rain. now it's what could be in the surf that is deadly. airports are stepping up security for flights headed right here to the u.s. after a picture perfect end to the fourth, new advice on the best things to buy during this month of july. good morning, everyone. welcome to weekends with alex witt. here's what's happening. we begin with new information this hour on hurricane arthur. that was just downgraded to a tropical storm. while arthur is now drifting away from the coast of new england, it left flooded streets and toppled trees in the north carolina outer banks. the extent of the damage has yet to be fully calculated. residents say they are used to the storms. >> we have been through this many, many times before. wind blows. storms come. we clean up. the next day we go and do what we do. >> they're a hardy bunch. the storm moved north. it brought five inches to new

bedford, massachusetts, prompting a flood emergency. the iowa river continues to rise. emergency crews brought in pumps and sandbags to protect a small town there. a gauge on the river was not working properly and officials were caught off guard by the rising waters. so, how is the rest of the holiday weekend shaping up for you? good morning to you, jeannette? >> reporter: good morning, alex. with that flooding concern across iowa there still could be a threat for flooding as we head into the afternoon hours. thunderstorms later today could bridge more rain. arthur is continue to go push off to the northeast. sit weakening. it will continue to do so as we head into the afternoon. here's the center of arthur. currently 60 miles or so southwest of yarmouth, nova scotia. it is a tropical storm, so it has been downgraded. it is moving northeast at 22

miles per hour. outer rain band still producing a good amount of rainfall in coastal new england. you can see the rain bands extending through the cape cod area. many folks will be heading to the beaches as we head into the afternoon. it is a holiday weekend. dangerous rip currents and high surf will be a concern as arthur continues to push away. that's across the mid atlantic coast, extending into the new england coast. conditions dry south and west. pressure building from the west, bringing beautiful conditions across much of the northeast. arthur will track off to the northeast. later this afternoon should be a post tropical system over the cold waters of the north atlantic. across the mid atlantic, plenty of sunshine had i-95 corridor. temperatures in the low to middle 80s. so enjoy that. elsewhere across the country, alex, locally strong thunderstorms, as i mentioned, across the central plains. and also some thunderstorms any time today in florida anywhere from orlando down into miami.

>> okay. jeannette, thank you so much. you brought up a good point, the danger of rip tides, everyone. that is a major concern up and down the east coast. let's go to sarah in kill devil hills. jeannette was setting us up with the rip tides. how bad could they get? >> reporter: well, good morning, alex. they could get very bad. bad enough that officials are asking people up and down the coast to please stay out of the water. even if you are an experienced swimmer. arthur, he came and went pretty quickly but he left behind these perfect conditions. these waves crashing right here on the shore. they create the rip tide and suck swimmers out into the ocean. u.s. life saving association says more than 100 people die every year as a result. if you're an experienced swimmer, you know that the key is to swim parallel along the shore. but officials are saying the rip

currents are so strong they are going to catch even the people who know what to do off guard. they are worried people could panic. they don't want any drownings as a result. >> very, very good advice for people. just be so careful. they're all going to be out. it's all beautiful weather. we're thanking you and jeannette. with regard to the damage left behind by the hurricane, categorize that for me. how bad was it? >> reporter: well, officials were relieved. it wasn't as bad as they thought it would be. you had 44,000 without power. not too far from here they are asking people not to use their air-conditioning. minimize their electric direct. the grid not yet up. they need that for refrigeration and emergencies. also cleaning out floodwaters.

downed power lines and trees, those are mostly cleaned up. the focus is getting all the roads reopened. highway 12 is a key road. there was buckling of that. a bridge still the needs to be inspected. that can't be done until the water and winds die down so they can get a dive team down. there is still a lot of work to be done and it's going to take a couple weeks >> well, the show must go on. and it certainly did in new york city. the 38th annual macy's fourth of july fireworks display. spectators treated annan incredible 40,000 fireworks. will display is usually near the brooklyn bridge. it was moved south because a barge needed to be repositioned due to a high rip current. thousands flocked to the national mall.

the national symphony orchestra was served by khoirs. and president obama and the first lady greeted families at the white house for an outdoor celebrations. families from all military branches enjoyed a barbecue on the south line. >> we salute all of you. on behalf of the speier country, michelle and i want to say thank you for your couraging strength and unending service to this nation. in philadelphia, descendants of the signers of the declaration of independence ran the bell 13 times. hundreds of naturalization ceremonies took place, including this ceremony in saratoga, new york. clashes between israeli police and palestinian

protesters are spreading this morning. the palestinians say was kidnapped and killed by israeli extremists. >> reporter: good morning, alex. tensions in jerusalem remain high. there's even word some of the violence we have seen the past few days is now spreading to some of the pro dominantly arab cities. it all comes on a week that was emotionally charged triggered by the burial of three israeli teens and the killing of a palestinian teenager who was laid to rest yesterday. east jerusalem was a battle field. israeli security forces firing rubber bullets, tear gas and grenades. they threw stones angry at the loss of one of their own, murdered by israeli jews. this man went to receive the body of his murdered son.

