lee cowan, nbc news, los angeles. >> okay, permission to go wild. that's our broadcast for this tuesday night. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. we hope to see you back here tomorrow evening. good night. >>> good evening,thank you for joining us on this tuesday. i'm raj mathai. >> i'm jessica aguirre. not if, but when. the ntsb slamming pg & e saying the rupture in san bruno represented a multitude of mistakes. >> the ntsb claiming that it was a cyst mat systematic failure, live team coverage beginning

lee cowan, nbc news, los angeles. >> now as you might imagine, a lot of our viewers have shown their own generosity to rachel's charity. if you wish to do so, you can link to it via our website tonight, that's nightly.msnbc.com. that is our broadcast on a wednesday night. thank you as always for being here with us. i'm brian williams and we hope to see you back here tomorrow evening. evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> right now, developing news as a hotel standoff disrupts the evening commute. >>> and for the second time in four days, b.a.r.t. becomes the victim of hackers, but this time it involves b.a.r.t. police officers, their families and their safety. >>> and phillip and nancy garrido are questioned about another high profile kidnapping in the bay area. the news at 6:00 starts right now.

lee cowan, nbc news, venice beach, california. >>> that's "nbc nightly news" for this saturday. i'm lester holt. reporting from new york. i'll see you tomorrow morning on "today," then right back here tomorrow evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good saturday evening, i'm diane dwyer. the coast guard is asking for the public's help tonight in finding a

nbc's lee cowan is in blisteringly hot phoenix, arizona, tonight, with more. >> reporter: phoenix knows hot. but with a predicted high of 115 today, even the desert loving ostriches at the zoo had to be hosed down. >> i lived here my whole life and even for me it gets hotter and hotter every summer. >> reporter: arizona joins at least 17 other states today that topped the century mark. 12 are in excessive heat warning tonight, all putting a drain on power grids burning up from overuse. >> drinking close to 90 ounces of water a day. a lot. >> reporter: the suffering was everywhere. in dallas, the heat wave logged its 33rd day in a row with temperatures over 100. >> it feels like the worst one so far. i've been here 15 years. >> reporter: but misery over the mercury is more than just a physical discomfort here in arizona and texas and oklahoma. it is just contributing to one of the worst droughts since the 1950s. >> nothing can grow. everything is dying on the vine, in the fields, and ranchers are setting their cattle to market early because they don't have enough grain and water to feed

lee cowan, nbc news, hollywood. >>> that's our broadcast for this friday night. thank you for being with us. i'm lester holt in tonight for brian. i'll see you tomorrow morning on "today" and right back here tomorrow evening. good night, everyone. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> happening right now, a first in history for the u.s. credit rating. a major downgrade. good evening, everyone, i'm j jenelle wang. >> we learned standard & poor downgraded the u.s. credit rating from aaa held by the u.s. over 70 years to a aa-plus. scott budman is here with the breakdown. first time in history we're talking about. there have been warnings this could happen. what does this aa-plus mean to you and

lee cowan, nbc news, tucson. >>> and that's our broadcast for this tuesday night. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams and we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com an innocent bystander. new details about garrido's history of luring young girls even after they kidnapped jaycee dugard. >>> i'm jodi hernandez in west oakland where neighbors are firing up the grill in the name. we'll take to you the national night out festivities coming up.

lee cowan, nbc news, los angeles. >> and we are back with more right after this. >>> i can't imagine who would do this, but it turns out a number of you are fakers. our friends at pew research have found 13% of cell phone owners pretend to use their phone to avoid interacting with people. when you see them, they may be talking, but there's nobody there. >>> while we want to assure you right now you're in no danger, in fact, you're doing a good thing right now and will be richer for the experience, watching a lot of television shortens your lifespan, at least that's the conclusion of a big new study out of australia that says for each hour of tv you watch over the age of 25, it takes 22 minutes off your life at the end of life. put another way, one researcher said this puts tv in the same category as smoking and obesity. it can speed up a premature death by five years if you're a dedicated tv viewer, which must be why i never make plans for the weekend. >>> big jim thome hit number 600 last night. he joins the club now of a-rod, bonds, mays, griffey, sosa, ruth and aaron. he is just t

