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of tents and rvs, an enormous task ahead tonight getting everyone and everything out safely our liz kreutzon the ground with the mass exodus. >> reporter: tonight with thousands urgently waiting to leave, signs the exodus at burning man has begun. >> we're making it out >> reporter: after days stuck in this mud-soaked desert, the weather drying up. festival goers known as burners finally getting the go ahead to get out. >> all right, you made it out. >> i know it i'm so grateful. >> reporter: the traffic backing up by early morning, the rush visible for miles. around camp there's still pockets of mud like this, wet and sticky it's what officials are worried about as burners begin their exodus >> reporter: the chaos began friday, an unusual summer storm turning the annual desert campout into a muddy mess, more than 70,000 trapped, some hiking miles to get out but local sheriffs probing the death of one person during the rain event, the cause still under investigation but organizers say it was not storm-related. >> people are going to need to be patient. >> reporter: following calls to shelt

70,000 festival-goers for days well now, there's new concern over what they're leaving behind our liz kreutz is there. >> reporter: at burning man's blackrock city, days trapped in messy sludge have now turned to hours stuck in gridlocked traffic. >> it was a great burn until it rained >> reporter: tonight, the slow crawl out of the remote desert festival stretches for miles. tens of thousands still trying to get out. this is where festival-goers finally reach a paved road, but getting here is a lesson in patience for some, the six-mile trip out taking as long as nine hours and now, questions are mounting over the chaotic mess left behind the pershing county sheriff slamming the conduct of festival-goers, telling "the san francisco chronicle" some abandoned their property and vehicles, leaving trash across several miles as they scrambled to escape the storm. >> there have been people that have left things i think a lot of people had a very fear-based reaction >> reporter: organizers have not responded to nbc's request for comment about the aftermath, but veteran festival-goers like terry gau

>> liz kreutz with the very latest on that developing situation >>> now we do want to get an update on the extreme weather in nevada, plus what to expect for the millions of americans dealing with record high temperatures. angie lassman joins us now. first, is there any relief coming for those stuck in the desert >> unfortunately, peter, not in the short-term we're going to continue to see monsoonal showers and thunderstorms working across that region with thunderstorm watches in effect at this hour. by monday they'll finally see drier skies in that region meanwhile a few showers stretched across the gulf coast and across the midwest, but it's the heat that will get your attention tomorrow and beyond. 10, 20 degrees above normal for this time of year as the heat dome has spread. we've got mid 90s in chicago tomorrow 97 for baltimore 25 states could see record highs tomorrow and into tuesday temperatures as we get back to work in the 90s across the northeast. we finally get some relief as we head into the end of our upcoming work week peter? >> all right, angie. thank you very much. >>>

there are concerns about what they're leaving behind our liz kreutz is there. >> reporter: at burning man's black rock city, days trapped in messy sludge have now turned to hours stuck in gridlock traffic. >> it was a great burn until it rained >> reporter: the slow crawl out of the remote desert festival stretching for miles the tens of thousands still trying to get out. this is where festival goers finally reach a paved road but getting here is a lesson in patience for some, it takes as long asi long as nine hours the sheriff slamming the conduct of festival goers, telling the san francisco chronicle some abandoned this property and vehicles, heefg trleave /* leavg trash across several miles >> there have been people who left things. >> reporter: organizers have not responded to nbc's request for comment about the aftermath. but veteran festival goers like terry galt who's staying behind to clean up are frustrated >> we know that people abandoned their camps, so it's not surprising to hear that there was trash left behind. >> reporter: what's your pledge to people who leave things b

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liz kreutz has more on the seven-year journey from deep space. >> reporter: it's an out of this worldd the earth's atmosphere. >> reporter: nasa's first ever sample from an asteroid has touched down on earth. >> touchdown [ cheering ] >> the space capsule carrying the precious sample entering the atmosphere sunday morning, traveling at more than 27,000 miles an hour, reaching temperatures of more than 5,000 degrees. >> at this point, we've entered in over san francisco. >> eventually landing in the utah desert. >> seeing it just sitting perfectly on the desert floor, hard to articulate what that means after so, so much put into this mission >> reporter: inside the capsule, a half pound sample of rocks and dust collected from an asteroid called bennu, which scientists say could one day crash into earth. it also may hold important clues to the origins of our solar system >> so why this asteroid? what's so special about this one? >> we think of asteroids as pristine time capsules from the very, very early formation of our solar system we hope to learn more about the building block materi

