holy mackerel. >> a desperate search. rescuers scour parts of arizona for a missing person after a violent flash flood leaves nine dead. vote delayed after a key senator gets side looind. nothing to see here. the president hosts a major golf tournament at his club while questions squirrel. >> i think we may find out there may have been other meetings as well. we don't know that yet. plus, we look back at the lives and historic careers of martin

a.romero. records shattered by one of the greatest of all times. and winter is finally here. i'm frances rivera. a deadly splash flood swept away over a dozen people in arizona. at least nine were killed, including several children. one victim is still missing, a 27-year-old father of three. officials said they would continue searching for the man this morning, as the region remains under a flash flood watch. nbc's steve patterson has details. >> reporter: the creek, flowing to a popular swimming hole, rushing, but navigable, a bit of summer fun. within minutes, it turned into a roaring, watery death trap. >> holy mackerel. >> there were 14 people unaccounted for. >> reporter: a family group of 14 people were in the creek when a wall of debris-filled water swept through the

the creek. in the monsoon season, it can go from a foot deep to ten feet deep in a matter of minutes. >> reporter: you can can see people there clinging to the tree. video captured by disa alexander, who tried to help some people. >> we looked down and there's a guy in a tree, holding his daughter. >> reporter: a fire just weeks ago cleared the area around the creek of vegetation. among the nine dead, at least three children. four others rescued by helicopter. and rushed to the hospital. meanwhile in the midwest, unprecedented flooding. after days of severe storms. officials in illinois say close to 7,000 structures are damaged. now massive sand-bagging operation as rivers continue to swell. >> it's a lot of work. hopefully, it will protect our things. we don't

destroyed. it's tough dealing with this. >> reporter: mother nature's fury displacing thousands in the midwest. in washington, opponents to the senate republicans' health care bill may have just gotten the opening they needed. a vote on the bill was postponed following the health emergency of a key senator. it comes as president trump's approval ratings reach record lows. just as hi pushes congress to act. kelly o'donnell has more. >> reporter: for a second day, the president played host to world class golf at his bedminster club. but his shot at repealing the health care law is on hold and delivering on his pledge is uncertain. it's a boost to protesters. >> health care is a human right. >> reporter: the delay follows unexpected surgery for senator john mccain who had a blood clot

but must remain in arizona this week. >> i believe as soon as we have a full contingent of senators that we'll have that vote. it's important we do so. >> reporter: but senate republicans are struggling among thepgss. divided over the scope of reforms and proposed medicaid cuts. >> there are about eight to ten republican senators who have serious concerns about this bill. and so at the end of the day, i don't know whether it will pass. >> reporter: a new abc news/"washington post" poll shows president trump with the lowest approval rating at six months of any president in 70 years. at 36%. on twitter, the president rounded it up. one drag on his standing, the russia interference probe. >> it's not a violation of any law, statute, or code. >> reporter: trs

argued that the campaign broke no laws when the trump campaign met with a russian lawyer and a russian lobbyist. >> if this was nefarious, why did the secret service let these people in? >> reporter: the senate intelligence committee wants to see if the latest smoke leads to fire. >> i want to hear from everyone in that meeting and get their version of the story. as well as we may find out there may have been other meetings as well. >> in response to their comments from mr. trump's attorney, a spokes pern says donald trump jr. was not under protection when that meeting took place. hollywood is mourning the death of oscar winner martin land landau. he died unexpectedly on sunday. he's perhaps best known for playing roland hand in the late 1960s in the "mission impossible" series. he

each of the three seasons he was on the show. he spent time on broadway. he was nominated for three academy awards after lean years in 1995, he won the oscar for best supporting actor for the film "ed wood." martin landau, dead at age 89. hundreds in minneapolis show their outrage after a woman who was expected to be married was killed. police were responding to an assault car when she was struck by an officer's bullet. >> my mom is dead because a police officer -- shot her for reasons i don't know. and -- i demand answers. >> adding to the cloud of mystery, the officer involved did not activate his body camera. >> i have a lot of questions about why the body cameras were

will be answered in the next few days. >> police say they'll release more information after interviewing the officers and any witnesses to the shooting. several people are recovering from injuries after a wild boating accident in indiana this weekend. police now say alcohol was a factor. the 21-foot speedboat was spinning out of control with no driver. police say the 20-year-old driving the boat took a sharp turn at high speeds, throwing all ten passengers overboard. four were seriously hurt, includen one who lost an arm. officers were unable to get away as the boat rammed into them. another officer on a jetski was able to hop on board and stop the runaway speedboat. police arrested the driver who faces chargeses of boating while intoxicated and underage drinking. after two weeks on the ur

cathedral of tennis, ended with a bang and a historymaking win for this man, roger federer. he celebrated an eighth win at the all england tennis club. he is 35. it marx his 19th grand slam title, the most by any man in history. the win puts him head to head with rafael nadal as both men look to finish off the year as the number one player in the world. later this morning, federer will be on the "today" show. california's governor declared a state of emergency in santa barbara county. the 18-acre whittier fire continues to burn. fires burn through british columbia. as many as 37,000 people have evacuated. let's get a check of the forecast from bill karins. welcome back. >> thank you, frances. the story over the week end, we talked earlier in the show. it continues this mo

last night, winds and thunderstorms through phoenix. still under a flash flood warning. phoenix has a 62-mile-an-hour gust. it will go through the evening, the watch. more thunderstorms likely in the areas that are very prone to flash flood fpg heat in the middle of the country is another story. we continue with the afternoon storm threat. that's a look at the big weather story of the day. here's a closer look at your day ahead. not too bad in areas from boston up to portland, maine. we'll watch strong thunderstorms today in northern new york and central new york. we'll have strong storms late tonight in areas of minnesota and wisconsin. well, have you looked outside lately? there's northern light shows going on. it started over the weekend. this was shot in south dakota. just before sun rise sunday. the vibrant colors lit up the

massachusetts. this was due to a solar flare that happened over the beginning of the week end, an m-2. it goes from m-1 to m-5. this was an m-2. a beautiful show across the northern half of our country. >> never seen it, bill. it's of the bucket list. just ahead, saying good-bye to the father of the zombie genre. plus, a former teenage heart throb's fall from grace. you're watching "early today." more "doing chores for dad" per roll more "earning something you love" per roll bounty is more absorbent, so the roll can last 50% longer than the leading ordinary brand. so you get more "life" per roll. bounty the quicker picker upper.

