sam brock has details. >> reporter: after weeks of agonizing waiting, the austin american statesman along with kvue releasing a highly edited four-minute compilation of videos including never before seen surveillance from inside the school, outside the building and police body cam footage. shedding more light on how the law enforcement response unfolded the gunman walks across the parking lot into the school at 11:33. casually carrying a rifle and turning a corner in the hallway, a young student comes around the corner as the shooter walks down the hall seconds later, gunfire erupts lasting for more than two minutes, the young child runs away. three minutes later, first officers enter the school as the gunfire continues, some officers approach the classrooms while others hold back more shots and they retreat. 19 minutes after the gunman entered, heavily armed reinforcements arrive with ballistic shields holding up their weapons but standing at the end of the hallway for nearly half an hour eventually a unit moves in a stack form toward the classroom door others, again, holding back 48 min

sam brock, thank. tony, cedric alexander, thank you both, as well. >>> all right, right now, everybody, jury selection getting started in steve bannon's trial for defying subpoenas from the january 6th committee. what is next for bannon and the committee? plus, this morning, a louisiana judge is hearing arguments about the state's trigger law that banned nearly all abortions in the state. we're going to take a look at that case. and growing confusion, really, across this country about what abortion care is still legal. we'll be right back. y about what abortion care is still legal abortion care is still legal we'll be right back. the 1950 census adds new detail to your family's story. explore it free on ancestry. covid-19. some people get it, and some people can get it bad. and for those who do get it bad, it may be because they have a high-risk factor - such as heart disease, diabetes, being overweight, asthma, or smoking. even if symptoms feel mild, these factors can increase your risk of covid-19 tu

joining us from uvalde is sam brock. sam, good morning.es as we've seen in your work this morning are deeply outraged and upset about the leak of this video. >> reporter: that is exactly right, willie. it is one thing to learn about factually what happened according to reports. it is another thing to look at the video and see it and try to process that component. unacceptable and inexcusable. those are some of the words that are a veteran law enforcement expert used to describe what he saw from police. because it is antithetical to everything implea. ed. now people in this community want to know why was that not done here. and i have to tell you, we need to warn you that there is disturbing images that you're about to see. a devastated community. desperately searching for answers. >> they're the ones that are supposed to be in the front line, leading the troops. >> reporter: new video released by the austin american statesman revealed a minute-by-minute time line showing authorities were within robb elementary within minutes and fleeing fr

nbc news correspondent sam brock joins us from austin. i understand this report, the police officer had a shot but didn't take it because he didn't get approval. >> reporter: that is correct. that is the top line of the report, andrea. as you talk to family members who lost loved ones that day at robb elementary school, they're anguishing every hour of every day with all the possibilities, all the that could have happened to find out from the state commission report that there were three instances of things that happened prior to the shooter actually entering the building that could have altered the fate of the day, saved lives, if not 21 lives. certainly they are still trying to process all of that information. let's talk about the first one. the police officer you mentioned, it's hard to think of an analogy or another event like this in recent history where a police officer had a clear shot at a suspect seconds before the suspect entered the building and yet he, according to testimony that was offered before the state house behind me, wa

nbc news correspondent sam brock joins us live from uvalde. sam, good morning. what are the families saying today? >> well, mika, good morning. look, this system was structured in such a way that the meeting was so that participants could vent frustration and feels for about 45 minutes. it lasted more than three years with young kids asking the grown-ups, what are you doing right now to make sure my classmates and friend rrntz dying in classrooms. the texas state police have launch the its own investigation and its criticism right now is mounting. it took virtually no time for things to escalate at this school board meeting. >> you all do not give a damn about our children or us. >> reporter: the calls to fire school police officer pete arredondo with parents wondering how law enforcement still had a badge or a community trust after waiting the hallway for more than an hour before taking out the gunman. rachel martinez has four kids on four different campuses in uvalde. >> do you feel comfortable sending a single one of your children to school? >> no. one of my