he thinks he's going to the hospital. but israeli police have him come here to a place on the street. the grieving father looks on. in the ambulance, he won't even look at his son's body, burned beyond recognition. medics cover it with a palestinian flag. then the ambulance returns to the family's neighborhood. word spreads and a crowd gathers. they smash the window open and remove that mad's body. they want to give a martyr's funeral. local residents have poured out into the streets paying tribute to the man they say is a martyr. amid the chaos, the father has a

private moment of grief. sorrow turns to anger. israeli police still on high alert surround the neighborhood. they certainly don't want the demonstrations to extend beyond this front line. more importantlily they don't want to head just to the end of this road. but the israeli line is coming under attack. more anger after this amateur video surfaced allegedly showing israeli security forces beating a palestinian boy arrested for throwing stones. now, despite the fact that the body was returned to the family and laid to rest, there is still anger among the palestinian community here. not only because of the lack of rigor in the investigation trying to find the killers of the teenage boy. but also there is now new viral video emerged that has many people outraged. it shows an example of israeli police brutality against palestinian teenagers.

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>> good morning to you. >> we're going to get back to work. one of the highlights of this week's job report. what are they? cameron? >> the jobs report? do you want to interpret the numbers for stphus. >> i'm sorry. i thought i was going to talk about the best buys of july. >> happy to start with that. i understand it is a good time to buy a a lot of things. start with the things supposed to be good sales for july? >> well, this weekend you're going to find appliances on sale. you usually find them on sale around long holiday weekends, memorial day and labor day also. 30% to 40% off on name brand appliances. and furniture on sale. this weekend and throughout the month. july and january are the two months you could find really good deals on furniture. stores will clear out their showrooms to bring in newer models. and you'll also see a lot of outdoor furniture on sale. this is the one holiday weekend

where you will actually see in-season items on sale actually during the season when you want to pie them. >> that's kind of cool. laptops, it's a good time to buy laptops? >> that's right. you'll find laptops on sale this weekend. dell, innovo. but throughout the month and into next month, a lot of laptop sales, especially bundles where they put together a laptop and perhaps a printer for the price of just the computer alone. if you live in one of the 16 states that has sales tax holidays you will want to wait to get those also. >> for those of us who have kids and you think i'm going to get it done in july and get ahead of the curve, you will save money until august, right? it makes more financial sense to

wait? >> right. as i said, 16 states do have a sales tax holiday. if you live in one of those states, they include tennessee, texas, virginia. if you wait until august, you will probably find better sales on the back-to-school supplies too. >> did you do any research on the fast foot ratings? i know we teased that. a lot of people who think mcdonald's and taco bell and the like are the place to go, and apparently not a lot of people are doing there. >> no, i have not. kiplinger's has not done any research on the fast foot ratings. >> cameron, thank you very much to talk about the things we can look at for sales. >> thanks for having me. >> ahead, a live report from the white house on new concerns over air travel. why overseas airports are clamping down on security. [ shutter clicks ] hi there! [ laughs ] -i'm flo! -i know!

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it certainly as you mentioned a fiery scene. we saw both sides fueled by anger and passion. they blocked streets, waved flags. of course they argue marietta was at the center of this fiery immigration debate after protesters blocked bus loads of immigrants. and the other side was here to show compassion for those fleeing their country from poverty and other concerns in central america. while they didn't show up here in marietta, they did show up in other parts of the southwest. we saw families being processed at local bus facilities who were trying to find relatives in other parts of the country back here in marietta. this is a microcosm for how the rest of the country feels. two communities very divided, alex. >> miguel, do we know what

happened to the three buses, where they went, where they ended up? >> they were supposed to arrive here at this facility on tuesday. authorities tell us they typically are held for about 72 hours. that's how much time it takes to get processed and released. they won't document on where they were because they were under threat by protesters is what the government was telling us. we saw many released into the community a few days ago. many may be trying to find relatives in other parts of the country, alex. >> okay. miguel, thank you for that. so marietta, california protesters turn away undocumented immigrants in town. what is your solution? talk to me on twitter. we will read some of your tweets throughout the day on the broadcast. stepping up security measures for all flights headed to the u.s. as al qaeda is trying to develop a new kind of bomb that can get through

airport security. what more have you learned about this? >> reporter: alex, good morning to you. as we are marking this holiday weekend, france is warning travelers there could be delays on flights this summer that are u.s. bound. that is a made some of the concerns you talked about. al qaeda is trying to get a new bomb that can get through security undetected. obama administration called for tighter security in flights coming into the u.s. bomb makers with links to al qaeda have traveled to syria to link up with the al qaeda affiliate there. there is not a specific threat but rather heightened concern about some of the extremist activity they have been seeing. british airports, by the way,

