came down over the top of my truck. >> is some people were panicking, shaking real bad. >> none of them were able to walk. they were bruised, maybe broken bones. >> reporter: firefighters and rescue workers climbed through the debris, pulling 13 from the rubble. bruised and battered, but alive. they were taken to area hospitals with minor injuries. many of the victims were in the salvation army thrift store when the building next door, a sandwich shop and apartment building under demolition, came crashing through. this is what market street and 22nd looked like before. this is after. >> what we actually have is a 1g four-story property that collapsed onto a ÷ property which is the salvation army store. >> reporter: news helicopters were ordered away from the building so any cries for help could be heard. aided by search dogs, rescuers had no idea how many they were looking for. >> if there is anyone else in that structure, in that building, under that rubble, our

folks will find them. they will not stop until they are assured by their own standards that we have completed our job and found anyone who might be there. >> reporter: so the search here continues tonight. one woman was actually found alive after being trapped under the rubble for two hours. tonight philadelphia's mayor confirms another woman, a 35-year-old, brian, was found dead. >> kristen dahlgren in philadelphia, starting us off, thanks. weather is in the news tonight. it's that time again. the first tropical storm of the season has developed in the gulf of mexico. south and west of tampa/st. pete. its name is andrea. already expected to hit the west coast of florida tomorrow. we'll keep an eye on it, of course, as it moves to the north and east. elsewhere, flooding a problem in illinois and missouri today, affecting homes and businesses in towns along the mississippi and other rivers there. now to an nbc news exclusive tonight. the attorney general of the

united states, eric holder, under fire on several fronts and fighting off calls for his resignation. he broke his silence today and agreed to an interview with our justice correspondent pete williams. >> reporter: after enduring weeks of criticism over the government's aggressive investigation of leaks, the attorney general says a better balance must be struck between press freedom and safeguarding national secrets. >> i'm a little concerned that things have gotten a little out of whack. i think we can do a better job than we have. we can reform those regulations, reform those guidelines to;u better reflect the balance. >> reporter: the justice department obtained logs for more than 20 phone lines used by associated press reporters to find the source for a story about al qaeda terror plotters in yemen. the government obtained e-mail and phone records from james rosen calling him in court documents at the very least either an aider, abetter or

coconspirator. holder said that phrase was required to get a search warrant. >> i don't like that. warrant. me as official who has great respect for the press is in e essence saying a reporter doing his or her job and doing that important job is somehow branded a criminal. i'm just not comfortable with that. we're going to change that. >> reporter: another possible change, giving the news media the chance to fight a request for records in court before they are turned over. >> we'll come up with ways in which notification can be given to the media and possibly involve on a more consistent basis judges as third party ash tors. >> reporter: as for calls he stepped down he said not yet. >> there are things i want to do. things i want to get done that i hav%ja discussed with the president. once i have finished that, i will sit down with him and we'll determine when it is time to make a transition to a new attorney general. >> reporter: to be clear you are not stepping down now. >> i have no intention of doing

so now. >> reporter: as for the leaks he said that's not the result of a policy decision but is açw áqát intelligence community and congress to crack down. brian? >> pete williams at the justice department following his exclusive interview with the attorney general today. pete, thanks. the president announced a big personnel shift today. susan rice becomes the new national security adviser. there is a replacement for her as ambassador to the u.n. chuck todd has the story. >> reporter: they are now among the mostv'[ powerful women in t community. sc front and center. >> i'm very proud to have had the privilege of working with tom. very proud that i will continue to have the privilege of working with samantha and susan. >> reporter: susan rice, ambassador to the u.n. for four years taking over as the president's national securityhó adviser. >> i think everybody understands susan is a fierce champion for human dignity and is mindful we

have to exercise our power wiselye1 and deliberately. >> reporter: samantha power, replacing rice at the u.n. has been an influential behind-the-scenes adviser in the west wing as#ml part of the national security council. >> she knows the u.n.'s strengths, weaknesses. she knows american interests are advanced when we can rally the world to our side and she knows we have to stand up for the things we believe in. >> reporter: both come with a long list of impressive credentials. rice a harvard grad withjf a ph. from oxford. she was assistant secretary off state in the clinton administration. rice is a prize winning author and mother of two. and mother of twcmñ we have aw3 play in meeting the necessities of our time. it can do so only with american leadership. >> reporter: confident and brash both have had run-ins with washington. most recently rice was at the center of the benghazi political storm as republicans tried to

