good morning, everybody. we are following breaking news in the french area of nice. over a dozen people are wounded. french president spoke to the people calling

lens. we must demonstrate that we are very vi ji lent. >> he also announced he has extended the state of emergency for the next three months. the driver of the truck was killed bid police immediately. the man was firing on the crowd as we slammed into them. we've also learned the truck was loaded with grenades. he was zigzagging so he could kill as many as possible. this is the worst mass killing in france since last year's killing in france.

lucy. what is the latest in the attack and what is france's response? >> france waking up with another devastating attack. this time in nice. the most important national holiday, this the the equivalent of the fourth of july. the truck driving nearly a mile across that busy street before he was shot dead by police. an act of terror according to the french president and one that did not require bombs or explosiv explosives. we can't confirm the attacker at this stage. french media siting

source. a separate source telling nbc news that he was a french national. the focus of that investigation is to determine whether he was operating alone or whether or not he had help. no formal responsibility of this attack. we did see some cheering of some carnage on various islam attacks. president obama condemning the attack, what he calling horrific attack in nice and some ten thousand troops will be on patrol. likely cold comfort for the dozens of

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lawmakers in the u.s. responded swiftly to the bas teal day attack. presidenob

to bring those to justice. donald trump made a surprising decision to postpone his vp announcement. it would be inappropriate to do so following last night's ae tack in france and trump called water on his announcement with fox news. >> i had a news conference planned for tomorrow and out of respect for this horrific explanation i plan to postpone the announcement. i have great respect for newt, chris christie, we have some tremendous people in the republican parody, but i'll be make the

appropriate time. >> it will be made over the weekend. but trump also made sure to demand congress declare war on isis. he echoed president obama's sentiments when he called for the use of force against these terrorists last year. >> we need law & order in our country. we need to stop with the borders. we need to stop people coming into the this country and now hillary clinton and obama want to allow more people into our country. what are they doing? >> and hillary clinton says the west is clearly at war with the deadly terror group. >> we still do not have enough intelligence cooperation between our agencies and those in other countries including in europe. we

starting with our friends to do on a bilateral basis within individual countries, selectively with the eu and nato and others to ferret out these terrorists and prevent future attacks. and then there was newt gingrich. he proposed a test of those with mus limb background. >> we could test everyone and if they believe they should be deported. >> gingrich also said those who access any terrorist website should be punished. >> anybody who goes on a website favoring isis, or al qaeda or other terrorist groups, that

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welcome back, everybody. brian williams spoke with kerry clark when the attack occurred. she described when she first realized something was wrong. >> i was sitting outside in the middle of the promenade. and there was no traffic because it was full of pedestrians and so i was sitting, watching the fireworks. the fireworks ended and then lots of people were coming up from the

the promenade to get to their cars or to get home and then just out of the blue, a big white truck just came speeding down and on the side i was sitting on, and went up on to the pavement and just kept zigzagging down and i mean, i was just following be we wry eyes the truck and when i looked back i saw all these bodies on the ground in front of me and everyone was screaming and everyone wus just like get out of here because they were afraid there was bombs in their truck so we all just started to go towards the center back from the program nad screen to watch the train stigs in that area and it was a

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we continue to follow the attack in france where a man in a truck plowed but a massive crowd. over a dozen are critically wounded. the frermg president has called it an obvious terror attack. and back here at home a serial killer is on the loose in arizona and have authorities teaming up with the fbi. there's a reward leading to anyone with information to a capture. seven people have been fatally shot in their cars or driveways. pages could be released today. the pages are alleged to

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terror strikes france. a tractor-trailer swerves into a crowd killing dozens waiting for fireworks. the danger as investigators piece together a motive in this attack. and donald trump delays his vp announcement. and disappearing in the water. a swimmer disappears while swimming with friends. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. we want to check our forecast. >> let's see what amelia draper has. >> yesterday, our

degrees. hot again today. here's the thing. it's not going to be as humid especially during the afternoon hours. it will be feel a little bit more comfortable. temps coming in at the 70s. 72 in gaithersburg. more comfortable in the suburbs. 76 in reston. we will continue to follow a few more degrees, around 73 at 6:00 a.m. really nice for an early morning jog. by 11:00, a check around 85. traffic not so bad at the moment, beltway included. outbound on new york avenue, there was a crash at the anacostia river bridge. beltway, virginia, inner loop, work zone picking up. that's the latest.

back to you. i'm erika gonzalez at the live desk. on the day symbolizing france's liberty, carnage in the roads. the death toll of 84 people and dozens more injured after a truck runs through a crowd. the driver jumped out of the vehicle and firing shots into the crowd. president france swa holland says france is under the threat of islamic terrorists. he wants to extend the state of emergency another three months. secretary of state john kerry, we'll tell you what he said next. there will be induced -- c

embassy in northwest washington. in nice, there was a bastille day celebration going on inside the embassy. they stopped the party and informed people what had happened. >> they told us that they wanted to be more respectful of what happened in nice and to do a minute of silence for a minute, yeah, and then we, you know, we exited. >> the embassy is helping people get in contact with their loved ones in nice. a number to a crisis center in san francisco is on -- france is on its website. coming up, tracie potts will explain how the attack it impacting the presidential race. donald trump is delaying his vice-presidential announcement. earlier this week, he said he would

president. mike pence is his choice but trump says he's not sure. hillary clinton seems to be testing out potential running mates. senator tim kaine joined her at an event at a community college. >> you want somebody that's steady. that's been there. that's bonafide. do you want to take a chance with anybody else? this is as steady as it gets. >> while at the community college, she rolled out her new plan to make debt-free college available to everyone. she also spoke with immigration reform. voters are leaning toward hillary clinton. a nbc news marist