no complaints. >> you grew up in hawaii. what was life like? rep. case: i had a wonderful childhood. i grew up in a small town in hawaii. it was not honolulu, it was a town of about 25,000. i often describe it as picturesque and quintessential small town america, but it was hawaii. it was an incredibly diverse community that i grew up in. i was routinely the only caucasian in my class and in public school. it was quite an outdoor upbringing. the ocean was there, the trails were there, it had small town values. you knew your neighbors. so i grew up in a small town. i just happened to grow up in hawaii. i feel like i have the best of all worlds in my upbringing. it was a fantastic upbringing. >> how did your family end up there? rep. case: my family has been there since 1896. my story is unusual. my great grandparents immigrated to hawaii from kansas. this is on my father's side. at the time, hawaii was an independent country. i think they were looking for opportunity. they were looking for a new life, and hawaii was an up-and-coming country that has

i just happened to grow up in hawaii. i feel like i have the best of all worlds in my upbringing. >> what did your parents do for a living? rep. case: my family has been there since 1896. my story is unusual. my great grandparents immigrated to hawaii from kansas. this is on my father's side. at the time, hawaii was an independent country. i think they were looking for opportunity. they were looking for a new life, and hawaii was an up-and-coming country that has -- it looked like we would become part of the united states. i think they were attracted to the promise and opportunity of hawaii. that was a long, long time ago, and of course now, i'm the fourth generation, and we are working on about the seventh generation at this point, so that is a long group that has lived throughout all of the ages of hawaii. my great grandparents were prominent in their community in maui. my parents were prominent in their community. my dad contributed to his community in honolulu. i have had a full life and i have a family around me that

next, lawmakers from texas, new jersey, and hawaii. van taylor who is representing the third district of texas is first. he is a former third district legislator and a marine. >> congressman, your seventh generation texan. rep. taylor: my family came to texas in 1826 and became mexican citizens. in 1835, october of 1835, a letter was sent to my family asking them to join the revolution. a copy of the letter is in my office, here in washington, d.c.. you can see that the times were now. greta: over the generations, what has your family done for living? rep. taylor: i've been in commercial real estate, farming, i live one mile away from where my great-grandfather farmed for the great depression. our family has a great love for our state and it has been an incredible ride. i am honored to represent the people of the third district of texas in congress. greta: what was your childhood like? who are your parents? rep. taylor: my father was an attorney and businessman. my mother is a homemaker. i grew up in midland texas and i was born in dal

gabbard: so, in hawaii, you hear a lot about aloha. we greet each other with aloha, but it is not because it is a word that means hello or goodbye. it is a word that is so much more powerful. aloha is love. when i greet you with aloha, what i am saying is that i come to you with an open heart, with love, with respect, with compassion, and a recognition that we are all god's children, we are all connected. and there is so much strength that comes from that aloha, that love that cannot ever be mistaken for weakness. because there is no force more powerful than love. it is not just a feeling, it is a force that motivates us to take action, to take care of one another, to fight for those we love. it is love that drives a firefighter to go and run into a burning building to save the life of a total stranger. it is love that drives a mother to run into oncoming traffic to save the life of her child. it is love that inspires a soldier to put their life on the line, out of love for our people and love for our country. it is that love that insp

mountain is a sacr fousus here in hawaii.auna kea is june a logically linked --enealogically linked tohe people. oura a kea is own as ancestor, rr teacher, our protector, corrector, and our guide. so for the last 10 years, we have held off the project of the building of an 18 story telescope on the top of our mountain near the summit on a pristine area over our water aquifer and the source of water for much of this island. those who are partnering in this project are canada, china, indidia, japan, and the united ststatesn ththe area ofalifornia withhe largest single donor beg the gordon andetetty mre foundation in palo alto. so why we're standing for this motatain i quite simple, amy. anand thk you for having me on the sh.. if i could put it ryry simply, i would saifif we don't stand for the most sacred, what will we stand for? ananif not now, when willll we and? the stand -it isotot jusnative pple e an not just the local communit but rlly a worldwideommunity becae trere areo many milariti. therare native peopl everhere aroun

