coli outbreak that's already sickened dozens of people jesse kirsch has what you need to know >> reporter: tonight, e. coli sparking a midwest mystery, possibly tied to the wendy's fast food chain. the cdc reporting 37 people have gotten sick in pennsylvania, ohio, michigan, and indiana since late july with ten people hospitalized >> it's a lot of people, fast i mean, we do normally get to kind of larger outbreaks, but it usually takes a little bit longer >> i felt awful. i was sitting there, i was holding my gut, rocking back and forth. >> reporter: hillary kaufman said the bacteria landed her in the e.r., adding now she's taking antibiotics. where do you think you got infected >> well, i honestly think it was wendy's. >> reporter: authorities are still searching for the outbreak's cause, but the cdc says most reported eating at a wendy's restaurant before getting sick. many specifically having sandwiches with romaine lettuce. >> the produce industry has committed to working on various food safety measures, but to me, it suggests that they're not there yet and there still needs more to b

jesse kirsch, nbc news, isam, kentucky >> the loss there overwhelming >>> let's turn now to the battle for ukraine. since the war began, russia has been accused of abducting thousands of ukraine's children morgan chesky now on the urgent effort to get them back. >> reporter: tonight, ukraine says it's holding its ground in the east, thanks to u.s.-made guided missiles known as himars this major general telling us the weapon's impact vital at slowing russia's advance. you've seen the front lines. how would you describe the fighting there right now? he tells me if the russian military is able to advance, it's only a few hundred meters a day and in washington, new sanctions targeting russian elites including the reported girlfriend of russian president putin, a 39-year-old woman, the former olympic gold medallist. meanwhile ukraine launching a new mission to rescue the war's youngest victims. 5,000 children missing somewhere in russian-occupied territories. >> translator: those children wer deported and taken forcefully from the territory of ukraine >> reporter: they tell us 11-year-old s

largest fine in league history after two dozen women accused him of sexual misconduct here is jesse kirsch >> reporter: tonight, cleveland browns star quarterback deshaun watson's fate sealed by the nfl he will sit out the season's first 11 games without pay, is being fined $5 million, and must commit to mandatory evaluation and treatment. this after two dozen women filed lawsuits against watson for sexual misconduct in massage appointments all but one settled, and grand juries twice declined to indict him criminally he maintains he did nothing wrong. >> i've always stood on my innocence and always said that i've never assaulted anyone or disrespected anyone and i continue to stand on that. but at the same time, i have to continue to push forward with my life and my career >> reporter: earlier this month, an independent disciplinary officer found the allegations of nonviolent sexual conduct watson faced were more egregious than any before reviewed by the nfl. she suspended him for six games, a punishment some thought was too lenient. the league appealed the six-game suspension, paving the

nbc's jesse kirsch is there on the ground. >> reporter: eastern kentucky hit again. up to 3 more inches of rain in isolated plaguing the region still reeling from devastating floods >> that's not right, but we'll make it through there. >> reporter: the governor visiting the rescue zone in an area where some homes are tucked into hillsides kentucky's governor says more than 600 people have been rescued by air alone since the flooding began that means help from helicopters like this black hawk the national guard says this chopper can get a boat inflated and dropped into the water in just about two minutes but again, help came too late for even more people the official death toll 28 killed the governor saying the state will pay for fumes >> we do know of additional bodies that have been recovered, but we cannot confirm those deaths at this time. >> reporter: survivors cleaning up from storms, now facing another one. >> it doesn't bother me because there is nothing else left for us to lose we've lost four houses, a couple of vehicles, all our farm equipment. i mean, tech

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now at least 37 tonight, new dramatic images of the desperate search and rescue operation and jesse kirsch has exclusive access with the national guard as they bring relief from the air. >> reporter: in eastern kentucky tonight, flood survivors getting food, water, even diapers by air the national guard delivering supplies including donations to thousands of people still largely cut off from the world more than four days after deadly floodwaters tore eastern kentucky apart. some areas so isolated even this blackhawk helicopter couldn't easily reach the community where a main road was obliterated you can see there is a home down there. it is between the hills and we're told that the roadway has been completely cut off. they need food and water and this helicopter is going to bring it to them the deadly once in a thousand year flood destroyed bridges, ripped down power lines and snapped homes like toothpicks. overhead it is clear much of the water receded. but the desperate searches continue. >> i don't think we still know how big the situation is it could go on for a couple weeks it could g

now, and weather concern, getting things for those who still do not have water or power, today jesse kirsch on the ground in kentucky to show us what is making things worse. >> reporter: good morning i'm jesse kirsch coming from eastern kentucky, area that has been devastated in recent days and the death toll unfortunately continues climbing. all of this as the rain tapers off. however, we expect excessive heat in the area and there is concern from the governor of how people will fair, considering some still do not have power or water restored, including some in this area where we are now. this is one look at the devastation behind us. we have seen harrowing scenes here of expectation is more people will unfortunately be found dead. we will have the latest coming up on today. >>> we are keeping a close eye on the developing news at the oregon state line, the mass of the wildfire burning out of control in siskiyou county. this morning as sadly turned deadly as two deaths are reported, the victims were found in the vehicle outside of a home in light of the fire. the mckinney fire is already t

