breaking overnight a horrific fire at the water park in taiwan. urn itting an evening of fun into sheer panic. at least 500 are injured. many of them seriously. we'll have the latest. surrounded? authorities in upstate new york believe they have convicted killer david sweat cornered this morning. >> we'll search the perimeter hard. a 22-square mile area being scoured for any sign of the suspicious killer. as we learn more how police tracked down his accomplice. terror in the water, beach goers on high alert after another shark attack off the

coast of north carolina. this time a 17-year-old is rushed to the hospital in critical condition. leaving many to wonder is it safe to go in the water? and coolest prank ever? paris hilton is tricked into believes ss she's on a flight that is about to crash. june 28, 2015. >> announcer: from nbc news this is "today" live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today." i'm i'm erica hill. >> i'm craig melvin. you feel bad for paris hilton. >> i do. it is a horrible thing. make them think they're on the plane that is crashing. >> i've never seen the show. but i guess this is the premise of the show. they do mean things like this?

>> they try to drop the plane to give it that -- >> yeah. >> we'll speak with paris in a bit. >> our top story is the horrible scene at the water park in taiwan. it's developing at this hour. people running for their lives when a massive fire erupted. carrie sanders has the latest for us. good morning. >> it was a hot summer day in taipei. nearly 100 degrees. people had gone to the water park to school down and have fun. without warning the party scene turned to a scene of disaster. around a thousand people were partying at the popular water park when powder was thrown from the stage. the power caught fire set off an explosion sending panicked crowds screaming and running. he says suddenly it was sprayed and there were sparks then fire on our bodies. rescue workers treated hundreds on the scene. the young victims were still in

their swim suits. infladble water rings were used as emergency stretchers. the mayor of taipei city said the use of the powder is now banned and an official investigation is underway. hundreds of victims are still hospitalized. many in critical condition. >> taiwanese authorities say they're questioning the party organizers who they say may face charges of professional negligence and endangering the public. >> wow, scary stuff. thank you. we turn to the latest in that intense manhunt for david sweat. he's been on the run for more than three weeks now, and this morning authorities think they have him surrounded as they search the dense woods of upstate new york. nbc stephanie gosk remains on the scene. good morning. >> good morning. we're learning that it wasn't just one tip that lead police to richard matt on friday. there were at least three credible lead phoned in by concerned residents. and senator chuck schumer tells the associated press that one

woman thought there was an intruder at her door thursday into friday. they believe it was matt and it would be hours later that he was shot and killed in the woods. 1200 state, local, and federal focussed on 22 square miles. this time they think david sweat is surrounded. >> they feel he is within the perimeter. we're going to search the perimeter hard. no stone left unturned so to speak. >> sweat is on his own. partner in crime richard matt was shot and killed on friday. a the cabin owner's nephew calmedcalm ed called police too. >> he went down to check the camp out and he noticed things were moved around. >> this time matt could not escape.

the three week long drama, for him, at least ended. >> it feels like a nightmare is over. >> one man is more relieved than most. matt's former accomplice from many years ago. i thought is it real? is it finally over? and part of me wanted to say i got to see this. because i don't believe it. >> lee beatates watched matt torture and kill him and testified against him. >> if you wanted to know what the devil looked like. look at a picture of richard matt. that was the devil. >> with matt on the loose, he was worried for his life. >> are they going to exact revenge or just keep running for it? and with somebody like that you have to be concerned. >> the obvious problem today is this miserable weather. it's going to ground aircraft and slow down the search but

obviously that's going to be sweat's problem to battle as well. >> stephanie gosk thank you. people heading to north carolina beaches will be extra cautious this morning after another shark attack there. this time a 17-year-old who is now recovering after apparently being bitten. it's the latest a string of attacks over the month. gabe gutierrez has more. >> this morning a 17-year-old boy is in critical condition after an apparent shark attack saturday off north carolina's outer banks. he was swimming with friends in 3 feet of water about 20 feet offshore. the terrifying encounter just 14 miles from another suspected attack a day earlier, a 47-year-old man suffered injuries to his right leg and lower back. >> as the water temperatures warm up the east coast from south to north, animals proceed north wards, including sharks. >> so far this month there have been at least seven suspected shark attacks in the carolinas. on june 11th a 13-year-old was

