>> later nicole gushed on in agram, what a gift, husband and everybody sing they've got to get together and do this has been going on for decades. because our country cannot hntinue to run like this. we can'te open borders. >> a white house cabinet meeting amid public outcries overtaking the u.s. capitol, all while the first lady makes a surprise visit to the lines in texas.t we'll tell you what steps are being taken to help these people. protests in pittsburgh. a growing number of demonstrators want answers in the police shooting death of an unarmed 17-year-old. to a flooding geate of emerncy in texas and pennsylvania where quick rising waters have overtaken

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>> they don't care about the children. they don't care about the injury. they don't care about the problems. they don't care about anything. >> and it was those democrats b whoded together with several republican lawmakers to ultimately kill a gop bill on immigration in the house o representatives yesterday. sending the house leadership rd as o the drawing b they eye a legislative fix, postponing their second so-called compromise bill until next week. stillset was t images of the first lady visiting the border that got a good deal ofte attention yay as she touched down on the border in that surprise trip. it didn't g so smoothly, though, not as smoothly as the white house would have liked. formore, let's go to nbc's susan mcginnis in washington. >> reporter: good morning, frances and phillip. the first lady went to one of these sheasers in t to thank workers. this is where some children are being held, and to show her support there. but all of the attention ended up being on her wardrobe. as the first lady boarded the aplane to texas, eyes were on the jacket she wore.

the jacket was by zara, inexpensive jacket in her circles. about $40. it said on theack"i really don't care. do u? lots of reaction onocial media including from some congressmen. one congresswoman put a sign on her own back. another was a picture of the l statue oerty holding the hand of that 2-year-old child. ho says, wed all care. now a former republican lawmaker called that jacket choice unforgivable. >> she was going to the where her husband has ripped families apart wearing a jacket that said "i don't care." it isn unforgivable moment for melania has the first lady, but ndso for the president of the united states,he does not deserve latitude on this. >> reporter: meanwhile the president tweeted t first lady was aiming at the fake news media with that jacket. ck to you guys. >> at the very least, very nk you., susan, t as emotions continue to run

high over the separation of migrant families at the border, the trump administration is now making moves toward the long-term and potentially indefinite detention families who illegally enter the country. the justice department filed a request to allow family detention for longer than 20 days, current limit for minors. the doj argues that the limit makes it impossible to keep families both together and detained while they wait for an immigration hearing. about 2,300 children were separated from their families before president trump's executive order this week. with mounting questions on how they'll be reunited. l,c's cal perry has more from texas. ood morning. >> reporter: good morning, frances. it seemsike the confusion only grows as this story continues to play out across the country. the bottom line is we don't know how ny kids are in this tent city that exists behind me. we don't know where they'rehe going and they're being moved. in fact, we saw three vans moving under the cov of darkness at around 3:00 in the morning just last night. so that seems to be playing out as they start to move these kids

around. a bit of activism yesterday as well. about two dozen mayors converging on this spot. rence ave a press con voicing their concerns about what's happening. then they walked the short distance behind me to the gates of that tent city. they requested entry, and they wereied by the department of homeland security, who say that they need -- and this is what the mayors told me -- two weeks to have their applications processed for entry. so it's not just the media that can't get in. elected officials as well, very frustrated elected officials. we saw the mayor of new york city, bill de blasio, and the mayor of austin actually walked across the bridge to mexico to get aetter look at the tent city before returning a couple hours later. of course theseids in this tent city behind me are caught in a very strange loophole. they're not covered by the initial policy of separation, and they're notte ped by the new ecutive order. so it's unclear what's going to happen to them and how they will be reunitith their families. there is of course this

reporting that the department of defense is going to step in and t to house some of these kids. the concern is that we're not going to know where they are or what's going on. we don't have access to these sites. we certainly won't have access mto u.s.itary bases across the country. cal perry, nbc nxas, torino, parts ofex southwest have been hit the hardest by heavy rain this week. emergency workers hcue r a number of people from submerged vehicles and flooded homes alonl the coast. and texas governor greg abbott has issued a disaster declaration for at least six counties devastated by the storms. since tuesday, almost a foot of rain has come down along the texas coast. accordg to the national weather service, it says someot areas g up to 15 inches. this is the worst recorded flooding in texasdi acc to them since hurricane harvey. one woman in new jersey escape near death when power line fell on her car. she had no idea that if she tried to get out,t could have ended in an electrocution, but

an off duty gas worker happened to be at the right place at the rightotime and g her out safely. the whole time she was just on her phone with her husband. >> i am going to die. this i how i'm going to die. >> p&g says as storm activity comes your way, it's important to fknow what to do in these situations. >hat is stay put and wait for help. e turn to the boiling outrage of the fatal shooting of an unarmed teenager in east tttsburghhis week. police were forced to shut down an interstatity. the protesters are demanding justice and ansrs after police shot and killed antwon rose when he allegedly fled on foot during a traffic stop, unarmed. >> it just breaks my heart why he would be shot in the back. guns. >> his shooting was caught on camera, but a warning. some of these images are disturbing.

