among the witnesses, an eagle-eye'd jourli gabe gutierrez has the details. >> reporter: tonight, the in police custody, a suspected serial killer, 46-year-old jose rodriguez. rodriguez who has a lengthy criminal history had been a person of interest in a violent crime spree in and around houston including three murders, attempted murder and home invasion. detectives released this surveillance video believed to show rodriguez walk through a mall. investigators say he was on parole and cut off his tracking monitor. >> we're very relieved because we feel that he was possibly casing the area looking to score his next victim. >> reporter: cesar martinez a photojournalist with nbc's kprc says he was shocked to see rodriguez drove right by him near a crime scene. >> he pulls right up next to me and i'm thinking, this looks like our suspect. >> reporter: police say rodriguez then led officers on a ang his alleged 8-year-old ali, a worker at a mattress store and 62-year-old pamela johnson, who police found dead in her home on friday. another mattress store employee, edward maganya who was sho

gabe gutierrez, nbc news, el paso, texas. >>> to a harrowing story out of texas. police in dallas say one mom's trip to the gas station turned into a terrifying fight to save her children when a carjacker tried to steal the suv with the kids still inside. nbc's catie beck has more on the terrifying ordeal. >> it happened so fast. not even five minutes. >> reporter: still shaken, michelle asked us not to reveal her identity. >> if someone was trying to do something, any harm to my kids, i'll do what i need to do to protect them by any means necessary. >> reporter: around 10:00 wednesday night, michelle stepped inside a shell station leaving her two toddlers waiting in the car. she says she returned finding a man she didn't know in the driver's seat of her car attempting to drive away with her children inside. >> i don't know what he was coming after. i don't know what was his intentions. for it to happen to me, a woman, he probably thought he would get away with it. >> reporter: police identify that man as 36-year-old ricky wright. smith quickly managed to get insi

nbc's gabe gutierrez has the story. we want to warn you some of the images in the story are disturbing. >> reporter: tonight newly released 911 calls reveal the panic after a break-in at this home in suburban atlanta owned by buffalo bills running back sean mccoy. >> were weapons involved or mentioned, ma'am? >> yes, i got hit in the face. oh, my god. >> reporter: the brutal attack by an unknown assailant left mccoy's ex-girlfriend who was living there severely beaten and hospitalized. >> he took my jewelry off my -- i mean my diamond bracelet off my wrist. he kept asking for jewelry. >> reporter: in an instagram post since deleted he blames mccoy calling him the devil and an animal. for the record mccoy fired back the totally baseless claims against me are completely false. furthermore, i have not had any direct contact with any of the people involved in months. court records showed mccoy had been trying to evict her from his home for more than a year. police aren't saying whether he may have somehow been involved in t

nbc's gabe gutierrez is in puerto rico tonight and tells us how some people are coping with the help of solar power. >> reporter: in southeastern puerto rico, areas hit hardest by hurricane maria are now preparing for the remnants of beryl. >> we are ready. we don't leave the island. we stay here. >> reporter: the system is expected to drench puerto rico with several inches of rain through tomorrow night. >> truth of the matter is puerto rico is still in a very vulnerable state, particularly in housing, in potential flooding. >> reporter: ten months after hurricane maria, the island's power grid is still fragile. this is the path maria took. the category 4 hurricane slammed the coast with sustained winds of 155 miles per hour. we rode along with an international nonprofit to remote areas still without power. >> where no one else wants to come because it's too far. >> reporter: once on the ground they go house to house with a solar solution. >> not only is it solar re self-contained lighting unit and cell phone charger. >> reporter: a lifeline for people like vanessa labron. her son h

gabe gutierrez is back on the border with more. >> reporter: tonight, a guatemalan father is in agony in los angeles, waiting to be reunited with his son in new york. the last time i tried to speak to him he was crying and asked me don't you love me any more? the government now says it expects 38 of 102 migrant children under 5 years old will be reunited with their families the end of the day despite a court order. the remanl -- remaining 64 children not reunited for reasons including parents with criminal records or incomplete verification. >> i have a solution. tell people not to come to our country illegally. that's the solution. >> reporter: this mother from el salvador asks in frustration, why was it so easy for them to take our children but so hard to give them back? she breaks down when she describes the gut-wrenching moment she said good-bye to her son and daughter more than a month ago. i hugged them and gave them a kiss, i said, don't worry, i'll be back for you. >> if the laws are broken, there's a process for that. >> reporter: today, we rode along with the border patrol a

