((pkg)) gabe slate tech reporter says: "mounting a tablet so your kids can watch a video in the back seat of the car can be a pain in the wazoo.. i've gone through a dozen that are not sturdy or take to long to install this one is good.. made by okra. it's $25 and easy to hook up"you just clip these hooks either end of the front head rests and tighten it that's it the tablet is held firmly in place. and you can angle it for kids. this is a good option if more than one kid is watching because it centers the tablet for the back seats. but then they need to share the audio of the tablet coming out. that's where headphone jack splitters come in like this one that splits into 2.. or this one that let's five different headphones share audio coming out of a device at the same time. gabe slate tech reporter says: " it can be a challenge keeping all the devices running in a car charged on those long trips." this is the belkin road rockstar it let's one car lighter port charge 4 devices 2 usb ports here in the port for the front passengers and then it has an extension box with 2 more ports tha

women accused of robbing a cvs pharmacy.police want your help in finding them.whooshtech reporter gabe slate shows you some tips for extending the life of your cell phone battery/you're watching kron four news in prime time. (pam) months after the deadly ghost ship fire .... a new effort tonight to figure out what caused the inferno.. that killed 36 people. could the answer be in this pile of debris?(pam) good evening and thanks for joining us. i'm pam moore.(steve) and i am steve aveson. tonight we have our first look at the tons of debris... left behind... after the fire destroyed an artist collective in december. kron 4's justine waldman is here with us live... with the search for clues...and why it is so important. (justine) while fire investigators said we may never know the cause of the deadly ghost ship fire.. the attorney representing the victims families.... began an extensive search to find it. in this field of debris.. could be the answer to the deadly ghost ship fire.all the charred remains from warehouse were dumped here .. a dirt lot on oakport street by the east oakland

kron 4's tech reporter gabe slate shows you how you can squeeze some extra gigs of space ....ut of your phone or tablet. here's some tips on how to get the most storage out of your phone or tablet..if you have an iphone it saves all your text messages look at that i got over 7 gigs.. of saved messages that's thousands of pictures i could trade for those messages. that space can be freed up by visiting your messaging settings and change the keep messages choice to one year, or even better 30 days a pop will ask if you want to delete messages older than 30 days say yes.the web browser on your phone, like safari stores data tracking, cookies things you don't need.if settings you can clear history and data to clear up some spacealso while you're there you can change the "privacy & security" settings to "do not track" that will save space in the future.under storage settings you can see a read out on what is eating up the most space on your device in the 'tv' app is where you will see all your shows and movies you have purchased through itunes it can be confusing to know which ones

(( gabe on camera - lead - landing )) a lot.f you want the fancy 10th anniversary iphone, the iphone 8, coming out in a couple months. you might want to start saving..... but before we get into that.... who is jayden k. smith ????????you might have seen that name in your social media feeds today.... is it real ?????is it a hoax ????? let's take a look..... here's a look at the viral message being passed around on facebook and twitter it gives a warning to not accept a friend request from someone named jayden k. smith because he is a hacker and if you do you could be hacked and your sensitive information compramised.. the message goes on asking readers to pass on the information to everyone in their facebook messenger contacts list. so well meaning people have done this trying to protect their friends and family and and in-ad-vert-ent-ly spread the hoax. stand up- gabe slate tech reporter says: - "accepting someone's friend request on facebook does not mean they will gain control of your account. where you can get into trouble is

gaming you can check out gabe's tech page on our website kron 4 dot com or on our mobile app. (justine) actress angelina jolie says a movie casting story written in vanity fair.is quote "false and upsetting" the account in vanity fair is about jolie's casting process for children to appear in her upcoming film called "first they killed my father." the article depicts casting directors presenting money to impoverished childrenand then taking it away from them as an acting exercise. many people online criticized the proccess. tonightangelina jolie refuted the account through a representive from netflix which is producing and distributing the film. next.. sipping vino like a star. vicki liviakis shows us celebrity wines ... even one from a san francisco slugger. at at&t, we believe in access. the opportunity for everyone to explore a digital world. connecting with the things that matter most. and because nothing keeps us more connected than the internet, we've created access from at&t. california households with at least one resident who receives snap or ssi benefits may qualify

