thousands of national guard troops as well as capitol police are guarding it this morning just four days to look at that shot. >> yeah. beautiful morning. the symbol of democracy literally behind us on this saturday. that's where we begin with a check of the headlines starting with the nation's capitol. right now on high alert. 7,000 national guard troops have already arrived in the capitol. 25,000 expected here by wednesday. at least a dozen states have activated troops at their own capitol building. the fbi is now warning there could be more attacks this weekend and in the days leading up to the inauguration similar to last week's riots at the capitol. >>> meanwhile, the nba has postponed several more games due to a rise in coronavirus cases all across the league. last night's minnesota timberwolves game was called off just hours before tipoff after the news that carl anthony towns had tested positive. town's mother and six other relatives died from covid-19 just last year. six players on the washington wizards have tested positive delaying their next two games. that makes 12 postponed

the national guard just arrived on the scene. this seems like a dramatic escalation from what we saw the night before. as a curfew took effect for the first time, defiance. >> you're in violation of unlawful assembly. >> protesters ignoring orders to disperse and marching through downtown. >> this is not about george's death. this is not about inequities that were real. this is about chaos. >> the chaos erupted as fired officer derek chauvin was booked on charges of third degree murder and manslaughter accused of killing floyd. overnight, we also learned that his wife has filed for divorce. her attorney says she is devastated by mr. floyd's death and her utmost sympathy lies with his family. state documents show his knee was on his neck for more than eight minutes. his attorney declined to comment. >> we can only charge a case when we have sufficient admissible evidence to prove a case beyond a reasonable doubt. as of right now we have that. >> hours after the announcement protesters gathered here. for them, the charges aren't en

here >> we don't need the national guard. we got the question on the curfew i'll be honest with you, savior, we could impose a curfew today the problem is, people need to listen to a curfew, that's not going to happen, first and foremost if people think it will, they don't understand what's going on the second point is anyone that is on the street during the curfew, we had this discussion last night, they probably would already be arrested for five different offenses what we're trying to do is trying to manage an extremely volatile situation level heartee there is a lot of outside influences, how we're going to get through with it. it's level hearted, we need to come together, not just as a city but as a country. as elected officials, community leaders, less inflammatory talk. criticism is good but inflammatory talk is not helping. >> commission shea, a longer conversation is warranted about all of this and the deeper issues presented here, unfortunately we've got to leave it there this morning so we can get down to washingto

over to you. >> yeah, good conversation los angeles is one city that did accept help from the national guarduel almaguer got to ride along as they patrolled the city what did you find? >> it was another long night for national guard here in california fortunately there was no serious incidence of looting or violence in this area but their mission is far from over overnight nbc news given exclusive access to the national guard in los angeles where looting, vandalism, and fires have left this city shrouded in fear for days. at city hall last night, the guard, the last line of defense behind a weary police department this the first time they have been deployed to protect city hall in nearly 30 years when riots followed the acquittal of police officers involved in the brutal beating of rodney king. the guard is here to protect cities from violence but they are also ensuring americans' right to protest. >> i absolutely support your right to protest i absolutely support that. >> reporter: today the guard is serving across nearly half the country. in many regions it's peaceful during the day but at

we were told reaching out to each state and national guard would likely be the best way to go. n internal e-mail obtained, the guard bureau also told all of its units to hold off and not give us this information. and in another internal e-mail we obtained, the national guard september out ant out a message asking all guard units to start collecting this data because interest in the national guard has increased. that's when we sent out a survey to every national guard unit in the nation asking them ten questions about how do you investigate sexual assault. and what kind of punishments have you handed out. we got responses from 40 out of 54 units, giving us our first numbers about what actually happens to those accused of sexual assault in the national guard. >> your survey was the first slice of information we actually have. >> reporter: new york senator gillibrand says even congress hasn't been able to get the information we gathered and she was stunned by what we uncovered. only six states held a court marshall for sexual assault within the last five year. resulting in just thr

more troops, national guard troops, there in washington, d.c., than iraq and afghanistan combined. >> it's a fortress we'll start there. this massive effort under way to identify and disrupt threats to the nation's capitol and cities across the country, and to fortify them just five days before the inauguration of president-elect joe biden. america on alert this morning with security already in place unlike anything this nation has seen since 9/11. let's get right to nbc's tom costello he is in washington on the story. tom, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. the commanding general for the national guard bringing in even more troops, 21,000 national guard troops will be here by inauguration day this is what it looks like there is an inner ring of security, a perimeter, national guard troops and vehicles blocking off all the roads the farther out you go, behind the camera, road after road blocked off by various police agencies. unprecedented level of security. and in state capitals nationwide, federal and local police are also taking it to the next level from the nation'

