nbc's blake mccoy has the latest from hard hit missouri. >> reporter: tonight, parts of flood missouri and arkansas prolonging the agony for homeowners like john shoe with a mote forming around his home, he's keeping faith the water will stay back. >> the river is a half a mile away. >> yeah. >> and now? >> now i got to look for property. >> reporter: basement after basement tonight flooded. 90 state highways shut down in missouri alone. in arkansas breached levees have sent thousands of residents fleeing to higher ground. severe storms today have also toppled trees across the south. satellite images show the incredible ground saturation these storms have caused. flood records are still being broken. in eureka, missouri, this is what it looked like as volunteers scrambled earlier in the week to protect homes and businesses. tonight, this stretch of the marimac river has finally begun to recede. >> on this side, water was to about here. >> reporter: relief for one town as swollen rivers creep ever so slowly south. folks here are finally getting some relief from the weather. the rain is

blake mccoy takes us inside the flood zone tonight. >> reporter: with swelling rivers outside st. louis tonight, nearing record flood levels, hundreds of volunteers are filling sandbags. a fran tech effort to protect homes and businesses, like jim umbarker's bakery. >> it's a little overwhelming. i'm actually speechless. >> reporter: high schoolers in eureka, missouri, joined the effort. classes canceled. the campus only accessible by boat. further up the merrimack river, mandatory evacuations. >> you don't know if you're going to come home to a home or not. >> reporter: for now the levee is holding. but more rain is on the way. >> it lasts in the midwest until early afternoon on thursday. we'll see a wide spread one to four inches of rain with isolated amounts of five inches or more. >> reporter: communities in arkansas and missouri are bracing for agonizing days ahead. blake mccoy, nbc news. >>> in boston tonight, an investigation is under way into an alleged incident at the famous fenway park, where a player on the visiting baltimore yo baltimore orioles say of fans hurled raci

nbc's blake mccoy has more. >> reporter: it's been nearly four months since cornelia reynolds discovered the unthinkable, her 8-year-old son dead in his bedroom. gabriel had hanged himself from his bunk bed. >> he probably didn't want to say, mom, somebody bullying or picking on me, you know. he just didn't know how to tell me. >> reporter: reynolds spoke with our cincinnati affiliate wlwt days after gabriel's death and says she was never told her third grader was being bullied but tonight this video has been released showing an alleged assault in a school bathroom where gabriel is knocked unconscious two days before he ended his life. >> the school district never told mom that there was a video. they never told mom he had been assaulted. >> reporter: family attorneys were given the video after they began asking questions. the school district denies any wrongdoing saying, in part, throw the connection between this incident at school and gabriel's suicide are not clear, the district shared this video with police investigators at the time of the incident. their investigation has concluded

blake mccoy, nbc news, arnold, missouri. >>> there is word this evening of new problems for uber, the ride service used by millions across the country. justice department investigators are now looking at whether the company's use of software to evade local regulators was illegal. the latest black eye for the company's beleaguered ceo. we get details from our justice correspondent pete williams. >> reporter: government officials say the justice department is looking at how uber elbowed its way into portland two and a half years ago using special software to evade local regulators called greyball, it would identify city employees based on their location and even credit cards to steer clear of them. here's how it worked. a city inspector who launched the app to hail an uberx car would get an altered display showing no cars available or the ride would be canceled. >> we're not happy about it here in portland. and i know other communities around the country and around the world feel the same. >> reporter: uber admits that it used the software that way for two weeks in late 2014, but insist

