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a severe summer stretch touching families nationwide. >> maggie vespa joins us live.gie, the severe you were talking about is moving east? >> reporter: yeah, tom, exactly. the dangerous heat is tracking east as is the possibility for severe storms. 27 million americans tomorrow will be at risk for possibly damaging winds, even hail from ohio up through the new jersey coast. tom. >> be careful out there, maggie. thank you. >>> last night we told you about the growing concern from the spread of those mosquito-borne viruses. tonight new hampshire now reporting someone has died from one of the infections. rehema ellis reports on how cities are trying to keep people safe. >> reporter: as new york sprays for mosquitos carrying dangerous viruses, eee, concern is spreading nationwide. cases popping up in massachusetts, vermont, new jersey, wisconsin and tonight new hampshire. new hampshire health officials say one adult resident died of eee after being hospitalized for severe nervous system disease. it is new hampshire's first human case of the virus in a decade. the west nil

maggie vespa is in charleston, south carolina, where a curfew has been extended. >> yeah, lester, that's right. the city's mayor announcing that today, knowing debby's sporadic rainfall will last for days, and the flooding is just getting started. tonight debby's deluge unleashed on america's southeast coast. >> this is as bad as i've seen it. >> reporter: in florida, floodwaters swallow huge chunks of sarasota. while nearby officials and a good samaritan rescue a woman from a submerged car, carrying her to safety. the deadly tropical storm now slamming south carolina and georgia, dumping up to 14 inches of rain since sunday night. with several cars left stranded after water rescues there. >> my wife was, like, maybe we should pack the car and get out of here, because we have a 3-month-old at home. >> really. >> reporter: in what some fear will mark a once in a 1,000-year rain event. lots of lights out in the charleston harbor. you can see how choppy the weather, and heavy bands of wind and rain have been rolling in throughout the morning. just outside of charleston, several tornadoes we

>> maggie vespa, thank you. >>> and just breaking this evening, u.s. intelligence officials say iran targeted the trump campaign with a hacking operation. kelly o'donnell is following this. kelly, what more do we know? >> reporter: well, lester, as you know, iran had already been the top suspect, but with this joint statement the u.s. government is saying it is confident that iran is behind attempts to hack donald trump's campaign. mr. trump had said so publicly himself. and the officials point out that iran is trying to interfere with both campaigns and the u.s. election, in part by using electronic interference. sending what's known as phishing e-mails and one that reached long-time informal trump adviser roger stone. lester? >>> all right. kelly o'donnell, thanks. join us for wall-to-wall coverage on the convention tonight streaming on news now. and starting at 10:00 be sure to join us on nbc for president biden's speech. >>> now to the deadly flood emergency in the northeast. with almost a foot of rain causing catastrophic flash flooding, many sayi

the deputy involved fired and charged with murder, and as maggie vespa reports, the tragedy is puttingice hiring practices under new scrutiny. >> reporter: how did a man with two dui convictions and a history of personnel problems get hired by an illinois sheriff's office where he'd end up shooting sonya massey? >> i rebuke you in the name of jesus. >> reporter: the sangamon county sheriff calls the vetting of new hires an informal process. >> we call and check references on the phone and don't demand they give us everything, because it's a professional courtesy. >> reporter: he says that courtesy failed to unearth two citizen complaints from his past, and allegations he lied about a high-speed chase. >> knowing what you know now, was it a mistake to hire sean grayson? >> we were satisfied that he could work as a police officer in illinois. >> i know you say based on what you knew at the time, it seemed like a good hire. i'm asking, based on what you know now, was it a good hire? >> that's speculation. i'm not going to speculate as to what we should have done with hindsight. >> reporte

