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102 million people under heat advisories this morning. those punishing temperatures now responsible for at least two dozen deaths and possibly hundreds more, but in some of the country in is relief in sight. the full forecast. sounding off -- >> if i weren't running i would have nobody coming after me or losing by a lot i would have nobody coming after me. >> former president trump making his first public appearance since new charges brought against him into his handling of classified documents. mr. trump unhanded iowa with most of the presidential field. one person who too many aim at his legal troubles, booed. is mr. trump still the candidate to beat? family ties. for the first time ever president biden and first lady jill biden publicly acknowledged their son's hunter daughter. a 4-year-old named navy. what they're saying about their

seventh grandchild. all that, plus,

imagine that why more than 30 states including pennsylvania have issued those heat alerts and people take it seriously summer sun deadly. arizona, phoenix dealing with temperatures, get this, at or above 20 days in a row another 249 still under investigation. more reaching capacity, those pandemic era refrigerated trucks unfortunately stayed in minnesota reports of roads actually buckling from the heat. you see images on your screen. back here in philadelphia, the question is really shifted somewhat, the focus, rather, on keeping the urban landscape cool studies have shown can actually

run about 20 degrees hotter than suburban and rural areas one group here in philadelphia is going out installing planter park bench combinations in neighborhoods typically without a lot of shade quite the hit. cute decorate a lot of neighborhoods. see them on the screen umbrellas. people enjoying them a lot of people grateful for any solution to this ever-growing climate crisis and, yes july is at an end, but unfortunately just as hot, august around the corner spray grounds putting in a lot of overtime, guys. >> the shade a difference maker for a lot of folks to say nothing of the water, sprinklers and water behind you thank you. no doubt bring in meteorologist angie lassman. the big question on everyone's minds, is this heat going to break? we hope so in spots improvements in places like the midwest and northeast, but doesn't come immediately talk about it.

still have 102 million people under these heat alerts. heat advisories watching and warnings st. louis, kansas city, washington, d.c. under heat warnings talking about temperatures seeing today in a lot of those places like new york, raleigh, knoxville, still 90s feeling like those triple digits notice what it feels like in parts of northern new england on detroit. back to normal temperatures. ill warm still in the 80s it's just after all, but see major improvements and getting back to normal temperatures we're used to seeing for this time of year the 90s still around for parts of the south east. check it out early next week buffalo, mid-70s, monday, tuesday, cleveland upper 70s low 80s for beginning part of our next workweek. and new york hangs out in low 80s, too now, we also, thanks to the cold front working through giving relief from temperatures, seeing some showers and thunderstorms bringing us potential severe weather through the day. robust thunderstorms working through the midwest and into the ohio valley seeing flood watches in place as well as potential for strong storms later today,

guys strong wind gusts the main effect we'll see today a little less heat but interruptions to outdoor plans potentially. >> take a little less heat for sure thanks so much. sure. thanks so much. to politics. former president trump making his first public appearance last night since that newly expanded indictment over his handles of classified documents unsealed late this week. mr. trump appearing with all other presidential candidates, but only one teed off on his legal troubles. nbc's gabe gutierrez was there. [ cheering ] >> reporter: former president trump defiant in his first public appearance since the new federal charges against him. >> if i weren't running i would have nobody coming after me, or if i was losing by a lot, i would have nobody coming after me. >> reporter: iowa's lincoln dinner drawing merely all gop presidential candidates.

only one with this response. >> donald trump is running to stay out of prison, and if we were elect -- [ audience booing ] >> reporter: former texas congressman booed for rebuking mr. trump. others in the crowd looking for new options. >> definitely not trump fans. but other than that, it's kind of open for us still at this point. >> mr. president, will you take a few questions, sir? >> reporter: mr. trump taking no questions after special counsel jack smith brought three new charges this week alleging the former president sought a cover-up to conceal classified documents at his mar-a-lago home deleting surveillance video. mar-a-lago property manager carlos de la verifyia charged with making false statements to the fbi and his lawyer no comment. the indictment does not say any footage was deleted. >> a i don't really think the tapes were even changed. these were my tapes we gave to them. >> reporter: the former

president also facing another possible indictment in a separate investigation into whether he tried to overturn the 2020 election. we spoke with his top rival, florida governor ron desantis, who still won't attack mr. trump over his legal troubles. >> does what he did on january 6th disqualify him from being president? >> what i think we need to do. focus the election on joe biden's failures and our positive vision for the future. if we're litigating things from four, five years ago, republicans are going to lose. >> reporter: mr. trump is still dominating many polls. it's unclear whether he'll come to the first gop debate next month. he's set to rally supporters in pennsylvania later today. peter? >> gabe on the ground in iowa. thank you very much. we want to turn to news out of the white house now where the president and first lady are for the first time publicly acknowledging their seventh grandchild. a little girl who hunter biden fathered with an arkansas woman several years ago. traveling with the president, in