they never could get the treaty through for the annexation of hawaii.t ended up being a joint resolution, a war measure that because of the philippines, that hawaii was so important to hold the philippines and get to the markets in china, that's really the only reason we ended up with hawaii. so i'll jump ahead a little bit to the spanish-american war, the idea was that we were going to free the cubans and then we were going to free the philippines. john hay was all for it but so was sam clemens. sam clemens, when the spanish-american war first happened, he was very excited about this war. it was the war unlike any other. it was a war we were fighting and spending blood and treasure to free another people. at one point, he was so excited about this, he would join up the fight himself if it weren't for the danger. that changed over time as it became clear that it wasn't about freeing the cubans and freeing the philippines but we were about controlling those places. hay was the guy who had to basically execute the plan, clemens was a guy who became angrie

about that if you have vacation in hawaii early next week.ll have updates as we learn more about those storms. >> that would have to mean adjustments to travel plans. >> right. >> thank you, jeff. up next, not so on a plane that >>> happening now, virtually every upcoming berry event is reexamining its plans. the fremont festival is taking place. they are contacted the police to discuss whether they should be making changes. if you want more details on how they plan to make the festival safer, visit nbcbayarea.com. we're back with more in a moment. >>> okay. tsa members come across a variety of bizarre things people try to bring on the plane. but this is a new one. a missile launcher. a military member tried bringing it from kuwait as a souvenir. yeah, i'll take this with me. agents gave it to the fire marshal to allow for safe disposal and allow the passenger to make the flight. it was not a live device as you imagine. >>> siri, are you eavesdropping? a a new report says yes, she is. huni with apple voice's siri. apple crarecordings are anon

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, there is a nimitz freeway in hawaii. use i like that too but here in oakland, brad 10 minutes to make your way from to 38 down to downtown oakland will check more coming up in just a bit. muni service will be returning to the sales force transit center routes 5, 5, are 3838 are and 7 will be operational once again ac transit will still operate out of the temporary transfer a terminal for the time being if people have access to cross between the bus plaza and also bill street to access those buses as well as greyhound amtrak so that's good. the center recently reopened but this will be the first bus service installs crash. it's hurt us covered and though still beams at the transit center last september. over the last year several videos and pictures of needles found between bart seat cushions and people shooting up in the station hallways as for smart leadership to make changes so they say that they've seen a dramatic increase in the number of tuesday decrease in the number of needles left on trains at some stations. but

there were two hours to hawaii. it was so violent the pilot was forced to make an emergency landing in hawaii. >> it must have dropped 100 feet or something. everyone went up to the ceiling. >> everyone was flying. >> 35 people were hurt. all are expected to be okay. >> there's a feud between elon musk and pablo escobar's brother. at the center of it all, the idea the drug king pen's brother musk ripped off. he claims musk stole his idea for a flame thrower. roberto escobar claim the two talked about a flame thrower at the family's colombia in 2017. a year later musk launched what he called, quote, not a escobar is thinking of taking legal action against musk. musk responding on twitter saying his product is not a flame thrower. >> do you really want to get in a feud with pablo escobar's brother? >> or elon musk. we're back in a moment with the big news from the nba and a sports star in the bay area is selling his home. we'll show you who and how much. it's no ordinary day for our family at denny's. it's crepe day.

. >>> and a cultural performance of a group reserving the ethnic dances of hawaii and ta hoot hoota heatiethe na mamo no 'eau will be here in our studio. >>> it's summertime, recovering and relaxing after a school year and getting ready for the next one. it never gets any easier for students, especially those in ur schools there are groups trying to make sure students get what they need to succeed. first from the family giving tree, here is drive leader coordinator evelyn nguyen and franchisee and back-to-school leader lisa tran. welcome to the show. >> thanks for having us. >> we had family giving free on the show. >> we are a nonprofit organization in the south bay, and we run two drives a year, in the summer, we do a back-to-school drive which we are working on vigorously now and winter we focus on a drive. we service our local community of low income folks in need, so for the summer for the back-to-school drive we are servicing the low income students in the bay area all throughout the various schools. >> as we say, it never gets any easier and sometimes even gets more difficult. >> ye

but hawaii isn't expected to take major hit.ne eric, the second one following the same track a weaker storm but still, category one hurricane. both storms are expected to follow a path that will take them about 900 miles south of the big island of hawaii later in the week around thursday or friday. so although these storms are powerful and potentially dangerous at the moment, they stay on the track that we're projecting, they will not deliver any severe weather to hawaii. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. tomorrow will be -- well, tomorrow and thursday actually will be almost identical days with high temperatures mainly in the upper 80s inland, upper 70s around the bay shoreline and low to mid 60s. a slight warmup on friday by a couple degrees but the real warmup, the main event begins over the weekend as inland highs climbing to the mid-90s and gets warmer still on monday. in fact, 96 to 98 inland, not out of the question on monday. mid 80s around the bay and that's our typical late july early august weather. nothing