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embassies maggie vespa joins us now -- maggie, how big is this march and what the calling for? >> reporter: this is the first of seven permitted marches permitted by the city, scheduled throughout the dnc. we also know several are unpermitted so suffice to say is just getting going. they are about to march here down michigan avenue. what they are demanding, frankly, is a slew of things. this group is called bodies outside of unjust laws. they are demanding, they are protesting abortion rights, demanding abortion rights. they are demanding lgbtq protections on the federal level and they are also protesting the war in gaza. i will let our camera push in just a little bit you can see as they go in with their speakers up, you can see they have flags, signs. it speaks to the list of -- that we are talking about in this first protest. they are just waiting a little bit to get going. now they can swing it back over this way i want to talk to you about the police presence here in chicago. that's obviously gotten a lot of attention. we will bring the camera this way and if we can just s

correspondent maggie vespa sat down with the sheriff amid the growing scrutiny. >> she's upset and shechizophrenia. >> heard on newly released 911 calls warning her daughter was having a mental breakdown. >> don't send any combative policemen that are prejudice. >> they just do their job, okay. >> i'm scared of the police. >> nothing to be fearful of man. >> the call came in one day before then deputy sean grayson shot and killed massey in her springfield, illinois, home. >> i feel threatened. >> it sounds like sonia's mom was trying to warn authorities, warn your agency, how does that hit you now knowing what happened? >> well i haven't heard the tape. i'm concerned. i want our deputies to have all of the information they can before they arrive so i don't know why that wasn't transmitted. >> sheriff jack campbell releasing grayson's personnel records showing two of his past employers saying he needed more training and he did not demonstrate good officer safety skills. he put grayson through 16 weeks ever training adding his previous employers never showed lying about a high-speed chas

joining us now, nbc's maggie vespa.pecially going into this holiday weekend? >> yeah, exactly. this timing is crucial, jose. they should know these viruses are still rare. we're seeing this bizarre strain. this morning heading into the long holiday weekend, there are new concerns buzzing for those eager to soak up the final days of summer outside. >> we have had a lot of ebs tra -- extra rain so there's a lot of mosquitos around. >> reporter: mosquito born illnesses continue to plague parts of the country. >> sitting on my back porch for ten minutes, and i have like ten bites. >> wisconsin officials announcing two deaths linked to west nile virus, making two dozen deaths nationwide, with 300 cases reported in 33 states, and now there's a sixth case of eastern equine encephalitis, that has killed one man. >> i think it's going to be a significant concern in the future. >> reporter: cities taking action, spraying neighborhoods to help protect residents. for those heading to a lake for labor day, be on high alert. mosquito

nbc's maggie vespa is reporting from chicago's union park. i know they had some arrests, what can you tell us? >> yeah, chris, they had between 50 and 60 arrests at the protests last night. you can see cpd is back out here waiting for a fourth straight night of protests on the third night of the dnc. we had one on sunday, showing you the video from last night, you can see how chaotic night three of protests got. it was the most chaotic by far. behind enemy lines, they wanted to clash with chicago police, they named the event, make it great like '68. and clashes ensued indeed, cpd also telling us two officers sustained minor injuries last night, but wanted to continue policing the demonstration because they said they just basically wanted to keep doing their jobs on the streets of chicago. again, up to 60 arrests, they tell us no demonstrators were hurt. this is what chicago police superintendent snelling had to say earlier. >> make it great like '68. that was what they brought here to chicago. it's 2024. and the chicago police department prov

nbc's maggie vespa joins us now from chicago.gie, how is this march and what are they calling for? >> reporter: so, jonathan, from what we can tell, we're talking about several hundred to maybe 1000 people. this is the first of seven permitted marches, throughout the dnc. we also know of several that are unpermitted. suffice it to say, it is just getting going. they are about to march down michigan avenue. what they are demanding is a slew of things. this group is called bodies outside of unjust laws. they are demanding -- protesting basically abortion rights or demanding abortion rights, and demanding lgbtq protections on a federal level, and they're also protesting the war in gaza. you can see as they get going with their speakers up. you can see they have flags, signs, and it just speaks to the list of causes we are talking about in this first protest. they are just waiting a little bit to get going. now, back this way, i want to talk to you about the police presence here in chicago, because that has gotten a lot of attention.

