>> priscilla thompson. thank you. >>> the dangerous heat and wildfires are now forcing evacuations from popular tourist spots in europe, and we're learning new details about one flight trapped on the tarmac for hours, boiling with no air-conditioning josh lederman has more from greece. >> reporter: tonight, misery in the mediterranean. southern europe shattering heat records at the high of tourist season on this week's ryanair flight from spain to italy travelers stuck on the tarmac as temps outside surge. look at this video posted to social media apparently from a passenger on that flight some people on board soaked in sweat, fanning themselves medics tending to others outside the plane. ryanair saying the flight was delayed due to a minor technical issue. earlier this week, some passengers and a flight attendant aboard a delta flight from las vegas fell ill waiting on the plane in triple-digit temperatures delta apologized and is investigating back in southern europe, this deadly heatwave just won't quit.

lester >> priscilla thompson, thank you. >>> a personal aide to former president donald trump was in court today. walt nauta pleaded not guilty to federal charges that he helped mr. trump hide classified documents at mar-a-lago a newly unsealed affidavit describes security footage of nauta moving boxes from a storage room where trump's lawyers previously admit they kept classified documents. >>> now to new developments into the investigation of that small bag of cocaine found in the west wing kelly o'donnell is at the white house tonight. kelly, what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, officials familiar with the investigation, lester, say the inquiry could be wrapped up by monday sources also provided an updated location where the small baggie of cocaine was found sunday, pointing to a storage cubby inside the entrance off west executive drive. this is the floor below the oval office. and officials say it was in the area close to the situation room. sources were also blunt, saying it's likely they will not solve this, and the baggie remains available for additional testing, where th

river, women and children, we need to try to prevent that as much as possible. >> reporter: priscilla thompsondfires are erupting near athens as europe bakes under some of the hottest temperatures ever recorded it comes as the u.s. breaks dozens of heat records here at home josh lederman has more on the ground in greece >> reporter: tonight, the greek countryside is scorched earth. a dystopian vision of a future ravaged by climate change in this village west of athens, a sea of charred black and a chemical factory burnt to a crisp this is all that's left of this home outside of athens after a fire ravaged this village two days ago. residents here now picking up the pieces of their lives this resident lost six dogs, several chickens, and a goat when the flames devoured his family home how quickly did this house go up in flames? >> in ten minutes. >> ten minutes were you scared for your life here >> yes. >> reporter: it's not over. greek authorities say 52 new fires erupted today as firefighters play whac-a-mole. almost as soon as a fire is contained, the heat and winds pick up and th old fires

priscilla thompson has late developments. >> reporter: tonight a battle over border security now poised to play out in court. with tiden admition suing teover these floating barriin the grande between mexico and eagle pass, texas. a 1,000-foot line of buoys that this honduran couple told us they saw and avoided as they crossed into the u.s. this afternoon she's eight months pregnant >> why did you decide to come to the u.s.? >> reporter: "because my brother was killed in honduras," he told us tonight the justice department demanding texas remove the barriers the white house calling them "dangerous and unlawful," saying they put migrants and border agents in danger governor greg abbott put the barriers up at this hot spot for illegal border crossings, saying the biden administration was not doing enough to stop migrants abbott writing today, "texas will fully utilize its constitutional authority to deal with the crisis you have caused texas will see you in court, mr. president." the buoys spin if you try to climb over them and extend a foot underwater, so you cannot swim under them hugo

priscilla thompson has more. >> reporter: tonight, texas governor greg abbott not backing down afterof buoys dividing the rio grande between mexico and eagle pass, texas. the doj firing back against the buoys that governor abbott deployed earlier this month in a letter writing, the state did not receive proper authorization for them, adding that the buoys violate federal law, raise humanitarian concerns, present serious risks to public safety, and the environment. roughly four feet in diameter, the buoys prevent anyone from climbing over them and extend at least a foot underwater with no netting attached for now, officials say. the first 1,000-foot segment costing just under a million dollars. abbott firing back against the doj writing, texas has a sovereign authority to defend our border. vowing to continue using every strategy to deter smuggling and illegal crossings. adding, we will see you in court, mr. president. advocates like this man warn the buoys won't stop migration and are dangerous. "they will attempt to go under the barriers, and they are going to die," he said. texas d