gabe gutierrez, nbc news, salem, north carolina. moment with a wild chase in texas today and caught on camera, one family setting out to make a dramatic rescue. >>> why are so many americans having fewer babies? the u.s. birthrate at a record low for the second year in a row. a new survey by the "new york times" says the top reason is child care is too expensive. others said they wanted more time for the kids they already have. and a third factor, fears about the economy. >>> a dramatic end to a police chase outside of houston. a tow truck being chased by officers after police say it was involved in a crash and left the scene. it ended when the tow truck crashed again at that intersection. the driver was taken into custody. >>> caught on camera, a family rescuing a baby deer in danger of drowning after spotting the fawn struggling in the waters north of seattle. they brought it on board their boat. the family says the deer didn't appear to be injured. so they released it later on land. >>> we'll meet rescuers going above and beyond

nbc's gabe gutierrez spoke with one of the outraged couples. >> reporter: the gut-wrenching news left amber ashe and husband elliot in shock. >> it's very hurtful, and it's really a violation of trust for us. >> reporter: she was among the hundreds of women who found out in march their eggs and embryos were destroyed when a preservation system like this one malfunctioned at a university hospitals fertility center near cleveland, crushing their hopes of having a sibling for their young son ethan. >> we see him interact with cousins and other family members and smaller children in our neighborhood, and we see what an amazing big brother he'd be. >> reporter: now in a response to a lawsuit, university hospitals is denying any wrongdoing, saying its patients signed consent forms, the plaintiffs were fully advised of the material risks, benefits and alternatives available for treatment and voluntarily assumed and consented to those risks. ceo tom zanti publicly apologized in march. >> i can't say it any more plainly, we failed our fertility clinic patients, we are sorry, i am sorry. >> rep

>> gabe gutierrez nto for us. thk >>> now tohe dangerous weather hitting from coast-to-coast tonight including flash floods already in parts of eastern pennsylvania. roads looking like rivers and high-water rescues happening and the threat continues for several days. and in the west, triple digit heat. al roker on the road in maine now monitoring it for us. al, what is it looking like? >> reporter: well, lester, we're talking first about the rain and while we got a little break here, we're basically looking at rain stretching along the i-95 corridor. you can see all the way from new england down into the gulf coast, heavy rain. right now 37 million people at risk for a flash flood with downpours causing sudden floods, heavy rain and saturated soil a real mess. in fact, you can see we got a moderate risk of flooding tomorrow stretching from pennsylvania all the way down into virginia. as this system moves out, it's going to take its own sweet time. we're not looking at any rainfall movement from this thing. two to

nbc's gabe gutierrez has more on the agonizing wait. >> reporter: a guatemala father is in agony in los angeles waiting to be reunited with his son in new york. >>> the last time i tried to speak to him, he says, he was crying. he asked, don't you love me in 38 of 102 migrant children under 5 years old will be reunited with their families by the end of the day despite a court order. the remaining 64 children not reunited for reasons including parents with criminal records or incomplete verification. >> well, i have a solution. tell people not to come to our country illegally. that's the solution. >> reporter: this mother from el salvador asks in frustration, why was it so easy for them to take our children but so hard to give them back? she breaks down when she describes the gut wrenching moment she said good-bye to her son and daughter more than a month ago. >>> i hugged them and gave them a kiss and i said, don't worry, i'll be back for you. >> if the laws are broken, there's a process for that. >> reporter: we rode along with a border patrol including mothers with children turned the

