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i'm lester holt. i'm lester holt. thanks for joining us. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> this morning on "early today." malware monday. users prepare for a cripples computer virus. >>> out of this world. a stunning view from mars gives a glimpse of the red planet. >>> a stuntman in china is lucky to be alive after a >>> a stuntman in china is lucky to be alive after a heart-topping fall. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello and very good morning to you. i'm veronica de la cruz. today we begin with back to work. as lawmakers return from the holiday, president obama is reportedly getting ready to stir political fires with a call to extend bush-era tax cuts but not for everyone. this as the president's campaign turns up the heat on mitt romney on his tax history and offshore bank accounts. brian mooar joins us with details. >> reporter: faced with bad headlines, the obama campaign wants to change the conversation. as congress returns today from its july 4th recess, president obama already has

>> it's all lester holt.ephanie abrams. >> you know what's funny about the screaming thing, this family to ohio came to new york city to do what? >> home alone tour. >> what did they do? >> we did the plaza hotel, central park. >> could you do that little screen mccauley caulk indid? remember he was like that with the screaming thing. let's see where we'll have beautiful weather today. across the country it looks like it will be dry in southern california. 71 there. seattle is looking gorgeous too. as we head into tomorrow for our monday, not a whole lot changing. it's going to stay dry and it's going to stay hot for a >> skies are mostly cloudy. isolated showers passing through the area. still a chance for one this afternoon. best chance >>> and for your forecast 24 hours a day, all you have to do is logon to weather.com. jenna? >>> stephanie, thanks. today the family of missing fort bragg soldier kelly bordeaux isn't giving up hope that she will come home alive. a special ceremony was held on saturday to ho

. >> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt substituting tonight and reporting from aurora, colorado kate snow. >> good evening from the scene of one of the worst mass shootings in our nation's recent history, this community is still struggling to understand what happened here early friday. at this hour, the number of dead remains at 12, 58 others wounded. either by gun fire, or in the chaos as the shooting started. right now 26 people still in the hospital. nine of them in critical condition. right now we are learning more about the victims at least one child among them. we are hearing stories all this as authorities expand their investigation about the suspect. today they are finally able to enter his heavy booby-trapped apartment. that is where we begin tonight. >> reporter: good evening. police used a controlled detonation. police were able to enter the apartment. they say it was successful but it was the first step not the last step in learning what secrets might be hidden in the apartment. part of the james holmes mystery is becoming clear. how a clean-cut kid everyone called j

i'm lester holt reporting for you this saturday.e you tomorrow morning on today and then back here tomorrow evening. good night. >>> nbc bay area news starts now. >>> good evening. i'm diane dwyer. there's a showdown of sorts going on at a restaurant in san francisco that's openly breaking the law. the restaurant says it has every right to sell foe gra despite the fact that it's banned. arturo santiago is there with the loophole the restaurant found. >> reporter: some of that anger has showed up just a few minutes ago in the form of protesters. take a look behind me. these are live pictures. they got here about 10, 15 minutes ago. the owner of the social club is saying that since his restaurant is on federal land, it's not subject to the ban. starting at 4:00 this afternoon, the presidio started serving sliders, which one of the main ingredients is the duck liver. with the restaurant seemingly able to get around the ban, it's

>> it's all lester holt.abrams. >> you know what's funny about the screaming thing, this family to ohio came to new york city to do what? >> home alone tour. >> what did they do? >> we did the plaza hotel, central park. >> could you do that little screen mccauley caulk did. >> can you do the whole macaulay culkin thing? so appropriate. beautiful family, thank you. it looks light it will be dry into southern california. 71 there. seattle is looking for jous too. as we head into tomorrow, not a whole lot changing. it will stay dry and it will stay hot for a big chunk of the country. now, here's a look at what's happening outside your door. >> i'm meteorologist chuck bell. we definitely need the rain around here, we are more than six inches behind in rainfall year to date. temperatures are in the middle to upper 70s already. high up near 90 degrees today. with a more than 50% chance of thunderstorms bubbling up later this around. back up into >>> and for your forecast 24 hours a day, all you have to do is logon

