kathy park live for us in south carolina. hy. >> thanks, kathy. >>> let's get to another story we have been following in california. at least eight people have been killed and authorities fear the death toll could be as high as 34 after a diving boat caught fire yesterday morning off the coast of california. officials say the 75-commercial foot vessel called the "conception" was, quote, fully engulfed in flames when the u.s. coast guard required a mayd coast guard received a mayday call at 3:30 in the morning. five crew members jumped off the ship into an inflatable boat and were rescued by a nearby vessel. 34 were sleeping below deck when the fire officially broke out. the national transportation safety board says the agency was sending a team to investigate. authorities say there is no immediate evidence of a criminal act. >>> the white house announced monday it would reconsider its decision to force immigrants facing life-threatening illnesses to return to their home countries. the announcement came after the administration

>> kathy park, thank you. >>> it is actually the last day of summer. i know, hard to accept. new tropical storm has formed in the atlantic. tropical storm karen will impact puerto rico tuesday bringing heavy rain, gusty winds and potentially flash flooding and mudslides. >>> former nfl player antonio brown unleashed a tirade, ripping into the league, allowing other players excused accused of sexual assault to remain playing in the league. will he ever play again? >> reporter: tonight antonio brown out of the job, on the offensive. taking to twitter this morning, announcing he's done with the nfl. then in a series of since deleted tweets he targeted former teammates, the league and patriots owner robert kraft, even sharing an article for revealing a second sexual harassment complaint against him, commenting system working effectively. on twitter brown wrote will not be playing in the nfl anymore. these owners can cancel deals do anything they want at any time. we'll see if the nfl players association will hold them accountable. brown then applied a double standard, mentions kr

kathy park, nbc news >>> police in new york city are mourning the deaths of one of their own after he was shot dead in the bronx officer brian mulkeen was investigating gang activity when a chase broke out. there was a struggle while trying to arrest the suspect and jo joaquin. the officer's gun was fired. it's not clear who pufld the trigger. mulkeen spent seven years on the department and worked with the anti-crime unit. >>> a community in morning a prayer vigil was held in honor of fallen texas deputy sandeep dal dalaiwell. they gathered to pay tribute to the hen of-year veteran who was the first member of the sikh community to join the harris county sheriff's office. here is nbc's morgan chesky. >> the moment i heard that somebody had been shot, i started crying >> reporter: he was the sheriff's deputy's who served with a smile and his legacy is now uniting a community in the midst of incredible loss. >> he was a really good person >> reporter: at a houston vigil, hundreds honor deputy sandeep dalai wald police say thealleged gunman charged with capital murder was violating his pa

. >> reporter: this is kathy park in charleston where the storm roared ashore with sheets of rain pounding the historic city. charleston woke up to extreme conditions, flash flooding, intense wind gusts, and widespread power outages. in the downtown area, streets turned into streams. first responders had to push this stuck motorist to safety. >> when i saw the water i was trying to back up but i couldn't back up because it was too close behind me. >> reporter: officials were also out in high water vehicles surveying for damage and looking for people in distress with this warning. >> these streets are flooded. we don't know what's underneath these flooded streets. you do not know how deep these streets are flooded. >> the rain is hammering on the deck and the boat is reacting to gusts of wind. >> reporter: dan spent the night aboard his home in the ashley marina which was devastated by hurricane hugo. >> it's getting to be where it was going to be a survival situation. i'm not going to risk my body to stay here. >> reporter: residents here starting the clean up. >> we're fortunate not to ha

>> kathy park for us again tonight. kathy, thank you >>> hurricane dorian could begin pounding the bahamas in the next few hours many major resorts have already closed and residents who were able to have evacuated. while wind is a major concern, the rain, flooding and storm surge could swamp that low-lying island chain. morgan chesky is in nassau for us tonight. morgan, what's the mood like? what's it like on the island right now >> reporter: peter, right now people are keeping an incredibly close eye on dorian's path because any shift could make a drastic difference as it stands right now, abaco island and the grand bahama stands to get the bruntd of dorian's force as it moves through. and you're talking about storm surge. we're talking about 12 to 150 feet in some areas. and those sustained winds of anywhere between 120 and 150 miles an hour. the prime minister issuing a dire warning earlier, telling anyone in low-lying areas to get out if they can meanwhile, i spoke to the commander of a local search and rescue opera