. >> nbc's gabe gutierrez has been talking to parents and joins us from el paso, texas. kay, gabe, i understand and i've heard the argument, some of these children were brought here by people who weren't their parents, now we need dna testing. in addition to some of the parents have already been deported. >> some of them have been released into the population. >> this is a hornet's test. what is the department of health and human services or dhs saying? they were very quick to snap, break these kids from their parents. now why is it so complicated? >> reporter: hi there, stephanie, good morning. basically the government is saying, well, it's complicated. so they can't get these kids reunited in time. and today, a federal judge is expected to hear from the department of justice again in california and get this updated timetable for exactly how many are going to be reunited today and how many will take a longer time. much of this process, immigration advocates say, has been done in secret, so there's no clear method on how they're going to be reunited for the most part. we

gabe gutierrez has been speaking with the migrant families along the border. news national security and justice report julia ansley has been following the cases. and now, to be clear, when the president was asked can about the kids that were under 5 to be united for their families, he said, maybe they should not cross. that is what i wanted to point out. so, julia, you have the numbers, who has not been able to be unite and why? >> well, katy, you pointed out 102 children that hhs interviewed themselves to find out that they were by themselves, but those numbers could draw. and four have been unite and 34 can be united today and the parents are in i.c.e. custody and passed the vetting and the background checks. and 24 are not eligible for the reunification -- >> what do you mean by that? >> well, some of them may know that one had a contagious disease until it passed and they got into the nitty-gritty and some do have criminal records that would show that they will not be reunite and one was child abuse and one convicted of murder in their home country, and ag

. >> nbc's gabe gutierrez has been following this story for weeks now. ing us from mcallen, texas. gabe, we just played that audio. i just want your take on that, because you're talking to family and hearing these stories firsthand. it really does pull back the curtain on what this experience is like for thousands of families, so many of them who will not celebrate reunions today. >> reporter: hi there, peter. yes, the audio you just heard, it's typical audio from these hearings that happen all across the country every single day. but now they are indicative of the emotional pain and struggle these families have been dealing with the last several weeks. that audio is from a court hearing just a few weeks ago, earlier in july. we spoke with several immigration attorneys that say that that is something they're seeing over and over again, this mass chaos and confusion. parents that are going to these immigration hearings, the first test for asylum, and practically begging the judge to be reunited with their children. that particular woman you heard from, she

tonight the man explains his side of the story to snbc' gabe gutierrez. >>> the fourth of july when he recorded the now viral video on her cele. ph >> why do i need to show you my i.d.? >> thisun man vered at the winston-salem neighborhood pool and asked to see her i.d. he also calledpolice. when officers arrived, she said she felt unfairly targeted. police verified her pool pass wo >> nobody else was asked for their i.d. i feel this is racial profiling. >> reporter: this comes after recent incidents from a starbucks. >> african-americans are being questied on ordinary tasks in life. >> but he says he was making sure she lived in the neighborhood. >> reporter: would you have handled it differently if she were white? >>, i wonder if i made her feel uncomfortable,, unwant unwelcome. especially with her child thereo i want give a serious apology for that. >> reporter: can you imagi why many people online are labeling you a racist? >> when people a see couple seconds of your lif and don't see it in full, they can't jump to >> reporter: tonight he has resignedowners position and hasis lost

gabe gutierrez is live in mcallen on that part of the story. have new audio from inside one of those courtrooms. give us context on what we're about to hear and where are you now? what's behind you? >> hi, hallie, we're in front of the courthouse in mcallen and these are demonstrators that have gathered here to try and draw attention to what's going onto the deadline day. you mentioned the audio from the port of is is a bell detention center. two mothers going to what's called a credible hearing, before a judge, first test for asylum. their attorney provided this audio to us. reagreed not to reveal the names of the two women. but it's indicative of the desperate state of many of these parents and these hearings happen all over the country every day but now with parents struggling to be reunified, they are now dealing with that added pressure. take a listen to the audio. what i want before anything is to have my daughter with me. >> where is your daughter? >> in phoenix, arizona. >> all right, ma'am, is there anything you want to say about your

gabe gutierrez, nbc news milton, georgia. >> turning now to the controversy over separated families, trump administration officials say they have now reuned 57 migrant children under five with families under court order. that's all the children that were deemed eligible for reunification offes. of those still separated 12 have been deported. when asked if th parents would get to see their kids again, they said the united ates is der no obligation to bring parents back to the u.s. for reunification. this as the associated press has found detaining children has become big business. a.p. reports rather federal grants for shelters and child welfare services reached $958 million from 75,000,010 years earlier. more than 11,000 minors are being house in 90 facilities across the country. >>> north korean officials didn't show up for a meeting with the u.s. at the dmz thursday to discuss returning u.s. soldiers' remains from the korean war. that is according to south korean media. that meeting is now rescheduled for sunday, but president trump released a letter fromim jong-un dated july 6th,

