>>> HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY SAID >>> HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY SAID JUST HOURS EARLIER THAT NO, HE DID NOT GET CHECKED OUT BY A DR. >> HAS THE PRESIDENT HAD ANY MEDICAL EXAM SINCE HIS PHYSICAL IN FEBRUARY? >> WE WERE ABLE TO TALK TO HIS DOCTOR ABOUT THAT AND THAT WAS A NO. >> INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE HOPED THAT THEY CAN DO DAMAGE CONTROL ON TV, ABC THING THEY WILL AIR THE FIRST POSTDEBATE INTERVIEW WITH THE PRESIDENT TOMORROW IN PRIME TIME, INSTEAD OF SUNDAY AS PREVIOUSLY PLANNED. ALL OF IT COMING AS PRESSURE BUILDS FROM INSIDE THE PRESIDENT'S OWN PARTY. TWO HOUSE DEMOCRATS HAVE CALLED FOR THE PRESIDENT TO GIVE UP THE NOMINATION AND IN JUST THE LAST FEW HOURS, ANOTHER SAID HE IS NO LONGER THROWING HIS ABSOLUTE SUPPORT BEHIND THE PRESIDENT. WE HAVE DISCOVERED FROM ALL ANGLES TONIGHT. WE WANT TO START OFF AT THE WHITE HOUSE. WHAT DOES THE NEXT 2 DAYS LOOK LIKE AS PRESIDENT BIDEN TRIES TO MOVE FORWARD HERE? >> Reporter: ONE IMPORTANT THING TO LOOK AT THE NEXT FEW DAYS IS REALLY THE TIMING OF THE PRESIDENTS FUTURE EVENTS, ESPECIALLY IN THE WAKE OF THOSE COMMENTS, AS WE KNOW, HE MET WITH DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS YESTERDAY AND HE SAID DURING THE MEETING THAT HE WOULD LIKE MORE -- HE SUGGESTED ONE WAY TO DO THAT WOULD BE TO HOLD MORE EVENTS BEFORE 8:00 P.M., BUT REGARDLESS THERE IS GOING TO BE A MASSIVE SPOTLIGHT ON THE PRESIDENT THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. WE KNOW THAT TOMORROW HE IS HEADING TO BATTLEGROUND WISCONSIN, ESTATE HE NARROWLY WON FROM RESIDENTIAL BEEN 2020. HE'S GOING TO HAVE A RALLY THERE AND THEN HE WILL SIT DOWN WITH THAT PRIMETIME INTERVIEW ON ABC NEWS, THAT HIGH-STAKES INTERVIEW EXPECTED TO ADDRESS THAT DEBATE PERFORMANCE LAST WEEK. QUESTIONS LEADING INTO THE WEEKEND CAN REALLY BE NARROWED DOWN TO WHETHER THE PRESIDENT CAN HANDLE THIS ADDED SPOTLIGHT, THIS ADDED ATTENTIO , WHETHER THIS ADDED ATTENTION POTENTIALLY RAISES THE LIKELIHOOD OF HIM MAKING A MISSTEP, AND OF COURSE WHETHER THE DAMAGE DONE AT THE DEBATE IS REVERSIBLE. >> GOING MORE VOCAL DURING ALL OF THIS, OUR ALLIES AND VP KAMALA HARRIS. THEY SAID THAT THE PRESIDENT, IF HE STEPS ASIDE IS GOING TO BE HER TURN. HAS ANYTHING THAT WE ARE HEARING BOTH PUBLICLY AND IN THE BEHIND-THE-SCENES INDICATED THAT THE VICE PRESIDENT HERSELF MIGHT BE EMBRACING THAT? >> Reporter: WE KNOW THIS IS A MATTER OF DISCUSSION PRIVATELY, BUT AT LEAST PUBLICLY THE WHITE HOUSE IS ADAMANT. THEY ARE SAYING THAT THIS IS NOT WITHIN THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY. THEY SAY THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN IS GOING NOWHERE IN THIS RACE. THEY HAVE DEDICATED SO MUCH EFFORT OF PRESENTING THIS IMAGE OF SOLIDARITY AND UNITY BETWEEN PRESIDENT BIDEN AND VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS. WE HAVE SEEN THE VICE PRESIDENT IN RECENT DAYS COME OUT AS ONE OF THE PRESIDENT'S FIERCEST DEFENDERS. WE ALSO KNOW THEY SHARE LUNCH AS THEY DO SOMETIMES, LUNCH YESTERDAY. AS FAR AS THE POLLING GOES, EVEN THOUGH VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS IS THE MOST EXPECTED BACKUP OPTION, POLL AFTER POLL SHOWS SHE IS NOT NECESSARILY THE MOST IDEAL CHOICE FOR DEMS. THE ELECTION IS LIKELY TO COME DOWN TO TURNOUT AND ENTHUSIASM. >> THOSE NUMBERS DO LOOK MORE FAVORABLE FOR HER. THANK YOU. >>> JULIE LET'S GO OVER TO YOU NOW. YESTERDAY WE SAW THAT GROUP OF DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS COME OUT FROM THE WHITE HOUSE AND FURTHER FULL SUPPORT BEHIND THE PRESIDENT. WHAT I AM WONDERING IS THAT THE CASE FROM THE DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS? >> Reporter: ABSOLUTELY NOT. I THINK THAT IS REALLY WHAT IS CONCERNING TO PRESIDENT BIDEN AND HIS CLOSEST CIRCLE OF ADVISORS. THIS ISN'T JUST PUNDITS ON TELEVISION TALKING ABOUT HIS DEBATE PERFORMANCE. THESE ARE HIS ALLIES ON CAPITOL HILL. I TALKED TO ONE DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKER ON CAPITOL HILL YESTERDAY ANONYMOUSLY OF COURSE WHO TOLD ME THIS ISN'T JUST A ONE-OFF SITUATION. WE HAVE BEEN IN ROOMS WITH THE PRESIDENTS BEFORE. WE KNOW THE DEBATE PERFORMANCE WAS BAD, FAR BELOW HIS BASELINE, BUT HE DID APPEAR PERHAPS WE CAN MORE TIRED IN RECENT MEETINGS WITH LAWMAKERS, AND THIS IS CONCERNING TO THEM, BECAUSE THIS IS SOMEBODY THEY LOVE AND RESPECT. THIS IS NOT A LEGACY THAT THEY WANT TO SAVOR PRESIDENT BIDEN, ESPECIALLY IF HE LOSES THE TRUMP SHOULD HE STAY IN THE RACE BECAUSE OF HIS DEBATE PERFORMANCE. WE DO ALSO HAVE DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS THAT MAYBE OUR NOT COMING OUT PUBLICLY AND TELLING BIDEN TO STEP ASIDE, BUT PRIVATELY THEY ARE THINKING SO AND PUBLICLY COMING PRETTY CLOSE TO THAT. HERE IS SCOTT PETERS A DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKER FROM CALIFORNIA JUST TODAY. >> WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT THEIR PLAN IS TO WIN THIS ELECTION AND TURN THESE NUMBERS AROUND. IF THEY DON'T HAVE A PLAN, THEN I THINK WE HAVE TO MOVE IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. >> YOU ARE NOT SAYING YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY SUPPORTING HIM. >> I DON'T THINK WE CAN AT THIS POINT. THE POINT IS TO WIN THE ELECTION. >> Reporter: DEMOCRATS ARE PANICKING IN THE CAPITAL. YOU HAVE A LOT MORE OF THEM THAN 20 DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS. YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR A LOT MORE OPINIONS FROM VULNERABLE DEMOCRATS IN VERY DIFFICULT DISTRICTS WHO ARE WORRIED ABOUT THEIR OWN REELECTION. YOU SEE SOME OF THOSE NAMES AND FACES ON YOUR SCREEN. THEY WILL BE WAITING FOR THE INTERVIEW THAT BIDEN DOES IS WEAKENING HIS CAMPAIGN SPOTS. >> THE QUESTION IS IF THAT GRAPHIC WILL INCLUDE MORE PEOPLE GOING FORWARD. >>> NOW BRIAN SELTZER IS STILL WITH US. WE ARE LEARNING TODAY THAT WE WON'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL SUNDAY FOR THE PRESIDENT'S FIRST SITDOWN INTERVIEW SINCE THE DEBATE. HE WILL NOW AIR ON FRIDAY AS A PRIMETIME SPECIAL. WHAT SHOULD WE BE READING FROM THAT MOVE? >> Reporter: WE SHOULD READ INTO THE FACT THAT IT IS A CHANGE, THIS IS A VERY URGENT CRISIS, AND THE WHITE HOUSE KNOWS THE STAKES OF THIS INTERVIEW, AND FURTHERMORE THAT ABC KNOWS HOW IMPORTANT THIS INTERVIEW IS. IT IS REALLY INCREDIBLE THAT THE DEBATE HAPPENED MORE THAN A WEEK AGO, AFTER -- EXACTLY ONE WEEK AGO, 7 DAYS AGO, AND THE PRESIDENT HAS NOT BEEN INTERVIEWED AT ANY LENGTH IN ANY FORM EXCEPT FOR A COUPLE OF RADIO INTERVIEWS THAT WERE ON MULTIPLE STATIONS. THIS INTERVIEW THAT HAPPENS TOMORROW, IT WILL BE TAPED DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY AND RELEASED FOR A PRIMETIME ON FRIDAY NIGHT, IT IS THE FIRST AND MAYBE THE ONLY CHANCE FOR BIDEN TO ADDRESS THE NATION ABOUT WHAT WENT WRONG AT THE DEBATE AND TO PROVE THAT HE HAS THE STAMINA TO STAY IN THE RACE AND DAY AS PRESIDENT. TO BE FRANK, THIS IS THE BIGGEST INTERVIEW OF GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS'S LIFE. USED TO BE AN AIDE TO GEORGE CLINTON AND NOW HE'S GOING TO BE INTERVIEWING A DIFFERENT DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT. >> THE OPPORTUNITY IS THERE BUT WHAT IS HE GOING TO SAY? WE KEEP GETTING EXCUSE AFTER EXCUSE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. HE HAD A CALL, HE FLEW THROUGH A DOZEN TIMES ON THE WAY TO THE DEBATE. AND ESSENTIALLY HE'S BEEN STAYING UP WORKING TOO LATE. ARE ANY OF THESE EXCUSES GOING TO SATISFY AMERICANS THAT ARE STILL UPSET BY WHAT THEY MAY HAVE SEEN IT LAST WEEK'S DEBATE? >> Reporter: THE SHORT ANSWER IS NO, BECAUSE NONE OF THE EXCUSES HAVE REALLY ADDED UP TO DATE, AND SOME OF THE HAVE ANSWERS ARE QUITE TROUBLING. IF THE PRESIDENT SAYS HE NEEDS MORE SLEEP, THAT HE CAN BE FUNCTIONING AT ALL HOURS, THAT SHOULD BE WORRISOME TO VOTERS AND IS WORRISOME TO MANY VOTERS. OF COURSE WE KNOW THERE ARE MANY THINGS HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME. SOME FANS HAVE ALREADY WRITTEN A BIDEN IS SENILE. MANY BIDEN FANS ARE HORRIFIED BY THIS ENTIRE NEW CYCLE. WHEN ALL OF THIS TO GO AWAY. I THINK SOME ARE IN DENIAL ABOUT HOW SERIOUS THIS CRISIS IS TO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. I THINK PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT AUDIENCE FOR THIS INTERVIEW TOMORROW ARE VOTERS WHO ARE ON THE FENCE, WHO HAVE
