they say neither simmons or his family members are subjects. they wanted to discuss a crime that may have occurred while simmons was away on tour. his wife said we couldn't be more horrified that someone used our residents for such heinous crimes. >>> and a shark bit a 15-year-old surfer on his leg and hands. at least 11 people have been attacked by sharks this summer off the coast of carolina. >>> a major dive on wall street. the dow finished under 358 points. and they had their prices in months. welcome news for drivers in at least a dozen states. the price is now under two $2 for a gallon. >> reporter: with labor day now just two weeks away, the price of pump is suddenly dropping fast and as the weather gets colder, $2 gas could be the average. welcome news at the pump. >> idea 'd be able to buy a new car. from $3.59 in chicago to $2.19 in dallas. there are apps to help you find the cheapest gas in your zip code. gas prices are dropping because the world is simply a wash in cheap oil. the u.s. is producing record amounts of domestic oil, sau

while simmons was away on tour. simmons and his family were cooperative with police. and are not considered a suspects in the investigation. coming up we will have more news >> grant :coming up we will have giant news about what they will do in pittsburg and tiger woods news :mostly cloudy tonight but when will it start warming up again? your forecast coming up >> pam :a new report by local tech security firm skycure.says that hackers are targeting people's phones at top tourist destinations.like san francisco's golden gate park. golden gate park is fourth on their list of top tourist destinations with malicious wi- fi. the list also includes new york's times square.notre dame.and disneyland paris. hackers get to tourists by luring them into wi-fi hotspots labeled as "free". from there.hackers look to steal your personal information. >>:what you see on the hackers side is your password they're looking for free stuff and hackers know it so they are going to offer what seems to be free why five but are stealing the data in the back and--free wi-fi >> pam :skycure recomm

simmons family spokesperson says police are looking into a crime that may have happened when simmons was away on tour. police say that none of the members of the simmons' family are suspects in this case. >> 5:37 right now. in business news this morning, wall street had just terrible day yesterday. >> pretty bad. money watch's jill wagner joins us live from the new york stock exchange with more on what happened. jill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erika, nicole. fee things can turn around today. yesterday wall street had it worse day in 18 months. the dow fell 358 points. it will open today below 17,000. that's for the first time since last october. the nasdaq fell 141-point. so what's behind the sell off? first, wore business china's economy, also, falling, oil prices, what that could mean for big energy companies. and then there is uncertainty over when the fed will raise interest rates. well the little pink pill has a big buyer. canadian company, valient pharmaceuticals, will pay about a billion dollars for sprout pharmaceuticals. that's the maker of the first prescript

while simmons was on tour with the band, kiss. >>> if you have gone through security recently at jfkacked without your knowledge. the airport has adopted a program called blip track. it monitors the movement of phones that have bluetooth or wifi turned on. the information is used to calculate wait times that are posted on screens for passengers. blip track officials say the data collection process is anonymous and that airports use the information to cut your wait times. >>> a local school district losing teachers by the dozens. the reason and how leaders are trying to stop it. >>> and doctors think they have pinpointed the >>> i'm jim handly with bad news from the live deck. those of you who invest in the stock market, it has been a rough week and just turned brutal. dow plummeting 500 points today to its lowest level since last october. it has also declined 10% from its all-time high this year. that's what's known as a market correction, which is basically a leveling out of the market when it becomes overvalued. it can be a sign that recession is coming but experts say in this case

simmons was away on tour with kiss. wife shannon simmons, thanked fans for their support and said we couldn't be more horrified that someone used our residence for such heinous crimes. >>> the ashley madison scandal is growing even stronger, hackers revealing personal information from the website. >> reporter: more data? life is short. have an affair. more drama. an activist group known as the impact team responsible for releasing the dirty deeds of ashley madison's 37 million users earlier this week just dumped another huge batch of confidential data on the dark web. the second wave appears to include code for the website and a massive amount of e-mails from ceo noel biderman who repeatedly questions the data's authenticity. it also includes a cheeky response from the hackers who say, hey, noel, you can admit it's real now. but also that long list that has people wondering, is my loved one unfaithful. one of the most prominent names on the list, "19 kids and counting" star josh duggar. he did not name the website but i

