good morning. coming up on "early today," this friday morning. new photos of the moment boston bombing suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev was apprehended. detroit becomes the latest largest city to go belly up. just when is that royal baby going to arrive? plus, a mysterious twist in the whitey bulger trial. one of the most expensive plain white tees. and meet the world's largest virus. "early today" starts right now. >> announcer: this is "early today" for friday, july 19th. >> good morning. i'm richard lui. new photos show the moment boston bombing suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev was captured. they are from the night of april 19th when the day-long man hunt

finally came to an end. they show a disheveled and bloody tsarnaev with a red laser target on his head. boston magazine obtained the pictures from a state police sergeant. he's since been relieved of duty. that officer handed them over after becoming outraged by the latest issue of "rolling stone." the cover has raised controversy for its portrayal of the teenaged suspect. critics saying it makes tsarnaev look like a rock star not someone on trial for terrorism. america's motor city has officially gone bust. thursday, detroit officials confirming the city has filed for chapter 9 bankruptcy protection. it lays the grownwork for what will be a historic effort to bail out a once booming metropolis now sinking under billions of dollars in debt. it's the largest municipal bankruptcy effort in american history. >> this was a very difficult and painful decision. many may say this is the lowest point in detroit's history.

but if we weren't to do this, the way i view it, detroit would continue going downhill. >> not everyone agrees on exactly how much the city owes. emergency manager kevin orr has said the debt is likely between $18 billion and $20 billion. take you to texas. sweep abortion restrictions have been signed into law there. and more restrictive measures are already on the table. the new law takes effect in october and as one of the nation's toughest. it banns abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. and restricts the procedure to surgical centers. >> it is our responsibility and duty to give voice to the unborn, the individuals whose survival is at stake. this bill lives up to that responsibility. >> protesters shouted shame as the bill was signed. only 5 of the state's 42 abortion clinics currently meet the new requirements. reportedly three planned parenthoods already have plans to shut down. state senator wendy davis gained

nation wide acclaim over her filibuster of the law. she called the restrictions a clear break with texas families. and it's not over. three texas lawmakers have filed a so-called feetil heartbeat bill that would ban abortians after a heartbeat is detectd at around six weeks of pregnancy. rick scott finally met with protesters late thursday, days after they set up camp in the state capitol. during a polite meeting prorks testers called on the governor to hold a special session to revamp the self-defense statutes. namely the stand your ground law which played a part in the george zimmerman case. zimmerman was acquitted saturday in the murder of 17-year-old trayvon martin. but scott told protesters he'll not push for changes in the law because he supports keeping it intact. he's calling for a statewide day of unity and prayer on sunday. you know, this week's heat wave has turned fatal with the death of a 1-year-old left in an suv in alabama. meanwhile, heat indices of 100 degrees or more are still being felt from the midwest to the

northeast. nbc's chris clackum has that story for us. >> another day of scorching temperatures and another run on air conditioners. >> i need a little help to help me cool off the living room a little bit. that's where we spend most of our time. >> time better spent there than outdoors, like in washington where it was dangerously hot again thursday. >> those who cannot protect themselves from the heat like the very young or the very old. those are the most common victims of heat. >> been a week's worth of 90-plus heat in the new york city area. heat indices are already above the century mark in new york city as temperatures approach 100 this afternoon. >> reporter: but many residents are taking it in stride. >> i told myself i'm not going to complain about the heat because of the cold winters. >> reporter: the heat is coming from a large dome of high pressure in the upper atmosphere that's located over the ohio valley, great lakes and northeast. and it's made the playground equipment in quincy, illinois, unbearably hot.

>> mid to upper 170s. >> vendors at the farmers market in davenport have been forced to put produce on ice. >> i just pick it fresh and bring it. >> reporter: in detroit it was back in the 90s. and bad timing for the air conditioning to break down at a high rise apartment building. >> i bet it's 100 degrees in this apartment. >> reporter: chris clackum, nbc news. >> from chris clackum to bill karins. over the hump soon, huh? >> for much of the country. the intermountain west won't be as fortunate as areas in the mid-atlantic or northeast that have really been suffering. this heat wave has been long lasting. it's really built from the east coast and the middle of the nation while the west has remained hot. medford still scorching yesterday. boise, salt lake city. some of these places in the intermountain west will be looking at potentially one of their warmest julys ever. as far as the rest of the country, 98 in new york city. 1 100 at two of the airports in

new york. what's interesting about the heat this summer, especially in the east, areas like atlanta and charlotte are known as being hot. we've had nor 90-degree days in boston and d.c. than charlotte or atlanta. some areas of the southeast are having a cool summer and the northern half a warm summer. here's how we're looking this morning. another nice, warm, not too bad. it's not muggy or anything like that in the west. as we go throughout the afternoon, just like yesterday. the air mass has not changed. that means a day just like yesterday. 105 to 110 in the desert areas. 100 once again salt lake city to boise. many areas near 100 and medford should also be flirt with the centwarmer side for almost all these locations.