. >>> we are get an update from the conservationist who is swimming from hawaii to san about the plastic liter in the ocean. he started his mission in hawaii on june 8th, he is swimming through what is the gr pacific garbage patch. his goal is to cover 300 nautical miles, representing the 300 million-tons of plastic we produce every year. yesterday we talked to him via skype from his boat halfway between hawaii and san francisco. >> two days ago i went swimming, there was a whale with a baby passing by. an hour after that, a big piece of net and floating net and trash floatings that's the day that we collected two worlds li together. >> he hopes to arrive in san francisco around labor day. . the marvel movie avengers end game is the highest grossing movie of all time. >> disney says that movie brought in $2.79 billion at the worldwide box office since opening, topping avatar's record of 2.78 million dollars. disney's acquisition of fox, it owns avatars avatar's upcoming sequels. a taste of hollywood, a brief cameo on hbo's silicon valley. in a post op facebook, here is the mayors he meet

. >>> a pair of hulks, eric and flossies could affect hawaii over the next few days. eric is now a major hurricane. it's this the central pacific ocean, forecast to approach hawaii by the end of the week. forecasters say it could start losing strength and gradually weaken back down in to a tropical storm before sliding south of hawaii tomorrow or friday. >> i have been talking to steve about. a lot of people travel to hawaii. >>> the governor of california says he is demanding transparency from presidential candidates. the reason there is a chance president trump may not be on california's ballot in 2020. >>> have you seen the seesaw at the u.s. boarder with mexico. an art installation and two bay area professors put it together. >>> on the road, the east shore freeway traffic looking pretty good. it is getting more crowded on the way to the bay bridge. >>> temperatures, they will come up a little bit. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ the next american chinese original is here. new sichuan hot chicken. for a heart breaking limited time only at panda express. this is you shopping. and this is

next, lawmakers from texas, new jersey, and hawaii. van taylor who is representing the third district of texas is first. he is a former third district legislator and a marine. >> congressman, your seventh generation texan. rep. taylor: my family came to texas in 1826 and became mexican citizens. in 1835, october o35

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and a giant telescope is planned for hawaii as tallest mountain to enhance humanity's knowledge of the universe and create hundreds of jobs that natives there say stop the site is secret. business asia i want to get jones good to have you with us now than coal is seen as the greatest climate threat we face contributing more to global warming than any other fossil fuels there's a heated discussion going on here in europe how to reduce or stop coal fired plants to save the planet but only a few are actually walking the talk in fact coal is gaining market share across the globe in 2018 coal consumption grew by 1.4 percent that equals 3770000000 tons a day experts agree coal is here to stay for years to come to meet rising energy demand china by far has the world's biggest appetite for coal india comes in 2nd consuming 12 percent of the world's coal and on the other end of the spectrum germany only uses 1.8 percent so it seems like the future health of our planet depends on china and india and the way they satisfy their energy needs for more i'm joined by day for a chat or g. from a busine

hawaii's dirty secret-- why this big island beach is polluted with trash. 50 years after apollo 11 blastedo the moon, we visit the vault to see the lunar rocks they brought back. and the beetle goes extinct, our don dahler on "a bug's life." >> quijano: good evening, i'm elaine quijano. federal raids to round up and deport what the white house calls undocumented criminals were threatened to begin today. the operation was to take place in at least ten cities across the country. jonathan vigliotti is in los angeles. >> they have to go out. >> reporter: president trump promised a wave of federal raids sunday but so far immigration sources tell cbs news they've been limited to new york city where federal agents were seen this weekend knocking on doors. acting director matthew allbans on fox news wouldn't confirm or deny those reports. >> i won't speak to specifically anything that is going on an operational perspective. the overarching concern is the safety and security of both our officers conducting the operations and the public. >> reporter: in a statement, ice said they prioritize the arre

