erica martin is here with your most accurate forecast. erica?t minutes away to your monday morning. right now, mostly clear skies through the overnight hours. so we do have the big dipper if you look to the northwest and the full thunder moon for tonight. so a great night for sky gazing all around. current temperature in philadelphia, 73 degrees. the winds are southerly at 5 miles per hour. i do want to show you your three-day outlook. showers, we'll see some clouds developing tomorrow. and one or two isolated showers moving through. but really the big story is we have the threat of a heat wave starting on tuesday through wednesday. and thursday and plenty of rounds of thunderstorms. so coming up in just a bit, i do have your most accurate forecast. we'll talk about the thunderstorms and the heat wave. back to you. see you soon, erica. >>> tonight, one woman is dead along with several animals after a fiery crash into an spca animal shelter. and now as police investigate what happened, drew smith shows us how there's a new push to help the dozens

denise, back to you. >> erica, thank you. andrea is live tonight at independence mall for what you can expect tomorrow across the city. andrea? >> reporter: we'll call this the calm before the crowd. tomorrow, for the first time, crowds will be able to enjoy performances from some of broadway's biggest shows. the stage is set on independence mall for tomorrow's performance by the philadelphia pop featuri featuring maybin gonzalez. >> we're big fans. we're fans from the different musicals she's done on broadway. >> reporter: just like last year's historic block party, things kick off at noon. for the first time at 5:00, a broadway is headed to philadelphia. by 7:00 p.m., the orchestra will take the stage. >> we didn't realize there were so many until we got to the hotel and there was the broechue that there were so many events. >> reporter: so many free events during this celebration of the frourt of ju fourth of july, making it easy for the visitors to enjoy all the city has to offer. >> we're going see as much of the city as

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live in dupont circle, erica gonzales, back to you. >> erica, thank you. >>> you are definitely going to want to turn on the ac during the drive to work, you may also need the wipers. >> absolutely right. tracking a couple rain drops around the i-81 corridor. rain showers are drying up as they come over the blue ridge. i don't think we have to worry too much about rain around the city today. what we have to worry about is the heat. today's high near 95 degrees. sheena is talking about the high heat right up. >>> this morning, an air bag recall is once again expanding. >>> and list of the best cities in which to drive is out. guess what, we're on it. where we landed tha >>> today, the parents of the terminally ill boy in britain have until today to present new evidence their son should get experimental treatment. 11 month old charlie gard is on life support in the hospital. if his parents give the court new research, a hearing will happen tomorrow. >>> it is 5:15. here are four things to know today. in london, people were taken out of their homes in the middle of the night after a fire

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>> reporter: erica, i can tell you a lot of shots were fired out here this afternoon.ight here behind me, we are on east how el avenue, you can see a police car continues to block this street. a couple of other streets are also blocked as police continue their investigation. now, just two blocks away where there was that congressional baseball practice shooting and many today were telling me, not, again. photos show the aftermath, shooting victims being bandaged and treated for their wounds, a car smashed with what appear to be bullet holes in the windshield. gunshots rang out in the middle of the afternoon in this dell ray neighborhood in alexandria. this teen was home when he heard the shots. >> reporter: what did you hear? >> i was inside, and then i

so a little about this book and erica wagner. as you can tell just from the backdrop here this is a great topic for. to the other poets and writers and of david mccullough there have been inspired writing on the subject and erica is out there over the others. what she's done with this biography is remind everyone how he was the son of the designer and the person along with his wife who got it through a dozen or so years to the end coming upon hundred 50 years ago when his father died just up here and the young 32-year-old and brilliantly brought it to life. >> a little bit about ithaca. it came out of many years ago and had a career the last three decades in the uk even though she is a new yorker by birth and has been a critic and a literary editor and was an editor for a long time at the london times and contributing writer. she's come over to england to speak to us today and i hope you will get a round of applause to erica. [applause] i'm going to put this down. thank you so much. i'm thrilled to be here and it is hard to imagi

reporter: 36 miles away, erica bridgefort is just as frustrated. >> people are experiencing every 19 hours in baltimore killing somebody. where are we as humanity? what are we doing with our chance on this earth? >> erica and a handful of others have come up with the idea of a 72-hour >> it's baltimore residents manging a commitnt to one another. we are going to have 72 hours of peace. reporter: for erica, the cease-fire is personal. >> if you ever lost somebody close to you, it's not fair that the person keeps moving after the person was murdered in cold blood. it's not right that the world didn't stop and feel that, you know, and the world kept going while i'm standing on the brink of insanity and not ever able to go back out in a world where my brother is not there. reporter: erica's brother was gowned down january 27, 2007, age of 31. >> the one time in my life i knew my prayers wouldn't be answered. reporter: from the pain, came a sense of power that erica and others tapped into in hopes to bring about change in a city that has been scarred. >> people say it's not going to work.

