giffords was shot in the head in an assasination attempt in 2011. no one was hurt today. -- know i'm with her today -- no one was hurt today when a pedestrian bridge collapsed in north carolina. the bridge was not in use and was already blocked off to the public when it collapsed. crews on scene were checking the behind a greyhound bus station. there's no word tonight on what caused the collapse. maria: severe weather taking a toll nationwide tonight. from extreme heat and humidity like we are experiencing to flash flooding and storms. marci gonzalez takes a closer look. reporter: a tense day of rescues in louisiana and mississippi. torrential rain leading to flash flooding, trapping people in homes and cars. >> i told panic. reporter: at least one person killed, swept away in the floodwaters. rivers approaching record levels. >> it's amazing to me. i did not know the weather could get this bad. reporter: from florida to wisconsin, roads and homes underwater. along the gulf, as much inches experts warn the risk is not over yet. >> there will be grad

>>> from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb live from 1a in rockefeller. >> is that buble. >> it is buble. nobody but me, booze day tuesday, also august 23rd. excited for tuesday. terrific show. guess who is here? your friends. >> final five. >> they are back home after their domination and there's no we'll find out what's next for these golden games. >> the people best in the business and there's nobody like these girls. >> john johnson, nadia say there's nobody like these guys they were awesome. >> what happens when you put fun, captain kirk, boxing champ together, what do you get? a show, "better late than never." >> it's kind of like a reality show a little bit, right? >> i can't wait it. i never say that. i love all those guys. they are so funny separately. i can't imagine when they let loose. one of our favorite irish lads. i love to say his name. he's going to show you how to sneak veges into your kids lunch box with healthy burgers made out of garbanzo beans. >> you want more flatulence. bring the chick peas. can't wait, katie lee. >> great perform

. >>> you decide, former democratic congresswoman gabby giffords is endorsing two senate republicans because of their stance on gun control. they voted to expand background checks and sales and gun shows online after the mass shooting giffords was gravely wounded back in tucson in 2011. giffords and her husband made endorsements on behalf of their organization, americans for responsible solutions. >>> tonight, we're hearing from a man who survived after shooting at the hands of a phoenix street shooter. this comes as they release new documents about what happened to the victim. it happened on july 11, near 30th street and thomas. the 22-year-old man was driving with his 4-year-old nephew when three shots at his car. the man and his nephew survived but the man is responsible for seven deaths and nine shootings. >> he wanted to make it obvious that he was looking at me. i firmly believe it was god's deliverance. lord jesus saved me from death. >> the suspect is described as a light skinned hispanic male in a black bmw. a $50,000 reward is being offered in this case. if you have any inf

giffords was seriously wounded in another mass shooting back in 2011. toomey's democratic opponent katie mcguinty is challenging that endorsement. her campaign says her positions on gun control are more in line with giffords while senator sunni has hardly strayed from the nra recently. today mcguinty was in lancaster where she met with latino community leaders. nbc 10 is your station for decision 2016 coverage ahead of the general election for candidate profiles and headlines from the campaign trail. just tap the nbc 10 app. >>> we have new details on a home invasion where a philadelphia man was shot and killed in front of his six children. police identified the victim as 36-year-old hakim raman. two gunmen broke into his home in hunting bark around 1:30 this afternoon and they also shot his wife. she's in critical condition and they were all home at the time and some of them were in the bedroom and witnessed the deadly shooting. neighbors say they are stunned. >> i've never seen there. i just moved there like two nfl months. >> police are still looking

exist. >> what are the names of kathie lee gifford's children. if you don't know that, you're at. >> this never works. when are we going to learn that, hoda. >> siri, siri speaking of streisand, remember we gave away -- one of our fans got tickets to barbra streisand's concert. >> she won it. >> we played a barbra streisand tribute. you were in rio. here they are. felicia on the left -- on the right. the one singing. she won and guess who she took? >> who? >> she took the other lady, the other contestant, courtney. she wanted and she took the other contestant. >> i hope they have a wonderful time. i hear it's fantastic, her concert. >> try it again. >> how do you say barbra streisand. >> not available. >> genius not available. do you want to try yours? people are turning off their tvs at home and rightfully so. here, kat. say something. >> >> barbra streisand born -- >> now ask something else. >> what is kathie lee gifford's co-host on the "today" show. what is her name? >> i don't see her in the contacts. perhaps one of these? >> jennifer lee. >

