we get the latest tonight from nbc's kristen dahlgren. >> reporter: ask anyone here about keisha williams, and they all say one thing -- >> loved her children. her children were her life. >> reporter: the 34-year-old mother is now fighting to survive. unaware that three of her children are gone. killed friday when two alleged carjackers in an suv plowed into them, while the family was selling fruit for a church fund-raiser. >> as a mother, would you want to tell her? all three of her children are gone? >> reporter: tia brown's mother, thelma, was with them, and is now in the hospital. >> that could be your kids laying down there. are turn yourself in. that's all i can say. >> reporter: police still haven't released much information about two suspects they say fled on foot. neighbor butch rushed to the scene when he heard the crash. >> first thing i saw was the bodies laying out in the lot. one, two, three. >> reporter: he saw 7-year-old terrence, known in the neighborhood as his mom's shadow. 10-year-old thomas who was sweet and shy. and he tried to revive 15-year-old kiara who was about

kristen dahlgren shows us the growing memorial to the young lives lost. >> reporter: in philadelphia saturday might, a community came together to mourn. >> it's a tragedy. touches my heart. cried all day yesterday. >> reporter: even those who didn't know the family touched by the deadly crash. >> they were younger kids. i'm a parent myself. and it's just a senseless horrible event. >> reporter: 7-year-old terrence moore, his 10-year-old boy thomas and their 15ed-year-old sister, keara, were all killed. mowed down friday afternoon when police say two carjackers lost control of an suv they had just stolen. mom keisha williams as well as a family friend and the woman who was car jacked were seriously wounded. the family was selling fruit for their church to help build a new play ground. but as the community anxious grows, so does the manhunt. the city is offer 1g $00,000 reward. the fraternal order of police another $10,000 if an arrest is made by noon on monday. >> all i can say, if you know the persons that did this, you have to be able to look yourself in the mirror and say do the ri

kristen dahlgren is covering arthur's aftermath from long beach, new york for us tonight, kristen? >> reporter: good evening, lester. you're right, this is not over. almost 30,000 people from new jersey and maine are still without power. beach goers still have to worry about dangerous rip current after a fierce storm that changed holiday weekend plans for americans up and down the coast. in canada today, arthur unleashed torrents of rain, leaving more than 200,000 without power in parts of new brunswick and nova scotia. in new england, the rain has ended but dangerous flooding remains. >> in certain places it's like a foot, foot and a half of water, it's pretty deep. >> reporter: some towns had to cancel fireworks for a second night because of high winds. on north carolina's outer banks where the storm made landfall as a category 2 hurricane, this family is trying to rescue what's left of their holiday weekend. >> we're supposed to be in a beach house, but we can't get there because of the bridge. >> reporter: a portion of the roadway just rebuilt after hurricane irene is washed ou

nbc's kristen dahlgren has more for us. >> reporter: along the iowa river, a rush to get ready. the army corps of engineers trying to let water out of a dam while residents pile sandbags to protect what they can. some have already had to leave their homes, part of mandatory evacuations. >> get my clothes. get my belongings the best i could. >> reporter: in davenport, iowa, the astros minor league ballpark is now an island in the mississippi river thanks to flooding. the team is still playing. the water there is receding. but down stream in the small town of clarksville, missouri, the river is expected to crest nine feet above flood stage on wednesday. and the town's coffers are completely empty. the mayor telling residents the town can't provide sandbags. >> wrenching decision because, you know, you just stand here and you think, okay, i can't watch the town go under and do nothing. >> reporter: residents are taking matters into their own hands, using whatever they can find. >> it was difficult to think of just walking away. >> reporter: a local company came through donating 100