i'm erica gonzalez. a child is one of two people killed when flash flooding poured into a crowded swimming spot in central arizona. eocal sheriff's office says two more people are missing. one of them just 2 years old. we are told more than 100 people were in the swimming hole yesterday afternoon. the flooding came on so quickly because wildfires recently torched the forest that would have slowed the rain down. >>> meanwhile here in our area a much different weather story. we want to show you some live images of the washington monument this evening. temperatures danced around the 90-degree mark, but emilia draper says there is a weather change in store for us that a lot of folks won't be very happy about, right, mel? >> we enjoyed temperatures today that were around 90 days. guys, if we can hop on to max 2, that would be fabulous. right now we're on max 1. this is the first weather headline. the humidity returns overnight tonight and it greets us tomorrow morning as we head out on our monday and we will

i'm erica gonzalez. deputies say courtney ashe was last seen leaving a relatives home in ashburn friday night. she was supposed to go to another relatives place in leesburg, but never got there. those tags are right there at the bottom of your screen. if you have any information on them or that vehicle, please give deputies a what has been a violent 24 hours in the district. since we last saw you at 6:00, there's been another shooting. this one at clay place. we mapped out all the shooting scenes here. and our darcy spencer with more about the victims. darcy. >> reporter: erica, we are here tonight at d.c. headquarters. since we were last on at 6:00, a second shooting victim has died. it looks like there have not been any arrests made in any of these shooting investigations. a police officer uses her flashlight to look for evidence in the dark. a canine searches the area, and an officer takes pictures of the scene. this after a double shooting on clay place not far from minnesota avenue in north east d.c

of the london times, erica wagner's book is a biography of the builder of the brooklyn bridge. on wednesday were back in washington at busboys and poets were georgetown university law professor paul butler will argue that statistics are influencing racial injustice in policing america. also that evening, will be a tattered covered bookstore in denver where radio broadcaster and journalist david baron, reports on the american scientist who studied the solar eclipse of 1878. saturday will be back at politics and prose to hear a story and william randall recover how the united states use the 1812 war to become international independent of great britain. that some of the events that will be coming this week and many of these events are open to the public. look for them to air in the near future on the tv on c-span two. >> stop harassment and take your power back. gretchen carlson is the author. ms. carlson what are you trying to stay with this cover? >> guest: to be fierce. to encourage all women feel like

a little bit about this book and erica wagner. as you can tell just from the backdrop here, this is a great topic for this setting in brooklyn bridge park. not -- most great monuments don't -- don't inspire great rating but this is a good exception to that. from hard crane to many otherpots and writers and notably to the nonfiction writer, david mccullough, there have been really inspired writing on this subject, and erica wagner is right up there with all of those other writers. what she has done here with this biography of washington roebling is remind everyone although he what's son of a designer he was the person long with his wife who got it through, those dozen or so you'res to the end and it was -- so years to the end and 15 years ago his father died, just up here in the heights behind you, and the young 32-year-old took over and brilliantly brought it to life. a little bit about erica. she has written on many different topics. we were just talking about her notable book, aerial's gift, about ted hughes and sylvia platt. sh

i am erica gonzales.his morning, talking about how your ride is staying cool this summer coming up. >>> and the heat is really on today and tomorrow. the humidity will make it feel a lot worse. currently it's a warm start to this wednesday. wait until you see what it will feel like this afternoon and especially tomorrow. that's next. stay tuned. ♪ ♪ award winning interface. award winning design. award winning engine. the volvo xc90. the most awarded luxury suv of the century. visit your volvo dealer today and get up to $4,500 in allowances. >>> it is now 6:30. following breaking news. this was from chopper 4 a few minutes ago. take a look. crews looking to put out a house fire. you can see the charred remains of the house. the fire department knocked down >> this was a two level single family home. you can see fire tore through the house. working to get an update to find out if anyone was hurt. we'll have more information on the nbc washington app as soon as we get it. >>> 6:31. busy morning. starting wit