hey, so, i know, you went to hawaii when was your hawaii trip?january. >> seth: very nice >> amazing trip. >> seth: and do you ever have this happen where you're flying, and because you have been in so many of these films that people watch all the time, that they watch on airplaneszed, like, "oh, that person is watchi >> yeah, it happens occasionally, yeah i also -- i've seen someone watch one of my movies and turn it off >> seth: yeah, yea were flying to hawaii, i noticed this young lady was watching "spider man: homecoming. and, you know, it was kind of cool i was like, "oh, that lady is watching my movie. and then this other lady walked past me, and i said to my brother, i went, "dude, that lady looks so unwell." and then, all of a sudden, i heard this thud next to me and i looked to the left, and this lady had passed out next to me >> seth: wow >> like, full on, out cold so, i jumped up. i was trying to -- i'm not a doctor, i'm an actor [ laughter ] i was like, "ma'am, are you all right? so i was calling for a doctor, i was trying to clear he

two hurricanes with hawaii in the potential danger joan. al roker is here al, where is the threat headed >> lester, two hurricanes in the pacific. a major one eric is going to stay to the south of hawaii. flossie, a category 1, the atlantic of that will bring it somewhere around hawaii early next week. so we're going to be watching that closely in the atlantic we have an invest area, 95-l, this right now a 10% chance of development over the next five days, but as it gets to the southeast of florida, could cause some problems strong storms firing up in the northeast tonight. more tomorrow afternoon. airport delays from new england all the way down to knoxville. we'll be watching that carefully tomorrow as well lester >> all right, al, thank you. >>> there are new developments in the case of two american teens under arrest in italy in connection with the murder of a police officer investigators say today the officer was attacked immediately after a drug deal went wrong the. and for the first time they reveal a murder weapon, a commando knife

and a giant telescope is planned for hawaii as tallest mountain to enhance humanity's knowledge of the universe and create hundreds of jobs that natives there say stop a site secret. business asia i want to get. cold is one of the main villains of climate change but as europe cleans up its act what can be done about india and china addiction to the black stuff. also coming up taking the gig economy to the next level workers are now living in camper vans next to their temporary jobs and actually enjoy the lifestyle. and a giant telescope is planned for hawaii as tallest mountain to enhance humanity's knowledge of the universe and create hundreds of jobs that natives there say stop the site in secret. business asia i want to get jones good to have you with us now than coal is seen as the greatest climate threats we face contributing more to global warming than any other fossil fuels there's a heated discussion going on here in europe how to reduce or stop coal fired plants to save the planet but only a few are actually walking the talk in fact coal is gaining market share across the glob

clinton signed don't ask, don't tell into law in 1993, another gay rights issue was heating up in hawaiiwho fought at stonewall, the potential legalization of same-sex marriage. >> last year in a landmark decision, the hawaii supreme court ruled that the state was discriminating against same-sex couples by not allowing them to marry. >> all of a sudden hawaii looks like it's going to get gay marriage. but the religious right, they mobilized so it would never happen in the other states. >> our hope is to not let a foolish mistake by hawaii drive the law for all the other states in the union. >> we saw a backlash when marriage equality happened. the sense that you are going to destroy marriage because you allow gays to be married. >> if your marriage is in trouble, y'all see a therapist. what's at stake is privilege. >> and while the states battle it out in 1996 both houses of congress passed the defense of marriage act. in the middle of the night, the president signed it. >> after midnight and without fanfare, he signed a bill barring federal recognition of homosexual marriages. >> i thin

the air canada flight made an emergency landing in hawaii. abc's david kerley covers aviation. >> reporter: oxygen masks dangling in the boeing 777 right after that severe turbulence. >> half the cabin didn't have seat belts on, and there was no warn, and then half of them, their head hit the roof. >> reporter: the air canada jet had left vancouver for sydney and halfway over the pacific, the pilots turned on the fasten seat belt lights. >> but before people even had time to get back to their seats, the plane just dropped. and everybody hit the floor or hit the roof. >> everyone's head who wasn't belted in hit the roof like a jack in the box. it was scary to see. >> reporter: the pilots diverting to hawaii, 600 miles away. five doctors on board start treating the 35 injured. there were 284 people on board. >> it was a scene from a movie. worst possible scenario where plane is about to crash, it was like that. people went whack, straight up in the air, and then from there, masks came down, people are scream egg, kids were crying. >> charlie ni

