breaking overnight, multiple attacks in differentleave at leo injured in southern california police have a suspect. a nation on edge "usa today's" headquarters evacuated after a report of a man with a weapon to chaos in times square after people thought they heard gunfire to other events that have left nerves frazzled from coast to coast. all over the world they're talking about the job you've done as police, as law enforcement, as first responders the job you've done is incredible and everybody's talking about it. >> president trump is greeted in ohio and texas by protesters and supporters

as he and the first lady meet with victims and first responders while promising to get something done. a billionaire over of high-end fitness chains equinox and soul cycle facing backlash over his support for president trump. it was 50 years ago today when the fab four turned abbey road into a worldwide phenomenon good morning i'm melissa rayburger. >> i'm frances rivera. breaking news, officials say a series of attacks across southern california have left four people dead and two injured. >> as our investigators were handling this scene, we began to get additional reports of several othe cmunity that involved this suspect. is accus people at multiple locations in

orange county. authorities believe the motive was robbery and the attacks were random two people were killed at an apartment complex and one person died at a subway restaurant. the suspect was taken into custody at a 7-eleven where security guard had been stabbed and later died at a hospital. a nation on edge after three dell mass shootin deadly mass shooks in a week several scares reveal the fragile state of our country in times square a motorcycle backfiring triggered a stampede. in virginia "usa today" -- their offices had to be evacuated after an unfounded report of a man with a gun our ann thompson has more. >> reporter: this is america on edge people running for their lives terrified it's happening in their town. >>ter get shot down innt workers evacuated the virginia headquarters after a report of a former employea l now approaching the front of the billing. >> reporter: authorities found no evideof

but similar scenes across the country. panic in new york's times square emma heaton capturing the moment that set off the stampede. >> people were tripping over each other there were kids on the floor shoes all over the place. >> reporter: seeking safety wherever they could find it. nbc news lindsey wolfson saw the fear firsthand. >> the ft. myers instinct was, oh, my god, this is an attack. >> reporter: there was no gun, just a motorcycle backfiring creating chaos at broadway's "to kill a mockingbird." the actor tweeting, "screaming civilians tried to storm our theater for safety audilive in it is our country. shoppers ran for cover at a mall, mistaking a falling sign for gunshots these preschoolers in san diego preparing for the real thing 3 and 4-year-olds in an active shooter drill. the cold war's duck and cover

drills for a nuclear attack replaced by an all too real danger >> ann, thanks late last night president trump and the first lady arrived back at the white house after a controversial visit to the grieving cities of dayton and el paso dozens of people were on the ground in both zis protesting his visit. but he was also met with supporters along the way in the border town of el paso, he met with several first responders who were grateful for his visit. nbc's kristen welker has the latest. >> reporter: president trump in two cities devastated by mass shootings. met by protesters outside a hospital in dayton but inside greeted warmly by first responders as he also went room to room talking to survivors. these images captured by the white house. reporters were not allowed in. >> i think the victims and the first responders were grateful that the president of the united states came to dayton. >> reporter: more protesn el paso where some critics say he shouldn't have come that his address to the nation

earlier this week -- >> in one voice our nation must condemn racism, bigotry and white supremacy. >> reporter: -- was overshadowed by his divisive language on race and on latino migration. >> that's an invasion. it is an invasion. you know that. >> this community needs to heal. it does not need more division from this president. >> trump's anger, hate and divisiveness and doing nothing, nothing about the endemic and the epidemic of guns is fueling a literal carnage in america. >> reporter: the president defending himself. >> my critics are political people they're trying to make points. in many cases they're running for president and they're very low in the polls. >> reporter: in el paso, people we need to hear from vi him what he's going to do. >> do you think the president should be visiting today >> no. he's called us everything in the book, and then to come, you know, we don't -- we may pardon but we don't forget what he said

about us and what he's created here >> reporter: the president spent part of this day escalating his feud with political rivals, calling out joe biden and beto o'rourke by name frances? >> all right kristen, thank you. we are learning more this morning about the investigation into both of those mass shootings. in dayton, ohio, police are sharing insight into the moments of gunfire that led up to the killing of nine people the family of the shooter is responding to the tragedy. nbc's gabe gutierrez has the details. >> reporter: the first look at the dayton gunman shortly before his rampage. this surveillance video obtained by cnn shows him at a nearby bar with a woman who appears to be his sister police say about an hour later he would open fire, killing her and eight others as people ran for their lives. >> hey, we have an active shooter on 5th street. >> there were shots and everybody laid down. >> reporter: for the first time the gunman's family is out with