here's kathy park with the latest. >> a rare mosquito-borne illness strikes again. killing james longworth of massachusetts and patricia shaw of connecticut. >> we're here to pray for her family because it's not easy. >> nationwide, dozens of cases of eastern equine encephalitis or eee, have been reported in six states. the threat, triggered aerial spraying and cancelling outdoor events at night in some affected communities. >> there's no vaccination to prevent this is one of the most deadly mosquito-borne infections. michigan has been hit hard with three deaths. greg mcchesney died a week of being diagnosed. >> he went from the virus to brain-dead. >> less than 6% of people contracted, similars are similar to the flu or worse. >> if they have the infection of the brain, known as enreceive reitz. they may not act like their normal selves, be confused or unresponsive. >> one of three people die from eee, with the most vulnerable, ov0 >> kathy park reporting there. >>> taking action on climate change. that was the motto at the climate fair in loos gss gato t. people a

let's get back to kathy park in the elements what's the latest?ys the situation definitely isn't getting any better out here. we continue to get blasted by these heavy rain showers, intense wind gusts and the situation on the ground is looking like this, flash flooding is being reported throughout the charleston area, we're also told of widespread power outages. more than 100,000 people throughout the state of south carolina in the dark right now and here we go, you're seeing -- and i'm actually feeling one of these intense wind gusts right now. we're told the situation is likely only expected to get worse in the 2:00 hour with high tides. guys, the situation is deteriorating. we're told officials are warning people to stay indoors but cars are zipping through here if you don't have to be outdoors, please stay indoors, guys, back to you. >> kathy park, thank you. >>> we'll check in with al for the latest on where that storm is headed in just a bit. >>> a high profile case that ignited outrage in 2016 is bac in the headlines the woman sexually assa

our thanks to kathy park for that report. >>> let's switch fweegears and g in nbc meteorologist bills with an update on your forecast. >> one of the best things about heading towards winter is the elimination of mosquitos. >> i think i would welcome winter just for that reason alone. >> a good old freeze. let's get into the tropics. we're still in the peak month of the hurricane season, which is september, and we have tropical storm jerry, which is going to bring a close call for bermuda. it's a much weaker storm than humberto. we have a new storm that developed over the weekend, tropical storm karen, and a new tropical wave came off the coast of africa. this one could become a hurricane in a couple of days. that looks to make a big hook up into the atlantic. that bring us to tropical storm karen, very weak storm right now, not looking very impressive at all, and winds are only at 40 miles per hour, northwest at eight is the movement. we just got in the new update from the hurricane center. they do take it and head it towards puerto rico, so that has obviously concerns for them, but

nbc news's kathy park has more on how officials say the men were able to get out of that facility. >>our prisoners escaped assaulting a constructional officer, will be in a charcoal gray dodge charger. >> reporter: the search intensifying across ohio, pennsylvania, and west virginia to find these four men. the sheriff said they escaped the jail in southern ohio just after midnight by overpowering two female corrections officers using a homemade weapon or shank. the inmates stole a jail vehicle and drove to a getaway car, eventually found more than four hours away in pennsylvania. >> our detectives have established that the inmates had the assistance in escaping from at least one individual on the outside. >> reporter: the decades old 22 bed jail is located in the basement of the county courthouse next to the ohio, west virginia border in the small town of gala poe leez. this community is no stranger to jailbreaks with three since august. earlier this month, one of the men on the run now escaped with another inmate. the pair was quickly recaptured. >> after taking office, i quickly rea

nbc's kathy park is in charleston. y, it would seem as if res dlents in charlest residents there are taking this thing seriously. >> reporter: hey, craig, it depends on who you ask. we in waterfront park and it's essential come alive. it's a different secene from wht we seen yesterday. a lot of hotels were telling guests to leave. so we saw i-26 transformed all the traffic was flowing in one direction to help people who were leaving charleston. but then you have residents who are bracing for this storm and they're kind of watching and waiting to see what dorian does next. i want to bring in rod atkinson. he's lived in this community for the last three years now. you were saying that you have weathered already five hurricanes. >> this will be the fifth. starting with matthew, florence, irma -- irm ma a was probably t worst flooding wise and then michael last year and dorian now. and whether it hits us or goes by us, the problem is you've still got to do all the prep work because if it goes bad you want to be ready for it