our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments, we begin with nbc's liz kreutz with latest on that tentative writers strike agreement. tell us what we know about this deal, and what it might mean for some of our favorite shows. >> reporter: hey, chris, yeah, while we have a tentative deal. it came down late last night, the 146th day of this strike after both sides worked through the weekend to get this done. the writers guild of america released a statement where they say they don't want to release details of the deal until every i is dotted. right now, they're making sure that the legal language is all there in the contract, but they are elated by this deal. they said in a statement, this deal is exceptional with meaningful gains and protections for writers in every sector of the membership. we've seen reaction from members of the writers guild, mindy kaling posted on social media saying i can't wait to get back to my people with multiple exclamation points. there's a lot of hope in hollywood right now, but even as mindy kaling is saying can't wait to bet back to wo

nbc's liz kreutz is at the festival entrance and michelle grossman is standing by with the forecast. z, how is it looking at this hour? >> reporter: hi, jose, you know, i would say that burners are probably pretty happy right now. the rain has stopped. it's been about 24 hours since they've seen rain, and it looks pretty dry, so things are in some areas starting to dry up, but other areas it's like where we are, the sticky, wet mud still, still very uncomfortable for some people. in fact, of these who have been able to get out, some are saying it wasn't so bad, but others were telling me -- i met a guy at the reno airport last night, who was so relieved to get out, almost in tears saying it was so uncomfortable. this whole ordeal has led people to trekking for miles through the desert to get out through the mud. in fact, one man told us he was so desperate to get home to his children that he was going to do whatever he could to get out. >> i'm actually going to try to make a break for it. they're saying the gates are still closed by i've got a four-wheel drive car and i'm going to try

our thanks to liz kreutz with that reporting. that's going to do it for us, see you tomorrow. diaz-balart picks up our coverage right now. >>> and good morning, it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific, i'm josÉ diaz-balart right now in morocco, rescuers desperately searching for survivors more than 48 hours after a 6.8 magnitude quake struck near mare kesh. we're live on the ground as the number of dead continues to rise. >>> here at home, remembering the terror attacks on this country 22 years ago today. how those killed on 9/11 are being honored across the country. >>> breaking overnight, the kremlin confirms tha

nbc's liz kreutz is on the ground for us in blackrock city, nevada. what do you see there? >> reporter: good news for burners now. the weather is cooperated. it's cleared up. the mud is starting to dry up. organizers have said the exodus can get under way. we'll start to see several thousands of people try to make their way out of burning man. block rock city, where we are, during the entrance to burning man. even with good weather it can take several hours to get from block rock city to the entrance, the closest paved road. this is not even dealing with the mud situation we have here. one official told me that while some areas in camp have dried up, there are other areas that still are very wet and muddy. so it is still a concern, but organizers have been trying to do the best they can to help people out. they've had cell phone and wi-fi portable stations set up for people. they've had rangers going from campsite to campsite to give information. they even had a wet playa security guy telling people how to cope and deal with this unprecedented shelter-in-place. overall peop

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liz kreutz has the details >> reporter: 60 years after one of the most earth-shattering days in modernmerican history when president john f. kennedy was assassinated in dallas in 1963. >>> president john f. kennedy died at approximately 1:00 central standard time. >> reporter: forming secret service agent paul land dis who was with the president that day is opening up for the first time about what he witnessed. for decades the prevailing theory was that one bullet struck jfk and then hit texas governor john connolly who was sitting in front of him. it became known as the magic bullet theory who explained one shooter could have fired all the shots. the theory is based on this bullet being found on governor connolly's gurney in the hospital now land dis says he knows how it got there he said he found that bullet lodged in the car seat behind where kennedy was killed he said he placed it on the president's gurney it was a piece of evidence he told the times and i didn't want it to disappear or get lost. he said he grabbed it. land dis says he thinks the bullet may have rolled from kennedy

liz kreutz has more. >> reporter: it is an out of this world journey, seven years and 4 billion miles in the making. >> src has entered earth's atmosphere. >> reporter: tonight nasa's first ever sample from an asteroid has touched down on earth. >> touchdown! >> reporter: the space capsule carrying the precious sample entering the atmosphere sunday morning traveling at more than 27,000 miles an hour reaching temperatures of more than 5,000 degrees eventually landing in the utah desert. >> seeing it sitting perfectly on the desert floor, hard to articulate what that means after so, so much put into this mission. >> reporter: inside the capsule a half-pound sample of rocks and dust collected from an asteroid called bennu which scientists say could one day crash into the earth and could also hold important clues to the origins of our solar system. why this asteroid? what is so special about this one? >> we think of asteroids as pristine time capsules from the very, very early formation of our solar system. we hope to learn more about the building block material that made our own planet b

