canadian glenn alexander in beijing got calls from friends in tianjin. >> the first conversation that we had was that the firefighters and the first responders had all been knocked over and there were dead bodies all over the street. >> reporter: china's state broadcaster said the double explosion was caused by a fire in a warehouse, storing some kind of explosive material. as thursday morning broke in tianjin, smoke was still rising at the scene of the blast. two firefighters remain missing. and at least 13 people are dead. given the force of the explosions, that number is likely to rise. kelly cobiella, nbc news. >>> here at home, hillary clinton's campaign is in damage control mode this evening as the fbi takes possession of her private e-mail server. the source of so much controversy. and we learn some of the e-mails in that server contain top secret messages. nbc's andrea mitchell has the latest. >> reporter: hillary clinton secluded today after agreeing to turn over her private e-mail server, something she had vowed never to do. >> the server contains personal communications fro

canadian glenn alexander in beijing got calls from people in tianjin. >> the first conversation we had is that the firefighters and first responders had all been knocked over and there were dead bodies all over the street. >> state broadcasters said the double explosion was caused by a fire in a warehouse carrying some sort of explosive material. smoke was still rising at the scene of the blast. two firefighters remain missing and at least 13 people are dead. given the force of the explosions, that number is hikely to rise. nbc news. >> and the latest death toll there is 44. moving on, china's central bank reassured markets about the country's currency saying there's no basis for further yuan depreciation. it's had a strong economy, sustained trade service and ample reserves give strong support to the exchange rate. there's also a possible 10% devaluations of the currency. yuan weakened for the third straight day today as it lowered the midpoint range again. however the gap has narrowed. >> luxury retail stocks are rebounding along with the rest of the markets in europe today. this aft

canadian glenn alexander in beijing got calls from friends in tianjin. >> the firefighters and the firstesponders had all been knocked over and there's dead bodies all over the street. >> reporter: china's state broadcasters said the double explosion was called by a fire in a warehouse storing some kind of explosive material. as thursday morning broke in tianjin smoke was still rising at the scene of the blast. two firefighters remain missing and at least 13 people are dead. given the force of the explosions, that number is likely to rise. nbc news. >>> reports suggest at least 54 people were killed and more than 80 wounded in a bomb aattack in baghdad. that would make it one of the largest attacks on the iraqi capital since the prime minister took over a year ago. the explosives were in a truck parked beside a market in the city. no responsibility for the attack yet. >> u.s. launched first manned air strikes against islamic state from turkey. they deployed unmanned missions against islamic fighters after turkey agreed to open it's important bases to the u.s. fighter jets didn't particip

canadian glenn alexander in beijing got calls from friends in tianjin. >> the first conversation thats that the firefighters and the first responders had all been knocked over and there were dead bodies all over the street. >> reporter: china's state broadcaster said the explosion was caused bay fire in a warehouse storing some kind of explosive material. as thursday morning broke in tianjin, smoke was still rising at the scene of the blast. two firefighters remain missing and at least 13 people are dead. given the force of the explosions, that number is likely to rise. kelly cobiella, nbc news. >>> coming up, tig notaro will join us. so you're a small business expert from at&t? yeah, give me a problem and i've got the solution. well, we have 30 years of customer records. our cloud can keep them safe and accessible anywhere. my drivers don't have time to fill out forms. tablets. keep them all digital. we're looking to double our deliveries. our fleet apps will find the fastest route. oh, and your boysenberyy apple scones smell about done. ahh, you're good. i like to bake. with at&t ge

canadian glenn alexander in beijing got calls from friends in tianjin. >> the first conversation thate had was that the firefighters and the first responders had all been knocked over and there were dead bodies all over the street. >> reporter: china's state broadcaster said the explosion was caused bay fire in a warehouse storing some kind of explosive material. as thursday morning broke in tianjin, smoke was still rising at the scene of the blast. two firefighters remain missing and at least 13 people are dead. given the force of the explosions, that number is likely to rise. kelly cobiella, nbc news. >>> coming up, tig notaro will join us. try always discreet underwear and move, groove, wiggle, giggle, swerve, curve. lift, shift, ride, glide, hit your stride. only always discreet underwear has soft dual leak guard barriers to help stop leaks where they happen most and a discreet fit that hugs your curves, you barely feel it. always discreet underwear so bladder leaks can feel like no big deal. because hey, pee happens. get your free pair and valuable coupons at always discreet.com