nbc's kristen dahlgren reports. >> reporter: along the iowa river, a rush to get ready.rps of engineers trying to let water out of a dam while residents pile sandbags to protect what they can. some have already had to leave their homes, part of mandatory evacuations. >> get my clothes, get my belongings the best i could. >> reporter: in the small town of clarksville, missouri, the river is expected to crest nine feet above flood stage and the town's coffers are completely empty. the mayor telling residents the town can't provide standlet and prchlthss it. >> it's a wrenching decision. you stand here and think i can't watch the town go under and do nothing. >> reporter: residents are using whatever they can find. >> it was difficult to think of just walking away. >> reporter: a local company came through donating 100 tons of sand. the town now hoping it's enough to hold back a rising river with more rain in the forecast. kristen dahlgren, nbc news, new york. >>> on that note some people have a lot of water. we don't have enough. meteorologist rob mayeda watching that and

kristen dahlgren is in philadelphia for us. kristen, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, lester. and with the six figure reward on the line, the tips are coming in while here at the scene where it happened, those young lives are being remembered. in philadelphia saturday night, a community came together to mourn. >> put a little teddy bear, gave a little respect. it is a tragedy, you know. touched my heart. i cried all day yesterday. >> reporter: even those who didn't know the family touched by the deadly crash. >> they were, you know, younger kids. i'm a parent myself. and, you know, it was just a senseless, horrible accident. >> reporter: 7-year-old terrence moore, his 10-year-old brother thomas reed, and their 15-year-old sister keiara williams were all killed, mowed down when two carjackers lost control of an suv they had just stolen. their mom, keshia williams and family friend and the woman who was carjacked were seriously wounded. the family was selling fruit for their church to help build a new playground. but as th

nbc's kristen dahlgren is in philadelphia with the latest. >> reporter: good afternoon.a six-figure reward on the line, we're hearing tips are coming in but so far police have not named any suspects in this case. people here are angry, but they're also just sad. take a look behind me. you can see the memorial here is growing. there's been a steady stream of people here all day, paying tribute to and remembering those young lives. in philadelphia saturday night, a community came together to mourn. >> i put a little teddy bear. >> just a tragedy, you know. touched my heart. i cried all day yesterday. >> reporter: even those who didn't know the family, touched by the deadly crash. >> they were, you know, younger kids, you know, i'm a parent myself. and, you know, it was just a senseless -- it was a senseless accident. >> reporter: 7-year-old terrence moore, his 10-year-old brother thomas and 15-year-old sister were all killed, mowed down saturday afternoon when police say two carjackers lost control of an suv they had just stolen. mom, a family friend was seriously wounded.

kristen dahlgren is along the shore in long beach, new york. good morning. >> good morning, lester. yes. it looks like a beautiful beach day out here. arthur may be hundreds of miles away but there could still be deadly effects along the coastline. there's a threat of rip currents so strong that in new york last night they had to move the barge that had the macy's fireworks on it to a safer place. if they're worried about a barge, you can imagine how worried they are about swimmers. take a look. the surfers are out here this morning. but what you cannot see are those rip currents until you're caught up in it. 100 people in the u.s. die every year caught up in rip currents. 80% of ocean rescues are because of rip currents. they are very dangerous. basically like running on a treadmill or trying to go up a down escalator. the water rushing away from shore and you can't swim against it. swimmers get exhausted trying to fight it. what do you do? they say let it carry you out. don't fight it. if you can, try to swim parallel to the shore to get out of the rip. now, even wading into the w

kristen dahlgren where fans are meeting for the sport's biggest games. just fans of the sport? >> we' seen people actually here from argentina visiting the u.s. for two weeks. and they said they had to catch the game so they came here to watch it. take a look. we are still a ways to go until the game and these are pretty excited fans here. they are seeing now argentina arrive. so there are no empty seats, except for ones that are already spoken for. this is a very, very excited crowd here. 63 matches after the past month. it all comes down to today. germany and argentina. this is front teenage news in both of those countries. a lot of excited fans. they met twice before in world cup final. and both have been winlers in the world cup. germany has won the world cup three times. argentina has won twice. they are hoping for third today. but going to be a very good match with a very excited crowd here in new york, alex. >> a lot of argentinians there. you probably can't hear me too well. so i'll let you go and enjoy. thank you so much. >>> a city down on its

