>> reporter: sunday, president obama weighed in writing "i know this case has eliciteded strong passions. and in the wake of the verdict, i know those passions may be running even higher, but we are a nation of laws and a jury has spoken." this afternoon, attorney general eric holder promised to keep looking into martin's killing. >> the justice department shares your concerns. i share your concerns. >> reporter: tonight, george zimmerman is said to be in hiding, according to attorney mark o'mara. meantime you can as for trayvon martin's parents, other than a tweet or two since the verdict, they have been largely out of public view. brian? >> ron mott in sanford, florida, starting us off tonight. more now on this notion of federal charges potentially against george zimmerman. and in light of the trial just concluded, what those charges could be. our justice correspondent, pete williams, here with us in our d.c. newsroom with more on this presumably, we are talking about something in the category of a hate crime and isn't that notoriously hard to prove? >> very hard to prove. and the short history that that law has been on the books, the justice department has pledged to look at what the fbi learned about the shooting and what the fbi gathered during the trial it would be surprise tuck federal brought a criminal case. the most likely law thank could be invoked is the relatively new one, the federal hate crime statute passed four years ago, make tag federal crime to cause bodily injury to someone because of the victim's actual or perceived race. so the government would have to try to convince a jury that trayvon martin was shot because of his ray not because of self-defense or some other motive. several former civil rights prosecutors today said it wouldn't be enough, for example, for the justice department to claim that george zimmerman started following trayvon martin because of his race. proving intent, these experts say, is very difficult when t. when the government has got conviction under the hate crimes law, there has usually been other strong evidence showing racial motivation. unless the justice department can come up with something more, a federal case here seems very unlikely. >> pete williams on the other front of this. thanks, pete. as always, we shift our fact to the focus that weather is making news tonight. yes, it's summer. and yes, across a lot of this country, it's supposed to be hot right about now, but forecasters are warning about a dong rouse and oppressive kind of heat wave hitting a big part of this country, one of the more sustained we have seen in years. meteorologist janice huff is with us from a very hot stretch of sixth avenue in midtown manhattan. and janice, i can report here in washington, we officially hit 100 at 3 p.m. >> that's right, brian. it's hot up and down the northeast corridor. like you said, while the sheet not uncommon here in sum, the duration that we are expecting is uncommon. right now, we are looking at anywhere from at least six to seven days of this searing heat across the northeast. right now behind me, just across the street from our studios at 30 rock, it's 97 degrees on this thermometer, 97, 96, it is fluke weight. but i'm about ten blocks south of central park, where it is slightly cooler. 92 degrees right now in central park. temperatures are expected to reach the mid-90s for the next five to six days. the heat index, or what it feels like, will be well above 100 degrees. right now, some areas, it still feels that way. heat advisories will be in effect across much of the northeast from washington, d.c., where you are, brian, all the way into new england, for the next several days. the heat will be excessive in places like philadelphia where it feels like 99, right now just a little after 6:30 here on the east coast. the advisories will stay in affect the same areas, mainly the urban areas, the cities that hold in the heat because of all the buildings and the concrete and the roadways. we call that the heat island. it doesn't cool off very much at night. this area of high presse that's been building across the ea for the past couple of days is not going anywhere until later into the weekend. it will start to shift a little bit more back over the ocean to and we'll start to see some relief by then. in the many time, it's going to stay cycling. it is going to be smothering this heat. and it could be dangerous. what we need to remind everybody is that heat-related illnesses, and deaths in particular, are higher during heat incident he is than any other type of weather event, more than tornadoes, more than hurricanes, floods. people can die in the heat. everybody has to stay cool and comfortable. resleeve on the way in a few days. back to you. >> big strain on utilities as well. janice huff from the heat eye law and of manhattan tonight. janice, thanks. as always there may be a lot more coming from edward snowden about the nsa and how it operate. the newspaper columnist who first reported on the snowden leak says the fugitive former contractor has sensitive, detailed blueprints of how the security agency operates. glen greenewald has thousands of document us it, basically the instruction manual for how the nsa is built. snowden remains in limbo at that airport in moscow. back here, lots of americans hitting the road, the peak of summer vacation season. if you're among them, you have seen what we are paying for gas. aaa says the average price for gallon of regular now 3.61. that's up 14 cents from one week ago and it goes up from there. we asked nbc's tom cost tell throw look at what's driving it this time. tom, good evening. >> reporter: hi, brian. in fact, july and august are typically the peak months for summer driving, as americans pack up for the summer vacation. we are told that is at least one reason why gas prices are moving higher. ♪ summer in los angeles and mike's three ice cream trucks are on the move, but keeping them fueled up costs him $300 a day. nine years ago, it cost half that. >> it affects my bottom line, because at the end of the day you it's what you take home. >> reporter: california has some of the highest gas prices in the lower 48, averaging 4.01 a gallon. in the midwest, it's illinois and chicago where the city averages 4.06 a gallon. the cabbies know -- >> to make a dollar, i have to come up with 75. and nobody has got into my cab, you know? >> i have to have gas in order to go to work. so it affects my life greatly. >> reporter: why the sudden surge? analysts say you can blame a lot of it on the summer driving season. >>? an old-fashioned