giffords reaching for her endorsement? because of his recent vote on gun control n2011, giffords was critically wounded after being shot in the head after meeting with con still ooh minutes her district. >>> seventy-six days left until election day. we invite to you stay with cbs-3 "eyewitness news" and cbsphilly.com for around the clock updates for campaign 2016. >>> well, funeral costs these days are pretty steep. >> but not many final rest g place also cause you millions of dollars. >> not so fast, the crypt at the basilica of st. patrick's cathedral in man at and will. last underground vault now for sale for $7 million. the money will go to restoring the cathedral antique 1868 pipe org began. >> organ. >> we need them, over a million dollars, to fix it. >> the crypt was previously reserved for church officials and prominent catholic families of 19th century new york. >> all right, still ahead: tyra banks has new job title. >> teacher. >> we'll tell you where the super model is going back to school and speaking of back

and kathie lee gifford is here. and miriam shor dishes on her new shouchlt it starts right now on meredith. [applause] ? ? makes you feel real good. ? feel real gchld [applause] >> meredith: i don't know this is. it looks like a angel. my dear friend kathie lee gifford is here. last time things got by messy with her own wine. you will see what i mean. and we'll see what kind of trouble we can get into today. first, let's talk about "what's hot now". [applause]

this was giffords at last month's national democratic convention. gifford endorsed toomey saying he broke from the gun lobby when he voted in 2013 to expand background checks on sales at gun shows and online. >>> a federal judge in texas has blocked a new rule allowing transgender students to use the bathroom of their choice. >> back in may the federal government told schools nationwide that transgender students must be allowed to use bathrooms consistent with their new gender identity but this new ruling mean schools may not face federal sanctions if they don't do anything to accommodate transgender students. the federal government is expected to appeal. >> what a change from what we saw last year. we had an eight-day heat wave and broke it by barely a degree or two and now it's nice and comfortable. 28 in philadelphia. 70s in some other parts of the area like the lehigh valley and the humidity is super low. we had 93 degrees saturday and 89 with high humidity yesterday and then here's a couple of days in the low 80s and mid-80s on wednesday and al

gabby giffords should know. her life will never be the same. even those when claim trump's wisecrack may not have been very responsible say it was almost certainly perfectly legal. >> the supreme court has said that to be banned, speech has to so basically you have to say, "go kill the president now" for it to be counted as a true threat, regardless what was you think about what trump said, it's almost certainly protected by the constitution. >> reporter: it's not the first time trump's sense of humor has gotten him into trouble. during the primaries he mocked a disabled "new york times" reporter. >> now the poor guy, you got to see this guy, i don't know what i said, i don't remember! >> reporter: last week he kicked a mother and her crying baby out of his rally. >> actually, you can get the baby out of here. >> reporter: the mother said she knew he was joking. the week before that he practically begged russia to hack hillary clinton's e-mails. >> russia, if you're listening, i hope you're able to find the 30,000 e-mails that are missing. >> r

gifford of course was wounded in the mass shooting in tuscon back in 2011. senator john mccain's campaign signs around the valley. the white paint on the signs reads globalist trader, either a misspelling or the vandal does not approve of mccain's stock portfolio. >>> a group of sea otters finding a new home in the odysea aquarium, which could open in special handlers will be on hand day and night to look after the otters and all of the other animals at the aquarium. >>> a single mom looking for work takes initiative, and it really paid off for her. >>> ryan lochte has apologized for lying about being robbed during the olympics, but it was too little, too late, and now he is definitely paying the price. >>> if you would like to contact fox 10 and on we upped the ante at culver's to create the new crispy southwest chicken sandwich. all-natural, whole white meat chicken breast. topped with spicy pepper jack cheese and jalape?o ranch. on a lightly buttered, toasted ciabatta roll. the perfect cheese for pepper jack is going to be creamy and mild, and it's really

. >>> former arizona congressman gabrielle giffords endorses pennsylvania senator pat toomey stiffer gun control laws. gifford of course was wounded in the mass shooting in tuscon back in 2011. >>> someone is vandalizing senator john mccain's campaign signs around the valley. the white paint on the signs reads globalist trader, either a misspelling or the vandal does not approve of mccain's stock portfolio. >>> a group of sea otters finding a new home in the odysea aquarium, which could open in a couple of weeks. special handlers will be on hand day and night to look after the otters and all of the other animals at the aquarium. >>> a single mom looking for work takes initiative, and it really paid off for her. >>> ryan lochte has apologized for lying about being robbed too little, too late, and now he is definitely paying the price. >>> if you would like to contact p?p?o?gv i take prilosec otc each morning for my frequent heartburn ahhh the sweet taste of victory! prilosec otc. one pill each morning. five 24 hours. zero heartburn. >>> five surprise firefighters head west to help cal