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approaching the bottom of the hour. welcome pack to "weekends with alex witt". it is 28 past. time for your fast five headlines. tragic news coming from philadelphia where an overnight rehouse fire has killed four children. four other people are hurt. the fire destroyed the eight residents and has displaced 40

people. no word what caused that fire. civil rights active theists in los angeles are calling for a federal probe after a california highway patrolman repeatedly hit that man while making an arrest. they said the woman was walking within traffic lanes and ignoring commands to stop. this video shows that woman being hit 11 times in 11 seconds. the highway patrol says it is conducting a full investigation. it should. . in coco, florida, three suspects in a high-speed police chase are hospitalized after their car crashed in flames. they were wanted for a home invasion. taliban claiming responsibility for setting fire to 400 fuel tankers in kabul. andoren van der sloot married his long-time girlfriend. he is serving a 28-year sentence for killing a woman. van der sloot remains a suspect in the disappearance of natalee

holloway. those are your fast five headlines. >> with hurricane arthur downgraded to a tropical storm a short time ago, the picture looks much brighter on the east coast. good morning, jeannette. and i had to thank you earlier for the weather here in new york. >> thank you, alex. it is going to be an absolutely gorgeous day across much of the northeast in the wake of arthur. many folks will be head to get beaches across the mid atlantic. although arthur is off to the northeast, be careful. a significant storm surge across sections of coastal new england. here is arthur continuing to push off to the northeast. notice it is still bringing rainfall across coastal sections of new england. farther south and west, high pressure is building in from the west bringing dryer and more tranquil conditions. it's going to warm up nicely throughout the course of the afternoon across much of the mid atlantic. center of atlantic, 60 miles or so packing maximum sustained

winds of 70 miles per hour. as it continues to push off to the northeast, it's going to be reaching for colder waters of the north atlantic. it may be a post tropical system later today. again, rainfall still coming down across sections of cape cod. coastal flooding still a threat there. northeast track becoming post tropical today. it will be entering the gulf of st. lawrence this afternoon. plenty of sunshine across the rest of the northeast. temperatures getting into the middle and lower 80s. elsewhere around the country, it's a pretty quiet saturday, alex. sections of the nation's midsection, however, should watch out for thunderstorms as we head out throughout the course of the day. some of the thunderstorms here could put down a lot of rainfall. unstable air mass in florida. we are talking showers and thunderstorms. some of which could down a lot

of rainfall here as well. >> i know with yesterday's dramatic weather, a lot of fireworks displays are postponed for tonight. looks like weather will be a lot better for those >> prince brought down the house last night in new orleans. mary j. blige, lionel richie, erica badu. it surpassed half a million people and brought in a quarter million dollars for the city of new orleans. it is an msnbc growing hope. here to talk about essence is president and ceo of the national urban league. >> hey, alex. >> i know you had a big day yesterday. i appreciate you being up with us. >> we slept 2 hours and 15 minutes after prince just brought down the house. >> i bet. >> "1999," when doves cry."

it's been tremendous. >> it's 20 years for the the essence festival. this week we commemorate lbj signing the civil rights act, 50 years. talk to us about how much work you think is left to be done where civil rights is concerned. >> well, there is a tremendous amount of work to be done. the progress of the last 50 years is certainly notable. this event could not have happened 50 years ago. this event certainly places a bright light on the power of african-american consumers and shines a light on the great city of new orleans. but the work yet to be done is challenged now by these forces. forces on the far right that want to express the vote. make it difficult for congress to even vote on simple things

like an increase in minimum wage. the challenge in schools which seem to be more gated now than 50 years ago. there's a tremendous amount of work to do. it's a work in progress. it is interesting. it all coincides with the independence day celebration america. a great nation is a work in progress. >> yeah. absolutely. here's a fun fact. a lot of people may realize that the convention center was named after your father ernest. >> yeah. >> talk about that and what you're father would think about the strides made? >> my father was a civil rights lawyer, president of the new orleans branch of the naacp, the first black legislator, certainly the first black mayor of new orleans. he and my mother in that generation lived until they were adults in a completely segregated city. i think they would be amazed and