lee cowan, nbc news, venice beach, california. >> nbc there. >>> highway 1 ow 1 is due to be shut down for several days on the peninsula so crews can paint a new bike and pedestrian over-crossing. the northbound lanes of 101 in and nt between ralstoncc1: to 4:00 a.m. and the southbound lanes in the same area between th between and 18cc1: 1:00 and 4:30 a.m. around?way to get cc1: el cami el cami el camino real. >>> if you were driving around the peninsula, you may have been stuck in traffic. that's because more than 1,000 bicyclists hit the road in the tour de peninsula. it ended in coyote park where there was a festival. it's designed to raise money for the san francisco county parks foundation. and while the cool weather along the peninsula may have felt good, if you were riding a bike perhaps, tourists in san francisco were shivering a bit, do you like this this weather? >> i do. she don't. i do. >> it's okay. it it's like home in the cc1: wintertime. >> that's classic san francisco summer weather. people were bundled p up in jackets and scarves there. most of the tourists agreed it'

. >> colonel bill cowan just below me. they should reverse that i am a private.onel before i get to you i want to read part of the statement from the president. the future of libya is in the hands of the people in the united states will continue to stay close coordination with transitional national council. th we will continue to insist the basic rights of the libyan people are respected. we will continue to work with our allies and partners in the international community to protect the people of libya and support a peaceful transition to democracy that from the president of the united states who you know is vacationing. >> colonel bill cowan you have been around long enough we have seen the fall of many cities in cairo the tune in to tunisia. saigon back in the day what happens when w sidney? >> i remember saigon. just like tripoli they fell rare quickly. things kinds of turned quickly. there was chaos for a while. in the case of saigon the sri et come came in with a death grip on the city. they held off people that were never seen again. what is interesting in

. >> colonel bill cowan just below me. they should reverse that i am a private. colonel before i get to you i want to read part of the statement from the president. the future of libya is in the hands of the people in the united states will continue to stay close coordination with transitional national council. th we will continue to insist the basic rights of the libyan people are respected. we will continue to work with our allies and partners in the international community to protect the people of libya and support a peaceful transition to democracy that from the president of the united states who you know is vacationing. >> colonel bill cowan you have been around long enough we have seen the fall of many cities in cairo the tune in to tunisia. saigon back in the day what happens when w sidney? >> i remember saigon. just like tripoli they fell rare quickly. things kinds of turned quickly. there was chaos for a while. in the case of saigon the sri et come came in with a death grip on the city. they held off people that were never seen again. what is interesting

. >> colonel bill cowan just below me. they should reverse that i am a private. colonel before i get to you i want to read part of the statement from the president. the future of libya is in the hands of the people in the united states will continue to stay close coordination with transitional national council. th we will continue to insist the basic rights of the libyan people are respected. we will continue to work with our allies and partners in the international community to protect the people of libya and support a peaceful transition to democracy that from the president of the united states who you know is vacationing. >> colonel bill cowan you have been around long enough we have seen the fall of many cities in cairo the tune in to tunisia. saigon back in the day what happens when w sidney? >> i remember saigon. just like tripoli they fell rare quickly. things kinds of turned quickly. there was chaos for a while. in the case of saigon the sri et come came in with a death grip on the city. they held off people that were never seen again. what is interesting

and the deal is closing in a week. >> shepard: claudia cowan in our san francisco newsroom.ing quite so well across the nation for the regular folks. the super committee is on it. six republicans, six democrats. the group is complete with the difficult task of coming up with more than a trillion dollars in government spending cuts. so will they find room for some compromise and if not, then what? context and perspective ahead tonight on fox report. [ male announcer ] this...is the network -- a network of possibilities. in here, the planned combination of at&t and t-mobile would deliver our next generation mobile broadband experience to 55 million more amecans, many in small towns and rural communities, giving them a new choice. we'll deliver better service, with thousands of new cell sites... f greater access to all the things you want, whenever you want them. it's the at&t network... and what's possible in here is almost impossible to say. woohoo! yes! ♪ it was the best day ♪ it was the best day yeah! ♪ it was the best day ♪ because of you [echoing] we make a great pair. hu

