedures for u. S. Bound flights. Congressman peter king sits on the House Homeland Security and counterterrorism subcommittees. I think we have to anticipate this coming together of these evil forces, if you will. With the technology that they potentially have, and we have to be on our guard, we have to be ready. King wants the u. S. To provide foreign airport authorities with the latest threat intelligence, Screening Technology and training. Sources say theres no specific threat at the moment, they are concerned about being able to stop an attack in time. Aviation remains a very attractive target. It is high profile, and we defended it, meaning if al qaeda can get through an attack on aviation, its that much bigger a success for them. Brian, there is real concern that 13 years after 9 11, with wars in iraq and afghanistan winding down, the country may be tempted to ease up on security just as the threat may be increasing. Tom costello, Reagan National airport tonight. Tom, thanks. More than 100 undocumented Migrant Children and their parents were flown from texas to Southern California today, in the latest chapter of what has become an overwhelming border crisis in this country. Nbcs Miguel Almaguer is back in murrieta, california tonight, not far from san diego. Miguel, good evening. Brian, good evening, at this hour, 140 undocumented immigrants from Central America have been diverted from this facility. They were supposed to be processed and released here, but many the buses they were on have been turned around, this was the scene earlier today at Lindbergh Field in san diego. One by one, many mothers carrying their babies were flanked by Border Patrol officers, as they boarded buses for the onehour drive to murrieta. Here they were greeted by angry protesters, furious they say, by what they call refugees being bussed into their small cities. They blocked streets, waved flags and squared off with immigration advocates as tempers flared. Police stood between buses and protesters as the vehicles turned around, headed back on a freeway toward san diego. This was expected to be the first of several waves of undocumented immigrants coming to this facility. Instead tonight they are at a facility in san ysidro. Brian . An awful scene there, Miguel Almaguer, murrieta, california tonight. Miguel, thanks. Still ahead on our broadcast tonight, new hope in fighting Food Allergies, especially peanut allergies, for so Many American children. And later, the realization among the crowd at wimbledon today, something was wrong with serena williams. Tonight, the official explanation for some bizarre behavior. At best they are aggravating, at worst they can be deadly for the estimated 15 million americans who suffer from Food Allergies, including about 6 million children and including the peanut allergies that have come out of nowhere in recent years. But now finally, some new treatments are showing promising results for those who wish they could eat but they cant. Our report from our chief medical editor, dr. Nancy snyderman. Reporter for most of her young life, severe Food Allergies kept 11yearold tessa grosso feeling different from other kids. I felt left out. Reporter her mom kim was terrified about potentially fatal reactions to dairy, wheat, egg, almonds and peanuts. I remember the first time she went to camp, i hired someone to shadow her, and then i went and hid in the bushes to make sure she was okay. Reporter two years ago, they joined a study at stanford university, designed to gradually build tessas tolerance to a combination of foods all at once. The team, led by dr. Kar kari nadeau, fed tessa tiny bits of protein from the foods she was allergic to. Gradually increasing the doses. Are you ready . Reporter they combined that with injections of a well known asthma drug. The result, she was desensitized to multiple allergens within six months. Much faster than previous studies using a similar approach. Even better, shes now able to eat many of the foods that once would have put her in the hospital. Its really exciting for me to say that for those people that stay in the study, they are having the same types of outcomes as tessa. How are things . Good. Reporter another promising treatment for Food Allergies is a patch to help kids like Spencer Beatty avoid severe reactions to peanuts. The goal of the patch would be to expose the skin to the food theyre allergic to in a way that is almost like a vaccination. Reporter the Study Results wont be released until october. But spencers parents david and elizabeth say its the hope of a future free of Food Allergies that keeps them participating in the research. Great if it helps him, but even better if this is the trend toward allergy treatment and we can help other kids and other families. Reporter theres no real cure for Food Allergies. But the hope is they can be managed so theyre not deadly. These treatments are not yet widely available. But things like the patch, as they await fda approval will keep you up to date. Brian. Just a huge issue for so many families. Nancy, thank you, as always. Another break, were back in a moment with the lives that were on the line today for an Emergency Landing that had to be perfect. A big well done tonight to the pilot of a beachcraft bonanza. A single engine sixseater. He had to land it with no gear in san antonio today, and it was perfect. Smooth and flat. A short skid