make her the fall woman for the president. power in 2008 briefly had to leaf the president's sideíoñ af she was quoted calling obama's chief political rival, hillary clinton, a monster. neither incident shook the president's confidence in either woman. both ended up with key roles in the first term. only power is subject to senate confirmation. already, republican senator john mccain this afternoon has said he's supportive of power's nomination. >> chuck todd at the white house tonight. chuck, thanks. now about the controversial use of drones by the u.s. overseas. the president gave a speech on the topic. part of the appeal of using drones in place of live personnel is their accuracy but they may not be as precise as many u.s. officials claim. our report on this tonight from our chief foreign correspondent richard engel. >> reporter: look at the tall

man in white flanked by body guards. experts say it's osama bin laden in afghanistan one year before 9/11 in footage captured by the very first predator drone mission. but the drone isn't armed. a year later, drones are fitted with rockets and pakistan quickly turns into a hunting ground. an estimated 49 drone strikes under president bush. more than 300 under president obama. >> conventional air power or missiles are far less precise than drones and are likely to cause more civilian casualties. >> reporter: does the u.s. always know who drone strikes are actually killing? nbc news has examined classified documents detailing 114 drone strikes in pakistan in 2010 and '11. locations, death tolls, alleged terrorist affiliations. they also reveal what u.s. officials don't know like how many killed. between seven and ten in one

strike, 20 to 22 in another. u.s. officials do seem certain they almost never kill civilians. in those 114 strikes, only one acknowledged civilian casualty. >> they want to maintain the myth that civilians are not harmed with drone strikes which is implausible. >> reporter: what's more, a quarter of those killed are described generically as, quote, other militants. it suggests u.s. oh officih -- officials don't always know how many or who they are killing. targets based on a signature profile. where they live, who they meet, who they talk to. several senior officials informed nbc news they had concerns about signature strikes. one told us the u.s. sometimes executes people based on circumstantial evidence. many counter terrorism officials insist drones are more precise than conventional attacks and they work. with a proven track record

against al qaeda. >> it's been a tremendous step forward in military technology. it's combined the capabilities of oh surveillance strike and long endurance in one platform. >> reporter: drones are part of war now. but determining from afar who is a terrorist remains less precise than the weapons used to kill them. responding to our story a senior white house official told nbc news a major justification for many of the drone strikes is protecting u.s. troops in and around afghanistan. president obama has said as u.s. troop numbers in afghanistan goes down, so will the strikes. >> richard engel with tonight's investigation. thanks for your work. robert bales pleaded guilty to murdering 16 afghan civilians last year. he described the killings in detail. when the judge asked him why he said, quote, there is not a good reason in the world why i did the horrible things i did. he will avoid the death penalty as part of the plea.

the massacre prompted such angry protests that the u.s. temporarily halted combat operations in afghanistan. now to the bombshell report that broke last night hitting at the heart of the steroid scandal in sports and involving some of the biggest names in baseball including the highest paid player in the game, a-rod, alex rodriguez of the yankees. tonight, news of the investigation is sending shock waves through the sports world.o our report from nbc's stephanie fwosing. -- gosk. >> reporter: espn reports as many as 20 baseball players face suspensions for alleged use of performance enhancing drugs including the new york yankees's alex rodriguez and the brewers ryan brawn. it is claimed anthony bausch has agreed to testify against players who relied on him for performance enhancers. in a statement, major league baseball said it won't comment

because the investigation is on going. >> suspensions are absolutely on the table depending on the information. i think it will be worse if any of the players have told mlb that they were not involved with this guy, they didn't get drugs from the guy. >> reporter: ryan brawn said he used bausch as a consultant when he revealed a positive drug test in 2011 but never bought enhancers. >> the truth has not changed. i don't know the specifics of the story that came out today. i have already commented on it. >> reporter: alex rodriguez admitted to using steroids for a short period of time while playing for the texas rangers is on the disabled list and so far has not commented publically. for over a decade baseball has been battling the scandal of performance enhancing drugs. damage has been done. at a sunny afternoon game in the bronx there was plenty of frustration. >> it puts a dark cloud over the game.

