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lee parker found the backpack late sunday night and thought it would be helpful when he eventually found a job. he and ivan white noticed something suspicious though bag. they put the bag back and told police. a bomb squad robot eventually triggered the device to explode. >> i watched the robot that could have been me. i could have been the robot and i seen what the bomb did to the robots. i don't know why god signed me up to find that but he did. >> they are saying they were just in the right place at the right time. >> and new it was suspicious and >> that is amazing when you think about it. you might think it is weird. >> good for the them. >> early today partly cloudy skies and then the rain and the storms are just knocking at the door. you are seeing already rolling in. these storms coming in at a good clip. now they are weakening to some degree, but we haven't had much associated with them. the concerns with the heavy rainfall. these are going to be the downpours where the wind shield wipers are not going fast enough to keep up. the overnight thunderstorm complex developed in weste

(lee parker/spotted backpack) "when i noticed the bag i said 'this is fine i can have this for work, put my lunch in." (ivan white/spotted backpack) "we picked it up i continued around the corner to the store he said this is kind of heavy!" the men just did that, making a five minute walk to the police station to warn authorities ... who were able to trigger the device safely. (nats) but ivan white doesn't consider himself (ivan white/spotted backpack) "i consider myself a person that was in the right place at right time. and i was glad i was able to do something to keep other people from being hurt.">> the bombings are being investigated as an act of terror. the white house says the f-b-i is reviewing its past investigation of rahami to see if it missed anything that could have prevented the violence. here at home.. we reached out to metro to ask the department what its doing to keep las vegas safe. around the clock to combat terrorism. at the fusion center -- these screens show real-time video feeds throughout southern nevada. police say this sets las vegas apart from other cities

ivan white and lee parker found the bag near the elizabeth train station. federal investigators say the bag was left by ahmad rahami -- now facing charges for allegedly planting bombs in new jersey and new york. authorities were able to disable the pipe bomb found -- without an an online fundraising campaign was started after news spread about the men's actions. more than 30-thousand dollars has been raised for the two. the money will be split three ways...a third each to white and parker...and then another third to the elizabeth coalition for the homeless. in other good news -- lee now has a place to stay....and will be getting a job. a u-p-s driver in phoenix forms a special bond with one of his customers... every day for the last eight years michael day starts his day with a phone call from a 14-year-old old boy package for him. and if day does have something to deliver...he'll sometimes stay a little longer at the family's house and share a meal. and if there isn't a package ...the u-p-s driver still makes an effort to swing by. day says: "i just try to

lee parker found the backpack late sunday night and thought it would be helpful when he eventually found a job. he and ivan white noticed something suspicious though bag. they saw what looked like pipe bombs. they put the bag back and told police. a bomb squad robot eventually >> i watched the robot that could have been me. i could have been the robot and i seen what the bomb did to the robots. i don't know why god signed me up to find that but he did. >> parker and white say they aren't heroes, they were just in the right place at the right time. yes, see something, say something. >> yes, that is true. >> we hear it coming down. oh, yes. it is a big old barn here at wisn. here is a look, we have photo journalist and engineer downtown milwaukee. very heavy rain is rotating through at this time. believe it or not, the storms are showing some weakening overall. but they have had a history of really heavy rain as they rolled through in the past couple of hours. when i came in this morning, plowing it was plowing it was the dells area. now this initial round that is the heaviest of the stuff

authorities say lee parker and a friend contacted police after finding the bag near the elizabeth train station. federal investigators say the bag was left by rahami. parker says he realized something was wrong with the heavy backpack after seeing wires. a homeless coalition group is putting parker up in a hotel and an online fundraising campaign has raised thousands for him and a friend. good job. another day of rain and thunderstorms. chief meteorologist rob haswell will show you the areas that have a risk for flooding today. and the peaceful way people are remembering the victim of another police shooting tulsa and the latest on the damage done in charlotte overnight...after the second night of violent protests. more on that after the break. (whispering) what are you doing up? why? because i am the boss. you're not the boss, mom's the boss. well, technically, we are co-bosses. technically, mom's the boss. mmmm. shhh. the family favorite. yoplait. we upped the ante at culver's to create the new crispy southwest chicken sandwich. all-natural, whole white meat chicken breast. on a light

