i'm steve handlesman reporting. janelle? >> thank you, steve. tonight on nightly news a look at how this edition will affect the race to the white house. >>> meantime we are still waiting to find out how the supreme court will rule on same-sex marriage. a decision could come down tomorrow or monday on whether states can ban gay couples from tieying the knot. we will show you a live picture from san francisco. a lot of festivities and many hope a court ruling in favor of same-sex marriage will add to the celebration. >> and let's tack you back out live to livermore. 40-acre brushfire once again in livermore. cal fire reporting right now that this fire is growing at a rapid rate. take a look at this. looks to be a home right there. very, very close. greeneville road at tesla is shut down. quite a diversion here. the fire threatening this ranch. 4 40 acres gone. one structure burned. >> at 5:00 the boys an girls club call it disturbing. how thieves are capitalizing on their good name to do bad in south bay neighborhoods. also -- >> i'm scott budman

steve handlesman covering that angle of the story on capitol hill today. steve? >> reporter: jim thanks. let's start with guns. they still don't agree about guns or gun control but members of both political parties did join hands up here today after the terrible murders attee ooeemanuel ame. the horror brought lawmakers together to the capitol lawn to pray and to mourn. tea party south carolina republican joe wilson hugged the liberal texas democrat, shelia jackson lee. one of president obama's emotions was frustration after the the massacres at sandy hook elementary and the colorado movie theater. >> once again, innocent people were killed, in mart, because someone who wanted to inflict harm had no trouble getting their hands on a gun. >> reporter: it does not happen as often he said, in other advanced countries. and going back to 1963 when four girls died in the bombing of the 16th street baptist church in birmingham america has a problem with white supremacist attacks. ten nots a year right now, says the southern poverty law center. oftentimes, these are lone

steve handlesman has that story. mixed reaction from washington. >> some forces are fighting isis. this was monday. and president obama is not changing its iraq plans says the white house. he's taking additional steps. a hand shape in baghdad sealed the deal. up to 15% more u.s. troops. 450 will go to iraq to a base near ramadi to train iraqis to retake that city that isis captured last month. >> to essentially expand the capacity of our mission. >> many republicans want more. >> it's a step in the right direction. but as the president admitted the other day, he has no strategy to win. >> the mostly shiite iraqi army ran from ramadi. leaving iraqi sunni civilians to face isis. >> are we trying to put a government together with people who have been fighting for 1400 years and don't want to be together. >> could a few more u.s. forces unite iraqis against isis. >> we will probably make a difference in the short run. this is a bitter civil war. >> prime minister abaddy is very much committed to effective inclusive gover

steve handlesman has our story. >> reporter: chesapeake seafood a d.c. institution, sells two tons of shrimp a week most from the u.s. but some from asia. this huge shrimp is from carolina. this one, even big, from bangladesh. the asian shellfish gets federal inspections, like domestic shrimp, says buyer mark white. do you worry about safety? >> um, i have confidence that the government does a good job checking the seafood. >> reporter: that was a issue a mile away at the capitol as the pacific trade deal, tpp, was debated. asian seafood producers could sell more in the u.s. trying to block that is democrat rosa delauro. my greatest fear is that what we will do is to put this nation's health at risk. >> reporter: she says we would be pressured to adopt asian standards that for example, allow drugs and fungicides not legal to use here. >> our limited inspection capacity means some of these tainted products make it on to grocery store shelves. >> reporter: a seafood lobbying group calls that a protectionist-driven fake food safety scare and the white house

steve handlesman nbc news, washington. >> it's been a debate for decades.he president will be heading to charleston south carolina this friday. he'll deliver the eulogy of the reverend killed in that massacre. he knew the pastor who was also a state senator. the first lady and vice president biden will also be attending this funeral. >>> a big welcome today at the state capitol, a new home for a former u.s. president. an 800 pound statue of the late president ronald reagan was unveiled today in sacramento. president reagan was the only california governor to become a u.s. president. he was elected governor for two terms in 1967 and 1971 the statue was built using private funds. >>> the search for twitter's new ceo continues at this hour the san francisco company has hired an executive search firm to help find its new leader. the committee announced they hired spencer stewart to find ceo candidates. the current ceo announced he will step down effective july 1st amid disappointing growth. >>> the south bay's latest homeless census shows a population of homele

steve handlesman spoke to a mother who knows the cost of a careless mistake all too well. >> reporter: this summer's first heat wave means more children dying in hot vehicles. eight so far this week. in baltimore it was a 2-year-old girl in baltimore. >> he's walking down the street, crying. >> the cry something charged with murder. so was this woman in 2007 and she was acquitted. lynn's son was nine months old. she thought he was with the baby sitter but he was in her car and died. >> this problem persists why? >> because people do not believe that it could ever happen to them. like me i was a parent that said there's no way that could ever happen to me. >> 37 children on average still die every year in hot cars. no reduction. despite gadgets like baby seats that can call your phone or little squawk boxes. >> child alert. child alert. check car seat. >> drivers themselves have to stay aware. >> parents can look before you lock. >> that's your slogan. you have got a suggestion and others do too, that you take your backpack purse, briefcase and instead of keeping it up front you put it

supreme court steve handlesman, news4. >> thanks, steve. >>> the supreme court ruling today appears to have made time stand still in the oval office. pete sousa posted this photo today saying 10-10-26 on his camera time, the president learned about the decision, adding around that same time, this clock in the oval office stopped working. >>> you can't have a big supreme court ruling without the running of the interns. as soon as handed down, the young budding journalists make a mad dash to their reporters outside. it is a quarter-mile run, a race to see who can break the news first on the air. >>> in the past week, we have seen a major spike in violent crime in the district, including a man who was shot and killed and his body thrown in a trash can and set on fire. last night, yet another shooting left a man critically injured. this one happened along galen street in southeast d.c. pat collins went out to ask the police chief about all this. pat? >> reporter: jim the last week in our city, we have been averaging a murder a day. this morning, another shooting that could have deadly cons