kristen dahlgren has more for us. kristen, good morning. >> good morning. this story might make anyone head to the beach today think twice about going into the ocean. shark attacks along the california coast are quite rare. this one happened on saturday morning, and the victim is now speaking out about the moment he was caught in the shark's jaws. >> you can feel the whole body shaking with the shark. >> the video captures the moment it happened. a swimmer with no idea a 7 foot great white is nearby. >> look at that. there he is. look at him. right -- >> the shark tacks, thrashing, fighting to escape a fisherman's line. >> he got bit. >> the guy is, like, never mind, get the lifeguard. shark attack. shark attack. >> the victim who suffered a bite to his torso and hand is now out of the hospital. and telling his story. >> it surfaced up to the very top, and i saw it eye to eye. and it made a very sharp left turn and just lunged right at my chest. >> some witnesses say the bloody scene could have been avoided. >> a fisherman hooked the shark, okay. and he was

kristen dahlgren has more. good morning. >>> good morning, erica. this story might make anyone heading to the beach think twice. shark attacks along the california coast are quite rare. this happened on saturday morning. the victim is now speaking out about the moment he was caught in the shark's jaws. >>> you could feel the whole body shaking with the shark. >> reporter: the video captures the moment it happened. a swimmer with no idea a 7-foot great white is nearby. >> the shark attacks, thrashing, fighting to escape a fisherman's line. the victim is now out of the hospital and telling his story. >> it surfaced up to the very top. i saw it eye to eye. it made a very sharp left turn and just lunged right at my chest. >> some witnesses say the bloody scene could have been avoided. >> a fisherman hooked the shark. he was fighting it for about 40, 45 minutes. >> they were trying to get away. the fisherman is trying to pull him in. >> fishing for great white is is prohibited and fishermen are required to cut the shark loose as soon as it is identified.

first, here is kristen dahlgren. >> 20 minutes in, sweating a whole lot, a little hard to see. >> reporterer, jesse peterson, it was voluntary. >> i can't imagine being strapped in here with no way to get out at all. >> reporter: a demonstration to show just what happens in a hot car. it is somewhere around 130 degrees inside the car. >> reporter: finally, after 30 minutes, it's too much for the grown man. >> my body is telling me to get out. >> reporter: he leaves with a warning to parents. >> pay attention, please, pay attention. >> reporter: the internet is now filled with videos of others putting themselves in danger to get out the life or death message. >> i want to know how it feels to be left in the car. >> reporter: there is north carolina dad, terry williams, on a sweat terg 90-degree day. >> that fool on the damn news talking about you left your kids in the back seat. >> reporter: this so-called hot car challenge has gone viral. >> this is as high as it will go, over o 120 degrees. >> as ripe as a tomato. >> reporter: the posts come from across the country. >> my name is angela.

here is the story with nbc's kristen dahlgren. >> reporter: if you always thought the biggest youtubetor b.r. >> she is absolutely enormous. there's no way to overstate the size of her audience. >> a mystery woman's voice and an anonymous pair of manicured hands showing off children's toys. that's it. somehow causing a frenzy on social media. toddlers, not known for long attention spans can't get enough. disney collectors' most popular video has over 91 million views. during the week of july 4th, disney collector was the most watched youtube channel in the country. business insider ranked it the third most profitable, pulling in around $5 million a year. some estimates put earnings at more than double that. who is she? outside of youtube, she's not talking. some say her husband has a similar channel. >> welcome to local action. >> god bless them. they're doing it anonymously, that kind of money stuffed under their mattress and nobody knows, that's fantastic. >> reporter: david williams isn't just an industry expert. >> my kids got into it probably around 2 1/2 years old. it's absolute

kristen dahlgren, nbc news. >>> this morning an uber driver is facing charges of sexually assaulting one of his passengers. news 4 was told 31-year-old reshad chakari turned himse in. according to the police report his passenger was sleeping when chakari touched her a i to take off her clothes. this happened on rhode island avenue. police say northeast near 14th street last week. >>> on "news 4 today" yesterday we told you a woman was missing from fairfax county. since then she was discovered dead. police say they don't believe there was any foul play involved. 62-year-old mary gibson was founded in a wooded area half a mile from her home in springfield. she had been walking her dog when she disappeared. police are investigating how she died. >>> no motive right now for a shooting in the district that left one man dead. d.c. police say someone shot 25-year-old anthony williams several times in congress heights. his body was found just after midnight yesterday on savannah street and southeast near martin luther king boulevard. >>> it's officially open for business. you can now hop on