nbc's ron mott h more. >> reporter: calls for justice forntwon rose. >> why are they shooting at him? all he did was run and they'ret sh at them. >> reporter: cell phone video ioowing the 17-year-old black high school sr gunned down by easter pittsburgh police aft running from a traffic stop. shot three times. protesters rallied outside the county courthouse, the county leading the investigation into what happened. donna giles came with her ld year-old son and 14-year daughter. >> they didn't have to shoot him in his back. >> that could have been my brother, my friend, like anybody that i know. >> reporter: police have not identified the officer who opened fire on rose and another male as they were fleeing. now revealing that officer had been sworn in just hours after the deadly shooting although he had been ann officer other departments. the officer now on leave. >> did the officer wait? >> i don't understand what that has to do withhe situation

here. >> reporter: authorities stopped the car in which rose was passenger because it matched the descriptio of a vehicle involved in a drive-by shooting minutes earlierment police say two gunsheere found in car on the floor, but rose was unarmed when he was shot protesters demanding answers. >> there's obviously a racial bias in this,t and t is what we need to stop. >> reporter: w, the borough of east pittsburgh where this all took place on tuesday night issued a statement late thursday offering chedolences to family of antwon rose. they're also asking the public for its patience and respect of the investigation process because they say that process ll take som time. frances? te all right, ron, thank you. triare powering in for the late charles krauthammer after he passed away late da yest the washington nationals holding a moment of silence at last night's game. those in d.c. bowing their heads for the longtime fox newsta commr. among them, krauthammer's former at fox, also

president george w. bush, vice president mike pence, condoleezza rice among others. krauthammer translnded politiarties touching viewers while delivering some of the best political commentary in the last few decades. it earned him a pulitzer in the 80s. but it was hisattle with intestinal cancer he could not overcome. krauthammer will continue to be remembered as the political observer that so many looked forward to hearing every day. he predicted where the country would end up a year and a half later. >> i guaraaree you the quaking in their boots in foreign capitals particularly of our allies and trading partners. the way that trump spoke about e outside world was the most aggressive, most sort of hyper-nationalist and in some of any hosti inaugural address, i think, since the second world war. >> charlesas krauthammer 68 years old. the barclays center nt

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sunday. this is the weekend outlook on saturday. lots of green showing up. that's whe we have the potential for seeing some rain. so probably changing a lot of tdoor plans. the south we're going to be muggy. we're going to be warm. umperatures in theer 80s. then we're going to be cooler than normal in the northeast. warming up on saturday. now here's a closer look at the day ahead. look at the northeast. we are looking well below normal for this time of year. temperatures in the 60s in some spots. a little light jacket there. we are warm in the south. temperatures near 100 degrees in parts of texas, and in florida we're looking at temperatures in the upper 90s with se storms. so hopefully you guys have some indoor plans. at beast on thek burner. >> i don't know. mind over matter. i'm hoping it will turn things around for the weekend. >> might only get worse. summer barel beginni too. just days after mexico did the unthinkable, world cup fans were treated to another surprising upset in a final match of the day. croatia looked ton take

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part of an alarming trend. from 2014 to 2017, the number of ederal sexual assau investigations jumped 66%. but investigators say many cases go unreported because victims are reluctant to speak u on a plane. >> many of the victims are i seat middle or window seats, are covered by a blanket or a jacket, and oftentimes are asleep. >> reporter: the fbi says it happens most often on overnight flights. sometimes the victim has taken a sleeping pill. one in five flight attendants reports being aware of an assault, even assaulted es themse sarah nelson was attacked while flying as a passenger asleep at e window. >> this person who was attacking me was right there over me. i was afraid that if i spoke up right then, it was going to cause the attack to become more violent. >> reporter: police say alcohol is often a factor. now a new fbi public awareness campaign urging victims and witnesses to immediately push th call button for help.

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that is heartbreaking. jim, is there anything we can do to make it happier? >> hiya! the audience really got a kick out of that one. colbert even poshe animation to instagram. so much out there between the jacket, between the covers, and everything else in between. >> no shortage of things to talk about. but, i mean, that is kind of nn all right. this morning the world is mourning the loss of tkoko, gorilla who gave humans a window into the thoughts of another species through sign language. the gorilla foundation announced thil the g passed away in her sleep at the age of 46. koko mastery of sign language intrigued the world and variety notes she had many celebrity friendlu ing 96-year-old betty white who shared this on twitter, i cherished every minute we spent together. >> koko is in gorilla animal heaven. >> so impressive. >> it really is. we'll be right back. we run marathons, companies,

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jienchts good morning, everyone. thanks for joining us on this friday morning. i'm eunyang. >> i'm chris lawrence in for aaron this morning. a lot of us are waking up to a soggy friday morn tg. t means wet roads for your drive to work thismorning. melissa will have a look at traffic, but, first, chus bell more on this gloomy -- >> precious little sunshine for today, eun. upd to drive to work without the rain, you should have come in at 2:15 with me. four things you need to know about the weather. it's going to be friday fizzle. sorry about that. tsash flood watches for pf central virginia. some places could get over an inch of rain. heaviest rain in virginia today.

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