lee parker who you saw there picked up the backback he said because he really needs one. blue shopping bag. >>> dozens of countries around the world agreed to take in 360,000 refugees from various countries. president obama hosted the 50- country global summit that made that decision. that number is double the number of refugees that were accepted last year. however, the united nations says it's not enough. the organization says more than one million refugees need to be resettled. >>> in democracy 2016 the campaign trail today after taking yesterday off to prepare for next week's debate. >> clinton will attend a rally in orlando this afternoon where she plans to discuss her economic plan. you should expect to see a lot of clinton campaign ads the next seven weeks. abc news reporting she will spend more than $36 million on tv ads here in florida compared to trump's $700,000. prominent democrats who support clinton continue to bash trump as a failed businessman. >> the last thing america wants run another financial scam on each of them. if elected donald trump will be the s

lee parker is homeless, he was walking with his friend ivan white sunday night when they spotted a backpack. parker is trying to earn money for an apartment and had a job interview today. but he saw a backpack saw metal cylinders with wires sticking out. >> i was just doing the right thing, an every day regular dude doing the right thing. >> the pair's actions are being recognized by the elizabeth community. a gofundme page has already raised more than $1,000 from dozens of people. >>> nbc "nightly news" with lester holt will have more on the bombings ri s rite after ou broadcast. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> i'm erica martin on what to look forward to. we do have adown by sunday. a live look, lots of clouds out there, be sure you look at the bottom of your screen for your local forecast. trending warm at least through friday and saturday. a neighborhood right now, we'ring 80 in philadelphia temperatures above average for this time of the year. west mt. airy, 79 degrees, 76 for chestnut hill. lehigh valley is seeing lots of upper 70s, low 80s. tripoli low 80s. conditions are

the guys meet lee parker. he is being hailed as a hometown hero. up until last night he has been sleeping on the street. i met up with him and elizabeth to go grocery shopping. it's the first time he has been grocery shopping in a year. he has good he. >> i asked what his favorite food was? >> what you think? >> pizza. >> he has a little bit of a sweet tooth. he picked out a lot of chocolate. when i asked his favorite food he said shrimp. >> shrimp? >> shrimp. >> after filling up the cart we headed over to the train station. i wanted to find out what happened on sunday night. >> it was just sitting there where that trashcan is on top. >> when he looked inside he thought it was candles but his friend, who is in the navy said those are not candles. >> i just saw it 50 feet away by the shrubs. that is where i left it. then i ran and came back and the police took it from there. >> then they spent the rest of the night watching the police try to disarm the bomb. >> less than eight seconds the robot short-lived. >> what did it sound like? >> boom, boom,

they have found lee parker an apartment. parker and his friends discovered the explosives inside a backpack and go fund me page has raised money to split between the men in the coalition. a food company has reached out to parker about a job. >>> up next, a thrilling sendoff. legendary sportscaster vin scully calls his final game at dodgers stadium. >> and would you believe his from leaving me at a higher risk of stroke. that'd be devastating. i took warfarin for over 15 years until i learned more about once-daily xarelto... a latest generation blood thinner. then i made the switch. xarelto? significantly lowers the risk of stroke in people with afib not caused by a heart valve problem. it has similar effectiveness to warfarin. warfarin interferes with vitamin k and at least six blood clotting factors. xarelto? is selective targeting one critical factor for people with afib currently well managed on warfarin, there is limited information on how xarelto and warfarin compare in reducing the risk of stroke. like all blood thinne

. >> lee parker has been hailed as a local hero and elizabeth. you you may remember him for my story last week, he was a beacon of light in a very dark story. i was covering the bombing in new york and new jersey. lee and his friends were the two men who stumbled across a backpack full of bombs near the elizabeth train station. >> what it it so my? >> a boom, boom, boom. >> the first time i met lee he was homeless. the night before he found the bounce and that backpack he slept in an abandoned warehouse. this time i met him in his apartment. >> this is my lovely new permit, temporary though. i used were temporary because you currently apartment shopping. >> now with the help of a gofundme page and be the change he's getting new apartment, hessen stylish new. >> this one here is another favorite of mine. >> and several job offers. >> now that he is getting his own apartment he needs what everybody needs when they're moving in, he he needs a bed, a couch, pots and pans. >> be the change is a community service organization and we have many community