cowan was forced to miss the competition with injury the twenty six year old was scheduled to undergo a night a growing surgery earlier today it will take him up to four weeks to recover ruling him out of international duty and even blood scored however you to jazz forward andre kurian call the in-form vic the hotel bar and to my feet north of the denver nuggets are all expected to fly the flag for russia in the three any in september and continental championships are vital for qualifying for next year's london olympics russia's only european success came four years ago. and saying on the hardwood there is no movement in the ongoing and the labor dispute between team owners and the players' association that's according to commissioner david stern who states quote everything remains the same on all the issues ahead of the november first season start and they will be more meetings later in august. we're at the same place that were. thirty days ago. we've reviewed the disco tools of the for me because that's all. you can only go so long discussion on it the court system issue stars of th

championships tip off but russia has been dealt a major blow in their preparations school center sasha cowan forced to misstate entire competition with injury twenty six year old days scheduled to undergo surgery today it will take him up to four weeks to rehabilitate ruling the much of international davis blot squad however you tell john ford undercurrent that the informed victory out but until a famous golfer from the denver nuggets they are all expected to fly the flag for a share in the three we near the continental championships are vital for qualifying for next year's london olympics which is only european triumph came four years by. there's no movement in the ongoing n.b.a. labor dispute between team owners on the players' association is according to commissioner david stern who states he's very pessimistic about the state of affairs ahead all in the former first season started. we're at the same place to work. thirty days ago. we agreed we'd be in touch to schedule some additional meetings that's all so you can only go so long discussing non-economic or system issues it's horrors of

lee cowan is in phoenix with more. >> reporter: well, certainly people here are used to the heat in arizonae desert, after all. even here, the heat is getting a little excessive. there's an excessive heat warning in effect for arizona as well as at least 12 other states today as the nation's heat wave enters its second deadly month. it's been on the football field where the heat is taking its most obvious toll of late. they're practicing now before sun-up in georgia after a team collapsed on the field this week and later died. >> this is serious stuff. i'm glad the coaches are taking the necessary steps of taking care of the safety of the kids. >> reporter: across the country, dozens of lives have been claimed by temperatures hovering in the triple digits for weeks now, putting record-breaking strains on the nation's electric power grid. in texas, wichita falls has had 43 days in a row of temps over the century mark. in dallas, it's been 33 straight days. there's no end in sight. >> it feels like the worst one so far. i've been here 15 years. >> reporter: in little rock, arkansas, the high

i know that lee cowan our friends and colleague is going to be reporting from sue son on "nbc nightly news" tonight with you. we will hear the responses there's a lot of joy in arizona. thank you, brian williams, we will see you throughout the day. and now to david gregory. of course the host of "meet the press." david, you've been watching all of these goings on for so long. the last 24 hours has just been an emotional roller coaster. >> i just think that's striking to bill on what brian is saying there's no break here. crisis averted and now we're on to more fighting. the president really laid it out. i was reminded of the president's remarks back in april when the government shut down was averted the president appeared with washington monument behind him and he visited the lincoln memorial, the jefferson memorial later that day and met with kids. he said this is a good thing. the leaders compromised and washington did a good thing. first of all it was debatable it was a good thing then. and certainly here there's no sense we all came together. this wasn't so much compromise as some

nbc's lee cowan is there right now, fortunately in the same shirt he's been in today. i'm trusting you're hiding in the shade between live shots, because it's a hot one again. >> it's going to be another hot one, although, you know, a bit of a cooling trend, if you can call this a cooling trend. the high yesterday was predicted to be 115. today it's only 111, so -- >> it's a cool-off. >> reporter: to put this all in some sort of perspective. but you know what it's like out here. people are used to the heat out here in the desert, but even here it's getting excessive, so much so that arizona is under excessive heat warnings, as well as at least a dozen other states today as the nation's heat wave enters a second deadly month. it's been on the football field, where the heat is taking its most obvious toll of late. they're practicing now before sunup in georgia after a teen collapsed on the field this week and later died. >> this is serious stuff, and i'm glad the coaches are taking the necessary steps of taking care of the safety of the kids. >> reporter: across the coun

