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week >> and music legend stevie wonder stuns the crowd with a major announcement "early today" starts right now good morning i'm marlie hall. >> and i'm dara brown. southern california is in a state of emergency officials are trying to help residents with ptsd after days of powerful earthquakes and aftershocks. authorities are now swifrping gears from rescues to recovery many people are in need of help. here's nbc' dan scheneman. >> reporter: after two powerful earthquakes in southern california, many are in need of help >> so we will now move into the recovery process however, we will still continue to actively patrol and keep our community safe >> reporter: in the city of ridgecrest near the epicenter, the residents waited in long lines for pizza. this restaurant, one of the few that are open. throughout the region, there are damaged homes and cracked roads. officials insist the danger is

not over >> we would ask you not to, not to put yourself in the crack even as amazing as it looks. don't put yourself in harms way. >> reporter: a hospital that was evacuated set up makeshift medical tents for patients in need of help >> our waste water treatment facility is fully operational. our transit system will resume normal operations tomorrow our water system is fully operational. >> reporter: authorities have one other important reminder for residents. the threat of aftershocks is not over dan scheneman, nbc news. >> a ticker tape parade is planned for wednesday after a spectacular world cup win for the u.s. women's soccer team rose lavelle delivered the winning shot, beating netherlands 2-nil. cheers erupted in the stadium. megan rapinoe burst into the locker room as the team popped champagne. kelley cobiella has the details.

>> u.s. wins their fourth world cup. >> reporter: the u.s. women's soccer team is the best in the world. another victory, and they had to fight for it >> lost in the circle. >> reporter: not a single goal in the first half against the under dogs from the netherlands. then nearly an hour in, a penalty on alex morgan megan rapinoe with a roaring goal >> goal! u.s. leads >> reporter: not long after rose lavelle through two defenders. the red, white and blue drowning out the bright orange dutch in the sold out stadium of nearly 60,000 in the u.s., fans across the country cheering the 2-0 win an emotional megan rapinoe won player of the match, golden boot for the most goals scored and golden ball for the best player of the tournament. >> we can't do anything more to impress more, to be better ambassadors, to take on more, to play better, to do anything. it's time to move that conversation forward to the next

step >> reporter: as the players danced, president trump tweeted congratulations, great and exciting play. america is proud of you all. >> usa usa. >> reporter: young fans in awe >> they're so good at what they do, and they just help inspire, open girls eyes to world problems around the world. >> reporter: now that the world cup is over, another battle begins the women's team will start mediation after suing u.s. soccer for equal pay fifa is already promising more investment, but that is a of a fight for another day. the team and their fans are celebrating this history-making win. and new york is already planning a ticker tape parade down the canyon of heroes wednesday >> it's going to be a good one kelley, thank you. >> and with the u.s. women's national team winning the world cup, the men's squad had a chance to take home a tournament title of their own they were in chicago taking on mexico in the finals of the gold

cup. the americans have a great opportunitearly in the game. and josie goes one on one with goalie, but rolls the ball wide. the mistake would prove costly mexico scores the only goal in the match, as jonathan dos santos goes up top in the 73rd minute the u.s. men can't follow the women's lead losing 1-nil. >> an explosion tares through a mall in south florida. investigators comb through piles of debris after the blast left over 20 people injured in the city of plantation witnesses say the aftermath looked apocalyptic here with the details is morgan chesky>> reporter: new images c the astounding aftermath a south florida shopping center unrecognizable >> building explodes >> reporter: from a blast many couldn't believe they survived >> the windows are shattering and falling. a lot of dust all over the place. the fire sprinklers are coming on, fire alarm is going off,

people are running everywhere. >> reporter: fire crews arrived to find the wounded walking through a massive debris field a scary deja vu for deputy chief joe gordon you're a new york guy. when you rolled up on this, did you have a deeper fear >> i had a few flash backs, i'll admit to that. >> reporter: he said the explosion centered around a pizza shop that's been closed for months, the same area where worker noticed the scent of gas before the blast >> i told the manager about it he said he didn't smell it when he called it in that's whether the explosion. >> reporter: despite unruptured gas lines, the cause is still unknown. crews combing through debris, searching for anything that would lead to answers. is there anything that it was intentional? >> still too early to tell >> reporter: two of the 23 people injured remain in nearby hospitals, seriously hurt, but both expected to survive >> our hearts to go out them, but what it could have potentially been would have been