. >>> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt, substituting tonight is kate snow. >>> good evening. stifling, oppressive, unbearable, pick your adjective. more than a third of the country is under a heat advisory or warning, and tonight virginia, west virginia, and ohio as well as the nation's capital are under states of emergency after a freak storm swept through the region. at least 13 people have died as a result of that storm. more than three million homes are in the dark and without air-conditioning amid sweltering temperatures. this week alone more than 1600 heat records have been shattered. in the meantime, out west those massive wildfires continue to burn out of control. we've got all of it covered tonight, and we begin with nbc's mike va khaira in washington. good evening. >> reporter: kate if that wasn't residents have been hit by oo double whammy. last night a killer storm. president obama has declared one state, west virginia a federal disaster record with eight more plus here in the district of columbia, struggling to recover. the violent storm struck just before midni

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i'm lester holt.it might be the most dangerous part of your child's day and you're not there when our teens are behind the wheel, how do they do? cameras in the car reveal the truth. >> this is probably illegal. >> and parents will see every moment. >> that shocks me. >> maybe you'd feel better if someone else were driving, but what if that person seemed to be high or drunk? >> gave myself a couple shots before this. >> you took shots? >> would your child get in the car with this guy? parents watch as our hidden cameras capture their children's choices unfolding in realtime. >> an eye other, right? >> some kids will blow it. >> i really feel like crying almost. >> lowers make the right choice. >> no drink and driving. >> how do you make sure your teen makes good decisions? >> parents can have a tremendous influence on their kids, much more so than they think. >> natalie morales with my kid would never do that. >>> thanks for joining us, i'm lester holt. it is something we all worry b how would our kid

i am tamron hall with lester holt who booted me. this is lester's side. i sat on this side. he came over with a barry white tone and said "get off my side." >> i said "excuse me, i think you're getting in my seat." >> no, you said this is my house, get on over. >> i don't make the seating charts. >> i got it. i know my place. coming up this half hour, a medical crisis that just might surprise you. baby boomers and drug addiction. >> it's a problem affecting more than 5 million american adults. we'll hear from one man who struggled with drug and alcohol addiction for years. the experts will weigh in on why this problem seems to be hitting baby boomers especially hard. what you can do if you or someone you love needs to kick the habit. >> then we'll talk about buying a car. it's fun thinking about the model or color but you should be thinking about how you're going to pay for it and whether you want to buy or lease. did you buy or lease your first car? >> my first car i bought. i've leased one, too. >> i've done both, too. it's interesting whether you save money. we'll look at

i'm lester holt. >>> that's all for now. i'm lester holt.s for joining us. >>> no one could forget the boy in those pictures. sean goldman, abducted by his mother to brazil. finally handed over to his father, david, after a five-year international battle. we could only guess what he was feeling but tonight in an exclusive interview. we will find out. what do you remember about that day? >> cameramen, a lot of people fishing. >> sean, finally opening up about his years living on another continent, thousands of miles away from home. >> my mom married another person and

i'm lester holt. thanks for joining us. this morning on "early today." no apologies. president obama refuses to back down. >>> dust bowl. new data ranks this year as one of the worst droughts in u.s. history. >>> and off course. at france's bastille day, a parachutist is way off his mark. >> announcer: this is "early today" for monday, july 16, 2012. >>> hello and very good morning to you you. i'm veronica de la cruz. >>> today we begin with a war of word. the race for the white house is getting testy with president obama not letting up his attack at bain capital and the outsourcing of jobs. meanwhile, romney's team has been out in force defending their campaign. >> reporter: if mitt romney is waiting for an apology, it might be a while. from president obama, no apologies for the sharp new attacks on republican mitt romney and his leadership time at bain capital. >> no, we won't be apologizing. >> reporter: an obama campaign, said romney is lying about when he left bain capital or filing false documents. >> he files an fec saying he was ceo. >> team romney is blasting

i'm lester holt in london. jenna wolfe is holding down the fort in new york. >> first with the london olympics five days away, i have to imagine, lester, people are super excited about the games. >> they are really getting excited about the sunshine. it stopped raining. people picnicking along the thames. the torch is here. the olympic fever is contagious. we will take you on a tour of this area. in our next half hour, who will be the next michael phelps? we will look at the break outstars. of course, english is the official language here, but you need to know what people are talking about. we will explain that coming up. jenna. >>> back here. new hope for the girls missing for more than a week. they are cousins who vanished. the police say there is an indication that they may be alive. >>> and michael jackson's mother may be missing. paris jackson sent a tweet saying she doesn't know where she is and jermaine says she is just fine. we will have more on that. >>> jenna. first jlo and now maraih? we will talk abo