one of the men, lee parker is homeless.he was walking with his friend, ivan white sunday night when they spotted a backpack. parker is trying to earn money for an apartment and had a job interview scheduled the next day. the backpack is just what he needed. when white opened the backpack and saw metal cylinders with wires sticking out, he said he knew they needed to go to the police. >> hero? nah. i won't go that far. doing the right thing, an every day regular dude doing the right thing? yeah. >> the pair's actions are being recognized by the elizabeth community. a go fund me page entitled hometown heroes has already raised $12,000 from dozens of people. >>> a philadelphia high school student is facing charges after he was involved in a fight with a teacher at school and it was caught on camera. >> monique braxton is outside the school in the city's mayfair section. >> the student from the lincoln high has been charged with aggravated assault as well as recklessly endangering another person. he fought a teacher and it was

one of the men, lee parker, is homeless. walking with his friend ivan white when they spotted a backpack. parker is try toing earn money for an apartment. he had a job interview scheduled the next day. the backpack is just what he needed but when white opened the backpack and saw metal cylinders with wires sticking out, he said he knew they needed to go to police. >> hero. >> i wouldn't go that far. an every day regular dude doing the right thing? yes. >> the go fund me page raised more than $12,000 from dozens of people. >>> a philadelphia mom admits to trying to raise money for isis. thomas entered a guilty plea yesterday for attempting to provide material support to a terrorist organization and plotting to travel to syria to join isis. the 32-year-old mother of two who often called herself the young lioness was arrested in april in north philadelphia after she allegedly tried to raise money online. investigators also said thomas told an isis fighter that participating in an martyrdom operation, quote, would be amazing. th

lee parker is the man in the middle of the photo, they found a backpack in elizabeth, new jersey on sunday night. they looked inside, they found a bomb and immediately told the are having a tough time financially. the goal was $10,000 to help them find permanent housing. by this morning it's been doubled and still going strong and mr. parker says he's humbled and grateful, and they would like the opportunity to work again. they're hoping for a job. >> i'm guessing that's going to happen next. >>> current sacramento mayor not on purpose at a charity dinner on wednesday night. he was giving a speech at the dinner when a guy just walked out, pulled the pie out of a bag and shoved it into johnson's face. witnesses say the mayor defended himself, he hit the man at least once. the people then, i think we're going the see it then, they jumped in to wrestle the man to the ground. he was cut on the head and taken to a hospital. we're not going to see it? official. the police have no idea why he decided to attack the mayor. >>> you want to know how this car ended up like this? the driver saw a spide

lee parker said he picked it out of the trash because he needs one. he's been keeping his belongings in a blue shopping bag as you saw. hoping after all this someone might help find him a job. escape from jail through a food slot but it didn't work and he ended up needing help instead. he tried to push himself out but got stuck. guards had to rescue him. he was in jail on charges of forgery, xanax possession and driving on a suspended license. >>> dozens of countries across the world agreed to take in $360,000 refugees in country in crisis. president obama hosted the summit that made that decision. that refugees accepted last year but the united nations says still not enough. that more than one million refugees still need to be resettled. >>> astronauts have to wait a few more weeks for fresh supplies. aerospace company delaying its last rocket launch until at least october 9th. the last launch ended in disaster. this video from 2014 shows the rocket blowing up seconds after to inspect and test its rocket. >>> problems with the galaxy note 7 phone are

the city in elizabeth are honoring the pair with keys to their cities, lee parker is homeless. he was walking with his friend when he found five bombs inside stuffed in a trash can in elizabeth. they then went to police. fingerprints on the backpack helped police minute point ahmad rahami as a suspect. rahami was arrested after a shoot-out with police. he's accused of setting off bombs in elizabeth and seaside park, new jersey. >>> work is under way to prepare his grave right there. paris died last night after having a stroke earlier this month. dignitaries from afternoon the world including president obama are expected to attend his funeral friday in jerusalem. paris led a skeptical israel into peace talks. he was awarded the nobel peace prize in 1994. shimon paris was 94 years old. >>> the philly p.d. won the annual battle of the weight loss challenge. the goal of the 13-week competition is to encourage police and firefighters to get in better shape by dropping pounds. >>> nbc 10 first alert radar is tracking heavy rain for the next several days. and storm ranger 10 is pinpoi