however, police say simmons himself is not a suspect nor are his family members. the investigators are part of a task force investigating internet crimes against children. a representative for simmons says police met with him about a crime that may have happened on their property last year while he was on tour. >>> caitlyn jenner may be facing charges in connection to a deadly car crash in california. the los angeles county sheriff's office says it's recommending a vehicular manslaughter charge jenner rear ended another car and the driver of the car was killed. jenner was said to be driving unsafely. and if convicted jenner could spend up to a year in jail. >>> as you get your kids ready to go back to school, we want to remind you about a vaccine deadline. your howard county seventh grader must have the necessary shots done by today. if not, they cannot go to school on monday. howard county schools now require students to get the vaccines so make sure those are included in the records. all howard county public schools begin monday the 24th. >>> back to school mean

or choose to save hundreds on simmons beautyrest mattress sets. you can even choose $300 in free gifts with sleep train's most popular stearns & foster mattresses. the triple choice sale ends soon at sleep train. ♪ sleep train your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ >>> the high ranking democrat made the announcement last night. schumer says he doesn't think iran will change under the agreement. schumer's opposition is a blow to president obama who needs 34 democratic senators to sustain the veto. shammer is expected to become the next democratic leader in the senate. >>> it is friday. we want to go to sal to see if that friday light traffic is behaving properly. >> you know it is. as a matter of fact, claudine and brian we have a decent commute. if you will leave the house soon, i think you will like what you see on the roads. let's start off by looking at the east bay. highway 24 lafayette not a bad drive between walnut creek and oakland through the tunnel. also at the bay bridge toll plaza it looks good golden state bridge toll plaza is moving

home was for alleged crimes occurring when gene simmons was on tour. the lapd took computers and other items in to evidence. so who was using the computer inside of his home when he was gone? they will to have find out. >>> kate len jenner may be living a new life but she could face vehicular manslaughter charges for something that happened in her old one. sheriff investigators determined she was not driving safely before that deadly chain reaction crash that she set off last february. jenner was hauling an off load road vehicle so she then rear ended and hit another head on. the 69 year-old woman that she rear evened, died. >>> 6:51. well, forbes magazine has released its list of the world's highest paid actresses. i'm surprised bynum one. >> jennifer lawrence, yeah she topped the list raking in 52 million-dollar this year. scarlet johann son was second, she made 35.5 million and melissa mccarthey rounded out top three earning 23 million-dollar last year. jennifer lawrence highest paid actress. hung are games are very popular. >> the avengers. >> yes.

a search warrant has been served at gene simmons home.ivision that handled online crimes against children executed the search warrant. police say the family being key operative. a crime may have occurred on that property last year while simmons was on tour with his ban. >>> caitlyn jenner could face misdemeanor manslaughter charges in connection with a crash that happened in february along the pacific coast highway. jenner rear ended a car phing it into oncoming traffic. the driver died at the scene. the case will be decided by district attorney's office laid they are month. jenner could face up to a year in jail. >>> on the eve of the graduation, the final part of rangers school. >> awesome to be part of history. >> we felt like we were contributing as much as the men. >> captain kristen griest, and shaye haver had to dig deep. >> to look around and see they were sucking just as bad as i was kept me going. >> i wanted to be a leader for myself. i feel like i did that. >> the fact that they did the same training as the men, the women are

the property last year while simmons was away on tour.immons' wife thanked supporters on twitter last night. she tweeted the couple is horrified that someone used their residence for a crime and added, don't forget to change your passwords. sounds like more of a story there. >>> well, it's a parents' nightmare, a children's nightmare, too. children are home alone when two men break into the house. that's what happened to a family in las vegas. but everyone is safe this morning, thanks to a quick-thinking 14-year-old. >> it's pretty intense. like, once i heard that thud on the door, my heart was just racing. >> that is andrew mason. he was inside the home with his two younger siblings when these men pushed in the glass panel of the front door, broke right in, and they went in and started stealing things. andrew's dad told him what to do if something like this happened. so, he went upstairs and secured his siblings. >> this is the closet we hid in. he taught me what to do. i had a rifle, a cell phone, called 911. i was just prepared for it.