maggie vespa join us from springfield, illinois, just outside the courthouse. what's the latest?rter: the late zest that he remains behind bars ahead of his murder trial. the start date was tbd. his defense team is appealing the judge's decision to keep him behind bars. they talked about that briefly giving the judge a heads up that we have appealed your ruing. that's being handled by a higher court. the two motions they kind of dealt with more substantively here today was, first, the defense said they want more time to review discovery in the case. the judge granted that. the defense also submitting a motion about media coverage of the trial to try to limit cameras in the courtroom. the judge continuing that motion to the next hearing, which is october 21st at 9:00 a.m. in the meantime, sonia masty's family, two dozen people, are packing that courtroom every single time there is a hearing. no matter how minor or quick it might seem, whether he's there in person or zoom, no matter how procedural that day's procedures in court might be. they want to be there every single time. her

lucky to be alive. >> our thanks to maggie vespa for that record.teorologist brittanys shipp is here. >> it's great to see you, too. unfortunately, we still have to deal with the heat risk. we have lots of heat that's going to affect 45 million people. heat index values up to 100 degrees. temperatures that warm, humidity, you definitely have to stay hydrated. all in kansas city, under heat advisory or heat warning. omaha will reach 101 degreeser feels like 108. dallas, and you notice the heat dome shifts to the east. that means we're not getting rid of it anytime soon. this is going to last and extend into most of the work week, the school week, for many locations across the nation. nashville by tomorrow, 100 degrees. and then you'll notice new york city by wednesday, still in the 90s. 94 degrees, thursday, friday, we'll seal the temperatures navigating down. nashville the entire week. even in atlanta, temperatures in the upper 90s. we also want to talk about a severe weather threat as we head into the afternoon and evening. this is going to places

maggie vespa is there now. what's the scene like? >> reporter: we're going to step back a little bit so you can see the size of the crowd. several thousand people have gathered at union park. you can see speakers at the stage to my left. they're going to start marching in the next half hour to the united center. we're going to show you where everyone is gathered as we kind of set the scene here. we're going to walk out this way. this is the coalition to march on the dnc. this is 270 largely pro-palestinian groups who have come here to basically, as you said, demand a change to the u.s.'s policy when it comes to the war in gaza and funding of israel. people have been telling us here, it doesn't make a difference to them that it's now vice president harris leading the ticket instead of president biden. they say to them it's exactly the same. what they wanted to do is gather like minded people from all over the country. they were promising up to 25,000. i got to be honest, i don't think we're anywhere close to that number. this is a mas

maggie vespa is in charleston, south carolina. >> reporter: debby's deluge unleashed on america's southeast coast. >> this is as bad as i've seen it. >> reporter: in florida, floodwaters swallow huge chunks of sarasota. while nearby, officials and a good samaritan rescue a woman from a submerged car, carrying her to safety. the deadly tropical storm now slamming south carolina and georgia, dumping up to 14 inches of rain since sunday night, with several cars left stranded after water rescues there. >> my wife was like, maybe we should pack the car and get out of here, because we have a 3 month old at home. >> reporter: the rain set no fall for days, a once in a 1,000-year rain event. lots of whitecaps in the charleston harbor. can you see how choppy the water is. heavy bands of rain and wind have been rolling in. several tornados were reported. >> one of these tornados hit this arby's restaurant. and this is what's leflts. the insides of the restaurant completely gutted. tables, chairs, glass, bits of insulation scattered across the parking lot. >> reporter: the system moving at a stubbornl

maggie vespa is outside the courthouse in springfield.reporter: yes, basically today first grayson's defense time touched on their appeal to a higher court to basically get grayson out of jail pretrial. he's been in jail basically this entire time ahead of his first-degree murder trial. start date is tbd. the team acknowledges to the judge we know you know that we've appealed your decision, so it was touched on briefly. then they moved on. the two main motions. number one, the defense team wanted more time to review discovery in the case. the judge granted that. number two, they filed a motion tied to media coverage of the case. we're working to get the details of that. presumably trying to kind of limit cameras in courts, the ability to maybe broadcast it life, things like that. so the judge continued that motion until the next court date,th 21st, at -- october 21st at 9:00 a.m. so important to sonia massey's family. >> i know you said many of her family members were in that room. you spoke to one of the relatives. what are they saying?