. >> and sam brock is here to break down the complicated state of our economy. sam, good luck. >> reporter: thank you, appreciate it. i'll take all the help that i can get. it is nothing if not a complicated muddy economic picture. you have an economy that is contracting, sky high inflation and yes the labor market has remained very strong. now we're seeing the new pce numbers, personal consumption and you understand why economists have their hands for. the american economy is facing choppy waters as the gdp shrank for the first half of the year. president biden saying that that alone does not signal a recession. >> if you look at our job market, consumer spending, business investment, we see signs of economic progress. >> reporter: ultimately it is up to a panel of nonpartisan experts to decide whether we're officially in a recession looking at a host of factors. from gdp growth, unemploymentk o of course inflation which is at its highest level in 40 years. >> a recession happens when you are feeling the pifrng of the economy around you. we're paying more for ga

sam brock in dallas. stay cool as best you can.nk you. >>> steve bannon is back in court today facing contempt of congress charges for defying a subpoena. before heading in, he doubled down on what has been his defense, the trial is a political witch hunt designed to keep him quiet. >> global elites, financial times of london, everybody on the city of london, wall street, multinational corporations, they are trying to shut me up. they will never shut me up and never shut me down. >> nbc's justice correspondent pete williams is following the case. what's happening in court today? >> that may be his defense outside of court. inside, he hasn't gotten to his defense yet. it's been the government's witness. the first one who is the chief counsel. the committee understood bannon talked with the president in the weeks leading up to january 6. therefore, wanted to understand what bannon could say about the connection between any of those events. she said the subpoena demanded that bannon provide any communication he may have had with the p

sam brock, nbc news. >>> executive action to protect abortion rights. scott mcgrew, power or no power, and he says he does not have a lot. >> this is true of many executive orders. do they carry any authority outside of the executive branch? presidents want them to. president obama created daca from an executive order after congress failed to act but that was challenged in court. it's hard to imagine that president biden could sign anything that would have the power to restore abortion- rights in any measurable way. the supreme court is not subject to the wishes and whims of the white house. we have not seen the order if it exists at all so we will wait to read it. we know the president will make an address about abortion at 8:30 our time. we also expect the president to comment on the assassination of former japanese prime minister shinzo abe. we heard earlier from secretary of state blinking attending the g 20 meeting. we are monitoring that meeting. unlike g-7 china and russia are invited to the g-20. china promising support for russia. one of the ru

nbc news correspondent sam brock joins us now from uvalde. e us through the report. >> reporter: look, mika, this is damning, simply because of the depth of failure that occurred in so many different areas. it was so multi-faceted, starting with the school. we found out they didn't follow their own locked door policy, a history of noncompliance, and there were years of social media threats trails of the shooter and so much so that many people that he interacted him knew him as the school shooter of hugo. and as you just mentioned, nearly 400 law enforcement officers were out here that morning. more than half of them state and federal who were trained to respond to mass shootings and yet they did not do so appropriately. now we're looking at new body camera footage which we have to warn you is disturbing. for the first time, the public is getting a chilling picture of early moments inside of robb elementary from police body camera footage. >> am i bleeding. >> chaos and glimpses of calls to action. >> we have to get in there. get if-f there and

after failure by law enforcement responding to the gunshots that killed 19 children and two teachers sam brock is in uvalde >> reporter: the most comprehensive report issued to date on uvalde's mass tragedy offers a scathing critique of all agencies linked to the response in the report's words, egregious decision making including this moment minutes after the gunman opened fire on two classrooms and a handful of officers retreated. the report noting they failed to prioritize saving the lives of innocent victims over their own safety the investigating committee also found 376 law enforcement officers arrived on scene, most from state and federal agencies just five were uvalde school police officers the authors highlighting a command vacuum that went untilled these local officials were not the only ones expected to supply the leadership needed during this tragedy. >> the fact that there was no overall commander outside the building where there should have been one, should have been known by man. at a minimum, there is multiple opportunities depending on the relative training and experience of la