. >>> police in los angeles revealing overnight that they gene simmons. police would not discuss the details of the investigation which was being carried out by the lapd's internet crimes against children task force. they say simmons and his family were not the target of the investigation. simmons' wife shannon tweeted we couldn't be more horrified that someone used our residence for such heinous crimes. >>> the los angeles sheriff's department will recommend a vehicular manslaughter charge to be filed against caitlyn jenner. investigators determined jenner was driving too fast at the the time of a deadly chain reaction crash in malibu last february. the former olympian rear ended two cars killing one of the drivers. if she's convicted jenner could face one year in jail. >>> former president jimmy carter has completed the first round of radiation for cancer on his brain. mr. carter revealing the diagnosis during an extraordinary news conference yesterday in atlanta. the former president was philosophical when he first learned that the cancer had spread. >

andrew simmons, al jazerra, in macedonia. >>> andrew simmons is in there on that border town there where the refugees have been waiting to take trains north, andrew, what is happening there now? >> reporter: well, lauren, i am just outside the town and this is, as you can see, open countryside. what is going on behind me is a digger is spreading over this entire area, clearing the area to form a transit center. nearby is a railway, and a railway is -- has got makeshift sort of platforms with wooden supports. they are going to use this area basically to fast track refugees out of the country effectively. they'll go straight by train or bus to the serbian border. what has actually happened is quite political. in fact the macedonian government originally angered by the greek government's action in chartering a ship and a number of ships bringing refugees in to greece and then them going over the border here in to bass down i can't, they couldn't cope with the numbers, that's why they closed the border. then, of course, immense pressure came down on the government here to reopen the border b

antwan: child porn and jean simmons but he is not a suspect in this case. family of bears take a break from the heat. antwan: this is a big family. how do you keep track of that many kids or cubs? that more mom. juliet: starts playing with toys. look at the guy in the back. antwan: my turn, my turn, get down from there. antwan: good morning, i am antwan lewis, ben is enjoying the final days of his vacation. juliet: he will be back on monday. mike woods is over there. i said it was my birthday, sept. 27th. i was always the youngest one. i here laughing back there and i know it is you. more. . we are on our way to retirement home. might as well end and now. >> his knees are falling apart. >> i was being too athletic or attempting to be so. let's show you what is happening. a lot of folks are going, getting warnings from their phones. and queens and the bronx, flash flood warning has gone off for you because that line of showers and storms is hung up on top of you for quite awhile and some places have seen an inch of rain so a lot of localized flooding happening. it is very early so not a

andrew simmons has this report. >> by the day the numbers are harder to di jesus. here is what called the one-stop center, more than 10,000 people have passed through in less than five days. further up the line more than 2,000 a day are arriving. the number registered so far this year has passed 100,000 compared with 43,000 in the hole of last year. the numbers are stackering, so, too, is the availability of the european union to come up with this one. they have only 72 hour visas being issued, and well, look at the numbers. they're extraordinary. it gets more complicated. germany predicts it will deal with 800,000 asylum application this is year. it wants a fairer system of quotas for member states to take in refugee. what is more, the e.u. wants a tougher policy on those they doesn't away as economic migrants. most of these people are refugees from syria. they're friedenned about what --we don't know what will happen in hungary. maybe they will take them to jail. >> hungary is going to become an even bigger pressure point in this crisis, and the government is cri

andrew simmons reports. >> the border play be open again, the only problem, an occasional struggle. macedonia's interior minister came to defend the decision to close the border last week. here too austria's foreign minister talking about what the european union was or rather wasn't doing about the situation right now. in the brief time they spent with refugees, amanwanted to ged to say something. >> why do they make a safe zone in syria? >> macedonia's interior minister blamed grease saying it had to control or security. >> our intention was not to close the border but to protect it. >> this was confrontation with refugees. in humanitarian terms surely it was a disaster. >> our efforts were motivated by the humanitarian situation. in it's also the fault of grease pap if there is no support for the refugees there. >> what are you going to do apart from meeting with greece? >> with germany and some commissioner is from the european union. >> those words have been heard before and the fact is that little changes for these people apart from the of boarding trains like this one, away fr

andrew simmons who is on the macedonian side of greece. beginning that journey further into urine many have managed to get through. >> reporter: that's right. there's a really mixed up policy here by the macedonian government effectively. one moment confrontation then some sort of appeasement and over saturday night some 1500 migrants and refugees crossed the border without papers. you'll see behind me one bus of about 50 being used to drive them up north to the serbian border. the government is trying to it would appear restrict the numbers getting in and getting them straight out to serbia. from there they go on to hungary and into the european states such as germany france and so on. it's an appalling situation for these migrants and refugees. the major of them are syrian. they're confused, don't know where to go. they're being channeled into a railway station, has been throughout this crisis a focal point. one train has left very early morning but there are still hundreds of people lining the platform in absolutely appalling conditions