i'm lester holt. >> and i'm jenna wolfe. nice to have you back. you took a little time off. >> thank you. i took a little time off in a cool place. >> yeah, you know what you missed? >> yeah. >> you missed the stickiness and sweltering conditions here. i know we're starting to sound like a broken record, but this heat wave that's kept much of the united states sweltering for the past couple weeks isn't done welcoming lester back from vacation yet. embracing you completely. >> i was in seattle, it was the mid-70s and beautiful, and now i'm back on this. >> hold on, annoying! [ coughing ] sorry, there's something -- i need water. >> i will suffer with everyone else today. 24 states and washington, d.c., right now under heat advisories or warnings today, and that's nothing to cough about. it could even get up to 109 degrees in some places, and this heat has had deadly consequences. but could it be over soon? we're going to get the latest forecast in just a moment. trying to find out when the relief will arrive. >>> then, an arrest in the disappearanc

i'm lester holt. thanks for joining us. >>> this morning on "early today" -- tragedy in colorado. the 24-year-old suspect in friday's deadly movie theater shooting heads to court to face dozens of charges. >>> out with the old. 400 pounds of explosives bring down a 60-year-old landmark in the big easy. >>> and leap of faith. scores of russian parachuters attempt a record jump. >> announcer: this is "early today" for monday, july 23, 2012. >>> hello and very good morning to you. i'm veronica de la cruz. today we begin with remembering the victims. more than 10,000 people gathered in aurora, colorado, last night to pay tribute to and honor the 12 dead and dozens others injured in the theater shooting that happened early friday morning. president obama was also in aurora sunday. all this as the community prepares for its first glimpse of the 24-year-old shootingsusp hearing in just a few hours from now. nbc's jay gray reports from aurora. ♪ >> reporter: shattered city. struggles to begin picking up the pieces. >> the pain is still raw and the healing has yet to begin. >> reporter: th

i'm lester holt. >> i'm jenna wolfe. the whole practice makes perfect doesn't apply when you're high wiring across large -- >> i was just saying that we don't have a net for what we do. >> which in many ways is exactly the same thing. >> the same thing. >> we're talking about the heat wave this morning. it's been brutal over the last couple of weeks, in some places even deadly, being blamed for 61 deaths. >> finally it is set to break in many places starting today. if you live out west, look out. we'll tell you more about that in a moment with the forecast. >>> then, is your computer a ticking time bomb? thousands of people might not be able to get on the internet starting tomorrow because of a virus lurking in the computers. coming up, we're going to tell you what you can do to protect yourself. >> i just read about that this morning. >> the virus. >> yes. but there say remedy for it. we'll bring you the important information. >>> also ahead, an unusual case of what would be described as bullying the bully. a connecticu

from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening. we can tell you the end is in sight to the heat wave, but it can't come soon enough after another afternoon of scorching and in many places record-setting temperatures in the mid-atlantic coast. millions of people are living in areas under warnings today. at least 18 cities have reached record highs today. st. louis reached 107, washington d.c. and indianapolis 105. tonight, forecasters warrant a cool down could come at a price as we look at the radar now, experts warn we may see severe and damaging storms in parts of the northeast. more on the forecast in a moment, but first, michelle franzen in central park. >> reporter: temperatures reached 97 here today, but the heat index made it feel more like 100. the big apple just the latest place caught up in this deadly heat wave. the heat wave gripping much of the midwest added more misery today. >> i'd rather have it 20 below zero than 102 degrees. because 102 just drains you. >> extreme heat extended to the east coast and mid atlantic.

i'm lester holt reporting from new york. i will see you shortly on "date line >>> on a steamy summer week, traes the hottest story around. >> he's kind of the ultimate movie star. >> and this is the ultimate celebrity split. >> it's like the escape from alcatraz. >> katie hmes versus tom cruise. what's behind it? >> so there's really almost a third person in that marriage? the third person being the church? >> absolutely. >> the church. >> i really like it. and i think it's really wonderful. >> or something else? josh menkowicz with inside details. >> that's something that tom cruise has never, ever encountered before. >> on the movie marriage that's gone way off script. >>> also tonight, they were at the end of their rope. something was wrong with their son. >> my child was broken. i just wanted it fixed. >> and when he was six, this was the fix. joey became josie. >> did you feel like you were trapped in the wrong body? >> yeah. >> how old do you think you were when you started feeling like that. >> always. i always knew.