shocked with things like voter expression. we seem to be re-fighting old battles. things that seem to be long settled are now new and fresh battles. but i think they would be enormously pleased. my father was one of the driving forces behind the building of that convention center back in the late 1970s and the early 1980s. and that convention center, along with the louisiana superdome, make a festival like essence possible. because these venues here in allow for a super human-sized event. >> absolutely. i'm going to have my director put up a map we were showing as well. i want people to take a look. these voter expression laws since the 2010 election, these are states where it was happening. north carolina just passed an extremely restrictive voting law. the texas chapter of the naacp

filed suit against a new voter i.d. law. some think it is targeting black and latino voters. you know, that's a lot of concern here. what do you plan to do about that? how do you combat that? >> i think you will see litigation. i think you will see advo case. i think there is a palpable sense of outrage. here we are talking about restoring democracy in place like iraq. we are spending money to mow promote democracy. and some want to make it more difficult for people to vote in the united states. i think you will see mass resistance. a people's movement that will continue to fight voter expression laws. we have to enhance democracy. we can't use false issues like voter fraud for which there are no real documented case as sort of a false reason to do this, which is what you see happening.

there's going to be tremendous resistance. in 2012 the effort to suppress the vote backfired because voter turnout was higher than it had ever been. so the idea that today we can rest, we can certainly celebrate only. we've got to continue this work and continue this fight to make democracy stronger, to make america better and really to protect these hard-fought gains for our future. >> all right. amen. i couldn't he tell you had two and a half hours sleep. thank you. thank you so much for talking with us. >> thank you. new clashes to report to the controversy over the recent influx of undocumented immigrants. yesterday protesters were handcuffed and detained. secretary of homeland security johnson calls the protest counterproductive. >> when someone interrupts the ability of the border patrol to

process a migrant, you're preventing basic health screening and background checks on who these the people are. that's a very basic border patrol function. i look at the images and they are very disturbing. >> it has led to increased calls for president obama to come up with solutions. he said he would use executive power to do just that. joining me now, msnbc contributor and professor at the university of texas and washington bureau chief of the chicago done times lynn sweet. >> victoria, the president said he would rigorously enforce the law while dealing with immigrants in a humane way. so what does that look like to you? >> it's a very fine balance, alex. we know that the president has undergone a strict deportation policy throughout his years in office. however, right now as we are

seeing the border surge, we're not talking about the same people we were seeing previously. like younger men, people who had criminal activity. here we are talking about a whole different face of immigrants. mothers and young children. so we need to balance out the law enforcement needs of deporting the folks not here legally but keeping in mind the potential refugee and status that need to be conferred. regrettab regrettably, there's no easy solution. combine both needs of enforcing the law and the humanitarian needs of the people. >> how do you respond to governor rick perry who said it is the policies that have contributed to this surge? >> i would think when congress comes pack in a few days, the white house has to do a better job of explaining to people like governor perry, this situation has developed because border patrol has found the people.

the sad story of these unaccompanied children, mainly from guatemala, honduras, in addition to mexico, they are being caught. it's a humanitarian crisis. but the system is working. people are being caught as they cross the border. the problem is in these other countries that have people coming to the united states. and secretary of state kerry has talked to the leaders of those countries. vice president biden has. it is the challenge of the white house to make sure that the congress know tps as it is asking for more people to deal with this that to the republicans who say you should not be doing immigration, let's separate these issues. the border crisis is a new one. it's caused because we the united states has caught the people coming. >> it's also interesting because

apparently there are all these rumors that you are hearing in central america that if the children get across they can stay here. so they have launched a spanish language program to talk about. it's like an ad campaign to say, no, that is not the truth. so that's a lot of disinformation and rumor out there. victor victoria, when the president says he can use executive order, what kind of action can he do? >> it's actually rather limited. because what we wanted, alex, and we have been aligning it for a long time, is comprehensive immigration reform. the president cannot do comprehensive immigration reform on his own. but what he can do is triage in the meantime. especially with regards to immigration to getting the people processed and figuring out who needs to stay pause of refugee status that needs to be granted and who needs to go back. if anything, that would put a band-aid on the situation for the short-term until we can get

he to comprehensive immigration reform. because this is a big problem that needs a multiple layered solution to it. >> but with regard to executive order, as you both know, this is to you, lynn, speaker boehner is suing for what he calls overreach. here's what the president said in response to that. let's take a listen. >> if house republicans are really concerned about me taking too many executive actions, the best solution to that is passing bills. i take executive action only when we have a serious problem, a serious issue and congress chooses to do nothing. >> has congress, lynn, left the president with no other options? >> at this point, yes. and, you know, the story line has been developing that the white house, much to the consternation of immigrants rights groups, is making sure to opportunity has been lost with republicans to forge a deal. so the president now says, sue

me. sue me. just under that famous song. but the threat of john boehner to sue will not from anything i know and have heard about, will not deter president from taking executive action. a few things happen at a time. a court action against it. it would be conceivable that would not stop him from issuing mortars, especially as we get closer to the election. i think the democratic base will demand some kind of action. >> lynn sweet, victoria, thank you, ladies. >> thank you. facing the facts. the reason facebook likes to do secret studies to you.

