steve paterson, nbc news. >>> mexico is waking up to a new leader this morning with andres manuel lopez obrador pulling off a victory in the country's presidential election after millions casting ballots yesterday in a nationwide vote. obrador's main rivals conceded within hours of his win. obrador is the former mayor of mexico city with an outsider persona often compared to president trump's. he pledged to clean up crime and corruption within mexico and bring with him high expectations as he sets the stage for negotiations with the president and the commander in chief's continued calls for a border wall. mr. trump tweeted congratulations shortly after the results, tweeting, "i look very much forward to working with him. there is much to be done to benefit both the united states and mexico." the two men are expected to hold a phone call later today. >>> to washington where the president is inching closer to making his final decision on who to nominate for the supreme court. revealing in a new interview he has no plans to ask his perspective nominee how they'd vote on roe v. wade as demo

steve paterson, nbc news, salt lake city. >> well, there's a grandfather i want to tell you about.ne job, to capture a picture perfect proposal, but instead he got this. this is john hart. he was riding a tramway with his family when he met a couple about to get engaged, so he was asked to record the special moment as the soon to be groom popped the all he got was his own reaction, missed the whole thing. >> that's what get. e said yes, but my goodness, and you're on the news. >> just the memory, that's it. >> i'mhillip mena. p >>> this is why the commander says it's d day, because these rains will flood the cave very quickly. >> a race against time. a team of expert divers get set to jump back into the fray as they look to save these remaining trapped boys and their soccer coach in a thailand cave with dangerous monsoon rains fast approaching. >>> the president is hours away from announcing his second pick from the highest court in the land. >>> incoming tropical storm. >>> theresa may finds herself in the fight for her political life as the u.k. eyes a european exit. >>> and marr

steve paterson, nbcac news. >>> here in the united states, as the government works children withrant their parents, our tammy leitner spent several daysmbeddedith border patrol agents, and it seems at least in one area the administration's zero tolerance policy is not having its intended effect. here's her report. >> reporter: officer jose cono was on the front lines of the immigration crisis. while border a apprehensions down from the 1.6 p millioneak in 2000, this officer from the border town in texas says he's sseen a spikece the trump administration started zero and you guys are seeing an increase, a decrease? >> increase.ea incr. >> reporter: one of the families that crossed t rio grande, anita and her son henry, they were separated for more than a month once they entered the u.s. reunited last night. >> translator: it was like a dream that became a reality. >> reporter: henry turned 6 while in government custody. >> translator: i prayed, too, mommy, so everything would turn out all right. >> reporter: so far, 57 of the 103 children under the age of 5 in government custody have

nbc's steve paterson tells us more. >> frances, that trader joe's behind me remains closed as workers come to grips with the horror of what happened this weekend. meanwhile, a 70-year-old woman who claims to be the first hostage relet, for the first ti what happened inside during the crisis. >> this is the suspect here. >> reporter: this man at the v.nter of the dramatic standoff police identifying him as 28-year-old gene atkins, arrested on suspicion of murder. killed in the chaos, 27-year-old trader joe's employee. her brother tweeting, i'm sad to say she didn't make it. my baby sister, my world. >> i heard a couple gunshots close to my head. >> reporter: because of her age, terry said she was the first hostage released. >> said i'm going to shoot these people one by one and so i just sat there, you know, with my palms facing up. home.atkins shooting his own grandmother multiple times, then pulling another woman into his car. icehollywood's inn led pol on a chase through hollywood, crashing into a pole outside the store, then taking aim in a gun battle with officers. >> an officer n

nbc's steve paterson has the story. >> it's a hollywood casting coup.his week scarlet johansson stepping out of her role as a transgender man after a broad backlash of industry activists, initially fighting critics, then releasing a statement saying in part, i have decided to respectfully withdraw my participation in the project. >> i think it's one of those moments where audiences just are no longer allowing things like this to happen anywhere. >> the film "rub and tug," which hadn't even started production, is the take on pittsburgh pimp donte text gil, who was born a woman. the controversy in response to a trend. >> do you like this dress? >> award winning roles played by sis genderesentation is microscopic. >> broadly speaking, we feel as if transgender people are real, as if transgender men aren't real men. i think we are beginning to see a change in thetr >> myles says earning roles as a transgender actor is an uphill battle. >> it's extremely frustrating, i won't lie. auditions are few and far between for trans actors. >> he hopes this moment is

nbc steve paterson is near the wildfire in redding, california. steve, good morning to you. >> reporter: and craig good morning to you. you look around here and there are neighborhoods that have been leveled all over this community. this fire is out of control. estimated 500 structures burned to the ground and more at risk for suffering the same fate. it's relent less. the kind of fire that swallows communities whole. fueled by a miserable triple digit heat and 70-mile-per-hour. the raf news carr fire tripled incise since it started four days ago. touring flames sent racing into neighborhoods leaving hundreds of homes in ruins. >> all of a sudden i hear the cops pounding on front door saying we have to go. >> reporter: chris corona says their family barely made it out of alive. their home gone. >> a lot of memories. my sister pushed me on the swing. >> reporter: so far two have died in effort to save lives. friday they mourned the loss of jeremy stoke. the carr fire one of many fires firing across united states five in california alone. in southern

. >> steve paterson also repor the police chief says some of the children have injuries that are so vere, theyill be life-altering. the suspect is expected in court today. >> not often we hear tha sort of emotion from police officials. >> horrific. >>> rescue crews are racing the clock to find 12 missing boys and their socceroach still trapped in a cave in ailand. teams held evacuation drills yesterday to practice transporting patients from the cave if and when they're found. for oys have been missing over a week. apparently, stuckfter partsf the cave flooded. thailand's military is getting hem international rescue crews, including a navy s.e.a.l. dive team. >>> right now there is a manhunt underway for a notorious gangster in france. >> this video shows his brazen escape by helicopter yesterday. he was serving time for murder. authorities say thecofound the heer and the getaway car, but no signffayeed has escaped. five years ago, he used dynamite to blast his way out of a different prison. bythen, fayeed was a published offer,nspired by movies like "scarface." >>> many of you are hittin