ehoboth beach on what the bidens are saying. good morning to you. >> reporter: kristen, good morning. the president has never shared his reasoning for nor publicly acknowledging this little girl, but a source familiar with the family situation tells nbc news that he's avoided doing so until now to give his son and the girl's mother the time and space to navigate this. this morning, the biden family is officially a little larger. the president and first lady acknowledging for the first time that they have a seventh grandchild. a 4-year-old girl named navy, who their son hunter fathered out of wedlock during the peak of his battle with drug addiction. navy's mother lunden roberts a former exotic dancer settling a years' long child support in the arkansas courts last month. the first couple releasing a statement friday saying, "our son hunter and navy's mother lunden are working together to

foster a relationship that is in the best interests of their daughter." adding," this is not a political issue. it's a family matter." in april president biden told a group of children at the white house -- >> i have six grandchildren, and i'm crazy about them. >> reporter: the president and first lady proudly displaying monogrammed stockings of family members in the white house each christmas since taking office. including hunter's four other children, but not his fifth. the white house up until now, avoiding the topic. >> does the president acknowledge this little girl as his granddaughter. >> i don't have any to share from here. >> reporter: republican presidential candidates seizing on the silence as opportunities to attack the president. >> why don't you spend some time with your granddaughter in arkansas or at least recognize her existence before you start worrying about our kids. >> reporter: and, kristen, the president always made his family a very push lick part of his

life is asking to preserve the little girl's privacy. at this point it's unclear whether the family dynamics change and how this plays out on the 2024 campaign trail. >> traveling with the president. ali, thank you. an alabama woman who police say faked her own kidnapping facing charges for making it up and leading police on a wild goose chase. more on what police are saying why they charged her. priscilla, good morning. >> reporter: and, peter, good morning. carlee russell is now out on bond but is charged with two class a misdemeanors. false reporting to law enforcement authorities and false reporting an incident. each of those charges carrying up to a year in prison and a $ 6,000 fine. our nbc news station captured russell leaving her attorney's office friday. police releasing this mug shot of her after she turned herself in, this just days after she

admitted the whole kidnapping was fake. that the child she allegedly saw on the interstate and her subsequent disappearance which led to a day's long search was all a hoax. authorities say she has opened wounds for families of real victims and accused her of inciting fear throughout the community. >> her decisions that night created panic and alarm for citizens of our city and even across the nation as a concerned group a kidnapper was on the use using a small child at bait. >> reporter: and the alabama attorney general adding that her actions taxed law enforcement resources and they intend to prosecute her to the full extent of the law. now, russell's attorney has spoken out saying that while these are misdemeanors, his client understand the severity of these charges and is awaiting her day in court. peter, kristen? >> been such a bizarre and stunning story the last several weeks. priscilla thompson, thank you so much. also for us this morning,

military members missing after one of their army helicopters went down in joint military exercises with the u.s. the chopper made an emergency water landing off australia's east coast late friday night. a search party from the u.s., australia and canada is looking for the crew. debris appears to be from the helicopters has been recovered. the crew taking part in an every other year military exercise involving 13 nations and more than 30,000 personnel. thoroughbred racing resuming in churchill downs in september. no changes made after 12 horses died there this spring. the churchill downs ceo says they reviewed the track surfaces and its safety protocols but says the review, "did not find any fundamentally wrong or different about our track from previous years." the famed louisville track suspended operations last month moving the rest of its latest meets to another track. seven horse deaths in the days leading up to last may's

kentucky derby. the city of san francisco going head-to-head with elon musk over a new sign related to rebranding of twitter. the city launching an investigation into a giant x sign installed friday on top of the downtown headquarters of the social media company. officials say the company did not apply for a permit to put up the sign required for safety reasons. musk recently unveiled a new x logo to replace the famous blue bird. angie back to look at the rest of country's forecast. at this point we could basically do the forecast for you. >> like to try? i'd like to see peter doing the forecast. guys, still dealing with severe storms talked about a little while ago. what we see through the day today. parts of the midwest, too. heat and humidity, no surprise. exactly what you're referencing, i think. unprecedented temperatures that stuck around parts of the south and southwest. another day to deal with. look what happens tomorrow. showers in the picture. dealing with more comfortable conditions, maybe won't make it

to 110 in phoenix as we have more than 20 good morning. it's 6:15 on this final saturday of july. no clear conditions looking over the golden gate bridge. do be careful with fog closer to the coastline this morning. meantime down here in san jose seeing clearing skies this morning giving way to some sunshine, and a warmer day down here in the valley. as far as our temperatures right now in that fog cutting closer to half moon bay and a chilly start in novato. where the day is headed and the weekend outcomes up at 7:00 a.m. and's that is your still very steamy forecast, guys. back over to you. >> still to come, angie, thank you very much, the heart-stopping moment when an amusement park ride malfunctioned sending riders backwards, out of control. plus, big dreams of $1