>> yeah. hopefully baseball will clean itself up. >> reporter: until then the investigation continues. the national past time braces itself for another hit. stephanie gosk, nbc news, new york. still ahead for us tonight, the first lady takes on a heckler and gives it right back. later, the invention that could lead to cell phone charging in seconds. wait until you meet the inventors. their capital one ved to fly home for the big family reunion. you must be garth's father? hello. mother. mother! traveling is easy with the venture card because you can fly any airline anytime. two words. double miles! this guy can act. wanna play dodge rock? oh, you guys! and with double miles you can actually use, you never miss the fun. beard growing contest and go! ♪ i win! what's in your wallet? i win! and i've been around the toughest guys in football. and now i'm training guys who leak a little to guard their manhood. with man style protection... whoa...

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train station tonight an amtrak train carried his casket to washington where he will lie in repose at the u.s. capitol. the susan g.komen foundation has cancelled the annual three-day walk for breast cancer in d.c. and six other cities for 2014. participation and donations have dropped ever since the komen brand was damaged when their founder tried to deny funds to planned parenthood. the back and forth over knives on planes is back to this -- don't bring a knife on a plane. the idea to allow small nonlocking knives on an airplane along with sports equipment was just too unpopular with those who work on airplanes. today the head of the tsa relented. the policy is now back where it was to begin with. when we come back, charging your cell phone in seconds. if and when it happens, we'll have a bright teenager to thank. help the gulf recover, and learn from what happened

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finally tonight it might be years before we see it -- a device that charges your cell phone in 20 seconds, but the invention of its kind is the work of a california teenager who has shown an uncanny ability at a young age to think big.

her story tonight from nbc's miguel almaguer. >> reporter: at lynnbrook high school in san jose, california, 18-year-old isha care will tell you she's a typical teen. >> i think i'm normal. i love talking to people. i love having fun. >> reporter: ordinary is a word few would use to describe this extraordinary student. >> i think i really try to go after what i'm complaining about and find a solution to that. >> reporter: when her cell phone battery constantly died she turned her frustration into innovation. >> yeah. >> reporter: in a lab at u.c. santa cruz she developed a super capt capt capacitor which could charge a cell phone in as little as 20 second es. >> this has all the charge to hold. when you put it in a cell phone the charge will be transferred. >> people do ph.d. dissertations on topics like she did in high school. she is exceptional.

>> reporter: exceptional is one way to put it. >> from saratoga, california, isha carere. >> reporter: in may she won $50,000 for her breast cancerthrough research. >> it was great for me that my hard work and the work of so many people that helped me has been recognized. >> reporter: she's always been at the top of her class academically. her success goes further than just the classroom. an accomplished dancer, she also plays varsity field hockey. >> she's the last one to leave the field, the first one to be here. >> reporter: already recruited by high tech companies this young inventor says college is next. >> i hope to pursue science, but i will be attending harvard this fall. i hope to explore and see where i fit best and continue on from there. >> reporter: a budding scientist with a future as promising as her discoveries. miguel almaguer, nbc news, san jose, california.

>> that is our broadcast on a wednesday night. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. we hope you will be back with us tomorrow evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

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barbara walters in defense of his wife. >> it didn't come from catherine. she is healthy. >> and why tiger woods girlfriend was forced to pee in the cup. plus, the bling ring movie premiers. >> oh, my god, that's paris hilton. >> look who showed up. burglary victim, paris hilton. >> it was really hard to watch it. >> and the scariest bridge in america. >> i was in full blown panic attack. >> people actually paid this guy to drive them over. plus more clips from the anna nicole smith tv movie. now "inside edition" in high definition with deborah norville. >> deborah: hello everybody, and thanks for joining us. there is a lot of concern today for paris jackson in the wake of news that she tried to commit suicide. the 15-year-old's family has confirmed that the teen was rushed to the hospital