good morning. breaking news. nightclub shooting. [ gunfire ] >> panic and pandemonium after gunshots are fired at a concert inside a club in little rock, arkansas. at least 17 people have been shot, even more hurt in the stampede that followed. the latest just ahead. also, that deadly shooting spree at a hospital in new york city. >> i thought it could be like orlando, what happened in the bathroom. >> a doctor and former employee. what was his motive, and did he hint of what was to come in

newspaper just hours before the attack? >> we'll bring you the latest live. and caught on camera, fiery plane crash in southern california on to one of the nation's busiest highways. only one vehicle struck, and amazingly no commuters were hurt. and the pilot and passenger rushed to the hospital but miraculously survived. those stories, plus venus williams speaks out for the first time in the wake of a fatal car crash she was involved in. and the man behind the mask. we'll chase down the freeze who's quickly becoming an internet sensation. and adele cancels the final two shows of her world tour. is she done touring for good? a possibility many fans are dreading. today, saturday, july 1st, 2017. >> live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. welcome to "today" on nbc this saturday

i'm craig melvin. >> i'm sheinelle jones. dylan dreyer is here, as well, on this 1st day of july. it is shaping up to be a very busy saturday. >> indeed. we'll get right to our top story this morning, that mass shooting inside a nightclub in little rock, arkansas. this is some video that was posted to facebook. it reportedly captures the terrifying moments when the shots rang out. [ gunfire ] [ screams ] details are still coming in, but police are telling us 17 people were hurt by gunfire after some dispute inside the power lounge nightclub in little rock. one person is in critical condition. more people got hurt. some of them trampled in the chaos of trying to escape. there was a stampede. the youngest victim, we're told, just 16 years old. police say at this point they do not believe it was an act of

awful reminder of the orlando pulse nightclub shooting where 49 people were killed just over a year ago. we'll have more on what went down in little rock throughout the morning. meantime, investigators are combing the scene of that deadly shooting at the hospital here in new york city. this as we learn more about the gunman and the job loss that apparently triggered his rampage. nbc's stephanie gosk is live outside the hospital in the bronx. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. a picture of this gunman is really beginning to take shape. dr. henry bello was hired here at bronx-lebanon in 2014. he was then forced to resign just six months later. he was arrested multiple times on a number of charges including sex abuse and unlawful surveillance. no one here at this hospital was prepared for what he would eventually do. >> the suspect being reported as a person with a long gun. >> reporter: this morning, new details on the deadly shooting rampage at a new york city

a massive police and fire-fighting response on scene. bronx-lebanon hospital on lockdown. >> we have a confirmed active shooter. shots fired at the location. >> several people have been shot on the 16th and 17th floors by a lone gunman armed with an assault rifle. >> reporter: emergency responders inside and on the roof going room to room looking for a suspect. >> an update on the shooter. he's a male black with a white doctor's coat on. >> reporter: the shooter has been identified as 45-year-old henry bello, a former employee at the hospital. the doctor has a long rap sheet including sex abuse and unlawful surveillance. a man claiming to be bello sent a letter to the new york "daily news" hours before saying he'd been fired because of accusations he'd been rude to a nurse and then, "threatened a colleague." the man claiming to be bello wrote they were "bogus complaints." according to a senior n

specific doctor. when that person was not available, he began shooting randomly. then -- >> during the incident, the hospital's fire alarm system activated. apparently due to the suspect's attempt to set himself on fir. >> reporter: officials say the sprinkler system doused the flames before causing damage to the massive 1,000-bed hospital. an hour after the shooting began, terrified witnesses began filing out. >> scary. i thought i could be like what happened in orlando, killed in the bathroom. >> reporter: in all, there were seven victims. a female doctor was killed. five other hospital staff are in critical condition, including doctors, residents, and medical students. one patient is stable. >> officers encountered the male suspect lying on the floor dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. >> reporter: no first responders were injured in the attack. >> god bless our first responders. they put the safety of their fallen