bitten. on days later a 12-year-old girl and a 16-year-old boy hunter tresh l lost arms in separate incidents in oak island. >> i felt the hit on the left leg and felt it one more time then it hit my arm and it was -- that was the first. i saw it when i was biting up my left arm. >> with summer just underway experts have the warning for swimmers. >> stay out of the water between dusk and dawn hours. time when sharks are more likely to be eating. >> they say shark sightings can be common in the summer throughout the east coast, but this year they seem to be clustered in the carolinas. for "today," gabe gutierrez, nbc news. the debate rages on this morning over the confederate battle flag and whether it should be permanently taken down. a debate reunited after the church massacre. the shooter seen posing with the flag in pictures. saturday two people were

arrested after a woman scaled a flag pole and yanked it down. ron allen is in columbia, south carolina with us. >> good morning, craig. the flag is still there. you can probably see it kind of limp on the pole behind the monument. there are two police cruisers over there. the officers keeping a close eye on it. it's become a emotional rally. especially for the funerals killedkill ed -- for the nine killed at the church. two to go one today. she represents a multiracial group of activists and teachers and took the confederate flag down herself because she couldn't wait any longer for the state of south carolina to act. police charged her and james tyson there with her with he defacing a monument. a misdemeanor that can cost them three years in jail. less than an hour later the flag

flew again. >> it's not about a flag. it's about our rights. >> i'm here in honor of keeping what i believe needs to stay here is my southern flag. things escaladed as protesters demanding the flag come down showed up. >> we have come to a solution in a country to a better one together. not against. >> decades long fight about the flag continues whether the alleged church gunman is seen posing it. the funerals continued this weekend for those massacred at the church. >> by taking down the flag we express god's grace. >> even though numerous south carolina leaders have reversed themselves and said it is time for the flag to be removed, it still flies. why the young woman said she came here from charlotte, north carolina to take it down. >> it's been too long. it's killing us literally. it's not right.

>> they have been released on bail. a lot of money was raised online. they got quite a following going. the state of the flag is in the hands of the state legislature. it's unclear whether it will continue this week. perhaps or perhaps not. >> ron allen for us in columbia south carolina. thank you. huge celebrations are happening across the country today. two days after the historic supreme court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage. most of the gay parades and events were planned but they make today's celebration that much sweeter for those taking part after the ruling. francis revary are a is in midtown manhattan. >> the rain of the parade isn't going to rain on the parade here. the 2 million people are expected here in the new york city streets to participate in the parade later today. i have to tell you, this for

them, is a celebration in the defining moment in lgbt rights. the call for justice has been going on for decades. friday's historic supreme court decision has turned into a victory celebration here and across the country. even the white house showed its colors. the whole world has been waunching from london all the way to manila. erupting with joy as the justices struck down same-sex marriage bans across the u.s. doug was one of the lawyers who made the successful argument before the highest court. >> the case was really in essence about whether the marriage of same-sex couples were going to be recognized as having equal dignity. >> but the court was divided 5-4 with conservative justice an ton scalia delivering a scathing

dissent. and catholic bishops releasing a statement saying the ruling is a tragic error that harms the common good and most vulnerable among us. especially children. >> to love and to cherish -- >> but friday same-sex marriage is legal. couples across the country waste nod time in taking advantage. >> congratulations! >> and tens of thousands get set to marge through the streets later today. >> with so much to celebrate here as they are preparing for the parade in new york city. and also something to think about, too, those divorce lawyers, oh yeah they're getting ready to get to business. many of the people celebrating certainly aren't thinking anything about that. it's about their big day and this defining moment. >> francis i are vera thanks. >> chuck todd is moderator of meet the press. good morning.

high court makes same-sex marriage the law of the land obamacare is reaffirmed the president wins fast track trade authority that was delivered down in charleston friday. was this the best week for president obama? >> i can tell you this, aids tell me that president obama believes and they believe this is their best week in the white house and his best week of his presidency. i think when you look at it i go back to something i used it as an important moment to judge the president himself. when he was a candidate, he said something that he wanted to -- his goal of president was to be like ronald reagan in this way. he wanted to be transformational transformational. he thought reagan was our last transformational president. made about a conservative movement. i think this week will underscore. we'll look at the ten days in june in the obama era as a trons

