from the scene match the .40 caliber handgun found in his garage. >> when the deputies recovered the pistol in the garage, it was loaded again. >> in 2012, he got into an altercation with another man and ordered to spend time in a texas mental hospital. and the president called the widow and issued a statement saying in part, targeting police officers is completely unacceptable and afront to civilized society. the sentencing begins for the white supremacist has been convicted of capital murder. after deliberating for just two hours, they found him guilt i'll of first degree murder and attempted first degree murdmurder.

he told the jury how he wanted to kill as many jas as possible and reportedly gave a nazi salute in the courtroom. donald trump looking over his shoulder in iowa. and among likely republican caucus goers. take a look who's in third, carly fiorina. and bad news for the establishment candidates, none of them get to double digits and more bad news for bush, a separate new poll found that they preferred donald trump paired to 34% of bush. and donald trump trails carson. president obamaope opened the

three-day climate conference in alaska with this message. >> we are not moving fast enough. if we were to abandoned our koers korsh of action and do nothing to stop oceans from rising faster and storms from growing stronger, we will condemn our children to a planet beyond their capacity to repair. >> and he's going to update throughout the trip, sort of a behind the scenes look at what he's doing there. and maybe the most interesting part of this week, the president will be part of a recording of nbc's running wild to highlight climate change that will air this year. a cop in critical condition after a police responded to a call at the wrong house. they got a call about a burglary

in ogress but they went to the wrong address. and many details have not yet been released but a we do know that shortly after police arrived there was gun fire. >> it appears that officers came here with the intent, based on the information that they had, of a suspicious person being in and around the resident in question and it was later determined that the home that we did go to was the wrong address. >> the home owner, an officer, and a dog were all shot. no word on the condition of the home owner, unfoufrp rtunately, the dog died. and cell phone shows a woman dancing on a roof when a man, for some reason, decides to push her off and she walked away with bruises but declined medical attention.

they arrested the man on charges of disorderly conduct and he entered a plea of not guilty. a monsoon swept through the phoenix area last night. and flights from phoenix sky harbor were halted. and watch this, a flash flood. it caused this fast moving river of mud and debris and what usually dry territory. >> that is utah. there's so much debris and it's moving so fast. and they were in the right spot to caption that amazing scene and pretty -- no one was hurt. and august just got finished. and new york city was third. phoenix just finished the

warmest they've ever recorded. and it races up to the hudson bay and that allows all the warmth to stay over the country. no sign of any relief. so, today's forecast, we're 80s and 90s everywhere. we're about 93 salt lake city. and we're also very humid throughout much of the east. now, as we go into wednesday, not much relief in spot. the only spots on the map that are cool are in the northwest. and new york city is high close to 80 and they're going to be 90 to 93 over the next few days. now a closer look at the day ahead. so, one spot that will also get what we call a back door cold

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front of parliament turned violent. and injuring nearly 90 people and killing at least one soldier. 30 people have been detained in connection with that incident. and college kids smoke marijuana more regularly than cigarettes in 2014. a rate higher than any year cigarettes. and murder rates are rising sharply, more than 30 cities have reported an uptick of violence with milwaukee seeing a 76% rise so far in 2015. they've risen in st. louis and baltimore. on a happier note, two fisherman pulled out two kittens out of a a river. great news continues. those two kitties have since

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home run robs of the season. and kevin kier mire walks back to the wall, leaps and makes the grab. a few innings later, the o's still struggling. and he spent 45 seconds trying to get his finger in the glove and to answer their woes, o's lost. and williams 1 won with ease. and patriots quarterback tom brady and roger goodell were unable to reach a settlement yesterday and each asked the judge to rule before friday and berman said he's likely to make

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right now, the search for this man. police say he slammed into a woman and left her on the street. the whole thing caught on camera. president obama about to go on an add aven tour in the alaska an wirld lderness, "today in

new york" starts now. and a new law went into effect. >> and it starts right now. >> right now, actually. good morning, it's tuesday morning, september 1st. i'm drg drg. >> i'm michael gargiulo. chris cimino is here with the forecast. ch00ris complaints, it's like 89 degrees ou.side. >> it's 117. >> it's very muggy, uncomfortable. same scenario. tribeca, 79, stein in 79 in the park. you may h e to watch out for patchy fog especially in the morning. day planner, another day filled with sunshine. probably more sun than yesterday. 86 at noon but there will be a little more with the sea breeze on the coast forecasting around 90 degrees. >> good morning, lauren.

>> good morning, everyone. ho.e a little mess on the ads. george washington bridg you do have delays inbound on the upper level. the good news, lower level construction is cleared sllo that's the way t go. heading over to theubqe, making your way over there, the tooklfryn bridge, things moving nicely for now. i'll let you know about changes on the 4s. > coght now, police are looking for a man who ran a woman down in the bronx then took off. he definitely knows he hit her because he got out of his car and saw her in the street. odr ir daw gerk's" katherine creag is there. >> reporter: it's startling to watch that woman get hit boty the car also so shock for so many people out here that the suspect did nothing. the woman was on the sidewalk, she was crossing the street, jackson avenue is where we are. first, let's show you, the victim getting hit by the car as

the vehicle yo backed up. the driver got out ana looked artiound. there were so many people, several people who ran to the aid of this woman. we're told that she is still recovering. she had scrapes and cuts on her arms and legs, but the suspect got back in his vehicle and drofb drove away. nypd just received video from a store from jackson avenue and sthey released that video. the woman, the 51-year-old woman is recovering. it's on our website as well, if you want to take a look at the suspect as to what he was wearing. >> kat, thank you. >> o> and police are searching for pittsburghs in a string of robberies in the bronx as well. store surveillance cameras caught them in action. police believe the thieves are behind six robberies targeting individuals in the wakefield section. police say sometimes robbers always wore masks.