>> i'm standing here behind this north carolina national guard truck. are going door-to-door and doing the lord's work. these national guardsmen are from north carolina in their own communities and they have been methodically working through the neighborhoods going door-to-door and checking and looking in windows making sure no one gets left behind where the water level trapped people in their home or made it too difficult to drive out. families with pets and they don't want to leave their dog or cat behind. i interviewed an older gentleman and had not seen anything like this. he had water around his calves waiting for this moment this morning to get out of here. he stayed because he wanted to keep an eye on his neighbors. taking advantage of what they have done to get a ride to the shelters and safety before and as the rain continues to come down here. >> even last night, it was after nightly news and the storm surge was at 10 feet. >> in fact he was there at about 4:00. the storm surge was coming in. >> we will see how it goes in slow motion. >>. >> n

he called in the national guard after making that declaration. you take a look at the trucks that were laltimore tonight. 100 soldiers in the first response the head of the maryland guard says up to 5,000 soldiers could be made available to come to baltimore if those resources are required and asked for by the governor. baltimore police they are saying most officers who are out of the hospital were who were hurt from thelast night. several fires still smoking at this hour in multiple parts of the city. we saw some reports about a new two-alarm fire a little south of here on pratt street. the mayor here put a curfew in place. 10:00 tonight, nobody on the streets of baltimore after 10:00 tonight until 5:00 tomorrow morning. the school system here in baltimore is also shut down as a result of this. this is violence that is rolling into hour 13. all of this of course coming on the heels of the death of freddie gray. after he had been arrested and apparently suffered some severe spinal injuries and we saw that there were demonstrators in the streets h

we have 6,000 members of our national guard ready to moze national guard. our utilities have already pre-positioned assets, and they have, they have joint operating agreements where they share in a time of emergency across state lines, all over the country. we have great utilities in our state, and they're going to do everything they can. but it all depends on how much flooding we have, how much storm surge we have, how many power lines are down, how many trees are down. that will determine how fast they can bring our electricity back up. conservation commission has special operations forces. they have search and rescue teams. they have boats. they're ready. but remember this: they cannot rescue you during a storm. they cannot rescue you during a storm. you have to be prepared. i've been talking to local elected leaders, i've been talking to sheriffs today. if you have a question, they are very focused on your safety. call them. call your sheriff's call your emergency management teams. call your mayor's office be if be you have any questions about anything

today. >>> we're staying on top of breaking news right now. 6:55 chopper 4 over the scene of the national guard standing guard today as police and law enforcement are standing by to find out what unfolds in the city after those violent and destructive riots overnight. school is closed today. baltimore is under a state of emergency. news 4 aaron gilchrist is anchoring our coverage in baltimore for us. good morning to you. >> the significant imagery is what you'll see this morning. this is the cvs store we saw looted and burned today. these are the good folks of baltimore who said they don't want to see their city destroyed. they came out with their own brooms. they are cleaning up the storefront. they have been in the streets cleaning up as well, trying to get the debris out of the way. trucks have been here picking up some of the debris crews are bringing up. there is still a police presence here in the city of baltimore. you are going to find officers in riot gear trying to make sure that the violence that we saw yesterday doesn't happen again today. we just heard from the mayor, she's in the

all members of the guard are members of oath state and national guard and the federal national guard of the united states. the army and air national national guard of the united states are two of the six reserve components of the department of defense. the army-navy air force and marine corps reserves or the other for reserve components. members of the national guard conserved in three distinct statuses each of which has differing responsibilities and authorities. first, national guard members may serve in what is known as state active duty. state law dictates when guard members assumed the status. typical state active duty missions include first responder responsibilities after a natural disaster. the state pays for and the governor of that state commands the national guard when it is on the state active duty. the department of defense placed no direct role in that status. second, national guard members may be ordered to duty under title xxxii of the united states code which i will call title xxxii. when the card performs a title xxx to duty it is performing federally funded military