it's too early to know if eric will hit hawaii directly. rough surf and rip currents are expected. >>> giants have the day off before a series against the philadelphia phillies. standing ovation during the final game in. as manager he took the padres to the world series in 1998. a double in the second game. gave giants the lead. this great catch, at the wall, double in the 9th gave the giants the lead for good. they won 7- 6. >>> oak land a's have the day off off after splitting a series with the rangers. mark put the a's up early. right there, a solo homer in the third inning. oakland allowed texas to tie the game in the 6th inning and in the 8th inning. in the 9th, a's were down by a run when olson singled and tied the game at 5, two batters later, chris davis won the game. this is a walkand the oakland a's won, 6-5. tomorrow night hosting the brewers. >>> we met a few of our viewers yesterday at the a's. a few people had paid extra for the signed chris davis mug and they proudly showed that off. looks like i'm going to have to go next ye

. >>> hawaii's highest peak could be home to a new telescope, but not of the locals can help it. why activists are opposing construction. >>> this started a warm-up over the weekend. if your inland, your most certainly did. the rest of us, maybe not much. i will talk about how highway go in some places, and why the rest of us maybe do not change much at all. >>> i'm tracking one of the main trouble spots this morning. it is early for the eastshore freeway but at 5:11 it is the drivetime already 27 minutes from highway 4 to the maze due to an accident at the maze. i'm keeping track on this and other commute times, just ahead. compare comcast business to your current provider. my current service provider does not provide half of what you provide. and to know that i could save money? i'd be thrilled. this sounds like a whole business package, which would be incredible. so what are you guys waiting for? let's do it. (laughs) comcast business gives you a full suite of products with great performance and value. get fast, reliable internet on the nation's largest gig-speed network for l

you know, i was a very happy lieutenant governor of the state of hawaii and leading the hawaii initiative which was our effort to get 100% clean energy by the year 2040, and the very unfortunate death of daniel inouye made a vacancy in that the senate seat and i decided to pursue that the senate seat because i wanted to do something about climate. i didn't know most of the members except for the famous ones. and when i came to the senate, everybody talked me to talk to sheldon whitehouse, and we became fast friends. he comes from the ocean state, even though that sounds weird to me. i come from the aloha state and he comes from the ocean state. i want to report to you, whoever's watching, that i've never felt such momentum on this issue. it is because of the young people who sort of stormed the castle over the last year or so and demanded change and demanded action and demanded the kind of change and action that is equal to the scale of this problem. and people will quibble with the political tactics and the messaging and all that. you know what? when change happens in the united states o

tallest mountain. >> we do not have a voice. >> this woman is flying to hawaii's big island to join her family in protest. >> others are leading us to this front line and we have to go. >> reporter: hawaiian elders were arrested during the protest on wednesday. jiets not the telescope itself. tights fact that they're building it there. >> this woman teaches at stappford. she grew up year the volcano and has been involved in the fight against the telescope for years. >> this is equivalent to something like mount fuji. it has been an issue for generations. >> the first telescopes were constructed in the 70s. >> it's an ideal place to have a telescope. you don't have a lot of light pollution. you've got the steady air in the 14,000-foot peak. >> this man says the new telescope would be three times the size of existing telescopes on the summit. >> it can help is understand how our universe works, what the evolution of our oougs was and where the universe is going. >> reporter: the university of california is a major partner in the project. on friday, there's a protest planned on uc berk

. >>> hawaii congresswoman gabbert says harris is not qualified to be president of the united states. gabbert, who is also running for president, says senator harris lacks military and foreign policy experience. gabbert says her experience in hawaii's national guard and seats on the foreign affairs and home land security committees make her the best qualified candidate. they will be on the same stage this the second debate of the democratic presidential candidates, that's next tuesday and wednesday. >>> on the first night of those debates, line ups include elizabeth warren and bernie sanders and pete buttigieg. on the second night of debates, senator kamala harris and joe biden will share the stage with former hud secretary julion castro. bill de blasio, actualsey gabbert, terse ten gillibrand, jay ensly and andrew yang. >>> first full day as america's secretary of defense. he was sworn in yesterday by the senate during a ceremonied at the white house. s per served as acting secretary of defense before his nomination. this marks the ends of the longest period in history in which the p

