right now on "ana cabrera reports," deadly weather from coast to coast. five killed by flash floods in pennsylvania. 2-year-old and 9-month-old still missing. more rain on the way for an already saturated region. >> in my 44 years, i've never seen anything like it. we had probably 6.5 to 7 inches of rain in under 45 minutes. meanwhile, it is a furnace in the midwest with impressive triple digits. 12-heat related deaths. new developments in a serial

killer cases that has captured the world's attention. what led to an arrest after more than a decade. can the subject face more charges in more murders. how a couple and their dog helped nab a prison escapee after days on the run. good morning. thanks so much for being here. e hope you had a wonderful weekend. i'm ana cabrera reporting from new york. the extreme weather we're all feeling across the country, flash floods leaving five people dead and two people missing in pennsylvania, while in the southwest more scorching temperatures, and millions in the midwest facing air quality alerts from more canadian wildfire smoke. nbc's kathy park is covering the storms in pennsylvania. here with us in new york is nbc meteorologist michelle grossman. let's start with kathy and those

floods. what can you tell us about the ongoing rescue operations in bucks county, kathy? >> reporter: ana, good morning to you. we heard from authorities not too long ago. they say they continue actively searching for those missing kids, and they've actually tripled their resources. fortunately, as you can see, ana, the weather is on their side right now. the skies have opened up. it's sunny. it's dry. hey hope to take advantage of this good weather. but it's really heartbreaking to know the details about this family, the two kids that were with their family at the time, visiting from charleston, south carolina, heading to a barbecue when their vehicle got stuck in the flood waurters and they were swept away. unfortunately we've also learned that their mother is among the dead. one official here in this community said this extreme weather event is something he hasn't seen in 44 years. meanwhile, here is how other residents describe this flash flooding. take a listen. >> there's no way anybody would

survive this. the creek turned into a raging river, and anybody driving through here, i mean, you would have been swept away. it was probably 200 miles an hour. >> reporter: ana, let me show you the damage that we are seeing this morning. we're here in washington crossing. it got so bad on saturday night, the floodwaters actually buckled the road here, washed away part of this bridge. there is debris scattered everywhere. a lot of the roads here are also blocked. just a few minutes ago we actually spoke with a resident here going back to these ongoing search efforts. he said this community is banning together organically. they want to help and trying to find those kids. what they're doing, they're walking along the creek beds here trying to find anything at this point. obviously that is the top priority here among residents,

but also with law enforcement. >> such a scary situation. really sad, thank you very much kathy park. let's head to marissa now. in phoenix, no stranger to extreme heat. now moving on to the third week of 110-degree days. how big of a challenge is it now for first responders there? >> reporter: this is something weave had a chance to see firsthand. we've been with the phoenix fire department as well as go into an er. we've seen the impact this has had. it's not just the heat. we're talking about an area -- this is arizona. they know the dry desert heat. they know just how hot it gets in the summers, so they're no stranger to that alone. it's just this stretch, this marathon. that's what's really weighing and wearing down a lot of folks around here. when we went into the er, we saw hallways lined with people on stretchers, hooked up to ivs. we spoke with a physician who told us he's been there for

decades and this is one of the busiest summers he's ever seen when it comes to heat exhaustion and heat-related illness. we're talking about people with third degree burns. i had a chance to go on a ride-along yesterday. we went on several heat-related calls. what we would see are people who they might be from here, maybe not. but we're seeing people that are more vulnerable. whether it's the elderly, whether it's young children or people who might be more vulnerability because of certain medications they're taking. we also have the other vulnerable populations, the people who are experiencing homelessness. we've seen that around here in the phoenix area. it's so sad. when we talk about what first responders are up against. one, there's the marathon aspect of it. we're going on 18 days. this is something that's going to break a record if it continues on. we'll break that record in terms of that stretch tomorrow. ana, they're putting in overtime