postal subsidies for newspaper distribution and others have expanded on this scholarship including jeff cowan and david west fall in the chapter they wrote in our book. and even less known are the roads not taken when the government merely intervened to permanently create a less market-dependent media system. my chapter in the book focuses on one of these critical youngtures in the post-- junctures which what might be referred to as a social democratic approach to media. and in response to a crisis with some similarities to the one we're facing today, progressive policymakers sought to lessen profit pressures on key parts of the media system. for example, they called for experiments in nonprofit print media and more of a public interest model for broadcast media. so to give one example of that, if broadcasters didn't adhere to strict public interest man davids, they would trigger -- mandates, they would trigger a public discussion and likely termination of their broadcast license. that's, of course, inconceivable today although commissioner michael copps who spoke here just last week on many

claudia cowan is streaming live at a park in marin county california with what would happen there.d morning, bill we are out at china camp a half hour from downtown san francisco. an urban oasis for hikers, bikers and serenity seekers. maybe not for much longer. this is one of the 70 parks slated to close to save $22 million over the next ten years as california, you know, tries to cut costs wherever it can. in this case by shut erring historical sites like the old governor's mansion up in sacramento, as well as beaches and lakes, even forest and deserts. by law the state cannot sell the pafrpblgt it's trying to figure out how to keep them over, maybe by working with volunteer caretakers or getting financing through corporate sponsor ships. a bill would allow the them to team up to run the day-to-day operations. unless something happens soon china camp will be closed for next summer and for many californians, myself included, that will be very disappointing. bill: we'll see how california manages all of this. live in marin county. martha: breaking news coming in. william la jeuness

also complaints that he taped sexual even cowan% and pornographic images of those women and put theme internet. as far as the search goes for his body there is expected to be a big push later this week that will involve aruban police. he still hasn't been charged with any crime. but that could change any day. right now aruban officials say they will detain him for at least two more week because of what they say, a number of inconsistencies in his story. megyn, back to you. megyn: the white house says president obama will make a major speech on job creation in early september. but why not lay out his plan right now. it was last september that velma hart told the president she was exhausted from defending him when it comes to the economy. but she made it clear she still backs at president no matter what. shortly afterwards she appeared on fox news and said this to bill hemmer. >> the parties don't matter. it's the substance that matters to me. i want to hear from all sides. i think we need all sides to make meaningful change and make the right decisions going forward. so of course i'll

claudia cowan is live in san francisco to tell us how this works. >> reporter: hi, with the threat ofng here in california sigh inch teus are racing to develop an early warning system much like the one up and running and saving lives in japan. now researchers at san francisco university are testing game changers. sensors hooked up to computers all over the bay area. >> if we can see the earthquake with more sensors up close we can learn more about how the earthquakes rupture. understanding earthquakes better is better for all of us. >> reporter: the sensors are cheap and easy to make. the challenge is getting enough of them out there. >> it has to be aligned to north. >> reporter: which is where stanford's quake catcher network comes in. they installed the technology for carl holsworth. >> we need to set it up on the floor preferably. >> reporter: the sill can valley engineer and seismology enthusiast has agreed to donate space for at least a year. >> it's a connection to the internet, people have that already, why not do it. >> reporter: so long as his computer is on the sensor will

. >> i want to mention you just heard in lee cowan's report that you were a friend of speedy peterson we all reported last week took his own life last week. any thoughts you want to add to this. >> >> my condolences go out to everybody who knew him. he was an amazing human being and amazed so many people. i think this experience really has taught me that and it's so important to believe in yourself and to be confident and i think every experience makes you more experienced for the future. and this is definitely a life lesson that i have learned. to really just show that you can -- you can get through most anything if you believe in yourself. and that's kind of what i have taken away from this, is you just can never doubt yourself and just be strong a. strong and confident woman and human being and that's what i think is greater lesson in all of this. >> it's a lesson. we thank you for sharing. >> thank you for having me. >> inspiring the rest of us. >> it was wonderful. thank you. >> thank you. nice to meet you. >>> now let's get a check of the weather. the weather channel's stephanie