priscilla thompson, nbc news, houston. >>> and when we come back, the american making a cinderella run at wimbledon >>> finally tonight, if the name christopher eubanks doesn't ring a bell, don't worry. he won't be offended he's quickly becoming the most talked about tennis player in the world, because of what just happened at wimbledon. and even he can't believe it >> such a smart play there from eubanks. >> cap backwards, hands raised, and towering over wimbledon. christopher eubanks is suddenly america's next great tennis star >> christopher eubanks has done it >> reporter: the 27-year-old player is the last american man standing in singles, securing his spot in the quarterfinals with a huge upset monday and a 127-mile-per-hour serve. >> it's been, you know, something that you dream about, but for me, i didn't really know if that dream would come true. >> reporter: eubanks seemingly coming out of nowhere. before this, he had never advanced beyond the second round of a major. >> beautifully done there by eubanks. >> it's been a bit of a blur, if i'm being honest >> reporter: the same

priscilla thompson reports. >> reporter: draped in a towel but alive, new images of rudy farias as the mystery around his disappearance deepens. the 25-year-old was allegedly found last week outside a church and unresponsive, his family says, eight years after he allegedly vanished without a trace while walking his dogs. his mother janie santana reported the then 17-year-old missing on march 7th, 2015. but investigators now say he was home with her almost the entire time. >> it was discovered that rudy returned home the following day on march 8th, 2015. >> reporter: the stunning revelation uncovered after police interviewed farias. >> the mother janie continued to deceive police by remaining adamant that rudy was still missing. >> reporter: santana even releasing a statement after her son was found, thanking the media and the public for their support, writing, "my son rudy is receiviving the e care he needs toto overcome his trauma. but at this time, he is nonverbal and not able to communicate with us." investigators say farias and his mom had several run-ins with police over the years

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priscilla thompson is joining us now on the border. what do we know next?legal battle between the biden administration and the texas governor who has dug in and he does not want to remove the floating barriers despite the request from the justice department late last week in a letter that they are needing to be on the move. the doj lawsuit is focused on navigating the waters and the obstruction of the barriers and to that effect, but it does not mention the danger it poses to the migrants, and in a statement, general vinita gupta says that this is posing a threat to navigation and public safety and humanitarian concern. it is underlined in this statement that the buoys while they are obstructing the navigation through the water, it also presents risks to the migrants who are crossing the reno grand, and marley a potential drowning risk of which we have heard accounts. now, the white house to your note has called this dangerous and unlawful. take a listen. >> we actually saw the president's plan working, and what you are seeing the governor doing is dangerou

priscilla thompson, nbc news, eagle pass, texas. >>> former president barack obama and first lady michelletheir personal chef. tafari campbell drowned after paddle boarding and having an accident near the obama's home on martha's vineyard. the obamas calling him, quote, a beloved part of our family. here's emily ikeda. >> reporter: tragedy on martha's vineyard after the family's long-time penl chef and friend tafari campbell was found dead 100 feet from shore. >> 40-year-old male, possible drowning. fire, water rescue personnel. >> reporter: the grim discovery fouled an hours long search and rescue efforts involving divers, boats and helicopters that began the night before. an adult male went missing after another paddle border saw he had gone into the water and then submerged and did not resurface. it happened in with parts eight feet deep. >> no life preserver, last seen wearing all black. they have not had eye contact on him. >> reporter: the 45-year-old who had been visiting the island was married with twin sons. his wife posting she was heartbroken yesterday. campbell had posted video

joining me live from hoover, alabama, is nbc news correspondent, priscilla thompson. hearing about carli's condition, and where she might have been since her disappearance on thursday? >> well, jonathan, good morning. we know that she has been taking to an area hospital where she is currently been evaluated. as you mentioned, all of this began late last night when police say they received deny 11 call that she had returned home. they immediately dispatched fire, medics who went there and evaluated her, and they ultimately took her to the hospital for for their valuation. this is a majorvelopment in this case. for the past several days, people have been out in the wooded area off at the interstate searching for anything, any sign of a child. they have been going to rest stops, cast a shuns, hotels, both here in alabama, and even across into georgia, hoping for any sign of her. just to get you a sense of how all of this went down, from what police have said, carly called 9-1-1 thursday night saying that she saw a child walking alone on the interstate. she stopped and was