now a check on your first alert forecast with meteorologist erica martinez.erika, how does the rest of the evening look? >> a long stretch for the rest of the hours. we're seeing temperatures in the low 80s in and around philadelphia. mid-70s at 1:00 a.m., so certainly a nice overnight trend for the pa suburbs. also seeing 78 degrees at 9:00 p.m., upper 60s at 1:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, 65 degrees. the jersey shore staying pretty much in the 70s tonight into tomorrow morning. i do have your wawa welcome forecast. back to you. >>> a simple gift of kindness that has one woman thinking differently about police officers. >>> and many free events happening along the ben franklin parkway for wawa welcome america. here's one you can check out tonight. we just moved into this house and didn't realize how difficult it was going to be to tie all that space together. with an open floor plan, you need to separate it with furniture. bassett had everything that we needed. fabric combinations marry the rooms together. having someone with bassett has been inva

erica avila-lopez left her child alone on saturday afternoon. she found drugs in the room. after having at baby examined at the hospital. police turned the child over to department of human services. erica avila-lopez is wanted on charges including child endangerment. >>> there's five thousand dollars reward leading to the arrest and conviction of a man in connection with the murder of a man in haverford township. john lee was killed, his phone was stolen on the 2300 block of haverford road. police are working to determine if his attacker was involved in the shooting in the overbrook park section of philadelphia. john rawlins will have the latest information coming up in the next half-hour. >>> in the nation's capitol president trump's new chief of staff is reporting for duty. general kelly is taking over after reince priebus resign last week. abc's megan hughes has more from washington. >> reporter: president trump hoping to set the reset button, swearing in a new chief of staff. >> what he has done in terms of homeland security is record shattering. john kelly replacing r

. >> i'm first alert meteorologist erica martin. we've been tracking storms all afternoon, all evening and tonight. a live look over center city. we are seeing dry conditions, plenty of clouds. at least it's dry right now. i can't say the same for everybody else across our viewing area. satellite and radar image picking up on showers moving across our area and one or two isolated thunderstorms moving through parts of the jersey shore. here is our satellite radar image giving us an idea of when you may be expecting one or two more storms. approximately 11:59 p.m. atlantic city. just the break it looked like 12:02 a.m. right around midnight. ship bottom just after midnight. we're not done yet. we do have more rain and isolated thunderstorms moving through. we have several reports of damage, in fact, throughout this entire evening and for tonight, we've seen hail it, walnut-sized hail, also marble sized hail, strong wind gusts, downed trees and just west of the lehigh valley, we even had a report of a tornado. thankfully, not around he

tax reform, i agree with erica.ax reform is a difficult issue set for the republicans as well, but it is much more in the wheelhouse of more republicans. many more republicans are comfortable talking about tax reform. you look back on every presidential candidate over the last 20 years on the republican side. they've had a tax reform plan, even donald trump had one during the election. this is something that republicans can return to. they put out a statement, richard, on friday suggesting that there is a fair amount of agreement actually between house republicans, senate republicans and the white house on the way forward. i tend to think that it's a much more productive set of discussions moving to tax reform for the republicans than continuing on as difficult as it is for me to say, than continuing on with that repeal and replace effort. >> the repeal and replace frt and erica when you look at the base for this president in the last election in the cycles, we look forward to 2018, does he still give the head nod t

erica's sister gave her en chrome ma glasses. she can see like the rest of us. >> that's what happens. as she looks down in front of her, there's an array of color balloons and she's in awe. >> oh, my god, this is amazing. >> watch what happens when she gets to her favorite color. >> purple. oh, my god, my favorite color is purple. i can see purple, blue and red. >> what color is my eyes? >> now, remember, it's been about eight years since she could see color. her son is 8 years old. >> they're brown. >> and now it's her daughter's turn. >> oh, my gosh, they're beautiful blue. >> that's wonderful that they've come up with these glasses. >> she's able to see and look directly into their eyes. >>> ann's world is about to change as well, celebrating his 30th birthday and they've got a big surprise for he's so overwhelmed with emotion, he's not completely color blind, but color is mostly muted for him. they're dull and blend together and appear mostly gray. >> always so much emotion that washes over them. >> at this point they hand h

joining me now is erica alexander. i'm going to start with you on this erica.i ask you the question, i've gt to play my very favorite kamala moment from her -- from the hearings. here she is and jeff sessions. >> so i need to be correct as bestic. >> i do want you to be honest. >> i'm not able to be rushed this fast. it makes me nervous. >> makes people -- it makes me nervous. kamala, the rising star that america needs? >> yes, she is. and that is unfortunate for her. and like this, i bonded with her in the backseat of a cadillac in 2008. not what you think. she was for barack obama and i was for hillary and we were walking and it was an mlk parade and she was out stastanding the and beautiful and she's smart and competent and she's cautious and that is exactly the reason why she won't win the presidency. >> and that's because you think the sexism. >> i think it is real. and they are out for blood and will make you the wicked witch of the west and the worst thing we could do is tell everybody she is the one but she is obviously a star. >> and that is interestin