nbc's maggie vespa is live in charleston, south carolina, for us today.e debby's round one. what's happening now? the storm's getting stronger? >> reporter: the storm is essentially getting stronger. it's 60 miles offshore, gaining strength over those warm waters. it's set to make landfall here again tonight. this is the remnants from round one. this is flood water that's being pumped from under basically the city, from charleston's sewer system. i'll show you over here the generator that they have running, we have several of these just along the water line here in charleston harbor. so they're trying to get the flood water out from round one knowing they're likely going to have a round two here in the carolinas as debby kind of charges back north. we have some video of some of the damage that, again, round one did here in the area, including when debby made landfall as a category 1 hurricane in florida, then became a tropical storm, charging yesterday through georgia. the carolinas, the flood waters were intense. the tornado damage was also just jaw drop

here's maggie vespa. >> reporter: this summer of severe weather slamming communities from coast-to-coast. >> the whole tree just went down. >> reporter: from hail in new england to a torrential downpour in minnesota that sent state fair goers running, and triple deet heat index values broiling tens of millions across the midwest and now expanding east. in philadelphia, close to 60 schools are closing early, with nearly 100-degree temps expected. >> they're not fully equipped with air conditioning. >> reporter: chicago feeling like a mind-blowing 115 degrees. >> that's crazy. >> isn't that crazy? >> it's horrible. >> reporter: how did that hit you? >> it's terrible. >> reporter: crowds retreating to lake michigan. and calling ac repair shops in droves. >> our call volume is probably up 30% versus last week. >> reporter: do you feel like the really hot stretches have become more common? are you seeing more of them? >> yes. i think they become more common, where we've had, like, weeks at time where we're seeing hundred-degree days. ten years ago, we used to see them occasionally. >> reporte

confirmed in more than 30 states now, and tonight one family tells our maggie vespa the virus has leftson paralyzed and fighting for his life. >> reporter: tonight, more american families in agony. >> it's hard to see him like this. >> reporter: in st. louis, john proctor's once healthy 18-year-old son lies paralyzed on a ventilator at barnes jewish hospital after john says bb got west nile virus from a mosquito bite earlier this month. how does that hit you this was in all likely doctors say a mosquito bite, and here we are. >> it's hard to fathom how such a small, insignificant creature can take a perfectly 100% healthy human being and make it so that they can't even move or support their head and they can't regulate their body temperature. and it's causing havoc on his body that fast. >> reporter: the proctor family's nightmare marking another alarming severe case of mosquito-borne virus. today, wisconsin public health officials revealing two people there died this month from west nile. the deaths in wisconsin come as west nile cases hit 33 states across the country. experts point t

but, first, maggie vespa is in springfield, illinois, where it is already warm there. temperatures set to soar today. maggie, good morning. >> reporter: craig, good morning. yeah, that's right. with less than a month to go until the start of fall, huge swaths of the midwest are set to reach well over 100 and wild weather building across the country. from raging floods and violent hurricanes, the soaring temps sizzling america's heartland. this summer of severe weather is not letting up. in the midwest a brutal heat dome fueled by high pressure. chicago's record high of 97 degrees could be broken. at an air force show in kansas, dozens were treated. 17 had to be hospitalized for heat-related issues. >> the biggest thing we see is dehydration and heat exhaustion. >> reporter: and in alaska, deadly landslide causing the downing of power lines and forcing residents from their homes also a concern. at least one person was killed and several others injured. all of it comes as the violent hurricane season rages on. over the weekend, hawaii was slammed by hurricane hone with h

maggie vespa there for us on the story.nk you. >> let's bring in al and get more on the storm and the massive amount of rain, where it's all headed next. al, what's on your plate? >> here is the deal, this thing will have a high impact all along the eastern sea board. 45 mile-per-hour winds. moving northeast. we have tornado watches now for the carolinas right along the coast from charleston up to wilmington until 4 this afternoon. now, here is what's going to happen. this system will meanders out into the atlantic and then making a second land fall in south carolina just north of charleston, sometime probably around thursday afternoon, bringing anywhere from 7 to 20 inches of rain and then making its way up the eastern sea board through saturday on into sunday. already causing the northeast would have had very heavy rain earlier in the next 24 hours. so they've got a high risk a moderate risk of rain fall and flooding from new york to washington, also along the southeastern atlantic coast today. tomorrow, high risk from wi