our thanks to sam brock. >>> let's turn now to the war in ukraine. russia has ordered its troops to target long range missiles and weapons recently provided to ukraine by western countries. moscow gave the order to a battalion currently fighting in the eastern donbas region. according to the russian defense ministry, targeting the western supply missile systems will help shield russian troops from being shelled. this comes after the pentagon approved an $820 million weapons package for ukraine earlier this month. >>> ukraine's first lady is in washington this morning, and will meet with first lady jill biden later today. zelenskyy's visit is part of a series of high profile meetings with american officials this week. she met with secretary of state anthony blinken yesterday, where the two discussed the growing huge cost of russia's invasion in ukraine. and she has been assured of america's commit to the war devastated country and will address congress on capitol hill tomorrow. >>> still ahead we will turn to sports and one of baseball's young stars i

sam brock on the new questions being raised >> reporter: tonight, more fallout from that stunning video posted by the "austin american statesman" blindsiding and devastating grieving families >> it's like reliving that day all over again. and i'm sick of it tired of it. so tired >> there's a video now out there in the world floating around on the internet for the remainder of my days and my children's days of their sister's last moments. >> reporter: that video shows law enforcement trying to reach the classroom minutes after the massacre started, only to retreat under a barrage of bullets and not even attempt to approach the classroom again for more than 40 minutes. [ gunshots ] that's when more shots ripped through the hallway. anna rodriguez's daughter maite was killed she hasn't been able to bring herself to watch the video. >> they failed our community. they failed our kids >> reporter: ultimately a heavily armed border patrol team took down the gunman, an excruciating hour and 14 minutes after police first arrived >> when you hear that timeline, even though you haven't seen it, wh

ou team in place tonight with the very latest and we begin with sam brock >> reporter: the blistering heat wave blanketing the u.s. continues to crank out record temperatures. >> terribly hot. i mean, i can't handle it >> reporter: two out of every three americans experiencing heat above 90 degrees. some cities setting new daily highs. dallas at 109, albuquerque at 102, wichita falls, texas, a whopping 115 while americans try anything to weather the onslaught, tonight unrelenting heat in texas is testing the state's energy consumption, which is expected to swell to levels never seen before, using equipment that in some cases dates back half a century. >> these are not designed to run full out year round everybody built these for august and september. everyone in texas knows that's when it gets really hot. >> reporter: record usage here even more stark when stacked up to other large states. texas at 80,000 megawatts, at leas doubling new york's projected summer peak and california's current usage. power generation is keeping up with near record temperatures. right now there' 4%, 5% ext

sam brock has the latest >> reporter: the clearest picture yet of catastrophe minutes after entering the school, officers retreating under fire. then a plea from one responder grazed by a bullet to confront the gunman again in the precious early minutes. >> we have to get in there. >> reporter: the newly released body cam footage offering a glimpse into the chaos and lack of organization. >> we're having a problem getting into the room because it's locked. >> reporter: at one point school police chief pete arredondo heard pleading with the shooter who had already unleashed more than a hundred rounds. >> sir, let me know -- if there's any kids in there or anything? this could be peaceful >> reporter: a new, preliminary report into the emergency response finding 376 officers arrived more than half state and federal agents trained in responding to mass shootings. the authors concluding egregiously poor decision making saying the officers, quote, failed to prioritize saving the lives of innocent victims over their own safety >> i'm the father of three. sadly, i've dealt with mass shootin

maybe if you do something to change this can you prevent the next family from losing their child >> sam brock now with more details from the day of the tragedy. >> reporter: it's the clearest picture yet of catastrophe minutes of an entering the school, officers retreating under fire then a plea from one responder grazed by a bullet to confront the shooter again. the video pointing to lack of organization >> we're having trouble getting t [ bleep ]. >> reporter: you can hear him pleading with the shooter who had already unleashed many rounds >> this could be peaceful! >> reporter: a new report finding 376 officer arrived, more than half, state and federal agents trained in responding to mass shootings the authors conclugd egregiously poor decision making, saying they failed to prioritize saving innocent victims over their own lives. >> i've dealt with mass shootings. why did their happen we're here today to provide some of those answers in uvalde >> reporter: but no break down of the failed response will be enough for these families. >> we'll think about these kids every day. their names, not