with your tech report gabe slate kron 4 news. and if you'd like to connect with gabe slate... you can add him on facebook, follow him on twitter. or email - slate-at-kron4-dot-com. (jr stone) he's the newest internet sensation...singing a classic song and making millions of new fans. reporter, mary ann martinez introduces us to a nine-year- old texan. natsyou've probably sang this song in the car or shower too, but when dane miller sang it, more than five million people watched it. the video was recorded monday, as the nine year old's dad was driving with him. a family member shared it on facebook, and it's almost as popular as the whitney houston version. nats danna miller, mother: "we did just watch a documentary on her about a month ago, and so he started downloading some of her songs and that was the one he just got stuck on."dane's mom says she can't believe the response the video has gotten. danna miller, mother: "just reading the comments, they're so sweet. i get emotional. even some other families that have down syndrome children have posted pictures of their kids."rep

kron 4's tech reporter gabe slate shows you a good place to start with your kids when they enter theing world. ((pkg)) roblox is an online gaming platform. it's a free app for apple or android devices you can also play it on video game consoles like the xbox.. or.. on a computer. in roblox there are millions of different games that you can play.. all for free lately it's been booming. they currently have 56 million active monthly users a lot of those are kids gabe slate tech reporter says: " roblox with roughly 300 employees are based in downtown san mateo i met with the co-founder dave baszucki who said that they've developed roblox from the beginning with kids and family in mind" dave baszucki / ceo roblox says: " we like to think of roblox as an initial social experience type platform much of what happens on roblox is not competitive or linear it's solving problems with friends it's figuring out how to escape from a tornado it's figuring out how to how to work in a pizza restaurant. so not as linear.. it's a lot more imaginative. we make sure as much of our resources of human as w

kron 4's tech reporter gabe slate shows you how to patch your tech gear so it's safe.ponents of our phones, tablets, and laptops is a wi-fi chip. one of the most widely used chips out there by apple and android is a broadcam chipseveral of these were discovered to have a security hole that can let a hacker gain access to your device when the wifi is turned on. not only could they get access to sensitive information they could also take control of your device remotely. now there has not been any cases reported yet of anyone being hacked through this bug but now that it is out there. you need to take action and patch your devices. this flaw affects iphones, ipads, mac computers and some android phones and tablets. both apple and google have sent out software updates you can run that contain patches for this security hole. for the iphone and ipad apple has issued an operating system update 10.3.3 you need to run this update now.. also in this update is a fix for a different security hole with the safari mobile web browser. a fix that prevents hackers from spoofing the web

gabe gutierrez, nbc news. >> a woman was dragged by a metro train in role. her bag got caught in the doors and online lookers yell for the driver to to stop while the passengers pulled the emergency stop but they didn't work. the woman suffered several broken bones and is in intensive care. >> heavy rainfall in maryland on monday. some areas received three inches of rain flooding roadways. bill karins fills us in on the forecast. >> we have 13 million people under excessive heat either watches, warnings or advisories. i think solution will see the worst of it. it will be about 102 heat index in st. louis. temperature jumps to 100 by the time we get to wednesday. by the time we get to friday, could go up to 102. when we add on the humidity, arriving. >> this is a little funny, i guess. the houston astros laid to rest one of their own. they held a mock funeral for beltran's glove. the team dressed all in black. he may have lost his glove but the bat is still alive. if it works, keep going. >> as long as that bat doesn't go anywhere, i think the team and fans w