and state boys watching us right now. >> 13 states deployed national guard to protect their state capitol and arkansas using civilian law enforcement. >> you want to be over prepared. >> so far authorities a reftded 1 -- arrested 116 people involved in the capitol siege, among them, the mother of this man seen with zip tries, and police say lisa was also in the capitol with her son telling the news bureau is investigating whether foreign groups provided financial support to extremists who helped to plan the attack sources say fbi is examining payments in $500,000 in bitcoin. this week in washington will be screening for weapons and accordons off in two locations. >> you think this show of force will help. >> you certainly hope so certainly security like i've never seen before. >>> local law enforcement the fbi vetting all service members on the ground in d.c. according to the associated press defense officials fear a potential insider attack tracy potts joining us with the latest this security is truly unprecedented. >> reporter: right, we've never seen anything like this before,

second, the army national guard responds rapidly. the past dozen years of war have demonstrated that even the largest guard formations can be deployed well within the timelines required by combatant commanders. the experience of deploying repeatedly over the past decade has honed this training regiment and significantly reduced postmobilization training time. the army force generation cycle provides a rotating pool of about 55-60,000 army guardsmen in their ready cycle available for employment each year. most companies and company-size units complete their postmobilization training in approximately 30 days. brigade combat teams take a little longer, averaging 50-80 days of training. and, again, it all depends. the active army takes about that long as well depending on what level you go into that training regiment. if you go in at platoon, the it takes a little longer. if you go in at company, it doesn't take quite as long. and while predictability of scheduled deployments is preferable for soldiers, families and civilian m employers,

the national guard deployed. the govern with us live just ahead as the number of cases nationwide shoots up, including dozens traced to a single tech conference in one major city. >>> canceled. life grinding to a halt around the nation. a growing list of schools, events, conferences and concerts called off because of the outbreak. companies urging employees to work from home. just ahead our closer look at the public health strategy of social distancing and why it could be the key to staving off a crisis. >>> biden wins big. the former vice president crushes bernie sanders' hopes of a comeback, cruising to victory in hard fought michigan and other states. is he signaling it's time for the race to wrap up? >> i want to thank bernie sanders and his supporters for the tireless energy and passion. >> what's next? with the to men set to face off on the debate stage in days. >>> all that, harvey weinstein set to learn his sentence in a matter of hours. >>> severe weather alert. alice tracking strong storms in the south

dozens feared dead a toll certain to rise the national guard brought in to help with rescues as families pray for a miracle and survivors pulled from the rubble share their story. >> i had a savior. i don't know who it was, but he lifted a concrete wall off me. >> were live with complete coverage >>> grim milestone, the nation tops 800,000 covid related deaths while new cases climb higher from coast to coast health officials imploring anyone eligible for the vaccine or a booster to get it now >> we have the tools to protect ourselves. >>> and mask mandates return for millions of americans today. >>> breaking overnight, stunning new details from the trove of new emails handed over by former trump chief of staff mark meadows, including one claiming national guard would be there to protect trump supporters since the day before the riot. the latest on the investigation and the standoff over who will testify. >>> who will it be "time" ready to reveal its person of the year and we've got the editor in chief with us live in the studio. >>> those stories, plus, big shocker. peloton strikes back

two national guard soldiers aon u.s.border patrol agent were killed in the crash according to the department of defense, at least one other soldier was seriously injured. this accident occurred friday afternoon and involved a uh-72 lakota helicopter that was conducting aviation operations in texas, about 30 miles from mccallan. officials confirming it was part of a federal southwest border mission. the national guard bureau chief offering his heartfelt condolences, writing all of these people represent the selfless service and the best of america. texas senator john cornyn adding he'll be monitoring for more details on how the tragedy happened. friday's crash is the latest in a string of helicopter accidents we've seen over the past two years, including three fatal black hawk crashes that occurred in alaska, alabama and kentucky. the cause of yesterday's accident is still under investigation, and we do expect to learn the names of the deceased in the coming hours, after the next of kin has been notified, peter. >> our pr

the emergency declaration in essence allow us to deploy the national guard. we have 200 national guardsmen deployed throughout the state. they have humvees to support the local county firefighters and paramedics and police so they can still do their emergency runs on the secondary streets which even in normal snowfalls become very impassible and remained so for a couple of days. that is what the emergency declaration does this allows us to apply for federal help in the event the snowfall requires federal assistance. >> quickly before we let you go, that emergency declaration allowed you to get the help of the national guard. is that enough? >> it is enough? no, we don't have enough to deal with 30 inches of snowfall. that is why we have to keep working together.the humvees are important when they need transportation to the hospitals. our national guard has done very well. no, we don't have -- in a state like ours in the mid-atlantic, you can never have enough snowplows to deal with an historic snow of this magnitude and clear the roads within the hours that ma