>> reporter: hey there erica. you know, the focus throughout this conference was donald trump's meeting with president vladimir putin. the white house and kremlin, they clearly have different takes on what went on during that session. most of the leaders before leave, hamburg today held press briefings. president trump did not. he has yet to speak publicly in detail about his time with vladimir putin. president trump leaves europe, his second overseas trip in office framed by cheers in poland, and protests at the g20 summit in germany. >> deals together. >> the pre met with several world leaders on the sidelines of the conference. but it was his sit-down with russian president paut putin that grabbed the world's spotlight and seemed to define his visit. the two leaders talking foror me range of topics. speaking publicly for the first time since their meeting, mr. putin today confirmed that he was questioned repeatedly by president trump about russian hacking in the 2016. >> translator: tv trump is very different f

erica. >> we'll stay on this story for a bit this afternoon. this afternoon senate passed a bill to expand the u.s. capitol policeman memorial fund to include payments to officers seriously injured. the fund only helps families of officers who were killed in the line of duty. in an emotional speech, arizona senator jeff flakes said that he probably wouldn't have -- he probably would have been killed if it weren't from the action special agents. flake was on the field during the shooting. the bill now goes to the president's desk. >> right now the senate is in the middle of a vote arama they're quickly offering up and then voting on many health care bill amendments as they like. the va pid fire voting session is the night, maybe even into tomorrow morning. it comes as republicans lower their expectations for repealing and replacing obama care. gop leadership has been unable to unit the party behind one bill. the repeal and replace and repeal only option didn't get in the votes. the senates next option is the so-called skinny repeal. it rolls bac

god. >> reporter: erica was screaming and started saying my water broke.nd usually you know for our other three girls water breaks. it's like still another six, seven, 12 hours. >> reporter: but erica and her husband didn't even make it to the hospital this time. >> call 911 or something. >> reporter: i looked down and the head was coming out. and you know, i didn't know exactly what to do. i was fairly certain you're not supposed to just let the baby fall. so i caught him. >> i started talking to the operator giving the location. everything's just going so quickly and within like 30 seconds or a minute from the water breaking, the baby just comes out. the baby just wanted to come to this earth quickly. i don't know. >> reporter: emergency responders arrived on the scene shortly afterward. taez has been driving for uber since november. >> this kills the list. this will always be number one david itch says he opt ford uber because it was jewish sab bat. >> it's better than me drive. i'm violating less shabbat restrictions by sitting in the back of the car r

here from >>> i'm erica gonzalez at the live desk. in the biggest white house shakeup yet, nbc news has been able to confirm reince priebus privately resigned yesterday. he sent a few tweets a few minutes ago. we have video from the tarmac, the air force one landing at joint base andrews observation here from jacob from msnbc where you can actually see the president in the video typing something on his phone the moments before he steps down from air force one. we want to also let you listen in to a brief interview that the president gave to the white house pool reporters just a few minutes ago. >> reince was a good man. john kelly will do a fantastic job. general kelly has been a star, done an incredible job thus far, respected by everybody. great, great american. reince priebus, a good man. thank you very much. >> first it was his tweet. now you hear the president verbally naming dhs secretary general john kelly as the new white house chief of staff. all day we've been reporting on that on the record interview that anthony gave to th

. >> erica, i do talk to erica. >> not yourself. >> if i ain't talking to erica i be talking to myselfor real. you sound real insecure right now. >> here you go. i know you ain't talking. >> yeah, because you're talking about some inmates. what can they do? >> well, duh! you're all right here, you're all together. >> so what's the difference? >> so what. i mean you got it better because you ain't got to deal with [ bleep ]. you got all of the bitches looking at you. >> is it for real? >> you know i am. you're an inmate. you're a sex [ bleep ] and you're an inmate. >> shut up. >> i'm not playing with you. >> you are sexy [ bleep ]. walking the streets. >> and i'm an outmate. so, i'm just saying. i'm just saying, like, you are close, close in with these people. >> she's still hanging up on that 12 years, which i told her not even to think about that, because i'm not about to put my signature on that, but if i get 12 years, then i don't see us being in a relationship. we can still be friends, pen pals or something but i wouldn't expect for her to keep on doing everything that she's doing

