passes it gets harder to find her >> reporter: dulce's mother told police the family came to this bridgeton, new jersey park she stayed in the car while the kids played here minutes later dulce was gone shd daylight dulce's mother pleading for her daughter's return. >> we can't find my daughter >> reporter: the search growing on the ground and from the air as volunteers offer food, water, and reward money >> when i see her, she's like my daughter at that young age and it hurts me seeing her disappear. >> reporter: a family desperate for answers in a race against time rehema ellis, nbc news, bridgeton, new jersey. >>> now to a terrifying emergency for passengers on a delta airlines flight. when pilots quickly descended 30,000 feet. nbc's tom costello has details >> reporter: delta airlines flight 2353 was traveling from atlanta to fort lauderdale wednesday when pilots received d quickly, descending 30,000 feet in just eight minutes. >> there's an emergency inbound. >> reporter: as oxygen masks dropped, one passenger hugged his son. 121-year-old hn a roller coaster and you go down a steep hil

later at bridgeton city park, police say a man may have lured her from the swings where she was playing with her little brother and drove away in a red van. dulce's mother was in her car just 30 yards away when the girl vanished. >> all of us are missing her a lot. >> reporter: dozens of officers, police dogs and neighbors scouring the park for clues.n s but turning up nothing. and late today, the family saying they have no idea who could have taken her. >> it could be anyone, even if it's a stranger, but the only thing we're asking is for her to come back home safely. >> reporter: tonight, police are looking for that red van with tinted windows and a sliding door on the passenger side. >>hitohnson reporting tonight. thank you, whit. >>> next, this evening, president trump and a new feud with california tonight, telling that state it cannot set its own emissions standards, revoking that state's right to set its own limits for cars and trucks. california's governor calling it amautn from california. >> reporter: tonight, president trump in california, picking what could be a long legal f

then the family made their way to bridgeton city park where police believe she was abducted.he girl's mother tells investigators she remained in her vehicle with another child as her and her brother played on a swing set some 30 yards away. when her son returned, b no sign of her. >> the only thing we're asking is for her to come back home safely we don't know who took her, how she's doing and everything. the only thing we're trying to do is find her. >> police suspect the little girl was lured into a red van with tinted windows. an amber alert describes the person police want to speak to as being between 5'6 and 5'8" with a thin build. had acne, orange sneakers -- >> this person may not realize they have important information that may be able to help us locate her. >> for much of the week, search crews have scoured the nearly 1,000 acre park with canine, divers, still no sign to have little girl. the vice president of the center for missing and exploited children said he believes there are three b possibilities being considered by police. >> the child you know may have found

reporter: tonight a family desperate for answers in a race against time rehema ellis, nbc news, bridgeton, new jersey. >> up next for us, frightening moments at 30,000 feet the juul . they took $12.8 billion from big tobacco. juul marketed mango, mint, and menthol flavors, addicting kids to nicotine. five million kids now using e-cigarettes. the fda said juul ignored the law with misleading health claims. now juul is pushing prop c, to overturn san francisco's e-cigarette protections. say no to juul, no to big tobacco, no to prop c. >>> we're back now with the terrifying emergency for passengers aboard a delta airlines flight when the pilots had to quickly make an emergency descent some 30,000 feet very quickly. here's tom costello. >> reporter: delta airlines flight 2353 was traveling from atlanta to fort lauderdale wednesday when pilots received a cabin pressure warning and acted quickly, descending 30,000 feet in just eight minutes. >> there is an emergency inbound. >> reporter: as oxygen masks dropped, one passenger hugged his son. 21-year-old says his first instinct was to call his f

little dulce maria alavez was last seen on monday playing at a park in bridgeton when police say she was snatched by a man in a red van. an amber alert was issued the fbi is also investigating. the community has assisted in the search for dulce. $35,000 reward is being offered for information leading to her whereabouts. >>> here at nbc, we have been bringing you a series of reports examining the climate in crisis. but an important measure of impact is often out of sight deep beneath the sea kerry sanders went diving off the coast of florida to show us what is threatening the fragile ecosystem in the water. >> reporter: just six miles off the coast in a florida keys, a view to behold, a 300,000-year-old court reef that to the untrained eye appears to be thriving. >> dr. brian la point, a research scientist at florida atlantic university studied this reef for the last 30 years we went diving to see the devastation first-hand >> how sad are you, when you see what the coral looks like today, versus 30 years ago? >> sad and heart breaking. >> reporter: side by side views charted over the