i'm lester holt in london. my colleague is holding down the for the fort in new york. good to see you. >> we'll get to the latest on aurora, colorado in a bit. with the london olympics five days away, i have to imagine, lester, people there are getting super excited about the games. >> they're really getting excited about the sunshine. it stopped raining. it is a gorgeous day. people picnicking along the thames behind me. london is buzzing about the olympics. the torch is here. the olympic fever is contagious. we'll take you on a tour of this area. in the next half hour, who will be the next michael phelps? we'll look at the potential great lak breakout star for the summer games. english is the official language here. you may need help to figure out what some folks are talking about.coming up in a bit. >> back here, new hope for two little girls missing for more than a week in iowa. they're 8 and 10-year-old cousins who vanished, but authorities say there is good reason to believe the girls are indeed alive. we'll have an update on that. >>> disturbing news, michael ja

"dateline" anchor, lester holt, joins me now.cinating story. >> it's a fascinating story. think about it was laying in the nbc news archives. this story was a documentary really about the white perspective on segregation in mississippi and they happened upon this black waiter from a white restaurant who really unloaded about his pain, what it was truly like to be a black man in greenwood during the jim crow south. i want to warn you before we play a clip for you, you will hear a word in this report that you don't often hear on tv and one that i think you will appreciate, i don't take lightly but it's important to understand the depth of his pain and why this was so shocking at the time and now. here it is. the words were heart-felt and laced with pain. >> the meaner the man be, the more you smile although you're crying on the inside. >> in 1966, those words had the incendiary impact of a molotov cocktail in certain sections of greenwood, mississippi. >> some are nice, some not. some call me booker. some call me john. some call me

i'm lester holt reporting from new york. here on nbc news, good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com . >>> good evening. state fire officials say the wildfire burning in placer county has almost doubled in size from yesterday. it has destroyed one home and threatening nearly 200 others. 2,500 firefighters are now battling the fire right now and many of them are from the bay area. nbc bay area's kimberly terry joins with us more on the fire and what it means to bay area resources as well. kimberly? >> reporter: g

lester holt is here tomorrow and brian is back on monday. we hope you have a great weekend.e hope you have a great weekend. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good friday evening. thank you for joining us. >> how did it happen? especially to the family of a police officer. some of the questions being grappled with tonight after the tragic death of preston orlando. the 3-year-old son of a san jose police officer. the boy's death has stunned two communities, the san jose pd and the quiet gilmore neighborhood where that shooting took place. have

lester holt will be here with you this weekend. we'll look for you right back here on monday night.the meantime please have a good weekend. in the meantime please have a good weekend. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com in the bay area. we'll have the latest on the investigation. >>> also struggling to make ends meet. a new report on poverty in silicon valley. >>> thank you for joining us, i'm diane dwyer. >> the silicon valley remains one of the affluent areas in the country, ceos, ipos making millions. new numbers out this week show the area and the state as a whole is still struggling. david david. >> you don't have to walk the streets of silicon valley, but as you mentioned, poverty and people struggling to keep their homes. >> reporter: they started arriving overnight, braving the elements for what might be an after thought to many families, a backpack. >> when you have to go to the store and you have to buy all of the stuff in there, it's hard because sometimes you don't have enough money to buy it. >> reporter: sacred hearts community services hopes to hand out

i'm lester holt. i'm lester holt. thanks for joining us. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good morning, a very difficult sunday morning here and around the country, particularly in colorado, just 48 hours after we first learned of the massacre at the aurora movie theater. president obama heads to colorado to honor victims and meet with victims' families later today. it's striking, the political world shut down after the massacre in aurora. the campaigns pulled advertising from the air waves in colorado, campaign events within cancelled. it will resume and we'll talk about that later. but the focus now in colorado is about the suspect, james holmes. what motivated him? perhaps investigators can learn more after the big event yesterday, a controlled detonation in his apartment. it was completely booby trapped and now investigators can get inside. joining me now live, the governor of colorado, john hickenlooper. governor, welcome. i speak for so many when i offer my

. >>> from nbc news world head quarters in new york this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening as this long holiday week draws to an end so does the crippling heat wave that has taken 66 lives since late june. temperatures dropped to the mid 80s in parts of the midwest that only a few days were sweltering under triple digit temps. it remained dangerously hot further east in place s like washington, d.c. which got into the 10 0s. we are still under excessive heat advisories and warnings and more than a half a dozen daily heat records were set today but fewer than yesterday when over 200 records were set. we'll check in with the weather channel in a moment. we begin our coverage here in new york with michelle. >> reporter: temperatures still hit 90 degrees here in new york city but about 10 degrees cooler than a day ago. that drew out more people here to central park, one of the cities here enjoying a breath of fresh air following that unbearable heat streak. finally a break in the heat wave, enough of a drop to get most of the country out of triple digits but with temper

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