. >> on the eastside a local pastor also handed out water to the homeless. this man proved how thirsty you can get being out in this heat all day, and how a bottle of water does not last long. >> we went out on sunday to serve a meal to about 100 people. people were dropping left and right had to call ambulances. >>> some cooling centers will stay open today. also pets will be allowed today a santa clara library including those in gilroy, morgan hill and saratoga. >>> the state's power grid is hurting because of the heat wave. pg&e says that in the bay area alone more than 100 pg&e says that in the bay area alone more than 170,000 customers lost power this week, mainly because of failed transformers. those transformers need to cool off. normally it happens in the evening, but not this week. >> in this heat wave over the last couple of days it has primarily been from distribution transformer outages. those are the cylinder looking pieces of equipment on top of power poles. >> new transformers are lined up in fremont at pg&e's distribution center. yesterday pg

>> i had family on my mother eastside. >> they are all zit zcitizens. >> you work for the ins?curious. a lot of people come here illegally. i was curious how she did it. >> i'm laughing already because i have seen this, i whispered to you when you walked on the set, i've not seen you play a guy i dislike so much, as much as i love you, i have not seen you play a guy i dislike so much since maybe "ricochet" with denzel and you reminded me your character in "dexter" wasn't the nicest guy. >> you know, i'm a full service entertainer. [ laughter ] >> you put it to good use in this one, man. >> i play the good guys and bad guys and most interestingly, the people who fall somewhere in between. >> yeah, what is the joy of playing the bad guys, the mean guys, the arrogant guy? >> well, you see, i don't even consider him the bad guy. when you play this role, you think of him as the righteous one. he thinks he's right so you got to put yourself into that mind set, and so does the writer, michael white, mike white. he just sort of -- he loves just the curiosity of human beings. and these

news tonight, in his own words before he testifies tomorrow for the first time, we hear james comey eastsidef the story, explosive details about private conversations with president trump. what he says the president did in an effort to influence the russia investigation, and we have late word from the president's lawyer. also tonight, president trump surprise pick t replace comey at the fbi. >>> twin attacks right in the heart of iran's capital as isis claims responsibility for its first major strike inside the country. >> kids and migraines, new advice from doctors how to stop them before they start. what parents should be looking for. >>> and honoring the bravest, families on an inspiring journey to turn the scene of a tragedy into a lasting tribute. "nightly news" begins

um, and when you go basically 10 blocks south to the upper eastside, you find that the asthma rate for children isike half of that. >> we house over one third of the new york city's diesel bus fet. and when you figure that we've got 5 depots, each with 200 or more buses, these are depots right across from people's homes, uh, from schools, across from parks. >> researches at columbia university found that pregnant african american and dominican american mothers in new york city who are exposed to high levels of airborne pollutants from vehicle exhaust and burning solid waste gave birth to children who later developed cognitive and behavioral problems. dr. frederica perera led the study. >> developmental delay at age 3, with cognitive deficits at age 5, and behavioral problems, including anxiety, depression, and attention, symptoms of those problems, at ages 6 to 7. >> these children also scored more than 4 points lower on standardized intelligence tests at age 5. >> [indistinct chatter] >> even a very small drop in i.q. can affect or can be predicted to affect lifetime earnings of that

news tonight, in his own words before he testifies tomorrow for the first time, we hear james comey eastside of the story, explosive details about private conversations with president trump. what he says the president did in an effort to influence the russia investigation, and we have late word from the president's lawyer. also tonight, president trump surprise pick t replace comey at the fbi. >>> twin attacks right in the heart of iran's capital as isis claims responsibility for its first major strike inside the country. >> kids and migraines, new advice from doctors how to stop them before they start. what parents should be looking for. >>> and honoring the bravest, families on an inspiring journey to turn the scene of a tragedy into a lasting tribute. "nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. it's great to have you here tonight. we got a big surprise late today from fired fbi director james comey on the eve of his highly anticipated public appearance before a senate committee.

it came very close to homes and some buildings on property that belonged to the eastside union high school fire crews said set a fire break, helped them keep that fire from moving and damaging property. >> and a little farther east, firefighters have contained three small fires off grant road near mount hamilton. the fires burned a total of 85 acres. investigators say it appears they may have been sparked by a passing car. we have seen a lot of that as bell. cars pulling off to the side and certainly don't throw the cigarette out the window. that happens as well. >> you can see them. a friend of mine said you can see them when you fly in or come up from la. my sister said they are out at lake havasu for the holiday weekend and they have a lot of smoke from the riverside area . >> friend of maybe said that you can see it. that one there. it's not bad in phoenix. you can -- you with fly in and see it. those are -- that's a lot. >>> we have high humidity and cool temperatures. that helps here. unless -- the wind doesn't. it's a west wind. we don't have the north or northeast. oakland with fog

not fully invested to fight and die on the other side of the country with their families on on the eastside the west. afghans from the local area are brought into the military in posted there will help them fight harder. >> commitment is an issue. what is the worst thing that can happen if we did leave? is afghanistan become another back on isis? does this mean we can't leave there and are stuck there for decades? what do you see? >> if we decide during this administration that enough is enough and the american people decide enough is enough, we will have to maintain a special operations presence with the ability to continue to take out high-value targets to not allow terrorists and terrorist organizations threaten europe, the united states never to rise again like al qaeda once had. we make it to the point where afghanistan has to manage its own internal security. something else, we need to relocate our relationship with pakistan to provide safe haven for the taliban. he don't have an insurgency without a safe haven in pakistan as part of the problem. >> lieutenant colonel mitch utterback,