o care, i just don't have the words to explain how grateful i am. god bless them all. breaking overnight a new iranian provocation of u.s. forces in the region as an american drones shot down. a war of words is heating up between joe biden and many democrats running for president over segregationist comments from the former vice president america's most trusted rline piled who landed on the hudson speaking out over the two fatal crashes in the boeing 737 max. >> our current it have failed us this should never have happened. stopped a live television ie

intervwhen he hears screaming and manages to tackle a man running from authorities one moviwae changed thy hundreds of millions viewed the ocean. glad to be with you right now. brea mng news thisning out of the middle east iranian state media reporting the revolutionary guard has shot down a u.s. drone claiming iret ented iranian airspace courtney, what are u.s. officials saying this morning? >> reporter: so the u.s. is saying in fact this rq 4, which is a global hawk, was shot down over the straut of hormus and e remained in international airspace they're sawing it veer undero iranian airspace, a claim u.s. denies they're sayinging it was shot

down by an iranian suffrface to ai tr missile, whichy're not denying. we're hearing morabout the ongoing tensions we're nearbyt the port we got access to one of thnke s that was damaged in an attack last week we saw the u. military's evidence that in fact it was hit by a mine. and while they didn't point th finger dr finger directly at aran, they say it was the kind iran has in their arsena another round of severe weather that has hit multiple states a very powerful thunderstorm gusts up to 45 miles p hour.nd and a possible tornado ripped the roof off of a church sanctuary. the pastor says about 20 people were inside atwe the time but ty re not hurt.

of e are numerous reports downed trees and powerlines in little rock, texas power lines and trees were knocked down in pennsylvania by this land slide. fro officials say the heavy rain has caused land slides dominican authorities revealing it was a case of mistaken identity, claiming the hit was meant for another guy sitting at ortiz's table there that night feet away and not moving when the shots were fired. in the dominican republic with the latest r >>orter: and we're learning shocking new details into the attack on slugger david ortiz when he was shot at nearly point-blank range in his native if santa demingo

ortiz was not the intended targetd instea're told it was supposed to be his friend that frequented that restaurant and sat at that very table the shooter was sloan a photo showing the targethi wearing pants when in fact ortiz was the one wearing the clothing so the gunman mistaken shot ortiz in the bac hk thinkinge was the target laevl people were arrested inuding the alleged gunman authorities are still looking for the person who paid less than $8,000 to haviee ortiz's fr killed. meanwhile big papi has been taken back to boston where doctors e currently listsiing him in good condition. former vice president joe biden facing fewer from some of

his rivals over comments hthe in senate >> he defended his remarks after cory borker called fn apology. >> apologize for what? >> cory booker's called for it >> koor cory should apologize. there's not a racesest bone unmy body i've been involved in civil rights my whole career period, period, period >> the thing that bothers me is a guy the head of my party can't acknowledge he's made a mistake. instead saying cory called me a rossest which is not what i'm calling m or said. >> peter alexander has more on w this feud got started. joe buden made theemarks at a fund raiser who claim his willingness to work with adversaries is old-fashioned bru

bringin bringing two segregationists calling african-americans inferior he said he never called me boy he always called me son. at least there wasivility. we didn't agree on much of can anything we got things done the backlash immediately >> to caudal the reputations of segregationist, who if they d their y, i wouldn't be standing here as the united states senate, it's informed and wrong. >> reporter: saying you don't joke about calling black men boys i have to tell vice president biden that he is wrong for using relationships. joe biden has strong support in the african-american community a tohouse democrat arguing biden didn't say anything more

than what described my work wit strothurman and several others >> he certainly didn't endorse their puzugzs. the point of the story is you have to beble to work with people even if they hold positions repugnant to you >> reporter: biden made the comments despite his aids urging him not to discuss his relationships with segregationest senators. the house judiciary committee grilled former trump aid and close confident. but she dodged question after question her lawyers say she's absolutely immune from having to testify. a train derailment shut down a 60-mile stretch of a major interstate officials say the train was carrying hardses materials when more than 20 cars over turned,

sending a thick white smoke in the air. miguel almaguer has the latest >> reporter: smoke and a white powereder could be seen billowoing from a train,oa lded with amun ugzs more than 20 cars flew off the tracks near elco, nevada officials confirming aluminum oxide was onoard >> or at the back of the train reporter: local sheriff says a decontamination process is underway but there's no threat to the public. it's believed the weapons were not in the cars that overturned. >> there a protocols the railroads follow for the proper placement of suciedangerous commodit >> reporter: after fearing the worse, authorities shut down interstate 80.

officials say they dodged a bullet after train carrying high grade weaponoverturned miguel almaguer, nbc news. thrjts the pilot who is a hero on the hudson river is blasting boeing and issued a new warning about whateeds to happen >> reporter: he may be the most trusted pilot unamerica. the man who saved 155 people on the hudson river ten years ago took boeing and the faa to task for the three falt crashes that killed 346 people overseas >> our aerocraft design and certification have failed us >> reporte before last october's crash, boeing never system blamed for bothshesall now captain sully who just flew

in a simulator says they must have simulator training before ey can fly the max again >> we must face it first hand in flight before with a crew. >> reporter: and boeing suggesting a simple ipad training will be enough. >> they let the traveling public down in a failed and catastrophic way >> reporter: boeing says safety is a shared priority and we are working closely with our industry partners to learn from these tragedies, answer their questions and take steps to gain trust. they have not yet scheduled a test flight or submitted for aprievl the new update meanwhile the new airlines that fly the max say they hope e max is aprovinged for flight by late august. >> thank you

we have an update about a controversial sqrrelau thorities authorities in alabama received a tip that a man waseeding meth to a squirrel to keep it aggressive the man is now denying the he appeared in the facebook live vid you holding the squirrel and saying with a smile he's not on meth, i'm pretty sure. heicize his pet came back to him when he whistled >> maybe we'll have another update for you let's check in with what's ahead. >> once agon we're going to see rounds of heavy rain across rts of the area. let's look at where thflash flood watch and warn are so 35 million at risk. we could see one to three inches of ron in a short amount of time and we're going to see the ron

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