lee parker the homeless man who found one of those peopleu pipe bombs in new jersey -- pipe bombs in new jersey is getting a crowd-funding effort started after -- he's now getting a home. getting a place to live. >> prior toe finding the bomb, parker was living on the streets. him off the streets just started coming in. comments poured in. thanking parker and his friend ivan white. the money raised has now gone towards setting both men up in a hotel while a local charity is work to find them a permanent home. the new jersey state legislature plans on honoring both men in a ceremony next month. more than $25,000 was raised. >> that is wonderful. >>> so people who bought that new iphone looking for ways to listen to music after apple decided to get rid of the the answer. >> no. don't do it. >>> a man accused of killing a state trooper could learn his fate today. we're live in boulder county with more. >>> this morning, a former miss universe is striking back after her story was brought up in monday night's presidential debate. >>> no headphone, no headphone jack, no problem. that is wh

lee parker is homeless. he was walking with his friend sunday night when they spotted a backpack.s trying to earn money for an apartment. he had a job interview scheduled the next day. the backpack is just what he needed but when white opened the backpack and saw metal cylinders with wires sticking out, he said he knew they needed to go to police. >> hero? nah. i wouldn't go that par. an every day regular dude doing the right thing? yes. >> the pair's actions are being recognized by the elizabeth community. the go fund me page raised more than $12,000 from dozens of people. >>> a hallway brawl between a teacher and a student. we'll explain how it started and who is now facing charges. >>> bar fight fallout. we'll tell you howoff-duty police officers are now taking on lesean mccoy. newspapers know the real story on pat toomey. on background checks for gun buyers... toomey has shown the courage few others have... toomey steps up on checks... toomey is on the right side... state leaders should follow toomey lead. no wonder leading pennsylvania police organizations endorse pat toomey

. >> lee parker and ivan white say of a garbage can in elizabeth, new jersey. they say when they looked inside, they were alarmed. >> we have to go to the police station right now. he says, why? i said, this is a bomb. >> that's one of the devices that went off as the bomb squad attempted to disarm it. it's unclear whether they were left by the accused bomber or from somewhere else. a gofundme page is set up for parker and white. they say they are not heros, but just doing the right thing. >>> donald trump's campaign denies accusations he used money from his charity to settle two lawsuits. the washington post says trump pledged $100,000 to a veteran's charity after he was fined for an oversized flag pole at his club in florida. but the check allegedly came from the trump foundation, not his own pocket. he's accused of using $158,000 from the found agdz to resolve another lawsuit against his golf club in new york. again, trump denying both reportedly laying off dozens of staffers amid conflict of interest accusations. hillary clinton faced scrutiny that some ind

lee and george washington parker custis is important, they're so much to the story of the enslaved people that live here. job is to inform the public. one of the things we would like to do as a result of the land being taken away is to really recognize the lives and efforts people put into this. one of the goals i have for this is that -- to be able to say this area here is where the syphax is live and they had a prominent role with many other enslaved americans who are now free and have done things for our country. >> american artifacts is at arlington house, the robert e. lee memorial in washington cemetery. hear from craig syphax. he discusses friedman's village, which was built on the grounds of the original 1100 acre estate. >> i am craig syphax, president of the black heritage museum of arlington. the black heritage museum has a are a -- one of our goals is to enrich the story of freeman's village. we have worked with marymount university, with the smithsonian in getting research and understanding the freeman story. formed inntity that weather was an outbreak of smallpox because of

lee. akron lie mono-to burling ton. >> . you can see we have 60s in golden. the same down towards. 70 sen sen 70 commerce city. temperatures in the 70s from denver to the 67 in parker. so there's the moisture on the west side. trying to come in. between now and midnight. after that we're done. we will get another push of rain. into the mountains. i'll show you a wider view of that. tomorrow. some sunshine early in the day. thickening clouds through the lunch hour. there it is. scattered storms coming off the foothills. better chance is going to be from denver. south. and especially here. on the to eastern plains. some storms could rumble and give you wind. and rain. and lightening late tomorrow. that moisture will fade. stkp we'll get the afternoon storm -tss. >> 57 in denver. a few 40s up into the mountains. in aspen and tell ride. highs tomorrow of 60s. cooler temperatures low 70s. because of the moisture in this corridor. because of the early start with the rain. out of the 90s out west. for grand junction. we're back to close to where we were today. two or 3 degrees cooler. temperatures mainly in the 80s. a few spots will touch in those 70s. my forecast for the