erica, this is a difficult day for a lot of indigenous people. can you explain why?s only 150 years old, and while that may be true for canada as a colony, our nation, those indigenous nations, have been here for much, much longer. and the 150 years, that marco is a marker meant to erase and further subjugate indigenous peoples on our own lands. so what should canada be doing, then? should they not be celebrating the 150 year mark, or they celebrate in a different way? i think that most canadians think about canada day is a time to be patriotic, is a time to go and watch fireworks. but the indigenous people that i know, my family and friends, i doing things like occupying a teepee on parliament hill grounds, currently. a bunch of indigenous students have set upa a bunch of indigenous students have set up a tepee and they were actually faced with police brutality just for trying to put up at the peak. 0ne just for trying to put up at the peak. one of our homes, on our own lands. so what we're doing is trying to stay indigenous people are we haven't been eradicated, we

the baby was not injured but at this point erica lopez does face several very serious charges including endangering the welfare of a child. much more on this story coming up on "action news" starting at 6:00 reporting live from bensalem walter perez channel6 "action news." monica. >> all right, thank you, walter. >>> notorious outdoor drug market is being cleaned up this week in the kensington section of philadelphia. officials believe up to a million syringes have been dumped on this property owned by conrail near trenton and lehigh. the railroad company reached an agreement last month with the city to remove the trash. crews are now moving in heavy equipment to start the cleaning process but officials say this is just the beginning >> this journey is about the people that are trapped in here, who live in the neighborhood in a working class, poor working class neighborhood who deserve safe streets. this is about the folks who come here who think it is okay to come to kensington to buy drugs. >> in addition to the cleanup there will also be a temporary social services hub where addicts

when he realized erica davideovich was going into labor. >> she started screaming, saying my water brokeater breaks, it's like still another six, seven, 12 hours. >> reporter: but erica and her husband didn't even make it to the hospital this time. >> oh, my god. >> i looked down, and the head was coming out. and i didn't know exactly what to do. i was fairly certain you're not supposed to, you know, just let the baby fall, so i caught him. >> i started talking to the operator, giving the location and everything's going so quickly, and within like 30 seconds or a minute from the water breaking, her baby just comes out. the baby just wanted to come to this earth really quickly, i don't know. >> reporter: emergency responders arrived on the scene shortly afterrd what. taez has been driving for uber since november. >> this kills the list. this will always be number one. >> reporter: he opted for uber because it was jewish sabbath. >> the reason i got the car is because it's better than me driving, i'm violating less shabat restrictions rather than turning the car on, because turning on the

when he realized erica davideovich was going into labor. >> she started screaming, saying my water broke. and usually for our other three girls, water breaks, it's like still another six, seven, 12 hours. >> reporter: but erica and her husband didn't even make it to the hospital this time. >> oh, my god. >> i looked down, and the head was coming out. and i didn't know exactly what to do. i was fairly certain you're not supposed to, you know, just let the baby fall, so i caught him. >> i started talking to the operator, giving the location and everything's going so quickly, and within like 30 seconds or a minute from the water breaking, her baby just comes out. the baby just wanted to come to this earth really quickly, i don't know. >> reporter: emergency responders arrived on the scene shortly afterrd what. taez has been driving for uber since november. >> this kills the list. this will always be number one. >> reporter: he opted for uber because it was jewish sabbath. >> the reason i got the car is because it's better than me driving, i'm violating less shabat restrictions rather than t

coming up erica, what this means over night tonight on into your morning. if you're still trying to get out of town and head to the beaches, lauren joins me more with more to expect as the weekend wears on. >> one of the best ways we've been able to show you the extent pictures. we really appreciate that. if you can keep sending us those pictures safely, we've been watching this all across social media today if you've got pictures or videos to share and you can take them safely, again, e-mail them to us at ic at nbc washington.com. leon. >> all right, let's go to white house in crisis, the latest effort to fulfill a major campaign promise failed dramatically over night and ugly war of words spilling in the public view and there's a new escalation in the north korea threat. blayne alexander live on capitol hill to break it all down for us. just another week in washington, blayne. >> we're kind of sitting back and watching what happens. leon, a lot going on, certainly, the most dramatic moment came during that early morning health care defeat on the senate fl

officers are trying to find erica lopez. she's 34 and lives in philadelphia. staff at the knights inn hotel found her 7-month-old in the room. illegal drugs were in sight in the room. the baby was fine. if you know where she is, call police. >>> happening today in montgomery county, a former teacher who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting two teenage girls will learn his punishment. sentencing set for this afternoon. he was a social studies teacher at a middle school. earlier this year he reportedly admitted to having sexual contact with two female ninth graders. he was once a starting football player at villanova and served in the u.s. army in iraq. >>> we are starting at the shore. a live look at conditions in cape may. we will warm into the high 80s today. looking good out there. >> forecast looks great today. very nice summer day. especially for maybe some of those at the shore who extended the weekend. a look at current temperatures. warming up nicely. we're at 78 degrees in philadelphia. 82 in wilmington. lancaster, 81. allento allentown, up to 79. atl