i'll say once again i'm fully committed to supporting national guard and active duties.ents and we're providing all the support we can to the states to get the job done in this coronavirus fight, i'm not worried about the number of days what i'm worried about is making sure we win the fight against the coronavirus and fully support the young men and women who are serving on the streets of america in the national guard. >> how concerned are you, sir, about a second wave of the coronavirus? a lot of experts warn about that there was a draft memo from the pentagon published, just a draft, not sent yet. it talked about concerns of a significant resurgence of the virus. how high does that rank on your worry list >> we're looking at a variety of alternative futures if you will. we're talking a lot with our own internal experts last week i had the entire chain of command meet with doctors fauci and birx we spent time on a teleconference with them we have to continually adjust ou readiness, our posture, how we're dealing with it. we're doing that now, if you will we're looking a

the national guard is moving into chicago after clashes between protesters and police. >> in the city, we care for each other. this is a time for us to unite. >> reporter: a nation on edge and up in smoke as many plead for peace in the wake of yet another violent night. >> those images are powerful thank you for that report. >>> as firing protests rage in washington, d.c., secret service rushed president trump to a white house bunker on friday night. the senior administration official tells nbc news that the president spent nearly an hour inside the complex designed for emergencies like terror attacks. tracie potts is joining us now with the lawsuitest. the president is blaming an extremist group for the violence in d.c >> reporter: yeah, not only does he want to call them out, but hpts to declare them a terrorist group. a leftist but domestic group is questioning whether the federal government has the authority to declare a home grown group a terrorist organization that label is typically for foreign organizations. meantime, all of this is happening as violence and demonstrations con

protect the city really past inauguration those troops are a 30-day rotation we're seeing the national guardot only here in washington but around the states. 46 states called up the gnash guard to protect their state capitols after the fbi warned of demonstrations there as well on sunday, what we saw was largely small and peaceful there were some armed protests but they did not turn vial silent and that's what the authorities are hoping for here. the national guard talking about why they will be patrolling the nation's capitol this week >> what we're here for is to provide safety and security for the american people. we're an apolitical organization we're here to make sure it's a proper transition of power we're workings on the democratic side of this >> i think this will be an inauguration unlike any other. having our fellow americans storm a capitol in attempt to overthrown the government certainly warrants tightened security >> reporter: so, a look at what you will see starting today. first all, vice president-elect kamala harris is officially resigning her senate seat today. and of cours

he call the national guard to help out here as a last resort. that was the term that he used that was the term thaft head of the national guard used and he says he did not make that decision lightly. >> he thanked me for the action. said we thought we were doing the right thing. he said i assume you and your

been so much tension in this city past several days, we know that fbi tipped off the minnesota national guardhere was credible lethal thread because of that alone, national guardsmen were carrying rifles, ammunition at ready just in case something should happen. however as we stand here today, relatively quiet night and morning in minneapolis 150 protesters were arrested not far from where i'm standing, so this is a hopeful sign of what's to come for this city that's seen so much damage over the past week. we'll send it back to you. >> morgan, thank you >>> nypd says around 700 new york protesters have been arrested over four days of protests in response to the death of george floyd in minneapolis. officials say sunday's demonstrations were mostly peaceful until final hours of the night when confrontationoli erupted. multle arrests were made and several officers hurt. ron allen has more >> reporter: new york with thousands of protesters demanding justice, clashing with police on the streets. multiple incidents on video igniting outrage, a police vehicle accelerating through a crowd. woman sho

larry hogan calling in the national guard. about 100 soldiers we understand here on the ground right now holding positions under the orders of the baltimore city police department. we want to show you some avoid -- video of national guard trucks leaving for baltimore. as many as 5,000 soldiers could be coming here to baltimore, that many being made available by the national guard. baltimore police say some officers that were hurt are out of the hospital. 15 officers hurt in the violence yesterday. six of them seriously. at least one we understand could still be in grave condition. the mayor here has put a curfew in place. that will start at 10:00 tonight. nobody allowed on the streets of baltimore unless there's a medical emergency or they are going home or to work. baltimore city schools will remain closed today. i want to sort of explain to you how this all got started here in baltimore. of course you'll remember not far from where we are right now there were protests. there were demonstrations that turned violent at a mall