under immense pressure, please be safe our team in place at home and abroad to cover it all first, sam brock from dallas >> reporter: canvassing the country tonight, an unbearable heat wave. records primed to be smashed. >> i feel like i'm on the sun. >> reporter: nearly 200 million people experiencing highs today above 90 degrees. 40 million, above triple digits. some parts of the u.s. reaching supremely sweltering levels. parts of california, the central plains, and texas, with highs ranging from 105 to 113. those particularly vulnerable to heat-related illness, children and the elderly. >> the heat is undefeated against those who are unprepared and don't take it seriously. >> reporter: in some communities, emergency responders inundated with calls and overwhelmed. >> it's now kind of got really suffering from maybe heat exhaustion he's really struggling. >> reporter: throughout the dallas area >> ac working properly >> reporter: police officers checking in on older residents as the county works overtime to provide ac units to low-income families, installing some 150 units in just the last

surge in shark attacks, and how authorities are stepping up patrols to help protect swimmers nbc's sam brock has more >> reporter: it's the dawn of a new day off the coast of long island where a string of recent shark attacks has led to stepped-up patrols and beachgoers shaken. >> i feel this sharp pain and pressure into my hand. >> reporter: he was rehearsing a rescue, playing a victim when he was bitten a very similar scenario to what happened to lifeguard john mullen only days later on fire island >> it felt like the teeth were inside my skin when i pulled my foot out it felt like a rake, a scrape going across my foot >> reporter: the feared predators have caused officials to crank up oversight, using drones and choppers in an attempt to spot sharks the u.s. led the world in shark attacks in 2021 with 47. that's up42% from the year before florida, which leads the list by far just saw a trio of attacks in the last couple weeks two that could have been deadly. >> i used my hand. >> reporter: she was attacked by a nine-foot shark near tallahassee while on vacation with her family. the 17-yea

sam brock has the details. >> reporter: the most comprehensive report issued to date on uvalde's mass tragedy. offers a scathing critique of all agencies responding. egregiously poor decision making, including this moment after the gunman opened fire on two classrooms a handful of officers retreating the report saying they failed to prioritize the saving of innocent victims over their own safety 376 law enforcement officers arrived on scene, most from state and federal agencies just five were uvalde school officers highlighting a command vacuum that went unfilled these officials weren't the only ones expected to fill the leadership during their tragedy. >> the fact that there was no overall command outside the building where there should been at a minimum, there was multiple opportunities, depending on the relative training and experience of law enforcement officers to at least ask more questions. >> reporter: while heavily-armed officers stood in the school hallway for more than an hour, 11 students were dieing in room 111, as he struggled for air after two gunshot wounds >> he's sho

>> sam brock, thank you very much.orey burnhard, a florida kindergarten teacher. how are you and your colleagues preparing for this new school year with this new law in mind? >> thank you for having me and thank you for keeping this issue, you know, in the forefront in the news because it's so important. you know, to answer your question about how we're preparing, i'm continuing to do the same thing that i always do every single year, nothing has changed for me so far. i still have, you know, my pictures of my partner and i outside of my classroom and our school motto is family, memories, passion and that's what i'm going to adhere to and we all know that, you know, we -- we build relationships with our students to enhance our instruction and when we do that, we do share our families with them. so i'm going to continue with the same, what i'm doing now unless i'm directed otherwise by my supervisors. >> and, corey, sam was talking about that this is more for many than just the k through 3 which is what this law specifi

hoda. >> sam brock for us in uvalde, texas. m, thank you. >>> 7:16, craig is here with another story looking overseas. >> yeah. good morning. good morning to you as well. president biden is on his first visit to the middle east since taking office beginning with a stop in israel where he's facing some tough questions. chief white house correspondent peter alexander is traveling with the president. peter, good morning to you. >> reporter: craig, good morning to you. front and center throughout this visit the topic of iran just moments ago, president biden and his counter party, israel's prime minister signing what is a joint declaration to never allow iran to acquire a nuclear weapon. this morning the president was pressed whether he would raise up his murder and his position on him remains clear. the president wants the saudis to pump more oil and the optics of his meeting there will be heavily scrutinized. we'll be traveling with him. craig, back to you. >> our chief white house correspondent peter alexander, thank you. >>> i g