a written statement read by police, saying they're shocked and devastated >> they offer their most heartfelt prayers and condolences to all the victims, their families and friends >> reporter: lindsey doll says she dated the gunman in high school and he told her he heard voices. >> the voices told him to harm others he was afraid that he would end up harming others, which is absolutely haunting now. >> should people have paid more attention to all of the red flags? >> yes, absolutely. >> reporter: 57-year-old derek fudge was the oldest victim. he died in his son's arms. >> he stopped moving i was like, i love you, dad. we got to get out of here. he never got up. i just laid on top of him and hugged him and kept telling him i love you. >> reporter: here the loss is unimaginable so is the strength >> a gun show had been scheduled here in dayton this weekend. it's been cancelled in the wake of the right gabe, aso k ooting has united that community in many

ways and today we bring you the story of a walmae who helped save 150 people by hiding them in a metal shipping container. he is the very definition of el paso strong. miguel almaguer spoke to him >> reporter: for a community >> i passed by the store today for the first time and i just had a bunch of flashbacks. >> reporter: when gilbert serena realized gunfire was erupting, the walmart employee began rushing dozens of people out the back door. serena ushered more than 150 customers into shipping containers, perhaps saving their lives. >> i will never forget that baby that was covered in blood. i'll never forget the facing as

they're running out of the fire exits. >> reporter: a community hurting and healing with the first of 22 funerals set to begin friday miguel almaguer, nbc news, el paso, texas.y le authorities raided seven food processing plants in mississippi, arresting 680 undocumented workers this massive sweep came on the same day as president trump's visit to el paso but the acting director of i.c.e. says there was no connection between the two 2020 democratic front-runner joe biden accused the trump administration of stoking fear by conducting these raids, saying he is morally unfit to lead this country. police in philadelphia are on the hunt for two suspects who they say robbed an armored truck in broad daylight. the fbi released this surveillance video that captured that heist it shows the suspects dressed all in black, pull up in a dark red suv. then you see two guys jump out

and they race past someone at the atm. and seconds later they reappear with two black bags. another angle shows the men diving into the escape vehicle while the armored guards open fire, shattering windows police say they also found a handgun and a rifle clip with 40 to 50 rounds of ammunition at the scene. springfield, new jersey was hit by some wild weather the national weather service confirming a brief tornado touched down there the winds are estimated to have reached about 70 miles per hour. giving this a rating of ef-0 as you can see here, the wind gusts were powerful enough to uproot those trees and damage power lines in the area. nbc meteorologist bill karins is here with our forecast. >> good morning. a lot of people stranded with a lot of cancelled flights from d.c. northward another risk of severe storms. the second more powerful cold front coming down. behind us making for a beautiful weekend. we're going to have a chance of strong storms for ohio all the

way through portions of western pennsylvania and new york. here is the timing of this as we go throughout this morning, there is not a lot. exiting areas of maine and cape cod. the new line of storms will begin to form this afternoon especially around columbus to pittsburgh and then it will push towards state college and central portions of new yorkto washington, d.c. pretty warm in philly and new york, in the upper 80s nothing compared to teill easilo 105. now weekend forecast is coming up. >> all right thank you. in today's quick hits, later this month, taylor swift will be release of her at the 2019 mtv nealbum" lover".

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the beatles were photographed walking across that famous crossing in north london it's an image that would become the cover of their iconic 1969 album "abbey road. and on this day in 1974, president nixon facing damaging new revelations in the watergate scandal. announced he ewould resign the following day. to continue to fight through the months ahead for my personal vindication would almost totally absorb the time and attention of both the president and the congress in a period when our entire focus should be on the great issues of peace abroad and prosperity without inflation at home therefore, i shallffecve at noon tomorrow now to a mystery that caught our attention in poland. it is a village where not a single boy has been born in nearly ten years here is nbc's keir simmons

>> reporter: in a village with only one road, they've beey one girls. a boy hasn't been born here in almost a decade. residents of this town don't know how to account for it perhaps it's a coincidence maybe it's the diet. one thing appears certain, it's not a problem. the local youth volunteer fire department is mostly female and is loved by residents. and many f are women, too perhaps it's not a huge anomaly. after all, only 272 folks live here while the total number of girls born since girls disappeared is 12 hardly a baby boom but they would like to have a few more boys around the mayor has even offered a reward to the couple whoas simm well, the chicken crossed the road to get to the other side, but what about the

ducklings? 45ble ducklings slowly made their way across a busy road in maine. it could have been a perilous situation but the cars stopped until every last ducky waddled to safety. that is one traffic jam i wouldn't mind being cut in. we're celebrating birthdays today. singer-songwriter shawn mendes turns 21 20-time grand slam tennis star roger federer is 38 years old. rob robin quivers from the howard stern show is 67 and actress is singer -- thank you for waking up with us i'm melissa