erick will go to the south of hawaii, so if you are headed to hawaii later this week, just know the surfill get rough as that storm passes by. here's the seven-day forecast. breezy and mild on your wednesday. steady pattern. thursday into friday, warmer weather arrives on saturday and sunday. 80s to mid 90s in the warmest spot. all in all, a nice seven days shaping up. >>> tomorrow on "good morning america" dwayne "the rock" america" dwayne "the rock" at at&t we believe in access. the opportunity for everyone to explore a digital world. connecting with the things that matter most. and because nothing keeps us more connected than the internet. we've created access from at&t california households with at least one resident who receives snap or ssi benefits. may qualify for home internet at a discounted rate of $10 a month. no commitment, deposit, or installation fee. visit att.com/accessnow, to learn more. >>> in the south bay, a woman is accused of impersonating two pharmacists and illegally giving out hundreds of thousands of prescription drugs at three bay area walgreen's. some of them

it was issued by hawaii's governor.tially broadens authorities' power here in the situation, ana, to potentially move in and begin to forcefully remove some of these peaceful protesters. but we should mention that at this point we have not seen that. the organizer did tell me they're expecting this to happen at any point. they're even taking to social media, they're going online to try to gather some bond money. basically a fund-raising operation should authorities decide to finally move in and begin to remove some of these individuals. nine days now and they said that they are digging in their heels and not going anywhere. they do not want that telescope, a 14th telescope, on that mountain to be built. >> okay. thank you. >>> coming up, after days of protests, puerto rico's governor announces he won't run for re-election, but he's not stepping down as governor. we'll go live to san juan next. the big wireless companies have great coverage... ...because of all these cell towers. but straight talk wireless runs on the sa

eric going south of hawaii but flossie could be problems. watch your travel plans. >> lot of people vacationing in summer. >>> story behind the pink seesaws and bay area professors who put them there. >> and jimmy. >> "queer eye" fab five are here. stay tuned. >>> and happening now, developing in san francisco, sfpd officer hurt on the job in the tenderloin, chasing a suspected drug dealer. when arrested the suspect, officer was hit in the head, rushed to local hospital, expected to be okay. we're back in a moment. who's dog is this? it's my special friend, antonio. his luxurious fur calms my nerves when i'm worried about movwith renters insurance.ent.s yeah, and we could save a bunch too.antoo! fe antonio? i'll get it. get to know geico and see how much you could save on renters insurance. >>> okay, he is beyond grounded. messing around with a bb gun landed a teen in contra costa county jail. neighbors reported man shooting. police found a teenager and bb gun in the car. >>> something completely unexpected at border with mexico. professors

it would be installed on manh au kea, hawaii's tallest mountain, home to telescopes. some hawaii natives consider the mountain to be sacred. >>> 50 years ago neil armstrong took one small step for man and a giant leap for mankind. the world watch the historic moon landing and it forever changed space exploration. abc news reporter maggie rulli is live at the johnson space center in houston. good morning. >> reporter: kumasi, good morning. the excitement is building here and i a cross the country. there are celebrations planned from the national mall and times square, but arguably the biggest one will be going on here at the johnson space center where it all wept down during the apollo mission. the excitement, like i said, you can feel it from everyone. they're expecting thousands of people here today, thousands were here yesterday. but what is wild, kumasi, is to think that this monumental moment in history almost never happened. 50 years ago this morning the entire nation was holding its breath. >> the drama of watching the apollo 11 in the summer of '69 is, can they

why dwayne the rock johnson is lending his star power in the fight against a massive telescope in hawaiitoday, thursday, july 25t >>> from nbc news this is "today" with guthrie and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today." thanks for joining us on this thursday morning. craig melvinon alide kristen welker filling in for savannah. >> a busy news day. >> let's get right to the breaking news involving jeffrey epstein, the wealthy financier found injured inside morning.is investigators are looking intosi several pose explanations including a possible suicide astempt. stephanie gosk heen covering the story. what do we know? >> good morning to you guys. we know jeffrey epstein is said to be back inai a j cell on suicide watch. the incident comes just days after a judge ordered that he remain behind bars until his trial on sex trafficking charges. investigators now working to figure out what happened. this morning, conf cting accounts about what took place insi jeffreyn's jail cell. sources close to st teihe inepvestigation say he was foun in a secure area of t

