>> who is going to win, is it me? >> good morning everyone. i'm eun yang. i'm aaron gilchrist. it is 6:00 a.m. right now. >> thanks for waking up with us. >> wtop's jack taylor is in for melissa mollet. >> we begin outside with chuck bell and sheena parveen. sometimes we feel bad. today, not so much. >> aaron watches the countdown to 6:00. >> it's all smoke and mirrors. beautiful start, though. >> the big debate was whether or not to use the word autumnal to describe the weather. >> you did use that word. you are admitting there's a little bit of a chill. >> i'm admitting that you thought that. >> you are admitting that. >> chuck told me it was cold before we came out. here's a live look outside. clear skies. that's part of the r

comfortable this morning. 67 degrees. winchester 57. dulles 58. 59 in clinton. 57 manassas. it's going to be a really nice day. by this arn, in the mid-80s. very pleasant outside. nice and dry for your morning commute. let's check the roads with jack taylor. good morning, jack. >> perfect weatherwise. i cannot promise that for anything in traffic. but at least the weather is keeping the roadways dry. we had our trouble in belvoir. north of giles run road. under police direction around this crash. anything that's going to mess things up will cause delays. also chopper 4 is riding over the other route 1. a crash on the inner loop of the beltway. washington parkway, we'll have chr

has been canceled this morning. usually departs at 6:48. please plan ahead if that's -- back to you. >> jack, thank you. a big traffic problem taking shape. >> angie goff is following this problem for us from the live desk. angie, what's going on? >> following closely, we at the live desk have leslearned that headache will last. if you take 16th street to get to work, scott circle there. closed in both directions because of that standing water. you're going to need to stay right to go above the circle. d.c. water on the scene. we don't have a timetable when everything will be fixed or what exactly caused the issue. eun. >> ainge, thank you. developing this morning, three members much a loudoun county

here. the loudoun county sheriff's department say courtney ash was last seen leaving a relative's home on friday night. she was supposed to bring her son and his cousin to another relative's home in leesburg but never arrived. deputies say they're likely in a blue ford taurus with virginia tags. vuv 9844. senseless, that's how d.c.'s police chief is describing this past weekend after there were ten shootings in less than 24 hours to express his frustration on twitter yesterday. justin finch joins us outside to explain what happened and how police want the community to get involved to stop the violence. justin? >> reporter: eun, that's right. d.c. police say now is not the time to keep anything to yourself. if you see something out there, they need you to say something. take a look at this. your police quite busy yesterday. spread across the district. going from

another. take you to sunday, about 8:00 p.m., this is the 3500 block of clay place northeast. that's where police found a man shot. then close by, at 18th place and c street northeast, a second man was also found shot. police telling us that both men were breathing and conscious when they were found. but sunday afternoon a different story. about 3:00 on the 4400 block of coral street northeast is where a man was found shot and killed discovered dead in the yard of an apartment complex. neighbors nearby understandably shaken up by this. >> you got kids out here. i hate to see that it was broad daylight out here. >> reporter: that neighbor makes a point that police believe is true. all too often, people are out there and see things and are too afraid to report the

please come forward. they need all the eyes and ears on these cases. eun, aaron, back in to you. >> hopefully people hear that message. justin, thank you. if you have a tip for police, either about an illegal gun or information that might help solve a shooting, give them a call. call the d.c. police tip line at 202-727-9099. that number is 202-727-9099. if they're able to use your tip, you may get a big reward. police in montgomery county are looking for a man who allegedly raipd a women near the orchard shopping center. this happened last wednesday. she met the suspect at quincy bar and grill. he raipd her after the two left the bar. police need help identifying and finding him. they've put the sketch on our facebook page as well to share. police

parents' nerves. officers will attend an hoa meeting to answer any questions about this incident. last week a woman tried to convince a girl to get into her car. when the girl refused, the woman followed her for several blocks. the girl made it home and told her mother what happened. there was also an attempted kidnapping in woodbridge. russian putin is giving the u.s. one month to cut diplomatic stack in this country. it's due to -- it made be made by september 1st. the u.s. state department calls the decision, quote, a regrettable and uncalled for act. tensions arising tweent u.s. and north korea. it's over the country's latest missile test. president trump spoke with shinzo abe about the test last night. the two leaders