NOT MADE UP THEIR MIND YET NOT MADE UP THEIR MIND YET ABOUT BIDEN. >> WHAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT HERE IS IT'S NOT THE BROADCAST AUDIENCE HERE, BUT THOSE READING THE PAPERS. I WANT TO ASK ABOUT THIS OP-ED WE SAW AT THE WASHINGTON POST EDITORIAL BOARD. IT'S A HYPOTHETICAL FOURTH OF JULY SPEECH FROM THE PRESIDENT WHERE HE WITHDRAWS FROM THE RACE. THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF SAID THIS IS THEORETICAL, BUT WHAT IS TO BE READ FROM WASHINGTON'S TOP PAPER DOING THIS AND BRADLEY HAVE THE NATION'S PAPERS, HAVE THEY TURNED THE TIDE ON THE PRESIDENT? >> Reporter: YES, AND I THINK IN SOME WAYS VOTERS WERE AHEAD OF THE MEDIA, VOTERS YEARS AGO WERE SAYING THAT BIDEN WAS TOO OLD TO BE PRESIDENT, TO ALTER RUN AGAIN. THAT WAS BAKED INTO VOTERS SEDIMENT, AND NOW THE MEDIA IS AHEAD OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY BASE, BECAUSE MEDIA, EDITORIAL BOARDS, THE WASHINGTON POST EDITORIAL, THEY ARE IMAGINING A WORLD WHERE BIDEN IS NO LONGER PRESIDENT. THERE ARE ACTIVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHETHER KAMALA HARRIS IS ABOUT TO BECOME THE FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED DATES. THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL THOUGHT ON THIS JULY 4th ABOUT A MORE PERFECT UNION, A MORE DIVERSE UNION IN THIS COUNTRY, BUT THERE'S A LONG WAY TO GO BEFORE WE GET TO ANYPLACE LIKE THAT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> AS WE ARE COMING ON THE AIR TONIGHT, IT LOOKS LIKE A LANDSLIDE VICTORY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WITH EXIT POLLS SHOWING A MAJOR WIN FOR THIS CENTRAL LEFT LABOUR PARTY. MILLIONS VOTING IN THE ELECTION MARKING THE END OF 14 YEARS OF CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP IN A COUNTRY THAT IS A CRUCIAL ALLY TO THE U.S. THE LEADERS OF BRITAIN'S MAIN POLITICAL PARTIES ARRIVED AT THE POLLING STATIONS EARLIER TODAY, THAT IS LABOUR PARTY LEADER KEIR STARMER ON THE LEFT, AND PRIME MINISTER CONSERVATIVE PARTY LEADER RISHI SUNAK ON THE RIGHT. THAT PARTY HAS HAD TO DEAL WITH BACK TO BACK CHALLENGES SINCE TAKING POWER BACK IN 2010. FIRST THERE WAS A FOLLOW-UP FROM THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS THAT REALLY GREW BRITAIN'S DEBT, AND IN THE UK LEFT THE EUROPEAN UNION, AND THEY ALSO HAD TO DEAL WITH ONE OF THE DEADLIEST COVID-19 OUTBREAKS IN WESTERN EUROPE, AND THEN MORE RECENTLY IT'S NOT INFLATION SORE AFTER RUSSIA INVADED UKRAINE. A LOT OF VOTERS BLAME THE PARTY FOR THOSE ISSUES AND MORE. REF SANCHEZ JOINS ME NOW FROM DOWNING STREET IN THE UK. WHAT ARE THE EXIT POLLS SHOWING US? WHAT IS THE LATEST ON THIS ELECTION TODAY? >> Reporter: SO, THE POLLS CLOSE ACROSS UNITED KINGDOM JUST 10 MINUTES AGO. WE HAVE THESE EXIT POLLS. WE SHOULD STRESS THESE ARE NOT FINAL RESULT, BUT THEY ARE PROJECTING AND ABSOLUTELY CRUSHING DEFEAT FOR THE RULING CONSERVATIVE PARTY, AND THEY ARE PROJECTING THAT TOMORROW MORNING, THE LEADER OF THE PROGRESSIVE LABOR PARTY WILL WALK THROUGH THAT DOOR BEHIND ME, AND DOWNING STREET, AS THE NEW PRIME MINISTER OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF THE NUMBERS WE ARE LOOKING AT HERE, THESE EXIT POLLS ARE PROJECTING THAT LABOUR, WHICH HAS BEEN OUT OF POWER SINCE 2010 , IS GOING TO MORE THAN DOUBLE ITS NUMBER OF SEATS IN PARLIAMENT, AROUND 410 SEATS OVERALL, BUT THE CONSERVATIVES ARE GOING TO LOSE ABOUT HALF OF THEIR SEATS IN PARLIAMENT. THEY WILL BE DOWN TO AROUND 130. THAT, IF IT COMES TO PASS, WOULD BE HE WORST PERFORMANCE FOR THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY SINCE THE SECOND WORLD WAR. IT WOULD BE AN INCREDIBLY DRAMATIC TURNAROUND SINCE THE LAST ELECTION IN 2019, WHEN THE CONSERVATIVES WON A PRETTY COMFORTABLE MAJORITY OF 80 SEATS. NOW, THE LABOUR PARTY HAS NOT WON AN ELECTION IN THIS COUNTRY SINCE TONY BLAIR WAS IN CHARGE BACK IN 2005. AND WE SHOULD SAY THAT THIS EXIT POLL IS ALSO PROJECTING THAT BRITAIN'S POPULACE NEW RIGHT-WING PARTY CALLED REFORM,
WHICH IS STRONGLY ANTI WHICH IS STRONGLY ANTI IMMIGRATION, WHICH IS RUN BY A BRITISH ALLY OF DONALD TRUMP, IS APPARENTLY GOING TO WIN 13 SEATS, WHICH IS MORE THAN MANY PEOPLE WERE PREDICTING. >> A MASSIVE TIE CHANGE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> IN THE WEST THE WEATHER IS PACKING A DOUBLE WHAMMY WITH AN HISTORIC STRETCH OF SCORCHING HOT WEATHER, AND CREWS TRYING TO CONTAIN FIRES REACHING ACROSS THE REGION. HUNDRED 30 MILLION PEOPLE ARE UNDER HEAT ALERTS TODAY WITH THE BIG AREAS OF CONCERN, CALIFORNIA AND THE SOUTH. TEMPERATURES COULD REACH NEAR 120 DEGREES OVER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND AND THE INTERIOR VALLEYS OF CALIFORNIA, AND IN THE SOUTH IT IS ANOTHER DAY OF EXTREME HEAT AND HUMIDITY WITH HEAT INDICES TOPPING UP AT 110 DEGREES. ALL OF THAT RAISING THE RISK FOR FIRES. SOME 20,000 PEOPLE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HAVE HAD TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES BECAUSE OF THE THOMPSON FIRE THAT HAS BURNED THROUGH MORE THAN 3500 ACRES AND IS ONLY 7% CONTAINED
RIGHT NOW. RIGHT NOW. MEANWHILE IN THE CARIBBEAN, HURRICANE BERYL IS GRADUALLY GETTING WEAKER AS WE ASSESS THE DAMAGE BEHIND IN HIS PATH FROM THE CAYMAN ISLANDS EARLIER TODAY AND ACROSS JAMAICA OVERNIGHT. TWO ARE DEAD AFTER THE STORM BROUGHT DOWN POWER LINES AND LEFT HUNDREDS HOMELESS OR IN SHELTERS. WE WILL HAVE A REPORT FROM THERE IN A MINUTE AS MICHELLE GROSSMAN HAS OUR FORECAST. WE WILL START OFF WITH STEVE PATTERSON IN ORO VAIL, CALIFORNIA. SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD A PACK UP AND GO AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF THIS FIRE. WHAT ARE YOU HEARING ON THE GROUND? >> Reporter: I VISITED ONE OF THE LOCAL SHELTERS. IT IS UNBELIEVABLE THE STORIES THAT THEY TELL. WE SPOKE TO ONE WOMAN, LYNETTE BAILEY. SHE HAD TO ESSENTIALLY, SAW THE FLAMES, SAW THE SMOKE, PACKED UP EVERYTHING IN HER CAR AND THEN DROVE. ONE, HER DOG, AND TWO, HER 90- YEAR-OLD FATHER. IMAGINE HAVING TO PACK UP EVERYTHING YOU OWN IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE, NOT KNOWING WHAT'S GOING TO BE THERE WHEN YOU GET BACK, AND THEN JUST DRIVING. THAT IS WHAT SHE IS GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW. SHE'S AT A LOCAL SHELTER, BUT BECAUSE OF HER DOG, SHE IS NOT ABLE TO GO INSIDE THE SHELTER. FOR THE PAST TWO NIGHTS SHE HAS BEEN SLEEPING OUTSIDE IN WHAT IS ONLY DESCRIBED AS THE TEMPERATURE IS INSUFFERABLE. IT IS 110 DEGREES RIGHT NOW. 108 DEGREES YESTERDAY. IT WAS LIKE THIS ALL DAY YESTERDAY. IT WILL BE LIKE THIS ALL DAY TODAY. HORRIFIC FIREFIGHTING CONDITIONS, BUT EVEN WORSE FOR PEOPLE WHO HAD TO LEAVE WITH JUST THE CLOTHES ON THEIR BACK. LISTEN TO THIS.
