george, utah, which is southern utah, and he got inside one of their regional jets., we know that this man is a certify commercial air pilot. he was an employee and he was on administration leave, and we are being told that he did fire up the airplane but never got near the runway. he actually drove that airplane from one side of the airport to the other side, and, somewhere along the ray in sky west is not giving details he crashed it and clipped into another plane. apparently struck part of the terminal and there are words, there were cars that were damaged. now, the plane we saw a picture earlier and we have a crew on the way there, the plane had pretty significant damage to the landing gear as it appeared a wing was sheared off about three quarters of the way down. and, as soon as that crash happened, that is when the authorities say that the suspect put a gun to his head and pulled the trigger, still trying to confirm a few details but now we have confirmed the big picture which is the murder suspect wanted in the death of a colorado springs woman is the same ma

this is out on the navajo reservation in southern utah. this is part of a structure that's about, i'd say, 300 rooms running along the back side of this canyon, a little village, small city, something. artifacts everywhere. one of the walls had fallen out, revealing the floor that had been packed in there, hundreds of years of people using the same floor just pushing down the dirt so that there are pieces of woven -- of braided string sticking out of the floor everywhere and arrowheads and broken pottery and i realized when i came up against the stack of this trash pile i put my head against it and looked along it. i could see it was covered with hair. people in that room had been combing their hair for hundreds of years and it had been landing on the floor. and then new floors are built on top of that and new floors and i ran my hand across, just barely across, the front of this and i could feel the hair of people who had been there and i was there with a navajo guy that i know who just was creeped out by this. because there's a certain h

a story of survival against all odds in southern utah. >>> john blackstone reports on a young man whohis life. but this was his biggest one of all. >> the arid wilderness of southern utah had a powerful draw in william lefevour. the 28-year-old has as berger's syndrome, a form of autism that his sister says makes him very determined. >> he's very focused. when his mind and heart is set, this is what he wants to do, he will find a way to do it. >> a year ago, william was fixated on hiking alone through southern utah. his stepmother michelle says the family tried to stop him. but couldn't. >> he's a 28-year-old man. i mean, other than maybe if we chained him down, then he wouldn't have gone. but there was really nothing we could do. >> in early june, he set off. but in boulder, utah, all his food and camping gear were stolen. he called his father, who suggested he hitch a ride to page, arizona, 225 miles away by road where he could can pick up money. instead, he set off on foot hiking along the wild he is ka lan day river toward lake powell. >> he said that it was calling him. that part

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i fell in love with southern utah and put the two together, having a drive-in movie theater and beingcreen under the shooting stars. if the journey is the destination, then this destination was the perfect end to our road trip. it was definitely a road trip to remember. i have to say bryce canyon national park, truly incredible. you've got to go. >> your guide was right, absolutely breathtaking. was there any fighting like when you were little kids and your mom and dad had to separate you in the back seat. did you fight on the road trip? >> we did as little kids. somehow as 30 years old, we managed to keep it sane. i don't know how we did it but we did. >> i'm impressed that i'm paying you to go on road trips with your sister. >> that's true. i have a pretty good job. it was kind of thelma and louisesque but without an explosion. >> happier ending. i'll take that. we'll round out the series tomorrow, you'll visit georgia's cumberland island. >> incredible. >> jenna, thanks. up next a quick and easy menu for your fourth of july barbecue. next on nbc. here you go little man. [ humming ]

. >> whole other problem in southern utah. >> take a look at some of these pictures.he ground is dry. any moirts that comes from the monsoon season is going to act as run off. some of the pictures are incredible from sunday. extreme flooding. this happens this time of year and hundreds of homes were damaged. shepard, we're going to seat same thing almost a repeat tonight as we get that moisture. that seasonal shift from the monsoon season up towards the four corners. and moving into that region that we just saw saint george heavy rain and potential for severe weather. because of the flooding, we still have flood advisories up in and around the saint george area. that's going to continue unfortunately not only today but perhaps for the rest of the week. >> janice dean in the weather center. janice, thank you. the food and drug administration today approved the first ever drug shown to reduce the risk of contracting h.i.v. the virus which causes aids. researchers say the drug can cut the risk of infection by up to 42% when used in conjunction with other preventative mea