nbc's sam brock has the latest from florida. >> reporter: after months of heated protests in florida,eud between the governor and the walt disney company, and a pending federal lawsuit, the parental rights and education bill, referred to by critics as "don't say gay," is in effect. the law limits classroom instructions on sexual orientation or gender identity for kindergarten through third graders. the state says there is no merit to claims that the law prevents gay or lesbian teachers from putting a photo of family members. this teacher who is gay has spent 34 years in broward county schools. >> i absolutely feel that we are moving backward with regard to civil rights and social justice. it's frightening to be a citizen in florida. >> reporter: still, the idea of lgbtq issues in school has struck a controversial chord. >> these types of topics should be happening in our own home, at our own discretion, with beliefs of our own christian values. this is not for teachers to do. >> reporter: a series of polarizing meetings in jacksonville leading to combustible confrontations and signs l

nbc's sam brock leads us off on a monday morning. he is in uvalde for us. sam, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, hoda, good morning. every time you think this couldn't get any worse, it does. that report talks about systemic failures, three unlocked doors, nearly 400 law enforcement officers who were here that day, and wi-fi connectivity that was so poor some of the alerts to teachers were delayed. now we're getting a look at body cam footage, horror inside of those hallways. we have to warn you the images are disturbing. for the first time the public is getting a chilling picture of early moments inside robb elementary from police body camera footage. >> am i bleeding? am i bleeding? >> reporter: early chaos and glimpse of calls to action. >> we have to get in there. we have to get in there. he keeps shooting. >> reporter: the plea coming minutes after the massacre began. but that first interaction the only time the officers are seen in the video physically confronting the gunman for well over an hour. at one point uvalde police chief pete arredondo seen

nbc's sam brock is live to explain.d i say ahoy >> reporter: i knew you would throw some sort of line like that out there good morning, hoda, savannah good morning right on the fly the reality is if you've been out in recent months, you know how scary it is at the moment. airfares are up, hotels are up, everything is on the rise, seemingly, except for one major arm of the travel industry, cruise lines, which are slashing prices by the boatload, making a play for your family vacation dollars and in some cases less than a budget hotel night. the summer travel surge is hitting americans where it hurts most, their wallets. the average round trip plane ticket today, $330 that soars up to $810 for international flights. hotel rooms are running an average of $153 a night, and if you're contemplating a summer road trip, be prepared to pay $4.66 a gallon but there's good news on the horizon for families looking for affordable vacations you'll just have to hit the high seas to get it cruises are now offering some of the cheapest

least five attacks at beaches in new york and florida, and this is just in the past few weeks nbc's sam brock. hey, sam, good morning >> reporter: hoda, good morning, guys, good morning the odds of being killed by a lightning strike, 1 in 80,000. the odds of being killed by a shark, 1 in 3.8 million. florida does lead the world when it comes to unprovoked shark bites. new york averages one a decade, they've seen at least two attacks, if not three in one week it's the dawn of a new day off the coast of long island where a string of recent shark attacks has led to stepped up patrols leaving beachgoers shaken and lifeguards injured >> i'm treading water and all of a sudden i feel this sharp pain and pressure into my hand. >> reporter: zack gallow was ironically rehearsing a rescue playing a victim some 30 yards offshore at smith point when he was bitten a very similar scenario to what happened to lifeguard john mullins only days later on fire island. >> it kind of felt like the teeth were inside my skin, and when i pulled my foot out, it kind of just felt like a scrape, a rake going up my foot.

