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Transcripts For WNBC Today 20240622

For his life. He loves to work and serve his community. He has been a great wonderful child. Reporter late thursday a procession to honor the men they call heroes as firefighters push on while taking time to remember the fallen. The government is spending 150 million a week on fire suppression. They say some 46 million homes or 40 of the population has a home at risk for a potential wildfire. Tamron and matt back to you. Thank you very much. Now to the other major weather story, danny, the first hurricane of the atlantic season. This is a small compact storm. Hurricane force winds only extend about ten miles out. It is moving over very warm water. Winds are at 85 Miles Per Hour making it a category 1 and should remain as category 1 for moves into an environment to rip it apart. By the time it makes its way through the Leeward Islands should be a Tropical Storm and then makes its way to Dominican Republic by wednesday morning. These are the upper level winds that will rip the storm apart. Some drier air will wrap in. That is unfavorable environment for a tropical system. Actually this could be the best Case Scenario for puerto rico. They are in an extreme drought having about 10. 7 inches below average since the beginning of the year. They can really use the rain but not dealing with damaging winds from a much bigger storm. This could be good news for puerto rico as long as they dont get mudslides because of dry conditions. Possible silver lining. Thank you. Trump holds what is expected to be the biggest rally of the president ial campaign so far. Ticket demand is so high the event is being moved from indoor arena to a stadium that can hold 15,000 people. Katy tur is there. Reporter if the turnout is as big as they expect it to be it will be the biggest rally of the campaign season. 36,000 people so far part of the campaign about onefifth of the entire population of mobile, alabama. So big they had to move it to this local football stadium. The governor already endorsed somebody else but jeb bush came out swinging questioning trumps conservative credentials saying he has been a democrat longer than he has been a republican and getting into a Fiery Exchange with a reporter who asked about the term anchor babies used to describe babies many find offensive. The term anchor babies yesterday on the radio. You dont regret it . Do you have a better term . You give me a better term and i will use it. Dont yell at me behind my ear, though. Reporter this as there are reports the Trump Organization has reached out to a major Hispanic Group to try to resolve their differences. Matt. Democratic front runner Hillary Clinton is capping off an already tough week for her campaign with even more glaring headlines tied to her email crisis all adding to speculation that Vice President joe biden could be eyeing a potential run of his own. Kristen welker has more for us. Reporter we are heading into yet another weekend in which Hillary Clintons campaign is being overshadowed by the email issue. She has been on defense all week long and now a sharp rebuke from a federal judge. Hillary clinton increasingly mired in the email scandal. On thursday during a hearing involving clintons long time advisers emails the federal judge scolded the former secretary of state saying we wouldnt be here today if the employee had followed government policy in an indication he thinks clinton broke the rules. This comes as the fbi is in the process of trying to recover data wiped from clintons private server. For the first time a representative from the i. T. Company that provided the server spoke out. Were networks aware of the sensitive possible classified material on the server . The job of the i. T. Company is to manage and protect that data. We dont look at the data. We manage it and protect it. Reporter several democrats tell nbc news they are getting jittery as the Democratic Front with a cloth or something . Reporter her humor falling short. You may have seen a recently launched a snap chat account. I love it. I love it. Those messages disappear all by themselves. Reporter the controversy making her an easy target for republicans. She has big problems. I dont know. What is hillary going to do about hillary. Reporter it is fuelling the movement for Vice President joe biden to join the race. 53 say they want biden to run. He is a guy that is genuinely well liked. If he makes the decision to get in there im confident for a real effort. Reporter back to that email issue. The Clinton Campaign is releasing a new video called scandal fact Check Another effort to ramp up damage control. About all of this in capitol hill in october and hoping this will allow clinton to turn the page but there is no guarantee given the fbi is investigating and no end in sight to the investigation. This is why people say you have to let president ial campaigns playout. It was once a foregone conclusion that Hillary Clinton was going to be the democratic nominee. Chuck todd referred to clinton and jeb bush as dynasty candidates. It leads us to ask you to join the conversation on our facebook page. The question. Should joe biden enter the 2016 president ial race . We will show you the results of that poll a little later in the show. Natalie is here with a scary situation playing out here in new york. A powerful explosion that rocked a high school here in new york. It is now under investigation this morning. Nbcs rahamah ellis. Reporter cleanup will begin after the huge explosion left a massive hole and unnerved everyone who heard it. I thought it was a bomb. Reporter residents are still in shock this morning after a possible gas explosion blew out several floors of jfk high school in bronx, new york thursday night. The blast so powerful the entire neighborhood felt it. The whole house shook completely. Reporter custodians working in the building say they were returning from their break just moments before. We heard a large explosion, the alarms went off five seconds afterwards. Reporter Authorities Say construction crews had been working on a science lab on the sixth floor. Three of the contractors were seriously injured, one critically. We are dealing with the immediate situation securing the building and the immediate area, continuing the cleanup and beginning the investigatory reporter it comes days after a gas explosion levelled a motel 6 in washington critically injuring one person. Here in new york authorities are still