with your tech report gabe slate kron 4 report gabe with your tech criminals. from cyber criminals.kron 4 news. (mark) coming up on the kron four morning news... there's a new effort to try to make sitting on long flights a little more comfortable. we'll tell you about it after the break. the f-a-a is being required to review the sizes of seats and legroom on commercial airlines. an advocacy group is pushing for new rules regulating seat sizes. the group's petition to the f-a-a was turned down two years ago, so they went to the courts. the f-a-a is now under a federal court order to review the seat sizes. advocates argue small airline seats can put passengers' health at risk for conditions like blood clots in legs. and they say growing obesity rates aren't being recognized by airlines. they have evidence showing the average width of seats has been cut an inch and a half over the last decade. the f-a-a has not commented. ( mark ) a plane headed to oakland had to abort its take off because a passenger was naked. the spirit airlines plane was headed to oakland from las vegas. airline o

gabe guttierez has the latest. >> reporter: federal prosecutors say james bradley jr. is the 60-year-old trucker who drove undocumented immigrants to a stifling end. ten are dead after san antonio police found 39 of them including teenagers trapped in this tractor trailer. >> it's dangerous, putting somebody's life at risk. these smugglers, they are callus. >> reporter: new court documents reveal bradley told investigators he was driving a truck from iowa to brownsville, texas, but it stopped in laredo to get it washed and detailed. he said he was unaware of the snz contents until he stopped to use the restroom. when he opened the back door, he said he was knocked to the ground by some who escaped and he noticed bodies lying on the be floor like meat. this as temperatures reached triple digits on saturday. some of the survivors said they started taking turns breathing from the only hole. they paid smugglers to help them cross into the u.s. one owned smugglers $5500, last year federal officials investigated more than 2,000 cases of human trafficking. >> it's a symptom o

kron 4's tech reporter gabe slate has some answers. roblox is an online gaming platform.'s a free app for apple or android devices you can also play it on video game consoles like the xbox.. or.. on a computer. in roblox there are millions of different games that you can play.. all for free lately it's been booming. they currently have 56 million active monthly users a lot of those are kids gabe slate tech reporter says: " roblox with roughly 300 employees are based in downtown san mateo i met with the co-founder dave baszucki who said that they've developed roblox from the beginning with kids and family in mind" dave baszucki / ceo roblox says: " we like to think of roblox as an initial social experience type platform much of what happens on roblox is not competitive or linear it's solving problems with friends it's figuring out how to escape from a tornado it's figuring out how to how to work in a pizza restaurant. so not as linear.. it's a lot more imaginative. we make sure as much of our resources of human as well as algorithmic that goes into making roblox the safest

with your tech report gabe slate kron 4 news. ahead at eight..ut away your phone before you cross this street. the u-s city where it is illegal to text .... while in an intersection.. and that's not all you are banned from doing. plus. new disturbing video surfaces of shark being abused. but is it illegal? and next. an east bay woman .... the target of aggressive road rage... why police are saying there's nothing they can do. <> (pam) a woman says, she was the victim of road rage on highway- four in pittsburg.. and tonight she is speaking out....(grant) kron4's maureen kelly talked to the antioch resident who says she's angry at her alleged attacker...(pam) and she is also frustrated with the lack of response from law enforcement. pretty pissed off the antioch resident, who wants to remain anonymous, is checking out the damage she says was done to her car while she was driving on highway 4 in pittsburg yesterday afternoon. her passenger side mirror was shattered, and the plastic covering busted off. she says it was done by a motorcycle driver who

kron four's tech reporter gabe slate has the story.zon lockers are popping up all over the bay area.. mostly at grocery stores.. but also at other types of businesses with a lot of daily foot traffic.. i don't know why amazon did this it comes off a little creepy to me. but they gave these lockers names.. like "gavin".amazon offers this service to their online shoppers for any time it's not convenient to deliver to their home. if you're concerned about your package being stolen after it's delivered and before you get to it .. this is a solution to that another use if you've ordered a gift for someone and you don't want them to see it when it arrives. stand up tech reporter gabe slate says: "and an advantage about using the lockers. you control when you pick it up.. you don't have to wait around for a package to be delivered and worry you're missing it." here's how it works.. when you are on the checkout screen on the website.. directly under your shipping address there is an option to pick up the item at an amazon locker. you are then

