. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for being with us. there is breaking news as we come on the air tonight. word late today of a new missile launch from north korea coming from the capital of pyongyang. japanese media is reporting the missile flew ovenorthern japan. the japanese government broadcaster advised people to seek shelter. it comes weeks after north korea claimed it tested a hydrogen bomb. ginger zee continuing to rapidly develop his nuclear and missile programs, defiant in the face of threats from president trump. we want to get right to nbc's ron allen in the region. he's in seoul, south korea. ron, what's the latest from there? >> reporter: good morning, lester. yes, another major act of defines by the north koreans. we understand that missile flew some 2,000 miles in an easterly direction out over japan. important to note it did not fly in a southerly direction toward the u.s. territory of guam, like the north koreans have threaten. the japanese nor the am

myers ahead of a special edition of "nbc nightly news," that's next at 6:30. >>> and nbc 10 is with you every step of the way as we track irma's potentially historic devastation. you can always get instant updates and alerts with the nbc 10 app. >>> other news now, the fire that destroyed this home in wilmington has been ruled accidental. the blaze in the boxwood development started yesterday afternoon. investigators say something was left on the kitchen stove unattended. three people were hurt including two firefighters. paramedics tried to revive a dog found at the scene, but they were unsuccessful. the house sustained an estimated $1 $150,000 in damage. >>> next on nbc 10 news at 6:00, up in flames. a bus trip on the highway quickly turns into a dozens. what the driver noticed just before this fire. >>> and in case of emergency. the scene at philadelphia international airport involving dozens of first responders. did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back? say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. comcast business offers blazing fast and relia

joe fryer, nbc news. >>> now to an nbc news exclusive. a new twist in the special counsel investigation into the trump campaign. nbc news has learned robert mueller is investigating the son of ousted national security adviser michael flynn, and the question tonight, is it a sign that prosecutors are turning up the heat on the son to get the father to flip? nbc's kristen welker has the intriguing details. >> reporter: tonight, nbc news has learned the son of ousted national security adviser michael flynn is a subject in the special counsel investigation into russia's meddling in the u.s. election according to multiple current and former government officials. those sources say the inquiry into michael g. flynn is focused in part on his work for his father's lobbying firm, flynn intel group. >> the younger flynn is essentially his father's right-hand man. he was often seen with him. he worked very closely with him. he served as his chief of staff. he would travel with him. >> reporter: the younger flynn, who was known for retweeting conspira

nbc's gabe gutierrez has late details. >> i'm done being polite. i am done being politically correct. i am mad as hell. >> reporter: san juan's mayor this afternoon making an emotional plea directly to the president. >> i beg you to take charge and save lives. we are dying here. and i cannot fathom the thought that the greatest nation in the world cannot figure out logistics for a small island. >> reporter: ripping into fema for not distributing aid fast enough. >> if we don't get the food and the water into people's hands, what we are going to see is something close to a genocide. >> reporter: representative enrique melendez agrees even though he supported president trump during the election. >> where is the navy? where is the army? we need them right now. not next week. >> reporter: governor ricardo rossello is still in charge of the recovery efforts but is now getting more support from the military. >> we've been getting more assets, and we're showing it. >> reporter: fema says the island's geography is complicating the relief effort. but today

. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening to our viewers in the west. thank you for being here tonight. senate republicans may feel like they've seen this movie before, the one about a last-ditch effort to repeal and replace obamacare doomed by a key defection in their own party. once again its star senator john mccain who announced today he will not support the latest repeal and replace plan. it was mccain who doomed the previous gop healthcare bill. and now history may be repeating itself. nbc news capitol hill correspondent kasie hunt starts us off tonight. >> reporter: maverick senator john mccain all but sinking the republican plan to repeal and replace obamacare again. in july he cast the deciding vote against repeal. and today he said he'll vote no on the new version of the plan backed by senators bill cassidy and lindsey graham, who is one of mccain's best friends in the senate. "i cannot in good conscience vote for the graham-cassidy proposal," mccain wrote in a lengthy statement. "we should no