and having to try to stay cool themselves while they're trying to help the city stay cool at the same time. >> good luck to all of those first responders and, of course, hopefully people can do the right thing and stay safe. thank you, marissa para. let's head to michelle now. i think we're all wondering what is going on with this on going extreme weather. >> it's week after week after week. hi there, ana. part of the problem, the climate connection. we have a traffic jam in the atmosphere. things are not moving. the high pressure in the southwest is acting like a heat pump. we have a warming pacific ocean from el nino. the waters off florida in the upper 90s, almost jacuzzi-like. as we look today, we're looking at 13 states impacted by heat alerts. we have 73 million people still impacted by heat alerts, whether a heat advisory, heat watch, heat warning. it's a heat marathon. it's fatiguing physically. it's fatiguing emotionally, too,

because it's going on and on. there is the area of high pressure stuck in place. it's not moving, it's not moving out of here. that's why we're seeing these temperatures continue day after day. we're breaking records and then breaking new records. we're seeing daily highs we've never seen. in terms of some of the records we just broke, we set a new daily high of 128 degrees on sunday in death valley. in phoenix, today marks 18th day of 110-plus. there's no relief in sight. we have an extended forecast where we'll see more of that. in el paso, a record 32 days of 100 degrees or greater. that's when it gets really, really dangerous. it's so taxing on our bodies. as far as the temperatures go today, we're looking at records possible in seven states. 107 in san angelo. we'll see the temperatures continue, 104 in san antonio, probably breaking a record there. this will continue for the rest of the week. back to you. >> a guy got third degree burns

on his body from lying on the asphalt in phoenix. unbelievable. michelle grossman, thank you for keeping us updated. we're learning new details in the case of a suspected serial killer believed to be behind the gilgo beach murders. rex heuermann has been charged with three counts of murder. what led police to the arrest? the architect, the father, dna from a pizza crust in the trash. joining us is sunny gosk. horrifying to think these murders were decades ago. >> it's really a story in large part about the advancement in dna technology. they had the dna over a decade ago when they found the remains of these women, they didn't have the technology to identify it until recently. court documents have revealed some fascinating and also very chilling details about rex heuermann, including what he was

doing online, hundreds of searches, things like child pornography, saidism. plus every detail he could get on the guilbeau beach murders. a lot of the revelations and developments weren't made public. it's likely they had no idea they closing in. >> rex, dipped you do it? >> reporter: the suspected serial killer behind the gilgo beach slayings. >> he's a demon that walks among us, a predator that ruined families. >> reporter: 59-year-old rex heuermann is accused of murdering three women whose remains were found in burlap within a quarter mile stretch on long island's gilgo beach in 2010. a witness helped crack the case according to court documents. >> witnesses provided a discrimination of the individual which was detailed and indicated the person was somewhat unique.

>> reporter: describing a large white male with dark bushy hair driving a chevy avalanche. detectives connecting that vehicle to heuermann as well as using dna samples from bottles and this pizza crust pulled from the trash. those who lived there afraid a serial killer was on the loose. heuermann, an architect and a married father of two was allegedly hiding in plain sight and living a double life all along, even using burner phones, say investigators, who tracked heuermann's phone activity near his fifth avenue office in manhattan and his suburban home in massapequa park. investigators believe he used melissa bartholomew's cell phone making tainting phone calls. court documents detailing escort services and fake dating profiles. a stark contrast to the everyday businessman seen in this video

taken last year. >> when a job that should have been routine suddenly becomes not routine, i get the phone call. >> authorities investigateing whether heuermann is connected to the murder of other women. >> even with this arrest, we're not done. there's more work to do. >> that investigation is going on furiously. it's important to point out that heuermann pleaded not guilty. his defense attorney says he insists he did not commit these murders, that he was even weepy inside the courtroom over the weekend. >> dating back to 2010. the families waiting all these years for answers. thank you so much, stephanie gosk for that reporting. we're back in just 60 seconds. captured, the escaped pennsylvania inmate is back behind bars. the couple and their dog that helped put him there. plus a woman vanished after calling 911 about a toddler on the side of the highway. 48 hours later she suddenly

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welcome back. an escaped prisoner with survivalist skills is back behind bars. the search for michael burrham came to an end when a local couple spotted burham near their property. you spoke with cindy and ron echlin about their tip to police. how did this all go down? >> reporter: very eventful weekend for the couple. they were there in their home, their dog tuck ergose into a creep in their back yard. they hear him barking. they call for him to come back. he doesn't come back. they get in their golf cart.

