Good morning. Im marlie hall. And im relief this morning after seeing near record temperatures in durham, north carolina, where it felt as hot as 105 degrees, the city closed outdoor pools and halted boat rentals as a safety precaution. The extreme weather did become dangerous in many areas. Nbcs kathy park has this report reporter lightning at a beach in clearwater, flrks, struck a man in his 40s. Like shocked, thrown to the ground reporter sending him into cardiac arrest hes currently in Critical Condition and several othersar recovering from their injuries while across the country scorched cities hitting a boiling point, with another day of relentless heat its toasty warm. Reporter outside oinsi theis last week, expecting ma kano was admitted to the hospital because of the heat physically, do you think you can no reporter in wisconsin and michigan, severe storms exasperating conditions. With thousands of customers entering day three, offline without electricity. Also in the midwest,
Hall. Im dara brown a dangerous heat wave is finally beginning to break the scorching temperatures that settled over the country have for for days been blamed for as many as seven deaths. Overnight in new york, about 44,000 people lost electricity as the local Power Company made repairs to prevent further outages. For more on the impact of the recent extreme weather, nbcs kathy park has this report reporter lightning at a beach in clearwater, florida, struck a man in his 40s. Like shocked and thrown to the ground reporter sending him into cardiac arrest hes currently in critical condition, and several others are recovering from their injuries across the country, scorched cities hitting a boiling point with another day of relentless heat its toasty warm. Reporter outside of manhattan in queens, hundreds of customers are without power, and many were finding relief outside rather than inside their home. Last week, expecting mom elsa canoe was admitted to the hospital because of the heat p
Sweltering airport. And we have two sheldons here today. But we begin with the look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. They are making a lot of money. Im not begrudging anything but im saying they have to respect our flag. The nfl reacts to President Trump. Because of our position we get drug into im callingous players s. O. B. S. They have to the right to speak out. Players have the right to free speech off the field. I could only imagine how hor fied they were. A deadly shooting outside of nashville. Police say Emanuel Samson opened fire. We cant let acts like this interrupt our lives. The effort to dismantle obamacare may be on the ropes and the clock is ticking to reach a deal before the end of the month. Officials in puerto rico are getting a clearer view of the destruction left behind by Hurricane Maria. The outer edges of Hurricane Maria were actually scraping the east coast of the United States. The death toll from tuesdays powerful earthquake in mexico continues t
Here. Reporter more than 1,000 people slept in the airport overnight. Waiting for a flight. They had nowhere else to go. There were no cots. No water, children were bathed in sweat. As their parents tried to keep them calm. My mother needs dialysis. And we have been here, 26 hours. There is a desperate situation at san juan airport now are you aware . Yes. The puerto ricos governor. He says he pleaded for more money from fema. So far, 1 billion has been earmarked for recovery. But not apparent here yet. The aid that comes to Puerto Rico Needs to be consistent with the aid provided anywhere else in the United States. Uerto rico dark. 85 of the power lines have been knocked out. It may be months before theyre repaired. Today the head of puerto ricos Telecommunication Alliance wrote to President Trump warning that things will get even worse unless there is fuel to supply generators. After a press conference today, President Trumps adviser for homeland security, tom bosert defended the gov
Disadvantage. And although they flew farther north than american combat aircraft have gone in years, they stayed 200 miles off the coast. Out of effective range of north korean antiaircraft missiles. In other word there was very little if any risk north korea could actually shoot down an american bomber. Still, north korea has intercepted american aircraft before. In 2003, this north korean mig surprised u. S. Reconnaissance plane conducting patrol off the coast. Its planes are a decade older and air force allowed to languish while kim jongun pours resources into Ballistic Missiles and nuclear weapons. According to one intelligence report, north korean pilots get as little as ten flying hours a year. The pentagon said the night flight by the b1st and f15s was response to missile tests as well as powerful underground nuclear explosion. And was intended as a sig naufl the many military options the u. S. Has the against north korea. One military officer said future bomber flights might co