much, much worse so it's nothing short of a miracle that we walked away with as few injuries as we had. >> reporter: and today you can see the clean-up process hasn't even begun yet near the scene. and investigators tell me that's by design, as any piece of that debris could bring them close toer to finding out the cause >> thank you a woman who befriend the the world's most powerful people, jeffrey epstein is expected to face federal trafficking charges in new york. he is alleged to have abused dozens of girls, some as young as 14. nbc's kathy park has more. >> reporter: jeffrey epstein made his millions on wall street counting among his high-powered friends britain's prince andrew, former president bill clinton, even rubbing shoulders in the '90s with donald trump law enforcement officials say epstein is expected to be charged with two federal counts related to sex trafficking

his alleged crimes taking place from 2002 to 2005 against dozens of under age girls at his new york city and palm beach, florida, homes. >> these young girls who were 13, 14 and 15 thought, essentially, they were going to be going there to get paid to give him a massage and instead what he did was he pressed them further and further each time to have sexual and intimate relations with him. and, by the way, with other people >> reporter: epstein's attorney declined to comment. the "miami herald" has reported in-depth on the case with some of epstein's alleged victims going on the record. >> i'm really, really sad that i brought other girls my age and even younger into a world that they should have never been introduced to. >> reporter: epstein avoided federal sex trafficking charges and a possible life sentence after a controversial 2008 plea deal instead, he served 13 months and registered as a sex offender after pleading guilty in state

court to soliciting a single under age victim that deal was put together by epstein's lawyers and former miami u.s. attorney alexander accosta who is now president trump's labor secretary and has previously defended his decision secretary accosta has not responded to nbc news inquiries. the labor department referred us to the department of justice which had no comment the 66-year-old epstein is expected to appear in federal court. kathy park, nbc news, new york >> a diplomatic spat brewing between the u.s. and one of its oldest allies this morning, overnight nbc news confirmed the authenticity of leaked documents showing the british ambassador to the u.s. has called president trump inept and incompetent. nbc's jennifer johnson has more on that and a new poll with some good news for the president. >> reporter: bolstered by a strong economy, president trump has reached his highest job approval rating of his

presidency according to a new abc news/"washington post" poll, 44% of americans approve of the job the president is doing, but 53% still disapprove the poll also shows the president trailing former vice-president joe biden among registered voters by ten points. >> biden still leads almost every poll that said, the general trend the last month has been warren is gaining and kamala harris is gaining. >> reporter: biden has now apologized for controversial remarks he made several weeks ago about working with segregationists in the u.s. senate in the 1970s. >> that misstep define 50 years of my record >> no. >> for fighting for civil rights >> no. >> racial justice in this country? i hope not >> reporter: senator kamala harris attacked biden for his past work, but other democrats defend his record. >> people are beating up on biden and have no real sense of history, of what was going on. >> reporter: on twitter president trump called biden a reclamation project. the president trump is now facing his own criticism from an

ally diplomatic cables have been leaked reportedly written by kim de rock, britain's ambassador to the u.s. in those cables de rock called president trump inept, insecure and incompetent. >> he has not -- >> reporter: british officials have now launched a formal investigation into how those cables were leaked jennifer johnson, nbc news, washington >> a tornado touched down between two of new jersey's busiest highways the national weather service confirming that a land spout tornado briefly touched down in mountain laurel. the winds reached 70 miles per hour and were powerful enough to felipe car fortunately, there were no injuries reported. >> all right let's bring in meteorologist bill karins who is tracking some more serious weather for us. good morning >> yeah, good morning. some people had a hot beautiful weekend and unfortunately the mid-atlantic region, we were dodging those storms all weekend long still have left over rain in the flash flood watch that's in effect until 10:00 a.m. this morning. here's one or tie areas that have flash flood warnings. the rain is pretty persistent

but not as heavy as it was earlier in the evening now just a shield of rain throughout this region it is included in the baltimore area looks like d.c., you're just about done with your rainfall. so the forecast for this monday, very hot conditions are developing in texas, the area of rain in the mid-atlantic will shift to north carolina. numerous storms from atlanta to tampa and how about alas typical pop up storms are in the afternoon hours from little rock all the way through alabama, much of georgia, too and the hot conditions really going to peak up this week in texas. numerous areas have a shot at 100. yeah, the warm conditions expected in texas, the anchorage temperature is not so much >> 80s in alaska >> anchorage has been very toasty >> all right, thanks, bill well, cheers to 73 years former president jimmy carter