ron echlin comes face-to-face with michael buhham. he said what are you doing there? i'm camping without missing a beat. he gets in his golf cart, racing back home, calls 911. within two hours there's a massive search that goes on in the back yard there where michael burham is pushed into the wooded area. we have images that appear to show him being taken into custody. all this comes to an end. they were in so many words, excited, scared, a lot of emotion for them processing everything that happened there. my conversation with them something you have to listen to. take a listen. >> so we get in the golf cart to go see what he's barking at. we go down to the creek and he's still barking. the gentleman stands up. i asked him, i said what are you doing? he said i'm camping. all right, have a nice day. i said get back in the golf

cart. we weren't halfway up the yard and dialed 911, i know exactly who that is. i've seen his picture enough. he's been all over the news. >> reporter: i asked him, would you do this again knowing this guy was potentially out there in the woods? they said curiosity got the better of them. they definitely know they did the right thing by calling 911. there was a reward out there for information. hopefully some of that reward money is coming their way. they're glad this whole nightmare is over. this is a very tight-knit community. they say this whole experience hasn't really tarnished their belief that their community is safe. they're glad he's now here at the erie county prison. >> i love that the dog was part of the story, coming to the rescue. what a good little boy. thank you, george solis, for that. let's head to georgia and the man accused of shooting and killing four of his neighbors is dead after a weekend-long manhunt. police tracked andre longmore

from hampton to about 20 miles south of atlanta where he was killed in an exchange of gunfire. two officers were also wounded. police san jose they still don't have a motive for the kilgts. more questions than answers this morning after the mysterious return of an alabama woman who vanished for two days after she called 911 to report seeing a toddler walking alongside an interstate in alabama. carlee russell is back home. she's safe. it's not clear what happened to her or the child she claimed to see after that strange call. nbc's priscilla thompson is in hoover, alabama, this morning. priscilla, we also heard there was screaming when she was on the phone with somebody. do we know what happened to her? >> reporter: ana, we know she's safe and surrounded by family. right now there are a lot of questions about what exactly happened, where she was and a lot of questions about the 911 call that started it all.

>> i'm so thankful that carlee is home safe, so thankful. >> this morning the search for carlee russell is over. the missing 25-year-old nursing student returned to her family home saturday night. police say she arrived alone and on foot. angela harris helped lead the community search for her. >> you spoke to this family moments after carlee came home. >> right. >> what did they say? >> it was just kind of like a very emotional phone call. i just broke down. i said, is she okay? she said, i don't know, she seems to be okay. she seemed to be in shock. >> reporter: officials say russell was taken to the hospital for evaluation and has since been released. he safe return putting an end to a days' long search that began thursday night with a puzzling 911 call. police say russell told an emergency operator she saw a toddler walking alone on an

interstate. >> 459 south, mile marker 10, going to be a child walking on the -- 3 to 4-year-old child walking on the interstate. >> reporter: it's believed she then stopped to check on the child and was on the phone with a family member when she disappeared. >> she heard a scream and some type of running type shuffle. >> reporter: russell's parents horrified. >> i just felt immediately that she was in danger. >> reporter: video from the interstate where russell vanished shows a car driving slowly with its flashers on. >> her vehicle is unlocked, running, all her personal belongings -- >> reporter: police say when they arrived, they found russell's car, her cell phone and purse on the road nearby. there were no signs of russell or a child. an urgent search ensued, both on the ground and on social media. >> i need everyone to stop and pay attention. >> reporter: where her disappearance quickly went viral. celebrities including wanda sykes, viola davis and octavia

spencer spreading the word. still questions remain about where russell was for those 48 hours and who she was with. a man identifying himself as russell's boyfriend writing on social media, she was literally fighting for her life for 48 hours and that she is not able to give any updates or whereabouts on her kidnapper. the police chief telling nbc news in a phone call they've spoken to russell and they're following up on the information she provided. ana, another big question, what happened to that child that russell said she saw on the interstate? police said her 911 call was the only one they received about a child on the interstate and they didn't receive any reports of a missing child in that area. ana. >> priscilla thompson, such a mystery, thank you. coming up on "ana cabrera reports," burning through money and ousting staffers. is ron desantis' presidential bid at the end of a bubble?