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good morning and thanks for joining us this saturday july 29th. i'm in for kira klapper. we begin this morning with breaking news. a deadly night on bay area roadways. two people are dead following an apparent wrong-way crash that happened around 1:15 this morning along 280 near el monte

road. the chp says the driver was traveling northbound in a southbound lane before crashing into another vehicle head-on's investigators say both victims apparently traveling in that wrong-way vehicle. two other people in the second car were taken to the hospital. there's no word on their condition. also breaking overnight, one person is dead following a hit-and-run accident in east palo alto. it happened along kavanaugh street not far away from cesar chavez middle school. the call came in around 10:30 last night. the man in his late 20s. police so far are not revealing what led up to the crash or relees details about the vehicle description. and cinthia pimentel has a quick look at your microclimate forecast for this weekend. how's it looking, cinthia? >> well, look outside towards the golden gate bridge. we can darely see the towers. off to a foggy and chillier

start this last saturday of july. meantime in livermore, more peeks of sunshine. busy on the roads. i wonder where everybody's going. 66 degrees. and san rafael, the chilly start and cloud cover passing through. come down to the south bay, giving you gorgeous sunshine over downtown san jose and as we go through the morning hours, it will be a gradual warm-up as we go on into your lunctime hour. 76 degrees. a lot to talk about coming up as 7:00 a.m. especially the sierra chances of thunderstorms coming um at 7:00. back to you. >> thanks, cinthia. coming up this morning on "today in the bay," santa clara is still swifty clara. the lengths people went to do try to get their hands on last-minute tickets before last night's show, plus why one woman ended up selling her tickets hours before the concert. that's plus all top stories coming up at 7:00. right now, back to "today."

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that, of course, is taylor swift singing her hit "shake it off" during one of her performances of her "eras tour" last week. >> shaking it off so much actually registered seismic activity like an earthquake. tell you more coming up in "pop start". >> unbelievable! >> and san francisco bay area. maybe another earthquake there. >> really. >> we want to begin this half hour with a check of headlines. russia is blaming kyiv for a series of attacks within its borders. moscow says it shot down two ukraine missiles aimed at southern russia friday one landing in a city center there. local officials say 20 people were injured. meantime, the bombardment of ukraine shows no signs of letting up and officials saying a russian missile wounded nine in central ukraine on friday. the son of lebron james appeared in public last night for the first time since his frightening cardiac arrest earlier this week. a day after being released from

the hospital bronny james went out to dinner with his family including his nba star in los angeles. great to see there. the 18-year-old rushed to the e.r. monday after collapsing at basketball practice. bronny james is an incoming freshman and university of southern california. doctors credit the usc medical staff acting quickly after bronny's collapse. everyone's so glass he is okay. in a surveillance video from an ohio bank caught a burglar who took a surprisingly comical fall. take a look. police watched nearby. first drops his backpack through a door in the roof. then falls through the door. straight -- into a trash can. you can see police quickly and easily apprehended the bumbling burglar arrested for breaking and entering. by breaking we mean may breaking a few bones. >> arrested for not being a great burglar!

>> quite a grouch that night, from that point. >> funny. also this morning, a day of fun turned terrifying for some amusement parkgoers in new york state after the ride they were on malfunctioned sending them backwards with no quick way to stop it. just the latest in a series of ride mishaps across the country. we have more. >> reporter: as first glance this looks like a thrill seeker's paradise. panic started to set in when the "music express" in new york wouldn't stop earlier this week. >> hey? >> reporter: parkgoers pleading to pull the plug after spinning an extra three to four minutes and shutting down power according to a park's spokesperson blaming electrical problem and indicating no injuries. >> afraid, shocked. nobody what you to do. >> reporter: latest of series of wrong turns in parks across the country leaving some on edge

about the summertime staple. the tallest coaster straddling north and south carolina border remained closed and under review this morning after a visitor discovered this frightening crack earlier this month. you can see the support beam visibly shift when the coaster comes through? >> i'm not an engineer but that's not good. >> reporter: the same weekend in wisconsin roller coaster riders stuck hanging upside-down three hours after a mechanical failure. there are roughly 32,000 injuries from amusement rides annually according to federal date p. experts maintain they are safe with hundreds of millions flocking to carnivals amend parks every year. kristen and peter? >> emily, thanks for that. i have to say i am not the biggest roller coaster fan. this doesn't exactly excite mere to get back on a roller coaster. >> how many times has your kid said, hey, i wish this thing went longer! >> no, again and again. >> exactly. >> and the forecast for us,