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nbc's gabe gutierrez has more. >> reporter: in southeastern puerto rico, areas hit hardest by hurricane maria are now preparing for the remnants of beryl. >> we are ready. we don't leave the island. we stay here. >> reporter: the system is expected to drench puerto rico with several inches of rain. >> these are matters that puerto rico is still in a very vulnerable state, particularly in housing and potential flooding. >> reporter: ten months after hurricane maria, the island's power grid isfragile. is is a path maria took. the category 4 hurricane on the southeastern coast with sustained winds of 155 miles per hour. we rode along with an international group. >> key cover areas where no one else wants to come because it's too far. >> reporter: once on the ground they go house to house with a solar solution. >> not only is it solar powered and has three levels, but it has adapters to plug in your cell phone. you have a self-contained lighting unit and cell phone charger. >> a life line for people like vanessa lebron. her son has never known a life with electricity. she says the hardest p

gabe gutierrez, nbc news, puerto rico. >>> another former college wrestler stepped forward saying republican congressman jim abuse knew about sexual by a team doctor when he was an assistant coach at ohiotate as the university is investigating the allegations of abgaest the doctor, jordan is denying nee re in the scandal. >> reporter: tonight another former wrestler at ohio state has come forward to allege sexual abuse by team doctorch d straus. he said he stayed in the showers like an hour until everyone was done. he says the assistant wrestling coach at the time conservative congressman jim jordan had to know. >> conversations in a locker room is a lot no one reported abuse to me. if they had i would have dealt with it. >> reporter: since nbc news first broke the story seven former wrestlers say jordan turned a blind eye. >> everyone knew within the athletic department that doc was a serial gropper at br:t. >> reporhe accusations come with political implications. tonight some former wrestlers have come to the congressman's defense as he questions the accusers' motivations. >>> now to the d

. >> gabe gutierrez in texas tonight. thank you. >>> now, to that rescue, first responders simply calling the miracle baby. happened outside missoula, montana when police learned a 5-month-old baby was buried in the woods, a lene for hours. the infant had been abandoned in a pile of sticks in a frigid wilderness. after searching overnight sunday, an incredible discovery. miguel almaguer has detail reporter: a needle in a haystack is what police were looking for. out of daylight and running out of time. deputies in montana said they were told by a man they just arrested he abandoned and buried a 5-month-old somewhere in the mountains. >> we had law enforcement office from almost every jurisdiction converge to the area to help find this child. >> reporr: sponding from 911 calls from lolo hot springs, sheriff's deputies says francis crowley was acting erratic when he told officerhe mped the baby boy he was carrying in the wilderness. searches scoured the forest for six hours. at 2:30 a.m. beneath a pile of debris, posting th

here's gabe gutierrez. >> this morning, a 3-year-old boy is back with his honduran father after spending nearly two months apart. the father called the reunion an emotional moment. in michigan another little boy is all smiles back in his dad's arms. they are of the children the government had bee trying to reunite by tuesday's court ordered deadline, but an estimated 64 children are still sepa for reasons includingth parents criminal records. >> i have a solution. people not to come to o country illegally. >> nearly 3,000 separated children are in government custody. health and human services secretary defending the care of the kids. >> it is one of the great acts of charity what we are doing for theunaccompanied kids or come across illegally. >> separated families are left playing a heart breaking wai game. in l.a., this wants to celebrate his son's 7th birthday. they are thousands of milest apn a shelter in new york. ede last time i tri to speak with him, he said, he was crying and asking don't you love me anymore. mario was able to briefly hold his 10-year-old daughter in an el paso a