"nightly news" begins right now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, and thank you for being here. there is breaking news as we come on the air tonight. we're just getting word of a new missile launch from north korea coming from the capital of pyongyang. japanese media is reporting that the missile flew over northern japan. the japanese government broadcaster advising people to seek shelter. it comes weeks after north korea claimed it tested a hydrogen bomb. king jong uncontinuing to rapidly develop his nuclear and missile programs. we want to get right to nbc's ron allen in the region. he's in seoul, south korea. what's the latest from there? >> reporter: good morning, lester. yes, apparently another huge act of defiance by the north koreans just days after unsecurity council resolutions sanctions aimed at trying to stop this sort of activity. a south korean defense official says it was aimed in the southeasterly direction. over the northern island of hokkaido in japan and toward the pacific ocean mirroring a

just about 69 degrees outside the nbc 10 studios. and whatever you have planned for today, it sounds like the weather is going to cooperate. meteorologist krystal klei is tracking it all for us in the first alert neighborhood forecast. krystal. >> yeah, weather's definitely going to cooperate but you have to remember do not put on the big sweater, the boots, the scarf. you will melt today because we're talking temperatures that get quite toasty and way warmer than average. radar and satellite we have a clear picture, that's what we're expecting the rest of today, tomorrow, even monday. take a look at temperatures today a high of 87 in philadelphia. on or sunday up to 91 degrees. that is way warmer than average. i'm trying to do the math here, 16 degrees warmer than average. 75 is where we should be. that would feel more like the second day of fall. in the suburbs 85, up to 88 on your sunday. looking at 86 to 90 in new jersey and 87 to 90 in delaware with the sunny to mostly sunny conditions. a slight uptick in the humidity on your su

nbc 10's steven fisher has been following this story all day long. she'll are a live report coming up on nbc 10 news at 5:00. >>> investigators are trying to figure out what sparked a fire that destroyed five condominiums under construction in camden county. one of the condos collapsed during this morning's fire along jarvis road in sicklerville. no one was hurt. >>> a four-car crash shut down a stretch of kelly drive for a stretch of time this afternoon. it happened around 1:00 along boathouse row. you can see those cars were blaeyd damaged. fortunately, no one was seriously hurt. the road is back open. >>> president donald trump is pitching his tax plan to an audience eager for the proposed change. the president addressed the national association of manufacturers today in washington. this week he released the out lines of a nearly $6 trillion tax cut plan. it would deeply reduce taxes for corporations, simplify tax brackets, and nearly double the standard deduction used by most tax filers. >> and at the very center of that plan is a giant, beautifu

gadi schwartz, nbc news. corozal, puerto rico. >>> in washington today cheers and tears as congressman steve scalise made a surprise homecoming to the capitol. his first time back since the baseball field shooting that almost took his life. kristen welker has the emotional moment for us. >> reporter: just 15 weeks after nearly losing his life, a powerful homecoming. congressman steve scalise on crutches walking on to the house floor. a bipartisan standing ovation. a fight he wasn't sure he would win. >> i'm definitely a living example that miracles really do happen. >> reporter: it was june 14th when a gunman opened fire on republicanpr baseball game. scalise was shot in the hip, gravely wounded. >> when i was laying out on the ballfield, the first thing i did once i was down and couldn't move anymore is i just started to pray. >> reporter: today praising capitol hill police who helped save his life, officers crystal griner and david bailey. >> crystal couldn't be with us today, but david bailey is with us. d

we'll have more on nbc 4 working for you i >>> come monday, you'll see something different here on nbc. >> megyn kelly will slide in as the host for an all new show during the third hour of the "today" show. nbc reports on kelly's hopes for the show, which will be a blend of news, lifestyle and celebrities. >> i am feeling great. i'm excited. can't wait to get going. >> reporter: when megyn kelly launches her show on monday, it'll be a change after more >> it was too combative, too acrimonious, too political, and i am not. >> reporter: megyn kelly today gives her a chance to tackle topics in daytime that weren't top of mind when she worked evenings. >> i'm trying to launch a show that brings people together and makes them feel connected instead of disconnected and unified instead of divided. >> reporter: getting to do it live in front of a studio audience provides a new connection for kelly. she'll felt it in rehearsals. >> it's been electric. you know, their energy comes into me, and mine goes back to them. on and on. audience at home i know will feel it and be uplifted and energized

that's all tonight at 11:00 on nbc bay area news. we'll see you then. >>> well as we've been talking about it all atoday, it's the beginning of a cooldown as we coast into the weekend. >> nice and easy. slowly, but tomorrow it'll be even more dramatic. at least the temperature will. we are expecting to start this. we haven't seen the temperature trend this cool in a while. we've seen record-breaking heat, but now we're inching closer to those fall-like temps in the peninsula, 75 degrees, south bay, 79, nice and mild, and yes, the return of that fog this early morning. now don't be surprised if by the midafternoon that fog starts creeping inland towards the open area and you'll start noticing before it burns off by tonight, middle of the evening and makes a return tomorrow morning. san francisco, nice and clear around 66 degrees. north bay, 74. let's talk about the 24 hour temperature change. i've been mentioning, we have seen a temperature drop, but most significantly along the coast and for the north bay. at this hour, since yesterd

. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening to our viewers in the west. thank you for being with us tonight. we have seen for ourselves the tons of water and food pouring into puerto rico's capital by air every day, but officials there tonight acknowledge that on the ground they're running up against problems getting it to where it is needed most on the island. it was a week ago today that hurricane maria scored its direct hit on puerto rico with 155-mile-per-hour winds obliterating vital infrastructure and plunging that american commonwealth into a different kind of dark age. but seven days in, a massive relief operation is still playing catch-up. our gabe gutierrez remains on the island and has the latest for us. gabe, good evening. >> reporter: lester, a week after hurricane maria ripped through these homes, there is still no power, no water and no phones. the magnitude of this disaster is just sinking in. many residents here know that help is on the way, but they haven't seen it yet. it's been one wee

. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, and thank you for being here tonight. as the remnants of hurricane harvey finally exit the state of texas and rescue crews intensify their search for victims, there is a new pressing danger in the flood zone tonight. a chemical plant burning. it's already been rocked by two explosions early today after critical cooling systems failed in the flood. a large area around that plant in crosby, texas, has been evacuated in anticipation of more explosions amid uncertainty about the safety of the air around it. jacob rascon is leading off our coverage tonight. jacob, good evening. >> reporter: lester, good evening. tonight the sheriffs and fire department, the national guard even the epa are working overtime hoping to avoid another crisis. nobody's allowed to enter the evacuation zone in what is now a high stakes waiting game. tonight the flooded arkema chemical plant is still smoldering. neighborhoods within a mile and a half urged to evacuate as officials warn that more explos

stay with nbc 10 and the nbc 10 app for updates on breaking news. >>> new jersey u.s. senator bob menendez back in a newark courtroom this morning to face federal corruption charges. senator menendez is accused of taking bribes in exchange for political favors. meantime, the trial has become a focus in the race for governor. if convicted, menendez could be forced to resign or face being voted out of office by the senate. and if either of those happen after january 16th, the new governor would pick the senator's replacement. >>> three people are recover this morning after a crash overnight in philadelphia's nicetown cuyahoga neighborhood. in all, three cars were smashed up. the victims' injury are not life threatening. >>> in northwest philadelphia, police arrested a driver on suspicion of driving under the influence after he plowed into several parked cars before then hitting and killing a man. this is what it looked like yesterday on torresdale street. you can see a van with a heavy front-end damage. police say the man hit several parked cars before hitting and killin

we get more now on nbc that from nbc's steve patterson. >> reporter: in los angeles, state of emergency. so called la tuna canyon fire, scorching 7,000 acres, forcing 1,400 people to evacuate, destroying four homes. >> hey, we need to move. >> reporter: today, a break in the weather. firefighters getting the upper hand, evacuatation orders lifted but the homecoming heart breaking. >> it's really sad. it's really disheartening. >> reporter: for lindy's in-laws in their 80s, this is all that's left. >> they have lost everything. it's a lifetime. 50 years. all their stuff. all their memories. >> reporter: the southern california blaze is one of 58 uncontained wildfires sweeping across the west from nevada to washington state. in northern california, 32 homes destroyed by a fire nearly six square miles, more than 1,600 firefighters on the front lines. in montana, multiple wildfires scorching bone-dry land. hot shot fire crews taking on the massive lolo peak fire in soaring temperatures and red flag winds. and in oregon, close call. more than 150 hikers stranded saturday, trapped between two

. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. and thank you for being with us. 36 hours after hurricane maria stormed ashore in puerto rico ripping apart homes and flooding streets, it's possible we have not yet seen the worst of it. that's because entire areas remain cut off this evening. power is out across the island. communications are spotty. water is running short. and the number of possible casualties is still unknown. tonight the millions of americans there wait as an urgent relief effort kicks into high gear. let's get the latest from our gabe gutierrez. gabe? >> reporter: lester, maria's death toll is now up to 18 across the caribbean including one death here in puerto rico. but the true extent of the damage is not yet known. here in san juan many roads are impassable and communications systems are down, which means it could take quite a while to get a handle on the full scope of maria's destruction. tonight in the wake of hurricane maria, parts of puerto rico are desperate. residents forced to wade throug