joining us now, priscilla thompson in texas, and also with us, homeland security correspondent, julialey. what do things look like there today? >> reporter: you see some of the construction crews continuing to work on the buoys back here, and to give a sense, they are in some of the lowest parts of the river, and we are seeing migrants having to navigate the deeper edges because they are continuing to cross. there's razor wire on the embankment, and this fence is also covered in razor wire, and that's not stopping migrants from crossing. we have seen the graphic photos of the types of injuries that people have sustained climbing over this razor wire as they continue to make their way here to claim asylum. we spoke to one woman, a venezuelan migrant, and she described why she made this treacherous journey. i want to play a little part of that conversation. >> reporter: you hear her there saying that coming here from venezuela was a necessity to her, that she had a gun held to her head and she was robbed and her children almost kidnapped. we also encountered a couple from honduras and t

nbc's priscilla thompson is in new orleans with the latest. cilla, good morning. >> reporter: willie, good morning. two days until independence day, and a large storm system is headed east. tens of millions are under heat alerts. all of it amid a week of travel chaos. this morning travel delays and extreme weather packing a one-two punch for americans this fourth of july weekend. overnight, storms dealing a crushing blow in nashville prompting taylor swift to move her cincinnati concert up an hour. the violent storms also led to ground stops in nashville, washington, d.c., and chicago adding more chaos to already hectic holiday travel. united airlines is finally digging out after a catastrophic week marred by more than 3,000 flight cancellations and delays. while the worst of the delays and cancellations seem to be over -- >> i feel very blessed. >> reporter: -- a new threat is looming. the launch of 5g cellular systems near major airports, which could cause radio interference, mainly during bad weather. >> they might not be eligible for certai

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s priscilla thompson has all the details, priscilla, let's start with the alabama 30s.y seemed frustrated that they could not charge russell with more serious crimes. what do we know? >> yeah, absolutely, zinhle, they were able to charge her, as you mentioned, with those two missing false reporting to law enforcement authorities. and false reporting an incident. each of those carries about a year in prison. and a 6000 dollar fine. authorities said, that would as far as the law would allow them to go, in terms of charges. that ultimately, they wanted to send a message that this was not a victimless crime. this has opened wounds for the families of real victims. also, it has spent countless law enforcement resources. i want to play some of what the attorney general had to say. >> there are significant hours spent, resources expended, as a result of this investigation. not only that, the many men and women who were civilians who put those yellow vests on a hot afternoon and evening, looking for someone they thought was abducted. trying to be of assistance. we intend to ful

nbc news correspondent priscilla thompson joins us now. a lot of people are saying, wait, what? this is just so bizarre, priscilla. break down what happened here. how did no one know where rudy was for nearly a decade? >> reporter: yeah, i'll start at the beginning. in march of 2015, rudy was 17 years old, his mother said he went out to walk their dogs and he never returned home. he effectively vanished. and for eight years police were investigating this as a missing persons case. there were volunteer groups that would go out and search for rudy and then fast-forward to last week, he was found unresponsive outside of a church. and this was hailed as a miracle that he was found after eight years of being missing, his mother released a statement saying -- thanking the public and the media for their support, saying he was recovering from his trauma. but then, neighbors began speaking up saying, wait a minute, we have seen him in the neighborhood, he's been here the whole time and sure enough, when police spoke with rudy, they found that he had

joining me now from houston is nbc news correspondent priscilla thompson. tails. priscilla, please tell us. >> reporter: extremely, katy. right now there are growing questions about that alleged disappearance. that teen resurfacing eight years after he was reported missing and now family and neighbors are outraged asking how and why investigators were misled for so long. this morning family members of the man believed to be missing for eight years speaking out after discovering he was apparently living at home all along. >> he didn't deserve that. nobody deserves that. >> reporter: days after a good samaritan found rudy farias unresponsive outside a local church, police in houston making a shocking revelation. >> investigators followed up on tips, leads, collected evidence, proving that rudy was not missing during the eight he have year period. >> reporter: according to authorities he never vanished and was living with his mother, jamie santana the entire time. >> it was discovered that rudy returned home the following day on march 8, 2015. >> reporter: sant

priscilla thompson, keep us posted.. >>> from texas to ohio where there's growing outrage over police body camera video showing police unleashing a canine on an unarmed black man. joining us is nbc's jesse kirsch. walk us through exactly what happened here. i understand you have new information. >> reporter: that's right, ana. we've been waiting to find out the status of the canine officer whose conduct is in question from this incident. just a short time ago i interviewed the mayor here in circleville, ohio, outside of columbus. he tells me that officer is on paid administrative leave. however, the mayor says he was not immediately put on paid administrative leave. he says that leave began in recent days. he was a little fuzzy on the exact timing of that. we know this incident happened on july 4th according to records. i asked the mayor about why that officer was not immediately placed on administrative leave? we're still trying to get more information to that effect. all of this unfolding after this officer was caught