andrew simmons followed the journey of hundreds of people as they went from budapest to western europe. >> reporter: yet another queue for wary refugees, yet, this is a break through, hundreds allowed to board trains for germany. this is happening a few hours after the hungarian government told al jazeera there could be no travel across eu borders but visas. none of these have visas yet they are crammed board a train and about to leave. yet there's confusion and delays for several hours, it's because the austrian railway was not happy with the overcrowded conditions and wanted to transfer passengers to other trains. this man talks about his elation after one month of traveling. >> i have a rend in germany, maybe in germany, germany is big, big country, and maybe go good, generally it is good. >> reporter: but some refugees were stressed whether they were free ocarry on across the border and didn't believe rail officials. after an hour and a half came relief. it's stifling in here. this train is packed to overflowing. and these people are all celebrating because they're convinced they'r

andrew simmons spoke about the latest restrictions. >> the hungarian government is defending its restrictions, saying people without visas, can't leave the country. this is what the minister said about the issue. >> it's completely unacceptable that over 150,000 people come through your green borders without any kind of discipline order and law. what we are trying to reestablish is between the borders of hungary and serbia, is some kind of influx of order. >> is that really the right approach? >> it is the best approach for those arriving through green borders. who might be economic migrants, we don't know because they don't have papers, no way of providing their identification. to establish rules, not only hungary butter european union would be able to handle this. >> the international office of migration, an abandons of human rights groups are asking for a different approach for hungary to be more coordinated in its approach rather than building a 175 kilometer fence. ownerfence. aren't you wanting to give them sanctuary rather than turning them around and sending them away? >> up until we

what is happening next for the refugees who have been stuck at these railway stations. >> andrew simmons reporting from budapest. >>> one ukrainian guards man is dead and others wounded after an explosion outside of kiev's parliament building. the blast happened shortly after lawmakers initially approved a constitutional change that would give pro-russian separatists in the east more autonomy. hundreds protesting that law clashed with security forces. >> more than 6,000 paging of hillary clinton's messages will be made public. officials in puerto rico say they need a few more days before they release a plan to tackle their huge debt problem. a group appointed by the commonwealth's governor was expected to deliver a plan today, but the governor's office said that the deadline was extended until septembe september 8th because of tropical storm erikia. the plan will reduce puerto rico's $72 billion debt. making a difference. looking inside efforts to distribute a drawing aimed at preventing heroin overdoses. we take a look back at the life and legacy of the man known as the master of horror

as he mentioned earlier today, andrew simmons spoke with a spokesman about the latest restriction. >> it is about whether illegal border country which we're trying to fix. it's completely unacceptable that over 150,000 people come through green borders without any kind of discipline, order or law. we're trying to establish at the borders of hungary and serbia is which is law and order and put some kind of discipline in this huge influx of illegal migrants. >> discipline, order and law over refugee who is are escaping an absolutely appalling war in syria. is really that the right approach? >> it is in the best interest of those arriving through the green borders who might be refugees, or who might be economic migrants, we don't know because they don't have papers. they don't have any way of proving their identities. the established rules, it is only through rules that hungary but also the european union would be able to handle this. >> ban ki-moon, the international office of migration, abundance of human rights groups are asking for hungary to be more local and careful and coordinatin

andrew simmons reports now in hungary. >> unrest of the european union border. the trouble did not escalate beyond this registration center, and it was short lived. but with record numbers crossing into hungary there are fears of violence here. the police are trying to play down the crisis. >> what happened was there was a small conflict that erepresented and several people tried to approach the fence. the policemen tried to stop them, and they also used tear gas for the injuries. >> the fence is being put up on the border. but right now thousands of people are getting through section where is there was only razor wire. the police here are failing to make arrests. more than 2,000 police are sent to this border to reinforce it. and next week the government will vote on bringing the army here. back at the serbian captain their record numbers. refugees say they've been treated better in serbia than in greece and macedonia, but they're worried about getting into hungary. some of belgrade's parts have become the last transit points before the e.u. border. most of the