that's the word from officials in southern utah where it happened. here is is a picture of the suspect. cops say they started searching for him on friday after his ex-girlfriend turned up dead in colorado springs. fast forward to today. a spokesman for the city of saint george a couple hours northeast of las vegas. says the suspect arrived at that city's airport overnight. he apparently threw a rug over a bausched wire fence. then used leather gloves to climb up and over that fence. the spokesman says the suspect boarded this 50 passenger sky west passenger jet and got it moving. but the plane apparently never made it to the air. ultimately crashed into some cars in the airport parking lot. we're told its engines were still running when a police officer approached that jet and found the suspect inside with a gunshot wound to the head. trace gallagher live in our west coast newsroom. did anybody actually know the plane was stolen before it, well, crashed on the ground? >> no. that's the thing. nobody knew, shep. but police suspected something was up b

thunderstorms out there, too, in addition to the chilly temperatures, numerous storms here, southern portions of utah and across central portions of nevada and across interstate 80 we've seen a couple of storms across the tail-end of the front. and there's the upper-level low, and atop of mount baker it may be cold enough for some snow, very unusual for this time of year. as far as interstate 80, sacramento, reno, this is pyramid lake up to the north. the showers and storms are now heading northbound. interstate heading out of kolfax, heavy rain coming out of reno, that's the forecast for this morning. also we'll keep the showers in the forecast up here in the northwest. but notice the temperatures, 68 today in san francisco. only 67 in seattle.you head to southwest. even areas in flagstaff a little cool. the good news? the northwest, we warm it up the middle to end of the week looks pretty nice. >> san francisco never realizes it's summer until august. they have the indian summers. brr. >>> earnings to look out for this week, a big energy acquisition and a motivational mishap. your early morning bus

in connection with a murder in colorado managed to steal a skywest jet from a small airport in southern utah and then took his own life. this incident though has raised some serious airport security concerns nationwide. anna kooiman is live on the story in our new york city newsroom. anna, a lot of concerns raised by this. >> reporter: oh, yeah. a pilot suspected of murder in colorado use ad rug to scale a razor wire fence in st. george, utah. that is 20 miles northeast of las vegas. gaining access to a empty 50 passenger skywest jet. it is unclear how 40-year-old brian hedge lynn slipped past security. though asked skywest to deactivate his access card on jewel this. that is the same day they found christina cornejo's body, his girlfriend of four years stabbed multiple times. he was the key suspect but hadn't been charged though he was facing charges for harassing her. skywest put him on administrative leave the same day. they found a motorcycle identified as hedglin's. he clipped a wing and crashed into multiple cars in the parking lot. >> the first person who enter the plane was a skywest

thunderstorms could produce a downpour aerial coverage 40-50% flood watches and arizona southern california and utahhwest into the midwest red flag warnings how the heat will expand the weakness between the hot air in the plans and the east coast trough produced today's thunderstorms watch how this is overtaken by the warm air expanding into the area of the warmest colors up to tuesday through time heat continues to build by later next week could cover a lot of the country and the downturn in temperatures will be amenable midweek 91 degrees high temperature we hit 93 degrees look at the 90's up to the arctic coastline 81 degree high temperature today. pretty amazing comfortable in chicago '80s out west here is what happens the next few days hundreds in kansas and missouri sunday hundreds into south dakota minnesota east toward mid 90's there is the heat on monday hot spell coming out. rainfall cooling our greetings adding moisture the 2.69 degrees it was near 50 s today humidity 85% pace in the air all of the pollen years are low close but that the '90s forecast tomorrow outflow boundaries of thunde