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welcome back. in just under two hours from now, ron desantis will take to the stage in virginia, appearing at a christians united for israel summit. behind the scenes desantis is cutting costs and trying to reassure nervous donors after his campaign burned through nearly $8 million in his first six weeks as a candidate. according to a source familiar with his campaign, desantis has also fired about a dozen staffers. let's discuss what all this might mean with nbc's ally vitali joining us from arlington, virginia, where desantis will be speaking today. also with us, former republican congressman from florida, carlos curbelo and former democratic congressman from new york, max rose.

ally, take us behind the numbers of the desantis campaign, if you will. >> reporter: this is not the first time we've seen the desantis team sort of playing defense. i will tell you we're in a pretty quiet room here. i'll do my best golf whisper as i give this assessment. when you talk to desantis allies, they'll tell you they feel good about what they brought in in the second quarter. such a high burn rate to the fact they're offloading about a dozen or so mid-level staffers, it's notable especially as we're starting to see donors question whether or not this is the campaign they thought it was going to be at the outset. several of them speaking to our colleagues at nbc news saying this campaign just hasn't caught fire in the way that they thought that it would. you see that not just in the way this fund-raising shook out with desantis maxing out on so many donors so early on in the process. but also in the way he's actually having to start offloading staffers as he's not

gaining any steam in the polls. i want to pull up so you can see a sense of how many more staffers the desantis team had than his counterparts. 92 people, just shy of 100 on his national payroll. then, of course, you see 50, 40, the rest of the field up there. for someone like desantis who had been compared before he got in the race to former wisconsin governor scott walker who ran such a top-heavy campaign that he had to drop out just a few months after getting in the race, this is not the headline you want to see if you are desantis and the florida governor's allies who are trying to buck that comparison and show he has a campaign that can win and can be in it for the long haul. >> well done with the golf whisper or the wimbledon voice, whichever you would like to call it, and calibrated to the audience level behind you. well done, ally vitali. thank you for all the great reporting there. congressman curbelo, let me turn to you here. the latest polling shows

desantis still ahead of the republican pack in second, but far behind former president trump, of course. our reporting is that he's also burned through all this money that donors have provided and many of them having donated the max already. what does he have to show for all that money? >> ana, i think it's important to underline ally's point. the desantis campaign started out almost as an incumbent campaign or a campaign of a favorite, a lot of staff, a lot of people on the ground. it turns out he's a challenger, in distant second certainly to ahead of the rest of the republican field, but behind donald trump. his campaign is adapting to this reality and now starting to organize as an insurgent campaign, a campaign challenging a very strong incumbent. in order to do that, you have to conserve resources. you can't be so top-heavy, you can't have that high overhead because you will just run out of

gas eventually. so this is the desantis campaign recognizing that its initial theory of how this would all work out, of how his candidacy would play out did not come to be. so they're retooling now. the good news for them is they have a lot of resources. he has high name id. if donald trump happens to stumble, he's still in a good position to capture some of that trump support. but this is a very different reality than the one the desantis campaign was hoping for when they launched in may. >> congressman rose, i have to imagine if you're one of the funders of his campaign, you're not real happy. >> not at all. you're nervous. quite frankly, the desantis campaign knew that people were going to feel this way. they did not take this decision lightly. this is a sign of weakness, the sign of an absence of momentum. just as momentum begets momentum in politics, the opposite is also true. underlying all of this is a cold political reality that all the

desantis campaign has done is make bad decision after bad decision. they thought that they could go to the right of donald trump. ha is a political space that does not exist. can you actually imagine a republican primary voter going up to ron desantis and saying, you know, i was for trump and then you banned abortions in florida. i decided to come to you. i was for trump and then you waged war on mickey mouse and i decided to come to you. that person doesn't exist. as a result of that horribly stupid political decision, they realize they're spending more money than they're taking in. >> in fact, trump is up over desantis in florida by like 20 points according to the latest polling. let me ask you, congressman rose, about senator joe manchin making headlines right now. he's going to be headlining an event tonight. that's going to be part of this no-label third party candidate group. do you think he's serious? do you think he might be considering a presidential run as a third party candidate? >> i think he really enjoys