>> kathy park there in charleston, south carolina. kathy, thank you for that. i'm joined now by nbc news meteorologist bill karins who has been tracking every movement of this storm. bill, we were saying at the top, has passed by the area of charleston. >> yes. >> just passed myrtle beach. >> minor damage in beth of those places that they can clean up. they've got power outages, 200,000, a quarter million people. it's kind of similar situation to florida. and now we're waiting for the hurricane winds to move onshore. so here is the wilmington area right here. this is obviously the eye. still very well defined. still a strong category 2. and you can see these northern bands. if you get into these northern bands, that's when the damage is going to happen. that's when the power outages will start to occur, the tree limbs start coming down you. get the arcs on the power lines there, and the transformers. and these bands now coming into oak island and little river here in myrtle beach, these are 50, 60-mile-per-hour winds. that doesn't do too much damage. once you g

nbc's kathy park joins us now with the latest. kathy, what's happening? >> morgan, good afternoon.g the richest families in the country and now the new york state attorney general says they tried to protect their money with secret accounts. this latest development just days after the drug maker signed off on bankruptcy protection. a billion dollar bombshell for the family behind purdue pharma, the maker of oxycontin. the new york attorney general's office said on friday it tracked a previously undisclosed $1 billion in wire transfers by the sackler family, some through swiss bank accounts, allegedly in an effort to protect their assets. the new york ag writing, while the sacklers continue to lowball victims and skirt a responsible settlement we refuse to allow the family to misuse the courts in an effort to shield their financial misconduct. a sackler spokesperson responded with a statement that read in part, there is nothing newsworthy about these decades-old transfers which were perfectly legal and appropriate in every respect. this is a cynical attempt by a hostile ag's office t

kathy park is there right in the thick of it as she has been for several hours now. charleston is the area i know reasonably well. it is also an area where on a random tuesday afternoon if they get some serious rain those streets get flooded. i can only imagine what hours of torrential rain will do to charleston. >> reporter: craig, that is absolutely right. this area is already very prone to flooding and over the past couple of hours we have seen the water levels rise. i want to give you a better sense of where we are standing right now. so we are in downtown charleston. and you can see this road is now a river. and we have seen for the past several hours continuation of intense wind gusts as well as heavy rain showers and it's led to flash-flooding scenes across the area. something else to point out while we have this wind gust going right now, you can see how much the traffic lights are moving. something else that i thought was pretty shocking was the fact that a lot of drivers have actually tried to come through this roadway. that's probably not a good idea. offic

kathy park is in charleston, south carolina. talk through what the big concern is for you there. >> reporter: hallie, good morning to you. we are looking at the ashley river behind me which flows into the atlantic. we heard high tide was to happen at 1:00. we are seeing the water levels rise. the big concern is flooding. . the way the region is steined. designed. yesterday everything was boarded up. pretty much a ghost town. people are heeding the warnings. over to my left, i want to point over to these guys over here. obviously they're getting their boats ready. mandatory evacuation order is in effect. people are using the time now to kind of prep their homes, their boats to bear the brunt of this hurricane. it is a combination of things. it's flooding, storm surge, wind gusts. the list goes on and on. they have weathered a lot of hurricanes. they say they are prepared and they're willing to ride out the storm. we're continuing to kind of monitor the situation here. we're seeing some bands of rain showers. in fact, just an hour

deaths in massachusetts and connecticut, bringing the total number of fatalities to nine nbc's kathy park has been following the story. good morning >> reporter: phillip, good morning. triple e is pretty rare but the number has spiked into the triple digits. 78 james longwell of massachusetts was killed and patricia shaw of connecticut >> we're here to pray for the family it not easy with a sudden loss >> reporter: dozens of cases of triple e have been reported in six states and nine people have died from the disease, the threat triggering aerial spraying and cancelling outdoor events at night in several communities. >> there is no vaccination to prevent triple e this is one of the deadliest moss kqui mosquito-born infections >> chris died within a week of being diagnosed. >> within nine days he went from perfectly healthy to brain dead. >> reporter: less than 6 people contract it. symptoms are similar to the flu or worse >> if they have that infection of the brain known as encephalitis, they may act confused, have a seizure or be unresponsive >> one in three die from triple e. to stay sa