we begin with steve handlesman and what it all means. steve? >> reporter: pat and chris thanks, good evening. not all the affected states are rushing today to actually begin performing same-sex marriages but six already are and the rest will soon have to after this decision here at the supreme court. [ cheering ] the crowd outside court exploded as they exchanged songs and hugs celebrating same-sex marriage rule the constitutional right and instantly legalized in the 14 states where it was still banned, like ohio. laura woolly. tell me about that? >> i'm super excited about it. >> reporter: opponents still protest. >> a marriage is a union of one man and one woman. >> reporter: but the plaintiff from ohio said the term gay marriage can be dropped. from this day forward it will simply be marriage. >> reporter: he got a call from president obama and mr. obama came out to praise the ruling. >> when all americans are treated as equal, we are all more free. >> reporter: owe posing the 5-4 decision, chief justice roberts complained the constitution h

i'm steve handlesman, nbc news, washington. >>> an american who went to syria to fight isis militants has been killed. the state department is confirming reports that keith broomfield was killed in syria. he is from massachusetts and his mother tells nbc news he left four months ago to fight alongside kurdish forces against isis. she says she didn't want him to go but had no way to stop him. >>> how cutting back on overtime pay to change the fight against crime. >>> cracking down on stores that sell those synthetic drugs. in the city, the drastic move proposed by the mayor and what families should watch out for. >>> guys really just one word when it comes to our forecast the next couple of days, hot. i will show you how hot we are about to get and when the storms >>> the secret service under fire again after two separate issues much the agency is accused of hiring new officers to work at the white house before their security clearances were even complete. and an agent is now suspended for sending racy text messages. pat lawson muse is here with details. >> doreen nbc news just confirm

steve handlesman, nbc news, washington. >>> teens are recovering after sharks partially ripped off theirbs in shallow waters. quick-thinking bystanders are credited with saving the lives. one victim is just a 12-year-old girl vacationing with her family in north carolina. she's now missing part of her arm. just over an hour later, a shark attacked a 16-year-old boy 2 miles from the same location. he lost most of his arm, as well. both attacks happened yesterday in shallow waters oen a beach in oak island north carolina. >> it was like a scene all of a sudden out of jaws you know. people are yelling, get out of the water! call 911! shark, shark! >> you can see the witnesses who rushed in to help that poor girl. an offduty paramedic used a boogie board and parts of it to help make a stretcher. >>> back to warriors coverage in cleveland. and everyone here in the bay area getting ready, as well for tomorrow night's big game. geraud moncur with spo >>> party time in chicago. thousands of fans in the streets celebrating the third stanley cup win for the chicago blackhawks. going to take you do

steve handlesman is live at 6 with the challenges that could lie ahead. >>> it was in the meat, the tools that two new york inmates used to escape were well hidden but did the prison guard who gave it to them really know about it? >>> and prince george's county making a move to make sure that all of its >>> he had no idea he was helping two dangerous men escape, what a new york prison guard told police. gene palmer is out on bond tonight and will be arraigned on monday. he is accused of passing frozen hamburger meat to richard matt and david sweat. a prison seamstress told investigators she smuggled hacksaw blades and tools inside that meat. palmer says he was passing on the meat in ex-charge i think for paintings created by matt. >> he had no knowledge they were planning on escaping. he passed a polygraph test. >> there's something more that they are not telling us. besides that hole how did they cut that hole? >> matt and sweat have now been on the run for 20 days. police say they may have taken guns from a cabin where their dna was found. >>> the prince george's county police departmen

. >> steve handlesman is live on capitol hill with his message. >> reporter: good evening.eb bush really kicked off his gop contest six months ago when he said he would probably run and scared off mitt romney. now it is official. >> and i have decided i'm a candidate for president of the united states. >> reporter: jeb bush made his formal declaration in florida, casting himself as a farmer governor who proved he was a fixer. >> we made florida number one in job creation and number one in small business creation. 1.3 million new jobs. >> reporter: bush is a spanish speaker, married to a latina in a diverse state. his campaign kickoff video shows a champion of minorities and the working class. >> the main reason i'm in this situation and the position i am right now is because jeb bush allowed companies like goya foods of florida to grow create high-paying jobs. >> reporter: bush does get slammed from the right. >> on issues like common core and immigration where conservatives have questioned where jeb is in his position, i think he is not going to fluctuate on that. >> repor

steve handlesman is monitoring that story for us. he is going to have a live report from there in a few minutes. >>> now to a significant break in the search for two killers who broke out of prison 17 days ago. right now, that search is concentrated on a remote hunting cabin in upstate new york. it's about 20 miles from the prison. the man who owns the cabin noticed a break-in saturday and saw someone running away. sources tell nbc news that when investigators examined the cabin they found dna from one of the escaped killers. coming up in a few minutes, we will find out what's making this search so complex. >>> a worried father helped the fbi arrest a teenager plotting an isis-inspired attack in north carolina. agents began investigating justin sullivan back in april when his father called 911 to report violent behavior. detectives arrested sullivan last friday after she say he asked an undercover agent to build him a gun silencer. the teen lives in morgan ton, about 60 miles east of asheville. the fbi says sullivan talked about sett