increase economic and diplomatic pressure on north korea. at the white house today, a new man will take charge. coming up at 6:30, we'll explain what john kelly's appointment at chief of staff could mean for other white house staffers. seven minutes after the hour now. the 2020 race for president may be three years away but a democrat from our area is jumping in. john delaney took to the "washington post" to lay out what he thinks shoub the next president. delainey represents the sixth district, including parts of fed frederick and montgomery koipts. in an on i had, she says he's upon about a future where he -- not only in growth and innovation but in positive societal change. he's not running for reelection in congress. president trump -- the event will take place i

anthony muse. he's the husband of pat lawson muse. the current county executive canned run again because of term limits. he is running for governor. he played so long, with so many different people. >> how cool is this. a first for the nationals, iran rodriguez, retired player, he erpd his place in the baseball hall of fame, better known as pudge. he spent his final two seasons in the nationals. he became the first player who ha played for the nats. >> playing baseball means to be happy and have passion. that can apply to so much in our everyday lives. cop gratz to him for sure. it's the oscars for our ramie awards. this year, nbc4 was the

here i am presenting once again at the washington convention center. look, this is pearl dive oyster palace die talg. convivial in shaw won best pop scale brunch. there is the chef receiving the word for that. haz hazel's for best new restaurant. the restaurant at pad mack farms. so many great places we have to try. check out a list of all the winners on our app. from the best restaurants in town to the worst ones for your health. a new study revealing which meals had the highest calorie counts. you want to hear this. plus, plains break out at a music festival. now we know what sparked this scene on stage. i'm meteorologist

the weather could not be ninean prettier wednesday, thursday ar riday.

. 6:13 on your monday morning. low humidity sticks around for the next couple of days. you should be dry most of the week. sheena has a peek of the five-day forecast. a chance of rain as the weekend gets close. good morning, jack. hey, chuck, good morning. the inner loop of the beltway, look for the baltimore washington parkway. had word of a crash. sounded minor. authorities arrived on scene. chopper 4 actually flew over it. sounds like everything has been moved to the far right shoulder without a huge

pushed off. we're in good shape. one vehicle off the road and into the grass you can see. in northwest, plan ahead if you use 16th street under scott circle. it is closed between o and m. that little yellow you see there, that's one of the workers. there's stillwater in the roadway and debris to be moved. back to you. why are you being arrested. >> i have no idea. >> they had a plot to bring down an airplane was foiled. >> they are -- they were apparently planning to use an improvised device to attack an airplane. three others were taken into custody in raids on sydney homes. we now know what caused this massive fire at a music festival in spain. you take a look at this. firefighters say a technical

the tomorrowland electronics music festival to catch fire. 20,000 concert-goers had to quickly exit the grounds here. believe it or not, no one was hurt. check out this new video into the live desk of one of the ten inmates caught after a mass jail break. two inmates still on the run at this hour. juan was serving -- police are telling people to stay inside their homes. meanwhile, investigators are trying to figure out how the inmates escaped. eun? angie, thank you. 6:15 now. investigators are trying to figure out whether a driver who plowed into a crowd did it on purpose. it happened yesterday afternoon. half a toz people are recovering this morning. the driver did stay on the screen. >> it could be two weems before power is restored to

banks island of north carolina. two con stroux crews cut all three cables that my kmooi power to the island. the governor of north carolina also declared a state of emergency. a notorious tunnel in mobile, alabama that apparently hates tractor-trailers has claimed another victim. tp got stuck inside a tunnel. it cleared the 12-foot entrance but the trailer slammed into the concrete ceiling and spilled hay everywhere. we're told there is a warning system in place for that tunnel. turn the radio down. let that sound come so you can hear the warning. new this morning, we're hearing about the worst restaurant foods from the 2017 extreme eating awards. these foods aren't necessarily -- but they're not good for you. the cheesecake factory, seems like they're

cheesecake factory. pasta napolitan i. it's adopted after a meat lovers pizza. 2300 calories. ihop received the honor of least original breakfast. that for their cheeseburger omelette with two pancakes. that's with 1900 calories. >> do you have the worst award? do you keep it on the menu? >> yes. i guess people are still buying it. >> maybe you want to try it to see how bad it is. >> maybe just a bite. >> good to you, not good for you. >> i don't know good to you either. one of those things where you regret it. >> restaurants -- the nbc washington app. i'm curious now what they're going to say about it. >> you need greens. you start craving them. maybe this morning you'll be craving a little heat. little heat in t