out west are a number of flash flood watches for utah, arizona and southern california an additional 1 to 2 inches of rain are possible from some of the heavy storms that do develop and track in northward. as we head northward, idaho, western parts of montana and eastern portions of washington state and oregon could see some strong to severe storms firing up as we head into later today and into tonight. some of the storms could produce some damaging wind gusts in excess of 60 miles per hour and very large hail. stay alert if you live out here as the warnings arish you ad throughout the day. the big story has been and still is how hot it is across central parts of the country. take a look at rapid city right now. 103 dries is your current -- 103 degrees is your current temperature and with a little humidity it foals hotter. right now 96 in the city of dallas. as we head into tomorrow, more of the same. very hot temperatures across the midwest. 103 is our high in rapid city. 97 in kansas city and back into the 90s in the city of chicago. you are going to stay there monday, tuesday and

continuing to have above average fire season through the central part of the west, colorado, utah, southern idaho, and we expect that's going to continue throughout the rest of the summer, and then as the fire season progresses we can expect an increase california and probably up into oregon this year. >> host: what -- saw fires in colorado, of course. who makes the decision about when the federal government gets involved? what has to be at stake and where does the fire have to be burping. >> guest: when a fire first gets started it's the initial attack resource, whether the local city, county, or local forest service. they respond immediately to the fire. they quickly do a sizeup to indicate if they have enough resources to handle it, and if not, they then start to order in what we call national resources and they call the dispatch center and order whatever crews they need, what additional engines, what aircraft is needed, and then through the national system, those resources are dispatched to that fire. >> host: chief tidwell, director of the u.s. forest service. you spent 33 years in the

colorado, utah, southern idaho. we expected to continue.s the fire season progresses, we can expect an increase in california and probably up into war again this year. host: we have seen the fires in colorado. he makes the decision about when the federal government gets involved? what has to be a mistake? where does the buyer have to be burning? guest: it is the initial attack resources, whether the city, county, or local service, they respond immediately to the fire. they quickly indicate if they have enough resources to handle it. if then, they will start to order in national resources. they called the dispatch center and order whatever kreuz they need, additional engines, aircraft -- whatever crews they need. host: chief tidwell, spending 33 years at the forest service and was made chief in 2009 and has served at a variety of positions in all mobile of the agency. we saw some images of the firefighting efforts, dropping the fire suppressants. give us an idea of what the men and women work for you do to fight the fire fighters -- wild fir

thunderstorms flooding and dust storms from southern california to las vegas. thunderstorms from utah into the plains. >>> upper 80s in the nation's midsection. 90s. southwest, rockies. triple digits in texas. >>> little doubt that one of the most memorable portions of friday's opening ceremony of the olympics was the part, queen elizabeth, james bond music, jumps out of the helicopter with james bond. >> really is cool. now we are learning more about the queen or should say the drag queen who pulled this off. there he is, dressed like the queen. he is 42-year-old veteran skydiver, gary connor, she's the leap into the games was the most memorable he has ever done. we saw the queen in the footage jumping with bond. you were seeing my boy right there. thought it was a clever, funny part of the 17-hour opening ceremonies. >> we would love to show it to you, since the olympics, occ, and network have primers. >> lots of rules with the footage. >> we may get fined. lose our jobs. you might like that actually. >> would mitt romney do anything differently in london after the controversial com

guest: we are continuing to have an above-average fire season in the west, colorado, utah, southern idahoand we expect that to continue throughout the summer, and then as it progresses we can expect an increase in california and up into oregon this year. host: when a fire breaks out, who makes the decision about when that federal government gets involved? what has to be at stake? guest: it is the initial attack resources, whether from the local city, county, or forest service, they respond immediately to that fire. they do a size up to indicate if they have enough resources to handle it, and if not they will start to order in what we call our national resources, and they call their dispatch center and order whenever crews they need, additional engines, aircraft, and then to our national system, those resources are dispatched to that fire. host: director of the u.s. forest service spent 33 years in the four service and was named chief in 2009 and has served in a variety of positions in the agency. we sought images of ever since gone on and planes dropping fire suppressant. give us an idea