giffords lauded toomey. has been strongly pushing for stricter gun laws since she was injured in a 2011 mass shooting near tucson. the campaign of toomey's challenger katie mcginty insists toomey has not strayed at all from the national rifle association positions. >>> new information this morning on a murder at a highrise apartment building in camden county. authorities now say a woman was stabbed to death and her husband stabbed himself. it all happened with three children inside the collingswood apartment. "action news" reporter katherine scott is live along the white horse pike with the full story. katherine. >> reporter: matt, what exactly happened here remains under investigation but we have been told by authorities that at a woman in her 30's was stabbed multiple times, she was pronounced dead at the scene and her husband was stabbed multiple times with what appear to be self inflicted wounds. he was taken to the hospital in critical condition and authorities are also saying that three children were i

you'll hear from astronaut mark kelly, husband of gabby giffords. out a strong statement about what mr. trump said. they want an apology. that's next. >>> hello. i'm wolf blitzer. it's 1:00 p.m. in washington. 1:00 a.m. thursday in manila. philippines, wherever you're watching from around the world, thanks very much for joining us. up first, donald trump right now at the center of yet another political firestorm blasting suggestions he tried to incite violence against hillary clinton and clinton herself now facing new questions in the never ending e-mail saga. this time the clinton foundation sunday the microscope. on the campaign trail, both candidates are targeting key battleground states today. clinton is in io

giffords made that endorsement today citing toomey's record on gun control. >>> jerry sandusky iback in court today forhe seco day of his three-day appeals hearing. the former penn state assistant football coach wants his child molestation conviction overturned because he says his original lawyer did not adequately represent him. today, his new lawyer spoke on conflicting statements from a man who said an assistant coach saw him being sexually abused by san dus any a penn state shower. so-called victim number two settled abuse claims with penn state but did not testify against sandusky at trial. sandusky testified during the first day of this hearing and strongly denied any guilt. sandusky is currently serving a 30 to 60-year sentence. >>> a final report out tonight on the deadly alligator attack at disney that left a toddler dead says little could be done to prevent what happened. wildlife officials say the seven-foot alligator grabbed 2-year-old lane thomas when he bent down. a report says the child's father tried to pry open that gator's mouth, but the animal broke away. trappers

former arizona congresswoman gabby giffords said we must draw a line. elizabeth warren calling trump a pathetic coward. and the daughter of martin luther king, jr. called trump's comments distasteful, disturbing and dangerous. kristin no surprise, team clinton is all over this. what are they telling you specifically? >> reporter: let me tell you what we are hearing from her campaign manager, really some of the strongest language of all of those quotes that you read. he said, quote, this is simply. what trump is saying is dangerous. a person seeking to be the president of the united states should not suggest violence in any way. i think her sur garogates are gg to hold trump accountable for his words. the question is, will secretary clinton weigh in? she got a number of questions about this yesterday. she didn't respond. it's still under discussion, quite frankly, because you have so many voices condemning what trump said. it's not only the substance. democrats, surrogates and also some republicans are raising a broader point, which is that if you are ru

>> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> >> yes. >> regis is our hump day hunk today. it's wednesday, august 3rd and the legendary tony bennett 's 90 birthday. in the rainbow room for a birthday bash. >> it's going to be terrific. >> let's just take a moment. ?? ? and let me play ? >> that guy has got a voice. >> still does. i think he's going to be appearing in the rainbow room on his 100th birthday. the male betty white. so we've got an exciting show today, don't we reg. >> i think so. especially with you with the new hair day. >> we are giving away two tickets to see the legendary barbra streisand in concert. two super fans. ? >> two great singers today. >> we really do. ?? >> yep. two super fans from our plaza will compete for the chance. don't miss that. and he won a tony and a grammy for his portrayal of hamilton. did you see "hamilton"? >> only one left. >> leslie odom jr. is giving us a taste of brazil just in time for the olympics. >> this guy does everything. >> amazing, yep.

and if you have gabby gifford's and mike bloomberg's pack supporting him -- >> look, i think that gabbyifford's "group" endorsement of toomey was significant. >> right. >> i do think that. >> she's a democrat. he's a republican, of course. >> having said that, just about all the other groups in favor of gun control have endorsed katie mcginty. and while i applaud what toomey did for whatever it was -- four or five years ago, he proposed some legislation. >> after the sandy hook incident. >> he did absolutely, really, virtually nothing to get it passed. it did not pass. it is not the law, and he's done nothing since. so, i think voters won't -- you know, don't fall for those kinds of things. i don't know about endorsements and how much weight they really carry. i think ads that i've seen from the mcginty campaign running in the southeast, right here in philadelphia in the suburbs, catching pat toomey, who didn't think he was being recorded, saying, "i got 100% with the nra. i'm 100% with them." i think that's a very damaging... >> but she's also going after women. >> ...commercial in thi