andrew simmons reports from hungary. >> unrest in of the european union border. the trouble did not escalate beyond this registration center, and it was short lived. but with record numbers crossing into hungary, there are fears of violence here. the police are trying to play down the crisis. >> what happened was there was a small conflict and several people tried to approach the fence. then a policeman tried to stop them, and they used tear gas but there weren't many injuries. >> a three peter high depends was put on the border. but right now thousands of people are getting through sections where there is only razor wire. the police here are failing to make arrests. >> hungary's government is taking a tougher line. more than 200 police are being sent to this border to reinforce it. next week the government will vote on plans to deploy the army here. >> in belgrade up to 3,000 people a day have been boarding buses bound for the hungarian border. they are record numbers. refugees say that they've been treated better i there than in greece. >> this woman ran from h

andrew simmons. al jazeera. >> his take right now. >> they're continuously boarding trains and getting into buses out of macedonia, that is the policy of this government. now they want to hear from europe as to how they'll help them pay for all of this. because there is no real policy here. there's no way of actually dealing with the humanitarian situation or the logistical one. right now macedonia is planning to carry on this way, moving people away, but solutions that's down to europe and so far they've failed to get any solution to this problem. >> so macedonia has opened its border with greece but border guards are only letting through very small groups. they want to prevent some kind of rush, crush. jonah hull sends us this report from where more and more people are arriving every day. >> here on the greek side of the border it is busy but for the moment, a system seems to be working. more coming all the time. they are able to access basic aid, food, water, shelter, before continuing their journ

juliet: jean simmons's home is being searched for a child born. police emphasize neither he nor anyone in the family is a suspect. los angeles please add taskforces investigating internet crimes against children. housing has been cooperative. the publicist said the police visit was connected with the crimes that may have occurred when simmons was touring with his band. and said things for your support. couldn't be more horrified, law enforcement is on. >> judge bugger admitted to a double life. this site ashley madison was hacked, 30 million users being leaked online. and the biggest hypocrite averages this year. was canceled after it was revealed, and of his senses is. >> reporter: caitlin jenner may face of a command on a charge for the democrats less than during. l.a. county sheriff's department will present its case to the d a next week. the department does not recommend charges that says it found enough evidence to support the charge if the d.a. decides to pursue it. the crash happened on a pacific coast highway which is a windy and dangerous

simmons passed away in april at the age of 91.koff is at 5:00 p.m. >>> last night the raiders played the vikings in minnesota in a weather-interrupted preseason game with some flashes of what could come in the regular season. here's collin resch. he has your highlights in this morning's sports. >> the pirates have owned the national league west this season. 18 wins, just 4 losses. number 18 yesterday in walk-off fashion to beat the giants. pittsburgh at pnc park. garrett cole, he's engaged to crawford sister, amy. crawford said take that, bro, it's gone. no, it's not. he brings it back. he's 2 for 12 against his future brother-in-law. one hit allowed and there it is, the solo shot. tied at 1. in the seventh king kong all over the hunter strickland fastball. the pirates take the 2-1 lead. giants get a gift from the a's. the breaking ball in the dirt gets away from chris stewart. matt duffy will speed home. he retired the first five batters but not the sixth. marte with two outs. that's a walk-off. pirates four hits in the game, thr

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detectives said neither simmons or anyone in his family is suspected in the case and that the family is being cooperative. >> a live preview of "g.m.a." is up next. bears having a ball at one new jersey family's and he expense. >> reporter: atlantic city is clear, the coast is clear, what's in store for the rest of the day? i'll have that coming up in the day planner forecast. >> reporter: an old friend is back with us as we look outside, the sunshine. it was gone for a little while, welcome back, 202 close to 401. no delays despite the sun glare that we're seeing in the western burbs. we'll see big delays on the delaware memorial bridge a lane will be out all weekend for the on going painting. use the commodor barry bridge instead. on the septa regional rails delays on two lines, 20 minutes on the warminster and wet e -- west trenton because of power problems. >> reporter: rain has left along the coastal areas of burlington and ocean counties. sunshine is working its way back in. 84 by noon. shy today of 88. warm enough for cool drinks. the humidity levels are in the process of drop