one of them has special needs. >> kristen dahlgren, keep us updated on that investigation.hank you very much. >>> let's take a turn now and swing to carson. he's back in the orange room with news from nascar. >> jeff gordon won his brickyard 400 for the fifth time. he is taking the checkered flag. he got off to a rocky start. we'll get to that in a second. however, yesterday it was jeff gordon day. it celebrates the first time he won 20 years ago. look at the point and shoot cameras back then now all iphones. a lot changed in 20 years. the first pit gas man trying to get the gas in there. that second container. didn't matter. the traditional kissing of the bricks. mr. gordon goes on to win. his family down there kissing the bricks. people on facebook are kissing the bricks. way to go. congratulations, jeff gordon. that's the news from the orange room. guys, back to you. >> gordon's been doing it a long time. >>> coming up, twist in the case of a missing girl home after nine months. her mother speaks to us exclusively. >>> plus a reunion that will melt your heart. a dog so i

. >> kristen dahlgren, thank you. >>> could a day at your favorite beach make you sick?ening new report by the natural resources defense council reveals as many as 10% of the nation's beaches failed new epa safety standards for what constitutes safe swimming water. as a matter of fact beaches surveyed had particle levels of disease putting swimmers at risk of pink eye and stomach flu. how do you know if your favorite beach is safe? joining me now is the proper 23esor and director of the lab for coastal research, dr. beach. welcome back. good to see you. >> my pleasure. hire is a map. we are looking at the 17 dirtiest beaches of the report of referevery coast. we are not seeing along the gulf which is surprising. how does the agency mop tore these waters? >> the county health department are the ones that collect the data. it is based on bacteria in e. coaly and fresh water. they look at the number of colonies. the problem with the test sing how they collect the samples and send it to the lab and takes day or so getting results back. if you get a spike in these holidays th

nbc's kristen dahlgren is here with more on this.s just a horrible story for beachgoers. >> reporter: yeah, it is. it's really dramatic. you look at pictures like this. every beachgoer's worst nightmare. but shark attacks are actually pretty rare in southern california. it did happen on saturday, know, the start of the busy holiday weekend. now, as you said, we're hearing for the first time from that swimmer who survived the encounter. >> you could feel the whole body shaking with the shark. >> reporter: the video captures the moment it happened. a swimmer with no idea a seven-foot great white is nearby. >> look at that. there he is. look at him. right -- >> reporter: the shark tarksz thrashing, fighting to escape a fisherman's line. >> maybe he got bit. >> the guy's like no, never mind, get the life guard, shark attack, shark attack. >> reporter: the victim, who suffered a bite to his torso and hand, is now out of the hospital and telling his story. >> it surfaced up to the very top, and i saw it eye to eye. it made a very sharp lef

kristen dahlgren has that story. kristen, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt.example of what we're talking about. the dolls began appearing july 16th. several dropped this week. the family who got them had no idea why until now. >> i'm terrified right now. >> reporter: it was a mystery that had families in this quiet neighborhood shaken. someone was leaving a series of porcelain dolls, at least eight, on front porches across san clemente, california. >> a friend of mine found one of these china dolls. her daughter has brown doll, tan skin, and the doll literally had olive skin and brown hair. >> reporter: that's right. adding to the horror movie-like scenario, the dolls resembled the girls in the homes where they were left. some residents were too spooked to go on camera. >> it's really creepy and disturbing. as a mom with a daughter, it freaks me out. >> it's obviously very unusual behavior. >> reporter: even the sheriff's office was stumped. >> is it a practical joke? or what is going on here? >> reporter: for parents the creepy situation was the farthest thi