people, maybe there is, i don't know." )) ((kirsten joyce)) >> former arizona congresswoman gabby giffords, who was shot in the head during a mass shooting, tweeted -- "we must draw a line between political speech and suggestions of violence." yesterday -- he took aim at the media -- for allegedly ignoring the presence of orlando shooter omar mateen's father at one of clintonal the clinton campaign has since disavowed mateen's support and says he was not an invited guest. ((brian loftus)) >>> house speaker paul ryan is the winner of wisconsin's republican primary, according to a c-n-n projection. he easily defeated challenger paul nehlen. polls showed ryan consistently hovering above 80-percent support. a week ago, republican presidential nominee donald trump sent shockwaves through his party for refusing to endorse ryan while thanking nehlen for his support. the spring. ((kirsten joyce)) >>> former president bill clinton will be in las vegas this week. clinton .. and libertaran presidential candidate gary johnson will speak friday at the "2016 presidential election forum." it's being put

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former arizona congresswoman gabby gifford tweeted "we must trump has been under fire for members of his own party to stick to messages. he took aim at the media for ignoring the presence of the orlando shooter's father at clinton campaign last week. he says he was not an invited guest. >> clinton will be talking about jobs in iowa today. tomorrow she is delivering a speech machines are adding another lair of safety here in colorado. >>> the nfl planning a massive kick off party at our son caleb was born with a rare form of cystic fibrosis. it means every day mucus builds up on his lungs, making it very hard for caleb to breathe. doctors told us that caleb's life expectancy was about 35 years of age. but then a new medication was invented that not only treated the symptoms of cystic fibrosis, but targeted the disease. the only problem was is that it wasn't approved to be used in the united states. t. working with republicans, michael bennet wrote a law to get medicine and treatments approved quicker. caleb just celebrated 5 years being hospital-free. he doesn't have to think about hi

. >>> the feedback is kind tonight, michael gifford, strangely fascinated by acronym verses initialism, my ocd is think that would be initialism, then akronism. caleb, love the story about the license plate. who run the world? nerds. robert, we have been watching next since you started couple weeks ago and have been impressed. nice work, take the rest of the day off. don't mind if i do, robert. >>> tonight on the "olympic zone," and olympic gold medalist defending her title in rio is also fighting for recognition for her hometown and her country. >>> when longer jumper ja olympics she did it with the support of the csu community and the olympic powerhouse preparing for ten events. next on the "olympic zone." >>> welcome to the "olympic zone," i'm aaron matas. today team usa widened its lead in rio adding eight more medals , we are about to recap some highlights including for women's gymnastics, which has not aired yet. so if you don't want any spoilers, now is the time to beat us for the next minute or -- to mute us. >> ?. >> in women's soccer, janine becky and canada fell to germany i

congresswoman gabby giffords almost killed by a deranged killer five years ago. i know you founded gun violence prevention group called americans for responsible solutions. let's talk about trump's latest words. usually he's often said stuff that's unusual blowing up political boundaries if you will, but you believe this is different this time. tell us why. >> well, i mean, it's very incendiary comment that could promote unstable individuals to take action. you know, i don't expect that he wants hillary clinton or a justice to be shot but using this language could prompt the wrong person with a serious problem with their state of mind to doing something horrific. the assassination of an elected leader or a judge, we've seen this in our history and it's not too difficult to push somebody over the edge. >> your organization issued a statement along those lines saying responsible stable individuals won't take trump's rhetoric to its literal end but his words may provide inspiration or permission for those bent on bloodshed. in this particular case, do you give donal

humid numbers for tomorrow, 68 degrees to start >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. i hope you had a great weekend. the stars were out. it's monday, august 29th. >> and james' birthday is today. >> glad you remembered. here in new york city, the vmas were held at madison square garden.

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gabby giffords, the gun control movement's human shield. hoisted high and proud, the confederate flag proclaims a glorious heritage. and that one came shortly after the charleston massacre when democrats and republicans alike were doing everything they could to heal racial divide that breitbart and banon tried to inform. just imagine. donald trump reading that and thinking, this is what i need more of in my campaign. now, banon has nasty things to say about pretty much everyone. this spring he railed against speaker paul ryan for, quote, rubbing his social justice catholicism in my nose every second. no wonder he has again to work for trump. to only presidential candidate ever to get into a public feud with the pope. it's truly hard to believe, but according to the southern poverty law center, which tracks hate groups, breitbart embraces ideas on the extremist fringe of the conservative right. this is not conservativism as we have known it. this is not republicanism as we have known it. these are racist ideas, race-baiting ideas, anti-musli