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i'm richard lui in for frances rivera >> a i'm phillip mena. the family of edward gallagher is feeling relieved this morning. the navy s.e.a.l. has been aquit of multiple war crimes >> they look like -- yeah, freedom. >> gallagher was charged with the 2017 murder of a prisoner iraq a military jury found him not guilty on all but one count. nbc's steve patterson has this report >> reporter: vindication for a navy s.e.a.l >> tears of joy. >> absolute joy. >> emotion absolute euphoria. >> reporter: the jury acquitting chief edward gallagher of six of the seven arges againshim including premeditated murder. >> huge victory. huge weight off the hegallag >> reporter: but finding him guilty for violating a uniform code of military justice by posing with a human casualty the decorated s.e.a.l. was charged win aray of war crimes stemming from a 2017 tour

of duty in iraq. use most serio, shooting an unarmed citizens and the murder of an unarmed isis detainee. over the two-week trial prosecutors called members of described a man unhinged, testifying they saw him stab the young fighter.ga agher's defense team painted each witness as unreliable, scorned by disagreement. in a trial with no physical evidence the most jaw-dropping moment, shocking testimony from fellow s.e.a.l. team medic corey scott, admitting under immunity that it was he, not gallagher, who killed the wounded isis detainee >> we have a sentencing to do, but the maximum sentence on what they're about to sentence him on is much less thathn e time that they've already had him in the brig so he is going home. >> reporter: a victory for gallagher and his family, who look forward to having this ordeal behind them for that report. steve the border battle reaches a boiling point this morning department of homeland security

investigators warn of severe overcrowding at migrant one border patrol official describes the crisis as a ticking time bomb. the house oversight committee plans to hold hearings to investigate the dire conditions. nbc's jay gray has more. >> up, up with liberation. down, down with deportation! >> reporter: voices and tensions rising thousands expected to gather at more than 180 protesac planned ross the country, demanding changes along the border >> i stand up for the voice of stand up for the children and the families >> reporter: rresentative joaquin castro posting this video of a tour of a detention center where he says women told him they weren't allowed to dications.take their >> one of the women said she was told by an agent to drink water out of the toilet. >> reporter: border officials v fishlz saying the accusations are completely untrue, insisting

there are ample supplies there is also growing frustration now over an investigation by the non-profit organition propublica detailing a border patrol private facebook group with pos demeang members of congress and mocking migrant deaths >> the agents on facebook who expressed such contemptuous and racist attitud ought not to be there. they ought to be fired >> reporter: nbc has not independently verified the o facebook groupr seen the post. in a written statement customs and border protection calls the post completely inappropriate, adding any employees found to have violated our standardcoof nduct will be held accountable. accountability at the core of the ongoile battt the border jay gray, nbc news the trump administration will start printing nse ce without that controversial qution on citizenship. commerce secretary wilbur ross issued a statement objecting to a supreme court decision to

bloconthe questi but also indicated that the census bureav will me forward without it nbc's tracie potts joining us now y th the vertest from washington, d.c. tracie, good morning the president is hinting that this fht, though, it's hard from over. >> ectly you would think that the supreme court having made a decision and a decision to go ahead and print the census, that this would be a done deal. but take aat look this tweet from president trump the president saying that the decision by the supreme court is he ends that tweet by sayingand he's asked the commerce department and the department of justice to do whatever is necessary to bring this most vital of questions and this very important case to a successful conclusihinting that maybe they want to take some other legal action to try get that question on the censas it h been a big coern by the states and the cities and the groups that have sued and won now three times in court saying

that this census would uy airl inhibit people who are in mostly democratic-leaning areas finm answerg the question because they are more heavily populated by immigrants. that maybe it's not over even though the census is going forward there was concerthn if they delayed the census, which is what the president had suggested, to try to get this question in, it would t be aligned with the law, which says that census has to be taken every ten years. back to you. >> all righttr ie potts tracie, thank you. it's a star-spangled controversy on capitol hill this morning. tanks arrived near the lincoln memorial overnight as part of president trump's plan to beef up the military hardre at this year's 4th of july celebration critics accuse him ooif explng the holiday and wasting taxpayer dollars. post" the national park service diverted nearly $2.5 million for the salute to america

extravaganza nbc's hallie jackson has more. >> reporter: spotted in southwest washington, two bradleys and a pair of abrams tanks arriving in touwn over th weekenall ahead of a 4th oha july celebrations already creating fireworks president trump beefing up the traditional festivities with a display of military might. >> we're going to have planes going overhead, the be fighter jets in the world. we're going to have some tanks stationed outside. >> reporter: the president delighted by the bastille day parade he attended in france is now bringing something similar ton. washingto flyovers featuring the f-35 and probably air force one near the stage it's vips who get e best view foa spectacle that has some critics concerned the president's hijackg the holiday, putting politics overtr tism and forcing taxpayers to foot the bill one democrat deriding it as a vanity >> mr. president, how about a hot dog and a hamburger rather

than an extravaganza that divides the country? >> reporter: president trump will deliver a speech on the nation mall as well. aides insist it will not be partisan richard, back to you >> hallie, thank you senator mala harris is surging in the polls after a breakout performance in the democrats' first president l debate last week in a new quinnipiac poll she all but erased joe biden's lead. the former vice presidenstill ead with 22%, but harris is within striking distancepo at 20 ts that's within the margin of error. senator elizabeth warren rounded out the top three, almost deadlocked with senator bernies. sander and a full seven months before the first votes are cast in iowa many of the contenders including harris and biden are making their rounds in the hawkeye a massive explosion has rocked a neighborhood in charlotte. neighbors say it could be felt five miles away. 000-square-foot home that moved and turned into a pile of