air national guard. so, they're going to be honoring the airmen of the year, the soldier of the year, and some civilians for their efforts in what they do to protect this nation. as you can see, all these guardsmen and women are gathered here. there is going to be a ceremony that starts in just a few minutes. and you know, we don't think about what they do, these men and women in uniform, often called citizen shoulders. a lot of their mission is domestic. they respond to national disasters, natural disasters, insurrections, things like that, and some of them are deployed as well. take a listen. >> we have people that are always deploying from both the army and the air, and being the capitol guardians as we're known, we take our job with a high level of responsibility. >> reporter: and there's going to be a special recognition for the pilot and maintenance crew of that d.c. air national guard f-16 that went down in clinton back in april. that pilot is being heralded as a hero for aircraft away from houses

police and the national guard patrolling the streets. multiple buildings on fire. you see it right there. after a night of protests filled with violence, even rioting, much of the anger aimed at the police precinct of the officers involved in george floyd's death who have been fired but no criminal charges yet. >> the demonstrations fanning out to all corners of the country, cities like new york, louisville, denver, los angeles, and many others, savannah. >> ena moment, hoda, we are going talk to one of the city council members in minneapolis but first let's get right to nbc's gabe gutierrez there on the ground for us. gabe, good morning. tell us about the night. >> savannah, good morning. this was a powder keg that exploded overnight. behind me one of the many buildings that are on fire right now. many of the protesters here are livid that no charges have been filed against the officers involved in the death of george floyd. now, the national guard and state police are here trying to keep the peace, but today there are real questions about whether this chaos will

it's not just the air guard it's the national aviation as well. e look a disasters be as critical, and i will give you one example and the department of defense not just the guard. when we did the exercise last year for the earthquake it became readily apparent that one of our concerns would be the isolation of the population areas due to failures of infrastructure by the event of the earthquake. you face very similar threats to some of your basis. traditionally we have been looking at transport aircraft that can operate limited capability short takeoff and ability to fly adverse conditions. when the guard has had these capabilities organic to them, you are able to call the resources up or get them from the emergency management contact rapidly to move those resources. if that capability isn't there it will then be turning to active duty and potentially reserve units. fewer resources spread out upon more participants. we will still be able to mobilize the response. the question is what have the speed and the capacity that is currently present in the

again, the national guard is thrown in as gray gratuitously. at this stage, i'm looking for additional infoation, but i don't know how to vote on this thing, but it's frustrating for both sides to talk the way you talk and not have the facts. i yieldack. >> gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes ranking membermith for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i think i can help out. first of all, national guard stuff, taking care of the amendment, you know, the money is going to go to thos purposes, the $100 million is put into that as well as the primary endment. the two areas in dispute in the secondary amendment are first of all the $100 billion for the missile defense system, and the problem with the debate here are you for or against it? that's not the point. as explained clearly, given where the ground base missile defense system is at right now, what the general in charge of implementing the program is telling you is that in this coming fiscal year that this bill covers, fiscal year 2012, he cannot spend $100 billion -- >> will the

that was the initial deployment of national guard forces along the southwest border. we have roughly 6000 national guardsmen deployed over a two- year period along the southwest border. we spend a lot of time together, stephen drive, discussing the rules of the use of force and everything and what status the national guard would have during that order of deployment. my recollection is became to the conclusion the guard would be entitled 32 status. that's the middle ground where gubernatorial command and control would be exercised over those forces but dodpay for tho. in general answer to your question, the type of funding used to pay for the national guard forces, traditionally along the southwest bodborder, would be adversely impacted by sequestration. >> a think that is an accurate answer. just to give you a little bit more, the unintended consequence would be -- dod would be faced with less money than it would normally have to do that mission. it was painful to dod to do it when we were better-resourced. it created frankly great thank you to -- great angst. where we