people thinking he's serious right now. i think a serious contender to hold on to his seat in the senate. i don't see him necessarily undertaking any kind of a bid for the presidency. nor do i, quite frankly, think anyone will take that ticket. what we're going to see over the course of the coming months, though, is a lot of moving and shaking on the part of no labels, talking about the need for someone to take up that middle moderate space. >> doesn't president biden take up that moderate space? >> that's exactly the point i was going to make, exactly the point. joe biden, the president that signed the c.h.i.p.s. bill, the inflation reduction act. these are moderate, for the most part bipartisan bills, unprecedented gun violence prevention legislation. this is an opportunity for the biden campaign to stand up and say, if you want a pragmatic

leader, i'm the guy. >> congressman curbelo, if manchin does enter the rate, could he sief en votes from president biden or too much of a risk that he could appeal to disaffected republicans, too? >> i think there are a number of feelings of what a third party candidacy could do to the race this year. i presume if joe manchin runs, he would be running with a republican as his vice presidential candidate. that could certainly just scramble things. i will say this. all third party candidacies in the united states are destined to fail. that's just how our politics are worked for a very long time. however, if there is a year where a third party candidate could actually have a chance, it would be this cycle, ana. you look at the disapproval numbers for both donald trump and joe biden, and extreme partisans hate to hear this, but it's true. most american reject both donald trump and joe biden. they're both older candidates.

if joe manchin can find a younger republican to win with, you never know. again, the odds are against him. if there's a cycle to try it, this one would be it. >> i see you shaking your head, i've got to go. save it for next time. former congressmen max rose and carlos kur bale low, i appreciate you both. thank you for the conversation. from the campaign to the courtroom. as of now we expect a hearing tomorrow in the classified documents case against donald trump. the former president praising the judge ahead of that hearing. >> i don't know. i know it's a very highly respected judge, a very strong judge. >> you appointed her. >> i did. i'm very proud to have appointed her. she's very smart and very strong and loves our country. i mean loves our country. we need judges that love our country so they do the right thing. >> that judge they're talking about is judge aileen cannon. she's yet to make a decision on trump's request to delay his trial until after the 2024

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this week hollywood was preparing to celebrate with the release of some of the major summer blockbusters. while the movies are still coming out, the industry is shut down. actors and writers are heading back to the picket lines in los angeles, new york, atlanta, even hawaii for the first full week of their joint strike. there were no new negotiations this weekend. the guild say they're demanding a living wage and protections from ai, but some industry heads gave this bleak outlook on the strike. >> these conditions will potentially produce an absolute collapse of our industry. >> there's a level of expectation that they have that is just not realistic. they're adding to the set of challenges that this business is already facing that is, quite frankly, very disruptive. >> they're not being realistic? >> no, they're not. >> reporter: let's bring in msnbc's lindsey reiser at one of

the picket lines in new york. and entertainment journalist kim serafin. lindsey, you're out there with these actors and writers. what's going on? >> reporter: it is loud. it is hot, it is humid. people are out here for how ever long it takes. i've been hearing honks as cars drive by. we're outside 30 rock, just a few floors down from you, ana. we're seeing some support from cars driving by. we're hearing chants like "when i say ai, you say bye-bye." they want studios to address the use of ai, the use of their likeness. they want a living wage. they want to address those residuals which have gone by the wayside with the advent of streaming. i want to bring in jolie fisher, the secretary treasurer for sag-aftra. do we have any negotiating schedule on the table? >> this is sole emotional for me.

i'm the secretary treasure of the union, part of the negotiating team. it's been 35 days, the w and w process. where we listen to the hopes, dreams, fears, wishes of 160,000 people. we care about every category in this union. we went to the table in good faith and sat there for 35 days and talked about the needs of this union. >> how long is that going to take joely? >> we're here for the long haul. we're here, we're strong. we're not going anywhere until they invite us back in. it's up to them. >> you are not only talking to us as a member of the negotiating group but also as a working actress. people can see you in ellen, inspector gadget, until death. what is it like for you as an actor in this industry? >> i got involved in union service in the early 2000s. i went away to raise children, but i came back in because i saw the need in 2020 when our contracts eroded and evaporated. i thought i've got to get back

