jo ling kent, nbc news, los angeles. >>> from overseas tonight new images show north korea's kim jong-un reviewing plans for the missile strike to launch toward the u.s. territory of guam. but if north korea actually goes through with it james mattis promised swift military action. andrea mitchell has the story. >> reporter: tonight defense secretary mattis confidently telling reporters the u.s. would know within moments in a north korean missile is fired at guam and we'll take it out. adding if they fire at

miguel, nbc los angeles. >>> our fellow nerd, doug kammerer he's not a nerd. if you're hoping to catch a glimpse of the eclipse yourself, check out our nbc washington app. we're coming up and talking about shades. a lot of people need to put their shades on as well. >> definitely. we will have plenty of sunshine today. let's go ahead to the maps. people keep asking me why this eclipse is so interesting. it's the first one that graced the continental united states since 1979. first one from sea to sea since 1918. it happened every one or two years but usually over the ocean. earth is made up of 70% of the ocean and i usually don't see it. it will be breezy out there but sunday absolutely beautiful. look at the radar out there. nothing to see except for a frontal system that passed through our area, leaving 75 in washington. lo lourdon at 76. it is pretty breezy out there with winds at 10-20 miles an hour higher gusts. if you have plans outside, the winds are not dying down until 8:00. an excellent pool day. it might be a little chilly when you get out of the poo

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miguel almaguer, nbc news, los angeles. >>> if you're planning to see it yourself, the path of totality, you're going to share the road with this guy because doug is going to south carolina to it. if you want to know how to catch a glimpse here, go to the nbc washington app and find fascinating stories with the eclipse chasers, believe it or not, eclipse chasing is a hobby. >> it's a thing. >> i will call you an eclipse chaser now, doug. >> i can't wait. so excited. >> going live? >> we'll be on facebook live. it will be about 2:30 in south carolina. >> nobody else will want to do facebook live that day. >> no, they want to look up there. >> you're the only one doing it. >> aisle be like this, i don't know what's happening. but i am so excited. even here, you know, a lot of people think we're going to miss it, we get about 85% totality, enough to get outside and see what's going on here. you do need the special glasses. >> one hand and check doug's. >> exactly right. exactly right. facebook.com/doug kammerer. let's look right now. storms i p most of us dry tonight and really, the severe

miguel almaguer, nbc news, los angeles. >>> overseas now and word that the u.s. could escalate its role in the battle against isis on a new front we showed you on the broadcast last night. the pentagon now considering introducing more air power against isis in the philippines, according to two defense officials. nbc's bill nealy continues with his rare access inside the fight, and has the latest details. >> reporter: the isis fighters holding a rally of being bombed for three months by philippine forces, guided by american spy planes. but now the u.s. may be poised to strike directly. with predator drones, ready at a u.s. base nearby. a new mission possible against a common enemy. >> an enemy that fights in ways that most people have never had to deal with. >> reporter: the u.s. is also sending more planes. philippine troops already getting help from u.s. special forces. and facing isis fighters, some of them trained in saudi arabia. troops have retaken this area from isis, but more than 140 of them have been killed here so far. by an isis attack planned in syria

jo ling kent, nbc news, los angeles. >>> the violence in charlottesville has focused much of the nation'sttention on a segment of society that many may not have realized was so organized and so connected. as white supremacists come out of the shadows. so what's behind their rise? here's nbc news justice correspondent pete williams. >> reporter: clashes over symbols of the confederacy have brought white supremacist hate groups into the open that for years have operated in the shadows. the number of ku klux klan chapters is actually down, but neoconfederate and other groups are on the rise sometimes inspiring deadly attacks. >> we're seeing more and more people who are not necessarily affiliated with any group but who have become highly interested in the movement and motivated to carry out, in many cases, real criminal violence. >> reporter: noting that trend, a federal bulletin in may said the white supremacist extremist movement will likely continue to pose a threat of lethal violence. after the 2015 shooting at a black church in south carolina that killed nine, pictures surfaced of the g

joe fryer, nbc news, los angeles. >>> there's plenty more to tell you about. we're back in a moment with the ultimate act of forgiveness for one of baseball's most infamous fans. >>> tonight, from hollywood to broadway, the entertainment world is mourning the loss of playwright, author and actor sam shepard. critically acclaimed both on screen and off for decades, shepard won the pulitzer prize for drama in 1979 for his play "buried child" and four years later was nominated for an oscar for his role as chuck yeager in "the right stuff." his family says he died at home in kent of complications related to a.l.s. or lou gehrig's disease. sam shepard was 73 years old. >>> for nearly 14 years, cubs fans blamed steve bartman for killing their world series dreams with that infamous moment in the 2003 playoffs when he tipped a foul ball from the stands before it could be caught. now that the cubs have broken their 108-year world series drought, all appears to be forgiven. and to prove it, the cubs gave bartman, who received death threats and became reclusive after the