utah. parts of arizona and nevada and southern california, an additional one to two inches of rainfall will be possible through tonight. we've seen a lot of moisture and ground is saturated with the heavy rains. there are a number of watches across these states in effect later on tonight. further north in idaho, western montana and eastern parts of oregon and washington, strong to severe storms and large hail and damaging wind gusts will be possible. we'll keep i posted and up to date here. further east across the center of the country, extreme heat. hundred degrees will be high in rapid city. that is where the temperatures are headed further to the east grandson the great lakes over the northeast in the next couple of days, by tuesday, it could be 93. >> i have one word -- yikes. >> gregg: well said. >> all right. a warning from the department of defense growing strength of iranian's military capability. >> also san bernardino latest city to file for bankruptcy. this could be start of disturbing trend? >> and president obama calling for the nation's high income earners to pay their, quote,

southern california. once upon a time, one of them, janis adkins, had a plant nursery business in utah that grossed $300,000 annually. but two years after the financial meltdown in 2008 sales had dropped by half and the value of her land even more. she tried to refinance, but four banks turned her down flat. four banks. makes you wonder about all those big-time bankers at the other end of the scale, the ones who came running to the government and taxpayers for bailouts worth hundreds of billions of dollars, then scooped up big bonuses and perks for themselves and went back to business as usual. and what a business. you've surely been hearing about the newest scandal in banking centering on barclays bank in london, and on something called libor. that stands for london interbank offered rate and it involves a group of bankers who set a daily interest rate affecting trillions of dollars of transactions around the world. your home mortgage, your college debt, your credit card fees -- these could have been affected by libor. it turns out some of those insiders were manipulating the index for their own gain, to m

a lot of the tropical clouds did make it in to southern california and parts of central california. they'll start to get pushed off toward nevada and utahnk, stronger sea breeze and everybody schools down. fog, sun, cool to hot. we'll go from 50s, 60s, 70s, coast and bay. then 90s and a few upper 90s to 100s. tomorrow i think we can say goodbye to the 100s and a lot of 90s. really big changes with your weekend always in view, significantly cooler. we'll settle in next week. >> it's 20 minutes before 9:00. a bay area counsel cilman was the target of a violent attack. how he ended up at a racetrack. >> yahoo apparently hacked, how a half million accounts may have been hacked and who's claiming responsibility. do you see it ? there it is ! there it is ! where ? where ? it's getting away ! where is it ? it's gone. we'll find it. any day can be an adventure. that's why we got a subaru. love wherever the road takes you. wow, there it is. laces? really? slip-on's the way to go. more people do that, security would be like -- there's no charge for the bag. thanks. i know a quiet little place where we can get some work done. there's a three-prong

utah. >> how secure is the future water supply for southern nevada?e worst. we have planned for the worst and hoped for the best. >> reporter: mulroy says with climate change and unpredictal weather patterns, communities less accustomed to drought need to prepare. >> don't ever think it can't happen to you. >> reporter: nevada has signed deals with arizona and southern california to store and trade water for use in catastrophic droughts. even discussing that idea with mexico. kate? >> that statistic blew me away, cut the water by one-third and added residents at the same time. i found that fascinating. so what advice does mulroy have for other communities facing drought? >> reporter: she says what the rest of the country needs to start thinking about is preparing 50 years in the future for future water supplies. also says we need to take as a country a closer look at storing water when we have floods because we're not going to just face increased drought with climate change in the future, there's going to be more floods, there should be a way she says

utah in the wildfires there with the help of the cold and wet weather. the governor of colorado lifted a statewide fire ban but a large wildfire in southern idaho is spreading7 square miles. >>> tucker barnes joins us with an update on today's forecast. big improvements. >> nice, cooler temperatures. rain showers out there. we probably endured the worst heat wave in washington history. >> good riddance. >> not only a long run of hot days but four days in a row of 100-degree plus temperatures. >> felt like it started melting stuff. like my car wax overnight working right. >> you didn't want to go outside. awful. >> let's talk about the heat wave. we have numbers for you. tony mentioned one of them. we had four days in a row including yesterday where temperatures were 100 or better. 11 straight days at 95 or above. four strays days at 100 or above including saturday and sunday. both days we set record temperatures, 105 saturday and 102 yesterday. even during the overnight hours the temperature did not fall below 80 for three days. cooler temperatures moving in overnight. they are here to stay today. it will be warm and humid but we are not talking about 100.