. >> he sent in the national guard. i was there in flint this week. he sent seven national guard. seven. >> he urged president obama to visit flint during his trip to detroit this week. and other celebrities have lent their voices. cher said other artists should help financially. and sandra burnhard. and yesterday, braising more frigid temperatures to pick up much needed to water from national guard troops. here is more. outside the michigan state house demanding action and answers during his state of the state address embattled governor snyder promised to find a solution. >> there can be no excuse. when they turn on the tap, they expect and deserve clean, safe water. it's that simple. >> reporter: residents in flint learned their water supply is contaminated with led, a problem when in 2014, to save money, they began using the flint river. and they think salt in the water curoded led pipes, leaving the community at risk. and doctors say lead levels in children have doubled or tripled since the switch. police and the national guard are passing out bottled water, leaders showing wa

there are still people who are stranded, the national guard is still trying to get to them. but people here need donations, food, supplies, blankets for warmth, and the power is still out. it will will be for days. those who do have power are taking people into their homes and offering any little bit of warmth and comfort that they can. matt? >> natalie over in hoboken this morning, thanks for your reporting from there. we appreciate it. >> we just got a tweet from con edison saying they expect the power to be restored in manhattan in buildings that weren't water damaged friday/saturday, i believe what they said. we'll keep an eye on that. it'll be good news for so many people. for now, though, let's head over to tamron hall. >>> good morning, guys. good morning, everyone. after diverting his efforts to manage the recovery following super storm sandy, president obama is back on the campaign trail today. the commander in chief wednesday in new jersey touring the devastation along the coastline. but he's making up for time today. his republican challenger mitt romney spends th

armory is the chief of the national guard bureau and member of the joint chiefs. general, good morning. nice to have you with us >> good morning. thank you for the time this morning to share with you. >> well, we just heard about more than 20,000 national guard troops who have come to washington to protect our capitol. it is simultaneously comforting and also a little disturbing that it has come to this how confident are you that tomorrow's events will be conducted safely >> well, we've done a lot of work look at the number, 25,000 guardsmen here in support of the lead federal agency. we've met every requirement they've given us for this. also, we're making sure our folks are trained and ready for anything they're going to be asked to do. >> general, it is our understanding that many of them, perhaps most of them, are armed. what are their rules of engagement what have they been told >> so one thing i'd like to highlight, first and foremost, is our folks are always trained in de-escalation techniques. we always want to de-escalate any situation we're in when it co

the national guard at the ready. we're live on the scene. >>> terror attacks. armed gunmen storm a hotel over seas after setting off a car bomb. at least 26 people dead with some americans among them. the latest on a siege that lasted all night. >>> up close and personal. vice president pence visits a detention facility in texas filled with hundreds of chanting immigrants and calls it tough stuff. this is a day before a planned immigration sweep. >> shut it down. >>> all that plus dramatic rescue. a police officer stops a car for speeding and ends up rescuing a baby that is having trouble breathing all caught on camera. >>> courting a record. serena williams in the wimbledon finals this morning hoping to tie the all-time grand slam singles mark and win her first title since becoming a mom. >>> and honoring an angel. >> the angels have no hits. the seattle mariners -- >> on the night anaheim honored tyler skaggs, they pull off a miracle throwing a combined no hitter. the perfect tribute for a beloved teammate. saturday, july 13th, 2019. >>> from nbc news, this i

the mayor did call in the national guard, and we are getting our first view that the national guard has arrived. we saw a truck move into town. hopefully being able to get some troops there who may be able to help with the rescue and help some of the residents that are still stuck in their homes. but you see just to give you a perspective of this city, it is, as i mentioned, a very small city, about one mile square, to be exact, but it is so densely populated. when you think about half of those people or so are stuck in their homes not able to go anywhere, it's a pretty scary situation there. now, of course, most people also don't have power. there are some who do, and for the lucky few, i know from neighbors and friends, that they are taking in anybody that they can to help out and a lot of people volunteering as well, but the good news is for the first time we're seeing the national guard arrive here and hopefully getting some much-needed assistance to this city of hoboken. matt? >> natalie, should also mention that people without power, often that means they are without heat as well,

. >> reporter: nestled in a narrow mountain valley the snow surrounding the national guard headquarters gives the impression of a calm and quiet place. the news 4 i-team uncovered documents showing a battle of the sections raging behind these waltz. >> as a female you have to be faster better stronger at everything you do. you learn that quick. >> a lesson captain dendra weaver learned on the battlefield but one she says she never thought she'd have to learn again when she returned home from afghanistan when she made a sexual harassment complaint. >> i think he was dead serious when he looked at me and said i will f'ing kill you. he was not joking. >> reporter: her complaint unleashed a barrage of complaints from other soldiers. in written statements female service members described a boy's club attitude resulting in derogatory names with multiple complaints of sexual harassment. in response one male officer told investigators he felt the females were whining and such over promotions. >> the army is not a wayward home for girls or a girl scout. >> there were several claims of physical a