gabe gutierrez has the details. >> reporter: inside this courtroom in buffalo. >> keep up the good work. >> reporter: this judge is on a personal mission. >> i think our job as a judge is not to hurt people, just to make sure they come out better than they came in. >> reporter: he's presiding over the first crisis intervention court of its kind. unlike typical drug courts, they get into treatment within hours, not weeks. it requires detox, strict curfews and checking in with judge hannah every day for a month. >> our main goal is to keep our participants alive. >> reporter: so far, they've succeeded. since may 1st, none of the nearly 80 participants has overdosed. for you, this is a life and death struggle. >> every day. all day every day. >> reporter: he started with addiction to painkillers following cancer treatments and that judge hannah helped save his life. >> when i found out he was a recovering addict, my whole outlook changed. >> reporter: that's right. judge hannah says he himself abused cocaine and marijuana. >> i didn't know i was addicted because it had become so much a par

(steve) as kron-4's gabe slate tells us -- that homeowner confronted them. ((pkg))heidi burrows was driving home wednesday night at five thirty pm on tulip road in san jose and saw something fishy going on infront of her house..sound from heidi burrows/san jose resident says:" i see a person running from my porch with a box to a car" this is security cam footage heidi shared with us that shows the incident play out sound from heidi burrows/san jose resident says: "and i was like wow that is just really brazen.. (laughs)" so heidi did something brazen of her own.. laying on the horn. she pulled up in-front of them blocking them got out of her car took a picture of their license plate and then gave them a piece of her mind sound from heidi burrows/san jose resident says:" what are you guys doing? you guys have a nice car and i don't understand why you are stealing things.. and i was yelling this at them"sound from kron reporter gabe slate/san jose says:"and after heidi confronted them something surprising happened" sound from heidi burrows/san jose resident sa

with your tech report gabe slate kron 4 news. and if you'd like to connect with gabe slate... can add him on facebook, follow him on twitter. or email - slate-at-kron4-dot-com. actor shia labeouf has been arrested again. labeouf was taken into custody in savannah, georgia early saturday. he was on location filming his latest movie, "peanut butter falcon." according to police, he approached a civilian and an officer, asking them for a cigarette.police said when he wasn't given the cigarette, he started yelling obscenities and displaying aggressive behavior toward the officer. police said they asked him to leave the area and he refused. he also reportedly ran away from the officer who was trying to take him into custody. labeouf has been charged with disorderly conduct, obstruction and public drunkenness.labeouf was arrested earlier this year for misdemeanor assault at an anti president trump rally. next we'll break down the latest movies to hit theaters. ((brian tease)) ♪ [brother] any last words? [boy] karma, danny... ...karma! [vo] progress is seizing the moment. your summer

stand up tech reporter gabe slate says: "and an advantage about using the lockers. you control when youit up.. you don't have to wait around for a package to be delivered and worry you're missing it." here's how it works.. when you are on the checkout screen on the website.. directly under your shipping address there is an option to pick up the item at an amazon locker. you are then shown a map with the locations and the hours the lockers are accessible. pick one then.. it ships normally just to the locker instead of your home. if you're a prime member it will do the 2 day free shipping thing once it arrives at the locker you get an alert through email or text in that alert will be a secret code you punch in the screen on the locker to retrieve your item. once you do that the cubby containing your package will automatically open. i know i'm a geek but the experience is kind of cool the secret code.. the automation.. when the order is placed amazon says you only have 3 days to pick up the item or will be sent back and then you will be refunded. however my experience has been different it