of course, we still have some fires burning, including the big one outside of palm springs, and, you know, nothing much going to change. firefighters still have their hands full. >> just hope for the best from the weather. coming up, more nightmares for boeing's dreamliner. and we'll go live to london for the latest on the royal baby watch.

a fever pitch in london as the world anxiously awaits the birth of william and kate's baby. nbc's jim maceda is outside st. mary's hospital in london. good morning, jim. >> reporter: hi there, richard. well, it's feeling more like frustration now, especially here outside the hospital than excitement. and it now turns out that july 13th, that rumored mid-july due date may have been days off. today's "daily telegraph" newspaper cites an unnamed hospital source saying that certain staff inside were told to abstain from all alcoholic drinks starting today, july

19th. apparently the real due date. but we all know as parents that -- about how unreliable due dates can be. and you can sense, richard, that even the royal family now is getting slightly impatient, start with queen elizabeth herself who when recently asked by a young grade school girl if she hoped it would be a boy or a girl she replied, without hesitation, she didn't mind either but she just wanted it to arrive. i'm going on holiday, she said. now the queen is scheduled to take her annual summer break to balmoral scotland a week from now. with each passing day and no blessed event yet, summer already saying that this could be waiting until the end of july, even early august, for the birth of the third in line to the british throne. richard, back to you. >> jim maced athank you. here are other stories making news. over 6,000 residents evacuated their homes in southern california as a wildfire grew to more than 35 square miles. the blaze is about 100 miles

from los angeles and is only 15% contained. the whitey bulger murder trial has taken yet another turn. a man who was set to testify against the alleged mobster was found dead in massachusetts. steven rakes was an alleged extortion victim of bulger and just one of many people slated to testify. the white house is considering cancelling a fall summit between president obama and president vladimir putin. tensions are rising as moscow considers giving nsa leaker edward snowden temporary asylum in russia. russia's most prominent opposition leader was sentenced to five years in prison thursday for embezzlement. protesters claiming this harsh verdict is part of a plan by vladimir putin to stifle any chance of a popular challenge to the presidency. a boeing dreamliner forced to land because of in-flight problems. the japan airlines flight landed in boston because of a fuel pump indicator light. it's just the latest in a string of problems for the new 787.

french researchers have discovered a new kind of virus. look at this thing. so big they believe it deserves its own classification. the aply named pandora virus is twice the size of the second largest known virus. and this one is 1,000 times larger than the common flu. a new study finds information about healthier food choice does not change what people order. evidently menu information or reminders about calorie recommendations are often plainly ignored. about one-third of those studied actually ate more than the recommendation. while some people may benefit from calorie data, this study suggests most just order whatever they are craving. >> announcer: early today health is brought to you by vagisil ph balance wash. now for your early look at business, we turn to cnbc's seema moody. good morning. >> richard, futures are lower as stocks could feel the heat today from google and microsoft.

both of which reported record earnings. more soothing words from fed chairman ben bernanke and positive data on unemployment. detroit's bankrupt filing is unlikely to affect the big three u.s. automakers who went through their own downturn in 2009. while chrysler and ford have some operations in detroit, only gm actually has its headquarters within city limits. and best buy is getting a head start on the back-to-school shopping season. the electronics retailer has cut prices on apple's macbook pro laptop by 200 bucks. act fast. the offer ends next week. richard, back to you. >> sounds like a deal. thank you seema. moody's upgrades the u.s. outlook to stable from negative. the push here is back for you to get your mail one day less each week. the postal service pulled the playing on the plan to yank first class mail on saturdays earlier this year. but the postmaster general says the cash-strapped service needs

to adapt to a changing marketplace. the mail carrier lost $16 billion last year alone. netflix making its way into the tv game big time. it got 14 emmy nominations. the streaming service nominated for its drama "house of cards" and comedy "arrested development." it's being called a ground-breaking shift. thursday we told you barbie's blues, declining sales. now we're learning why. she's in a major catfight with some other girls from another school. monster high. they are the number two doll brand in just three years with more than $500 billion in annual sales. they are creeping up on barbie, though. still number one at $1.3 billion annually. millions, actually. an american is leading at the british open but it's not tiger. plus who snapped their iron in two?

now let's get the latest in sports for you. anything can happen at the british open. say. 20 06 7 masters champion, american golfer zach johnson, for instance, he shot a 5 under 66. he's got the lead. meanwhile, top ranked tiger woods struggled. then sunk three birdies for contention. phil mickelson complained. hey, the scottish weather left the greens slick as ice. tiger and lefty both three strokes back now. also not happy, charles schwartzle in the rough. an errant shot on the 15th.