>> nice. >> it does feel nice this morning. it's really nice after what we saw friday. speaking of friday, one year ago, well, remember ellicott city, the flooding there. this is what it looked like a year ago. those were the deadly floods in those areas. cars swept away. businesses damaged. three people died in the flooding in the aftermath. this is now. so take a look at main street. the communities state and local leaders. rebuilding. determined to rebuild after the tragedy. city leaders focused on preventing future floods. $18 million in flooding devote today mitigation projects. of course, they don't want to see anything like that happen again. we don't want to see it happen again either. we're looking attribute full weather compared to the rain friday. this is the nice weather in place after the raid. >> did give us something good to look forward to. the weather outlook, it's feeling cool outside. the commute will stay nice and dry. lunch, it's going

beautiful. even at the pool, sunny and warm. not as hot or humid. you're walking the dog today, this is mojito, available for rescue and adoption. you can go to the live -- find out how to adopt him. 70 degrees. by noon 83. by 6:00 p.m., low humidity. topping out in the mid-60s. saturday, august 19th. it's almost here. clear the shelters. you can find out more on the nbc washington app. always excited about that event we have. currently in the district, 67 degrees. 5gatorsburg. 59 clinton. many areas to the west, in the mid-50s. very comfortably cool. high pressure, that's what's moved in. after the rain we had this week, that's going to keep us dry for most of this week. next big rain chance won't be until we go into the weekend. this forecast today, exercising outside, it's

nice and dry with low humidity. looking ahead to the weekend, friday looks good. 81 degrees. chance of late showers. saturday, the higher rainfall chances. saturday is not looking too great. at least sunday is looking pretty good. the rest of the week is looking nice and dry, up until friday. we're looking at temperatures around 90. the late thunderstorm in the chance friday. that's what goes into the week. it's mostly late in the day on friday. we'll take a closer look at the weekend forecast coming up. let's go to chuck taylor with a look at the road. >> hey, sheena, good morning. 16th street street under scott circle, you had the rain and the roadways never dried out. a lot of canned water. it's closed between o and m. authorities remain on scene to do that now. chopper 4 has been flying over the belt

[ muted ] a-- also for the rail riders this morning, we had cancellations. 10 line train was canceled. and activities on brunswick line. train 894 will depart at 7:10. back to you. smaller seats mean less room for you on flights. but could it also mean we're less safe in the sky? the new ruling that forces the faa to take another look at the airlines you use. plus, moms, how much do you work? whole lot. new study that shows how many extra powers we're putting in and how few we have for ourselves. coming up on ellen, appearances by jesse tyler merg son and panic at the disco. watchen

a live look outside on this monday morning. the sun is already coming up. >> it's not supposed to be too hot today too. but it's important to talk about car safety, especially because it's national heat stroke prevention day. in ten minutes, the heat inside a car can become deadly. this happened twice in arizona this past week yepd. looking at video from phoenix in both cases. children died.

safety administration says there are several things to do to prevent this kind of tragedy. place something you need, like a cell phone or purse in the back seat. you can also write yourself a note on the dashboard. there's a law -- the alarms would go off if you left your child in the back seat. it's 6:25. that means a lot of moms are up and ready to begin their 98-hour workweek. you heard me correctly. a new study from yahoo says that's how long a typical workweek lasts for mom which means downtime is limited. this is what moms do according to the survey. drink a little wine. little depending where you are in your day. >> that's subjective. >> watch a little netflix. me time for working moms is maybe an hour and seven minutes a day, if that. the typical clock out time is 8:23 p.m. it's all

nonstop. on the go. there's always something. >> you got to -- let the moms get -- >> i have friends who lock themselves in the bathroom to get a few minutes. >> they find you. they find you in the bathroom. i feel like you're volunteering to watch my children. >> jake and i will have a drink and it will be great. >> uh-oh, uncle aaron. absolutely no idea how to achieve that. >> larry david, the doppelganger. he played bernie sanders on snl. it's not just talent. the family tie that could explain the resemblance. are smaller seats on airplanes less safe? we're talking to