erica martinez is here looking at the rest of your sunday forecast. erika? >> humidity is low, so a great sunday with lots of sunshine. allentown 81, and now we're still seeing lots of 80s. coatsville currently at 77 degrees, philadelphia at 82, mt. holly also seeing low 80s right now. i'm sure you'll appreciate today, because coming up, we are tracking a heat wave here so i have all the details coming up in your most accurate forecast in just a bit. denise, back to you. >> all right, erika. >>> coming up through their eyes. a surprising look at how young children see each other. >>> i feel great. i'm glad to be alive right now. >> good news for sixers fans after this heart-stopping moment last night. more coming up in sports. >>> wildfires in southern california are forcing hundreds of people from their homes. this fire near santa maria is by far the worst. it's burned 20,000 acres since it started thursday where firefighters are working to battle the flames in searing temperatures. >>> the question here, do little girls think they're just as smart as boys?

nbc's erica edwards has the story. >> reporter: t12-year-old emily is the success story.in 2012, she was dying from one of the most common forms of leukemia called a.l.l. nothing was helping until an experimental therapy. >> she just said a few years from now, your daughter will be first child on earth with her system trained to beat it would have seemed like a far stretch. >> reporter: emily's survival has stretched to five years cancer free. it involves extracting special immune system cells from the patient, then reprogramming them. the new cells are then infused back into the body, trained to fight and destroy the cancer. >> leukemia has very good treatments for most patients but for the patients it doesn't work, this is really game changing. >> reporter: the therapy from novartis would not be used broadly. it's risky and can come with severe side effects. other car-t therapies are on the horizon, including a promising one from kite far ma. in clinical trials, it's been shown to shrink tumors in 80% of patients and send a third of patients into complete remission. eri

erica edwards, nbc news. >> do you want to share a salad for lunch?> i think it's funny how unappetizing they look out of context, like in a lab. >> or maybe something light for lunch. we're looking at a hot week ahead. >> you don't want anything heavy when it's so hot outside. it will be a nice day today. as you get ready to head out, our temperatures making it into the 80s this afternoon and cooling off nicely this evening. we'll talk about where the heat advisories will be in effect and how hot it gets, coming up next. >>> he uses a coupon and gets taxed but isn't sure if that's right. i'm investigator chris gamora. the bay area responds, next. >>> breaking news for you. a few minutes ago it was reported that anthony scaramucci lost his job 10 days after he started it. you'll remember he had very obscene things to say to a newspaper reporter the other day and today john kelly became the new chief of staff at the white house. the "new york times" is reporting kelly requested that trump remove scaramucci. it's not clear if scaramucci will play some o

erica edwards reports it all started with an experiment on one brave little girl. >> reporter: 12-year-old emily white head is the success story. in 2012 she was dying from one of the most common forms of leukemia called a.l.l. nothing was helping until an sfeermtal therapy called carr t. >> you'd said this it would have seen like a far stretch. >> her survival has stretched five years cancer three. it involves extracting special immune system cells from the patient and regramg them. the new cells are then infused back into the body, trained to fight and destroy the cancer. >> it's a very good patients for a lot of people but for those whom it doesn't work, it's a game changer. >> it can come with severe side effects. >> any pain anywhere? >> other therapies are under investigation. it's shown to work in 80% of patients with aggressive nonhodgkin's lymphoma and send >> you may not be thinking about football just yet, but fed ex field was full of action today mostly with people stuffing their faces with food. it's part of the taste of fed ex field where chefs and vendors roll out new recipe

i'm erica gonzalez. thank you for joining us again tonight.t colleague and mentor jim vance is gone. he died after a short battle with cancer. we're going to spend most of this broadcast remembering him tonight. we begin with his friend and coanchor of nearly three decades, here is doreen ginzler. >> we did a story in our 6:00 broadcast. you never know what is amusing or terrifying. >> here is the jim vanls you knew for 48 years, that smooth voice and calm presence that made us feel like in matter how bad the news was we would be okay. over the years vance was who he was. you probably know a lot about him already. he wasn't shy about sharing. you know he rode motorcycles. i liked cars and fishing and sports and mixing it up with whomever was reporting on sports. >> what are you saying? >> vance always had a way with kids. before becoming a journalist, he was a teacher in his hometown of philadelphia. he started reporting here in 1969, but bosses knew they had an anchor in the making. he made a name for himself covering stories all over the wor