formational moment with a country shifted from a center right. at least on social issues to a center center left. when you know that the president was sort of judging his own presidency that way, transformational versus simply being transitional i think they look at this week and say it was transformational. >> let's look at the other side for a moment. chris christie governor of new jersey expected to throw his hat into a crowded ring on tuesday. he announces he's going to run for president. i believe it puts us now at i believe, 13 gop presidential contenders. first of all, does christie have a shot second of all, what point do gop leaders say enough already? >> look we'll have more. i mean we'll have probably get to 14 or 15. look chris christie is on one hand a very talented retail campaigner. when you think about -- and craig you're familiar with it. you've covered new hampshire primaries. the town hall format was made

for a chris christie. as a pure retail campaigner, you would say you wouldn't want to count him out. i think never mind the mess that is his state politics right now and the whole bridge gate and that mess he's not really conservative enough for the conservative base of the party. i think he's got two hurdles. one, is his record in new jersey which may not be something he can run on. second is simply is he conservative enough for the the republican party when there are so many other alternatives? i think it is uphill for him. >> chuck todd moderator of "meet the press" thank you. we look for much more coming up including a debate over the confederate flag. there are new terrorist concerns following isis. >> good morning. security experts on the alert for new terror threats of isis gets set to mark the first anniversary of declaring itself a sovereign government. hundreds mourn the victims of friday's terror attacks in

tunisia and kuwait isis is calling on sthizers to take alarm. the support of the gunman who killed 38 at the tu knee shan beach thousands took to the streets to denounce terrorism. in maryland eight people had to be res candidated after their boat was sucked over a dam. emergency crews were able to reach four passengers clinging to the dam northwest of washington. three others were picked up by helicopter and one by boat. a ninth person was trapped underwater and couldn't be saved. a celebration of gay pride was interrupted when gunfire broke out. [ gunshots ] the shooting took place outside a gay pride weekend event in san francisco. police say an argument at the nearby business escaladed into a shootout. one bystander was hit by a bullet and slightly wounded. it was not linked to the gay pride activities. the coast guard suspended

the search for trevor moore. crews began looking for moore on thursday when his boat was found in a miami marina with the engine running but no one aboard. the massive three day search covered more than 150 nautical miles but ended no sign of the sailor. he was a member of the 2012 lim pick sailing team. cano is recovering after being hit in the head. between innings landed to cano as he was sitting in the dugout. he was cleared by trainers. and this must have seemed like a brilliant idea. people pretending to be albert einstein. the largest gathering of people looking for the great scientist. the california science center partnered with school on wheels to raise awareness for the

education of homeless children. a good cause there. >> how cute are the little kids. >> they needed 250 ioneinsteins to break the record. i think they did it. >> sheinelle thanks. >> it's been a foggy and dusty weekend here and in phoenix. we had a big dust storm develop with a thunderstorms. around here we get the gusty winds? in phoenix where it is dry you get the churning up of the dust and reduced visibility. thousands are without power because the dust storm. we're possibly looking at the same type of set up with more thunderstorms likely. temperatures around 109 degrees. yesterday on the eastern half of the country we have lots of wind damage reports. also 19 reported tornados. we didn't see much more than uproomed uproomup uprooted trees but a lot of wind reports throughout. and one of the soggiest junes on record. with the recent rains we're already nearly a foot of rain and higher. is specially back through

baltimore. it's the wettest june on record. we're seeing the heavier rain move to new england. we have another area breaking out this afternoon once the sun heats up we could see stronger storms. wind >> i'm first alert meteorologist brittney shipp. today temperatures range between 78 and 81 degrees. we have a few lingering light showers, after that a mix of sun and clouds breezy conditions with wind speeds out of the southwest at 15 to 20 miles per hour. seven-day forecast shows warming temperatures heading into the next few days. look at tuesday. 88 degrees with a chance of storms. then another chance of storms on friday. and that's your latest forecast. >> thank you, madam. if you look like a basketball player and you act like a basketball player can you fool a bunch of people into thinking you are a basketball

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we're back on this sunday morning with a party crashing tip. if you look at the part if you're confident and you go in like you should be there, pretty good chance they're going to think you should be there. >> right. dylan has more on this in the orange room. >> hey, connor tool thought it would be fun to make people think he was part of the nba draft. he threw on a suit and headed over. the prank, by all accounts was a success. connor tweeted -- check out how people reacted. >> i'm honored. >> yeah. nice to meet you. >> man, thank you. >> come on in! everybody!