nbc news correspondent sam brock has the details.e blistering heat wave, blanketing the u.s., continues to crank out record temperatures. >> i mean i can't handle it. >> two out of every three americans experiencing heat above 90 degrees. >> some cities setting new daily highs, dallas 109. albuquerque at 102. and wichita falls, texas, a whopping 115. while americans try anything to weather the onslaught, unrelenting heat in texas is testing the state's energy consumption, which is expected to swell to levels never seen before, using equipment that in some cases dates back half a century. >> these are not designed to run full-out year-round. everybody built these for august and september. everyone in texas knows that's when it gets really hot. >> the record usage here, even more stark when stacked up to other large states. texas at 80,000 megawatts, and a recent doubling new york's projected summer peak and california's current usage. power generation is keeping up right now with near record temperatures. right now there is about 4 or

joining me now from austin is nbc correspondent sam brock and nbc news investigations correspondent tom you and i talked yesterday about the possibility of charges against the dad. maybe civil suits. this has raised a lot of questions about red flag laws. i've got a lot of questions about red flag laws for people who said i thought we had good protections in place. help us understand. >> i think politicians and law enforcement are saying, boy, this could be a very useful tool potentially preventing some of these types of incidents from occurring. that there might need to be a real public education campaign to people in the states that have these laws. as far as how to use them mainly, one, it doesn't necessarily generalize any criminal record. which parents undoubtedly are concerned about with their kids. they don't want to put them he had a ball with that wrecker before the have really started their lives. the same point, they want to try to help them. you don't even know to go to the police under many of these laws. again, it depends on the states, so check in your own state. you can

in pembroke pines, sam brock, nbc news. >>> back with more reaction is msnbc political analyst tim millerok is "why we did it: a travelogue from the republican road to hell." tim, you're part of the lgbtq community, you're married with a family, and you worked for former florida republican governor jeb bush. tell us understand from your perspective, what are the politics in play here? >> the politics in play is that ron desantis and the right wing governors, the other ones that have put this into place, have seen an opportunity. it is not any different from anti-gay bigotry that goes all the way back to the briggs initiative in california in the '70s, this notion that i'm okay with gay people but i don't want them to be exposed to kids, as ron desantis' spokesperson said, they might be groomers. some of the concerns of parents are in good faith. others are based in bigotry. what is happening here is that politicians are now taking advantage of those concerns about the changing, you know, kind of language and discussion and increasing exclusivity of families like mine, of people that have

joining us with the very latest, sam brock in dallas, texas, and michelle grossman. sam, how much strain is this putting on the power grid there in texas? >> reporter: among experts, lindsey, good to be with you, who study this issue, they're concerned. if you look actually at the energy providers themselves, they say we're fine. it was 109 yesterday. they project 107 today. this is a real-time gauge which shows green. this is how much energy is available, the reserves in the system. people here might use 79,000 or 80,000. it's about a 5% or 6% margin. should something happen to some of the generation, that could dip below 3,000. that's when those alerts start getting sent out to people to try to conserve their energy. it doesn't take that much. back on may 13th, a half dozen generators in the state were tripped up. it went offline. as that's happening, it's only a fraction of the overall generation, maybe 1%. that was enough to trigger it below 3,000. it's really that thin. take into consideration the overall aging of the infrastructure. this is not specific to just

nbc news correspondent sam brock has more. >> reporter: more fallout from that stunning video, postedthe austin american statesman, and devastating uvalde families. >> it is like seeing that day all over again. and i'm sick of it. i'm tired. so tired. >> there's a video now out there in the world floating around on the internet, for the remainder of my days, and my children's days, of their sister's last moments. >> that video, shows law enforcement trying to reach the classroom minutes after the massacre started, only to retreat under a barrage of bullet and not even attempt to approach the classroom again for more than 40 minutes. that's when more shots ripped through the hallway. anna rodriguez's daughter was killed. she hasn't been able to bring herself to watch the video. >> they failed our community. they failed our kids. >> a heavily armed border patrol team took down the gunman, an excruciating hour and 14 minutes. >> when you hear that time line, even though you haven't seen, it what do you make of it? >> i understand being shot at, okay, back away, regroup, what's plan b? >>