case of supply and demand. americans requiring more regular gasoline, refineries producing it, resulting in a decline in crude inventories. >> reporter: there's also concern the unrest in egypt could spread and disrupt the flow of oil through the suez canal. there and have been production hiccups at a few u.s. refineries, helping to push prices even higher. add it all up, an extra 14 cents per gallon in a week, 22 cents in a year and 800-mile round trip in the family van from chicago to minneapolis will likely cost about $178 in fuel. looking for the cheapest gas? gasbuddy.com has that. you type in your location and the stations with the lowest gas pop up. here in washington, it ranges from 3.59 a gallon to 4.79. some consumer advocates are skeptical with the oil industry's explanation that prices are driven by the markets and not manipulated seasonally by the oil companies themselves. meanwhile, back in los angeles -- >> if the prices keep going up, guys like me will go out of business. >> reporter: ice cream man is thinking of parking in a fix load cation, giving up on chasing oil price. some analysts we talked to say we may see another ten-cent increase for the gas pump but may be the top for the summer. the big variable continues to be the weather. a hurricane could send prices even higher. brian? >> tom costello, suburban washington for us tonight. thanks. now to the event earlier today that brought us here to washington, the current president and first lady hosted a former president and first lady. george h. w. bush and barbara bush were both saluted for the points of light organization the president supported it is now the largest volunteer service organization in the world with 4 million people putting in 30 million hours of service every year. it was a gracious day, all about the volunteers and a tribute to 41, who, true to form, and in classic modesty, tried to cut off the thunderous ovation he received. he is 89 now. he survived a big health scare last year. and while his legs have quit on him and his voice isn't as strong, it was a familiar-sounding former president who took to the mic briefly. >> like coming home for barbara and me. the rest of you coming to this house to be greeted by this superb hospitality knows no bounds. thank you all very much. >> by the way, his son, neil, says they are calling dad gq instead of 41 these days because of the expressive sock choices he has been making. points of light honored one volunteer on eachdy of his existence. today, they handed out award number 5,000 to a retired couple from iowa, floyd hammer and kathy hamilton, who have decided to dedicate their lives to feeding over 2 million meals to hungry children in 15 overseas countries. still ahead tonight, news of an alarming rise in blood pressure, but this time you can it's among children in the u.s. tonight, the alarming spike the doctors are seeing and what they are recommending. and later, the critics thought it was just too good a murder mystery for a first-time novelist. turns out, the author had written a few other things. 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"the cuckoo's calling" by robert galbraith, thought to be a former military investigator, some thought too good to be a first-time author. >> i thought a new writer and i he has got a lot of futu. >> reporter: last week, an anonymous tweet, galbraith is rowling. the paper launch and investigation. >> there's something we need to find. >> reporter: hired a language expert to compare the writing and found literary gold. >> in this case, what happened when iran the statistics, every one point jk rowling. >> reporter: rowling confess $. i hoped to keep the secret a little longer, it has been wonderful to publish without hype or expectation. she started as an unknown, showed this documentary crew this tiny apartment in scotland where it all began. fame became a burden at times but she vowed to keep writing, even after harry potter. >> i will always write. i can't imagine stopping writing. >> reporter: harry potter sales are close to half a billion. "the cuckoo's calling" had sold just 1500 copies, but try finding one today. no? no galbraith at all? >> no, trying to run all over around find t. >> reporter: it has surged to number one on amazon. no, can't find it anywhere. many think this was all a pr stunt f so it's working. >> certainly let you have a read it i want it back. >> reporter: publisher plans to print more, to solve another mystery, how to find another copy. keir simmons, nbc news, london. and that is our broadcast on a monday night. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. we hope to see you back in new york tomorrow evening. good night. a nation divided. anger across america. storming a hotel. and dead man walking? >> there's no question in my mind his wife is at risk. >> where is george zimmerman? >> he's in hiding and reportedly left the state of florida. and what went wrong for the prosecution? >> we believe that we brought out the truth. then -- the death of glee actor cory monteith. his lost weekend. the last photo. what co-star jane lynch is saying today. and the return of the twinkie, is the new twinkie as good as the old one? plus, after her big breakup with george clooney, stacy kiebler's new gig. now, "inside edition," in high definition, with deborah norville. hello, thank you for joining us. i'm diane mcinerney in today for deborah norville. the george zimmerman trial captivated the entire country, and his acquittal in the shooting death of 17-year-old trayvon martin has sparked strong reaction on both sides coast to coast. paul boyd has the latest on the emotional aftermath to the verdict. >> we the jury find george zimmerman not guilty. >> massive protests break out coast to coast, in the wake of the george zimmerman verdict. from new york's times square to the streets of los angeles. in l.a. a crowd storms the posh "w" hotel. police used rubber bullets to disperse everyone. >> what are you angry about? >> that a murderer got away with murder? no, david, what am i angry about? that you're asking me that question. >> it's done, it's done. >> don, that's -- >> it's done. why are you angry? >> because a murderer got away with murder. >> on "the view," whoopi goldberg asked zimmerman's attorney if their client followed trayvon martin because he was black. >> if because he's black can he never look suspicious? >> walking down the street? i kind of think no, because i'm black, i walk down the street, if somebody says hey, you might snatch my pocketbook, i

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