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gene simmons, i like him. peggy, thank you so much. jeff is standing by at the san francisco spca, going to check in in just a moment. he has a friend. he makes friends easily. we'll get back to jeff in a minute. for more information, go to nbcbayarea.com. give if a look. of all the shelters participating, many of them staying open late, so there's still time for you to find a pet, dogs, pets, lizards, rabbits, a duck. they're all out there. still to come at 5:00, a glitch causing flight delays. we're revealing the source of the problem and just how much of a headache its all by for travelers today. >>> also getting rid of graffiti. the volunteers making it possible. days ago ...utonightfires are s >>> well the massive initial blast happened days ago, but tonight, fires are still flaring up after a series of explosions in china. today a number of cars burst into flames not far from the warehouse at the center of wednesday's disaster. officials admit they don't know what kind of chemicals were stored in that building. you can see what h

nbc's keir simmons is on the story. >> reporter: the attack left three passengers injured including two americans. at least one of them a member of the u.s. military. a woman's bag is left splattered with blood after a gunman reportedly opened fire aboard a high-speed train from amsterdam to paris. the french interior minister at the scene said the two injured americans intervened to stop the attacker, who was reportedly armed with a kalashnikov rifle, an automatic pistol, and a knife. without their intervention, he said, we could have faced a terrible tragedy. cellphone video shows an unidentified man carried across the platform. witnesses describe the terror on board the train. >> translator: i asked what happened. he told me we have to stop because there's a man who had a kalashnikov in first class. >> reporter: another passenger told nbc news, "i saw the man who was shot in the neck stumble. he dropped his duffel bag right in the seat across from me, and he collapsed on the floor." anti-terrorist officials are leading the investigation into what happened. ammunition piled up on the

police wouldn't talk about the investigation but they say no one in the simmons household is a suspect. a publicist says it involves a crime that may have happened on the property last year while gene simmons was on tour. in a tweet, his wife shannon said the family is horrified and called it a heinous crime. >>> 6:19 right now. still ahead on "today in new york," tracking your every move. the new high tech plan to improve our wait times when we get to our airports. >>> live look at grand central parkway by laguardia airport. we have incredible video from another airport. atlanta's hartsfield jackson international. a plane struck by lightning during a thunderstorm. you see it there. now, a man happened to be taking video of the ground when that happened. a delta flight filled with passengers was struck. nobody was hurt. the plane's metal exterior is designed to distribute the electrical charge without injury or harming the plane. if you're an anxious flyer, if you see that, might be a cause for concern. obviously, planes are built to deal with that. as we freeze the video, look at that

andrew simmons reports. >> yet another queue for wary refugees, hundreds are allowed to boo board trains for germanyd austria, after waiting rough on the sidelines. none of these people have visas, yet now they are crammed inside a train bound for munich and cleared to leave. at the austrian border there is confusion and delays of several hours. wanted to transfer passengers to other trains. this man from syria talked of his elation after one month of traveling. >> i have a friend in germany. i will go there, and i will teaching where i will go. maybe germany because germany is big country and maybe good. all good. >> reporter: but some refugees were stressed whether they were free to carry on across the board anborder and didn't beliey could carry on. it's stifling in here and this train is overflowing, they are all convinced they are about to cross the border. they don't have visas but it seems exceptions are being made and the journey goes ahead. at last, on their way to the destinations they have grown to doubt they'd ever see. andrew simmons, al jazeera, on the hungary austria borde

andrew simmons has been speaking to them. >> families walking in the sweltering midday heat. most have run out of water, but they still have the will to carry on. they're so exhausted that some don't even realize the white post they're passing mark the border. it marks their entrance into the european union. it's hard to take in the fact that these people have walked more than 15 kilometers in this searing heat. another stage in this long journey. even though they're crossing into the european union, the problems aren't over. these people are like hundreds of others haven't tried to run away from the hungarian border police. they're rounded up and taken to registration camps. women and children get priority. and the bus leaves behind people who are frustrated and unsure of what happens next. this man is from damascus and syria. he made two attempts to cross from turkey to greece by sea. on the first he was arrested and detained. on the second he was rescued by the coast guard. >> this was the most difficult. this one, this, you know, this that we had from the greek border to

simmons was away on tour with kiss.non simmons thanked fans for their support and say, quote, we couldn't be more horrified that someone used our residence for such heinous crimes. >>> stick around. we have much more ahead at the top of the hour. tens of thousands expected to show up for donald trump tonight. more evidence of the candidate's entertainment appeal, but a real strategy to win the nomination seems to be taking shape. we'll dig into that with steve kornacki. also, the grassroots effort to lure vice president biden into the race got a major boost this week. we'll have a live interview with the democratic strategist who worked on president obama's 2008 and 2012 campaigns. and bad habits, hard to break. but for the 40 million americans who wear contact lenses, there's apparently a warning we've got to hear. i'll share that with you up next. thankshow may i help you?s list. i heard i could call angie's list if i needed work done around my house at a fair price. you heard right, just tell us what you need done an