. >> maggie vespa, thank you for that. as we have been saying, all eyes will be on vice president kamala harris. here is a live picture of her making her way now in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, she is expected to board the flight from pennsylvania where she has been campaigning all day with her running mate, governor walz, they're going to be flying to chicago momentarily to be arriving there ahead of the democratic national convention, which officially starts tomorrow morning. you see there vice president kamala harris, staffers, as well as others that have been with her throughout the course of the day at the tarmac in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. >>> let's switch gears now and bring into the conversation with us james, president of the arab american institute, cofounder of the uncommitted national movement, as well as peter, msnbc political analyst and author of the buying art notebook. it is great to have all three of you with us. i guess i will start with you, because you cofounded this uncommitted movement in michigan. obv

i want you to listen to what some folks told maggie vespa when she was talking to folks at the beachm from texas. i moved up here to get away from the heat. >> it's followed you. >> yeah. it followed me here. >> i'm glad i'm not outside working. that would be tough. if you're working construction, if you're doing lawn care and all those kinds of things, that's a tough day. >> i'm glad i'm not outside working. i wish i could say the same thing, chris, but i'll tell you so many people are still in chicago and they know it's august. they know it's going to be hot here. we connect this always to and we think about the worsening climate crisis that we're dealing with. it is always dangerous to connect any one heat wave to when we're seeing and when you look at the trends, there are many midwestern cities that are seeing a top three hottest year on record. when you look at much of the west and even cities out east they're facing their hottest year on record and that trend is something that we're continuing to see go on. shaquille brewster, we appreciate you and your crew. thank you so much

. >> maggie vespa is in chicago, outside the convention center, chicago's deputy mayor had strong words about the protests from last night, what did he say and why did things escalate last night? >> reporter: well, as far as why they escalated depends on who you ask, the city, they say the protesters with the group went behind enemy lines wanted to clash with police and they succeeded. two people from the protest, two demonstrators were treated and released at the hospital and two officers also sustained minor injuries. the deputy mayor spoke at a press conference earlier today, listen to how he criticized last night's demonstration. >> last night it wasn't a protest. what we had we had people who came down to the city to cause harm, to wreak shav vok and they were met with the best trained police department in the country. >> if you ask the protesters, by the way, they didn't want to talk to us last night the group said in their speeches, multile pl protesters told us, dozens of people in their words brutally arrested tonight. outside the israeli consulate. in chicago. that was last ni

. >> let's bring in maggie vespa, she's covering the protests, what are you seeing out there and what are protesters and police saying. >> reporter: i'll start by showing the crowd size, massive baseball diamond soccer field complex, union park here in chicago, we're talking about 3,000 to 5,000 out here for what they're calling the coalition to march on the dnc, you can see obviously they're gathering, they're speaking. we're expecting them to march here shortly. they'll march on a 1.1 total mile route, in a loop going within blocks of the united center, this is a pro-palestinian march, they want a cease-fire in gaza, people out here it doesn't make any difference to them that it's now vice president harris instead of president biden, they have a message to democrats as a whole. take a listen. >> should send a message to them they need to change their ways. they can't keep supporting israel with our tax dollars. >> i want her to say i support an arms embargo and a permanent cease-fire now. >> will you vote for her in november if she doesn't say that? >> i'm not sure. >> reporter: chi