blake mccoy, nbc news, london. >>> the music world is paying tribute tonight to a legend of rock andoll, gregg allman, a founder of the allman brothers band, has died. ♪ ♪ baby gregg allman helped create the sound that defined southern rock. ♪ run down a bluesy hard-jamming style heavy on guitar, keyboards and driving vocals. >> we play rock and roll just a lot of other people. we play a style of rock and roll. a lot of bands that came after us were playing similar music. it's just -- it's honest music. >> reporter: honest music that influenced generations of musicians. gregg and his older brother duane founded the allman brothers band in 1969. their first big hit, a live album, "at fillmore east," made for commercial and critical success. duane died in a motorcycle accident shortly after the album's release. gregg then led the band through four more decades marked by more hits. ♪ lord, i was born a rambling man ♪ ♪ not gonna let them catch the midnight rider ♪ >> he married and divorced pop icon cher, just one of his six marriages, and had public battles with drugs and alcohol. many

nbc's blake mccoy in london this morning. what's the latest on north korea and the reaction from the u.s.? >> frances, good morning. u.s. officials say short range ballistic missile flew for six minutes and 250 miles before crashing into the sea of japan. japanese officials don't believe it hit anything but it is the third missile test in three weeks. tensions in the region are already high. this morning japan and south korea are vowing to take action. over the weekend, north korean state media released these photos of kim jong-un overseeing new military exercises. the isolated country and its nuclear ambition is seen as one of the biggest national security challenges facing the trump administration. u.s. officials say they are still working this morning to gather information about the latest launch. frances and gigi. >> blake mccoy, thank you. >>> there was a scary moment at the indy 500 on the 55th lap, jay howard came out of the turn, hit the wall, speeding down and crashing into another driver scott dixon, sending him fly

>> blake mccoy, thank you. >>> for hours this morning royal watchers were in a frenzy about a meeting and unexpected announcement at buckingham palace. the news came prince phillip will give phillip will give up most of his royal duty this falthis fall this ft. duty this falthis fall this f . more from keir simmons in london. >> the duke increasingly frail will you ready with a joke today. for decades the naval office stood beside the queen but the pal -- palace announcing starting in september on many official ocho ca -- occasions he will be missing. he'll be missing. >> he's been my strength and stay for all these years. >> i think that will continue. >> reporter: there were rumors of affairs and bitter fights depicted in the netflix series "the crown." phillip feels shunned by the royal court. >> the grail to them, they hate me. >> reporter: and privately describing the crisis surrounding princess dianna's death as a nightmare. helping his children and grandchildren through it. >> the queen isn't going to be on the thrown forever. there is a notion of preparing the world for king c

blake mccoy takes us inside the flood zone tonight. >> reporter: with swelling rivers outside st. louis, hundreds of volunteers are filling sandbags, a frantic effort to protect homes and businesses, like jill umbarger's bakery. >> it's a little overwhelming. i'm actually speechless. >> reporter: high skerls in eureka, missouri, joined the effort and classes cancelled, the campus only accessible by boat. further up in valley park, mandatory evacuations. >> it's nerve-wracking, you don't know if you will come home to a home or not. >> reporter: for now the town's levee is holding but more rain is on the way. >> the next rain arrives tomorrow morning and lasts in the midwest until early afternoon thursday. we will see a widespread 1 to 4 inches of rain with isolated amounts of 5 inches or more. >> reporter: tonight, with waters rising, communities in arkansas and missouri bracing ag communities in blake mccoy, nbc news.. >>> in boston tonight, an investigation under way at an alleged incident at the famous fenway park where a player on the visiting baltimore orioles says red sox fan

nbc's blake mccoy live in missouri. ck out blake's full report coming up next on the "today" show. >>> now to a developing story. in a few hours police will update us on the capture of an inmate that escaped in jesup, maryland. david watson broke free while being hospital for an evaluation. they found him hiding inside an 18 inch drainage pipe. the choppers went up in the air near where he escaped. he faces charges in delaware for attempted murder. >>> we've been following breaking news at the live desk. prince philip is stepping away from public service. here's a live look at buckingham palace. the queen is there right now. erika zon dal lez is at the live desk with what this means for the family. good morning. >> breaking news from buckingham palace. prince philip will stand down from his royal duties in the fall. when we first began this broadcast we knew that there had been some sort of an emergency meeting with palace officials. the duke has remained very active and has the full support of the queen. we understand t