>> i appreciate it. >> connor! >> oh! >> something about the beard helped too. and the fact he's 6'10". eventually security caught on and he was asked to leave the floor of the bar clays center where the draft was being held. he tweeted please don't fire anyone. he likes watching college basketball. i think he fits in. >> we saw knicks fan in the there. >> that's funny. still to come on the sunday edition of "today." what it was like

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8:27. good morning. i'm ted greenberg. the sun is set to make a return for the second half of our weekend. first alert meteorologist brittney shipp is here with the improving sunday forecast. >> that's right. improving conditions for us especially heading into the afternoon. we are seeing a slightly foggy start. look at the rest of the day, mostly cloudy skies, center city skyline there. the radar shows the storm system has pulled off to the northeast. 55 in mount pocono. 61 in allentown. 66 in philadelphia. one of the warmest spots on the map is wildwood at 72 degrees. here's your atlantic city planner. heading down the shore today, temperatures close to 80 degrees by 1:00 p.m. and stay there at 4:00 p.m. >> get the latest weather updates and storm alerts with our nbc 10 news app, download it

for free on your smartphone or tablet. you can also logon to nbc10.com. through rain wind and clearing skies, power crews are working to get the lights back on to thousands of people who have been in the dark for four days now. nbc 10 was in greenwich township gloucester county. many people there are still waiting for crews to restore electricity. we just checked, atlantic city electric reports about 25,000 customers are still without power. we are back at 9:00 with 90 minutes of local news. i'm ted greenberg. more of the "today" show coming your way next.

[ screaming ] >> paris hilton was the victim of a cruel prank after she believed she was on a plane about to crash. we are busy on this sunday june 28th 2015. the last sunday of june. the year is almost officially half over. >> that's crazy. june 28th? it's flying by. >> it is my aunt's 9060th birthday. >> i'm sure she's celebrating today. >> how is the crowd doing this morning? [ cheers and applause ] >> it's a lively crowd here on the plaza this morning.

>> lots to get to this half hour. let's begin with the morning headline. more than 500 people were hurt after a fire broke out at the water amusement park in taiwan. people were dancing and trying to cool off when it happened. it appears to have been started bay accident near the stage. the all man manhunt for david sweat. he's been on the run for 23 days after breaking out of police. police believe they have him surrounded in the same woods where his accomplice was shot and killed on friday. a 17-year-old is in the hospital in critical condition after he was attacked by a shark in north carolina. >> still to come in the half hour surviving the deadly average avalanche. we have the story of two climbers who were caught up in the middle. >> charleston's mayor not only helped revitalize the historic city but leading through them

from one of the toughest times thaef scene after the horrific church massacre. a little bit later we're down with the ten day summer sugar detox. it was definitely not easy. some may have slipped up a little bit. >> a little bit? >> i think we learned a thing or two. >> at least some of us tried it. >> that's right. you gave up from the beginning. >> we're going to talk to nutritionist about how we can stick to something like this if we wish -- >> maybe we want to try, craig melvin. >> so much to get to. let's go to the weather on this half hour! >> is it going to stop? >> it will. maybe in new england it will hang on a little bit longer today but we're focussed on the heat. in fact behind the cold front where things are finally going to cool off. look at 59 in pittsburgh. we'll see the cooler temperatures take hold of the eastern half of the country. finally we'll see temperatures in the 60s today. 70 tomorrow and by the time we get to tuesday we're back in the 90s in washington, d.c., and in the southeast a brief break from

the extreme hot temperatures but it will get up near 90 with your feels like temperatures closer to 100 to the next week. out west it's been exceptionally hot. yesterday 102 in spokane, washington. it's the hottest it's ever been in june. las vegas 109 slightly cooler than yesterday. in central california temperatures wil first alert meteorologist brittney shipp. today a big improvement with our weather conditions. temperatures range between 78 and 8911 degrees a few lingering showers, after that a mix of sun and clouds. seven-day forecast shows warming temperatures as we head into the next few days. look at tuesday, 88 degrees with a chance of storms. and then another chance of storms on friday. and that's your latest forecast. erica? >> all right, thanks.

it's been more than two months since the devastating earthquake in nepal and the region is understandably picking up the pieces still. when the earthquake struck it triggered an avalanche that swept down the mountain. richard engel happened to be in the area at the time and caught up with the climbers for their story. >> you can see the top of ever everest here. ultimate mountaineer challenge, you know so it's pretty cool. >> this april haylee who runs beauty salons in arizona and her father randall, a farmer from utah joined an everest kpe addition. the climbers worked hard and spent tens of thousands of dollars to get this far. the mount everest base camp. the next step was a difficult attempt at the summit itself. they were willing to put their lives in their hands of their guide. >> then you have -- >> madison a seattle-based guide lead the team up the mountain.