kathy park is on the other side of the town from where i am. kathy, what is the situation where you are? >> reporter: ali, i am here in downtown charleston. as you mentioned, this area is already very prone to flooding even when there is rain in the forecast but when you have the storm surge, constant rainfall, as well as high tide, this is what you're looking at. this is flash flooding here on president's street and we're still seeing these intense wind gusts as well as the heavy downpours. fortunately we're not seeing too many folks driving through here. however, we have seen a car or two getting stuck as they tried to drive through about a foot of water where we are standing right now. i want to point out something to you. this is a restaurant behind me. this is the scene that's kind of playing out through downtown charleston. folks started boarding up, putting sand bags in front of the restaurant several days ago, preparing, waiting for the impact of dorian. it's finally here. we were driving around with an emergency response team and, fortu

i want to take you now to kathy park in charleston, south carolina which could feel the effects of dorian this week. now, it is sunny where kathy is but already more than 800,000 people along the coast are under mandatory evacuation orders. so, kathy, my first question to you is, are people there listening? so many are still recovering from florence, which really wasn't that long ago. now here we are with dorian. are they actually leaving? >> steph, good morning to you. that's right. mandatory evacuation orders went into effect yesterday at noon. and a lot of tourists were leaving the area. this is a big tourist attraction, you have the water, the restaurants, the shops. a beautiful area so they had to cut their trips short because a lot of hotels were telling guests to leave around the nan hour. meantime, we also saw residents beginning, slowly beginning the preparation phase getting those sand bags. we're told more than 42,000 were distributed yesterday and that process is beginning right now and they said they'll continue to pass out the sand bags as long as necessary. we stopped by so

joining me now from charleston, south carolina nbc's kathy park.o talk to you this afternoon. appreciate it. from what i understand in parts of charleston they were actually flooding during an afternoon thunderstorm earlier today. how are they preparing for what is potentially ahead from hurricane dorian? >> so we are standing over i-26 right now. a couple hours ago transportation officials put the cones up. they closed off a lot of these ramps in the area to actually direct the traffic so it was actually all headed in one direction. so far things are moving relatively smoothly. a lot of these folks that you're looking at right now are visitors of the area. they were in for the long holiday weekend. but a lot of the hotels are closing or have closed already. so they're on the way out and headed to safer areas. that is kind of what we are seeing here on the ground. a lot of the businesses have already shut down. they have signs posted up saying they probably won't open until this evacuation order is lifted. >> nbc's kathy park. thank you so much. wa

nbc's kathy park in south carolina for us.s, cathy. >>> let's get to another story we've been following. at least eight people are killed and authorities fear the death toll could be as high as 34 after a diving boat caught fire yesterday morning off the coast of california. officials saying the 75-foot commercial vessel called the conception was, quote, fully engulfed in flames when the u.s. coast guard received a may day call at about 3:30 in the morning. the coast guard confirmed five crew members who were on board at the time of the fire jumped off the ship into an inflatable boat and were rescued by a nearby vessel. 34 of the 39 aboard the boat were sleeping below deck when the fire actually broke out. the national transportation safety board said the agency was sending a team to investigate. authorities say there is no immediate evidence, though, of a criminal act. >>> all right. the white house announced monday that it would reconsider its decision to force immigrants home country. the announcement came after the admini

for dorian, preparations are stretching up to georgia and the nbc's kathy park is in charleston. >> reporter: coastal flooding has already been a problem here this past wee with one of the highest tide levels of the year dorian could only increase the risk of extreme flooding >> reporter: back in florida, businesses banking on labor day weekend rushed to board up, as dorian intensifies. >> it's something we'rtinge unn this time of year >> gabe is with us gabe, it's changed course a little bit over the weekend are you finding people are following the evacuation orders now? >> reporter: well, kate, the evacuations began just a few hours ago. for certain low-lying areas. and from what we have seen, many people are heeding the warning. a cat 5 will definitely get your attention. to our north, more mandatory evacuations are expected tomorrow. kate >> thank you, gabe >>> all weekend we've been talking about the path of this storm wnbc's meteorologist rafael miranda has the latest update for us. has intensified into one of the strongest atlantic hurricanes on record here are the very winds 185 mile

