overseas, as israel launches strikes against palestinian militants in the west bank. what the white house is saying about the stepped up violence there. and later, new reporting on the race for president. why the first gop debate is at risk of losing its draw. the latest on donald trump s double digit lead against his republican rivals is straight ahead. welcome to msnbc s live coverage on this tuesday, july 4th. we start with breaking news overnight. five people are dead and two children injured after a gunman wearing body armor opened fire in a philadelphia neighborhood. police first responded to the attack just before 8:30 p.m. after reports of gunfire in multiple locations. officers arrived on the scene and began chasing the suspected gunman who continued firing and didn t stop until he was cornered in an alley. that is where he surrendered. about 50 spent shell casings were found in the area which covers a two by four block stretch. the people were all adult men. the
Will mark an official heat wave. Good sunday evening. Im george spencer. Its going to feel even more sticky tomorrow as our region continues to heat up. Nbc 10 first alert meteorologist Michelle Grossman is here with what we can expect when we wake up. You can expect warm mornings. Were going to warm up very, very quickly. Were seeing the temperatures drop slowly tonight. Temperatures still in the 80s. 89 in allenallentown. 72 in wild wood. After a high of 93 degrees today. Day two. Tomorrow will be an official heat wave. Well get into the 90s. Well top around 94 degrees, feeling more like 95, 96. More humid tomorrow, stuicky. As we wake up on monday morning, were waking to mild air. Lots of sunshine. By 6 00, 74. 8 00, mostly sunny, 77. 10 00, 84. Another heat wave thatll last a few days. Were tracking some storms and the heat wave. Well look at that in a few minutes. Baby, im preying on you tonight just like animals thousands packed the beach, fighting the heat and humidity to hear m
Now we hear reports of people being looted. Good morning. Since harvey made landfall, the coast guard have performed more than 1450 rescues. That number doesnt include volunteers out in their own personal water craft rescuing people stuck in their homes. The rain keeps coming. As the remnants of Hurricane Harvey continue to pour over houston and the texas gulf coast, another day of historic rainfall, putting much of the nations fourth largest city under water. We rode out last years and it was okay. But this was more than we could imagine. Thousands have been forced from their homes. The water was up to here. I walked out and i was just like screaming. The worst of the flooding isnt over yet. Bottom line is is that its going to continue on. We need the whole community, not only the federal government forces, but this is a whole community effort. Citizens are giving involved, joining the more than 3,000 National Guard troops and coast guard called in to help rescue those caught in the f
Path and watching the weekend for the rest of our weekend. Were going to start out by taking a look at the radar and satellite view of irma. The eye of the storm, the eyewall, the area of strongest wind gusts, just moving right towards the keys as you can see, the reds, the orange, the yellow, a band of very, very heavy rain wrapped around the eye, and the gusts are incredibly strong. At 5 00 a. M. , we got an update, intensity at 130 miles per hour. Thats where youre going to find the 130mileperhour winds moving right towards the keys. Very close at this point. We have these heavy rain bands that are extending throughout florida now. Yellows, oranges that come in layers, and then the eyewall it itself is wrapped around that area of clear conditions. Once the keys are under this, the keys will see calm and quiet. But ahead of that, this are the destructive winds. About 30 mile tz away from areas like key west. This is something over the next couple hours were going to see unfold as it
Could reach 15 feet in places like naples, florida. Thats where National Correspondent jay gray is live. Good morning. We have seen rain all morning. It is building, as you can see. The wind gusting at times as well. The same situation just to the north. Lets take a look at ft. Myers where you can see the trees bending there and the rain pouring in. These are just the outer bands of irma, as the storm moves closer to the keys and targets the coast. Violent wind and frightening rain. Irmas assault begins hours before landfall. Hurricane irma is now impacting our state. Millions of floridians will see major hurricane impacts with deadly, deadly, deadly storm surge. And life threatening winds. Oh, my gosh. 18 million or more could feel the effects of this massive storm. Winds gusting well over 100 Miles Per Hour. 12 inches of rain or more in some areas, and a storm surge that could reach 16 feet. This is a deadly major storm, and our state has never seen anything like it. More than 6 mill