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it is 6:30 right now. good morning everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. thanks for joining us early. we're here to help you get out the door on this monday morning. it's shaping up to be a beautiful day. not too bad. chuck and sheena are outside with the forecast. >> we'll check in with wtop's jack taylor for a look at the commute. 67 degrees on the skreep. >> i think it feels absolutely fantastic. >> of 66.8 you think. >> we round it up. >> nice day to to be outside. makes it feel warmer we're getting our first rays into downtown washington. about as perfect as we can make it on a final day of july. nice and sunny. little on the hot but staying dry side through wednesday. rain chances. it's a

66.8 degrees in washington. 58 out at dulles airport. in gaithersburg. as you head out, plan to enjoy it everybody. pool, tennis, golf, running, joggi jogging, swimming, anything at all. this is nice as july 31st can be. get outside and enjoy it. we'll talk about the ten-day forecast coming up. jack taylor. >> chuck, thank you. good morning, as we start things off in northwest. making progress in the flooded hot roadways. getting the southbound lanes open -- still blocked off. chopper 4 has been flying over 270. heavy stuff from urbana from 209. it's heavy on the spur. that's about it. 66. we'll give you a live look near manassas. beautiful sunshine. dry roadways. arrive through manassas

ordinary. back in to you. >> thanks, jack. developing in venezuela, violence over a boat that could radically change the government. >> the u.s. is responding to this. angie goff is at the live desk. angie. >> u.s. ambassador to the u.n. calling the controversial election a sham. a step towards dictatorship. this is violence erupts in the streets. this next video is disturbing. that explosion targeting police officers during one of the protests. as many as a dozen people died during the protests that would give nicolas maduro power to rewrite the present constitution and replace the current government. opponents say the vote is -- a rigged election to favor maduro and the results, they could be confirmed today. that's the latest. eun, back to you. >> angie, thank you.

following. a mother, her son and his cousin from loudoun county have disappeared. take a look at their pictures here. the sheriff's department say courtney ash was last seen leaving a relative's home in ashburn on friday night. she was supposed to bring the boys to another relative's home in leesburg but never arrived. d.c. police chief says he's disheartened by senseless shootings over the weekend. two people died within hours. how police hope to end the violence. senator john mccain will begin treatment for his brain tumor today. his office says he will begin radiation and chemotherapy treatments at the mayo center in phoenix. the tumor was discovered when removing a blood clot from his left eye. a day of big changes at the white house. secretary john kelly will be sworn in as president trump's

he took over for reince priebus who resigned last week. they hope he will brio owe whether kelly will have complete control and whether all staffers will report to him. >> i will speak with general kelly and the president about that as i'm sure anthony scaramucci will. i think we're excited to have the first formal meeting. >> staffers expected to learn about the new chain of command today. president trump will award his first medal of honor as commander in chief. >> he saved ten of his fellow soldiers in war. he pulled his fallen kol rads to safety in 1969. he's now 71 years old. this is the pastor who pleaded guilty to stealing money from a maryland church. this morning, john mattingly will be sentenced to home detention up to 18 months. investigators say he took more than

parishioners at st. francis xavier church in leonard town. the checks were deposited into his own account. he served at the church for more than 15 years. he retired in 2010. two of the 135 people who became sick after eating at a virginia chipotle are filing a lawsuit against the company. suing the chain for 74,000 in damages. tear attorney says he ate at the sterling location around july 14th. a sick employee may be the reason behind the illnesses much the restaurant has been sanitized and reopened. 6:35 now. it's been called the case of the incredible shrinking airplane seat. as americans get bigger, the size of the seats on board commercial aircrafts are steadily shrinking. >> now an appeals court is telling the faa to take another look into this matter. molette green is live at reagan national airport with a

why it's not just a matter of comfort. molette, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you guys. let's admit it. we're all a little bit bigger than we used to be, right? and once you get on the airplane and the seats are smaller, they are a lot smaller than they used to be. the smaller seats equate to less safe experience on the airplane. that is what a d.c. federal appeals court ordered the faa to look at. policies over all of this. a passenger's rights group has closely argued very hard that this could create an emergency situation if you're trying to evacuate or a safety health issue such as blood clots. even though the airline industry maintains the seats meet all of the safety standards. >> the seats are too -- i'm not looking forward to it. probab g