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nbc news correspondent sam brock has more. >> reporter: more fallout from the stunning video posted by austin american statesman, blindsiding and devastating grieving families. >> reliving the day all over again, and i'm stick of it. i'm tired of it. so tired. >> there is a video now out there in the world floating around on the internet for the remainder of my days and my children's days, of their sister's last moments. >> reporter: that video shows law enforcement trying to reach the classroom minutes after the massacre started, only to retreat after a barrage of bullets and not approach the classroom again for more than 40 minutes. that's when more shots ripped through the hallway. rodriguez's daughter was killed. she hasn't been able to bring herself to watch the video. >> they failed our community. they failed our kids. >> reporter: ultimately, a heavily armed border patrol team took down the gunman an excruciating hour and 14 minutes after police first arrived. when you hear the timeline, though you haven't seen it, what do you make of it? >> they're cowards. i understand you're

. >> sam brock has been following the story for us good morning to you, sam >> reporter: good morningright, right now kaitlin armstrong is sitting in a jail cell in the building behind me. as recently as a week ago, authorities say she had carved out aspirations for herself of living a new life in costa rica. but she was recently found with two passport that are real, just not hers a $6,000 recent for plastic surgery and lies about who she was. >> reporter: the u.s. marshals' wanted sign for kaitlin armstrong now reads captured the search ending with a clear warning. >> no matter where crime is committed, no matter where you flee, you're not beyond the reach of the law. >> reporter: state, federal and international all collaborating to find a woman using three a names to hopscotch hostels around the region. >> it started the trail of narrowing down a path on kaitlin armstrong. >> reporter: the multicountry man hunt began with a warrant for armstrong's arrest in austin then a flight fleeing the country with someone else's passport from newark, new jersey, and captured when authorities

but we are going to start right here with nbc's sam brock. he joins us at collide warren park in dallas, texas. sam, good morning to you. >> reporter: hoda, craig, good morning. most of the country is being walloped by a brutal heat wave. dallas where i am is no exception. the highs for the last three days, 106, 109 and 109. one child that we spoke with described it like walking on the surface of the sun. historic heat records are falling nationwide. with the country in the grips of an unrelenting heat wave -- a staggering 219 million americans bracing for temperatures above 90. >> this is the hottest summer that i've seen in dallas really that i remember since 1980. >> reporter: it may be time for people to start adjusting their expectations. >> no one is escaping the heat underneath this big, giant heat dome. >> reporter: as 44 million people or more than double the population of florida will face triple digits. >> feels like a furnace. >> reporter: many just trying to cope. seeking a shady place or a place to take a cool dip. >> my kids lai

nbc's sam brock is in uvalde for us once again this morning. sam, good morning to you. >> reporter: craig, good morning. the community had 45 minutes set aside for comment. it ended up lasting more than three hours, with some parents saying their kids burst into tears at the idea of returning to school. the texas state police launching its own investigation as criticism mounts. it took virtually no time for things to escalate at this school board meeting. >> you all do not give a damn about our children or us. >> reporter: the calls to fire school police chief pete arredondo outdone only by parents wondering how law enforcement responding on may 24th still had a badge or a community's trust, after waiting in the hallways for more than an hour before taking out the gunman. rachel martinez has four kids on four different campuses in uvalde. >> do you feel comfortable sending a single one of your children to school? >> no, one of my daughter actually comes to tears thinking about having to go to school. >> reporter: the most common concerns familie

effect today the question what exactly it means for students and teachers across the state nbc's sam brock this law has unleashed a torrent of controversy after months after heated protests in florida. a feud between the governor and the walt disney company and pending federal lawsuit, approximate parental rights and education bill referred to by critics as don't say gay is now in effect. in a legal motion this week the state arguing what the law does do, limit classroom instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity through kindergarten through third graders. and stating there's no merit to accusations the law provide hibts. but for many those words belie the true impact. this doctor, spent 34 years in broward county schools most recently with kindergarten and first graders. >> we're moving backwards with regard to civil rights and social justice it is frightening. >> reporter: skill struck a controversial court. >> these topics should be happening in our own homes at our own discretion with beliefs of our own christian values. this is not for our teachers to do. >> a series of pola