gabe gutierrez on the border in el paso with what happens now. g. that federal judge says the government is making progress but didn't meet the deadline. the judge telling the government's lawyers that the dates he laid out are not aspirational goals. this morning a 3-year-old boy is back with his honduran father after spending nearly two months apart. the father, who didn't want his face shown, called their reunion in arizona an emotional moment. in michigan another little boy is all smiles back in his dad's arms. they are among the 102 immigrant children under five years old the government had been trying to reunite with their families by tuesday's court ordered deadline. but an estimated 64 children are still separated for reasons including parents with criminal records or incomplete verification. >> i have a solution. tell people not to come to our country illegally. >> in all, nearly 3,000 separated children of all ages are in government custody. health and human services secretary alex azar defending the care of the kids. >> it's one of the

gabe gutierrez is at the world's busiest airport in atlanta. gabe, good morning. >> good morning. it's no secret that americans have gotten heavier as airlines have shrunk seat size toes squeeze in more passengers. those cramped seats may be a hassle, but are they safe? in a new court filing, the government says yes. this morning, the faa said these planes can be evacuated quickly and the agency does not need to regulate seat and leg sizes. plane seats are not big enough. >> they're kind of confining, too small, they can be larger. >> kind of tight for a big person. >> aircraft manufacturers are meant to show that every passenger can be out of the plane within 90 seconds. in reality, 70% of americans are overweight. and critics say the tests don't reflect modern planes with cramped seats. >> we need to make sure that the faa and the manufacturers are actually full scale demonstrations. >> still in a court filing, the faa says there's no evidence that seat dimensions hamper the speed of passenger evacuations and the agency has no evidence that there is an immediate safety issue. we

gabe gutierrez in el paso, texas. good morning. >> reporter:g. good morn asked for an updated time line laying out which kids will be reunited today andhich will require more time. we have been speaking with migrant parents at the border who say every day they are aparr from thildren feels like a month. amid mounting pressure and protests over migrant families separated at the border, this morning the federal government is admitting it won't meet a court kpofd deadline to reunite the youngest children with their paren parents. this woman from el salvadort old abe gut wrenching moment she said good-bye to her son and daughter more than a month ago. >> when do you think you'll be reunder? i don't know, she says. the govnment ordered them to reunite children younger than five with their family todaus thece department said only two children had been reunited so far and 54 of the 102 kids are expected to be reunited today. among t government's reasons for not reuniting families, the parents have criminal records or couldn't beed veri the aclu said the

hoda and savannah. >> all gabe gutierrez, thank you. >>> this morning we're hearing from some of the baby we first told you about tuesday. his mother says the five-monthld was wearing just aws onesie and t-rex blanket last time she s him. he was found partially buried in in theds alive, fou middle of the night. >> the sound i heard was an exhausted, tired baby. >> yeah. >> who couldn't -- didn't have the lung capacity to try anymore. >> at that point we jus started running. >> a piece of clothing in bushes, baby rma, the breadcrumbs in a vast montana wilderness that led to the rescue of the five-month-old infant. >> i was literally taking step, and i was about to walk on top of the baby's head. i heard the sticks crack when i looked down and saw a baby face down. >> officer jessop said they responded to complaint about a disorderly potentially armed man ab mt a in hot springs, montana. when officers arrived at the say franciscr ley, high on meth and bath salts admitted he had crashed his car and buried and baby in the woods but was not able to tell the officers where. they feared the

nbc's gabe gutierrez has more >> you tell me is there -- >> there's a camera on right now. >> reporter: this morning this ma adam bloom, is out of a job. >>here does it say that i have to show an i.d. >> reporter: jasmine recorded this now viral video on the fourth of july. bloom, a volunteer at this winston-salem neighborhood pool had asked to see her i.d. a called police. >> we have a resident or a nonresident that's at the pool that refuses to leave. >> repter: when officers arrived,he woman told them she and her child were unfairly targeted. policepo verifie pass worked. >> and nobody else was asked for i.d. i am the only black. i feel this is racialprofiling. >> reporter: the confrontation comes after several recent incidents from a starbucks in pennsylvania to a barbecue in california >> it's extremely outrageous. and we see a lot of examples of are where african-americans being questioned on just ordinary tasks in life. >> reporter: speaking publiiry for the time, bloom says that as a board member of his homeowners association, hwas just making sure she lived in theneighborhood.