>> I'M MORE WORRIED ABOUT MY DAD >> I'M MORE WORRIED ABOUT MY DAD -- A BROTHER OR A SISTER THAT CAN TAKE HIM IN WHERE HE'S COOLER, BUT HE DOESN'T WANT TO LEAVE. >> Reporter: HEARTBREAKING TO HEAR, BUT NO OTHER OPTIONS. MEANWHILE FIREFIGHTERS ON THE FRONT LINES HERE. OBVIOUSLY 26 TO 28,000 PEOPLE EVACUATED FROM THEIR HOMES. FOUR STRUCTURES DESTROYED, AND FIREFIGHTERS DO HAVE NOW WHAT THEY CONSIDER SIGNIFICANT CONTAINMENT. 7% DOESN'T SOUND LIKE MUCH, BUT COMPARED TO WHAT IT WAS WHEN WE WERE HAVING RED FLAG WIND, THEY ARE MAKING PROGRESS THAT'S SLOW GOING WITH THIS INTENSE HEAT. I'M NOT EVEN PUTTING THE WATER BOTTLE DOWN TO TALK TO YOU, BECAUSE IT IS SO DIFFICULT JUST TO STAND HERE. >> JUST ABSOLUTELY HEARTBREAKING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> NOW LET'S TURN TO JAMAICA WHERE SAM BROCK IS COVERING THE AFTERMATH OF HURRICANE BERYL. >> Reporter: GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M REPORTING RIGHT NOW HALFWAY BETWEEN KINGSTON AND TREASURE BEACH WHERE WE HAVE SOME OF THE WORST DAMAGE FROM BERYL WAS INFLICTED. YOU HAVE ALL OF THESE TREES OUT THERE IN THE ROADWAYS. THIS IS ALL WE HAVE BEEN SEEING FOR THE LAST 30 TO 40 MINUTES DRIVING AT WEST, JACKKNIFING CARS TRYING TO GET THEIR WAY AROUND TRAFFIC. AT THE SAME IME WE HAVE ALSO SEEN POWERLINES THAT ARE DOWN WITH MANY VEHICLES COMING VERY, VERY CLOSE TO THESE POWERLINES. YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHY THE PRIME MINISTER OF JAMAICA IS URGING PEOPLE PLEASE DON'T GO NEAR THEM, KEEP YOUR DISTANCE. WE DO HAVE UPDATED INFORMATION TO GIVE YOU AS WELL. THE CONSTABULARY FORCE, JAMAICA'S POLICE FORCE, HAS CONFIRMED THERE HAVE BEEN TWO DEATHS RELATED TO THE STORM, ONE OF THEM A 26-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO WAS PLAYING SOCCER AT THE TIME WITH FRIENDS AS THE STORM IS COMING THROUGH, AND UNFORTUNATELY THE BALL LEFT THEIR STADIUM. HE WENT TO RETRIEVE IT IN THE WATER. HE WAS SWEPT UP BY THE FLOODING HAS DIED. THEIR THOUGHTS ARE OF COURSE WITH HIS FAMILY. THERE WAS ALSO A 26-YEAR-OLD GIRL IN THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF THE ISLAND WHERE SHE HAD A TREE FALL ON HER WHILE SHE WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF HER YARD AND SHE PASSED AWAY. THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO CONFIRMED FATALITIES WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT IS A NUMBER EXPECTED TO POTENTIALLY RISE AS YOU SEE ALL THESE FOLKS TRYING TO GET BACK AND FORTH TO WHEREVER THEIR HOMES MIGHT BE. MEDICATIONS IN MANY AREAS ARE COMPROMISED AT THE MOMENT, BUT AS THEY COME BACK ONLINE WE WILL GET MORE INFORMATION WE EXPECT ABOUT INJURIES AND MORE FATALITIES. LASTLY THERE WERE ABOUT 1000 PEOPLE ACCORDING TO THE GOVERNMENT WHO ENDED UP IN SHELTERS LAST NIGHT. THOSE ARE NOW ONLY RETREATING BACK TO THEIR HOMES, BUT VERY MUCH A SITUATION IN FLUX AS WE HEAD UP TO TREASURE ISLAND WHICH APPARENTLY SUSTAINED THE WORST DAMAGE. SAM BROCK, NBC NEWS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> I AM HERE WITH MICHELLE GROSSMAN. HE WAS SAYING IN FLUX. WHAT OTHER AREAS COULD BE IN FLUX WITH FURTHER IMPACTS OF HURRICANE BERYL? >> Reporter: WE ARE LOOKING AT THE YUCATAN PENINSULA AND POSSIBLY THE U.S. THIS IS MORE OF A SCENARIO OF SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, THE WATERS ARE SO WARM GIVING THE STORM POWER. WE ARE MENTIONING IT WEAKENED TO A CATEGORY 2 STORM BUT THAT IS A VERY STRONG STORM. WE NEED ONE MORE MILE-PER-HOUR TO MAKE IT A CATEGORY 3 STORM. WE ARE RIGHT ON THE CUSP OF A MAJOR STORM STILL. IS 250 MILE EAST SOUTHEAST OF MEXICO. IT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OFF TO THE WEST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR. IT HAS BEEN MOVING VERY QUICKLY FOR ITS ENTIRE LIFESPAN. THAT IS THE ONLY SAVING GRACE. RIGHT NOW WE ARE SEEING THAT CATEGORY 2 STORM. NOTICE ALL OF THE TROPICAL OTHERS OVER THE YUCATAN PENINSULA. IT WILL MAKE LANDFALL OVER THE YUCATAN PENINSULA. THAT WOULD BE THE SECOND LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY 1 STORM. CATEGORY 2 STORM. STILL A CATEGORY 2 STORM FRIDA , 12:00 A.M. IT WILL MAKE LANDFALL. THEN IT WILL WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL STORM. IS ENCOUNTERING SOME WINDSHEAR THAT TEARS IT UP A BIT, AND THEN IT WILL WEAKEN AS IT GOES OVER THE TERRAIN OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA. THEN LOOK WHAT HAPPENS. STILL A TROPICAL STORM AS WE GO TO SATURDAY AT 12:00. THEN THIS IS WHERE THINGS START TO GET INTERESTING. WE RESTRENGTHEN BECAUSE THE GULF IS AWARE, AND AGAIN A CATEGORY 1 STORM. AND THEN NOTICE THIS CONE OF UNCERTAINTY. WE HAVE TO LOOK FROM HERE ALL THE WAY FROM HERE TO KIND OF ANTICIPATE WHERE THAT LANDFALL IS GOING TO BE. THAT CERTAINLY ENCOMPASSES PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN TEXAS, ALSO MEXICO. THIS IS WHAT WE ARE WATCHING OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. WE ARE STILL VERY FAR AWAY TO DETERMINE THE EXACT LANDFALL, BUT ANYWHERE FROM LATER SUNDAY INTO EARLY MONDAY. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> RIGHT NOW, JULY 4th CELEBRATIONS ARE HAPPENING ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY, AND EARLIER IN ANNUAL TRADITION, CROWNED A NEW CHAMPION. PATRICK BRITTA LEDDY WINNING HIS FIRST TITLE AT THE NATHAN'S HOT DOG EATING CONTEST TODAY IN CONEY ISLAND. T8 58 HOT DOGS AND JUST 10 MINUTES. AT ONE POINT I THINK IT WAS SEVEN HOTDOCS PER MINUTE. WE HAVEN'T SEEN SO FEW HOT DOCS EATEN SINCE 2010. THAT WAS WHEN KATY PERRY'S "CALIFORNIA GIRLS" WAS THE SON OF THE SUMMER. THE REASON? MEANING CHANT JOEY CHESTNUT WHO HOLDS THE RECORD AT 76 HOTDOCS WASN'T COMPETING IN IT AFTER HE SIGNED US BONSER SHIP DEAL WITH IMPOSSIBLE FOODS, A PLANT-BASED IMITATION MEAT BRAND THAT WE TOLD YOU ABOUT. MEANWHILE OVER ON THE WOMEN'S SIDE WE HAD A NEW WORLD RECORD.