rubble ron allen has the details. >> reporter: neighbors say the explosion was felt fak miles, g them to the bone >> my walls were just cracked open and the garage was just implod imploded at wch point i just told the kids we have to run out of here. >> reporter: leaving what was a two-story use completely leveled. >> i'm looking at rubble piles >> reporter: at least 80 firefighters rushed to the scene,th battling e fire in sweltering heat amid reports there might be people trapped inside >> trying to -- i could use some more hands >> there's a beam lying akrcros his hips >> we will treat it as a rescue operation until we reach a point in time whete we can dmine that there's no chance of survivability. >> reporter: a man who called 911 to alert first responders was rescued from theri deb investigators won't say what may have caused the blast. a lot of questions and a

desperate mission to find survivors. ron allen, nbc news. now to a mystery we've been following. the estranged husbd of the connecticut mother of five who's been missing for more than a month now is speaking exclusively to ourn new york statiownbc here's nbc's kristen dahlgren.te >> repor he described it all like a bad dream >> when it first started i serio seriously pinched myself a couple of times and said in cannot be true i'm wearing orange and i'm in a cell >> reporter: he and girlfriend michelle troconis are charged ndering prosecution in thed disappearance of his estranged wife, mother of five jennifer dulos. he did not speak of evidence prosecutor s have against them including va woman they say match their description throwing out items including jennifer's bloody clothes only saying many people have already decided he's >> guilty i've already been convicted in their mind.

now, the people that know me, both in the united states in greece, they have a diffopent ion. they have been very supportive they know who i am they know that i could have never done this. >> reporter: the duloses were in a bitter custody battle over the couple's five children when jennifer disappeared in may. he is now not allowed contac with his children. but he denies that was motivtoe do her harm. >> i don't care about malicious comments >> reporter: he had a message to his children that things would get better but police say they still have not found any sign otheir mother kristen dahlgren, nbc news, new york all right. well, lots of you, millions of you actually, going to be hitting the road let's go to nbc meteorologist bill karins. >> today's the big travel day for thoscke luy enough to be off today. we're watching the airports first. not a lot of significant problems but ohio we could have possible delays and a couple of cancellations because of thunderstorms. driving the roads today coastal carolina could have some

problems 95 doesn't look too bad i-10 your typical afternoon storms today i-7 and i-8 o'through the ohio valley minor issues concentration of rain gets a little higher in the atlantic reon especiallvirginia, pennsylvania and west virginia anyone driving through late afternoon eay eenk will have some issues. it's just hit and miss, though to cancel their plans. that's a look at the big weather story of the day here's a closer look at your day ahead well, very typical rinse and repeat type weather. we are watching highs today in the 90s in the southeast with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. especially along the gulf coast region from houston to san antonio we'll push that rain threat back into little rock and memphis this afternoon too we'll give b you tch forecast coming up if you're lucky enough to have plans >> that sounds nice. >> we're not going to be there, but it wl bef good. plenty ocrazy stuff that's gone down on new york city's subways. >> oh, yeson >> but this e might be a first. two people sipt a full-size

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everyone's talking about alexn morgaon her 30th rthday scoring in the 30th minute and then to put a cherry on top just in time for the 4th of july how about that celebration diyou notice what she did? sipping that cup of tea. pinkie up. that's the way to do it. 2-1. the americans win. now they play either netherlands or swedeldn in the wor cup final, which will be on sunday >> the old boston tea party allusion there perfect. well well executed. and well done. and we won now to some breaking news. auto industry titan le has dieda iacocca's daughter confirmed to nbc news he died on tuesday of natural causes she says he passed peacefully at his home in bel air surrounded by family. he was 94 years old. iacocca as one of the first celebrity ceos is credited for changing the face of modern -- and the modern automotive industry he joined chrysler in the '80s and saved the company from bankrupthe also spearheaded effo restore both the statue of liberty and ellis island the executive chairman of ford,

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good morning, everybody i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. coming up on "news 4 today," the tanks are in town just in time for the president's fourth of it july mily parade. massive tanks are dropped off in the district. >> but those tanks are just part of a much bigger celebration that could create some travel prlems for you. and we are weather alert out sere today. ee've gotunny skies but

the tanks ar in town, but the street damaging vehicles aren't the only thing you'll need to watch for when this ye's fourth of july celebrations get under way. two separate shootings send three peopho to the ital in northern virginia, now police are wondering whether the crime

was gang related. and the father othe ford mustang is gone. lee iacocca has died, one of ste moamous faces of the auto industry. >> announcer: "news 4 today" starts now. heavy rain poured down on the d.c. region after another hot, muggy afternoon. the storm ripped the siding right off of this home. news 4 is weather alert for another hot day looming with thunderstorms. what tuesday could turn out to be just a preview of what could be hitting us all week, even tomorrow for your fourth of july. >> it is 4:00 a.m. now, good n morni everybody, i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. thanks for joining us for "news 4 today." we want to check in on your llrecast now before we check in with melissa mo. e> more storms. that's why we'r weather alert because of those storms winre go to see as we continue into the afternoon and ening. now, those stormse ysterday just kind of