sam brock joins us from austin with more on this. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, this report by texas state university identified three circumstances that if any one of them played out differently could have meant fewer or no deaths. most notably, a police officer that had the shooter within his sights less than 150 yards away but was waiting for permission to take that shot. the report finding, it was his discretion. this morning uvalde's highly criticized police response, magnified by a state commission report which spotlights three circumstances before the suspect entered the building that could have saved some or all of the 21 people massacred. starting with an officer observing the suspect driving into the property, and sighted in. in to shoot the attacker from approximately 148 yards away. but according to the report, he waited for permission. when he didn't hear a response, he turned to get confirmation from his supervisor. when he turned back, the suspect had already entered the school. the findings also stating a r

let's start with sam brock in north texas. good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning, this whole region has been baked by heat. nationally some 90 million people are under heat alert this morning. oklahoma didn't have a single city under 103 on tuesday. the good news, the electric grid is holding up. all this heat is adding fuel to the fire. the chalk mountain fire has now chewed up 6,000 acres as residents recall close encounters. >> three to four feet around it. >> reporter: the mercury reaching into the high 90s and 100s. landing five boston firefighters in the hospital this week with heat exhaustion battling flames. as a lightning strike claimed a life overnight at georgia's fort gordon, one soldier killed and another nine injured. reminder of dangerous conditions as heat blankets the nation. cities tying or breaking records. >> really hot. i mean, i can't handle it. >> reporter: a similar situation all through europe. extreme heat and drought conditions sparking wildfires. spain, italy, greece, tens of thousands f

. >> sam brock in austin thank you. >>> one more thing this first half hour.s video in a storm in the tampa bay area. watch that truck in the middle of your screen there. yeah. gets hit by a lightning bolt suddenly. the truck did suffer significant damage as you might imagine. but thankfully, and perhaps surprisingly, everyone in that truck absolutely fine. crazy. >> how about just randomly videoing as you are sitting there and a lightning bolt coming down. scary. >> right. i don't believe in accidents. speaking of lightning. let's check the weather. nbc meteorologist bill karins in this morning. >> numerous tornado warnings yesterday. this is bowie, maryland. there was a confirmed tornado with that. thankfully no injuries or fatalities. anything like that. and a bad weather scene in south dakota yesterday. softballs falling out of the sky. four inch sized hail reported. that is pretty rare and 99 miles per hour wind gusts. today a little severe weather, montana into the plaps. but we'll be focusing from indianapolis, southward, lexington and louisville and ev

sam brock joins us for a closer look at all of this. good morning. >> good morning.comfortable plex than. that the national bureau of economic research, a panel of nonpartisan experts, they're the one who are going to decide whether or not ultimately we are officially in' a recession they are looking at more than just gdp, inflation is at a 40 year high and unemployment at 3.6% very low and job creation, some 450,000 jobs have been created just this past six months of the year and consumer spending remains very strong. the reality to point out right now, for many americans, it is not just a number, it is how they're feeling, and when a disproportionate number of people are spending money almost exclusively on food and fuel, that is a problem. energy prices are up 40% and food, double digits. a lot to digest. and wages in many cases, wages and the new jobs have not kept up with inflation. that is problematic. i will leave you with that since 1948 there has not been consecutive quarters of contraction where ultimately a recession has not not been declared back to you.

sam brock reports. >> reporter: this morning, the highly criticized police response in uvalde magnifiedstate commission report spotlighting three circumstances before the suspect entered the building that could have saved some, or all, of the 21 people massacred. it starts with the officer reporting he saw the suspect and could shoot the attacker. but according to report, the officer waited for permission, but he didn't hear a response. the report says that he turned to get permission from a supervisor, but the suspect already entered the school. the findings also stating a reasonable officer would conclude, in this case, based upon the circumstances, that use of deadly force was warranted. state standards don't require officers to fire their weapon for more than 100 yards away. grieving parents, like javier, trying to process this latest gut punch. does this report alleviate your anger or inflames it? >> it inflames it more. it is true now that coming you know, he did have a shot. >> reporter: part it is a report, two other critical safeguards that failed. a teacher closed a door that