>> reporter: the injured are in critical condition and undergoing surgery. law enforcement sources say dr. bello was firing an ar-15, a powerful semiautomatic rifle. police in this city sometimes call it a weapon of war. sheinelle, back to you. >> thank you. two people who were aboard a plane that crashed on a busy southern california freeway both alive and in the hospital. the fiery accident was caught on camera. nbc's steve patterson is live at the airport where they were trying to land. steve, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you, craig. that's exactly right. this is the airport where the pilot took off from, quickly realized there was something wrong with the engine, and tried to scramble back. the plane went down just a short distance from here, just missing its intended runway target. instead, crashing into busy highway traffic with the pilot calling for mayday. panic above one of the country's busiest freeways. >> still trying to get a little

i lost my right engine. >> reporter: the pilot screaming emergency, tumbling toward traffic. >> 279, may day, may day. >> reporter: commuters on the 405 freeway shocked. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: flaming wreckage strewn over both directions of a busy 12-lane thoroughfare heading into a holiday weekend. the pieces slamming into one driver's pickup truck. >> saw flames all around us. thought at first there was just a big rig that hit us. essentially tried to regain control of my vehicle. >> reporter: the cessna 310 carrying the pilot and passenger had just departed john wayne national airport friday morning when the pilot reported trouble. the plane forced to head back when it struck the freeway. >> like one of those things like this can't be happening. >> reporter: off-duty firefighter john meffert was in traffic on his way to a family vacation when he saw the fireball explode in front of them. >> since they hit the wall, really the plane went up in flames. >> reporter: the 17-year fire department veteran says his

to safety. >> able to manage to pull them out of the plane. yes, it's destroyed. he probably saved their lives. >> reporter: the victims, a man and woman in their 50s and 60s were rushed to the hospital in serious condition. no one on the ground was hurt. >> i was amazed. they weren't burned. a lot of people had angels over them today. >> reporter: a frightening freeway scene somehow steering just clear of tragedy. this morning the pilot and passenger remain in the hospital. no updates on their condition at this point. everybody who saw the accident scene, you saw the people on board the plane that said this could have if not should have been a whole lot worse. >> a lot of folks lucky to be alive this morning. thank you. this morning, president trump is at his golf club in new jersey hoping for a little relaxation. he's caught deep in the controversy over his tweet storm about the host of msnbc's "morning joe." kelly o'donnell is live in bridgewater, new jersey. good morning.

sheinelle. president trump is just days away from his second foreign trip where he heads to poland and germany for the g20 summit, and that will include the much-anticipated meeting with vladimir putin. there's so much happening at home. and the trump administration may be hoping that our all-american holiday will give them a break from controversy. the trump family version of an american summer tradition. with a presidential lift to get them to their new jersey home. a fourth of july getaway that leaves the biggest fireworks behind in washington. fallout in the rose garden. and on morning tv. >> he appears to have a fragile, impet us on, childlike ego. >> reporter: the president's tweets with insults aimed at the tv hosts drew criticism. >> he needs to put it away. >> reporter: the white house described as sia

people play armchair psychologists. >> reporter: host joe scarborough claimed three white house officials told him they could prevent an unflattering "national enquirer" story if the program pulled back criticism of the president. >> they said, if you call the president up and you apologize for your coverage, then he will pick up the phone and basically spike the story. >> reporter: the "national enquirer" said it had absolutely no involvement. the president said, "he called me to stop the "national enqu e enquir enquirer" article. i said no." president trump said no to any questions, despite inviting journalists to cover three separate events with south korea's president friday, but reacted to jostling for camera positions in the oval office. >> you guys are getting worse. >> reporter: a different blow to the white house is coming from more than 20 state governments refusing to

registration data to a trump commission examining possible voter fraud. >> this is an outrageous attempt by this administration to suppress voters, to disenfranchise voters. we will not comply. >> reporter: the white house said those who refuse are playing games. >> i think that it's mostly a political stunt. this is a commission that's asking for publicly available data. >> reporter: and that comment from sarah sanders was part of a briefing that the white house refused to put on camera. you could only hear her voice there. and this weekend, the president is also heading back to washington briefly to attend a veterans event while he's also enjoying time with family and perhaps preparing for that big trip and that meeting with vladimir putin flnext week. craig? >> we'll take it from here. thank you. elise jordan is an msnbc news analyst and former senior policy adviser to the rand paul campaign. fill up rucker is a bureau chief for the "washington post". good morning to both

elise, this is not a light news week coming out of washington. we have the health care battle, obviously, the visit from the south korean president. we have this voter fraud commission. and yet what dominated the news cycle was this twitter squabble between trump and these msnbc hosts. what do you make of this? >> it's really unfortunate that president trump had to let his, quite frankly by this point, well-known misogyny overshadow everything that he was attempting to accomplish this week. he also met with the indian prime minister. there were -- there was so much happening in washington. yet his nastiness on twitter completely overshadowed his agenda and the failure of the health care bill to get any traction. >> phillip, speaking of the health care bill, i want to put on the screen the tweet from president trump yesterday. this is what he tweeted yesterday morning. "if republican senators are unable to pass what they are working on now, they should immediately repeal and then replace at a later