. >> i'm erica. >> hi, erica. >> nice to meet you. >> pleasure. >> andrew, this is dr. rivera.ked with me in other companies in trying to help bring people together. so-- >> ha ha ha ha ha ha i'm kidding. >> i thought maybe the three of us can go back and chat. >> sure. >> i think my biggest concern is to help him manage people. it's not a thing that he loves to do. >> employees have been the bain of my existence. >> okay. i hear you say bain of your existence, and in our discussions, we think about employees actually being the key to a successful business. your employees need to know that you trust in them, value them, and believe in them...or it's gonna cost you. in the bank, it's gonna cost you. >> there's one person here that i thought it would be helpful for him to be brought into the equation for you to interact with him in his presence... >> okay. >> and to watch the visceral reactions that bubble from both. >> right. >> because if andrew can learn to work through this particular one, i think he's got the potential for being an amazing...amazing business owner. let's go

. >> erica simpson says this, just the one.he nature of the business. sounds like erica might want to have a second job but doesn't have the time. >> yeah. i have someone who i'm assuming is self-employed. jim tweets i'm the owner, phone receptionist, shipping, driver and janitor. how many jobs do you want. >> i like this response. he sort of gets to the heart of the matter. how many jobs do you need is the question. in this market that we're in. >> right. >> a lot of people need at least one more job. >> i have one job. it is right here and it is going to the weather. as always we want to hear your responses by using #ktvuthe9. steve, the man with the job telling us the weather. it is going to be just perfect. can we put up the same as yesterday? >> no. it is actually a little different, sal. >> oh, okay. >> just a little cooler. >> a wrinkle. >> usually it is. and my job is to tell you that. that's what i'm doing here. we had a bigger fog bank. made a huge push up in marin county and hollister. for many there was much more fo

. >>> mario y erica temen que la demora pueda cobrar vidas. >>> tal vez puedan desquitarse unni con ellos les dan permiso temporales de trabajo y focales permiten salir del paÍs. >>> la angustia la viven todos >>> es duro, estar aquÍ sin nuestros niÑos. >>> pero tambiÉn hay buenas noticias para la comunidad indocumentada esta madre guatemalteca de la que hemos hablado en noticias telemundo y que estaba a punto de ser deportada se quedarÁ por la justicia en el paÍs. de este modo nuri con 4 hijos ciudadanos no se separarÁ de su familia, ella estuvo en una iglesia de connecticut al evadir su orden de deportaciÓn obligando regreso estar a su paÍs de guatemala. y no ha vuelto hace 24 aÑos. >>> en lo que va de este aÑo ha encontrado 92 cadÁveres en el desierto de arizona se presumen que son de inmigrantes que murieron en el camino, muchas veces identificarlos resulta una misiÓn imposible. marÍa paula ochoa hablÓ con expertos sobre este experto y nos cuenta. >>> nunca se volviÓ a comunicar con la familia con nosotros. no sabemos nada de ella. >>> la Última vez que priscilla supo de su amiga said

erica comes in, oblivious to the fact that behind the camera, the one giggling is her sister, lindsay. exactly the same kind of surprise, exactly the same result. hey. >> fortunately that counter was there for her to perfectly set that glass container on. she was about to drop it. >> yeah, it was a real nice surprise, because it was her nephew's first birthday. she goes out there and makes it extra special. >>> a memorial is being removed, but -- >> oh! >> they were standing in the wrong place. >> see this situation go from bad to worse. >> oh, no! oh, goodness. >>> and they're making a splash. >> this is competition. >> put on by red bull. >> a look at their stunning aerial maneuvers. not always ea. it's a long-distance run. and you have the determination to keep going. humira has a proven track record of being prescribed for nearly 10 years. humira works inside the body to target and help block a specific source of inflammation that contributes to symptoms. in clinical trials, most adults taking humira were clear or almost clear and many saw 75% and even 90% clearance in just four m

let's bring in erica martin for a look at what's happening right now. erica?want to give you a wider perspective of what's going on. we have a little bit of a hook. this is what i'm concerned about. i'm going to show you a little closer what we're seeing locally, right around the border of atlantic and cape may counties. so right now you can see this box right behind the radar. this is where we are seeing the tornado warning. it has been issued and in effect until 12:15 a.m. i'm going to step off camera for just one second because i am seeing some more warnings that have been issued, so i just want to click on just a few here. so if you don't mind me, there you go. flash flood warning in effect there. i do want to clear that off the back of the tornado warning in effect until 12:15 a.m. so doppler radar picking up on activity moving through the area. it's moving pretty much from the southwest towards the northeast here, seeing lots of lightning strikes and there is your tornado warning. i'm going to use a product here that we refer to as velocity. and the reas