MIKI SUDO HOLDING ONTO IT HER MIKI SUDO HOLDING ONTO IT HER TITLE CHOWING OUT. FOR EVERYONE ELSE CELEBRATING WITH MORE MILD FESTIVITIES, SECURITY DOES REMAIN TOP OF MIND FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT. POLICE ARE ON HIGH ALERT AND OUT IN FULL FORCE MONITORING FOR ANY SIGNS OF THREATS. HOW? USING TECHNOLOGY LIKE DRONES AND EVEN COUNTERTERRORISM BOATS TO KEEP LARGE CLIP CROWDS SAFE. WE ARE ON A BOAT ON THE POTOMAC RIVER WHEN WE LOOK AT HIM IN A MOMENT, BUT LET'S START OUT WITH EMILY OVER IN NEW JERSEY WHERE PEOPLE WILL SEE NEW YORK CITY'S FIREWORKS SHOW IN JUST A FEW HOURS FROM NOW. WHAT ARE OFFICIALS LOOKING OUT AS A THREAT FOR THE FIREWORKS DISPLAY THIS EVENING? >> Reporter: WE HAVE A FRONT ROW SEAT TO THE LARGEST FIREWORKS DISPLAY IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. I CAN TELL YOU THAT SECURITY ON BOTH SIDES OF THE HUDSON RIVER ARE BEEFING UP PATROL WITH FIREWORKS SET TO LAUNCH ON WHAT WILL BE BARGES MOVING IN BEHIND ME. FEDERALIST AUTHORITIES SAY THAT RIGHT NOW THERE IS NO CREDIBLE THREAT TO THESE EVENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, BUT WE ARE HEARING FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND THEY ARE ON HIGH ALERT. WE HAVE SEEN AN INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN ACCORDING TO A SOURCE THAT INDICATES A LEADING CONCERN AT THIS POINT IS SOME KIND OF WHAT WOULD BE A LOAN ACTOR OR LONE WOLF THAT WOULD BE TRYING TO CARRY OUT SOME KIND OF AGENDA. AGAIN THAT IS ACCORDING TO A SOURCE. THE NYPD TODAY SAYS IT IS ROLLING OUT ITS BIGGEST PRESENCE EVER FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS WITH DRONES, DOGS, THOUSANDS OF POLICE OFFICERS, BOTH IN UNIFORM AND PLAINCLOTHES. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE PRESENCE YOU SEE. IT'S ALSO STUFF GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES. THEY ARE ALSO UTILIZING THERMAL IMAGING AS WELL. I WILL TELL YOU, WE ARE OUT HERE. WE STILL HAVE A COUPLE OF HOURS BEFORE THE FIREWORKS BEGAN, BUT ALREADY THOUSANDS OF SPECTATORS HAVE BEGUN TO LINEUP, TO FLOCK TO THE WATERS EDGE. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IT'S BEING HELD ON THE HUDSON RIVER SINCE 2013. OFFICIALS EXPECT THE NUMBERS TO ACTUALLY REACH INTO THE MILLIONS , JUST TALK ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL BE GATHERING HERE. THE SHOW IS AT AROUND 25 MINUTES. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> LET'S BRING IN GARY. YOU ARE IN THE POTOMAC, ON THE POTOMAC? TELL US ABOUT WHAT OFFICIALS ARE DOING THERE TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE. IT LOOKS VERY ACTIVE. TELL US ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE DOING RIGHT NOW. >> Reporter: HELLO FROM THE POTOMAC RIVER. WE ARE ON DC FIRE ABOUT 2 HERE -- AS YOU CAN SEE, THESE FOLKS ARE PATROLLING THE RIVER, MAKING SURE EVERYONE IS SAFE. YOU SEE SOME OF THE RAIN ON THE RADAR IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THIS SCREEN. YOU ALSO SEE FOLKS NOT MINDING AT ALL THAT IT IS RAINING. BOATS ARE ANCHORED THROUGHOUT THE POTOMAC RIVER. AND THIS IS ALL PART OF A JOINT OPERATION BETWEEN THE COAST GUARD, METROPOLITAN POLICE, IT AGENCIES UP AND DOWN THE AREA IN THE REGION OF THE DMV. ONE OF THE THINGS THEY ARE FOCUS ON HERE IS BOATING SAFETY, MAKING SURE FOLKS JUST LIKE IN THEIR CAR, IF YOU ARE DRINKING YOU ARE NOT DRIVING. THEY SAY IF YOU ARE BOATING HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS AND ENJOY YOURSELF, BUT MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A DESIGNATED DRIVER AS WELL. VERY SIMILAR, FIREWORKS SAFETY. BE VERY SAFE WHEN YOU LIGHT THEM OFF LATER TONIGHT. HERE'S WHAT THE FIRE MARSHAL HERE IN DC HAD TO SAY. >> ILLEGAL FIREWORKS, THEY CAN BE GOING OFF A LOT FASTER THAN YOU ANTICIPATE, SO THEY CAN EXPLODE OR LAUNCH BEFORE YOU CAN ANTICIPATE, AND THAT CAN CAUSE BRAIN INJURIES AND TRAUMA LIKE INJURIES TO HANDS AND FINGERS AND IT CAN EVEN CAUSE DEATH. THESE ARE INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS. LEAVE THAT TO THE PROFESSIONALS. >> Reporter: THERE IS A REAL PATCHWORK OF LEGALITY WHEN IT COMES TO FIREWORKS. HERE IN DC YOU CAN'T HAVE ANYTHING AS A CONSUMER THAT GOES OFF THE GROUND. YOU CAN HAVE SPARKLERS AND THINGS THAT ARE PLAYFUL ON THE GROUND. IN VIRGINIA THINGS ARE VERY DIFFERENT. IF YOU LIVE IN MASSACHUSETTS YOU CAN'T HAVE ANY FIREWORKS AT ALL. YOU HAVE TO GO TO ONE OF THE PROFESSIONAL FIREWORKS SHOWS. I WANT TO SHOW YOU AROUND A LITTLE BIT LONGER HERE, WHAT FOLKS ARE LOOKING AT OUTSIDE. WE HAVE THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT TO THE LEFT. YOU HAVE BOATS IN THE WATER, ALL THESE BOATS TRYING TO GET A GOOD SPOT TO SEE ONE OF THE LARGEST FIREWORKS SHOWS IN THE ENTIRE NATION. WE DO EXPECT THE RAIN TO LET UP IN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. >> THE WHITE HOUSE CREW HAS SAID THE RAIN HAS EVEN DELAYED THE DC BARBECUE OVER AT THE WHITE HOUSE. HOPEFULLY THE WEATHER CLEARS UP. HOPE IT CLEARS UP. THANK YOU. >>> COMING UP, TAKING OVER THE MIAMI AIRPORT IN A WAY THAT MIGHT SURPRISE YOU. >>> BUT FIRST THE NEW INVESTIGATION INTO AN OLYMPIC BUILDING SCHEDULE. WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE SUMMER GAMES WITH THE COUNTDOWN CLOCK LICKING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO
PARIS. >>> MORE AMERICANS TURN TO NBC >>> MORE AMERICANS TURN TO NBC NEWS THAN ANY OTHER NEWS ORGANIZATION. >>> THE BIRD FLU MAKING BREAKFAST A BIT OF A NIGHTMARE FOR ONE FAST FOOD CHAIN, BUT
FIRST -- FIRST -- >>> THREE WEEKS OUT FROM THE SUMMER OLYMPICS, THE TOPIC MINIATURE HAS BEEN SUBPOENAED TO TESTIFY IN A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION INTO A CHINESE DOPING SCANDAL. WORLD AQUATICS CONFIRMED THE U.S. INVESTIGATION TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AND IT IS CENTERED AROUND THE CASE OF 23 CHINESE SWIMMERS WHO TESTED POSITIVE FOR A BANNED SUBSTANCE IN 2021, BUT WERE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE COMPETING IN THE TOKYO GAMES. 11 OF THOSE ARE SWIMMERS WHO TESTED POSITIVE ARE SET TO COMPETE IN PARIS. WE ARE JOINED NOW BY DAVID. WHAT ELSE DO WE KNOW ABOUT WHY THE UNITED STATES IS DOING THIS INVESTIGATION IN THE FIRST PLACE? >> Reporter: THE REASON THAT THE U.S. IS DOING THIS INVESTIGATION IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO SO UNDER A RELATIVELY RECENT AND PRETTY CONTROVERSIAL LAW THAT WAS PASSED IN 2020 IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE MAJOR RUSSIAN DOPING SCANDAL AT THE TIME. IT ALLOWS U.S. AUTHORITIES TO INVESTIGATE INTERNATIONAL DOPING CONSPIRACIES, DOPING SCHEMES, EVEN IF THEY DON'T DIRECTLY INVOLVE AMERICAN ATHLETES, AS LONG AS THEY INVOLVE ATHLETES FROM OTHER COUNTRIES COMPETING IN COMPETITIONS THAT DO INCLUDE AMERICAN ATHLETES OR SPONSORS OR BROADCASTERS. THAT IS MY INNOCENCE AND SWEAR ABLE, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A SCHEDULE INVOLVING TINY SWIMMERS AND THE WORLD ANTI- DOPING AUTHORITIES, NO AMERICAN ATHLETES ARE BEING ACCUSED OF ANYTHING HERE, IT IS THE FBI AND THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE THAT IS LEADING THIS INVESTIGATION. >> AN OPEN QUESTION