gabe gutierrez, nbc news, austin, texas. >>> there's a lot more ahead tonight. back with a big exciting change announced today by the girl scouts. >>> barbara sinatra has died. the legendary singer's fourth wife were together from 1976 until his passing in 1998. a former model, showgirl and socialite, she went on to become a prominent children's advocate and philanthropist who helped raise millions of dollars for charity to help young victims of abuse. barbara sinatra died of natural causes at her home in california surrounded by family and friends. she was 90 years old. >>> there's a new way to show girl power at the girl scouts. 23 of them actually. the largest batch of new badges in a decade focused on science, technology, engineering and math. some of the new badges were requested by the scouts themselves. >>> they say money can't buy happiness, but science seems to disagree. a new study led by a harvard business school professor saying buying money on things that save you time like paying for a housekeeper or springing for a taxi really can make you happier

kron 4's tech reporter gabe slate shows us how it works. the cirrus aircraft vision jet is the first personal jet on the market with a single engine. personal jet being those little guys the rich and famous fly arou nd the bay area the ones that hold 3-6 people. this one engine technical breakthrough pushes aviation forward and helps the environment. with only one engine the plane is lighter, consumes less fuel, and requires less maintenance. now at two million dollars most of will never own or even ride in one of these.. but this personal jet has a feature that can also help us land lovers.. how many times have we all seen the video of a small personal airplane crash in a field or on a highway. it happens a lot. this vision jet will feature the cirrus aircraft exclusive parachute safety system there is a lever in the cockpit the pilot can pull and relase a parachute that will slow the plane down before impact. this safety feature was first introduced into their propeller planes a few years ago.. ben kowalski / cirrus aircraft says: " over

gabe slate kron 4 news. and if you'd like to connect with gabe slate...add him on facebook, follow him on twitter. or email - slate-at-kron4-dot-com. madison bumgerner is back playing for the giants today. we'll tell you how he did just ahead. (jr stone) madison bumgarner off the disable list for the first time since april after his dirtbike accident the giants were taking on the padres from petco park after he got off to a solid start -- jabari blash hits a 2-run shot off mad bum giving san diego a 3-2 lead -- bumgarner allowed 2 home runs, 3 runs, and 4 hits in seven innings game tied in the bottom of the ninth -- former giant, hector sanchez hits a 2-run homerun for the padres they win 5-3 (jr stone) as for the a's...they were taking on cleveland. game tied in the ninth -- khris davis smacks a two-run shot to win it on a walk off davis now has 25 homer runs this season oakland wins 5-3 (j.r.)usa soccer in action today in women's final happening today at wimbledon.venus williams trying to become the oldest woman to win wimbledon in the open era at 37 ye

nbc's gabe gutierrez now with that story. >> reporter: for the dallas police department, the pain is still raw. today marks one year since five officers were ambushed and killed during a march against police violence. >> not lost on us what you went through on that horrible night. >> reporter: the tributes coming on this same day san antonio officer miguel moreno was laid to rest after being shot. and the same week n.y.p.d. officer, mother of three was randomly assassinated at point blank range in her patrol car. >> that was an attack on all of us. >> reporter: so far this year, officer deaths are up 18%. >> when these guys are saying they don't want to do it any more, we have a problem in america. trying to get officers to come here, it's almost been impossible. >> reporter: since just october, 317 officers have left the dallas p.d., another 67 plan to leave soon. more and more departments are bleeding blue. atlanta is one of the cities trying to actively recruit cops nationwide, even handing out hiring bonuses to military veterans. >> i am the recruit. >> reporter: fort worth texas