joining me now is nbc's priscilla thompson in hoover, alabama.case. i know you talked with the family before their daughter was found. have they learned or have police interviewed carlee russell and found out where she was? >> well, joy, that is the big question. we know that police have spoken with carlee russell, they spoke with her the night she returned when she was taken to the hospital. at some point, if they did speak to her at the hospital. but they are not saying what she shared with them. what we are hearing from police is that they know what happens in the moments leading up to this phone call being made, that she left, work that she picked out food, that she was driving on the interstate and she made that call saying that she saw a toddler. we've seen the surveillance video of her car with the flashers on, appearing to pull over. but police say that after that 9-1-1 call was made, they don't know what happened in those 48 hours when she was missing. having spoken to the family, i know that they have shared that there was a family memb

something doesn't line up here as they spoke with priscilla thompson.finitely fought for her life and she fought in different ways, moment where she physically had to fight for her life and ways she mentally had to fight for her life. she's having to deem with the trauma with people just making completely false allegations about her. and saying things that are completely untrue. >> reporter: as far as carlee was doing, it's highs and lows right now her mother said. >> sam brock, thank you. >>> turning now to some health nurse, parents will soon have a new option to protect their young kids against rsv. you might recognize that term rsv, we heard a lot about the virus last fall. dr. john torres joins us now with the latest. dr. john, this is encouraging news as we get ready to head into the fall season. how does this drug actually work, who can get it in. >> this is great news because up until now we had one medicine that could be used for high-risk infants. this one instead is going to be a shot that works for infants when they're newborn or before thei

priscilla thompson joins us with the latest. what more do we know about exact ly what happened here? >> reporter: still a lot of questions about how all of this unfolded last night. we know that it was just before midnight as this big fourth of july block party that happens on the west side of ft. worth was wrapping up when gunfire erupted. police say when they arrived on the scene it was chaos, vehicles everywhere, there were people on foot everywhere. we're talking about hundreds of people who typically attend this block party which spans numerous blocks in that area and so police say they found multiple victims in a parking lot. some police officers found victims in other areas, ambulances weren't able to get to, one officer had to put a victim in their vehicle and take that victim to an ambulance in order to get help, and as it stands right now, the investigation is still ongoing, no word on a suspect whether this was one shooter or multiple shooters, of course the big question was the motive, why this happened? still unansw

chris. >> thank you so much for that, priscilla, thompson.weet from the governor, see you in court, mr. president. but he has what he believes is a legal argument that they have a sovereign interest in protecting their border. does he have a defense here for not doing what doj told them to do? >> he has a defense. it will not work. the rivers and harbors act of 1899, before the invention of the out board motor, this is a law that requires a permit from the army corps of engineers for the installation of any structure in navigatable waters. i think you saw some roll of a boat going over the waters, therefore we can check the box for navigatable if a boat is riding on it. more, if the river is subject to the ebb and flow of the tide or feeds into the ocean. these are things that will lead to the conclusion that this is a navigatable water, and if you put a structure in it, the united states government can sue and successfully get you to remove the structure. the idea that texas has a sovereign power, it does, but generally speaking, if somethin

first let's go to our priscilla thompson who's joining us from galveston, texas. rd degree burns have significantly increased during this heat wave filling up emergency rooms? >> reporter: yeah, ana, filling up emergency rooms and burn units, and this is something that we're hearing from ems officials in nevada and arizona, and you might be thinking, well, how does that happen? they're saying that people are falling or passing out on the pavement, and that is how they're getting those severe burns. and of course it is often -- as is often the case, it is in these vulnerable populations like the elderly, like children, like people who are unhoused. so an elderly person may have fallen on the pavement and been unable to get up, and then they're suffering these burns or a person also had a seizure, fell on the pavement, was not able to get up and so just another one of the safety concerns that we're seeing as these record-setting temperatures continue across the country. we're also seeing reports of people leaving children in cars. there's incredible video of someone