big papi appears to be back to his old self after a long road to recovery kathy park, nbc news >>> still ahead tonight, the fallout from felicity huffman's sentence why some say it's not enoughcorrespondent answered what you need to know about the latest scam. >>> we are back now with the intense reaction to felicity huffman's sentencing the actress must report to prison in the next six weeks to serve 14 days for her role in the college admissions scandal for some this case has always been about privilege. now many critics think the punishment is well nbc's blayne alexander has more >> reporter: felicity sentence after admitting she paid $15,000 to of a massive colle cheating scandal in the courtroom an emotional huffman told the judge, "i was frightened i was stupid and i was so wrong." speaking about the oscar-nominated actress the prosecutor said, "there's no paparazzi in prison. prison is the great equalizer. but for many the case is reigniting the debate over whether there really is equal justice for all. prosecutors pointed to the ohio case of kelly williams-bolar, a single african

kathy park has this report. >> reporter: panic at a friday night football game in north philadelphia a mad dash to get away from gunfire >> it's crazy. pandemonium. the kids didn't know what to do they were crying. >> reporter: hundreds swarmed the field, when police say shots rang out, just before 8:00 p.m cutting this high school football game short. >> a shooting at the football field a lot of kids. about 200 juveniles out there. >> all running. >> reporter: in this video, you can hear the announcer trying to calm the crowd. >> everybody in the stands, please, sit back >> reporter: a pair ofe foot the other in the leg they are now in stable condition. since august, shootings have happened at or near football games across the country. two people including a child were hurt at a peewee football game in ft. worth, last saturday more than two weeks ago, a shooting during a game in pittsburgh killed a man and last month, ten people were shot in mobile >> we could go back 20, 30, 40, 50 years, all of these fights at high school football game, the difference is, we added in 200 million m

>> kathy park is in charleston, south carolina for us. what are the conditions there? >> reporter: lester we're feeling the damaging blow from dorian, everything from intense wind to heavy rain. flooding is a major concern in downtown charleston as well as power outages. you can see how rough the water is right now. right now we are monitoring high tide. we're also bracing for the potential for even more coastal flooding. officials are saying if you don't have to be outdoors stay indoors. hunker in place. conditions aren't getting any better. lester? >> we'll of course continue to watch this storm closely. we'll come back on the air with updates as warranted. i'll be back with completegh i'm lester holt nbc news new >>> right now on your midday news, a wild morning rush hour hundreds of chickens killed. the drama continues even through this midday hour. good morning and thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. we have been watching this story unfold since early this morning when we were first on-air for "today in the bay." and beyond traff

here is kathy park. >> reporter: four prisoners escaped assaulting a correctional officer, will be ineporter: tonight the search intensified across the states to find these four men. they said they escaped the jail in southern ohio just after midnight by over powering correctional officers using a homemade weapon. the inmates stole a get away vehicle. >> our detectives have established the inmates had assistance from one individual at least from the outside. >> reporter: the inmates jail is located in the county courthouse in the small town. this is no stranger to jail breaks since three since august. earlier this month one of the men on the run escaped with another inmate. the pair was quickly recaptured. >> after taking office, i quickly realized our jail was out dated and in sufficient to meet the needs of the criminals. we do not have the ability to lock our inmates in cells like conventional jails are. >> the whole community is sick the way it's operated. >> reporter: growing frus trace as multi state manhunt continues. anybody news. >>> an update on story a little boy who called

kathy park has been following this story. kathy, new details here. >> yeah, big new details. the sacklers are among the richest families in the country and an attorney says the family tried to protect their money using secret accounts. this has been days after the drug maker signed off on bankruptcy protection. this morning a billion dollar bombshell for the family behind purdue pharma, the maker of oxycontin. in a court filing late friday, the new york attorney general's office saying it tracked a previously undisclosed $1 billion in wire transfers by the sackler family. some through swiss bank accounts, allegedly in an effort to protect their assets. the new york a.g. writing while the sackler's continue to low ball victims and skirt a responsible settlement, we refuse to allow the family to misuse the courts in an effort to shield their conduct. a sackler spokesperson replied saying there is nothing newsworthy about these decades-old transfers which were perfectly legal and appropriate in every respect. this is a cynical attempt by a hostile a.g.'s office to generate defam