nbc's gabe gutierrez spoke with several parents who said that every day apart from their children feels like a month. >> reporter: amid mounting pressure and protests over migrant family separated at the border, this morning the federal government is admitting and won't meet a court-imposed deadline to reunite the youngest with their parents. this woman who didn't want us to use her last name broke down in taerls describing the moment she said good-bye to her son and daughter more than a month ago. when do you think you might be reunited? i don't know, he says. a federal judge ordered the government to reunite children younger than 5 years oild with the families by today. on monday, justice department lawyer said two children reunited and 54 of the 102 kids are expected to be reunited today. among the government's reasons for not reuniting families, the parents of criminal records or not verified. the aclu filing suit against the government says there's another reason it's taking so long. >> the government didn't track these families. they separated these children. took them away for mo

. >> i'm joined now by msnbc news correspondent gabe gutierrez who has been covering this story for weeksnd is at the border in el pa -- el paso, texas. gabe, the question right there was asked about the kids who are not being reunited with their families. these kids were under five years old and are not being reunited with their families. his response was, they shouldn't cross the border. some might call that response heartless. the people you're speaking with, how are they reacting? what's it like down there? >> reporter: hi there, katy. well, the migrant families we've been speaking with do think it's heartless, and they are incredibly frustrated they have not been able to be reunited with their children. as we've reported, we spoke with one woman yesterday. she is 37 years old. she's been at the shelter for several weeks and she's barely been able to speak a few times with her son who is nine years old, her daughter who just turned six years old. her birthday was a few weeks ago while in custody, and she hasn't been able to be reunited with her children. we spoke with another man. his

for "today," gabe gutierrez, nbc news, winston-salem, north carolina. >> i would encourage everyone to watch the video online because there's an opportunity toward the end where the woman asks for an apology for him after the police were there and he refuses to apologize to her there in front of her child. now that our cameras are there, he's apologizing. dylan dreyer standing by with a check of the forecast. what are we looking at, d. >> we're keeping an eye on the tropics because it is starting to get very active. typically across july we do tend to see areas in the caribbean, the gulf of mexico, the southeast coast of the united states as the likely areas of storm development and storm tracks. so this is something that is important considering that's exactly where we're seeing these storms develop right now. we have a category 1 hurricane beryl that is very far away from land right now but it's moving quickly west-northwest at 14 miles per hour, approaching the leeward islands as we go into monday, staying mainly to the south as of right now of puerto rico as we go into monday durin

. >> joining me now is -- i'm really speechless over this -- nbc's gabe gutierrez in texas who obtainedhis audio. victoria di francesco also joins us. and the director of the aclu immigrants rights project. gabe, tell me about that family. i believe you have some new tape from a family involved. >> reporter: hi, andrea, good afternoon. that woman you just heard from, she had -- that was part of an incredible fear hearing. that's the first test for asylum. as you heard there, the judge denied the asylum request. in woman had a lot of questions about how she would be reunited with her child. we heard from her attorney that she now has been reunited but she is still in family detention. we did hear from another woman, another recording that we obtained. she said that her child was still in a -- at that time, earlier this month, was in a facility in arizona and she had no idea how to be reunited with that child. she begged the judge at that point that all she wanted to do was be reunited. that's something we're hearing over and over again from immigration advocates, that as the government s

