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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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, 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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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

nbc's gabe gutierrez was in the courtroom. >> reporter: today, with former penn state fraternity brothers back in court, prosecutors revealed new text messages sent after 19-year-old tim piazza repeatedly stumbled head-first, drunk inside the beta theta pi house during a pledge drive in february. i don't want to go to jail. hazing is a huge thing. make sure the pledges keep quiet about last night and this situation. he looked expletive dead. also a google search from one of the fraternity brothers. who will nine drinks in an hour affect a 200-pound guy? in the courtroom today piazza's parents. >> the text messages were devastating. the piazzas find it extraordinarily difficult to hear that and see it in front of their very eyes. >> reporter: the charges range from involuntary manslaughter to evidence tampering in a case that scrutinized the darker side of greek life on college campuses. today a shouting match between the prosecutor and defense attorneys who say their clients did not intend for piazza to die. >> i think the charges that have been brought with respect to my client in partic

>> gabe gutierrez, thank you. >>> a heartbreaking turn of events today in the case of a terminally ill baby who's made headlines across the world. in the uk the parents of 11-month-old charlie gard have dropped their legal battle to bring him to the u.s. for experimental treatment after coming to the painful conclusion that it would not have been successful. let's get more on this from nbc's bill neely in london. >> reporter: they gave him life, but today charlie gard's parents decided he had no chance of a normal one. >> we will let our son go and be with the angels. >> reporter: new scans convinced them charlie has irreparable brain damage. he was born healthy, but soon a rare genetic disease meant he couldn't see, hear or breathe on his own. no cure, said doctors, but his parents pinned their hopes on new york professor michio hirano and his experimental treatment that helped this 6-year-old who has a less severe form of the same disease. >> he has saved my son's life. >> if he's still fighting, we're still fighting. >> reporter: they fought british courts who wouldn't allow the tre

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gabe gutierrez, nbc news, san antonio. >>> all new at 11:00, it appears the u.s. is starting to put a north korean travel ban into effect. a chinese travel agency that arranges trips to the country said it got told today. it could take effect 30 days later. >> we called and spoke to our partners there and informed them when we were told, and told them, look, if you've got any americans with other companies, you should tell them about this. and they were surprised. they weren't blown away, they weren't shocked. >> this follows the death of an american student who died while being held in north korean custody. anyone who goes could have their passport canceled. as for north korea's reaction, they say, we don't care. >>> water issues to the vatican where iconic water fountains are being turned off because of italy's ongoing drought. a spokesperson says the fountains were shut off today and that includes those famous fountains there in st. peter's square. that decision was led to the pope's teachings. it is the driest in 60 years. >>> the proposed site on highway 152

here's nbc's gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: the school board in akron, ohio, voted 5 to 1 to equip itsmiddle and high schools with the heroin antidote, narcan. >> it's very heartbreaking to have to talk about schools but you do hope that what you're doing is potentially saving a life. >> reporter: in the last few years, at least nine states have adopted laws on the use of this drug in schools. some require it. others simply encourage it. the maker of the drug began offering a free carton of the antidote to all u.s. hooigh schools last year. in ohio, the heart of the nation's heroin epidemic, 29 teenagers died of opioid overdoses in 2016, but not everyone thinks narcan is the answer. >> i've never used narcan, won't use it until the courts make me. >> reporter: richard jones is the sheriff in butler county, ohio. he refuses to allow his deputies to carry the antidote because he believes it encourages drug use. >> narcan is not a cure-all and i mean not going to have my guys do it. >> reporter: the only no vote said she was worried about the message stocking naloxone would send to kids.

gabe gutierrez, nbc news, las vegas. >>> we certainly hope the good people in nevada can resolve thaty as possible. >>> next, and then there were six. two more people now added to the gathering between a russian lawyer and members of trump's inner circle. what really went on in that meeting? reaction from both sides on the story that just keeps evolving next. ♪ ♪ award winning interface. award winning design. award winning engine. the volvo xc90. the most awarded luxury suv of the century. this july visit your local volvo dealer to receive sommar savings of up to $4,500. this july visit your local volvo dealer nit's softer than ever. new charmin ultra soft is softer than ever so it's harder to resist. okay, this is getting a little weird enjoy the go with charmin . >> i have a son who's a great young man, he's a fine person, took a meeting with a lawyer from russia. it lasted for a very short period and nothing came of the meeting. and i think it's a meeting that most people in politics probably would have taken. >> and president trump's first and only public comment to date about tha

gabe gutierrez shows us what police are doing right now to try to solve this case. >> reporter: this morning, police hoping someone will recogn t sketch and lead them to the person who killed 13-year-old abigail williams and 14-year-old liberty german. it's been five months since the teens vanished while hiking near this abandoned railroad bridge. their families, devastated, but today, hopeful. >> today was the first day that i've really been excited through this whole process. it's the most optimistic we've been. >> reporter: investigators say more than 18,000 tips have flooded in since the girls disappeared and they've interviewed 1,000 persons of interest. >> it's not a cold case. this case is still very active. >> reporter: in february, authorities released chilling audio from one of the girl's cell phones recorded around the time they went missing. a man's voice saying, down the hill. the phone also captured an image of a man walking near the hiking trail. this morning, police saying the new sketch, side by side with the fuzzy photo, will offer a clearer picture of the suspect b