nbc's kag nbc's kathy park is in charleston >> reporter: one of the highest tide levels of the year, dorian can only increase the risk of extreme flooding >> reporter: back in florida, businesses banking on labor day weekend rushed to board up as doerian intensifies. >> it's something we're counting on this time of year came at a bad time, this storm >> reporter: here? stuart, florida, many businesses have already boarded up, and just to our north more mandatory evacuations are expected to labor day. frances? >> all right, gabe gutierrez for us, thank you. >> let's get the latest from meteorologist bonnie snyder tracking dorian. good morning >> good morning, phillip and frances. dorian has been hammering the bahamas. it made three land falls to date and watch as the eye continues to work its way ever so slowly over grand bahama. the first time ever a category 5 storm made landfall there. the movement has slowed down so much, this is the latest advisory down to the west, at 2 miles per hour so barely moving notice the winds dropped just a bit to 175, but it's still a category 5 what's

nbc's kathy park is in charleston >> reporter: flooding has been a problem this past week with one of the highest tide levels for the year dorian can only increase the risk of extreme flooding >> reporter: back in florida, businesses banking on labor day weekend rushed to board up and as dorian intensifies. >> it's something we're really counting on this time of year. but, yeah, came at a bad time, this storm >> reporter: here in stuart, florida, many businesses have already boarded up just to our north, more mandatory evacuations are expected on this labor day frances? >> all right, gabe gutierrez, thank you. >> west texas community reeling this morning after a shooting spree left sev dead. hundreds attended a vigil for the victims last night the first of several planned in the week ahead on saturday, police say the gunman led officers on a harrowing chase through two cities, opening fire on bystanders along the way during the terrifying ten-mile chase, 29 people wersh seemingly at random. it started with a routine traffic stop in midland. the gunman immediately opened fire with an a

kathy park is here with the details. kathy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, guys. the attack happened in an instant. a group of tourists were too close to a bull elk. and the situation took a dramatic turn. but an employee nearby acted quickly, stopping the animal from doing anymore harm. this morning, a pair of visitors to colorado's estes park is recovering after an attack. a charging bull elk knocked two to the ground and is seen shoving a woman with his horns. it's mating season. and bull elk are aggressively defending their herd. abo people were in about 15 feet from the animal. a park employee drove through just in time. posting a fphoto with the caption, this is me calling my boss and explaining there's a couple new dents in the truck. >> i remember walking up. and then, seeing a mountain lion on this rock. >> reporter: in colorado, 8-year-old pike carlson fought off the wildcat with a stick and needed surgery for his wounds. at yellowstone national park, a family got caught in the middle of a bison stampede. >> oh. >> reporter: and just weeks before that sc

kathy park in charleston. kathy, are people there heeding these warnings? they're serious. >> reporter: steph, good morning to you. you might have just heard that rumble of thunder, lightning, we just saw that strike a few seconds ago. conditions are deteriorating and deteriorating fast. we're told these are the outer bands of dorian. we're told that conditions are supposed to worsen later on this afternoon into the evening and into the overnight hours. you mentioned evacuations. well, those mandatory evacuation orders went into place two days ago on labor day, and a lot of hotels and businesses began shutting their doors at that time. yesterday we saw on king street, downtown charleston, a lot of the restaurants and shops were boarding up and bracing for the impacts of this hurricane. so a lot of people have scattered, heeded the warnings, but then we spoke to a lot of folks who are bracing and staying for what may be to come with the conditions of this hurricane. but right now, as i mentioned, the conditions have changed significantly. we've been waiting

nbc news kathy park following the story and kathy, we're learning about this more than a billion dollars. >> that's right. i want to start off by talking about how big of a deal this is, because the sackler family you mentioned, a wealthy group. forbes in 2016 said net worth somewhere around $13 billion, and you probably have heard the sack lesh family as well as purdue pharma in headlines a lot recently because currently bringing in thousands of opioid lawsuits and earlier in the week agreed to a settlement, a multibillion dollar settlement currently kind of in the tentative stage now but terms laid out. highlight a few. purdue pharma would declare bankruptcy. the family would eventually give up control of the company and then turn it into a for-profit trust. then future profits would eventually go to the plaintiffs. i think what really stands out is that the settlement allows no admission of wrongdoing. so in addition to all of that, kendis, yesterday the new york attorney general essentially dropped this billion dollar bombshell. they subpoenaed several banks as well as advisers to th