. >> nbc's blake mccoy is in kansas where chelsea manning has been serving her sentence. blake, good morning. >> reporter: aaron and eun, we're looking out for my sighting of manning. here she's set to be released after sevening seven of a 35-year sentence. president obama in one of his final and most controversial acts in office commuted the remainder of manning's sentence saying he felt it was disproportionate to what others have received. and been hush about what her next steps are when she's outside of prison here. she's appealed the decision which could take years. an online cloud sourcing campaign has raised $140,000 to help man be reacclimate and begin her any life. >> blake mccoy live in kansas. be sure to catch blake's full report coming right up on the "today" show. >>> 6:49. a grieving family has a warning for other parents to make sure home day cares don't have guns anywhere near children. 4-year-old cole james clark was killed in rural orange county. the toddler had somehow picked up a loaded gun and shot himself. a stafford county deputy in training also liv

blake mccoy.bc news, london. >>> a fleet week demonstration that sadly turned tragic in new jersey this weekend as a navy parachutist plunged into water near liberty state park during a routine demonstration. it was supposed to be a high light of new york's fleet week. the elite u.s. navy team parachute team descending in formation near the sat out of liberty but one of the s.e.a.l.'s chutes failed to open properly. >> and i ask for all of your prayers for the navy s.e.a.l. community who lost a true patriot today. >>> an investigation has been launched to find out exactly what went wrong. >> senator kamala harris will be touring different parts of california to talk about the impact of the president's budget plan and will be at the port of los angeles on wednesday to talk about how the budget would impact transportation. goods movement and workforce development. on thursday she plans to visit the martin luther king jr. outpatient center to talk about the republican health care plan. >>> coming up

nbc's blake mccoy is outside ft. leavenworth prison with more. >> reporter: chelsea manning released in the dead of night with no fanfare according to a army official serving 7 years of a 35-year sentence for releasing a trove of classified information to wikileaks. president obama as one of his more final and controversial acts in office commuted the remainder of manning's sentence says he believes 35 years was disproportionate to what other leak verse received and that justice had been served. manning came out as a transgender woman shortly after her woman and has had a rough time in prison, according to her attorneys, attempting suicide twice. manning's legal team is not releasing any information about her immediate future plans, saying she will continue to appeal her conviction. while that appeal goes forward manning will remain a member of the u.s. military eligible for benefits but not pay. $140,000 has been raised online to help manning reacclimate and start a newly. here at ft. leavenworth, i'm blake mccoy, n

nbc's blake mccoy is following all this from london. blake, what can you tell snus. >> reporter: frances, good morning. u.s. officials say the short range ballistic missile flew for six minutes before crashing in to the sea of japan. the japanese don't believe it hit anything but it is the third missile test in three weeks. tensions in the region are already high. this morning, japan and south korea are vowing to take action. over the weekend north korean state media released these photos of leader kim jong-un overseeing military exercises, the isolated country and nuclear ambition is seen as one of the biggest national security challenges facing the trump administration. u.s. officials say they are working together with this late est move. >>> there was a scary moment at the indy 500 on the 55 lap. jay howard crashed into another driver scott dixon sending him flying through the air on top of the safety barrier. fortunately, if you can believe it, both drivers survived the incident. they were examined and cleared. they didn't finish the

nbc's blake mccoy is at fort leavenworth military prison with more. >> reporter: good morning. chelsea manning set to be released from a military prison in fort leavenworth, kansas, accused of leaking a trove of classified military documents to wikileaks. she served just seven of a 35-year sentence, president obama in one of his final and more controversial acts in office commuted the remainder of the sentence saying 35 years was disproportionate to what other leakers received and he felt justice had been served. manning's legal team has been hished about what her next moves are. she is still appealing that conviction. we're told that appeal could take several years still. she will remain a member of the military eligible to receive benefits but not pay while that appeal is seen through. $140,000 has been raised online to help manning reacclimate. >>> new orleans removed a third confederate monument, this a statue of beauregard. opponents of the statue say the monuments pay honor to slavery and do not represent the city's values. monument supporters gathered around the site, ar