that young woman and her father a warning, some of what you are about to hear is quite disturbing jesse kirsch reports >> the kid's first punt today >> reporter: two weeks after wowing fans with this booming punt, tonight, nfl rookie matt araiza is out of a job. the bills released him saturday just two days after a civil lawsuit was filed accusing the rising star and others of gang raping a 17-year-old girl the alleged victim, identified as jane doe, shared her story with san diego's pbs station. >> they threw me down on the bed facedown and they took turns assaulting me from behind other things in the mix, and i was bleeding everywhere. >> reporter: jane doe claims when araiza was still a student at san diego university last fall, he gave her an alcoholic drink containing other intoxicating substances, alleging he and two college teammates raped her for about an hour and a half at an off-campus halloween party. jane doe's father agreed to speak with us as long as we maintained his anonymity. >> matt araiza has lost his job for your daughter, is that justice >> it's a step in the right directi

we have two reports tonight, beginning with jesse kirsch in lost creek, kentucky >> reporter: tonight, eastern kentucky hit again. up to three more inches of rain and isolated flood threats plague the region still reeling from devastating floods >> we'll make it through that, too. >> reporter: the governor of kentucky visiting the disaster zone as new storms get in the way of rescue operations in an area where some homes are tucked into hillsides. kentucky's governor says more than 600 people have been rescued by air alone since the flooding began. that means help from helicopters like this black hawk the national guard says this chopper can get a boat inflated and dropped into the water in just about two minutes. but again, help came too late or even more people tonight, the official death toll, 28 killed. the governor promising the state will pay for funerals, admitting the death toll is merely a formality >> we do know of additional bodies that have been recovered but we cannot confirm those deaths at this time >> reporter: survivors cleaning up from storms, now facing another one.

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the new storms that are a major concern and flood ravaged kentucky nbc's jesse kirsch once again on the ground there in eastern kentucky with the very latest. jesse, good morning to you >> reporter: craig, another tough morning here in eastern kentucky this is just one example of the devastation brought on by the horrific floodwaters this morning we had not seen more flooding from overnight so that is good news but we do now know of another nine people who died in this devastating natural disaster overnight, severe weather hammering the heartland yet again. >> we're in the middle of it right now. >> reporter: a reported tornado on the pennsylvania-west virginia border damaging several homes and eastern kentucky continues to recover from floods that killed at least 37 people. >> hundreds unaccounted for people, minimum. and we just don't have the firm grasp on that. i wish we did. >> reporter: now it's a race against time to help stranded survivors. nbc news had exclusive access of the national guard made urgent deliveries in mountainous areas where roads have been wiped out. >> even onc

. >> i bring in jesse kirsch. so many questions.ials think there could be other victims and is there evidence beginning to point to cause? >> reporter: good news, chris, we do not expect there to be more victims. there was a time when officials could only get so close because some of the structures were deemed dangerous enough they didn't even want firefighters in there to rescue people. this morning they were able to stabilize the structures and they have not found any more people. they weren't particularly looking for individuals. that is to say that relief comes with jaw dropping images. we're down the block from where this explosion happened yesterday. some of the windows in that building are blown out. the man who owns the business right behind us here said it felt like there was a track slamming into his building and employees at a business two miles from here tell us that it felt like -- they felt the explosion all the way there. so that's what we're looking at in terms of the scope of all this. we don't yet know what caused

je jesse kirsch has a look. >> reporter: back-to-school means a different kind of math trouble.ith fuel prices well above what they were last year, some schools are paying more for an essential service. roughly $1.4 million extra in dallas and about $600,000 more in san diego without these buses, could you effectively educate these children >> oh, absolutely not. >> reporter: nicole is superintendent for public schools in wisconsin, about 40 minutes outside green bay. she expects a $24,000 bump in busing costs this year, money she can't go without she says she's responsible for busing about 530 k through 12 students that's almost 75% of all her students kids living across a rural area more than twice the size of boston, with some parents traveling almost an hour each way for work some kids walk to school, others ride their bikes but when you live in an area this spread out, that's not so easy from the homes around here would take me almost two hours to walk to school, and other kids live even farther away. you don't want your triplets walking that to school. >> absolutely not. >

jesse kirsch joins us from the scene, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. you can see debris scattered across the road behind me. even though we're kept back from the police line i can tell one of these buildings is blown out, standing but not safe. and just moments ago the mayor told me some of the buildings are so dangerous rescuers aren't able to go in and search for people. that's one of the reasons we don't know how many people might still be missing. the blast caught on camera just before 1:00 p.m. on wednesday. >> investigating an explosion with heavy smoke. >> reporter: debris shooting through the air, flying down the street. >> dispatch 1 engine 4 is on scene. we have a complete demolished house. >> reporter: a closer look shows the devastation is worse. at least three people are dead, two of the victims killed inside the home that exploded. >> i looked over, saw the guy in the crass and i knew he -- he was dead. but a lot of people lost everything down here, their houses are totally gone. >> reporter: the fire chief said a fourth person was injure

nbc's jesse kirsch joins us with the latest on the growing disaster jesse, good morning. >> reporter:xpired that's not to say they didn't get hit with a lot of water. that water line on that building is taller than i am. and i am 6'1". in other areas, devastated even more we saw a home that was literally picked up and swept away by the floodwaters, hundreds of yards from its foundation. the couple that lives there told us they had to escape by the husband carrying his pregnant wife through the floodwaters and then they climbed up the hillside that is how they survived. other people have lost their lives. so if you can believe it, they are the lucky ones right now the official death count is at 28 people killed however, we do expect that number to keep going up as the waters recede and now there is a concern about excessive heat moving to the area, with people still in the dark and without water. savannah >> so much suffering there, jesse, thank you very much. >>> meantime in northern california, the state's largest wildfire this year is burning out of control the so-called mckinney fi