miguel almaguer, nbc news, los angeles. >>> as we begin to enter back to school time, two grieving parents in new jersey with a wakeup call about cyber bullying. their 12-year-old daughter committed suicide in june after she was relentlessly harassed by classmates. they say their pleas for the school to stop it were ignored. they spoke with our stephanie gosk. >> reporter: mallory's parents say the bullying was bad >> chronic headaches, stomachaches. >> reporter: in june she committed suicide. today diane and seth grossman announced they will sue the school district for not doing enough to stop it. >> this small device can be a lethal weapon in the hands of the wrong child. >> how was a cell phone used as a weapon against malorie? >> it humiliated her. it intimidated her. it made her feel alone. >> the text messages escalated to the point where they actually said, why don't you kill yourself? >> reporter: the grossmans say they turned to teachers, counselors and the principal. >> what was their response? >> we're investigating it. >> reporter: the school board issued a statement in june sa

miguel almaguer, nbc news, los angeles. >>> a lot of excitement building for that. >>> believe it or not, for many kids, school is back in session. what a cool way to arrive for one young man in texas. showing up with an escort of more than 50 motorcyclists there to accompany him after his mom heard he was being bullied by some other kids. but big hearted bikers just wanted to help him take a stand. pretty good group of friends to have in your corner. >>> when we come back, a remarkable story of survival. the baby pictures you don't want to miss. >>> how about we end the week with a story we can all feel good about? her name is fiona. since she was born prematurely at the cincinnati zoo, millions have been following the progress of the baby hippo. we sent kevin tibbles to find out why why so many have become so attached. >> the giddy oohs and ahhs aren't for beyonce or bieber, but for a demure little 400 pound hippopotamus by the name of fiona. >> she's a little miracle baby. >> reporter: she's the only known hippo to survive after being born six weeks premature. she weighed a mere 2

jacob soboroff, nbc news, los angeles. >>> we turn now to some potential trouble in paradise for president trump's business. we're talking about sunny palm beach, florida, home to what the president calls the southern white house. more than a dozen charities have recently pulled events at mar-a-lago. several claiming it would be a distraction from their mission. nbc's gabe gutierrez has those details. >> reporter: long known as the epitome of high society in glitzy palm beach, tonight mar-a-lago is facing an exodus. >> they don't want to be associated with the president's remarks and many other actions that he's taken, to be quite honest. >> reporter: at least 17 charities have pulled their annual fund-raising events from the so-called southern white house. many after the president's controversial comments about the violence in charlottesville. >> very fine people on both sides. >> reporter: among the latest to leave, the palm beach zoo and conservation society. others include the red cross, the american cancer society and the salvation army. >> the decision was made because the whole conv

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joe fryer, nbc news, los angeles. >>> sony's operating profit tripled in the first quarter to 1.$1.4 billion putting it on trk for its highest annual profit in two decades. >> sony's net profit for the april to june quarter increased to nearly 7$730 million sales were up 15% as demand grew for the smartphone image sensors, 4 k tvs another area that investors are counting on is the gaming business concern was that demand for sony's playstation 4 peaked, but new game titles are in the works, including one based on the box office hit spider-man released last month. the new game titles are expected to gain more players the fact that sony is unaffected by a stronger yen is the plus. the firm gained 3.5 billion yen in operating profit, which makes it preferable for investors compared to other exporting firms. all this good news had seemsly been priced in as stocks hit a high last week, and today it shed nearly 2% as investors became wary of quick selling before the earnings report came out. that's all from the nikkei back to you. >> apple has failed to dismiss a lawsuit claiming it broke i

. >>> plus, nbc smash hit, this is us comes back september 26 and right now is your chance to see the show live in los angeles. nbc 10 teaming up with 933 and giving away two tickets to the show's taping in la. giving away daily prices this week. just shoot a video telling us what the show means to you and upload it to nbc10.com under contest. deadline is this friday, september 1 and the winner will be announced later that day. >>> foreign workers hold more than a third of 1500 seasonal jobs. report this week in the wall street journal says president trump is considering reducing or eliminating elements of the j-1 visa exchange visitor program. >> for us to fill all of our positions, we need supplemental labor. >> would result in shortening of operating season. shortening of daily operations. >> state department says it is aware that the support the american businesses have shown for program and value to local communities. they directed us to white house regarding any potential policy changes. we did not hear back from the white house. >>> trump's proposed cuts could have a negative impact on the delaware riv