angie lassman, again, and it is a cooker. >> yeah, guys. you know, i liked roller coasters until about five minutes ago when i saw that story. you're right, peter. it's a scorcher out there. 100 million, more than that, under heat alerts stretching from the southwest. just been dealing with weeks and weeks of really uncomfortable conditions. kansas city, st. louis under heat warnings along with washington, d.c. talking about temperatures, seen a little relief, looking for good news. in parts of the midwest. detroit heads to low 80s today. minneapolis, chicago, all in the same kind of range. still warm in places like d.c., new york today and points south. look what happens by tomorrow. philadelphia ends up at 85 degrees. i know what you're thinking. this isn't cool by any means but closer to where we should be this time of year and stays there through the early part of next week. low 80s new york. washington, d.c. sit into the mid-80s. moving farther south, not as good news for folks there. remaining in the low 90s for memphis through the early part of next week. check out phoenix. 106 monday.

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>> there may be a solution. nbc news consumer correspondent has a new report on people searching for a place to live. >> reporter: this community near atlanta, georgia, welcome to harmony heights, 153 single-family homes brand new and part of the built to rent trend. enters enjoy modern appliances, and app allowing them to request fixes. their monthly rent and a small fee cover all maintenance and landscaping. >> this of an apartment complex except break it down into single family homes. >> reporter: richard ross is ceo of quinn residences. >> who is renting these homes? >> a third people who can't come up with a down payment. can't afford 7%, 7.5% mortgages but two thirds are residents by

choice. meaning, they elect to rent. >> reporter: the median sales price for existing homes dropped nearly 2% from last year, renting is more cost effective in 95% of the u.s. right now. >> here in the united states there are almost 1,000 of these build-to-rent communities with single-family detached homes, more than 500 are in the works. each community has 50 or more homes. renting for an average of $2,000 a month. >> never even heard of a community that was sfrictstrict rental community. pretty inkrieged. >> reporter: this couple spent a year looking to buy a home but struggled to find anything within their price range and big enough for their family and then found this neighborhood on zillow. >> this is not the time to buy or build. rather wait it out a little bit and see what happens. so this was just the right solution for us. >> how nice to have benefits of

home ownership without the responsibility? >> it's nice to be able to know that in the event something happens, it's not all going to fall on your shoulders. i can find myself very bored. i don't have to cut the grass. >> reporter: and these residents say low-maintenance life sometime gives them more time to enjoy the things they love. a career change prompting their move from texas, the couple says instead are buying decided to rent to see if they liked the area first. >> this offer, a great opportunity to rent the house where we feel safe. you don't have to own all the time. i mean, you can make the decision of renting and thinking about it. sometimes that's better than just owning. >> people are taking a different path to home ownership. >> reporter: david howard ceo of the national home rental council build-to-rent provides an innovative way into the housing. 6 million homes short. >> what does it mean with affordability? >> almost $1,000 less expensive on average to rent a

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history fans traveling far and wide to see the film in 70 millimeter imax. so cool for the movie industry. up next, taylor swift, of course. last week taylor brought her "eras tour" to seattle where, get this. her fans singing, jumping and dancing actually caused seismic activity equivalent to a 2.3 magnitude earthquake. this is according to a local geologist comparing what's dubbed the swiftquake to the 2011 beastquake, when seattle seahawks fans went wild after marshawn lynch known as "the beast" scored a touchdown. and nothing on the swifties. double intensity of the beastquake and lasted longer. i lived in seattle in 2011 for the beastquake and actually remember what a big deal that was. fans in seattle are unreal. so loud, cause this all the time. took it to another level with

taylor. unreal. >> talk about girl power? >> match paen neighbors of downtown seattle, duck, cover! a quake! >> seahawks, i didn't know they were playing? all right. finally, michelle yeoh oscar winner tied the knot with former ceo of ferrari. when i say long-time i mean it. a wedding guest shared this look at the program, which details their love story saying they met june 4, 2004. got engaged just over a month later and now after 6,994 days, finally said, "i do." do the math for you. 6,994 days. that comes out to just over 19 years. a huge congratulations to the happy couple. >> planning a wedding is hard. >> exactly! >> sometimes. >> and i bet good after 19 years of planning. >> behind that ferrari. >> exactly. all right. thanks, joe. still ahead, a walk to still ahead, a walk to remember for one man

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