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capital sunday when a gunman fired into a crowd of voters. more than 1.7 million people voted. o.j. simpson gets his parole hearing this thursday. a four-member parole board will decide if simpson who has been behind bars for nearly a decade for a vegas rob rooe, will go free. and in china, stunts on a slack line more than 1300 feet off the ground. record highs for two major wall street indexes. what is driving the dollar's decline? karen cho has the answers. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. with the dow and the s & p hitting new peaks, questions are being asked. it's show and tell time. netflix later today. bank of america. goldman

microsoft, visa. and results from g.e. markets will be looking for things to be justified. we saw a fall of earnings. another big casualty was the dollar. some are blaming donald trump for the dollar's decline. it's the lack of reform progress that is causing the slump in the dollar. others say it's the data, namely inflation we saw friday. meantime, winnie the pooh has fallen foul of chinese censors. it's his unfortunate likeness to the leader of china that's caused him to be blacklisted from screens. main stream media and social media have shown that. the jokes are not welcome in whine that. >> i would never put the two together. wh

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sheppa shepard and kristen bell. >> i flow who they are based on their costumes. >> that's how much they love "game of thrones." the cameo is what everybody is talking about. ed sheeran's surprise cameo. he was in a scene of a group of soldiers singing a short new song. he posted throwback to the time i was a lannister. everybody was like, what? ed sheeran? so random. >> it's fun. part of history, i guess. how could he say no to that offer. >> or maybe he pushinged for it. the bbc is making history with the selection of the new star of "dr. who." jodie whittaker. she's telling fans not be

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now on "news4 today," just days after adding extra police patrols, another homicide in prince george's county. what we're learning about the latest investigation and why police need your help. health care on hold. lawmakers may have postponed their vote, but that's not stopping protesters. where hundreds of people are expected to protest in just a matters of hours. and serving those who served our country. how people across the country are paying tribute at arlington national cemetery today. 4:26 right now. another workweek upon us. >> here we are on a morn. >> are you ready? >> always ready. born ready. >> make it happen. >> buckle up. >> good morning ery

a look at your monday morning drive in a moment with melissa mollet. >> buckle up. and a look at your weather with chuck and sheena. >> that was a good one, eun. >> you said you were on it today. >> i didn't know if her dress was doing something weird. >> it's a pretty dress. >> i love it. >> nice weekend. >> yeah. gorgeous weekend. it's really starting us off to be a hot weekend >> typical of summer. doldrums. the weather pattern is oh, so summer like the next couple of days. temperature right around average. the average high is 89 degrees. it will be just about there this afternoon. rain chances mainly away from us. there could be a few isolated thunderstorms in the shenandoah valley this afternoon. temperaturewise, mostly in the upper 60s and low 70s. milder in the downtown areas. planning out our day. temperatures in

closing in to 90 degrees. could be a chance for a -- we have to wait for the weekend before rain chances. >> no buckles or anything like that. we're buckling up for a possible baby at any moment, right? >> branch avenue, roadwork, two left lanes getting by the work zone. we don't have any big impact on the roads as far as that issue. rest of the inner loop and outer loop looking quite good. southbound 395 after seminary, left lane is getting by. frederick to the spur, on time. no big problems there. aaron? >> melissa, thank you. 4:28. severe deadly storms are slamming arizona. >> angie goff is at the live desk is details. >> good morning, eun and aaron. crews are going to pick up that search for that missing man who

flood. a storm opened up over a swimming hole in arizona. this happened without warning. at this point, nine people, including children, were killed in that flood. it happened at a family gathering. the person who is still missing, by the way. a 27-year-old man. several people were hurt. they are out of the hospital. the storm still slamming that state hard. more than 8,000 power outages from reported. just north of the phoenix area overnight. we'll bring you more as we get it. all right, angie. thank you. developing this morning, d.c. police are investigating two different crime scenes in two separate parts of the city. one man was shot and other stabbed. this comes at a time when crime numbers are down in the district. but police are working to prevent a summer spike. the first incident happened on 9th and d streets northeast off maryland avenue. around midnight, someone shot a man. the man was conscious and breathing when they took him to the hospital. poli

suspects who were in a black toyota suv. about an hour and a half later, a man was stabbed in southeast d.c. this happened on good hope road not far from ketchum elementary school. this victim was also alert when he was taken to the hospital. police are also looking for four suspects in this crime. it's not clear whether the shooting and the stabbing are related. right now, homeowners living in riverdale heights are on edge after a man died in the middle of the street. prince george's county police say the man died from a trauma to the body. a homeowner discovered the body at 4:00 a.m. on sunday morning on 60th avenue. this is just off riverdale road. neighbors say it was scary waking up and learning someone died on their street. >> we've never had this in our neighborhood. this is a big surprise to us. >> it doesn't need to be around here because we