here's what president trump said just six months ago. >> it will bey with pe y witrep replace. will be essentially simultaneously but will most likely be on the same day or same week but probably the same day. could be the same hour. >> phillip, why the change in strategy now? >> i think it speaks to the president's impatience frankly with the legislative process. he wants to be able to fulfill the campaign promise to get rid of obamacare immediately. he's running out of patience. this idea of repealing first and replacing potentially months later i think is a non-starter on capitol hill. this is a very complicated issue, and i think the senate, if they're going to do anything, they're going to try to do it together in one bill. >> so the political feasibility notwithstanding, what would be the practical effect of rein

a complicated system, you would repeal obamacare and go back to basically the health care system we had before the affordable care act. and then make another change later. the practical effect is that the businesses, the insurance companies, the doctors, the hospitals, all of the stakeholders in our health care network in america would have no certainty. they'd be operating in an uncertain environment which is pretty dangerous for that industry. >> elise, let me ask you finally about this voter fraud commission. can you talk about, is this politically motivated? if we cheap keep in mind president trump said three million to five million votes were illegally cast. some 20 states refusing to hand over information. what's driving this? >> for president trump, this is just a political distraction. he isn't trying to make a real attempt to solve the problem of voter fraud, as we've seen by his complete lack of concern with any russian interference in this last election. what's crazy about this story, though, is that it's uniting red

state and blue state and angering so many secretaries of state. i'm from mississippi. my secretary of state told president trump they can jump in the gulf of mexico before he's going to part with any of mississippi's voter data. which this is mississippi. he really has managed to anger the right and the left of this. >> never shortage of news. thank you for joining us this morning. >> thank you. it seems like there's an end in sight in the battle over mosul with iraqi forces just blocks away from claiming victory against isis. nbc's richard engel is on the front line in iraq. >> reporter: we are now in downtown mosul with american and iraqi troops working here in spartan conditions, working extraordinarily closely together with the iraqis doing most of the frontline fighting and american troops providing intelligence, advice, and calling in air strikes. [ gunfire ] it's taken u.s.-backed iraqi forces nine months of street to

street, even house-to-house fighting. now they're in the final stages of clearing isis from the city of mosul. >> the combat in the backgrounds is uncomfortably close. that's 20-meter gunfight. >> reporter: the fighters in -- any idea how many? >> no, not sure it matters, the daesh efforts are going to fight to the death. >> reporter: we went to see where the isis fighters, many wearing suicide vests, were holed up in an area now in ruins. when you come to the front line, you quickly realize how difficult the terrain is. this is the ancient part of mosul. this is an area of small alley ways, perfect for hit-and-run attacks. many streets too nary for american and iraq -- narrow for american and iraqi troops to pass through them. it's clear to see why isis would choose to make this part of mosul its last stand in the city. [ gunfire

caught in this battle zone in mosul are thousands of families, many now escaping isis' reign of terror, draconian laws, and public beheadings. this man saying he was reborn, thanking everyone he saw, even us. in a mosque not far from here three years ago, leader al baghdadi announced the creation of his islamic state, the so-called caliphate. last week, isis blew up the mosque. on friday, iraqi forces raised their flag on the spot. this is the final days of the caliphate in mosul. what does that mean for the war against isis? >> this is a catastrophic setback. you can't claim glory and be defeated by security forces in mosul. >> reporter: a few more blocks to go to clear mosul, but they could prove previously the hardest yet. american commanders won't put an exact timeline as to when they think the mosul operation will be finished, but they say it is likely a matter of days. >> richard e

dylan, how about a check of the well, we've got scattered showers and thunderstorms we're going to be dealing with here this afternoon. some time traveling. i do believe a-ok after 7:00 p.m. so fireworks and barbecues in case you want to grill out. temperatures in the 70s. 78 in d.c., 5

we're going to continue to take it up that's your latest forecast. >> thanks. still to to come, who can beat the freeze? the superhuman figure flying past fans. and a carp that's more clever than its captors. that story and more in our weekweek ly -- weekly recap, "the download." . [ indistinct cha ]