bad 6 iron. saw him throw it down. the south african snaps it in two pieces. i hate cameras. no bad angles. make me look tired. never in focus. i'll show you here. bam. an $80,000 camera with a cracked lens. thomas bjorn gets lawyers sharpening their pens on that one. no focus will help that. in new nhl rules have not reduced concussions. 5.23 concussions occurred per 100 games before. now it is 5.05. not statistically significant researchers saying. the new rules outlawed body checks at the head and from the blind side. billions of dollars in tv and video game deals using college players names. but they get zero. well, six current college football players say they deserve a cut of the ncaa money pie. the six joined former players in a lawsuit. how big of a fan are you? well, how about vu swan tien. he likes arsenal so much, he ran

three miles alongside the team bus in vietnam. they were playing team vietnam. the gunners stopped the bus. they invited him on board for some photos. looks a little bit out of shape. the denver nuggets jordan hamilton driving from the basket. no. slips, falls. so do his shorts to his ankles. thanks and no thanks to a slippery compression pants. >> it is party. jay cutler and his reality tv star wife kristen cavalleri even hiring here billy ocean for their '80s party for a diabetes fund-raiser. leopard prints and all. just ahead in entertain want, the movies you may want to see this weekend. plus michael jackson's mother gets involved in the wrongful death trial. we'll have a preview.

welcome back on this friday. a lot of media attention has been on the heat wave in the east. we're about to head into a significant period of neat the noefrt. especially south of portland toward the medford area, northern california. about 10 degrees above average as we go through the next four or five days. still in the 100s from boise to salt lake city. and look what happens here. medford, 100 on saturday. and as we go into sunday, we'll call it 103. so that's like -- it could be warmer in southern oregon than in the deserts of arizona. >> by the way, nice tie. >> what we are wearing on monday. choose the color? >> red maybe? >> with all the heat bill is talking, about let's talk about movies in entertainment.

"despicable me 2" is expected to lose its reign as america's number one movie. four new releases could take the top spot. ripd, red 2, the conjuring and turbo. word is the conjuring will be number one come monday. katherine jackson is set to take the stand in her multimillion-dollar wrongful death trial against aeg. jackson and her children claim the promoter of michael jackson's ill-fated comeback tour were negligent by hiring dr. conrad murray. he's a physician convicted of killing the king of pop. aeg says it was jackson who hired murray. in from teen heartthrob to grandpa, charlie sheen welcomed his first grandchild. his oldest daughter kasandra gave birth to a baby girl luna. probably has a better head on her shoulders. >> wonder who will babysit who. >> yeah. finally, kanye west may have the midas touch when it comes to

fashion. his plain white tee shirts cost $120. they sold out in just hours causing a clothing website to crash. that was selling it. the shirt here, bill, made of egyptian cotton should only be -- >> oh, egyptian cotton. that's why it's so pricey. >> it is the cheapest item. >> i'm not going to pay 120 bucks. i'll have like a wing stain on it in a matter of moments. >> it costs more than the shirt you have over that. >> you can buy 12 t-shirts for that price. >> in bulk. >> i need to buy them in bulk. i'm richard lui. this is "early today." we hope just your first stop of the day on nbc.

leading the news on knbc's website, civilians to issue parking tickets in malibu. we do not jest here. they'll allow volunteers to assist with directing traffic, monitoring parking and handing out tickets which officials say will save tens of thousands of dollars a year. i imagine they'll all have like prada shoes and gucci with them as they are doing this. as "time" reports, scandal of the jet-setting monk rivets thailand. a 33-year-old former monk who dominated headlines with stories of lavish excess, promiscuity and crimes from statutory rape to manslaughter. dishevel and bloodied dzhokhar tsarnaev with a red target on his head. new graphic photos show the moments before police captured him.

boston magazine obtained these from a state police sergeant who has since been relieved of duty. texas sweeping abortion restrictions there have been signed into law. the new law takes effect in october and is one of the nation's toughest. it banns abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy and restricts the procedure to surgical centers. the city of detroit is now the largest u.s. city to ever file for bankruptcy. it has at least $18 billion in debt. the auto industry's fall is considered a big factor. the bankruptcy could take years to resolve. take you to a spa in japan now. taking a slow approach, shall we say, to beauty? it's launched a snail facial where they place 1-year-old snails on the customers' faces. aren't there better ways of getting a facial than putting these crustaceans on your face? it looks silly. look at these things. >> if it works. >> there are three snails crawling on that woman's face. >> would take them a while to cover the whole face, wouldn't it? >> it would because they are snails. they aren't turbo like in the

movies. >> put them on the pizza. moving on. that is our snail story for the day. of course, time for a look ahead and a look back at the same time. survivors and family members in colorado prepare to remember. a vigil will be held just after midnight to mark the one year anniversary of the theater shooting in aurora will which killed 12. president obama hosts a big white house reception. he'll welcome foreign ambassadors n other diplomats from around the world. in 1799 in egypt, news that the rosetta stone was covered. it was used to help decipher hieroglyphics. jeff rossen reports on hidden mold in your washing machine. lawsuits accuse top companies of making defective machines. and fall out boy performs live on the plaza. i'm richard lui along with bill karins.

have a fantastic weekend.

new this morning, off-duty alameda county sheriff's deputy involved in a shoot-out. the details we're learning, next. a south bay college campus on edge after a trio of girls robs a man at gunpoint. what they took and what campus police are telling us today. and 911. the new trouble this morning for the ambulance company serving millions of people in the south bay. and right now, we take you live to the south bay as we give you a live look out at san jose. off in the distance, it looks like a little haze out there. we'll see how your friday morning is shaping up when we check in with christina loren in a moment. this is "today in the bay."