. >>> this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. apologies and reimbursements were not enough to save president trump's embattled health and human services secretary who a short time ago resigned over his high-flying travel ways at taxpayers' expense. we'll get to those breaking details shortly, but we want to start with the incredibly emotional plea today from the mayor of san juan, puerto rico. a cry for help. we are dying, she said, as she angrily demanded washington untangle the bottleneck that has prevented aid from reaching so many puerto ricans suffering from the aftermath of hurricane maria. the dark picture she painted this afternoon in sharp contrast to the rosy assessment being put forward by nbc's gabe gutierrez has late details. >> i'm done being polite. i am done being politically correct. i am mad as hell. >> reporter: san juan's mayor this afternoon making an emotional plea directly to the president. >> i beg you to take charge and save lives. we are dying here. and i cannot fathom the thought that the greatest natio

. >> announcer: from nbc news world head quartz -- headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news" with lester hotel. >>> good evening, i'm peter alexander in tonight for lester. exactly one week after hurricane harvey began punishing the texas coast, millions of storm survivors are now grappling with unprecedented devastation left in its wake. on a day if i would with too many home comes and more evacuations, tonight, texas's governor is warning some areas remain, in his words, deadly dangerous, with record-breaking flood waters. in places that could last for weeks. the death toll tonight, at least 38. that number that's certain to rise. 42,000 people are now living out of shelters and the before and after pictures show how harvey changed the face of an entire region. we begin tonight with nbc's miguel almaguer in port arthur, texas. >> reporter: we have seen more water rescues today pull up, military planes are taking off overhead, dropping off evacuees hundreds of miles away, a sea of destruction both in and out of the water. for a city surrounded by flood water, tonight it's d

. >> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening to our viewers in the west. thank you for being here tonight. at this hour, the powerful hurricane irma more and more appears to be locked on to deliver a major blow to the state of florida this coming weekend. the storm's track coming into better focus tonight after the category 5 hurricane slashed its way through the caribbean with devastating results. irma still producing sustained winds of around 185 miles per hour. here's a look inside the storm's eye from a hurricane hunter plane. and now forecasters are tracking two brand-new hurricanes formed in just the last few hours. once again our team is in place to bring you the latest. we want to start here in studio with al roker who can show us what all is in motion right now. >> lester, this thing continues to break records. the longest hurricane since 1980 to have winds over 180 miles per hour. right now 55 miles east-northeast of san juan with 185-mile-per-hour winds moving west-northwest at 16 miles per hour. puerto rico g

joe fryer, nbc news, houston. >>> powerful show of goodwill.e appreciate you spending part of your evening with us. that is "nightly news" for this friday night. i'm peter alexander in for lester. we hope you have a great holiday weekend. for all of us at nbc news, thanks for watching and have a good night. we )re under a microclimate weather alert. the entire bay area .. .experiencing a >>> right now at 6:00 we are under a micro climate weather alert. the entire bay area experiencing a dangerous heat wave. not even san francisco is spared hitting the hottest temperatures ever recorded. 106. the news at 6:00 starts right now. thanks for joining us. i am janelle wang. >> i am terry mcsweeney. this is a bay area wide event. >> everyone is on alert right now. firefighters, pg&e crews, schools, sports team. even people trying to avoid the heat by heading to the beach. they couldn't get away from the hot temperatures. ocean beach hits very high temps as well. tonight we have team coverage. >> in san francisco as we did talk, we have now updated the

we have nbc crews there. and we're covering the story. we are also getting lots of pictures into the newsroom. we'll keept updating the website go to nbcbayarea.com and we'll keep you posted. >> a violent conference on campus. a high school student was stabbed today. a 14-year-old freshman was rushed to a local hospital and two suspects were taken into custody. nbc bay area robert handa first reported the destine on the midday show joins from us the campus in san jose. robert. >> reporter: well it was a tense and stairy situation for students here at the high school campus. and while the immediate threat appears to be over, the fear lingers. stunned students and worried parents filed out of overfield high school this afternoon after a tense day. two teenagers one from a different school attack add 14-year-old freshman behind the gym. >> it's kind of scarey experience knowing that someone got stabbed here. it's crazy. >> the school was immediately put on lockdown and the victim rushed to the hospital with what turned oh to be non-life thre