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time for "the download," our look back at the week that was. >> while politics dominated much of the conversation, there were a lot of other stories that caught our attention, as well, from the frightful flight that had passengers praying to a paralyzing cyberattack worldwide. just some of the stories that you may have missed. there week,

requirements for international flights entering the u.s. the white house says it's all in an effort to protect against isis. >> more thorough carry-on bag checks at foreign airports. more bomb-sniffing dogs. more swabbing for explosives. more 3d carry-on bag scanners like the ones being tested in phoenix. >> unless we all raise our security standards, terrorists who see commercial aviation as the greatest takedown will find and attack the weakest link. >> some travelers not happy. >> i feel like we're trying to put a band-aid on a flesh wound and call it good. and another international cyberattack reached american shores this week, crippling thousands of computers worldwide, paralyzing global companies, and demanding digital ransom from their owners. >> this is a highly profitable business. we have to remember that organized cybercrime totals up to almost $445 billion on an annual basis. >> reporter: the outbreak is the latest and the most sophistica i

hacking tools that were stolen from the national security agency and leaked on line back in april. in columbia, an afternoon on the water turned tragic. a ferry with tourists took on water and sank in minutes as nearby boats rushed to help. >> lower level passengers quickly scrambling to the top deck as the boat started to sink. >> translator: people began to climb on to other people to get out. there were a lot of injured people. >> at least seven passengers dead, others still missing. and striking moments caught on camera this week. on board an air asia flight, two hours of bone-rattling shaking had passengers praying. >> pulling out the life jackets. we thought there was a good chance we were going to go down. >> the plane eventually made a safe landing. a dramatic rescue in california. a swimmho

from a boulder next to a 50-foot waterfall. and a colorado woman pulled into her garage and found an unexpected visitor. [ scream ] >> shoo, bear, shoo. in other animal news, these fresh made a big catch but spent too much showing off. the clever carp wiggled its way to freedom. and a little boy had maybe too much fun with grandpa's leaf blower. [ laughter ] >> that's my favorite video of the week. >> so much power in his hands. >> ah! >> that kid, we should get that kid's name. make sure he's on a watch list. >> something like that -- i think she liked it. she comes back for more. >> so fun. >> you see that carp, by the way, the fish? that carp was just trying to seize the day. >>

>> the carp -- carpe diem. the folks aren't funny when you have to explain them. >> what? got it. >> don't touch me. still to come on "today," fourth of july fireworks. jeff rossen with important information to keep your family safe. plus, we know the names of jay-z and beyonce's twins. there's a big clue out there. and celebrities flock to support a birthday boy who's been bullied, coming up. first these messages. cute story.

this is "news 4 today" newsbreak. good morning. the time is 7:26 on this saturday july 1st. i'm meagan fitzgerald. we're following developing stories out of the district. first d.c. firefighter is at the hospital with minor injuries after a row house caught on fire. it happened u street northwest after midnight. officials say flames broke out on a roof deck and spread to a neighboring house. follow nbc washington app for updates. and a d.c. police officer -- d.c. police are searching for a driver who hit a cyclist and took off. it happened last night along erie street in southeast d.c. police don't have a description of the vehicle involved. so if you have seep the

accident, they are asking you to call police. we are working to find out the condition of that cyclist. we'll have a

welcome back. time to get a check on that holiday forecast with storm team 4 meteorologist lauryn ricketts. good morning. >> temperatures of top out around 90 degrees. temperatures in the upper 70s at this point. of course you've got a little bit of a breeze. that breeze will be with us all day today. scattered showers and thunderstorms. let's time them out for you. any time after 1:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. tonight a chance for scattered showers and thunderstorms. heavy downpours and also a little bit of some gusty winds could be possible. then we'll just have isolated chances sunday, monday, and tuesday. really not enough to put them

isolated storms through tuesday with lower humidity. meagan. >> thank you. we'll be back in 25 . back on this saturday, july 1st, 2017. a fantastic crowd of folks on the plaza. we'll head outside soon to say hello. i'm sheinelle jones. here's what's making headlines this morning -- a mass shooting overnight at a nightclub in little rock, arkansas, apparently after some sort of dispute broke out. 17 people were shot, others trampled in the rush to get out. venus williams has taken to facebook to express her condolences after a car accident in florida killed a 78-year-old man. that accident happened last month when williams' suv pulled too far into anjection. the man's -- an intersection. the man's

williams' car. she wasn't cited by police but was found at fault for failing to yield to the right of way. the family of the victim has filed a civil complaint. and steph curry has agreed to a five-year, $201 million deal to stay with the golden state warriors. golden state won the championship last month. now to a manhunt after an incident of road rage turned deadly. morgan radford has that story. >> reporter: good morning. in fact, police this morning, they are going through all those tips and trying to find the man that they say murdered an 18-year-old girl. her parents are speaking out, telling me that they are saying for the first time it's time for justice in their case to be served. >> killed my baby. she's in a better place with her brother. >> reporter: overnight, friend and family gathered to remember 18-year-old bianca