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things. >> reading your article. it talked about how facebook said we're not actually read anything detail the posts. well, how do you understand appropriately if something is happy or sad? >> they don't really. they are using pretty rudimentary software to analyze whether there is a preponderance of happy or sad words in the post. they're not even using software good for social networking. it is software designed for books. >> interestingly, in specifics you talk about the sentence, i am not happy. i'm not having a great day. they would measure the notes would be negative. but happy and great would be positive? >> exactly. so i'm not happy. i'm not having a great day. these are both clearly negative statements if you're a human. to a machine they wind up looking neutral at this base rudimentary level of analysis

that facebook is doing. >> is this legal? >> yes, it appears to be legal. assuming it was not specifically funded by the u.s. government, which it doesn't look like it was many then it was legal because you kind of see these rights legally contractually when you agree to facebook terms and service. >> that is like a 9,000 term word of service. so you have to read that. and have i done that, would i know i woulding submitting myself to these kinds of studies? >> no, you wouldn't have. facebook did not alert users that it would use their data for search purposes. that detail that is two words in those 9,000 words that say they will use it for research wasn't even added until may 2012. >> can you give me a quick thought on the assessment of the company's response to all of this outcry? >> yeah. facebook, what it does when it upsets users is saying, well,

we're sorry that you feel badly. you'll hear the standard thing. oh, well, we're sorry there is this k can ourselves better. >> do you think they will do this again? >> i think they do things like this all the time. ultimately the thing that is interesting about this study is, first of all, it's really blatant about manipulating moods and second of all it's that this is something facebook does daily and actually something facebook used to do a lot more. and the fact that now the curtain has been drawn back and we can see all their actions and this test in full is rare and they probably do stuff like this all the time. >> okay. thanks for the heads up. >> thanks for having me. employers added far more jobs last month than economists expected. new business owner, it would be one thing i've learned is my philosophy is real simple american express open forum is an on-line community, that helps our members connect and share ideas

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28 288,000 new jobs were ad in june. this is the best stretch since the tech boom of the late '90s. unemployment is now 6.1%. let's go inside the numbers with jared bernstein. good to see you. >> nice to see you. s >> so where are we seeing the growth? >> you mentioned quantity, but quality is not much quite as much. however the two are related. and as the job market tightens up, we expect workers to have a bit more bargaining power. but we noticed in the report, which was a strong report, was that while the pace of job growth is accelerating, the pace of wage growth is not. it's steady at about 2% nominal, that means before inflation. now, inflation is also running at about 2%. and that means that paychecks are kind of flat in terms of

buying power. so on the right track, but not there yet. >> another thing that is missing from this report from the top eight of job increases, construction. that added only 6 thourgs j,000. >> construction as a sector has been pretty flat for the past three months when as you mentioned, the rest of the job market has picked up speed. this has a lot to do with recent hiccups in the housing market. the housing market which of course terribly bottomed out in the great recession has been climbing up consistently. but about a year, a little more than a year aer aar ago, mortga started to go up and the pace at which home building was growing decelerated a bit. so it's not surprising that construction has followed suit, but it is an area to watch. >> this report also include as pretty sizable decline in the number of so-called long term unemployed, those who have been out of work at least 27 straight weeks. where have those 293,000 people

in june gone? where is the hope for the 3.1 million long term unemployed? >> well, some of them get jobs. and that's obviously a good thing. that's what they want. they have been hanging out in the job market looking for work for at least half a year, maybe even longer than that. but some leave the job market. they give up because they haven't found anything and they just can't find a niche. and the problem is when a long term unemployed person leaves the job market, it takes a lot to get them back this. and that's one of the reasons the labor force participation rate, the share of the population that is participating in the job market, has been depressed of late. one of the reasons why the long term unemployment rate is of such concern. >> a lot of people in the unvoluntary part-time worker, too. >> right. 7.5 million involuntary part-timers who would be liking to work full-time. so there is still a lot of slack in the job market.

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