nbc's liz kreutz has more. >> at burning man's black rock city, days trapped in messy sludge have turnedo being stuck in gridlocked traffic. >> it was a great burn until it rained. >> tonight the slow crawl on the remote desert festival stretching for miles. tens of thousands still trying to get out. >> this is where festival goers finally reach a paved road, but getting here is a lesson in patience. for some, the six mile trip out taking as long as mine hours. >> and now, questions are mounting over the chaotic mass left behind. the persian county sheriff slamming the conduct of festival goers in the san francisco chronicles, some abandoned their property and vehicles, leaving trash across several miles as they scramble to escape the storm. >> there have been people that have left things. i think a lot of people had a very fair reaction. >> organizers had not responded to nbc's request for comment about the aftermath, but better investor festival goers like terry gault, staying behind to clean up, are frustrated. >> we know that people abandon their camps, so it's not surprising to hear

nbc's liz kreutz is following the story for us from l.a.. liz, good to talk to.ning on the ground there, what we know? >> hey, yasmin, as you mentioned, we have learned that one person died at the height of this storm on friday. we don't know the circumstances or the cause of this death, but it comes amid all the chaos unfolding at burning man right now, tens of thousands of people remain trapped. there's a shelter in place that organizers have put into effect and no cars, except for emergency vehicles are allowed in and out. i just spoke to a friend of mine who's still there, she is trapped like all the thousands of other burners, confined to their one camp. she says it's just so hard because of this month to move anyone. they're not allowed to move from camp to camp. she said it could be days until they're able to get out. actually, my own cousin, it turns out, happened to be there. and he was one of the lucky ones that was able to make an escape out before the shelter in place. but he still had a pretty crazy ordeal getting out. he said on friday, they were on

. >> liz kreutz, thank you for that report. still to come, surviving the shutdown. the republican shutdown is not just political theater, it will have a devastating impact on the millions of federal employees who paychecks hang in the balance. after the break, a government employee tells me how she plans to make it through this shutdown. you're watching the katie phang show, only on msnbc. only on msnbc. with less than 16 hours, millions of federal workers are finding themselves in their paychecks facing possible financial peril. when that clock shrugs what a, i'm a workforce of 2.2 million will be working with pay, working without pay, or not working and not being paid. those are millions of real people, some moms and dads, some already living paycheck to paycheck. that's not something members of congress will have to worry about. here is freshman republican congressman, brendan williams, on continuing to get paid during the shutdown. >> will you accept that pay? >> i will. our job does not and in a shutdown. we don't get to stay home. we stay there and make it wor

leading us off today is liz kreutz, what do we know so far about terms of this tentative deal? >> reporter: so, we know that the wga says they plan the negotiating committee plans to vote on this as soon as tomorrow, it will go to their members for a vote, neither side, the writers guild or the studio executives have released any details of the deal yet. we can assume they've been able to hammer through some of the biggest sticking points. though include higher royalties from streaming shows, higher wage, protections around artificial intelligence, writers fear that could be used to replace them and also the demand from writers for minimum staffing levels in writing rooms, again, we don't know how they landed on any of this, the writers guild, they're elated by the fact they've reached this alnd by the agreement. they released a statement saying, we can say with great pride that this deal is exceptional, with meaningful gains and protections for writers in every sector of the membership. so, right now the lawyers are still going back and forth, finishing out that language befor

our thanks to liz kreutz with that reporting. that's going to do it for us, see you tomorrow. i'm ana cabrera reporting from new york. josÉ diaz-balart picks up our coverage right now. >>> and good morning, it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific, i'm josÉ diaz-balart right now in morocco, rescuers desperately searching for survivors more than 48 hours after a 6.8 magnitude quake struck near mare kesh. we're live on the ground as the number of dead continues to rise. >>> here at home, remembering the terror attacks on this country 22 years ago today. how those killed on 9/11 are being honored across the country. >>> breaking overnight, the kremlin confirms that north korean leader kim jong-un is visiting russia in the coming days at putin's invitation. >>> in pennsylvania, we've got new images from doorbell cams of a convicted killer on the run, and they show a dramatic change in how he looks. >>> a sick american scientist trapped in a cave deep underground could be brought to the surface soon as rescuers literally move mountains for him overnight. ♪♪ >>> and we begin this