ABOUT THE U.S. AUTHORITY, BUT REMIND US ABOUT WHAT WENT DOWN IN 2021, BECAUSE WE ONLY JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO AND ABOUT THE POSITIVE TEST IN THE FIRST PLACE. >> Reporter: THE STORY HERE BASICALLY IS THAT 23 CHINESE SWIMMERS PRIOR TO THE LAST OLYMPICS, THE 2021 OLYMPICS IN TOKYO, TESTED POSITIVE FOR A BAND PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRU . HOWEVER THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES IN THE WORLD ANTI- DOPING AUTHORITIES SUBSEQUENTLY CLEARED THEM ON THE GROUNDS THAT THEY HAD ACCIDENTALLY, THERE WAS AN ACCIDENTAL MASS CONTAMINATION EVENT AS THEY CALLED IT AND THEY WERE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TOKYO GAMES. NO 11 OF THOSE SWIMMERS, A THIRD OF THE CHINESE OLYMPIC SWIMMING TEAM, IS GOING TO COMPETE AGAIN AT THE OLYMPICS IN PARIS. THIS ACCORDING TO A LOT OF PEOPLE CASTS A SHADOW OVER THE SWIM EVENT THIS YEAR BECAUSE SOME SWIMMERS FEAR THAT THERE IS NO REASON TO HAVE COMPETENCE IN THE DOPING REGULATIONS GOING INTO THIS YEAR'S GAME. >> CERTAINLY IT WILL OVERHANG THOSE EVENTS HAPPENING LATER ON THIS MONTH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> LET'S GET YOU OVER TO THE FIVE THINGS OUR TEAM THINKS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT TONIGHT, STARTING UP WITH NUMBER ONE, SEAN DIDDY COMBS NOW THE SUBJECT OF A FEDERAL CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION ACCORDING TO TWO SOURCES FAMILIAR WITH THE MATTER, WHO ALSO SEE A FEDERAL GRAND JURY IN NEW YORK IS HEARING EVIDENCE AS PART OF THE INVESTIGATION, BUT THERE IS NO INDICATION THAT CHARGES ARE IMMINENT JUST YET. OF COURSE THIS COMES THREE MONTHS AFTER HIS HOUSES WERE RAIDED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS. COMBS LAWYERS DID NOT RESPOND TO A REQUEST FOR COMMENT. >>> NUMBER TWO, McDONALD'S LOCATIONS ACROSS AUSTRALIA CUTTING BREAKFAST HOURS BECAUSE OF, GET THIS, AN EGG SHORTAGE CAUSED BY THE BIRD FLU. REQUEST NO ENDING 90 MINUTES EARLIER THAN NORMAL, THE COMPANY SAYING IT IS, QUOTE, WORKING HARD WITH OUR FARMERS AND SUPPLIERS TO RETURN THIS BACK TO NORMAL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. AGAIN IN AUSTRALIA, NOT HERE. >>> NUMBER THREE, IT IS THE END OF AN ERA FOR FLOPPY DISKS IN JAPAN. THE GOVERNMENT THERE IS GETTING RID OF THE STORAGE DEVICES FOR ALL OF ITS SYSTEMS. IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. THE FLOPPY DISK WAS PATENTED BY IBM IN 1972. THAT BY THE WAY WAS WHEN "THE GODFATHER" WAS TOPPING THE BOX OFFICE. >>> THE PARENT COMPANY OF SAKS FIFTH AVENUE SIGNING A DEAL TO BUY RIVAL NEIMAN MARCUS FOR OVER $2.6 BILLION. THE TWO LUXURY RETAIL BRANDS WILL NOW BE HELD BY A NEW COMBINED COMPANY WHICH WILL IN CLUED THE SAKS FIFTH AVENUE AND BERGDORF GOODMAN BRANDS. THIS IS WHY DEPARTMENT STORES TRY TO COMPETE AGAINST e COMMERCE. >>> NUMBER FIVE, IT IS A SUMMER AT THE NIIMI AIRPORT. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. A MYSTERIOUS GREEN LIQUID COVERING A CONCOURSE FLOOR THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS. FIRST AIRPORT OFFICIALS SAID IT WAS SOME KIND OF CHEMICAL, BUT LATER SAID IT WAS ACTUALLY JUST WATER FROM THE AC SYSTEM THAT HAD GREEN DYE AND IT MEANT TO HELP TRACY LEAK TO ITS SOURCE. THEY SAY IT IS NONHAZARDOUS AND IS NOT CAUSING ANY MAJOR CANCER DELAYS, ALTHOUGH THAT LOOKS PRETTY SKETCHY TO ME. >>> WE ARE LEARNING ABOUT A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AT A BEACH IN TEXAS WHERE ONE SWIMMER WAS ATTACKED BY A SHARK. IT COMES AS NEARLY 100 BEACHES IN AT LEAST 10 STATES ARE CLOSED. SWIMMERS ARE WARNING PEOPLE NOT TO SWIM THERE THIS HOLIDAY BECAUSE OF HIGH LEVELS OF DANGEROUS BACTERIA IN THE WATER. IT'S HIGH LEVELS OF SOMETHING CALLED CYANOBACTERIA THAT CAUSES BLUE-GREEN ALGAE. RESEARCHERS SUGGEST THOSE ALGAE BLOOMS ARE HAPPENING MORE OFTEN BECAUSE OF CLIMATE CHANGE. ORGAN CHESKY IS JOINING US NOW. LET'S START OFF WITH THE SHARK ATTACK IN TEXAS. WHAT ELSE DO WE KNOW RIGHT NOW? I UNDERSTAND THAT IS BREAKING TODAY. >> Reporter: NEW DETAILS COMING IN BY THE HOUR. WE KNOW THE ATTACK REPORTEDLY HAPPENED AROUND 11:00 THIS MORNING NEAR SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, AN INCREDIBLY POPULAR DESTINATION FOR FOURTH OF JULY FOR HOLIDAY TRAVELERS. THAT WARNING ISSUED BY THE COAST GUARD AFTER THAT REPORTED ATTACK. WE ARE SEEING VARIOUS REPORTS COMING IN FROM WITNESSES THAT WERE THERE ON THE BEACH SAYING THIS MAN WAS ATTACKED IN RELATIVELY SHALLOW WATER, BITTEN IN THE FIVE. WE HAVE SEEN IMAGES, THOUGH NOT INDEPENDENTLY CONFIRM BY NBC, AND FIRST RESPONDERS TREATING AN INDIVIDUAL ON THE TECH'S SPEECH AND THEN BEING LOADED ONTO A STRETCHER AND BEING TAKEN AWAY TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL. WE DON'T HAVE ANY WORD ON HIS PACIFIC CONDITION, BECAUSE COURT OFFICIALS ARE STRESSING THAT THIS ATTACK WAS ALLEGEDLY ONE OF SEVERAL, PROMPTING THAT WARNING TO BEACHGOERS TO GET OUT OF THOSE GULF COAST WATERS THERE. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS CERTAINLY OUT OF THE NORM FOR THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY. WHILE WE HAVE BEEN REPORTING OUR ATTACKS BOTH IN FLORIDA AND CALIFORNIA, THOSE HAPPENING ON THE TEXAS COAST IS FORMER RARE. >> ASIDE FROM BEING GROSS, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE BACTERIA ON THE SPEECHES THAT HAVE BEEN CLOSED BECAUSE OF THIS. HOW DANGEROUS CAN THAT BE FOR PEOPLE'S HEALTH? >> Reporter: IT DEPENDS ON THE EXPOSURE TO THE WATER AND SPECIFICALLY WHAT BEACH YOU ARE AT. IT IS GOOD PRACTICE FOR ANYBODY TO CHECK THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR GOING TO SPECIFIC BEACHES HERE, BECAUSE THE DIFFERENCES FROM ONE BEACH TO THE NEXT DEPENDING UPON THE LEVEL OF TOXINS THAT HAVE BEEN FOUND IN THOSE WATERS, I WANT TO SHOW YOU A LIST OF SOME OF THE SYMPTOMS THAT CAN BE PRESENT INNE'S BODY IF THEY COME INTO CONTACT WITH THIS BACTERIA HERE. YOU CAN HAVE SOME G.I. ISSUES, THAT'S NEVER FUN. SKIN INFECTIONS. BUT ON A MORE SERIOUS NOTE, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT DAMAGE TO YOUR KIDNEYS, LIVER, OR REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS FROM CERTAIN ALGAE BLOOMS. I HAVE CERTAIN MAPS HERE THAT CHECK ANY CALIFORNIA BEACHES THAT HAVE BEEN CLOSED OR HAVE WARNINGS ISSUES. WE KNOW THERE ARE SEVERAL IN THE SAN DIEGO AREA THAT HAVE BEEN SHUT DOWN TO THE PUBLIC ENTIRELY. OTHER MORE POPULAR BEACHES SUCH AS THOSE NEAR SANTA MONICA, MALIBU, THAT HAVE AT LEAST HAD ADVISORIES PUT OUT. ANY BIT OF INFO YOU HAVE BEFORE GOING TO THE BEACH WITH THE HOLIDAY SEASON COMING IS CERTAINLY GOING TO BE USEFUL, BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS CAN VARY FROM BEACH TO BEACH HERE, ALL DEPENDENT UPON ITS PROXIMITY IS WHAT COULD BE A POLLUTED WATERWAY OR OTHER TOXINS THAT HAVE CAUSED A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT. >> SO IMPORTANT FOR THOSE HEADING OUT TO THE BEACHES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. >>> COMING UP, A SUPER SCARY SCENE PICK A SPINNING SWING RIDE COLLAPSING ON ITS SIDE, IT IS ALL CAUGHT ON VIDEO.'S FORMAT PLUS, WE WILL SHOW YOU IT'S NBC NEWS NOW. >>> FOR TONIGHT'S ORIGINAL