. ♪ hundreds gathering at a vigil at the bridgeton park where dulce was last seen playing on the swingsith her little brother. investigators say an unidentified man may have lured dulce into a red van with tinted windows. >> i was looking for her, and i asked people around us, and i couldn't find her. >> reporter: her mother telling police she was in a car 30 yards away when her daughter disappeared. >> all of us are missing her, her brother, her aunt, everyone. everyone's worried about her. >> reporter: dulce's family urging anyone with information not to be afraid of police as dozens of officers, neighbors, and the fbi continue the search for the little girl for a sixth day. officials are reassuring anyone with information they are not concerned with immigration status. mona kosar abdi, abc news, washington. >> our thanks to mona there. >>> on opposite sides of the country, opposite weather >> puerto rico is on alert for a storm system in the atlantic basin. tropical storm karen may reach puerto rico, and jerry is near bermuda. another system off the western coast of africa is expecte

. ♪ let there be peace on earth hundreds gathering at a vigil at the bridgeton park where dulce was last playing on the swings with her little brother. investigators say an unidentified man may have lured dulce into a red van with tinted windows. >> i went looking for her and i asked people around us, and i couldn't find nothing. >> reporter: her mother telling police she was in a car 30 yards away when her daughter disappeared. >> all of us are missing her a lot. her brother, her aunt, everyone. everyone is worried about her. >> reporter: dulce's family urging anyone with information not to be afraid of the police. as dozens of officers, neighbors, and the fbi continue the search for the little girl for a sixth day. and tonight, officials reassuring anyone with information they are not concerned with immigration status. tom? >> mona, thank you. >>> up next, the teens arrested in a deadly attack at a fairgrounds. was it part of a game? what police are saying tonight. >>> plus, what had some hotel guests in times square running for their lives early this morning. morning. we'll be right b

. >> stephanie, a resident of bridgeton in south jersey turned 100 years old on august 25. mr. van drew: stephanie has always been an incredibly active person in her community. she values faith, family, and heritage is the most important aspects of her life. she was important into a family of polish immigrants and had her mid 20's she became a seamstress and made uniforms for soldiers during world war ii. after the war stephanie spent most of her time with her children, but she continued to work at home as a seamstress and dress maker. over the years, stephanie has given her time as a den mother, a girl scout leader, a christ child volunteer, a coordinator for the polish american club, and many, many, many other roles. they are actually countless. now she loves to crochet, read, and spend time with her seven grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. stephanie, happy birthday. we are incredibly lucky to have you. may god bless you, southiersy is proud of you. new jersey is proud of you. and america is proud of you. thank you, madam speaker. i yield back my time. the speaker pr

whit johnson is on the scene in bridgeton, new jersey. good morning, whit. >> reporter: michael, good morning to you. police still have a lot of questions about what happened here but they are painting a terrifying picture and raising the possibility that a little girl may have been taken from a park by a stranger. this morning, the search for 5-year-old dulce maria alavez growing more desperate seen in these surveillance images nearly three days ago getting ice cream at a convenience store before mysteriously vanishing from a new jersey playground. her family just feet away. authorities issuing an amber alert, 50 officers from multiple agencies including the fbi scouring this heavily wooded park with k-9s, helicopters, even divers combing the bottom of a pond but turning up nothing. she was last seen at bridgeton city park monday around 5:00 p.m. police say she was playing with her 3-year-old brother near the swings when a man described as having a thin build, no facial hair and acne may have lured her away possibly to a red van and then

dulce maria alavez was last seen at this bridgeton park before possibly being abducted while playing with her little brother. her mother was in her car just 30 yards away when the girl vanished. >> i went looking for her. i asked people around and couldn't find her. >> reporter: this surveillance video showing dulce inside a convenience store just moments before her disappearance. authorities now searching for a man who possibly lured the girl into a red van. >> all of us are missing her a lot. >> reporter: dozens of officers, police dogs and neighbors helping in the search, scouring the park for clues. the family still unsure who may have taken her and praying for her safe return. >> everybody pray for dulce's family. >> experts in child abduction note that time is the enemy here. the fbi is helping with the investigation. >> good thing the fbi is on the case. really pulling for that family. thank you, whit. >>> let's switch gears and get it back to rob. rob, not only are we looking at the tropics and severe weather for the middle of the country. >> not the best of weekends as far a

host: tony is next up from bridgeton, missouri. what are your thoughts? caller: good morning.s for as i am concerned. , there are two trains of thought, there is the evolutionary principle, where everything came, and then there is the creation principle, in which this world is created. those are the only two trains of thought. according to the evolutionists the world will come to an end because of man, and according to the creationists the world of becoming to an end because it was god's choice. that is all. this isny in missouri, from the "washington examiner and what weekend edition a bit on the policy and of things. climate tariffs become popular, options to cut emissions. they write, politicians around the world are increasingly embracing mixing combating global warming with policy. the once unpopular prospect of taxing imports of carbon-intensive goods, and now, analysts say china could follow suit. seen as a way to regulate greenhouse gases. managing director of research at clearview energy says -- it is messy, it is the last desirable way to put a price on carbon, but w