. >>> perfect segue, joining me from el paso, texas, nbc's gabe gutierrez with the story of two fathersho have been reunited with their kids after being separated at the border. finally, a good story, a small one. >> reporter: hi, andrea, good afternoon. this news conference is about to get started here at annunciation house in el paso. these are some of the first stories we're hearing about these migrant families that were reunited yesterday. i'm here joined by rubin garcia. if we can look at these children that we're seeing for the first time, rubin, tell me a little bit about them, who are they and where did their parents come from? >> actually there's not a whole lot that i can give you, because the notification that we received was pretty late yesterday. we were notified at 6:15 that three fathers were each going to be released with -- they were going to be reunited and then released with their child. and so two fathers had sons, one father had a daughter, all of them four years of age and younger. one of the children was 3. after all the paperwork, they were transported to us yest

. >> gabe gutierrez joins us from el paso, texas.inkoch tense, we have the shocking story that one of the children might actually be a united states citizen. that child's parents might actually be united states citizens. putting the child in custody would have been wrong from the start. >> yeah hi, lawrence. what we have been hearing on the ground from the families themselves, this is an incredible frustration with the process and the lack of planning that went into this. the fact that government agencies don't seem to be talking to reunite these families. as you have been reporting, there is a lot of confusion now and there continues to be over the next couple of days as the government lawyers and the attorneys for the aclu try to hash out the timelines for when the reunions will happen. we have been speaking to several of the families today and yesterday and throughout the past several days. we spoke with was a migrant father whose name is mar. 32 years ol'. he spoke to his daughter face-to-face today after only being able to speak

the sound we played a moment ago, gabe gutierrez was able to obtain it, of that woman in court not being answer a question about her case because she just so desperately wanted her kid back and that's all she could think about. what are you seeing down there? tell us what it's like for these parents and for these kids still. >> so, katy, we have also been able to find out what happens to parents in that stage before reunification. so inside the detention facility there are over 100 parents that have been told they are likely to get rue unified. because of that, they are waiting for their kids to get down here and they are in what many lawyers are describing a, quote, state of limbo. these are parents that are not even in the detainee system, okay? i was able to go in there and speak to one of them. her name is santo. she is a 32-year-old mother from guatemala. i spoke to her through a glass window using a prison-like phones. she has been told reunification is imminent. she has been like that for eight years. every day, she asks, where is my child? she knows today is the deadline. the des

. >> i want to go straight to gabe gutierrez. you're on a ride jay long? >> yes.n a ride along with the border paro bord bord border pa patrol. it's a big day. expecting to hear an updated time tine from the justice department on when these reunioccasioreunifi occasions are appendix -- expected to happen. >> one of those desperate mothers waiting to see what's going to happen. take a listen as what she has to say. >> . >> reporter: so certainly a very emotional day for some of the parents waiting to be reunited. we're here on the front lines with the border patrol and talking about what they do. the department of homeland security saying apprehensions here at the border are down 18% last month and dhs says that is largely due to the president's zero tolerance policy. i'm here with the special operations supervisor. if you can tell me, sir, what have you seen here over the last couple weeks? has zero tolerance been a deterrent? >> it always has. any time you have -- you're enforcing the laws and targeting areas of trouble, in this case illegal immigration and crimi

gabe gutierrez has the latest fo us. gabe, good morning. >> good morning. veis case quickly gaining national attentionight after police in and around houston warned residents to be on vy highalert. they now say a suspected serial killer is on the loose. two of the victims eloyees at separate mattress stores. this morning the hunt is on. >> we want everybody to be on the very high alert. >> houston area police are 46-year-oldrack down jose gilberto rodriguez calling him a possible serial killer. investigators say he was on parole and cut off his tracking monitor days ago. >> we are convinced this man is extremelys. danger we are convinced that he has absolutely no regard for the sanctity of life. >> rodriguez i o a personf interest in a recent violent crime spree includingmu three ers and attempted murder and home invasion. >> serious concerns this individual will strike again and we all need to be vigilant no matter the circumstances. >> on monday afternoon in houston mattressas employee shot and killed. his sons describe their dad as funny and hardworking