NOW WITH IN-DEPTH REPORTING ON THE TOPIC WE'VE BEEN WATCHING, AND TONIGHT IT IS A HORRIFIC SHOOTING THAT TOOK LICENSE OUT TOMORROW ONE YEAR AGO THIS WEEK. TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND 28 OTHERS WERE HURT, MOST OF THEM IN THEIR TEENS, AND MOURNERS OF THE VICTIMS HAVE NOW COME TOGETHER TO SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER. TONIGHT THEY ARE SPEAKING OUT EXCLUSIVELY TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME. >> Reporter: TAMIKA AND CRYSTAL CANNOT STOP THINKING ABOUT THE NIGHTMARE THEY EXPERIENCED ONE YEAR AGO. >> -- LIKE THERE IS NO TOMORROW, AND THEN SEEING OUR KIDS JUST WANTING TO ENJOY THEMSELVES. >> Reporter: THEIR CHILDREN, 20- YEAR-OLD -- AND 18-YEAR-OLD OLEA GONZALEZ WERE SHOT AND KILLED DURING THE WORST MASS SHOOTING IN BALTIMORE AS HIS TREE. 28 OTHERS WERE WOUNDED. >> I FOUND MY SON, BUT IN ORDER FOR ME TO GET TO MY SON -- >> THE WAY SHE SCREAMED, AND A MOTHER WOULD HAVE FELT THAT IN THEIR BONES. >> THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE WORST NIGHT OF MY LIFE. >> Reporter: THEY DIED AFTER PEOPLE STARTED SHOOTING AT THE BROOKLYN DAY EVENT, AND ANNUAL BLOCK PARTY HELD IN THE BROOKLYN HOMES COMMUNITY. >> HE WAS SUPPOSED TO LEAVE ON THAT MONDAY, SO YEAH, HE WANTED TO GO AND HELP PEOPLE. >> OLEA WAS THE WARMEST, COMPASSIONATE, MOST BEAUTIFUL SOUL I'VE EVER ENCOUNTERED. IT SHOULD'VE NEVER HAPPENED. IT COULD'VE BEEN PREVENTED. >> Reporter: THAT SENTIMENT
THAT THIS DID NOT HAVE TO HAPPEN THAT THIS DID NOT HAVE TO HAPPEN ECHOED BY BALTIMORE'S TOP BRASS. LAST YEAR, AYOR BRANDON SCOTT RELEASED A REPORT DETAILING THE ACTION OF MULTIPLE CITY AGENCIES. ALTA MOORE'S POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS SINGLED OUT FOR FAILING TO RESPOND TO MULTIPLE WARNINGS AS THE CROWD SWELLED TO AN ESTIMATED 900 PEOPLE. AND FOR OFFICER INDIFFERENCE TO SEVERAL CALLS FOR HELP, AND ROUTING REPORTS THAT SOME IN THE CROWD WERE ARMED. >> THEY DIDN'T GIVE A DARN, PLAINLY AND BLUNTLY. >> MA'AM, I'M TRYING TO LOCATE YOUR ADDRESS. OKAY? >> HELP. -- THEY ARE SHOOTING -- >> IT DOWN, MA'AM. GET DOWN. >> THE PEOPLE THAT WERE CALLING, BEGGING FOR SOMEONE TO COME HELP THEM, IT WAS HEARTBREAKING. >> Reporter: LAST WEEK, BALTIMORE'S POLICE ANNOUNCED A DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST EIGHT OFFICERS AND FOUR STAFF MEMBERS. TWO OF THEM ARE FACING TERMINATION. HER MAC THE BELIEF WILL LEASE SHOULD HAVE BEEN AT THIS ANNUAL EVENT? OR MAKING A STATEMENT NBC NEWS, BALTIMORE'S POLICE SAID IN PART THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS MADE SEVERAL ARRESTS AND SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN ADDRESSING THE ISSUES FROM THE BROOKLYN DAY SHOOTING, AND THAT THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. THAT IS NOT ENOUGH FOR THEIR MOTHER'S. THEY ARE PLANNING TO SUE THE CITY. >> Reporter: EXPLAIN WHY YOU ARE SUING. >> BECAUSE THE POLICE NEGLECTED THIS COMMUNITY. THEY DID NOT ACT THE WAY THEY SHOULD HAVE ACTED TO POLICE AND PROTECT AND SERVE. >> THESE PEOPLE CAN GO ON IT THEY CAN FIND ANOTHER JOB. HERE IT IS, TAMIKA AND I ARE LIVING A LIFE SENTENCE. >> YAMICHE ALCINDOR JOINS ME NOW. WHAT STUCK OUT TO ME WAS SAYING THIS COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED. WHAT ELSE ARE YOU HEARING FROM THE MOTHERS? >> Reporter: THESE MOTHERS ARE JUST HEARTBROKEN, BECAUSE THE MURDERS OF THEIR CHILDREN REMAIN ON ALL, THOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN PEOPLE WHO HAVE TAKEN PLEA DEALS RELATING TO THE
SHOOTING IT WELL. SHOOTING IT WELL. THEY WANT TO SEE JUSTICE BOTH AND WHO MURDERED THEIR CHILDREN, BUT ALSO THE POLICE OFFICERS THAT FIELD THEIR CHILDREN. I HEARD ABOUT THEM TALKING ABOUT WANTING TO MOVE FORWARD, AND CRYSTAL, SHE IS SOMEONE WHO SAYS THAT SHE MOVED FROM NEW JERSEY TO MARYLAND BECAUSE HE WAS WORRIED ABOUT SHOOTINGS, AND NOW SHE HAS LOST HER DAUGHTER TO THE GUN VIOLENCE SHE WAS TRYING TO FLEE. SHE'S ALSO NOW HOSTING A DAY CALLED AALIYAH DAY WHERE SHE HAD BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS AND POSITIVITY FOR KIDS, BECAUSE SHE WANTS TO PUT SOME POSITIVITY IN THE WORLD. FOR TAMIKA, SHE SAID SHE REALLY WANTS THE COMMUNITY OF BROOKLYN HOMES WHERE SHE IS TO LIVE BEFORE THE SHOOTING HAPPENED, AND NOW SHE HAS MOVED. SHE WANTS THAT COMMUNITY TO SEE THAT SHE'S STRONG. SHE SAID SHE IS FOCUSED ON TRYING TO ALSO BE A GREAT GRANDMOTHER. SHE WANTED THAT DAUGHTER NOT TO WANT FOR ANYTHING, BUT IT'S REALLY TOUGH, BECAUSE THEY WANT A LOT OF ANSWERS. THERE ARE SO MANY QUESTIONS TO HOW THIS SHOOTING WENT DOWN. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THAT REPORTING. >>> AND BASIE COVERS HUNDREDS OF STORIES EACH DAY BECAUSE IT IS TOUGH TO READ, WATCH, OR LISTEN TO THEM ALL, THE BUREAU TEAMS OF DONE IT FOR YOU. THIS IS WHAT THEY TELL US IS GOING ON IN THEIR REGIONS IN A SEGMENT WE CALL THE LOCAL. OUT OF OUR MIDWEST BUREAU, HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS HOLDING ITS FOURTH OF JULY PARADE FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THAT DEVASTATING SHOOTING TWO YEARS AGO LEAVING SEVEN PEOPLE DEAD AND 48 OTHERS HURT. THE DAY STARTING WITH A REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY FOR THE VIC HYMNS. YOU CAN SEE THAT RIGHT HERE WITH THE PARADE NOW TAKING A DIFFERENT ROUTE THAN IT USED TO TO BYPASS THE SCENE OF THE SHOOTING. >>> TO THE WESTERN BUREAU MY NEW SECURITY FOOTAGE SHOWING A DOG ACCIDENTALLY STARTING A FIRE IN A COLORADO HOME. POLICE SAY HE GOT A BIT CURIOUS WITH THE BOXES ON TOP OF THE STOVE WHEN HIS PAW SOMEHOW TURNED THE STOVE ON AND LIT IN FLAMES. THANKFULLY ONE OF THE HOMEOWNERS QUICKLY EXTINGUISHED IT. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR SMOKE INHALATION, BUT EVERYONE EXPECTED TO BE OKAY . >>> ALSO OUT OF THE WESTERN BUREAU, A NIGHTMARISH SCENE AT A CARNIVAL OVER IN WASHINGTON STATE WHERE A SWING RIDE TOPPLED OVER. YOU CAN SEE IT ON ITS SIDE RIGHT HERE. SIX PEOPLE WERE HURT IN THE INCIDENT. THE RIDE SHUT DOWN AND THE CARNIVAL IS NOW CLOSED FOR THE REST OF THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. EVERYONE IS EXPECTED TO BE OKAY, WITH OFFICIALS STILL INVESTIGATING HOW THIS HAPPENED. >>> COMING UP, THE CRUCIAL PHONE CALL AND NEW HOPE FOR A >>> PRESIDENT BIDEN IN ISRAELI >>> PRESIDENT BIDEN IN ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SPEAKING ON THE PHONE TODAY ABOUT ONGOING EFFORTS TO FINALIZE A CEASE-FIRE DEAL. THE PLAN CONSIDERED INCLUDES A PHASED CEASE-FIRE IN GAZA AND THE RELEASE OF ALL HOSTAGES STILL HELD BY HAMAS IN RETURN FOR A TRUTH AND WITHDRAWAL FROM ISRAELI ENFORCEMENTS FROM GAZA. AT THIS POINT NEITHER SIDE HAS FULLY EMBRACED THE PLAN. MATT BRADLEY HAS MORE FROM TEL AVIV. >> Reporter: FINALLY A GLIMMER OF HOPE AFTER MONTHS OF FAILED NEGOTIATIONS TO TRY TO RELEASE THOSE REMAINING HOSTAGES IN THE GAZA STRIP. THERE WAS A PHONE CALL TONIGHT BETWEEN BIDEN, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, AND BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, THE ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER. THEY DISCUSSED HAMAS' RESPONSE