for more on the shooting, we go now to nbc's gabe gutierrez in little rock. n 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. >>> an emergency is unfolding to night on the outer banks of north carolina where a power failure forced evacuation of tens of thousands of people, at the height of the summer tourist season. nbc's maya rodriguez has more to night. >> reporter: the timing couldn't be worse. at the height of the summer tourism season, parts of north carolina's outer banks without power. after construction crews accidentally cut a transmission line thursday while working on a bridge. mandatory evacuations are now in place for at least 50,000 visitors. everyone except residents, being ordered off two islands. >> we slept in the parking lot last night in the camper, waiting for, so we can get on the 7:00 ferry this morning. >> reporter: for now, relying on portable generators until power is restored. businesses on the outer bank whose rely on summer tourism to get them through the rest of the year are worried. >> it is like a -- having a hurricane without the tumultuous side of it. >> i really feel for the people that run the business here, i am just, on vacation, and you know, a

gabe gutierrez has the latest from san antonio. >> reporter: federal prosecutors say james bradley jr., the 60 year old trucker who drove undocumented immigrants to a stifling end. ten are dead after 39 were found trapped in this tractor-trailer. >> it's dangerous, you know, putting somebody's life at risk. these smugglers are callous. >> reporter: he was driving the truck from iowa to brownsville, texas but had stopped to get it washed and detailed. he says he was unaware of the contents until he stopped to use the restroom. he noticed bodies lying on the floor like meat. the gruesome scene unfolded as temperatures reached triple digits on saturday. some of the survivors started taking turns breathing from the only ventilation hole. court documents say they paid smugglers to help them cross into the u.s. one survivor from mexico owed the smugglers $5500. this dramatic police body camera video from 2015 in texas shows desperate conditions dozens of undocumented immigrants, gasping for air, rescued in time. a 13 year old boy among the survivors. >> they're willing to risk their lives f

nbc's gabe gutierrez has more on that for us. >> all right. how are you feeling today?is courtroom in buffalo, judge craig hannah is on a personal mission. >> i think our job as a judge is not to hurt people, it's just to make sure they come out better than they came in. >> reporter: he's presiding over the nation's first court of its kind. unlike typical drug courts, this program gets users into treatment within hours of their arrest, 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 it kicked off may 1st, none of the 80 participants have overdosed. for you, this is a life and death struggle every day. >> every day, all day, every day. >> reporter: ron wood says his heroin use started with an addiction to painkillers following cancer treatment and judge hannah helped save his life. >> when i found out he was a recovering addict, my whole outlook changed. >> reporter: that's right, in his younger years, judge hannah said h

gabe gutierrez is in las vegas and has the latest for us. >> reporter: in nevada, the pot pipeline isnd running, slowly. some dispensaries restocking their shelves after what was shaping up to be a distribution disaster. >> all of these bins were filled. >> reporter: when nevada kicked off legal recreational marijuana sales this month, shops like las vegas relief could barely keep up with demand. edibles especially flying off shelves. >> it has been insane, actually. it's been more than we had anticipated. >> reporter: growing it wasn't the problem. there's plenty of wholesale weed. the trouble was moving it to dispensaries. unlike the four other states with legal recreational pot, nevada regulators require alcohol distributors to transport the drug, but none was licensed when sales began. >> because we passed the law so fast, implemented it so fast, we didn't have a distributor up and running, and it's a long story. >> reporter: or a cannabis conundrum. nevada's department of taxation issued a statement of emergency warning the industry could grind to a halt, putting an expected $60

gabe gutierrez has more. >> reporter: with more and more travellers cramming more and more into theiryour electronics. >> if it's all for security, that's all good. you know, you can't be too careful. >> while passengers have been required to remove laptop computers from their carry-ones 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 at the same speed. >> 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 set off an explosive based on what intelligence suggested terrorists were developing. >> we

. >> nbc's gabe gutierrez is at the courthouse in pennsylvania, with where this trial heads next. >>reporter: this morning former penn state fraternity brothers are heading back to court to find out if they're. 18 are charged in connection with the brutal hazing death of michael -- hi devastated parents plan to be in the courtroom again. >> they hope the death of their son is not in vain, and the death of their son will encourage charge. >> reporter: during the first part of the hearing last month they played details of piazza who was drunk. >> we have a friend who was unconscious. >> reporter: it took nearly 12 hours for someone to call 911. >> that is what made the difference. >> yeah. >> yes. >> they killed him. >> reporter: his parents furious at what they call the inappropriate behavior of the defendants in june. >> slapping each other's backs, lapping, kidding and joking. that was distressing to the piazzas. >> reporter: the charges range from evidence attemptering to involuntary manslaughter. >> i don't think he should have been charged. >> nor did any of them participate in a