gabe gutierrez has the latest for us. gabe, good morning. >> good morning. just short time ago, a major break in this case, a suspected serial killer is in custody. investigators say he was circling the area with a pistol looking for his next victim. this morning, the manhunt is over. tweeted out, rodriguez is in police custody. >> this morning, he was taken into custody. >> reporter: it comes after a weeklong crime spree. houston-area police trying to track down 46-year-old jose rodriguez calling him a possible serial killer. investigators say he was on parole and cut off his tracking monitor a few days ago. >> we're convinced that this man is extremely dangerous. we're convinced that he has absolutely no regard for the sanctity of life. >> reporter: a person of interest in a recent violent crime spree including three murders and an attempted murder and a home invasion. >> serious concerns that this individual will strike again and we all need to be vigilant, no matter the circumstances. >> reporter: on monday afternoon, a mattress employee was shot and kil

be gutierrez at the busiest airport in atlanta. gabe, good rng. >> reporter: sheinelle, good morning. it's no secret americans have gotten heavier as airlines have shrunk seat sizes to squeeze in passengers. the cramped seats may be a hassle but are they safe? in a new court government says yes. this morning the faa says these videos prove planes can be evacuated quickly and the agencn does need toat reg airline legroom and seat sizes. passengers aresk tical. >> plane seats are not big enough. >> kind of confining, too small. it could be larger. >> kind of tight for a person. >> the test from aircraft manufacturers are mea to show every passenger can g out of a plane within 90 seconds with half the exits blocked. take a closer look, every passenger is young and fit and no one grabs a carry on bag. 0% of passengers are overweight and the test doe't reflect modern planes with cramped seats. >> lives are at ake. we need to make sure faa and manufacturers are testing full scale demonstrations. >> still in a court filinghe faa says there's n

reunite thousands of children separated from their parents at the border.exas for us with the nbc's gabe gutierrez is in texa deadline. with the latest on that. good morning. gabe, >> reporter: good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good the government said it expected expected to reunite a to reunite all eligible migrantl children by midnight but we children with their won't nope if it actually met e midnight. we won that goal till later today.ind f mean highway, immigration it advocates here at the border sat goal until later the scramble to reunite these t. at the border they say the effort to families has been an absolute mess.s has been an absolute this morning, more migrant mes >> this morning more parents like omar from honduras are finally together with their children after being separated with their children after being separated at the at the border. border. but hundreds of other families are still in limbo are still in limbo sparking spg international outrage. international outra among children ages 5 to 17, the among children ages government says it's reunited s reunit 1,442 out of 2,551

gabe gutierrez is on this story for us. gabe, good morning. >> reporter: good morning.turns 30 today. but that milestone may be muted because of veiled allegations that he was somehow involved in the brutal beating of an ex-girlfriend. he denies it but the case is making national headlines. this morning one of the nfl's biggest stars is playing offense off the field. buffalo bills running back mccoy hiring an atlanta attorney to help him fight accusations he's somehow involved in a break in at a home he owns in georgia. >> in reference to a home invasion. >> reporter: the brutal attack by an unknown assay lent left his ex-girlfriend severely beaten and hospitalized. in an instagram post since deleted a friend blames mccoy calling him the devil and an animal writing i can't believe you did this to my best friend. several reports say mccoy was training at the time of the assault. he posted for the record, the totally baseless and offensive claims made against me tuesday on social media are completely false. i have not had any direct contact with any of the people involved

. >> gabe gutierrez this morning. thank you. >>> it's 7:17 on the west coast. 7:18 now.et's get a first check of the weather. >> thanks so much. take a look at this. this is a phoenix sky harbor airport. look at this haboob coming in. this is an epic dust storm. then heavy rains. look at the torrential rain. monsoons are starting to set up. that's what we're going to be looking at over the next several days. you can see here the moisture coming up out of the south. and we're going to be looking at those monsoons coming in from the pacific. the storms will intensify in the afternoon. continue during the day tomorrow. moving into the southwest. anywhere from maybe an inch or two coming in. and it has been hot. look at the southwest. you have seen temperatures, your hottest june on record for arizona and new mexico. eighth warmest for california. nevada, tenth warmest. colorado fourth warmest. this is in the ♪ [ coughs ] ♪ ♪ [ screams ] ♪ [ laughs ] ♪ whoa, whoa, whoa. your one item would be the name your price tool? it helps people save on car insurance. why wouldn't it sa