>> i felt everybody was competent and ready to go. >> i was behind garrett and with some other of the guy climbers. >> but her 59-year-old father randall, was already falling behind when a few minutes before noon on april 25th. >> we just hear the most awful noise any of us have heard. >> the earthquake struck. >> all of a sudden the ground started to shake. like the glacier is literally going to crack. >> then an avalanche came crashing down. >> you thought you were going to be buried alive. >> that went through my mind. this is it. bye. >> when the earth stopped rolling, randall, haley's father was very sick. he barely managed to catch up with the group. >> i see him at afar and he's coming toward me. barely walking. sort of stumbling. i get to him and he sort of sets his pack down and collapses

there. >> randall was suffering from acute altitude sickness and needed to be medevaced urgently but bad weather grounded all the rescue helicopters. >> we're waiting for the helicopter to come to life flight dad out. he's not been doing well. we have to get him out of here. >> then a helicopter appeared. a lone brave pilot managed to get through the clouds and come to the rescue. >> i get as close as i can, you know to the helicopter and i hug him goodbye. we both started crying. >> as the weather improved the rest of the team was air lifted off everest. what they saw as they returned to their devastated base camp appalled them. the avalanche had left 19 people dead including their team's medic. now safely back at home both

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plus a farewell torch. >> this is first up u. it may be tv's cruellest prank yet. paris hilton was the latest victim on an egyptian prank tv show that you have to see to believe. [ screaming ] she's terrified. the reality star later tweeted eded scaryiest moment of my life. a lot of people upset over this. one fan commented that guy was so on knock use. if you're going to cry, once they tell you it's a prank it's obviously they went too far. >> way too far. >> i feel like that's not funny. i think she's mad. >> yeah. >> anyway. next up fourth annual list of highest celebrity couples has been released. this time beyoncè and jay-z have to bow down. who is the mystery couple shanking things up?

taylor swift as they raise a whopping 146d million. >> calvin harris is a pretty -- >> yeah. >> she's probably the bulk of it. >> i wonder how much is hers. >> $145. >> jay-z and beyoncè fell to second with $110.5. >> oh. >> miranda lambert and blake shelton round out the top five. >> they are all power couples. hollywood royalty meets british royalty. brad pitt and angelina jolie enjoyed royal tea with prince william and princess kate. apparently they discussed their shared interest in kbatding illegal wildlife trade. brad and angelina spent much longer with the duke and duchess than planned staying more than a

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we are back on a sunday morning. what a rough ten days it was. we took added sugar out of our

indict diet for ten days. we did a pretty good. >> yeah. >> we tried to do our best. we are going to see with nutritionist joy bauer how we can avoid the temptations of sugar as we bring sugar back into our lives. >> we're almost halfway through. >> i love a little chocolate after a meal but i think i need a little bit of a kick in the butt. it's been helpful for me. i'll be fine doing all ten days. >> i can't believe we're on day five. i have been following this to a t. but i also know that i'm going on vacation on a cruise and there will be a lot of ice cream. >> i was at a bakery the other day and they have the chocolate chip cookies saying sheinelle, eat me! >> being on the cruise with a no sugar a day thing is all ofwful! they have frozen drinks and we haven't left the shore yet! >> we're not supposed to have dried fruit, but i'm hungry.

>> are you hungry? >> you're hungry. >> this is the first -- what is it? day six? we're going mess it up. >> it wasn't until today, the last day i wanted some sugar. i ate this morning and i thought all i want is a piece of chocolate. maybe because i know the day is almost over. i don't think it's been that bad. i can have my wine. i dry more wine and i'm okay with that. >> it's the last day of no sugar detox and it's the lady of vacation. i didn't do great but i didn't do as bad as i expected. i'm eating a salad. it has made me think a little more. >> the ice cream i've had this trip has been pretty phenomenal. [ laughter ] >> sorry! >> can i give you a huge congratulation. i mean the objective of this was a learning activity. just to sort of open our eyes up to the sugar we're eating and moderate amounts are perfectly fine.