reports it's grown to new states with another death reported and more people are getting sick nbc's kathy park is following this story for us. good morning to you. >> good morning. hundreds of cases are coming in across the country, and health officials say they don't know what's causing all of these people to get sick the crisis is so serious, the cdc launched an emergency operations center this week for additional support this morning vaping related illnesses have reached an alarming new high. 8 confirmed deaths and 530 probable cases of lung illnesses in 38 states that is nearly a 40% increase from last week, according to the cdc. 2/3 of patients were between 18 to 34 years old, and all had a history of using e-cigarettes or vaping products. >> we are seeing severe cases, people sometimes in the intensive care unit and sadly, some even dying. and we don't know yet exactly what the cause is. >> this hazy haze all through both lungs that's very abnormal. >> a month after vaping thc, doctors say eli surrels ended up in the hospital, his lungs collapsing twice. >> i wouldn't wish this on my wor

kathy park, good morning. >> reporter: good morning.es in the country and the family tried to protect their money using secret accounts. this latest development happened days after the drugmaker signed off on bankruptcy protection. this morning, a billion dollar bombshell for the family behind purdue pharma, maker of oxycontin. in a court filing late friday the new york attorney general's office tracked a previously undisclosed $1 billion in wire transfers by the sackler family, some through swiss bank accounts allegedly in an effort to protect their assets. the new york a.g. writing, while the sacklers continue to lowball victims and skirt a responsible settlement we refuse to allow the family to misuse the courts in an effort to shield their financial misconduct. as sackler spokesperson responding with a statement that read in part, there is nothing newsworthy about these decades old transfers which were perf t perfectly legal and appropriate in every respect. this is a scynical attempt lie hostile a.g. office to try to torpedo a bene

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kathy park, thank you, in charleston.imone boyce, of course, was in myrtle beach. >>> let's get the latest on the new forecast of hurricane dorian. bill karins just getting it now. all right, bill, what have we got and is the eye going to touch the mainland? >> that's the question this evening, chuck, we'll be staring at. that makes a big difference. everyone in florida, the storm was 80 miles off the coast, not that bad. georgia, couple of high tide cycles. the hurricane was far enough off the coast the winds didn't leave their mark. a couple of tornadoes today, 11 of them. and one that was possibly a significant one in north carolina. big tornadoes, too, rare for tropical systems. that's the greatest concern right now, numerous tornado warnings here near areas heading toward kinston with all these spiraling bands and we're getting these as they come on shore. simone wasn't that far away, 50 miles from the center of the hurricane. it wasn't blowing around that much. winds are really confined. right towards the eye. if yo

joining me now, kathy park in charleston and also catie beck in savannah. catie, i start with you. community there in georgia is handling the storm and the upcoming evacuations. catie, you got me? all right. seems like she didn't hear me. so let's go to kathy now. take us through how the community there is he reacting in charleston, south carolina as it awaits the arrival of hurricane dorian. >> reporter: yeah, so we are actually on the overpass of interstate 26 right now, so we are having some audio issues. but i do want to point out that lot of people are taking the warnings pretty seriously. so i'm going to pan over to my left over here, this is i-26 that you are taking a look at. and the traffic pattern has shifted so all the traffic can mnuchin in one direction. a lot of folks who are visiting this area for the holiday weekend, they are cutting their vacations short because of the mandatory evacuation order that goes in to place. in a few minutes around noon today, there is a press conference that is happening no more information about what they are doing. but a lot of people

kathy park is there. what's it like? >> reporter: stephanie, good morning. as you can see we are still being slammed by dorian. we're getting these intense wind gusts and the rain continues to fall. we haven't had a break from this rain and it's leading to a lot of flash flooding on the ground. so we are here at the marina. if you take a look over to my left you can see the boats are rocking. the water is moving very quickly. it is starting to rise. we keep talking about the 2:00 p.m. hour which is when high tide is supposed to happen. the concern there is that the situation could go from bad to worse and there could be even more coastal flooding. officials are telling folks you don't want to be in conditions like this, for obvious reasons, and telling folks to shelter in place. conditions are deteriorating all very quickly, getting lots of reports of widespread power outages, structural damage, as well as snapped trees. as you know, steph, this is going to be in our area for the next couple hours before it makes its march up north. >> kathy, thank you. we'l