some 200 national guard soldiers deployed behind the wheel because of a school bus driver shortage. egular driver. one day they have a soldier. >> reporter: with schools shut by the pandemic, drivers retired or found other jobs. others extended unemployment benefits. some take issue with new rules. >> some don't want to deal with the masking and vaccinations. >> right. they actually had that big challenge. >> reporter: it is not bus drivers. schools nationwide need support staff. especially when covid outbreaks strike. >> a point we were averaging over 40 employees a day out quarantining with a positive diagnosis or exposure. >> reporter: some struggling to find substitute teachers. >> we like a pool of 75 to 100. >> reporter: in missouri and illinois, problems to get school meals to students with food service teams under staff. >> it is like every industry. we don't know where the workers went. >> reporter: pittsburgh delayed the school year with the bus driver shortage. philadelphia is paying to get kids to school. one connecticut town is offering a signing bonus. across massachuse

maryland activated the national guard. we found this on our app banjo. >> yeo, this is [ bleep ] dealing with. yeo, this is right a [ bleep ] street from our house. >> you can hear the fear and panic. she's screaming from what she can see from where she lives. rioters set buildings on fire in many neighborhoods in baltimore as we've been telling you. we found this video. you've seen looters coming out of stores. this video gives us an inside look at the damage that looters did inside game stop. the windows are shattered and inside is a mess. we have an interactive google map showing the reports of trouble overnight. the red shows calls for looting. yellow is calls for fires and blue is calls for help for out of control protests. green and gray are unspecified calls for help. we'll continue to monitor social media and all the information coming into our newsroom. "nbc 10," tracy davidson. >>> 4:17. today jurors will continue to hear more information in the murder trial. james holmes is accused of killing 12 people and injur

on friday, two more levees failed and the national guard was activated in illinois with some residents urged to move to higher ground. national correspondent miguel almaguer is on the front lines in valley park, missouri. miguel, good morning. >> craig, good morning. three major are rivers some dropping up to eight feet a day. the problem, all of the water is headed right down river. >> some houses with flooding in and around the area. >> reporter: it is moving at a volume and rate few have seen before. after swallowing homes, the mississippi river is now pushing downstream at ten times the speed of niagara falls. late next week, it reaches memphis. before it does. >> there are a lot of dangers. >> reporter: this u.s. coast guard team is helping to patrol 500 nautical miles of river looking for anyone in trouble. >> our biggest concern is looking out for those who haven't evacuated and making sure that they don't need our assistance. >> reporter: the widespread flooding across the midwest still threatens 9 million people after claiming seven lives and two missing. hit alton has the nat

the national guard has been called in to to protect 13 state capitols. >> we need people to take a deepreath and relax, we'll be okay. >> hope that peace can be achieved with a massive demonstration of strength, nbc news. >>> after warnings from the fbi every capitol in the nation has been on high alert, especially in states like pennsylvania which were crucial in the presidential election, now more from harrisburg, good morning. >> reporter: those potential apartments and marches that the fbi warned about sunday didn't come to fruition here in the state capital of pennsylvania but didn't stop law enforcement showing a strong show of force outside the capitol with the capitol state police working with the national guard, roads surndsing the -- surrounding the capitol building closes as well as on horseback and a drone, we may have seen five or six protesters, the media strongly outnumbering that, looking ahead to inauguration day, this state capitol in particular will remain closed and lawmakers have been told to work-from-home >> will be a tense couple days, thank you. >>> president tr

the governor called in the national guard to help restore order. we will go live to ferguson for more on the mood there morning after another night of violence. but first a warm and humid start to the day. we're watching a line of showers and the impact it could have on your plans today. >> chuck bell is tracking those chances in your hour by hour forecast. >>> what a beautiful sunrise from the tower looking out to the northeast this morning. there it is, the big ball of fire in the eastern sky. enjoy it while you can see it because that right there is the line of clouds which will block out the sun for much of the late morning hours. first raindrops are still well down to our south and west, but they are moving in our direction, so rain chances will increase hour by hour through the day today. out the door temperature, mid-60s to low 70s. the bay, 68 at 6:00 a.m., 72 at 8:00 this morning. a beautiful afternoon coming. mix of clouds and sunshine. it will look and feel like august out there today. shower chances ramp up mid to late afternoon in to e