>> thank you! >> i felt better. i felt better to the point where i did eat the cookie after it screamed for me to eat it i didn't feel as great the next day. i will say it taught me that we can do it. >> you probably enjoyed the cookie that much more. you appreciated it. >> i had a cookie on friday and i thought friday we were done. if we weren't i'm sorry. >> it wasn't as satisfying as i thought it would be. i guess we had taken it out for awhile. >> and in terms of vacation nobody is expected to be perfect. i'm glad you cheated a little bit. i think the best way to gauge a vacation is is know each and every day you're allowed some sweet treat. make it unique and special to the vacation. you don't want to use it on things you can get anywhere. >> i felt like the phenomenal ice cream on the cruise. >> you have tips you can use in the daily lives to keep the sugar count down. so soda and juice have a ton of

sugar. >> a 20 ounce soda will pack in 16 ounces of sugar. eat your fruit don't drink your fruit. this glass has 10 packets of sugar in this it. instead you buy all the yummy flavored naturally sparkling waters and then add a shot of 100% fruit juice into it. this only -- >> i have kids and they love it. >> 35 calories and it has a fizz so it feels like a little bit like so georgia. >> cheers! >> i have a hard time with coffee. i always put a little bit of sugar in the coffee and i was going straight up black coffee. >> here is a few ways to spice up coffee. a little bit of vanilla extract into milk and pour it in the black coffee. the other thing take advantage of the delicious spices. you sprinkle it in the coffee.

sometimes you can get away with no sugar or one packet and that's okay. >> we talk about chocolate you say go for dark chocolate. here is the cool thing. with dark chocolate it has a percentage percent of cocoa and there's less room for sugar. it has the same calories you eat less if it has a stronger flavor more satisfied, and less sugar! >> can we eat that? >> we can eat it. >> totally. >> it sound good but -- >> i totally agree. >> thank you so much. >> you're welcome! >> i'm glad we tried it. i did think a lot more before i put anything in my mouth. >> and then detox was a raging success. >> good! >> the plaza fan of the day in the orange room. >> we're so proud of you.

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this morning on "sundays with harry" he saturday down with charleston's mayor days after the church massacre there. the mayor helping to guide the city through the difficult time. the way he always has. >> quite an amazing story. for years now charleston has been a place where people want

to live visit, beautiful vibrant history on every corner. 40 years ago, that place was falling apart and that's when joe reilly became mayor. he's been mayor ever since. >> i love coming to work every day. a mayor's job is a wonderful, full court press job. you emotionally own it and every issue, every problem, every opportunity in the city is yours. >> today's charleston bears little resim blens to the team joe riley took over. then it was a city on the brink. >> i ran for mayor because the community in 1975 was either going to elect a mayor that could build bridges between the african-american white community or it would be a divisive election. i was interested in racial progress. >> he practiced the art of inclusion. >> we didn't leave anybody away from the table. we brought in more chairs.

>> as charleston began to flourish reilly reckoned his state needed change too. 15 years ago, he walked 100 miles to columbia where the confederate flag still flew above the marched there. >> yeah. >> why? >> i was concerned that the national image would be that african-americans wanted the flag off the capitol. whatever flag should atop the state building should be for everybody. not a flag that some people can't connect with. >> he committed his life to charleston and the city has give him something back. >> how proud of you are your city right now in respect to the last ten days? >> i couldn't be more proud of what the citizens have done because they gave a wonderful message to our country and that is something terrible and

divisive and hateful happens that you come together in unity to address it and to help console each other. >> a week august sunday night, thousands gathered on charleston's biggest bridge to show that unity. one wonders if all this would have happened if riley had not been mayor. >> harry, it's a testament to the goodness of the people here and the fact that we worked hard together to build bridges of affection and respect. >> affection and respect. you were there, did you ever see in your life where people -- hold my hand. that's what you saw day after day after day. >> right. >> praying together in the streets. hundreds. >> unbelievable place. >> it's a great story. thank you so much for bringing it to us. thank you. >> a reminder to tune into "meet the press" chuck todd talks

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two overnight crashes leave two people dead. we have the latest on the investigations. and another day without power. more than 25,000 customers in south jersey are spending day five without electricity. we are live in gloucester county where the most outages are. and the clouds are parting, at least for now. we have a sunny, warm day on tap. good morning. welcome to nbc 10 news today. it's 9:00 a.m. this sunday morning. thank you very much for being with us. we say good morning to meteorologist brittney shipp in the first alert weather center. the sun is on the way, still a lot of