out of it. let's pray i don't have to do it. >> reporter: we're looking at passengers making their way through the tsa check here. the ruling does not force the faa to set a minimum seat standard but it does force the faa to come up with a better explanation as to why seat safety and size aren't related. back to you. it was video that went viral. a woman falls face first while walking with her cell phone. >> now a major city is cracking down. where you'll be fined if you're caught texting while walking. check it out. plus, uncanny expression explained. the family tie that could be the reason larry

good monday morning. temperatures are comfortably cool right now. 67 degrees in the district. calm winds. clear skies. as we go through the morning, really nice. 7:00 a.m., close to 70 degrees. 8:00 a.m., 73. 9:00 a.m. in the mid-70s. very pleasant. later this afternoon, it will be a nice one. getting hot again this week. let's check the roads. good morning, jack. good morning, sheena. love talking about them being dry. we had roadways flood out. 16th street reopening southbound. our northbound lanes remain closed between m and o. you see the couple vehicles comi

circle. northbound travel lanes again still blocked. back to you. the young people love me, tapper. i'm like them. i got a lot of big plans and absolutely no idea how to achieve them. >> larry david received an emmy for his portrayal of bernie sanders. now we know why. it turns out they're related. according to page 6, david says sanders is a third cousin. he found out on a connection an an episode of finding your roots. you won't have to wait that long to get that. it will begin airing. you find all kinds of things about your family. >> we could be related. let's do it. let's take the test. people at home are

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right now, violence. ten people shot in less than a day. >> i hateo

broad daylight out here. the plan to crackdown by giving you cash for tips. >> russia retaliates. americans serving overseas told to pack up and get out. >> we expect russian behavior to change. >> how the u.s. is responding to the latest diplomatic drama. look up while you walk or face a fine. where you will soon be ticketed if you're caught texting while walking. 14 before the hour. developing this morning, three men learned that a loudoun county family have disappeared. the sheriff's office says courtney ash was last seen leaving a person's home an she was supposed to bring her son and a cousin to another family member's home. they were in a car with vuv

d.c. police chief is disheartened after a weekend of summer violence. >> ten people were shot in less than 24 hours. two of the people died. justin finch joins us live from d.c. police headquarters to decide how they plan to curtail the violence, justin. >> aaron, the plan is to close each and every one of the cases. they can't always do that alone. that's why they're asking for the public's help here. police were quite busy yesterday. the shootings spanned the district and taking to you coral street, northeast. this was the scene of one of two fatal shootings. a man was found shot and killed in an apartment complex in broad daylight. hours earlier, another life lost. a reported double shooting in northwest. this one taking place in the 4800 block of kansas avenue. there,

injured and another dead on scene. police saying to us from saturday to sunday night, for a trying several hours. >> so many challenges that we're here for. we have to continue to engage the community to squash many of the issues that are happening. >> all too often, police say the crimes are not happening in a vacuum. they do believe there are witnesses are tips that could help them close these many -- >> justin finch, thank you. if you have a tip for police, either about an illegal gun or information that might help solve a shooting, give them a call. you can call the d.c. police tip line at 202-729-9099. that number, again, 202-727-9099. if you're able to use the information on that tip, you may get a big reward. >> more breaking

one final inmate is on the run after a mass jail break. 12 people broke free in jasper, alabama. 11 have been caught including two accused of attempted murder. one incompetent mate was ba -- inmate was brought back to jail. people in the area are told to lock their doors and turn on their lights. a house fire in booed bridge yesterday. firefighters found a body near the front door of a house on walnut street. no word on what caused that fire. 6:49 right now. leesburg police will try to calm parents' nerves after an apparent abduction. officers will tend an hoa meeting to answer any questions. a woman tried to convince a 9-year-old girl to get into her car in leesburg. when the girl refused, the woman

she told her mother about it. there was also an attempted kidnapping in woodbridge. this is in response to new sanctions approved by congress last week. the cuts must be made by september 1stst. they called it a regrettable and uncalled for act. tensions rising between the u.s. and north korea. it's over the country's latest missile test. the two leaders agree to increase economic and diplomatic pressure on north korea. today, prince george's county state's attorney angela -- will announce her run for county executive. she will join a field including anthony muse who is the husband of news 4

muse. rushern baker can't run again because of term limits. he is running for governor, though. >> he played so long. but so many different people. >> the nats are smiling big this morning. retired ivan rodriguez erpd his place in the baseball all of fame. played it 2 1 seasons in the majors. he's the first player to have played for the nats. his advice to kids who play baseball. be happy and have passion. great advice. >> have some fun, right? >> that's right. >> america's favorite pastime. >> if you're not having fun, time to do something else. >> 6:51. we want to get you up to speed on the morning commute. >> here's wtop's jack taylor. good morning, jack. >> good morning, guys.