with your tech report gabe slate kron 4 news. and if you'd like to connect with gabe slate...can add him on facebook, follow him on twitter. or email - slate-at-kron4-dot-com. (jrs) investors and contractors want to turn old steel shipping containers.... into single-family homes. the idea is just weeks away from becoming a reality reporter dave franzman has more. natsto really see what's different you have to go out to a container storage yard in swisher.nats: these containers are 8 foot wide and 9 1/2 feet tall. the partners going by the name "cargohab" chose four of these all-steel containers that used to sail on ships carrying cargo around the world.the ones being used for the home are sandblasted, primed and ready to go into place soon.÷ fred zehr ÷ cargohab investor ÷ "it's endless what you can do with a pre-made structure like this that's virtually indestructible."the plan is to stack two containers on top of the other two, remove walls inside for more open space and weld it all together.this artist's illustration gives a better idea of how the finished container home wo

for more on the shooting, we go now to nbc's gabe gutierrez in little rock.an you walk us through what happened? >> reporter: hi there, stephanie. good afternoon. well, first of all, we're here inside city hall in little rock where we're expecting the mayor and several other city officials to come out and give us updated information but it was a chaotic scene, according to witnesses,around 2:30 this morning, shots rang out inside this nightclub in downtown little rock where more than 100 people inside and many of them were running for their lives. the big question right now is who were the gunmen, that's what police are trying to track down. there may have been one gunman, perhaps more than one. that's according to police chief earlier today. at the time, the police said that there was no connection to terrorism or any active shooter, that this was some sort of dispute among individuals at the club. there was a rapper from memphis performing inside the club overnight. we spoke with one of the witnesses who was inside. take a listen. >> raphael got on stage to

gabe gutierrez, nbc news. >>> we're back in a moment with the emmy nominations. did your favorite show make the cut? >>> former president jimmy carter suffered a health scare today when he collapsed while helping build a habitat for humanity home in canada. a spokeswoman says carter, who is 92 and a cancer survivor, became dehydrated while working in the hot sun. he was taken to the hospital as a precaution. habitat's ceo says the former president told those at the site he was okay. >>> the nominations have been announced for this year's primetime emmy awards. tied for the most nods at 22 are "saturday night live," which got a big boost from the election season, and hbo's cowboys and androids drama "westworld." hbo got the most nominations overall with 111, followed by netflix with 92, and nbc with 64. >>> customers got quite a surprise in texas when an atm paid out much more than cash. it was also dispensing written notes with urgent pleas for help. turns out a worker got trapped in the room leading to the back of the atm without his phone or key card. so he sli

this is gabe davis.a disability that impacts the function and appearance of his legs. but now he has a new set of prosthetic legs that his parents call training legs. and now they are getting to see their son walk for the first time. gabe was adopted from the african country... ghana. he says his goal is to one day compete in the paralympics for either his native country or for the united states. ( darya ) a company in wisconsin is going to start microchipping their employees. "three square market" will offer the chips to its employees on a volunteer basis. the chip is the size of a grain of rice, and it would be implanted between the thumb and forefinger. if employees choose to take part in the program, they would be able to make purchases in the break room, open doors, and log in to computers with the wave of a hand. the company says the implants are optional and they don't use g-p-s tracking. some employees think it's extreme, but the company expects about 50 people to sign up. (mark) take a look at t

gabe gutierrez, nbc news. >>> now a story that has captivated the world since it broke on the "today" show this morning. a never-before-seen photo that investigators from the history channel believe may finally reveal what happened to the legendary amelia earhart and her navigator after their plane disappeared in 1937. tonight our tom costello has even more new revelations. >> 25 years ago when the world's most famous aviatrix was missing over the pacific. >> reporter: the question tonight, does this photograph, found by history channel investigators in the national archives, prove amelia earhart and navigator fred noonan ended up in japanese custody? >> we discovered that amelia earhart survived her final flight and landed safely in the marshall islands. >> reporter: you're confident? >> we are very confident. >> reporter: the photograph is marked marshall islands jaluit atoll, in 1937 under japanese military control. on the left a man standing next to a sign and there sitting on the dock what appears to be a woman with short hair wearing pants like earhart. facial recognition expert