nbc's blake mccoy has the latest from hard-hit missouri. >> reporter: parts of flood ravaged missouri and arkansas remain under water, relentless rain prolonging the agony for homeowners like john shu, he's keeping faith the water will stay back. >> the river is half a mile away. >> yeah. >> and now? >> now i got lake front property. >> reporter: basement after basement flooded, 90 state highways shut down in mission sorry alone. in arkansas, breached levees sent thousands of residents fleeing to higher ground. severe storms have also toppled trees across the south. satellite images show the incredible ground saturation these storms have caused. flood records are still being broken. in eureka, missouri, this is what it looked like as volunteers scam bld earlier in the week to protect homes and businesses. this stretch of the merrimac river has finally begun to recede >> on this side water was to about here. >> relief for one town as swollen rivers creep ever so slowly south. >> thank you to blake for that. i want to go now to bill karins. we've seen the soggy forecast in missouri, but

. >> blake mccoy, thank you. >>> there was a scary moment at the indy 500 on the 55th lap, jay howard came out of the turn, hit the wall, speeding down and crashing into another driver scott dixon, sending him flying into the air on top of the safety barrier. fortunately if you can believe both drivers survived. they were examined and cleared by the medical center. ile they didn't win, the first japanese driver won indy 500. here he is celebrating. doesn't drink at all but thumb's over the head. nice tradition. >> unbelievable. that is the headline at the french open when the number one female in the world made history. she becomes the first to ever get ousted from the tournament in first round. she rose to number one after serena williams stepped off the court due to injury and pregnancy in january. >>> for a look at memorial day weather, here is meteorologist bonnie schneider. is it going to rain? >> it's raining now across the northeast and into the atlantic. we have thunderstorms through the state college area and across much of the south. if you're driving i-10 louisiana or texas

blake mccoy is monitoring the situation from london. know more about this latest launch officially and unofficially? >> well it is the third as you mentioned north korean missile test in three weeks, the ninth test this year. this was a short range ballistic missile flying for six minutes and 250 miles before crashing into the sea of japan within japan's territorial waters. t tensions are high and japan and south korea are hoping to take action. president trump tweeting this morning, north korea has shown great disrespect for their neighbor china by shooting off another ballistic missile but china is trying hard. no one wants war with a nuclear north korea. james mattis warns it would be catastrophic. >> a crown flionflict in north would be one of the worst kind of fight in most people's life tooims. this is so threat to the region, to japan, to south korea. s it is a direct threat to the united states. >> the u.s. officials are working to father more information about this latest launch but say the u.s. will support or allies in the re

nbc's blake mccoy in london for was the latest. where was the missile launched from.ything about how their nuclear program might be developing. >> reporter: well, good morning. u.s. officials say this is one of those short range ballistic missiles north korea has tested before. this one flew for six minutes and 250 miles before crashing into the sea of japan. the japanese don't believe it hit anything. it's the third missile test in three weeks. tensions in the region are already high. over the weekend. north korean state media released photos of kim jong-un overseeing new military exercises. seen one of the biggest national security challenges facing the trump administration. hoping for help from china to reign in neighbor north korea. president trump tweeted in the last ten minutes, north korea has shown great disrespect for their neighborhood china by shooting off another ballistic missile. there's that tweet, but he says china is trying hard. this morning, japan and south korea are vowing action. listen to their language here. japan prime minster says he will take