. >>> still ahead -- we're in hawaii hitting the bar with dwayne johnson, how his tough new role gotusly emotional on set. >> it was a very scary time. >>> plus, our exclusive bachelorette finale sneak peek and who will be the next bachelor? the celeb's favorite. >> i just think he's just really cute. >> so hot. >>> closed captioning provided by -- ♪ >>> this hurts my heart. sad news for jennifer aniston and her ex-husband justin theroux. the pair laid their beloved german shepherd, dolly, to rest last night. justin also shared a photo of two hands, presumably him and jen, at the sunset ceremony. >> well, it was also a difficult weekend for newlyweds joe jonas and sophie turner who also faced the tragic loss of their beloved pet. that's up first in tonight's "know and tell." joe and sophie reportedly saw a therapist after the hit and run death of their 15-month-old puppy waldo picasso last month. the couple was spotted walking waldo's big brother, porky. we know the newlyweds love their pups like family. porky was a groomsman at their wedding. waldo had their own instagram page with

you took a trip to hawaii with your girlfriend.your divorce attorneys fees and money you took from the first set of trusts by taking $60,000 out of the kids' second trust fund. >> the money was used for the children. >> which child drove the lexus? >> all three children were driven in the lexus. >> which child went to hawaii on vacation? >> perhaps that money was my own money. prosecutor never bothered to figure out what dollar went where, did they? >> you made it hard because you were mixing up the trust fund money and your money all the time. frankly, that is what scam artists do. >> i'm not a scam artist. >> why didn't you get a job. >> i had a job. >> i'm talking about a job that pays enough to support a family which is what a dad does. >> you are reading from a script the prosecutor has given you because none of these things are true. >> a guilty man or not? the jury did not take very long to decide. >> we, the jury, find the defendant, david martin hawk, guilty of the murder of debbie hawk. >> guilty of murder and nine financ

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between the rock johnson is samoan, but grew up in hawaii and understands the pain of protesters at withilege. >> it is not about science. it is about respecting a culture, a people, and doing things the right way. >> underlying the debate and argument that it is more than a sacred mountain, it is also about the economic interests being given priority over the native hawaiian cultural rights, a concern that resonates far beyond the big island. ♪ >> britain has a new prime minister. he told parliament his leadership is the beginning of a new golden age. boris johnson said its government will throw itself into brexit negotiations and that the eu by the end of october, but he was warned by the europeans that the best and only deal is the existing one. we have more from westminster. a inside 10 downing street, rousing welcome from a loyal team. prime minister boris johnson's new cabinet dominated by brexit hardliners had their first peptalk. >> as you know, we have a momentous task ahead of us, pivotal moment in our country's history. we are now committed all of us to leaving the european un

the airline saying it encountered unforecasted and sudden turbulence about two hours west of hawaii. the turbulence so violent the plane was forced to make an emergency landing. >> everyone just went flying >> reporter: the plane, carrying 269 passengers and 15 crew members, landed safely in honolulu. some posting pictures wearing neck braces and pictures of oxygen masks and food scattered on the ground it's the latest in a string of turbulent flights. tonight, of the more than three dozen hurt, nine had serious injuries others happened to be back on solid ground >> i had my seat belt on >> reporter: today's incident another reminder, always buckle up. steve patterson, nbc news >>> another breaking story we're following tonight. president trump just announced he is altering his controversial plan to include a question about citizenship on the 2020 census. our hallie jackson has the details. >> reporter: president trump tonight still determined to count how many people are legally living in this country. >> today i'm here to say we are not backing down on our effort to determine the c

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. >> protesters in hawaii not backing down blocking road leading to a mountain. >> and we're enjoying a comfortably cool weekend around the bay area with low clouds returning to san francisco. but enjoy the smile mild weekend while it lasts changes ahead on the seven-day forecast when we come right back. >>> a daring rescue in china and this one is really really hard to watch. a 5-year-old girl trapped outside a fifth floor window. but she slips threw protective bars on the ledge and dangles from her neck. goes on for ten minutes. there she is right there. firefighters broke into the apartment because the door was locked. a rescuer was hoisted up along theside of the building holding the little girl while a firefighter cut the metal bars set the girl free. she looks okay. obviously terrified. turns out the little girl got stuck when her mom reportedly went out to buy food. >> trying to find a peaceful way forward, that's what the mayor of hawaii big island says he is trying to do. as protesters try to stop the construction of a giant telescope on a hawaiian mountain. dozens of people