TO THE CEASE-FIRE RAPOZA FROM TO THE CEASE-FIRE RAPOZA FROM ISRAEL SEVERAL WEEKS AGO FOR SOME KIND OF PEACE IN THE GAZA STRIP, TO FREE THE REMAINING HOSTAGES STILL BEING HELD IN GAZA, AND MAYBE TO RELEASE WHAT COULD BECOME HUNDREDS OR THOUSANDS OF PRISONERS BEING HELD BY THE ISRAELIS, PALESTINIAN PRISONERS. THIS IS A NEGOTIATION THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. THE LAST TIME WE SAW SUCCESSFUL BREAKTHROUGH WAS WHEN THERE WAS A ONE WEEK LONG PAUSE ALL THE WAY BACK IN NOVEMBER, BUT WE HAVE SEEN SO MANY FALSE STOPS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, AND THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN SENDING DIPLOMATS. THEY HAVE BEEN SENDING THE SECRETARY OF STATE, ANTHONY BLINKEN, BILL BURNS THE HEAD OF THE CIA, REPEATEDLY TO THE MIDDLE EAST TRYING TO RESOLVE THIS, AND IT HAS EVADED ALL OF THEM. BUT THERE'S ACCORDING TO ISRAELI MEDIA WHO ARE QUOTING SOURCES WITHIN THE ISRAELI POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT, IT LOOKS LIKE THE BEST HOPE SO FAR TO SOME SORT OF DEAL. NOW AGAIN, THIS HAS ELUDED NEGOTIATORS SO MANY TIMES IN THE PAST. IT'S HARD TO GET OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THIS, BUT IT IS TRUE. IT DOES BRING SOME MEASURE OF PEACE TO THE GAZA STRIP. IT COMES AT A VERY OPPORTUNE MOMENT, BECAUSE THE SITUATION ON THE NORTHERN BORDER OF ISRAEL WITH LEBANON IS REALLY HEATING UP. WE JUST SAW HEZBOLLAH LAUNCH, ACCORDING TO THE IDF, ABOUT 200 PROJECTILES OVER LEBANON'S BORDER INTO ISRAEL, AS WELL AS ABOUT 20 DRONES. NOW THIS IS A SITUATION THAT HAS BEEN PERCOLATING OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, RELEASE AND OCTOBER 7 ATTACKS STARTED THIS WHOLE LATEST ROUND OF VIOLENCE. AND EVERYBODY WHO HAS BEEN WATCHING THIS SITUATION VERY CLOSELY SAYS THAT THE BEST SOLUTION TO SOLVING BOTH THE MASSIVE BLOODSHED IN GAZA, FREEING THOSE HOSTAGES, AND AVERTING WHAT COULD BECOME A REGIONWIDE WAR BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HEZBOLLAH, IS TO CREATE SOME SORT OF PEACE DEAL THAT WOULD FREE THOSE HOSTAGES IN THE GAZA STRIP. HEZBOLLAH HAS SAID THAT IF THERE WAS A PEACE DEAL, THEY WILL HELP THEIR ATTACKS ON ISRAEL. GETTING TO THIS DEAL IS STILL THE LAST, BEST SHOT AT BOTH SAVING LIVES IN GAZA AND AVERTING A REGIONWIDE WAR THAT COULD EVEN BRING IN THE UNITED DATES. >> THAT WERE BY SOME ESTIMATES CLAIMING OVER 30,000 LIVES IN GAZA. THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT. >>> THE STORY OF A WALL STREET >> DO YOU SEE YOURSELF -- >> STAY TUNED NOW WEEKNIGHTS AT 8:00 EASTERN, 5:00 PACIFIC ON NBC NEWS NOW. >>> A PIONEER ON WALL STREET AND IN ART IS SHARING HER STORY AND HOW SHE EMIGRATED TO THE U.S. AND ENDED UP BECOMING A POWERHOUSE FROM ART GALLERIES TO BOARDROOMS. >> Reporter: SHE STANDS JUST OVER FIVE FEET TALL, BUT DON'T BE FOOLED. SHE IS A POWERHOUSE, BOTH ON WALL STREET AND ON FIFTH AVENUE, WHERE SHE HAS SIX GALLERIES AT THE MET. >> I THINK ART HAS INCREDIBLE POWER, AND I THINK ART REMINDS YOU THAT WE ARE ALL HUMAN BEINGS, AND WHEN YOU SEE A MADE PIECE OF ART, WHETHER IT IS WOOD OR CANVAS, YOU ARE REMINDED ON THE HUMAN EFFORT BEHIND IT AND WE ALL HAVE THAT IN US, AND TO SUPPORT IT AND WORK TOGETHER ON IT, ADMIRE IT TOGETHER, IT REALLY DOES BRING US TOGETHER. >> THIS IS BEAUTIFUL. TELL ME ABOUT IT. >> IT IS SO OUTSTANDING, THE INCREDIBLE VOLUPTUOUSNESS OF
THE CURVES IN THE BACK AND THE CURVES IN THE BACK AND OCCURS IN THE ARM SUPPORTS. >> Reporter: SHE IS ALMOST 80, BUT LIFE FOR HER ISN'T ALWAYS AS IT IS NOW. ONE OF FOUR DAUGHTERS, WONG IMMIGRATED TO THE UNITED STATES WITH HER FAMILY WHEN SHE WAS JUST FOUR YEARS OLD AMID THE CHINESE COMMUNIST REVOLUTION. >> WE HAD TO START FROM SCRATCH. WE LEFT EVERYTHING BEHIND. WE ONLY HAD OUR FAMILY AT OUR DREAM OF A LIFE TOGETHER. >> Reporter: NOT KNOWING A WORD OF ENGLISH, LULU QUICKLY FOUND HER WAY. >> MY MOTHER CAME UP TO ME AND SHE SAID SOMETHING. I HAD NO IDEA. I WONDERED WHAT, AND I THOUGHT LATER ON SHE WAS ASKING ME WHERE'S THE WASTEPAPER BASKET. >> Reporter: SHE SAID SHE NOT ONLY ADAPTED TO HER NEW HOME BUT FELL IN LOVE WITH AMERICA. AFTER GRADUATING, SHE MARRIED HER CHILDHOOD SWEETHEART AND HAD A SON, BUT IT IS WHILE SHE WAS A STAY-AT-HOME MOM THAT SHE HAD A REALIZATION. >> I THOUGHT WALL STREET WAS AN INTERESTING PLACE TO GO. IT WAS A PLACE TO ASK WHY. >> Reporter: THIS WAS THE LATE 70s, A TIME WHEN VERY FEW WOMEN WERE WORKING ON WALL STREET, LET ALONE READING IT. >> AND EVER THOUGHT OF MYSELF AS JUST A WOMAN OR JUST A CHINESE PERSON. I WANTED TO LEARN, REALLY WANTED TO SUCCEED. OR BACK AND SUCCEED SHE DID. WONG WENT BACK TO SCHOOL AND EARNED AN MBA COLUMBIA BUSINESS SCHOOL AND EVEN OPENED HER OWN HEDGE FUND. >> Reporter: DO YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF A TRAILBLAZER? >> I SUPPOSE YOU MIGHT SAY WAS A TRAILBLAZER ON WALL STREET. PEOPLE HAVE ALWAYS SAID IT IS A HARD AREA FOR WOMEN TO GET TRACTION. AND AGAIN, I NEVER REALLY THOUGHT OF MYSELF AS JUST A WOMAN. IT WAS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO REALLY HAD A VISION OF WHAT MY FIRM SHOULD BE. >> Reporter: AFTER HER FINANCIAL SUCCESS, IT WAS HER LOVE OF COLLECTING THAT BROUGHT HER TO THE MET. >> THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT MAKE IT VERY NEW YORK. ONE IS THAT VERY BLOCKY STYLE, VERY STRONG, AND THEN THE SERPENTINE FRONT, WITH THAT VERY TYPICAL NEW YORK, VERY STRONG. >> Reporter: FOR LULU, THE MET IS A PLACE THAT IS A DAILY REMINDER OF HER AMERICAN DREAM JOURNEY. >> THIS CAPTURES US SO MUCH OF WHAT I HAVE ADMIRED AN AMERICAN SPIRIT. I THINK WHAT DRAWS IMMIGRANTS TO AMERICA IS THAT THERE IS THIS SENSE OF COURAGE IN STANDING FOR THE RIGHT THINGS IN LIFE. >> Reporter: AMID A TIME WHERE THE COUNTRY IS DIVIDED IN ON AMERICA'S 248th BIRTHDAY, SHE HOPES HER STORY INSPIRES OTHERS. >> I REALLY FEEL IF YOU START LIFE WITH A POSITIVE ATTITUDE, AND YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A SITUATION LIKE IN AMERICA WHERE EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE, THEN YOU CAN DO THE BEST YOU CAN, AND WHEN YOU HAVE SOME SUCCESS, TO GIVE BACK TO OTHERS. NOT ONLY TO ACHIEVE SOMETHING, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO SHARE WITH OTHERS, AND THIS IS WHAT MAKES AMERICA GREAT. >> PROBABLY THE ONLY PERSON THAT WOULD ALLOW YOU TO GET THAT CLOSE TO THE EXHIBITIONS, SO COOL. LULU WONG HAS ACCOMPLISHED A LOT . THE NEXT QUESTION IS WHAT IS NEXT FOR HER? >> Reporter: WELL, I HAVE TO SAY, THIS IS BY FAR ONE OF MY FAVORITE INTERVIEWS I HAVE EVER DONE. LULU WONG TRULY IS A TRAILBLAZER. SHE HAS THIS MAGICAL SPIRIT. SHE IS GOING TO BE 80 THIS FALL, YET SHE FOCUSES ON THE ARTS, HOW SHE CAN SUPPORT THE MET,
AND OTHER MUSEUMS ACROSS THE AND OTHER MUSEUMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH HER HUSBAND, TONY. SHE IS A WONDERFUL SISTER AND AN AUNT TO HER NIECES, AND YOU KNOW, SHE ALSO SUPPORTS FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS, SO SHE STILL DOES INVESTING FOR WOMEN WHO ARE TRAILBLAZERS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE INDUSTRIES, SO SHE HAS HER HANDS IN MANY THINGS. SHE IS TRULY INSPIRING. >> VERY QUICKLY, WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE?