nbc's blake mccoy shows us the massive impact this morning. >> reporter: this morning in parts of the midwest and south, torrential rain is adding to already record flooding. down river water surging through a levy breach northeast of little rock. officials warning it's a life threatening situation. the black river ten feet above flood stage. national guard troops now on alert. 6400 nearby residents told to seek higher ground. this couple lets their house monday. >> it's cold. it's raining. it's bad. i'd like to go home. >> it's going to get stuck. >> reporter: this terrifying scene in louisiana as a school bus with kids inside comes precariously close to tipping over. the kids all rescued and okay this morning. everywhere you look, water. all over, stories of misery. stacy robinson's basement >> i haven't had much sleep. i've set my alarm for every 45 minutes to wake up and go out and check the road to see how far it's come up. i'm wanting this rain to stop. you know, i hate this. >> reporter: the water here is already starting to recede. and residents could be let back into their ho

nbc's blake mccoy in valley park, missouri, west of st. louis. hi, blake, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning to you. check this out. major highways washed out. 6 homes and businesses have been evacuated. here in missouri alone, at least five deaths have been attributed to this historic flooding. this morning in parts of the midwest and south, torrential rain is adding to already record flooding. >> oh, my god. >> thr waterfront cabin no match for arkansas's swollen current river. down river, water surging through a levee breach northeast of little rock. officials warning it's a life-threatening situation. the black river ten feet above flood stage. national guard troops now on alert. 6,400 nearby residents told to seek higher ground. this couple left their house monday. >> it's cold, it's raining, it's bad. i would like to go home. >> reporter: overnight, a new line of severe storms racing across the gulf coast. up to four inches of rain pounding the area around lake charles, louisiana, already hit by dangerous hail as the water con

nbc's blake mccoy is there. blake, good morning. >> reporter: matt, good morning.ad of night with no fanfare according to a u.s. army official. serving just seven years of a 35-year sentence. president obama in one of his more controversial final acts commuted the remainder of the sentence saying he believed that 35 years was disproportionate to what other leakers received, and he felt justice was served. manning came out as a transgender woman and her attorneys say she's had a tough time in prison, even attempting suicide twice. her attorneys have been hush about manning's immediate future plans only saying she'll continue to appeal her conviction. about $140,000 has been raised to help manning start a new life. and we're told that while that appeal go forward, manning will remain a member of the military pay. >> all right. blake, thank you. >>> a search for a private plane that vanished over the bermuda triangle. a mother, her two children and a friend at the controls. so far no sign of survivors. kerry sanders is in miami. >> reporter: the challenge this morning

blake mccoy is there. reporter: manning released here in the dead of night, with no fanfare, according to a u.s. army official. serving just 7 years of a 35-year sentence. president obama, in one of his more controversial final acts commuted the reminder of manning's sentence. he believed that 35 years was disproportionate to what other leakers had received. and he felt that justice had been served. shortly after sentencing, manning came out as a transgender woman. had a tough time here in palestinian, attempting decide twice. her attorneys have been hush about her immediate plans. only saying she will continue to appeal her conviction. about $140,000 has been raised to help manning start a new life. and we're told why that appeal goes forward, manning will remain a member of the military, eligible for benefits but not pay. matt? >> blake, thank you very much. >>> now, to the desperate search for a private plane that vanished over the bermuda triangle. onboard, a mother, her two children and their friend, w

nbc's blake mccoy has the latest. blake, good morning. >> reporter: sheinelle, good morning to you. this latest test shows an increasingly bold north korea defying repeated warnings from the u.s. and its allies. it comes as we're seeing images of north korean leader kim jong-un released over the weekend. with tensions already high, north korea launched yet another missile, its third test in three weeks. the latest, according to u.s. officials, a short range ballistic missile flying for six minutes and nearly 250 miles before crashing into the sea of japan. the japanese prime minister vowing to take action. over the weekend, these new state media show leader kim jong-un overseeing military exercises. the isolated country and its nuclear ambition is seen as one of the biggest national security challenges facing the trump administration. >> a conflict in north korea, john would be probably the worst kind of fighting in most people's lifetimes. >> reporter: this morning, u.s. officials are working with allies to gather more information and plot their next move. this morning j japan and