after police say she was shot and killed in an act of road rage. >> i'm still in shock. it hasn't hit me yet. >> reporter: the manhunt intensifying this morning. authorities releasing a sketch of this man, believed to be the driver behind a red chevy pickup truck seen here in surveillance video. bianca was driving home from a college shopping spree when a two-lane highway merged into one. that's when police say the suspect became enraged. he pulled out a gun and shot the high school grad in the head. >> we don't have any evidence of any more than the one shot that struck the victim at there time. we're still looking. >> reporter: roberson died instantly. her car careening off the side of the road. >> one female operator is not responding. they're now saying she's not breathing. >> reporter: her parents devastated. when found out what happened and found out this is about road rage, what went through your mind? >> what's wrong with people's minds today that we flip out like that? like -- what's -- what happened?

>> reporter: road rage incidents across the country are becoming more violent and more deadly. in california this month, watch as this motorcyclist kicks a car moments before it burst into flames, leaving an innocent truck driver lucky to escape with his life. the number of fatal accidents involving enraged drivers has increased nearly tenfold since 2004. while 80% of motorists say they've experienced significant anger behind the wheel. anger that has police on high alert this holiday weekend and the robersons praying for peace. >> she had a heart of gold. she had a heart of gold. and this person that took her took so much out of this world. >> in a tragic turn of events, that family also lost their only other child to the road, as well. their son died of a heart attack while driving. they say they still haven't been able to see the body of their daughter. they do hope that she can be laid to rest soon, and the culprit, they hope, is held responsible. >> heartbreaking. >> my goodness. >> thank you. dylan dreyer's back with another check of the weather for t

>> yes. warmer temperatures for the holiday weekend in some areas. let's look if you're traveling across anywhere in the united states. omaha back down into memphis and even most of florida and the southeast we'll see scattered showers and storms. them on the fourth of july itself, if you are traveling we will see some thunderstorms through the midwest, also down into the southeast. in the northeast we're going to see a pretty nice day for your fireworks. the macy's fourth of july fireworks spectacular, 79 degrees, partly cloudy skies. it's about as good as you can get tuesday night f

july fireworks. that's a look across the country, now a peek out your window. >> out our windows, upper 70s. a nice breeze out there. that will continue tut day amping up take humidity. lower 90s. scattered afternoon storms, 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 tonight. nothing on the radar. we do have scattered showers and thunderstorms again. they will be gone by about 7:00. heavy rain, gusty winds will be the main >> before i go, i want to mention that "women's health" magazine is out with a list of the 15 wealthiest cities in america. that's wealthiest with a "w-e-l-l." i mean the hottest health destinations for your personal well being. among them, newton, massachusetts, near my old stomping grounds near boston. i partnered with "women's health" magazine to give my thoughts on the best time to travel there. for newton, i'd recommend visiting between june and october. the weather is just about

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things can go wrong. >> reporter: hey, guys, good morning to you. happy july 4th weekend. i'll be celebrating with my family this weekend. hope you are, too. so much fun, family time, and fireworks. every year there are big accidents from fireworks. thousands of people injured. this morning, the explosions caught on camera and important tips to keep your family safe from your back yard to the big shows. [ screams ] you're watching a fireworks misfire in california. >> run! run! >> reporter: the display malfunctions, sending projectiles everywhere. two dozen spectators injured. at this fireworks show in pennsylvania, another botched launch injuring 11. just this week, this police officer losing part of his arm when a firework misfired. you can hear the moment the mortar went off and exploded into him. >> yeah, that didn't sound good -- [ scream ] r

displays turning tragic, many are injured at home. this teen had her legs badly burned. >> i saw the flash. my friends started running. >> reporter: even celebrities have been injured. nfl defensive end jason pierre paul almost lost his entire right hand from a fireworks accident. >> the second it blew off my whole hand right there. >> reporter: the issue now so important to him he's teamed up with officials to warn others of the danger. >> all i can do is think about my son and if i'm going to make it. now i look to safety. >> reporter: new numbers just out show that in 2016 11,000 people were sent to the hospital, and four people died because of fireworks gone wrong. we showed you more live on "today." we good? let's take the tight shot of the watermelon to see what this can do. fire. let's see what can happen when