in there. i've been working three years day in and day out. i didn't make my assurance this year, because of my dedication to service and this terrible thing that hopefully we all survived, the pandemic. we all got to the end of netflix. we all watched all these programs. we're the storytellers. we want to be involved. we want to see ourselves represented on the screen. i'm just inspired by everybody. >> joely, thank you so much. >> reporter: i want to read a little bit of the statement. we haven't heard from the union representing the studio heads which nbc universal is a part of. last week they said this is the union's choice, not ours. rather than continue to negotiate, sag-aftra is deepening the hardship for,sands who depend on the industry for their livelihoods. >> lindsey reiser, thank you for bringing us that. kim, the milken institute

estimates this hollywood shutdown could cost the economy $4 billion. huge numbers. what's at stake here? >> we're not just talking about productions and actors and that industry, it's everyone involved. it's the caterers, the premiers that have been canceled, halls that host premiers, production houses. everyone is affected, especially in hollywood, especially in l.a. this is taking a huge toll. for everyone that has anything to do with the entertainment industry, this is taking a toll on them. >> so we talk about some of the demands or the asks, what they want. higher wages, protections when it comes to ai. we played the clip from bob iger, disney's ceo, saying their demands are just not realistic. think about that as i pull up this cnbc article from earlier this month, his peeve david saz love at warner brothers made 384 times as much as the average writer in the last five years. they're saying nearly half a

billion dollars was his salary and his income. are these demands not realistic from writers and actors? >> you played those clips and see how far apart the sides are. one side saying we can't do it. there's one side saying you need to do this. the amptp is saying we have these historic pay raises they put in, put in protections for ai. but the actors are saying that's not enough because ai is changing the industry, residuals are changing the industry in terms of streaming. jolie fisher saying you survive on residuals between jobs. actors can't do that anymore. we're talking about a changing industry. i don't think anyone disagrees this is a changing industry. it's how we address that and how we can protect actors and have the kind of entertainment that people want. people aren't going to see changes right away. you're not going to see -- not going to notice anything on tv because a lot of streamers have stocked up on programming, so that will last throughout the

fall. >> summer blockbusters are already out. >> right. a lot of the press tours have been don't barbie, oppenheimer, tom cruise was doing a lot of press. that's already done. in the fall tv season you'll see repeats from sitcoms. you'll see a lot of reality tv shows, but you're not going to see maybe fall film festivals. that's a big one. toronto, telluride, venice. >> depends on how long it goes. >> people are saying this can go into the fall. >> okay. we'll see. thank you so much, kim serafin, appreciate you being here. great insight. up next on "ana cabrera reports," the new attack on a critical transportation artery for the russian military in ukraine. plus the movie "oppenheimer" hits cinemas this week. who really was the man credited as the father of the atomic bomb?

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putin since its opening in 2018. russians are saying this is a ukrainian territory attack. they're vowing retaliation. ukraine's public broadcaster reported the attack was a special operation by ukraine's intelligence agency and navy citing anonymous law enforcement sources. nbc news has not confirmed those details. meantime, russia just reneged on a humanitarian deal that's been in place for the last year to keep ukrainian grains flowing to global markets. nbc news foreign correspondent matt bradley is covering it all for us. matt? >> since you're asking about implications beyond russian and ukraine borders. the suspension of the grain deal could well be felt around the world. this deal, it's now a year old. it was always set to expire today. but without it we could still see a huge surge in grain prices that will have a massive affect on food prices and availability of food, particularly in

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the more that personal em nitty deepens, that makes progress more difficult. this grain deal had represented the most important and really the only diplomatic agreement between russia and ukraine, so without it, these two countries, ana, they really only have battlefields between them. >> matt bradley really appreciate your reporting, thanks. the world will get a new look at the creation of the first atopic bomb with the movie oppenheimer this week. the first test of the nuclear bomb 78 years ago this week didn't exactly spark celebration, but as nbc's gadi schwartz reports, there was a clear sense that war and diplomacy as it was known was about to shift forever. >> reporter: the dawn of the nuclear age began 78 years ago with the flash of a man made sun rising over the new mexico desert. it was perhaps the most consequential and dangerous scientific experiment of all time and the man who led it was

