nbc's sarah daloff is live from the outer banks where tourists are on guard. rah, are they in the water on on the beach? >> reporter: oh, yeah, people are still getting in the water chris and pat but fair to say they are very alert and keeping an eye on whatever may lurk below. this is one of the busiest tourism weekends of the year, a weekend that coincides with what experts describe as a perfect storm of conditions for sharks. >> i have a patient who has been bitten. >> reporter: just the latest in a series of shark attacks. >> we have a subjects that has an injury from possible shark. >> reporter: a 68-year-old man built.while swimming in waist-deep water of ocracoke island. >> you can see a pretty decent size, baseball-sized gash taken out of his knee. >> reporter: the victim was able to swim to shore before being airlifted to a nearby hospital there has been an alarming increase in the number of shark attacks along the north carolina coast, seven in three weeks. patrick authority.of charlotte suffered serious injuries after an encounter with a shark. >> i

in wrightsville beach, north carolina sarah daloff, nbc news. >>> three days after richard matt broke of prison, his daughter got a letter from him in the mail that's according to the buffalo news, which reports the letter was postmarked before june 6th the day he escaped. and it reads, "i always promised you i would see you open the outside. i'm man of my word." well that never happened. federal agents shot and killed matt last week. authorities say his daughter had no idea he was planning an escape. >>> more than $3 million is going to charleston to help members of mother emanuel ame church and the church's families. anonymous donors pledged the money for education. the scholarship fund was created in honor of mother emmanuel's pastor, the reverend clementa pinckney. pinckney and eight others were killed last month during bible study at the church. >>> maximum thrust and liftoff. >> and with that, an unmanned russian cargo rocket is on its way to the international space station. the rock setet is carrying water, food, spare parts and experimental equipment and should arrive sunday.

in north carolina sarah daloff, news4. thanks sarah. >>> around these parts, lots of folks have their eyes on the radar. fourth of july holiday coming up. question always is whether the weather's going to allow us to do all the thing wes want to do. our forward-looking and bright-noted veronica tells us that we should be thinking more about the chances for pleasant weather rather that possibility of -- glass half-full kind of gal. >> exactly. all about planning. we are really going to go through this period here the holidayed with, get a little bit of rain, a lot of rain then a little bit of rain. by the time we get to the afternoon, evening hours, when it counts, a little bit of rain. there's the optimistic view. showers setting up a little bit. showers that are kicking out of here, very light today. and awfully spotty east in delaware, down to the south where they have been the bulk of the rain for much of the year, thursday here, because of the area where the weather front is. in fact show you that front, see some thunde

. >> tensing has since posted bond, speaking to nbc news correspondent sarah daloff -- >> he had a legitimate fear he was going to be run over, and he was defending himself. >> reporter: you hear him saying i was being dragged. does he still maintain that happened? >> absolutely. >> reporter: it doesn't appear to show that on the video. in fact it doesn't appear hess's on the ground or the car moves until the first shot is fired? >> you know, it all happened so quickly, that i'm not sure -- i don't know what happened. >>> tensing's report was being corroborated by another officer who responded to the scene. according to the incident report i. kidd said he witnessed the car drag the officer. another video was released today. tensing appears briefly on the left side of the frame and both he and officer kidd are already running toward dubose's car when the video starts. both the officers who respond to the scene, philip kidd and -- are both on leave. is the district attorney said other officers are being investigated, but they have not been identified. in an interview with nbc news, the lawyer f

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let's go to nbc's sarah daloff. i was just handed new information that authorities are looking into four acquaintances of the suspect? >> reporter: that is true, tamron tamron. previously we were told it was two acquaintances they were looking into. they wanted to know if they had any indication what the shooter had planned. these were two acquaintances who had gone to buy ammunition with the gunman. now they say it's actually four acquaintances they are looking at. this doesn't necessarily mean they knew of these plans, that they could have stopped him, but they want to know exactly what they knew. we saw the fbi go to an apartment about 20 minutes from here the day before yesterday. this is all part of piecing together this possible motive for the shooter. authorities also saying that they now know he downloaded recordings by anwar al-alaqi. he was that iraqi born cleric that was killed in yemen in 2011. not only did he have the recordings, he also had a cd of sermons. we also learned more about the gunman's uncle

let's get vet latest from nbc's sarah daloff in chattanooga. sarah, welcome.ts here. >> there really is jose. new details about the uncle detained in jordan. authorities are describing him as a radical. they want to know if he influenced the gunman during a 7-month trip there in 2014. his lawyer is now speaking out, the lawyer of the uncle jordan he disputes the situation as a radical. he also says during abdulazeez's trip there in 2014 he spent the majority of time with family and playing sports not as an extremist. authorities reveal the gunman downloaded videos of al araqi. he was killed in a drone strike in 2011 in yemen. we are expecting an update on the investigation at noon today. we're hoping to learn more about the timeline of the attack. this really is a community hungry for information, hungry for answers. in this growing memorial behind me, it has become a meeting place of sorts for the community. thousands have visited over the past days. you can see the ocean of american flags. in between them are more personal mementos for example, the mother of

let's hear the very latest from msnbc's sarah daloff in chattanooga. >> reporter: hi jose. acquaintances to see if they knew anything about what he was planning. they're also reviewing more details about the writings they uncovered, describing them as rambling pages that never reference any isis or al qaeda leaders specifically. meanwhile, the community continues to come together to mourn the five service members killed. what started as a makeshift memorial at the scene outside the attack has turned into something much larger thousands of people stopping by to pay their respect. we've seen people break down in tears as they placed flags in the ground. we've seen military members in full uniform stand stoically and salute the crosses representing those killed. it's just been a very emotional tribute and a very physical example of the grief and shock this community is feeling, jose. back to you. >> sarah, thank you very much. i want to bring in msnbc law enforcement analyst and retired special agent in charge jim cadman. jim, good morning. >> good morning, jose. >> the portra