nbc's priscilla thompson is in hoover, alabama, this morning. cilla, we also heard there was screaming when she was on the phone with somebody. do we know what happened to her? >> reporter: ana, we know she's safe and surrounded by family. right now there are a lot of questions about what exactly happened, where she was and a lot of questions about the 911 call that started it all. >> i'm so thankful that carlee is home safe, so thankful. >> this morning the search for carlee russell is over. the missing 25-year-old nursing student returned to her family home saturday night. police say she arrived alone and on foot. angela harris helped lead the community search for her. >> you spoke to this family moments after carlee came home. >> right. >> what did they say? >> it was just kind of like a very emotional phone call. i just broke down. i said, is she okay? she said, i don't know, she seems to be okay. she seemed to be in shock. >> reporter: officials say russell was taken to the hospital for evaluation and has since been released. he safe return

here is part of a report from nbc's priscilla thompson on the governor's response. >> texas governorment of justice threatened to sue over 1000 foot wall of buoys, now dividing the rio grande between mexico and eagle pass, texas. but doj firing back against the buoys that governor abbott deployed earlier this month. in a letter, writing the state did not receive proper authorization for them. adding that the buoys violate federal law, raise humanitarian concerns, present serious risks to public safety and the environment. abbott firing back against the doj, writing texas has the sovereign authority to defend our border. vowing to continue using every strategy to deter smuggling and illegal crossings. >> that was priscilla thompson. joining me now is victoria defrancesco soto, and msnbc analyst and dean of the clinton school of public service. thanks for being with us. there are also reports of multiple injuries due to the use of razor wire at the border. what's your reaction to these barriers governor abbott set up, and the doj stepping in to get them removed? >> erin, the very first

joining us now nbc's priscilla thompson in sweltering houston, and nbc news meteorologist michelle grossmannding by with what's next. right now priscilla, millions here in america remain under a heat alert. there in texas they've had dangerous heat for days now, right? >> yeah, ana, and that prolonged heat is really presenting a challenge, especially because it's summer. families want to get the kids out of the house. they don't want to have them in the house all day during the summer, but it is incredibly hot out, and so what we're seeing is people coming to places like this, parks where they can find water, beaches and lakes and they're coming out early before the sun is getting really high and the heat and the temperature is ticking up so that the kids can get out of the house, but also be safe and stay cool. that is really important as we're looking across the country. some 20 million people under heat alerts in the southwest and south florida. you've got areas like tucson, phoenix, and the grand canyon under excessive heat warnings, and this heat is now stretching into the northeast an

priscilla thompson joins us. what do we know about the shootings and any potential suspects? >> reporter: no potential suspects at this moment. 9 police say they are still investigating, but what we know is this is an annual block party that occurs in the como neighborhood, on the west side of fort worth. and last night just before midnight these -- this gunfire erupted as you mentioned, 11 victims, three people who were killed and eight others who were injured. we know that at least one of those victims is a juvenile. police say that when they got there, they encountered a very chaotic scene, talking about hundreds if not thousands of people who were at this block party and they said there were cars everywhere, people on foot everywhere. they pulled up into a parking lot where they found several of those shooting victims. but it was so chaotic and also such a large crime scene of a couple of blocks that ambulances weren't even able to get in and they shared one incident where a police officer found a victim and had to put that victim inside their police vehicle and get them

joining me to talk more about this, nbc news correspondent priscilla thompson. good to talk to you.>> reporter: yeah, yasmin, carlee russell has been arrested and charged with two misdemeanors, one for falsely reporting to law enforcement authorities and also falsely reporting an incident. each of those misdemeanors carries up to a year in jail and a $6,000 fine. police released her mug shot which was taken earlier today before she was released on bond, and what officials here are saying is that, yes, these misdemeanors may seem small like it's not enough, but they are prosecuting her to the fullest extent that the law allows, and officials said that she opened wounds for real victims of crimes like this, and also accused her of creating panic and fear in the community by, you know, moving forward with this hoax and this lie. not to mention, the wasted resources. and i want to play a little bit of what the attorney general had to say about that. >> there are significant hours spent, resources expended as a result of this investigation, and not only that, but the many men and women w

nbc's priscilla thompson joins us from new orleans at the essex festival. helps and the president biden to the white house but then it shows their enthusiasm is waning. what are you hearing? >> yeah, lindsey, for some context this is a gathering of hundreds of thousands of black voters, specifically black women and what i'm hearing is that a severe disappointment in these decisions that came out of the scotus this weekend. people see here saying that it's gonna have a generational impact not only on the ability of black students to get into certain schools. but the ability of them to build wealth because of that student loan that. this is why this matters. when you look at voter turnout during the 2022 midterms black voter turnout was down 10% compared to 2018. and to take it a step further when you look ahead to 2024 and associated press poll shows that 81% -- say they would support biden as the nominee. but among black adults that number is only 55%. i wanted to know given what's been going on well these democrats show up for joe biden again in 2024. i wa