inner, outer loop, we're in decent shape. this is the tip of the iceberg. 16th street going northbound, still closed between m and o. occasionally a step outside, it's flooded. also for our rail riders this morning, please be aware we had activity on the n line. train 413 was canceled and the next train coming out, it will leave about 7:10. back to you. >> all right. thank you, jack. a beautiful way to get your workweek started around the nation's capitol. it is a clear sky and cool and comfortable out there. july is going to go in the record books. we were going to have a top ten warmest july but instead thanks to the heavy rain and coolest weather, we have a top ten wettest july instead. looks like it's going to go down

driest june. temperatures two degrees above average and haven't added 90-degree days to the pile. 67 in washington. temperatures are going to stay cooler than average over the next day or so. all eyes focused on parts of the western gulf offshore from tampa bay. now tropical depression number 6 has been formed. if it takes a name, it will become emily. the general track for them to go over the peninsula. not going to be a tropical storm yet but it's on the verge and will be worth watching. we're in the 50s and 60s now. daytime highs into the low and mid-80s. hour by hour planner. nothing but sunshine and low humidity. 86 on the national mall. for a look further down, let's go to sheena parveen. my colleague. >> normal high this time of year. 88 degrees. we're going to stay a tad below normal. we'll be heating up toit

the week. still a fantastic day. the dry -- it starts with the warming temperatures as we go through thursday. look at the numbers. 88 for a normal high. 89. wednesday and thursday in the 90s. quickly, it will start feeling like summer again. here's your uv index outlook monday through thursday. really even into friday. looking at 8 to 9. very high. sun burning off. if you're heading to the beach already. if you're making the weekend plans, 81 degrees. late chance of a shower or storm. saturday looks like the day unfortunately where we'll see widespread rain and we start to dry out. let's look at the ten-day chuck. >> 86 today. 89 tomorrow. flirting with wednesday, thursday and friday. the next chance for a single drop. >> showers

look -- sunday will be the prettier day of the weekend. >> chuck, thank you. looking good. it's called the oscars for the d.c. area food scene. last night the best of the restaurant community was honored at the ram my awards. nbc4 was the official public voting partner. we are presenting at this year's washington convention center. pearl dive, oyster palace won favorite gathering place. then convivial won for best upscale brunch. chef of the year to tarver king from the restaurant at another restaurant. you can check out the nbc washington app for a list of the great winners. see, now we're hungry. i'm landon dowdy. if you're planning a hawaiian vacation. you could get a fine in honolulu for looking at your phone or

the street. the city's mayor says it's a reminder to use common sense. fine $15 to $35 for the first offense. cnbc business report, i'm landon dowdy. >> landon, thank you. here are four things to know. a mother, her son and his cousin from loudoun county have disappeared. take a look at their pick tushs. the sheriff's office says courtney ash was last seen a relative's home on saturday night. for more on this, look at the nbc washington app. trying to figure out whether a driver did this on purpose. half a dozen people are recovering from the crash yesterday. the driver stayed on the screen scene. >> john kelly will be sworn in as the new chief of staff. he takes over from reince priebus. the "today" show will have a look at his day ahead, coming up. senator john mccain will begin treatment for his brain tumor today. his office will begin

and chemotherapy treatment at the mayo center in phoenix. bless you. >> excuse me. >> had a sneezing fit there. >> sorry. >> that is the broadcast this morning. we appreciate you waking up with us. >> the "today" show is next. we'll be back in 25 minutes with weather and traffic. >> it's coming. >> it's not allergy season. enjoy your day. make it a great monday everybody.

good morning. good morning. get out. vladimir putin excels hundreds of diplomats and staff from rush after sanctions being imposed by the u.s. the state department slamming that decision overnight. while on another front, tensions with north korea at an all-time high. the u.s. with a show of force after the regime's latest missile test. two major international crises awaiting the new white house chief of staff john kelly on his first day of the job. breaking overnight, 12 inmates escape from an alabama prison including 2 attempted killers. one of the escapees still on the run. this morning the