then it is nbc 10 news at 4:00.afternoon, the sign says rent a dream, but tenants say these delaware apartments were more of a nightmare. the disturbing discovery they made after moving in that's enough to make your skin crawl. that's today at 4:00. krystal klei is here, tracking jose and the impact on us. >> absolutely. we're looking at the conditions worsening as we go through this evening, especially tuesday. particularly at our coastal points. you see even in philly, some rain is likely for tuesday, lingering showers wednesday. look at the temperatures affected by this as well. midupper 70s the next couple of days. >> thank you for watching nbc 10 news. for all of us here at nbc 10, have a great day. sweet 4k tv, mr. peterson. thanks. pretty psyched. did you get fios too? no. mr. peterson, fios is a 100% fiber optic-network. what does that mean? think about it. if you got an awesome new car you'd put the best gas in it, right. so why hook up your awesome technology to anything other than a fiber-optic network? i

have a great evening nbc nightly news is next. >>> breaking news tonight. health secretary tom price is out, under fire for his use of private jets, resigning after promising to repay a fraction of taxpayer money. >>> lashing out. growing anger over the puerto rico disaster response. >> we are dying, and you are killing us with the inefficiency. >> local officials furious president trump insisting his administration is doing an incredible job. tonight millions desperate for help. >>> cuba travel alert. americans warned not to visit cuba. embassy staff ordered out after mystery attacks on diplomats. >>> another violent collapse in yosemite's el capitan. why are climbers not being kept away? >>> and hidden hotel fees. if you're off for a weekend getaway, what you need to watch for. hidden extra charges on your bill. "nightly news" begins right now. >>> this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. apologies and reimbursements were not enough to save president trump's embattled health and human services secretary who a short time ago resigned

team. >> nbc bay area responds. recovering more than a million dollars for consumers. >> without you guys' help, i don't think this would have happened. shooting a sheriff )s deputy in sacramento yesterday. >>> we are learning more about the bay area man accused of shooting a sheriff's deputy in sacramento yesterday. we've learned thomas littlecloud was on the run, wanted for two felony warrants. deputy robert french died on the way to the hospital after being shot investigating a stolen vehicle operation. nbc bay area has been piecing together little cloud's criminal history. it looks like he had a pretty lengthy rap sheet. >> reporter: yeah. i was able to talk with the assistant chief of the alameda county probation department. she tells me he had just been released from the california prison system in 2011. and even before yesterday's shoot-out with officers in sacramento, there were some warrants out for his arrest from charges ranging from drug possession to weapons charges. it was a dramatic and dangerous scen

. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. good evening, as we come on the air on the west coast. horrific images of destruction and misery are coming out of mexico and puerto rico tonight framing much of this newscast this evening. two major natural disasters still unfolding and impacting millions living here outside the disaster zone. families anxious to know the fates of loved ones. in a few moments we'll take you to earthquake-stricken mexico city where rescuers are intently listening for sounds of life in their desperate search for survivors. but first to puerto rico where hundreds of homes are damaged or destroyed, streets are flooded and 100% of that u.s. island is without power after hurricane maria slammed ashore with 115-mile-an-hour winds today. our team is on the ground. we want to get right to gabe gutierrez who leads off our coverage tonight. gabe, good evening. >> reporter: lester, good evening. the power of this storm was immense. we've been seeing overturned cars and collapsed buildings. it is difficult to get

a lawsuit now filed, nbc bay area's robert honda spoke with a former employee. robert she described it like a frat culture there. >> reporter: well, that is right, we met with that former employee at her attorney's home here in san francisco. she did seem nervous talking so publicly about the lawsuit she filed today against sofi, but also determined to speak up for herself as she put it and other women in a similar work situation. julie zamorra saw a light as an underwriter at sofi finance, the start-up grew to $4 billion finance company, under mike cagney, but she said he created an out of control working environment, from her supervisor. >> just the things that he told me really surprised me and blew me out of the water that he said those things to me. >> reporter: such as? >> the fact he was at a party with me was because he wanted to do sexy things with me. >> reporter: would you say it was happening with other employees? >> i know for a fact it was happening with other employees. >> reporter: he represents another employee, a male office manager who express