nbc meteorologist bill karins is with me, priscilla thompson is live from galveston, texas.ures in texas, record energy demand, how are they preparing for what could be a very long haul? >> reporter: yeah, chris, a long haul indeed. we are talking about weeks and weeks and weeks of these record breaking temperatures. we know that there are cooling centers that have opened in various parts of the state to try to help people who may not have ac. as for that energy man, that's something the power grid operator is watching closely. they've been issuing weather watches when they feel like demand is going to be extremely high. urging people to conserve energy and be mindful of those demands. there have not been major issues with the grid. folks are encouraged to stay inside in the ac during these blistering hot temperatures. i'm here at the beach, and there aren't a ton of folks out enjoying the beach on a friday afternoon many july, likely because of just how hot it is here. it is in the 90s. it feels more like 108, in the 100s here right now, and people are certainly like paying

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priscilla thompson has more >> reporter: tonight, a showdown at the u.s.-mexico border between texas governor greg abbott and the federal government >> i think you're seeing the governor do everything he possibly can to secure the border >> reporter: after abbott put a one thousand-foot buoy wall in the rio grande earlier this month to stop migrants from crossing the river into eagle pass, texas. now the department of justice says he has until monday to commit to removing the barrier, or else they'll sue. in a letter sent to abbott thursday, the letter states they violate law, present serious risk to public safety and the environment. >> if a court determines that these floating buoys fall within the rivers and harbors act and they're the kinds of things the state needed permission from the federal government in order to place, then the state of texas would likely be forced to remove these buoys. >> reporter: but abbott is not backing down, responding texas has the sovereign authority to defend our border the buoy wall is part of abbott's multibillion bord

, the governor is turning to a controversial new barrier that's now sparking a court battle priscilla thompson is there. >> reporter: hundreds of bright orange buoys running right down the middle of the rio grande that divides mexico and eagle pass, texas. the barrier, part of texas governor greg abbott's multibillion dollar border security program. abbott argues the federal government has not done enough to stop migrants. how exactly will the buoys work >> well, just like a border wall. >> reporter: the texas department of public safety telling us they'll be an effective deterrent against illegal border crossings, which are still high, though down recently from record levels. migrant advocates worry the buoys could lead to more drownings. they rotate preventing anyone from climbing over them and extend at least a foot underwater >> it's clearly visible from mexico, so for anyone to even think about crossing the river knowing that all that infrastructure is in place, well, they're risking their lives. >> i was disgusted >> reporter: but jesse fuentes, who leads canoeing and kayaking excursions

woman who told police she saw a young child on a highway and then disappeared for two days priscilla thompson has that story >> reporter: tonight the demand for answers surrounding the mysterious disappearance of carlee russell is growing. the 25-year-old nursing student returned home saturday night after she was reported missing for more than 48 hours her mom sharing on social media, "god is faithful and he has answered our prayers." thanking the public for their support and vowing to ignore negative opinions. it comes as there are mounting questions about the circumstances of russell's disappearance. late thursday hoover police say russell called 911 to report a toddler walking alone on the interstate. police now analyzing this surveillance video which they believe shows russell's car. they say she pulled over to check on the child while on the phone with a family member, who heard the unimaginable >> she heard a scream and then some type of running type shuffle >> reporter: within minutes police say they were on the scene. >> her vehicle is unlocked, running. all her personal belongings ex

priscilla thompson reports from alabama >> reporter: tonight, relief for family and friends of carlee russell. >> i'm so thankful that carlee is home safe >> reporter: her safe return also prompting new questions about her disappearance. the 25-year-old, who had been missing for two days, returned to her family home on foot and alone late saturday night, police say. they provided no details about where she'd been or on her condition, but say medics responded and took russell to a hospital for evaluation you spoke to this family moments after carlee came home. >> right. >> reporter: what did they say >> it was just kind of like a very emotional phone call. >> reporter: angela harris has been leading search efforts on the ground in hoover, alabama. >> and i said is this true is carlee back home? and she said yes, yes, yes. carlee is here, she is here. >> reporter: the reunion bringing an end to the urgent search that began thursday night after police say russell called 911 to report a toddler walking on interstate 459 police telling nbc news they're analyzing this chilling video from wh