investigating what caused the incident here at the high school. With the extensive damage and classes set to begin in less than three weeks there is little time to wait. What caused the explosion we do not know that yet but we will certainly get to the bottom of it. Reporter inspectors will check for structural damage. If that goes smooth construction will begin soon. Thank you. Frightening moments in los angeles thursday night after an explosion rocked a building downtown in an underground section of a 19 story high rise. Two people were sent to the hospital. The cause of the explosion is under investigation. Officials believe a generator was involved. At a concert. Caitlyn jenner could face a vehicular manslaughter charge. Investigators say jenner was driving at a speed unsafe when she caused a Chain Reaction crash in malibu. We will have much more on this story coming up in our next half hour. Well, more on the video we showed you. A family of bears having a pool party that caused a big splash in a new jersey familys backyard. Theres bears in the pool they took my floaty that is in rockaway township. A mother and five cubs having fun taking over the basso family pool. Although it wasnt all fun and games. Family saying she winas not thrilled about sharing her toys with the uninvited guest. If they hit the cooler and the grill we are concerned. Definitely want to change out that water. Looks a little murky. Day two of als epic adventure adventure. Reporter its almost 3 15 here and a good thing because during the summer months outdoor workers are not allowed between noon and 3 00 to be in the direct sun light. It is about 108 degrees relative humidity 25 . It feels like 114 degrees. Not as hot fortunately out in the Pacific Northwest but we have fire weather watches, red flag warnings and air quality alerts for over 9 million people. Look at the fire weather outlook elevated to critical throughout much of the interior Pacific Northwest. As you watch this front push through High Pressure builds in. Winds gusting up to 45 Miles Per Hour. Relative humidity low 15 . As we get into the weekend we will see temperatures starting to warm up. So no good news there. This is the persian gulf. The water temperature, guys, 95 degrees. We have camels hanging out. 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Reporter next week his lawyer says owen labris will tell his side of the story. I was raped. I was violated in so many ways. Of course, i was traumatized. Im sorry. We are disguising the girls voice and not showing her face. The 16 year old in grueling cross examination with jay carney. You didnt tell him to stop because it wasnt a pleasurable feeling to you, did you . I didnt. Points with owen, werent you . Again, laughing nervously, yes. Reporter carney trying to undermine her credibility. Try not to lie as much as possible. I try not to. Sometimes i guess you are unsuccessful. Reporter carney says he wasnt out of line. Try to be professional, polite, respectful and i believe i was all three of those. Reporter the teenagers mother who we are also not identifying told jurors after the encounter her daughter was devastated. She was crying his terically, very hard to understand her. Reporter prosecutors say the girl was sexually assaulted on the campus as part of the tradition known as senior salute. On thursday a school nurse testified that during an exam two days later the girl said she had not been coerced. She said at no time during that encounter did she feel abused, correct . He has pleaded not guilty and said it was consensual. After the witness stand the alleged victim saying i can now say i am a survivor. Coming up on friday morning, more on something natalie touched on earlier. Could Caitlyn Jenner be charged with manslaughter for her role in a deadly car accident. Its Graduation Day for the first women to complete the Army Elite Ranger school. Historic dump from the hackers who targeted Ashley Madison. Plus watch as these magnificent creatures take flight, soaring away from home towards the promise of a better existence. But these birds are suffering. 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It should wind down in the next our or so. It could be some local flooding in those areas. Sunshine, 86 today. Tomorrow, less humid, sun and clouds. Well be right back with more of todays top stories. A man is under arrest after his wife fell out of their car and died in brooklyn. News 4 tracie tray strahan has the details. That woman was killed after falling out of the back of a moving suv. It happened around bayridge parkway last night. Her husband is in police custody. Dead at Lutheran Hospital back to you. Coming up on the today show some yankees recognize some fans for hope week. Its still raining in some spots. 7 30 now on a friday morning. 21st of august. We had a couple of showers in the northeast overnight and here in the early this morning. Getting ready for a concert from Carly Rae Jepsen. She will take it stage in our 8 30 half hour. Another large gathering. Donald trumps president ial Campaign Rolls into mobile, alabama where the republican front runner will hold a massive pep rally. More than 30,000 people are expected to attend. Here in new york three construction workers suffered serious injuries in an explosion at a high school in the bronx. The cause of the blast under investigation. Officials saying they were working on a gas line at the time. Engineers are being brought in to see if the building will be allowed to open in time for the start of the new school year. For the first time officials in Washington State are asking for volunteers to join firefighters being pushed to their limits. Crews are being called in from australia and new zealand. Coming up, two trail blazers. We hear from the first women to complete the armys grueling Ranger School as they get ready for todays graduation ceremony. Lets begin this half hour with the deadly crash involving Caitlyn Jenner and the faces she could face criminal charges. Er is looking into that. Reporter the case will be presented stemming from a fatal Chain Reaction crash six months ago before jenner announced she was transitioning to a woman. Jat ln jenner is back in the spot light in the detailed report about the deadly multi car crash. The Sheriffs Department says jenner was traveling too fast for the wet conditions although sources say jenner was driving below the posted speed limit. Jenners cadillac was pulling an offroa

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