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. >> andrew, thank you very much, indeed, andrew simmons there. we're going to bring that to the unhcr assistant high commissioner for protection. joining us from unhcr headquarters in geneva. a complete rethink. our correspondent said that the message he gives to a lot of people, but what kind ofry think is needed? >> well, obviously we need a very comprehensive approach to address the situation. we need first of all a lot of support for the neighboring countries of syria. we have over 4 million syrian refugees in lebanon, turkey, jordan, egypt and in iraq and in a number of other countries. it is clear that they require as much support as we can possibly give them. we need to give support to greece. greece over the last couple of months has received over 160,000 refugees that have crossed the mediterranean. we require support for the western balkans for countries like macedonia and serbia in order to voi offer food, water, shelter, all the things that we've seen on these dramatic footage. >> what is happening as andrew simmons said, people just

authorities say neither simmons nor anyone in his family is under investigation. police wouldn't discuss the de tails of the case, which is being handled by lapd's internet crimes against children task force. a spokesman for the rocker said police visited the home to discuss a crime that may have happened on the property while simmons was on tour last year. >>> if you know someone driving an older model honda, there may be a problem with the air bags. there is no recall issued yet, but auto safety regulators are investigating reports that air bags are not opening up during deliciouses. they're looking at about 400,000 accords from 2008. the national highway traffic safety administration says it's received 19 complaints. in one of them, a driver said he was injured in a head-on collision. >>> one of the annoying things about air travel, the long wait at security check-ins, right? now jfk is working to fix the problem by tracking passengers' phones. it's calt.d bl track. it triggers wireless beacons that track passengers moving through the lines. e information calcu

andrew simmons, al jazeera, in macedonia. >>> let's cross now on the greece/macedonia border and whathappening there? >> reporter: about 100 meters or so down the rail way tracks the rail way station inside macedonia where andrew compiled that on this side of the border things are busy but relatively in order and there is a system of the chaos in the resent days. these people have just arrived at this point. they are able here to take a break and can get some assistance from the aid agencies gathered here, food, water as well as basic medical care if they need it. and on the other hand over there where the macedonia police have spread razor wire and armed and controlling that crossing point. it's not an official border by any means whatsoever but every hour or so they allow groups of perhaps 200 people or so to walk on down the rail way tracks into macedonia and a much more ordered scene we have seen in resent days but make no mistake there are many people here and many more coming. >> it seems that way from what you are showing us there, more people are still arriving and that doesn'

>> gene simmons. [ bell ringing ] the answer is gene simmons. >> smart guy. you have to give your audience more credit here. so he was, in fact, fired from his job because, as he said, he was using comic books to get the kids excited about reading. he taught sixth grade in spanish harlem, put the shakespeare aside, taught them by teaching comic books and they didn't like that. >> he's a very smart guy and you have to teach the way you can teach. round about ways. okay. all right, back to you hoda woman. >> where are you from, lovely. >> oak ridge, new jersey. >> what's your name? >> maureen. and this is michelle. >> michelle is here. i have faith. here's your question. according to the national retail federation, what did americans spend the most money on when back-to-school shopping in 2014. was it computers, art supplies, or clothing? >> computers? [ buzzer sounding ] >> oh, so sad but lucky you you [ cheers and applause ] >> so it's not that, it's what? >> it's clothing and i think this. so the average kid spends about $200 a year on back-to-school clothin

however, they say that simmons is not a suspect, nor are his family members. the investigators are part of a task force investigating internet crimes against children. a rep for simmons say police met with him about a crime that may have happened at his house when he was on tour. >>> caitlyn jenner may be facing charges in connection with the deadly car crash in los angeles. the sheriff's office is recommending a vehicular manslaughter charge. jenner rear-ended another car and pushed it into on coming traffic. the driver was killed. the sheriff's office said jenner was driving unsafely for the prevailing road conditions. if convicted jenner could spend a year in jail. >>> you will see several gyrocopters over d.c. norad is flying them between 9:00 and 11:00 in the morning that's according to wtop. if you take a look here, this is what a gyrocopter looks like. you're looking at video from when a man flew one over the capitol back in april. he was arrested and has rejected multiple plea deals in this case. >>> a would-be robber being held without bond after he w