nbc news correspondent priscilla thompson has the very latest for us from along the border in eagle passhas come and gone. and as you can see, those buoys are still in the rio grande behind me. to be clear, the department of justice gave governor abbott until 2:00 p.m. eastern time to commit to removing those buoys. but what we've seen from governor abbott is effectively a doubling down on his position. today he sent a letter to president biden saying that texas has a u.s. constitutional right to have sovereign authority over protecting its borders. he also hit on something that the doj mentioned in their letter to him about this rivers and harbors act, which the doj says he is in violation of because he did not get approval from the federal government. the u.s. army corps of engineers before placing this buoy in the water, but abbott says that buoys are not something that are covered under this act. and so, therefore, he believes that he is on good legal standing to fight this, and that is exactly what he intends to do. so we are anxiously awaiting to see what exactly is going to happen

republican governor greg abbott, however, is striking a defiant tone our priscilla thompson has more on the story >> reporter: a battle over border security now poised to play out in court, with the biden administration suing texas over these floating barriers in the rio grande between mexico and eagle pass, texas. a thousand-foot-line of buoys that this honduran couple told us they saw and avoided as they crossed into the u.s she's eight months pregnant. why did you decide to come to the u.s. because my brother was killed in honduras, he told us the justice department demanding texas remove the barriers. the white house calling them dangerous and unlawful, saying they put migrants and border agents in danger governor greg abbott put the barriers up at this hot spot for illegal border crossings, saying the biden administration wasn't doing enough to stop migrants, abbott writing, texas will fully utilize its constitutional authority to deal with the crisis you have caused texas will see you in president, mr. president. the buoys spin if you try to climb over then m and extend unr wat

it now has until this afternoon to remove thes on cams or face federal consequences nbc's priscilla thompson has more >> reporter: a showdown at the u.s.-mexico border between texas governor greg abbott and the federal government >> i think you're seeing the governor do everything he possibly can to secure the border. >> reporter: after abbott put a one thousand-foot buoy wall in the rio grande earlier this month to stop migrants from crossing the river into eagle pass, texas. now the department of justice says he has until monday to commit to removing the barrier or else they sue in a letter written thursday, the doj writes tha the buoys violate federal law, raise humanitarian concerns, present serious risk to public safety and the environment >> if a court determines that these floating buoys fall within the rivers and harbors act and they're the kinds of things the state needed permission from the federal government in order to place, then the state of texas would likely be forced to remove these buoys. >> reporter: but abbott is not backing down, responding texas has the sovereign author

we have it all covered tonight starting with priscilla thompson in a sweltering new orleans. >> reporterstructive storms and deadly heat. a one-two punch of extreme weather is sweeping the nation this holiday weekend, from california to georgia, 60 million americans are baking in triple digit temperatures, expected to top 120 degrees out west. >> staying hydrated is just important, not even for heat, but just for your general health. >> reporter: at least 13 people in texas and louisiana have died from the blistering temperatures. new orleans nearly a record shattering 100 degrees, just as hundreds of thousands are descending on the city for this weekend's essence festival. >> i'm just more cautious now of staying in the shade. just so i won't have a heatstroke. >> reporter: in austin, texas, even the squirrels are struggling, sprawling out in what's known as splooting to try and beat the heat. in houston, the week long roast sent ems calls skyrocketing, up more than 10% from last june. >> what is your message to folks heading into this holiday weekend? >> we see a lot of problems, you g

we go to priscilla thompson. good morning to you. will the doj be suing texas is the question to you? >> they are on track if texas does not respond this afternoon to say they will remove those floating barriers, and up to this point, governor greg abbott has dug in, and he says it is his right, and he has the sovereignty to do what he is doing at the border. this is a feud ongoing between president biden, and texas governor greg abbott along the handling of the u.s./texas border, and this feud was taken a step further with the u.s. saying that texas does not have the authorization to put up the barriers, and citing a clause in the law, for reasons that you said, humanitarian concerns, and agents and environmental concerns. in a statement to cnn, a white house spokesperson said that governor abbott's dangerou and unlawful actions are making it more difficult for the cbp to do their jobs and putting the migrants and the border patrol agents to do their jobs. vi talk to people on the ground here at the border and in washington about wh