i want to bring in now nbc's, liz kreutz, with more on this. liz, if you will, talk us through what you are hearing about this. how close the two sides maybe. >> yeah, hey yasmin, the fact that both sides are working into the weekend for a fourth straight day now is certainly a good sign. they were at the bargaining table until late last night. the fact that these have been meetings with the main studio executives, including from nbc universal, the parent company of nbc news, this also signals that they are ready to hammer through this and get this done. i would say the mood in hollywood right now is cautious optimism. i was out at a picket line yesterday here in l.a.. there was a really big turnout, trying to show a force right now. now, after nearly five months since the strike began, with no sign of progress, i was surprised how optimistic people are that this round of negotiations will actually lead to an end to the strike. here's what some people told me. >> how hopeful are you that a deal is actually going to be reached? olivier dagenais b

. >> nbc's, liz kreutz, thank you.al disasters. 2023 has seen some of the most costly natural disasters on record. as a result, insurance companies are losing billions, and it is truly costing homeowners from florida to california. either their rates are rising to unaffordable levers, or insurance companies are pulling out of their state altogether. and d. c.'s marissa prada takes a look at what's going on. >> from coast to coast, stream weather by wind, water, and flame, is battering homes on the insurance rates meant to protect them. hurricane idalia just the latest on to cause billions and damage, but the cost to insurance premium remains to be seen. >> it doesn't look like we can save it but i'm not sure yet. >> florida resident amy said her premiums had already doubled before idalia, making hurricanes rough twice as painful when the hotels she owned was destroyed. >> it's one of the issues in florida. mother nature does what it once and we have to just rebuild and hope insurance can help us out with. it >> for mil

joining us now from black rock city, nevada, is nbc's liz kreutz.e traffic in the distance behind you. what are you hearing? >> reporter: it is pretty wild here. we're at the place called the gate, the main entrance in and out of burning man. just 24 hours ago, this road behind us was covered in mud, making it hard to get around. now it is dried out, and as you can see, thousands of people are making their way out of burning man. with thousands urgently waiting to leave, signs the exodus at burning man has begun. >> making it out! >> reporter: after days stuck in this mud-soaked desert, the weather drying up, festivalgoers, known as burners, finally getting the go ahead to get out. you made it out. >> i know! i'm so grateful. >> reporter: the traffic backing up by early morning, the rush visible for miles. around camp there is still pockets of mud like this, wet and sticky. it is what officials are worried about as burners begin their exodus. the chaos began friday, an unusual summer storm turning the annual desert camp out into a muddy mess. more t

. >> okay, liz kreutz, thank you so much for that update. -- challenger former president trump travelinggainst the big three automakers is now in its second week, and the strike is now expanded to dozens more facilities across 20 states. nbc's jesse's attended general motors plant outside pontiac, michigan, what is the latest on the negotiations, what are people on the picket lines telling you? >> yes, lindsey, so what we know officially, the last word from the union, was that ford had made quote, real progress with gm and stellantis. this strike is against those last two companies, gm and stellantis to the parts distribution plans. that could end up impacting peoples repair times trying to get cars fixed from a dealership where our home. -- in the days and weeks ahead. some workers who were on strike about the prospect of the current and former president coming to town in the days ahead, here is what one shared with us. >> me -- on the ev market, making sure those jobs stay here, and especially in the parts division, that we get the parts and continue to prosper and grow as a company in

liz kreutz is in l.a. with latest. >> reporter: optimistic is how people are feeling right now.h sides are working into the weekend is certainly a good sign. this comes as a source which tells nbc news they are inching closer to a deal. this morning, hope in hollywood with new signs a deal with the writers strike could be reached. friday marked three days straight of closed-door negotiations with the writers union and studios. top executives are at the bargaining table from warner bros. discovery and disney and netflix and comcast nbc universal. the ceos are in the room today. is that a sign of progress? >> absolutely. yeah. >> reporter: out at the picket lines, writers are hopeful the end is near. >> the picketers have been out here for more than 140 days. >> reporter: that is months without work or pay. they say it is worth it. >> i have been more optimistic. i think they are realizing this is the last window before it might go to 2024. >> reporter: a source tells nbc news progress has been made with royalties for the work and use of a.i. protections. >> what are the sticking