after he brought the prop to a halt. Four men emerged, there were hugs and high fives, because they lived to fly another day. Late word tonight about the health of the man who may be americas most prominent banker. There is word tonight that jamie dimon, the chairman and ceo of Jpmorgan Chase has been diagnosed with throat cancer. He shared the news in a letter to his colleagues and shareholders. He said his cancer was diagnosed early and is curable. Serena williams is one of the most gifted athletes of our time. A fivetime wimbledon champion, but today in her doubles match at wimbeldon, something was wrong. The Washington Post called it a bizarre outing. Another sportswriter said she had no business on the court. Officially it was chalked up to a viral illness. The woman with the most feared serve in tennis suddenly had no hand eye coordination. She was staggering, lost her balance, could not bounce the ball at one point. Finally, it got to be too much, and along with her doubles partner, sister venus, she withdrew. Just last year she reclaimed her title as number one in womens tennis after emergency treatment for a pulmonary embolism. Shes a 17time grand slam champion. If youve been unable to reach a canadian friend today, thats because its canada day. Celebrated throughout the land by our neighbors in the north in a number of ways including beverage consumption. In the hands down best web video of the day, which we have put on our website tonight, two brothers from canada, one of them a national hero, celebrate their nation in song. In canada hows it going in canada on the right, canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield and his brother dave composed and recorded a song called in canada. It will make you happy because its as sweet as maple syrup, and they embrace their own wholesomeness, corniness and own abashed love of country. When we come back, speaking of love of country, harry smith on the one road that may best define our country. As the fourth of july approaches, the folks at aaa tell us, 41 million of us will be crazy enough to hit the road this week doing trips of 50 miles or more. And our own harry smith has a suggestion for a great route to take. As tonight, mr. Smith goes to the place made famous in both pavement and song. A favorite stretch of route 66 through california. Reporter theres something about being on the open road that makes our hearts beat a bit faster. Especially if youre riding on history, like the old route 66. Its unbelievable. This is like some magic land. Too often we forget that while the interstate gets us there more quickly, the old roads get us closer. This is so much better than the interstate. Look at this. Riding shotgun is kumar patel, a route 66 motel owner. Why do you love it out here so much . Its pure still. If i just stop talking, you can hear the quail, maybe roadrunners running around, its so peaceful. The kimberlys just married wanted nothing else but to spend a month on 66. People are friendlier. When you stop in the towns, youre not stopping at big chains. Youre stopping at momandpop places. This is the best trip, i would have to say, ive ever had, and the best honeymoon too. Reporter the mother road draws fans from around the world. A busload from france. And this guy in the mustang is from switzerland. Bruno bought the car just for this trip. If you want to learn something about this country, and the people, you know, this is the best way to do it. Reporter while some spots along route 66 have turned into ghost towns, others see a future in the past, like this brand new place called topac. They built an oasis right where the old highway meets the colorado river. And thats kumars passion, to bring a new generation back to the old road. Thats why he bought and restored the wigwam motel in san bernardino. Why do you love this road so much . The road loves me back. Thats why i love it so much. Reporter so if you have a choice, as the poet once suggested, the journey is simply better on the road less travelled. Harry smith, nbc news, essex, california. What a great story to end on for this tuesday night. Thank you for being here with us. Im brian williams. As always, we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. Right back here tomorrow evening. Good night. Nbc bay area news begins with breaking news. Right now at 6 00, it is big, it is mean, and it is hungry. A brush fire churning through dry land, forcing evacuations and charring 2500 acres land. Good evening and thanks for joining us. Im jessica aguirre. And im raj mathai. It is massive and theres no stopping it. Our nbc chopper is on the scene. Can you get the scope and size of this fire. It started in the noon hour and is spreading fast. Its happening in the pope valley 20 miles east of calistoga. You can also see Lake Berryessa there. This is a rural area, but there are small communities throughout. They are surrounded by the dry brush fueling the fire, and they are on steep and rugged terrain. This has damaged at least five structures, forcing crews to evacuate more than 180 homes. At this hour, it continues to burn, but it is 30 contained. There are horse ranches in that area. Smoke can be seen. It is dark, ugly smoke. This is what it looks like from our san rafael camera. The wind is very erratic. Thats why weve seen the fire shift from the pope area to the Lake Berryessa area. You can see its now at the