erica, what is going on behind closed doors on capitol hill?old-fashioned conservative can get? >> well, as you know, jeff flake was probably the most outspoken senator during the campaign against president trump, and the white house seems to want to settle scores. but i don't know why they would pick now to do it when they need senator flake's vote on health care and there's not a single vote to spare. as you know, the vote this week that was planned has been put off due to senator mccain's absence following surgery. i don't think anyone knows whether that really twhartd senator mcconnell's plans. however, every day that bill is not dead, it's alive, and that's where it is right now. and that's good news for senator mcconnell and the president. >> erica, do senate republicans look more wear ill at the white house or senate democrats? i guess dean heller was attacked by the trump super pack for, as you said, not falling into line on health care. jeff flake is now going to get primaried by a reported trump ally. i mean, are senate republicans wa

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erica, back to you. >> darcy spencer live in northeast. thank you. >>> developing right now, payback from russian president vladimir putin. we now know the specifics moscow is leveling against our country. we sent you a breaking news alert on the nbc washington app a few hours ago. the u.s. must cut its consulate by 755. the diplomats must be out by the end of august. the u.s. can now only have 455 people in russia, the same number they have here. the new sanctions are in response to the sanctions against moscow just approved by the senate. in an interview, putin e collusion that russia meddled in the election. he is op to cooperating with the u.s. on issues like terrorism and cyber crime. >>> general john kelly starts his new job at 1600 pennsylvania avenue tomorrow, and republicans hope the new chief of staff will bring stability to the white house this as president trump continues to push the gop to repeal and replace obamacare. nbc's jennifer johnson has more on what we can expect this week. >> reporter: president trump having a saturd

. >> erica, thank you. >>> president trump landed in paris. this is new video of the start of his two-day trip there. that will include meetings with the president there. they will talk about terrorism and defense bastille celebrations and national holiday. tracie potts will have more on the visit and how a new interview with the president is raising eyebrows. today here at home, we'll find out how the senate's revised health care plan will impact your families. the plan is expected to keep billions of dollars but republicans will put more money to help lower income people pay for medical costs. republicans who weren't happy with the original version. the new bill will be revealed later this morning. >>> today, we expect stewart to announce he's running for the u.s. senate. that's what supporters tell our virginia beach julie carey. he's a staunch supporter of president trump and nearly pulled off an upset in the republican primary for virginia governor. if stewart wins the republican primary, he will take on senator tim cain. ai president tru

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caller: what is population cap new erica with all these immigrants? and isn't overpopulation at the environmental issues? nd my second question is, i'm wondering how this new immigration helps poor white riverside oresno or poor black necessary detroit or camden? ahead.o guest: sure. those are big questions. amples, you know, i think evidence that we have seen growth at onomic times when we've had more elcoming policies toward immigrants. that's true at the local level. hat's true at the national level. immigrants are often business creators, they contribute to our social coffers, and medicare even when many may not be of the to access some benefits. i think that for many of us from long re coming lines of immigrant families that have really built up communities been the fabric of those communities, whether it's from a the l aspect or from economic aspect, so there is no cap. we have t's really, do policies that meet the needs and the demands of our economy and you see, for example, in places that have really harsh policies and they're suffering econo

nbc 10 first alert meteorologist eri erica martin with what's happening right now. >> we're tracking storms moving across the area from west to east, line of storms, really strong storms moving through the delaware valley across the viewing area. we have a severe thunderstorm warning that has been issued until 6:30 p.m. and a severe thunderstorm watch here in pink in effect until 9:00 p.m. of course, we'll be tracking that for you. we've had several reports of downed trees, downed power lines, lots of wind damage. follow us on facebook, social media, get more updates on that. we're focusing locally on what's going on in and around philadelphia. we're seeing showers, strong storms moving across the area. let's time this out. 6:11 p.m., trenton, will see thunderstorms moving across the area. 6:45 p.m., jackson for you, and 6:53 p.m. looks like you will see stronger storms moving across the area from west to east. trenton, 6:11 p.m., keep that in mind. gloucester, seeing the threat of thunderstorms moving across the area at approximately 6:20 p.m. these are fast-moving storms so keep th