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jo ling kent, nbc news, los angeles. >>> logan smith created the twitter account.igh, north carolina. good to see you, logan. thank you for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> what is the reason behind starting this twitter account? what are you trying to accomplish? >> well, i just think that, you know, these people who -- they're not hiding behind their hoods anymore, they're proud and they're out. and if they're really so proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with white supremacists and neo-nazis, then i think that, you know, their communities need to know who these people are and what they're trying to do to our nation. >> yeah, i mean it is noteworthy, pete in that nazi image -- that image from the protest that we saw over the weekend, stunning with the torch, screaming and sent to our colleague, you may identify me as a nazi, but i wouldn't attack anyone. well, that to me, sounds odd, but to how serious this is, putting these pictures out there, one person was misidentified. and you're making very serious accusations. you could get yourself in a lot of l

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these are live pictures from the nbc chopper in los angeles. a man you can see there if you can make it out is hundreds of feet in the air on a crane in the port of los angeles. what you're seeing there is a giant crane and on that crane hundreds of feet high is a man there. at the moment, police are trying to talk that man down. you can get a better vantage point from the chopper as it pulls out there. it all started as a car theft. police chased the car. you see it there. shows the end of the chase there, that video at the port of l.a. the man drove his car in circles and climbed up on that train and that's where he is right now. we're going to keep an eye on the story and keep you updated on the social platforms as you see him get out of the car. the car continues to roll by. he runs up the stairs of that crane where he's perched at this hour. we'll follow the story and give you updates here on the television side and updating the social media. >> the black market for pot is thriving even though it's legal to smoke marijuana in the state. ec

nbc smash hit this is us comes back september 26. right now, you have a chance to see the show live in los angeles. here's the deal. nbc 10 teaming up with 933. giving away two tickets to the show's taping in la. also giving away daily prizes this week. shoot a video telling us what the show means to you. upload it under contest. deadline the this friday. winner announced later an friday. >>> the path of a missile, north korea causes a scare above japan. the panic it triggered. >>> nones on the run. two women caught on camera holding up a bank. it's what they are wearing that is causing so much attention. >>> jumping in to help. what a brewery is doing to give back to those impacted by tropical storm harvey. >>> all-new, what's lurking in the water. health hazard beneath the surface of the houston flood. >>> expected to see a lot more of this with more rain pouring down. >>> clean waters on the way. makers of budweiser have stopped beer production to pump out clean water. shutdown beer production so it could produce cans of clean drinking water. company is sending more than 150,000 cans of that water to the flood zo

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for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night from los angeles. >>> just very lewd and lascivious conduct was taking place. >> sex parties, harassment and underage check. the allegations against the south bay police department. i am jessica aguirre. >> and i am raj mathai. 90 pages of details. a lawsuit filed by a long time police dispatcher paints a scandalous picture. is it true? and has the community lost faith. robert handa here. >> reporter: this lawsuit filed for a veteran police dispatcher has a lot of people consulting lawyers. the gilroy is in a scandal. she is suing the police department, and police union. >> she was essentially black balled, retaliated against and eventually pushed out. >> reporter: the 90 page document cites names and

for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching, and good night from los angeles.epartnent. more than a hundred people are rallying in oakiland...anbd more are >>> right now at 6:00 tension at the sheriff's department. these are live pictures of more than 100 people rallying in oakland and more are expected to show up. this group upset about a sheriff's department social media link to a white supremacist. >>> the news at 6:00 starts right now. good evening and thanks for being with us. i'm raj mathai. >> i'm jessica augeri. we've been tracking this story for over an hour. reaction is mounting because of a tweet that went out monday night. the alameda sheriff official twit account retweeted one of the nation's most prominent wipe supremacis supremacists. he said it was an accident. the latest on the people showing up today say they are upset with what happened and they are not -- they aren't taking this apology. >> reporter: and more of them seem to be turning out as this rally continues. let me show you now how densely populated this group is. this was supposed to

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. >> reporter: for "today," miguel almagu almaguer, nbc news, los angeles. >>> how much do we love alhimself out there every day. an apparently does it at night, too. i want to take you at citi field, in new york. mets taking on the texas rangers. who is throwing out that first pitch? >> it dribbled over the -- >> can we see that again? >> let's not. >> see it one more time. keep in mind, al, one of his favorite sports is bowling. >> hey. ho. oh. >> i like the pose after. >> there you go. >> we couldn't have olympics music? >> yeah. >> were you nervous? >> yeah. it was horrible. it was horrible. yeah, the mets just -- it was wonderful. i had my family there the nick was there. he had a great time. my brother, my nephew. >> i would have swung at that pitch. >> you would have golfed at that pitch. temperatures way below normal because of the jet stream dripping down to bismarck and cheyenne. happens again on thursday, with temperatures anywhere from five to ten degrees below average. look at the weekend, as we head in. temperatures in the mid-70s in new york city. low to mid-80s in atla

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