you lean over a firework. ready, fire. look what happened. >> we saw a professional-grade firework. consumers should not be using them for two reasons in particular -- they're far more potent, and their fuse time is far shorter. on a consumer firework, you have six to nine seconds to get away, and that's a matter of life and death. >> reporter: fireworks aren't just potentially dangerous. they're often illegal. so you'll want to check your local laws. if you are going to use fireworks, here are some tips -- experts say always keep a bucket of water nearby. only light them one at a time, and step back until each one goes off. here's another one -- if you have a dud, it doesn't go off, don't relight it. they're more likely to explode unexpectedly. we have even more safety tips on our website right now. just in time for your july 4th weekend. today.com. >> we encourage folks to head to the website for tips. >> absolutely. you hear about these accidents every single year. it's worth repeating. dylan, what do we have coming up in the orange room? >> just ahead, we're sharing the love. celebrities are rallying to the defense of a little boy who had en

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at his birthday took to social media with an interesting request. such a moving story. a father from northern england posted tweets that went viral saying, "strange request -- anyone know anyone famous, well-known, who could send ollie a positive birthday message? the bully says that everything o has, he has bigger/better/more often. o excited about his birthday but told it won't be as great as his own. i appreciate it is an odd request. just would love someone to tell him he does mean something and bullying is not okay ever. o, i admit, has his moments, but seeing some other boy get away with this is harrowing. i wouldn't wish it on anyone. thank you." the internet rallied and deli r delivered ollie an outpouring of support and birthday wishes from big names. take a look. actor russell crow tweeted, "hey, ollie, heard it was your birthday, 9 years old, eh? congratulations, happy

birthday." astronaut tim peake, "hope your birthday is the best ever. aim high, dude." eric keys, cartoonist, tweeted, "happy birthday from a guy on "the simpsons" who's not quite famous but draws a kid who is. hope you have an awesome day." we're not superstars or astronauts, but our team was also touched by the story and wanted to show ollie some love. happy birthday from "weekend today." hope it's the best birthday ever. we hope you feel especially confident and enjoy every day of your life, whether it's your birthday or not. >> into that. >> so special. >> if ollie's ever in the neighborhood, an invitation to stop by, as well. >> please do. >> fan enthusiatastic. next, can you beat the freeze? the man behind the mask who's flying past fans on the baseball field and into social media stardom. first, this is "today" on nbc.

just in time for summer, one baseball team is putting the freeze on fans. >> an atlanta braves employee has turned into a social media sensation as he races people across the outfield. >> the results can be downright hilarious. nbc's maya rodriguez has the story. >> reporter: as if he sprinted off the pangs ges of a comic bo the man known as "the freeze" is running right on to the field at suntrust park and into the realm of social media sensation. >> i don't feel like a superhero. i feel like i'm at a track meet. >> reporter: the man behind the mask is nigel palton. a former college track standout and current member of the atlanta braves' grounds crew. >> they contacted me, asked me did i want to run. i was like, yeah, i like to run. >> reporter: the freeze started as a team promotion, but it took on a life of its own. >> the freeze -- >> i do not think i could beat the freeze. >> the freeze, me

>> reporter: for a gift certificate, fans get a big head start. >> the freeze! >> reporter: to try and outrun the freeze's fast footwork. >> oh, no! alex, alex -- >> reporter: sometimes face first. "chariots of fire" this is not. >> yep, another one goes down. >> i always congratulate the guys that i'm running against. >> reporter: and when baseball season wraps up, the freeze is stepping it up. >> i want to start back training full time and try to make the usa indoor team. >> reporter: his eyes set on an even bigger prize -- the 2020 olympics. for now -- >> i just want to entertain the fans. and to see everyone stand on their feet wanting to beat the freeze is announced, it's pretty cool. >> reporter: the freeze, running on a field of dreams with olympic aspirations. >> the freeze takes the lead! >> reporter: for "today," maya rodriguez, nbc news. >> that is om

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tuesday, isolated chances. >> hot and humid. welcome to summer in washington. we're going to be back in 25 good morning. breaking news -- shooting spree. [ gunfire ] panic and pandemonium after gunshots are fired at a concert inside a club in little rock, arkansas. at least 17 shot and even more injured in the stampede that followed. that as we learn new details about the gunman behind that deadly hospital shooting in new york city. did the former doctor hint of what was to come in an e-mail sent to a new york city newspaper hours before the attack? we'll bring you the latest live. caught on camera. a fiery plane crash in southern california on to one of the nation's busiest highways. only one vehicle struck, and amazingly, no commuters hurt.