nbc's kathy park is here with those details. kathy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you.ntonio brown has been sidelined again, leaving his third team in a year. his 11 days as a patriot were filled with controversy. on friday, the team decided they had enough. this morning, embattled nfl star, antonio brown, is no longer a new england patriot. >> caught by brown. touchdown. >> reporter: cut from the team after playing just one game a patriots spokesperson writing, we feel it is better to move in a different direction at this time. the tweets highlighting his 11-day stint. adding, thanks for the opportunity. the trouble for brown was right after he was released from the oakland raiders and signed with the patriots. his former trainer, britney taylor, accused the receiver of rape and sexual assault, according to a lawsuit. no criminal charges have been filed. and authorities say there's no record of complaints. this week a "sports illustrated" detailed another count of sexual misconduct. the second accuser later released text messages from brown, appearing to threaten her f

. >> kathy park is at a new york city park site, green thumbs in brooklyn with special guests, i see h a purpose today, getting our hands dirty to help our planet i'm joined by david with the national wildlife federation, also helpers here, fifth graders from ps 110, we are planting eastern red buds i want you to talk to us about the importance of what we're doing right now in combatting climate change. >> climate change is the biggest threat we're facing, wildlife species but also human communities. we really need to take action. the national wildlife federation is really involved in that fight. it can be scary and overwhelming but a new study just came out that showed us that if we actually reforest all the land on this planet that could be reforested with trees we could suck up two-thirds of all of the carbon pollution that's causing climate change that has been emitted since the industrial revolution, right, so we need to get out there and reforest all those lands but everybody can get involved in their backyard, or in community gardens like lentil gardens here, wherever you live,

and nbc's kathy park is on the story. good morning. >> good morning, this drug is intended to protect 1 million u.s. children and teens who are allergic to peanuts. after a year of treatment, nearly 70% of participants were able to tolerate a small amount of peanuts and now it's up to federal regulators to determine the drug's safety. this morning, a promising new peanut allergy drug for children could be getting closer to fda approval when a panel of health experts assigned to safety and effectiveness of ar 101. this first of its kind pill aimed at 4 to 17-year-olds contains a measured dose of peanut flour with the goal of building a tolerance for peanuts over time. 67% of patients during the trial phase were able to eat 2 to 3 peanuts with no allergic reaction 11-year-old violet says the drug has worked for her. >> i can go to my friends' houses and not have to have them wipe everything down and clean and throw peanut butter away. >> the pill isn't meant to be a cure a small percentage experienced serious side effects v

joining me now is nbc's kathie park. what should people be looking out for? you do get infected, the chance is pretty rare. what's unusual is that there have been 27 cases. we will up the number tlmpt have been two confirmed deaths in addition to the seven. annually, there is only about seven. but going back to the symptoms, they are flu-like. pain in your joints, stiff neck, headache. but when it becomes more severe for the vulnerable, the under 15, the over 50, potentially it can affect your brain and folks can have permanent brain damage. >> how soon do you feel shows symptoms? >> typically, they are saying four to ten days. so if you happen to have gone out into the woods, swampy areas and you are seeing things that are a little unusual and going back to the symptoms again, if you are noticing that pattern, you want to get medical attention. >> what are officials saying that people should do to stay safe? >> obviously, avoiding the areas where the mosquitos are prevalent. the wooded areas, swampy areas. if you do go outside, wear the insect repellent. if

the national parks service. kathy spangler, nancy rodriguez and the team from american evolution. would also like to thank the 2019 commemorative commission for all the hard work they've done around these events in our own city. we are here today for a commemoration. and a reckoning. today is a time to reckon with the fact that 400 years ago, enslaved africans arrived for the first time on virginia's shores. like you and me, they had lives and families. lives and families they would never see again. just up the river, in jamestown, a few weeks earlier, white, landowning men had come together to establish a system of representative government. but that system did not represent all of the people who arrived here at old fort color. people whose skin looked different than mine. that government did not represent them during 246 years of slavery. it did not represent them through nearly 100 years of reconstruction and jim crow terror and discrimination. and in many ways, it struggles to represent them today. that is the truth and that is what we must reckon with as we move forward. how