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. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening and thank you very being with us tonight. the u.s. is on a collision course with one of the most powerful atlantic hurricanes ever recorded. irma, a category 5 storm with sustained winds of an eye-popping 185 miles per hour. tonight virtually every computer model has irma making landfall in the united states as soon as overnight saturday. florida's already in a state of emergency as residents make a run on gas stations and grocery stores ahead of a mandatory evacuation order. tonight we take a view from space. forecasters saying, in fact, everyone from coastal texas to virginia should be on alert right now as experts work to refine the storm's precise track. we have the hurricane covered beginning with gabe gutierrez with storm preparations in florida. gabe, good evening. >> reporter: lester, good evening. officials plan to start some evacuations as early as tomorrow. down in the florida keys they are calling this a worst case scenarios. millions on the east coa

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. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening. i'm peter alexander in tonight for lester. here we go again. tonight, another powerful hurricane is barreling toward the u.s. the governor of florida late today declaring a state of emergency as irma gathers strength just upgraded to a devastating category 4 storm. still several days away, it's already threatening millions of americans on the east coast and it come just days after hurricane harvey leveled one of the most destructive blows this country has ever seen. in florida, residents are already cleaning out store shelves and making plans to get out. al roker is tracking its path right now and is joining us with the very latest. where is this thing going? >> that's why so many people have to be aware of this storm, peter, because it has the potential to not only come across and eastern seaboard. right now a category 4 storm. 490 miles east of the leeward islands, 130-mile-per-hour winds. it is moving to the west now. that's a little bit of a change. it stays to the north

nbc 10 is our official eagles stadium. don't miss our official interview with carson as he gets ready for the eagles' first game of the season on sunday. you can see it on sunday morning starting at 9:30. and join us for all the highlights from the eagles/redskins matchup after nbc 10 news at 11:00. >>> it was a fashion for a cause at citizens bank park. >> yeah, the phillies hosted the kisses for kyle fund-raiser last night. nbc 10's aundrea cline-thomas and erin coleman strutted their stuff to help the cause. and jim rosenfield also took a stroll on the runway to show their support for the organization. they may have a second career as models. >> jim there hugging the crowd. now for more of the stories we're following for you right now on nbc 10 news at 5:00 a.m. >> fleeing florida. this weekend, hurricane irma will bear down on the sunshine state, most likely leaving people in the dark and a path of destruction in its wake. it's time to pack up and head out. >>> house fire destruction. a little boy was hurt when he trie

but nbc news tweeted this footage. shows rescue operations under way in mexico city how fied twit devastation is. >>> this interrupted an interview they were conducting in mexico city. cruel twist was the deadly earthquake in 1985. here's that moment. >> and now back to the search on the ground. entire country of mexico is under a state of disaster. nbc steve paterson is under way right now in mexico city. >> reporter: right now this is a race against time with crews and operations around mexico city. basically look foring for peopl that could be alive in rubble. that's the scene behind me in this beautiful neighborhood in mexico city. i want to show you, you can see rescue crews are digging through the rubble. this was a circumstance-story employment agency. people were in this building at the height of the business day right before lunchtime before that earthquake hit and that building came down trapping several people inside. several unaccounted for. several dead. but obviously some people who have to be alive in th

nbc 10's aarerin coleman is joig us live. most people don't know about. >> it causes the body's immune system to attack its own organs and tissues. 40,000 people in this area alone are living with lupus, including the woman you're about to meet. >> cheri parone has been living with lupus for more than 20 years. she takes 18 pills every day to help keep the autoimmune disease under control. >> i never know from one day to the next if i wake up in the morning if i'm going to be able to get up out of the bed. i'm in pain all the time. it's just varying levels of pain. >> in her case, lupus has affected her kidneys. it is the same type of lupus as selina goelz. ♪ i'm trying >> reporter: the pop star revealed today on instagram, she recently underwent a kidney transplant and posted a link to the lupus foundation of america, something local advocates say is critical to getting more people to understand the disease and more money to fight it. >> lupus affects mostly women, so these are our moms, our daughters, our sisters. and if we

lester holt joins us now for the nbc studios in new york. >> he has a look at what's coming up on "nbcs." hey, lester. >> hi, keith and erin. ahead for us, why suffering patients were not evacuated sooner from that sweltering miami nursing home, where eight people died. also, what three women who worked for google are accusing the tech giant of doing. and a close look at lupus after a major pop star undergoes a kidney transplant. we'll tell you more about that when we see you coming up here on "nbc nightly news." but for now, back to you in philly. >> we'll see you at 6:30. thanks, lester. >>> to this now, a battle between east and west is heating up in pennsylvania. philadelphia and pittsburgh fighting it out. the prize, the new headquarters for amazon. the second north american headquarters of the online retailer will employ up to 50,000 workers. it will also cost at least $5 billion the build and operate. and both pennsylvania cities are hoping hq2 will call their city home. and the battle appears to be getting political my. >> wait until you hear this. some lawmakers from western p