lee at the cars backed up. in the distance they resumed a moment ago but the left side is blocked off due to an accident. across the denver metro we have closures in place northbound around parker road near jewel. here is the accident we saw on the c-dot camera and another >>> 53 in denver. 34 craig. 34 leadville. 38 aspen. skiee nice, up from yesterday. 82 denver and limon. 83 greeley. 77 lamar. high country lots of 70s. 74 eagle. 80 junction. sunshine statewide and we are looking at a nice five-day forecast. 80 tomorrow. could get rain possibly friday ,,,, ? ? ? jon batiste has mastered new ways to play old classics. with chase atms, he can master new ways to deposit checks too. easy to use chase technology ? >>> our resident cartoonists, yes, we have one, liza donley turned her attention to last night's presidential debate. be sure to f instagram and facebook pages to see her work. she's in the toyota room right now. live drawings in the studio. go, liza, go. >>> facebook's sheryl sandberg is also in the toyota green room, which makes me think she's going to be a liza drawing pretty soon. hi, sheryl. coming up she's going to address the challenges that women face how they're

lee, madina, nordela and o'connor. when i peer into the woods, i see a thick tangle where letters are hidden, as in a puzzle con congressed by -- concocted by children. parker and quigley in the twigs of an ash. rizzo, schubert, torres and upjohn. secrets in the bowl of an ancient maple. names written in the pale sky, names rising in the updraft amid buildings. names silent in stone or cried out behind a door. names blown over the earth and out to sea. in the evening, weakening light, the last swallows, a boy on the lake lifts his oars. a woman by a window puts a match to a candle. and the names are outlined in the rose clouds. vanicor and wallace. let the x stand, if it can, for the ones unfound. young and zaminski, the final jolt of z. names etched on the head of a pin, one name spanning a bridge, another in a tunnel. a blue name needled into the skin. names of citizens, workers, mothers and fathers, the bright-eyed daughter, the quick son, alphabet of names in a green field, names in the small tracks of birds, names lifted from a hat or balanced on the tip of the tongue. so many names. there is barely room on the walls of the heart. i yield back the bala

parker county, texas. i remember the floods that swept our state. i remember going down to del rio, texas. i have to pay the administration a compliment. james lee witt of fema has done a really good job of working with governors during times of crisis. but that's the time when you're tested not only -- it's the time to test your mettle, a time to test your heart when you see people whose lives have been turned upside down. it broke my heart to go to the flood scene in del rio where a fellow and his family got completely uprooted. the only thing i knew to do was to get aid as quickly as possible with state and federal help, and to put my arms around the man and his family and cry with them. that's what governors do. they are often on the front line of catastrophic situations. >> new question. there can be all kinds of crises, governor. a questions for you. there could be a crisis, for instance, in the financial area, the stock market could take a tumble, there could be a failure of a major financial institution. what is your general attitude toward government intervention in such events? >> well, it depends, obviously. but what i would do first

investigators say lee parker and a friend found a bag near the train parker said he knew something was wrong when he realized the bag was heavy and had wires on it. turns out, the bag had up to five explosives in it. parker is now being recognized for his good deed. a local organization put him up in a hotel and an online fundraising campaign raised thousands of dollars for him. parker says all he wants now is a good job. emotions can run high when talking politics. the candidates for the georgian parliament got into a heated debate during a poltiical talk show. they started throwing punches! politicans from the democratic movement and the industrials political bloc started exchanging insults. thats when one of them gets up, walks over and starts fist fighting. these strong emotions stem from elections that are scheduled >>> >>> this is 9 news. >>> so two trumps and a pence come to colorado. not a joke. it's actually what's happening in our state now as the trump campaign stumps hard in colorado. >>> it's five years behind and millions and millions overbudget, we'll show you why it was