nbc's gabe gutierrez explains. >> reporter: a year ago this week jody bagnariol and elisabeth rudolph were stopped in traffic on i-5 in washington state when another driver slammed into them at 76 miles an hour. both women died. >> jody bagnariol was an amazing beacon of happiness, and she leaves such a void. >> reporter: what upsets jody's sister gina the most was that police said the husband of the other driver had taken a selfie from the passenger seat right before the crash. >> my sister was killed for something so insignificant. >> reporter: this sunday in washington state, a new dui-e law goes into effect, driving under the influence of electronics. it forbids the use of phones, tablets, laptops and gaming devices, even while stopped. >> put the cell phones down. >> reporter: texting was already illegal, but this law goes further. a first time offense means a $136 fine. a second citation, $235. it goes on a driver's record and is reported to their insurance provider. now at least 14 states have passed laws banning any use of handheld phones while driving. researchers at virginia

gabe gutierrez, nbc news. >>> there's a lot more to tell you about here this evening. still ahead, as millions of americans travel this summer, what one airline is now doing to make sure passengers don't get bumped from their flights and avoid nasty confrontations. >>> also the big upset by an american today at wimbledon. the world's number one player taken down. >>> back now with the summer travel season in full swing, there's a new effort to ease the anger and frustration from airline overbooking. united says it's trying out a new system to cut down on the problems with oversold flights three months after the world saw that video of the doctor injured as he was dragged off one of their planes by airport security. nbc's tom costello has more. >> please see us at the podium prior to boarding. >> reporter: it's an everyday problem in the airline industry. you show up for a flight that the airline oversold. now united airlines is working on a way to keep you and everyone else happy. >> perfect, thank you. >> reporter: while still making money. experimenting with a comput

gabe gutierrez, nbc news. >>> there's more to tell you about. still ahead here tonight, dinner wars. amazon taking on those ready-to-cook meal delivery services like blue apron. is the online giant's reach getting too big? >>> also the video warming so many hearts. a brave dog leaps into the water to save another member of the animal kingdom. stay with us. >>> tonight, another indication from amazon that it's determined to be a dominant player in nearly every corner of the e-commerce and delivery service world. the company hinting at plans to enter the ready-to-cook meal delivery service like blue apron that's become so popular in recent years. but is amazon getting too big? here's tom costello. >> reporter: it was news that sent blue apron's stock into a 10% slide today. the upstart meal kit delivery service likely to face competition from internet gorilla amazon.com which just registered a trademark described as we do the prep, you be the chef. exactly the service that made jennifer rosenberg a loyal blue apron customer. >> i can't even begin

gabe gutierrez, nbc news, las vegas. >>> it is summer. it is grill season, and you've heard the phrase before, where's the beef? and if you've ever bitten into a veggie burger, you may have asked that as well. well, science is truly an incredible thing. the quest to engineer a juicier, meat-like veggie alternative at your barbecue may soon be complete. it's called the impossible burger. here's jo ling kent. >> reporter: the idea has been around for decades, replace that juicy burger with something a bit healthier. veggie patties with a mix of beans and mushrooms, meant to replace the beef patty but never to replicate it and that's about to change, thanks to startup impossible foods, which is using science to create a 100% vegetable-based burger that tastes and bleeds like the real thing. looks like blood. >> yes. >> reporter: but it's not. >> it's entirely from yeast, purified protein. >> reporter: it's really salty. that's definitely the weirdest thing i've ever tasted but it's really, you feel that flavor come to life. founder and bioch

nbc's gabe gutierrez explains. >> reporter: with more and more travelers cramming more and more into their bags, tonight the tsa says it will be taking a closer look at your electronics. >> if it's all for security, that's all good. you know, you can't be too careful. >> reporter: while passengers have been required to remove laptop computers from their carry-ons for years, the new procedures mean any device larger than a cell phone, including e-readers and tablets, must also go into a separate bin. the rules are already in place at ten u.s. airports including boston, detroit and los angeles. >> i think passengers can expect longer wait times. there's really just no way that you can start dumping more items out of a bag and somehow keep the lines going the same speed. >> reporter: this all comes after federal authorities announced tighter security measures for all 180 airlines flying to the u.s. around the world. in phoenix the tsa also recently began testing 3-d carry-on luggage scanners to detect bombs. last week homeland security secretary john kelly said the tsa recently sent off