. >>> nbc bay area in oakland. car drivers already taking note of it whether they agree or not. >> reporter: definitely if you are stuck in traffic on bay bridge, which a lot of drivers are right now, you'll see it. this is an electronic billboard you'll see behind me. it takes 30 seconds to cycle through. a few different ads and then you'll see it. this was paid for from donations from californians. the billboard went up this morning and stay up until october 1st. the campaign says congress should impeach president trump for what they describe as violating the constitution, including the group says instructing investigation into wrongdoing by his campaign. >> if the republican congress is not willing to take this step, then we will use it as a campaign issue in 2018. and we will try to show that the republicans in california and congress are not on board with impeachment. >> reporter: the campaign says it also has collected around 100,000 signatures on petition to impeach trump. now i just got off the phone with t

tonight nbc news has learned the fbi is investigating. tom costello now with late details. >> reporter: the hack could go down as among the biggest ever involving nearly half the u.s. population. credit reporting agency equifax says the data breach involved the names, addresses, social security numbers, birth dates and even driver's license information for 143 million people. in addition roughly 209,000 credit card numbers were stolen. the breach occurred between mid-may and mid-july and was discovered on july 29th, although we're just hearing about it now. late today equifax released a video statement. >> i deeply regret this incident. i apologize to every affected consumer and all of our partners. >> reporter: equifax is one of the three big credit reporting agencies. ironically it's where people go when they fear they've been hacked. the agency says its credit reporting database wasn't affected, but it says criminals managed to exploit a vulnerability on a u.s. website application. >> the sheer number of people that could be affected i

more on the london bombing tonight at 6:30 on "nbc nightly news" with lester holt right after "nbc 10 news at 6:00." >>> at the jersey shore, safety is the main concern as seaside heights is gearing up for a race that last year was the target of a terror attack. it is impossible to miss the extra officers on the boardwalk ahead of tomorrow's semper five marine corps charity run. the 5k is back after being canceled a year ago. a bomb planted by an alleged terrorist blew up in a trash can along the route minutes before the race began in neighboring seaside park. >> we're not going to take any chances that something is going to happen on our watch. >> the first reaction when it hamd was, we didn't want to be terrorized, we wanted to come back bigger and stronger. >> federal, state, county and local authorities are involved watching from the air, the ground and the water. >>> residents evacuated from an apartment building in homes burg because of an explosion. you can see some of the windows are shattered. it is all happening at the ashtor apartments on torresdale avenue. the bomb squad i

right here on nbc 10. we'll be right back. >>> we now have official word that the russia hacking investigation involves 21 states including pennsylvania and delaware, but not new jersey. yesterday the federal government alerted officials in the affected states that russian hackers tried to access their voting systems before the 2016 presidential election. most of the efforts were not successful. only illinois reported that hackers actually breached some of its voter systems. >>> this morning, president trump is targeting senator john mccain for rejecting the latest republican bill to repeal and replace obamacare. the president reacted to mccain's opposition at a rally in alabama last night. >> that was a totally unexpected thing. terrible. honestly, terrible. repeal and replace because john mccain, if you look at his campaign, his last campaign, was all about repeal and replace. repeal and replace. so he decided to do something different, and that's fine. >> president trump added that eventually there will

and on the nbc 10 app. coming up at 4:30, we'll have a report from south florida on how people are preparing for the worst. then at 5:00, nbc 10 is live with local utility crews making their way down to florida. also we have that nbc 10 app with you as the storm makes its way toward the u.s. you can follow its track, get breaking news alerts sent right to your smart phone. we have reporters in florida now. >>> right now in our area, first alert weather is track showers through the area. >> with that rain coming much cooler temperatures heading our way. nbc 10 where this guy needed a poncho to try to stay dry on his ride. more on when the rain will move out. >> it's with us for much of the evening. carry the umbrella. it's pretty quiet in philadelphia. and some cloud cover. the heavier rain moving through reading and allentown and berks county. this is going to move up to the north and east and edge in our direction. even early tomorrow morning before we start to dry out, it's part of a system that the area