and his wife roselyn are celebrating their 73rd wedding anniversary this week. the carters married on july 7th, 1946, when he was 21 and she was 18 the love birds are just a few months short of the record for longest married first couple former president george h.w. bush and his wife barbara were married for 73 years and 111 days congrats to the carters. >> absolutely. well, just ahead music legend stevie wonder opens up about his health in the dd omilef a concert. and a battery sparks a scare in the air the chaotic scene after a plane was forced to make an emergency landing in boston. with no heavy perfumes that you can feel good about using in your home to deliver a light, natural-smelling freshness. febreze one neutralizes stale, stuffy odors and releases a subtle hint of fragrance like bamboo or lemongrass ginger. to eliminate odors with no heavy perfumes, try new febreze one. brand power. helping you buy better.

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potted plant the robber flees and manages to escape but not for lack of trying by the patron >> now to new details about a plane forced to make a emergency landing in boston because of a fire on board. authorities believe they now know how it started, with a phone charger. nbc's kristen dahlgren as more on a glowing threat of what more of a carry on board. >> reporter: the pilot of a virgin atlantic plane with 217 passengers on board declaring a emergency. >> we have smoke in the cabin. >> reporter: authorities say this is now all that is left of the external phone charger that sparked the fire the spare lithium battery igniting a seat cushion, forcing the flight which was supposed to go from new york's jfk to london to land in boston instead. massachusetts state police and virgin airlines are now investigating. but experts say the danger from spare lithium batteries on planes is only getting worse >> it's one of the very few parts of aviation that actually

the risk is increasing people bring more of these lithium batteries on, they get damaged, they get hot, and we have these on-board fires. >> reporter: last july, this external charger caught fire on a ryan air flight. the faa reports 258 incidents involving the battery since 1991 49 of those happened just last year right now the faa bans spare lithium batteries, e-cigarettes and vaping devices from checked bags passengers must carry them on. the agency saying the cabin crew and passengers can control overheating or a fire. >> if you notice your device getting hot to the touch, you need to let a flight attendant know >> reporter: experts say the batteries are now in so many devices, it would be virtually impossible to ban them altogether but watch them in between seat cushions and never carry damaged batteries on board the faa saying when in doubt, leave it out

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2, 1, 0. and lift off the final lift off of atlantis on the shoulders of the space schulte l. >> on this day in 2011, the space shuttle atlantis would go on a mission that would close out the three decade space shuttle program. as reported by tom costello on "nbc nightly news. >> reporter: at 11:29 eastern time, the 135th shuttle mission thundered off the florida coast on a re-supply mission to the space station. while on the ground, three quarters of a million people gathered to witness history.

>> wish them godspeed. i'm so proud and happy to have seen them go out >> atlantis is now on display at the kennedy space center complex. >> stevie wonder says he'll be taking a break from performing he made the announcement about a kidney transplant while on stage in london. saying he'll be back soon. blayne alexander has more. >> reporter: stevie wonder's saturday show in london closed on an emotional note with his fans recording, the 69-year-old paused the music for a personal message >> i'm going to have surgery >> reporter: a kidney transplant this september but no further details >> i don't want to have any rumors about it so i'm telling you because i want to keep it real with you all the time >> reporter: the crowd at first stunned into silence then cheers. [ cheers and applause >> i have a donor. it's all good. >> reporter: a 25-time grammy

award winner, wonder is just that after decades of hits, he still performs regularly ♪ i'll be loving you always ♪ >> reporter: including the funeral for aretha franklin and nipsey hussle. and the white house performance for president obama. chronic kidney disease affects nearly 15% of adults in the u.s., but it's especially hard on african americans who experience kidney failure at higher rates two leading causes hypertension and diabetes. with more than 100,000 americans in line for a donor, the typical wait is more than three years. >> many patients who undergo a kidney transplant are able to live very, very healthy lives. they still need to follow a very healthy life-style >> i love you. >> reporter: with three shows left before his break. >> god bless you >> reporter: stevie told his fans not to worry about a thing. he'll be back on stage soon. blayne alexander, nbc news,

london >> i love how he told his fans don't worry, guys, i'll be back. >> i'll be back. >> and i like to keep it real with you >> amazing, we wish him the best thanks for waking up with us

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