right now. announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. they are just 14 but also experienced at sea, and that is giving hope to the families of two florida boys that are the mass object of a massive ocean search under way right now off the coast of florida. the boys went missing on friday after setting out alone on a fishing trip believed to be to the bahamas. their 19-foot boat was found capsized and adrift in a strong current yesterday, but there have been no signs of the boys. late this afternoon the coast guard provided an update on the expanding search. our kerry sanders reports now from jupiter, florida. just confirmed, nobody is on board. reporter: in the desperate search for two missing teens, a discovery both grim and hopeful. their capsized boat. but no sign of 14-year-old perry cohen and his best friend austin stephanos. it s terrifying to know that your child is out there without you
right now. announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. they are just 14 but also experienced at sea. and that is giving hope to the families who are the object of a massive ocean search under way right now off the coast of florida. the boys went missing on friday after setting out alone on a fishing trip believed to be to the bahamas. their 19-foot boat was found capsized and adrift in a strong current yesterday, but there have been no signs of the boys. late this afternoon the coast guard provided an update on the expanding search. our kerry sanders reports now from jupiter, florida. just confirmed nobody is on board. reporter: in the desperate search for two missing teens, a discovery both grim and hopeful. their capsized boat. but no sign of 14-year-old perry cohen and his best friend austin stephanos. it s terrifying to know that your child is out there without you and if they need help that
not what families want to hear as the search for two missing 14-year-old boys enters day four. reporter: in the desperate search for two missing teens, their capsized boat but no sign of the boys. it s terrifying to know that your child is out there without you and that if they need help that you can t reach out your hand and give them the help they need. the teen set out friday with 28 gallons of fuel, believed to be headed to the bahamas, only 44 miles away. but this squall capture ed on another boater s cell phone may have caught the young mariners off guard. i call hick my mcgyver he can make something out of anything. reporter: it was caught in the gulf stream a constant current that flows four to six mile-per-hour this time of year. and when a person is in the water, you re basically looking for the chest up. it s a relatively small object. reporter: the boys mothers say it was unlikely they wore their life jackets. that s because most boaters in florida,
why officials still believe they may have survived and the boys motors join us. and football s first female. meet the new coach with the arizona cardinals. the history-making hire today. tuesday, july 28th, 2015. and morning, everyone. welcome to today on a tuesday morning. a lot of headlines in politics this morning. no question. we are happy to have mike huckabee in our studio live. he s taken a lot of heat for comments he made on the iran nuclear deal and we ll talk to him about that and other developments in the race. meanwhile, the weather is a big story today. we have al here looking at the major heat wave hitting most of the east coast. it s expanding through the midwest, the central plains, the northwest is going to get involved in this before it s all over. we have this dome of high pressure. look at how far north the jet stream extends, all the way up into canada. this dome of high pressure expands out. it s going to build west and to the east as well.
have survived. the boys mothers join us live. and football s first female. meet the new coach with the arizona cardinals. a history-making hire today, tuesday, july 28 2015. announcer: from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everyone. we have a lot of headlines in politics this morning. no question. we are happy to have governor mike huckabee in studio live. you were right. he s taking fire for comments he made on the iran nuclear teal. we ll talk to him about that and other big developments in the race so far. meantime the weather is a story today. we have al here looking at a major heat wave hitting much of the east coast. it s actually expanding through the midwest and central plains. the northwest is going to get involved in this before it s all over. we ve got a dome of high pressure. we have been talking about it. look how far north the jet stream extends, all the way in