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gabe gut ierrez. >>> now a story that has canptivated the world. investigators from the history channel believe may finally reveal what happened to the legendary amelia earhart and her navigator after their plane disappeared. >> reporter: 25 years ago when the world's most famous av ya tricks was missing over the pacific. >> reporter: the question tonight, does this photograph found by history channel investigators in the national archives prove amelia earhart and navigator fred noonan ended up in japanese custody? >> we discovered that amelia earhart survived her final flight and landed satisfactorily in the marshal islands. >> reporter: you're confident? >> very confident. >> reporter: it is marked marshal islands, atoll. on the left a man standing next to a sign and there sitting on the dock what appears to be a woman with short air wearing pants like air hart. facial recognition expert kent gibson overlaid the photo of the man with file foeters of noonan. >> the hair is a very distinctive characteristic, a sharp receding hairline. >> reporter:

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gabe gutierrez, nbc news, bellefonte, pennsylvania. >>> a dangerous combination of wildfires and heat shows no let-up in the west tonight. more than a dozen wildfires are burning in california alone. dozens of homes and other buildings have been lost. crews say the worst is yet to come. nbc news correspondent miguel almaguer is in the fire zone tonight. >> reporter: tonight firefighters say their battle is shifting, not just losing land but now homes at an alarming rate. this weekend in california, at least 37 structures rn in santa barbara, they almost lost lives. flames creating a tunnel of fire as crews struggled to evacuate 80 young campers. the fortune family escaped the fire but lost their home. tonight, shopping for the basics. >> i'm just grateful that we got out and we're safe. >> reporter: across the west, 65 large wildfires are burning in 11 states. the biggest firefight in california where more than 6100 men and women are on the front lines of 14 fires. that effort costing more than a million dollars a day. >> your heart drops when you look out and you see the giant orange

gabe gutierrez, nbc news. >>> tonight a supersoaker is drenching the sunshine state. what was tropical storm emily, now a tropical depression, has dropped up to eight inches of rain across central and south florida. it's expected to move off shore and run parallel up the eastern seaboard over the next few days kicking up some high surf on atlantic beaches. >>> meanwhile in the west, record heat is baking several states. 15 million people under heat advisories right now. forecasters say it could hit 108 degrees in portland, oregon. dangerous northwestern heat that will last at least three days. >>> tonight, authorities are working to identify the body of a man who friends and family fear was killed while searching for millions in hidden treasure. if the fatality is linked to the southwestern treasure hunt, it would be the third death and the calling for an end to the hunt, the man behind the fortune has no plans to stop it. here's nbc news national correspondent miguel almaguer. >> reporter: where rapids cascade below the colorado rockies, a grim discovery, an unidenti

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nbc's gabe gutierrez has the story. >> they would squeeze 700 people in he. what louisiana congressman clay higgins said but where that's stirring outrage. this five-minute video shared on his facebook page was recorded inside a former nazi death camp, the auschwitz berken aw memorial and museum in poland. as he tours a gas chamber, higgins warns the u.s. should be more aggressive in fighting terrorism. >> the reason why homeland security must be squared away. >> reporter: on twitter, museum officials scolded the congressman inside a former gas chamber there should be mournful silence. it's not a stage. the anti-defamation league and the anne frank center also took notice. >> it was pure and simple a gross exploitation of the holocaust for his own personal purposes. how dare congressman higgins use auschwitz as his own personal tv studio? >> reporter: later today higginses retracted the video. my intent was to offer a reverent homage to those who were murdered, he said. my sincere apology for y extended. this is not the first time the freshman republican cong