take out this vespa. he made it to columbus and broadway, where he slammed into a civilian's car, injuring him. sonza ran from that scene, officers finally catching him a few blocks away in chinatown. >> he was in the driver's seat of our car when the car rammed it. >> our car. so he's got three? yeah, i can feel it. >> i'm starting to feel my back. kind of lock up. >> tighten up. yeah. songs that injured two officers in that civilian. at first, prosecutors charged sanzo with several counts of assault upon a peace officer with a deadly weapon hit and run. evading an officer with willful disregard, leaving the scene of an accident, resisting arrest and a misdemeanor possession of burglary tools. in a plea deal, all the charges got dismissed except a single count of evading an officer. >> so i was really surprised to know that they that they really dropped, you know, almost everything. >> that court proceeding also included an incident from february 2nd of last year. police responded to the japantown garage

joining us, nbc news correspondent maggie vespa with more. >> reporter: this morning, heading to thel days of summer outside. >> we have had a lot of extra rain, a lot lof mosquitos around. >> reporter: rare but deadly mosquito-borne illnesses continue to plague parts of the country. >> you're sitting on my back porch for ten minutes, and i go back inside, and i've got like ten bites. >> reporter: wisconsin officials announcing two deaths linked to west nile virus, making for nearly two dozen deaths nationwide with nearly 300 cases reported in 33 states. and now there's a sixth case of eastern equine encephalitis, eee, the virus found in five states that has killed one man. >> i think it's going to be a significant concern in the future. >> reporter: cities, taking action. spraying neighborhoods to help protect residents. for those heading to a lake for labor day, be on high alert. mosquitos look for still, fresh water. and be sure to apply a deep-based insect repellent on your sunscreen. in missouri, john proctor wishes his family had known about the danger of mosquito-borne illness

nbc's maggie vespa is in chicago with that story. >> reporter: good morning. yeah, when it comes to mosquitos and the outdoors, officials are stressing safety with two more deaths linked to west nile. this time in wisconsin. and the father of a teenager paralyzed by the virus saying he thinks the threat is closer to home than people realize. this morning, heading into the long holiday weekend, there are new concerns buzzing for those eager to soak up the final days of summer outside. >> we have had a lot of extra rains and a lot of mosquitos around. >> rare but potentially deadly mosquito born illnesses plague parts of the country. >> it is crazy. you are sitting on my back porch for ten minutes and i go back inside and i have like ten bites. >> reporter: wisconsin officials linking two deaths to west nile, with nearly 300 cases reported in 33 states. and now there is a sixth case of eastern equine encephalitis or eee, the virus found in five states that's killed one man. >> i think it will be a significant concern in the future. >> reporter: cities taking act

but we'll start with nbc's maggie vespa is in chicago where school is back in session near 100 degrees morning. maggie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. that's right. by the way, good morning from the place where our team actually found so many people, we think, skipping school and skipping work yesterday to try and seek some refuge. we expect more massive crowds along lake michigan today with the heat index today in chicago forecast to hit 115 degrees amid a summer that won't seem to let up. this morning, a dangerous late summer scorcher slamming the midwest with millions set to experience some of the hottest temperatures of the year. >> this is probably the hottest summer we've had in a while. >> reporter: in chicago, where the heat index is expect to hit a jaw-dropping 115 degrees, crowds are flocking to lake michigan. >> the sand will burn your feet. >> reporter: chicago public schools stressing all classrooms have air-conditioning. >> we're making sure that all of our children are safe. >> reporter: mother nature's severe weather footprint stretching far and wide, with fl

nbc's maggie vespa joins us live from chicago with the latest. of them traced back to mosquito bites that experts say look totally normal, but could be deadly. >> reporter: this morning, in the peak of summer mosquito season, two families are sounding alarms about rare mosquito-born illnesses, and the dangers they pose. in suburban st. louis, 18-year-old john proctor vi, known as bb, lays paralyzed in a hospital bed on a ventilator. his father says it started earlier this month when the recent high school graduate complained about headaches and dizziness. then symptoms escalated. >> his speech was slurred, he couldn't raise his arms up and he couldn't smile. >> reporter: hospital doctors placing the previously healthy teen in intensive care. the diagnose, west nile virus from a mosquito bite, paralyzing him from the neck down. the family praying he'll recover. this as the family of steven perry, a 41-year-old new hampshire man, killed by a rare eee virus speaks out, writing in his obituary, the director of nursing services and avid boston sports