robert oppenheimer. >> it was needed to put an end to the war and had a chance of so doing we thought that was the right thing to do. >> the events of that day now the center piece of the new christopher nolan piece oppenheimer, re-creating the top secret in las al most, mexico. >> there's a chance when we push that button we destroy the world. >> the chances are near zero. >> near zero. >> what do you want from theory alone? >> zero would be nice. >> there are 100 things that could be done wrong, any one of which as far as we knew, and we knew pretty much could make the test a failure. >> but the test was a success, and in its aftermath, scientists say the ground at ground zero turned to glass by the heat of the explosion and the earth sunk by nine feet. >> we knew the world would not be the same. few people laughed, few people

cried, most people were silent. >> reporter: three weeks later, the next time the bomb was used was on hiroshima and nagasaki forcing the japanese to remember and changing the world forever. >> i remember the line from the hindu scripture, now i am become death, the destroyer of worlds. i suppose we all thought that one way or another. >> reporter: gadi schwartz, nbc news. and a quick programming note, tune in tonight for a special joe scarborough presents on the making of "oppenheimer," he sits down with direct christopher nolan, and stars gillian murphy, matt damon, emily blunt and robert downey jr. that's tonight at 8:00 eastern on msnbc and streaming on peacock. next on "ana cabrera reports," he is being called miami soccer messiah, can lionel messi save the city's major league soccer team, how he's

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we're back with a massive move for american soccer, attracting the sport's biggest star. a sold out crowd of over 20,000 people waded through lightning and torrential rain to welcome the seven-time winner, lionel messi to inter miami last night. just one year after his biggest accomplishment bringing a world cup home to argentina. messi joins a team in dead last place hoping to turn around their fortunes and promote the sport here in the u.s., which is set to host, of course, the 2026 world cup final. nbc's guad venegas joins us now from fort lauderdale, and guad, messi is so revered, the pope once asked if it was okay to call him god. he said no. what was the atmosphere like

there last night during his big announcement presentation? >> reporter: ana, it was a huge party. you talked about that storm. we were here, of course, it kind of felt like a mini hurricane. and let's also keep in mind that the fans arrived early, and today we were under extreme heat warnings, but they didn't mind because they were there for this moment, the moment lionel messi stepped onto that field as a player of inter miami for the first time. this is going to be history. they say it's going to be a new era for soccer in the united states. the whole thing kind of felt like a super bowl halftime show with musical acts, fireworks, and of course a packed house to say welcome to miami, ana. >> so cool, so cool to have him, the biggest star in the u.s., and of course soccer is the most popular sport around the world, maybe not as popular in the u.s. as some other sports, so we'll see if he makes a difference in all of that. guad venegas, good to see you my

friend, thank you very much for that reporting. so if you've been waiting to buy a lottery ticket, now might be the time. the jackpot for tonight's power ball drawing has grown to $900 million. 900 million making it the third largest jackpot in power ball history. here are the odds of winning, 1 in 292.2 million, which means you are more likely to be the next president of the united states than win the drawing tonight. you still have until 10:00 p.m. eastern to purchase a ticket before the sales close. the drawing happens don't at 10:00 p.m. we can all dream. good luck if you played, i hope you win. that's going to do it for us today, see you back here tomorrow, same time, same place, 10:00 a.m. eastern. until then, thank you so much for joining us. reporting from new york, i'm ana cabrera. my colleague, josé diaz-balart picks up our coverage right now.

good morning, it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific. i'm josé diaz-balart. this morning, dangerous weather. more than a third of the country is under excessive heat alerts after a massive weekend of oppressive record breaking temperatures. meantime, the northeast is reeling from another round of catastrophic flooding. in pennsylvania, at least five people were killed, two children are still missing. overseas, russia blaming ukraine for a deadly attack on a vital bridge linking the crimean peninsula to the russian mainland. back in the u.s., a major moment for the labor movement with the hollywood strike well underway, another union representing more than 340,000 employees is threatening a walkout. and here in miami, messi madness, soccer superstar lionel messi receives a heroes' welcome as he's officially introduced as a player for inter