andrew simmons, al jazeera, macedonia. >>> many of the refugees coming into macedonia are arriving frome. and jonah is there from the port of perez outside of athens, what is happening there at the moment, jonah? >> reporter: yeah, around half of all refugee arrivals into the european union come in through greece. i'm standing at the key side of athens port and waiting for arrival of the passenger ferry in two hours of 2500 refugees being transported to athens from the island of lesbos and that and other islands on the front line of this massive wave of humanity into the european union. this will be the fifth boat load in a week since shuttle trips were arranged and that is 12 hours crossing and 12,500 and others come here by passenger ferry on their own or bi-plane load at some 50,000 arrivals in july alone, august figures look set to be higher. we have been in touch this morning with the authorities on the lesbos, the mayor's office confirms 10,000 people are currently sitting in two makeshift reception centers in extremely rudimentary conditions, a thousand more arriving every single

andrew sim ups -- al jazerra's andrew simmons is in the capital buttbudapest. >> reporter: for now this for people who left war zones looking to sanctuary and they can go no further. many weren't warned not to buy international rail tickets. police stopped them from boarding trains. this syrian mother spent the last of her savings on nonrefundsable tickets. now she regrets not paying people smugglers instead. >> translator: i feel angry. all countries helped us except hungary, macedonia let us cross, they let us use the train going to serbia. every day we talked hours to reach the border and my feet became swole end. i had to carry my baby all the way. i am exhausted. >> reporter: she has little hem. there are only a few volunteers giving advice to the refugees. >> we cannot only blame the smugglers because we are we are giving the smugglers better and better business by not letting these people take a train. >> reporter: hungary is ignore all criticism of their handling of crisis it stands accused of stripping away the rights of refugees and is preparing new legislation that means thou

simmons passed away in april at the age of 91.:00 p.m. >>> last night the raiders played the vikings in minnesota in a weather-interrupted preseason game with some flashes of what could come in the regular season. here's collin resch. he has your highlights in this morning's sports. >> the pirates have owned the national league west this season. 18 wins, just 4 losses. number 18 yesterday in walk-off fashion to beat the giants. pittsburgh at pnc park. pirates pitcher, garrett cole, he's engaged to crawford sister, amy. crawford said take that, bro, it's gone. no, it's not. starling marte brings it back. he's 2 for 12 against his future brother-in-law. one hit allowed and there it is, the solo shot. that's by jung show canning. tied at 1. in the seventh king kong all over the hunter strickland fastball. the pirates take the 2-1 lead. giants get a gift from the a's. the breaking ball in the dirt gets away from chris stewart. matt duffy will speed home. he retired the first five batters but not the sixth. marte with two outs. that's

andrew simmons is in the capital budapest. >> reporter: for now this is home for people who left carones looking to sanctuary, and they can go no further. many weren't warned no the to buy international rare tickets, police stop them from boarding trains. this syrian mother spent the last of her savings on nonrefundable till et cetera. now she regrets not paying people smugglers instead. >> translator: i feel angry all countries helped us except hungary, macedonia let us cross, they let us use the train going tto serbia. every day we walked hours to reach the border and my feet became swing i had to carry my baby all the way and i am exhausted. >> reporter: she has little help. >> we cannot only blame the smugglers because we are giving an en sensitive for them. we are giving them better bids by not letting these people take the train. >> reporter: hungary's government is ignoring all criticism about how they are slappeddalling the crisis, it's preparing a raft of new legislation which could mean thousands of refugees are sent back to serbia a nearly all the refugees here have crosse

andrew simmons is there and witnessed all of this. we have news that the austrian foreign minister has been in town calling for a new strategy. has he given idea how it is to be formed? >> the austrian foreign minister has been here at this makeshift reception center. he spoke of a new strategy, but he did not describe what that might be. what he did say was that macedonia had been left alone with inadequate situation to cope with the hole influx of refugees coming over the border. as a result, they had effectively closed the border. the interior minister was also here. he was defending his country's actions, saying they had no option but to protect the border. he said protecting the border was different to closing it down. however, one can't get away from the fact that there were percussion grenades and rounds, rounds fired during this confrontation and there were injuries. now, what he said was that greece was responsible, and so the foreign minister, saying greece weren't controlling in any way the massive number of refugees, enfac