>> BIELE ACCOUNT. >> THAT IS VERY COOL, I WANT >> THAT IS VERY COOL, I WANT ONE OF THOSE IN MY HOUSE. THANK YOU FOR STICKING WITH US
FOR THIS FOURTH OF JULY. FOR THIS FOURTH OF JULY. MORE COVERAGE RIGHT NOW. >>> COMING ON THE AIR TONIGHT FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY, THE FOUNDING OF A NATION, QUESTIONS WITHIN THE WHITE HOUSE THAT COULD WEIGH ON THE FUTURE OF THE NATION.
AS PRESIDENT BIDEN GOES INTO AS PRESIDENT BIDEN GOES INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND, HE IS WRITING OUT THE STORM WITH HIS CANDIDACY FOR ANOTHER TERM. SOME ARE CALLING FOR HIM TO STEP ASIDE. WHAT HE IS SAYING AHEAD OF A CRUCIAL FEW DAYS FOR HIS CAMPAIGN. >>> THE UNITED KINGDOM IS ENDING 15 YEARS OF CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP. WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE UK GOING FORWARD. >>> A WEATHER DOUBLE WHAMMY. A WILDFIRE OUT WEST AND WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT WHERE HURRICANE BERYL IS HEADED NEXT. >>> DANGER AT THE SHORE. A RARE SHARK ATTACK IN TEXAS AND ALSO HIGH BUBBLES OF BACTERIA AFFECTING DOZENS OF PEOPLE IN AT LEAST 10 STATES. >>> THE STORY OF ONE COMMUNITY AND HOW THEY'RE FEELING WHEN YOU'RE OUT FROM A MASS SHOOTING. >>> I AM BRIAN HERE FOR HALLEY WHO IS ON ASSIGNMENT. PRESIDENT BIDEN IS GOING TO KICK OFF THE JULY 4th TO LIBERATION THAT THE WHITE HOUSE. ONE OF THE DARKEST CLOUDS OF HIS POLITICAL CAREER HANGS OVERHEAD. FACING A PIVOTAL WEEKEND. GOING BACK AND FORTH RIGHT NOW BETWEEN ACCEPTANCE AND DEFIANCE IN HIS EYES OF THE SUCCESSFUL PATH TO A SECOND TERM. THE FOLLOW-UP FROM HIS DEBATE PERFORMANCE MIGHT BE TOO LARGE TO OVERCOME.
NEW DETAILS ABOUT WHAT HOPEFUL NEW DETAILS ABOUT WHAT HOPEFUL DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS ARE SAYING THAT HE NEEDS TO WORK A BIT LESS AND SLEEP A LITTLE BIT MORE. HE WILL PULL BACK FROM DOING EVENTS AFTER 8:00 P.M. HE IS SAYING THAT HE DID SEE A DOCTOR AFTER THE DEBATE AND THAT EVERYTHING IS OKAY. COMPARED TO WHAT THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY SAID HOURS EARLIER, NO, HE DID NOT GET CHECKED OUT BY A DOCTOR. >> HAS THE PRESIDENT HAD ANY EXAMS SINCE HIS PHYSICAL IN FEBRUARY? >> THAT IS A NO. >> INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE, THEY HOPE TO DO DAMAGE CONTROL ON TV. THEY WILL BE HAVING THE FIRST POST DEBATE INTERVIEW. TWO ARE HOUSE DEMOCRATS HAVE CALLED FOR THE PRESIDENT TO
GIVE UP THE NOMINATION. GIVE UP THE NOMINATION. OTHERS SAYING THAT HE WILL NOT GIVE HIS ABSOLUTE SUPPORT TO THE PRESIDENT. WE HAVE THIS COVERED FROM ALL ANGLES TONIGHT. OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT IS HERE. FIRST WE WANT TO START OFF AT THE WHITE HOUSE. WHAT DO THE NEXT FEW DAYS LOOK LIKE AS MR. BIDEN TRIES TO MOVE FORWARD HERE? >> THIS IS GOING TO BE THE TIMING OF HIS FUTURE EVENTS IN THE WAKE OF THOSE COMMENTS. DURING THIS MEETING HE SAID
THAT HE WOULD LIKE MORE SLEEP. THAT HE WOULD LIKE MORE SLEEP. HOLDING MORE EVENTS BEFORE 8:00 P.M. REGARDLESS, THERE WILL BE A MASSIVE SPOTLIGHT ON THE PRESIDENT THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS. IN THE NEXT DAYS, HE IS GOING TO THE BATTLEGROUND STATES. AND HE WILL SIT DOWN FOR THAT PRIME TIME INTERVIEW ABOUT THE HIGH-STAKES INTERVIEW WELL THEY WILL ADDRESS THAT PERFORMANCE LAST WEEK. IT CAN BE NARROWED DOWN TO IF HE CAN HANDLE THIS ADDED ATTENTION. THAT RAISES THE LIKELIHOOD OF HIM MAKING A MISSTEP. AND IF THE DAMAGE DONE BY THAT DEBATE IS REVERSIBLE. >> NBC SPOKE WITH SEVEN SOURCES THAT SAID THAT HE IS GOING TO STEP ASIDE AND IT WILL BE HER TURN. IS ANYTHING WE ARE HEARING PUBLICLY AND BEHIND THE SCENES INDICATING THAT THE VICE PRESIDENT HERSELF MIGHT BE EMBRACING THAT? >> THIS IS A MATTER TO DISCUSS PRIVATELY. THE WHITE HOUSE IS ADAMANT SAYING THAT THIS IS NOT WITHIN THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY, PRESIDENT BIDEN IS GOING NOWHERE. THEY ARE DEDICATING SO MUCH EFFORT TO HAVE THIS IMAGE OF SOLIDARITY BETWEEN PRESIDENT BIDEN AND THE VICE PRESIDENT. IN RECENT DAYS, COMING BACK AS THE PRESIDENT'S FIERCEST DEFENDER. AS FAR AS THE POLLING GOES, VICE PRESIDENT, HARRIS WOULD BE THE MOST EXPECTED BACKUP OPTION, POLL AFTER POLL SHOWS THAT IS NOT THE MOST IDEAL CHOICE. THIS ELECTION COMES OUT TO VOTER ENTHUSIASM. >> THOSE NUMBERS DO LOOK MORE FAVORABLE FOR HER. THANK YOU. YESTERDAY WE SAW A GROUP OF DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS TO PUT FULL SUPPORT BEHIND THE PRESIDENT. IS THAT THE CASE FOR THE DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS? >> NO. ABSOLUTELY NOT. THAT IS WHAT IS CONCERNING TO PRESIDENT BIDEN. COMING ON TELEVISION TO TALK ABOUT HIS DEBATE PERFORMANCE. THEY TOLD HIM PRIVATELY, THIS IS NOT JUST A ONE-OFF SITUATION. WE KNOW THAT IT WAS FAR BELOW HIS BASELINE. HE HAS BEEN TIRED IN RECENT MEETINGS WITH LAWMAKERS. THIS IS NOT A LEGACY THAT THEY WANT TO SEE FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN. ESPECIALLY IF HE LOSES TO TRUMP BECAUSE OF HIS DEBATE PERFORMANCE. THERE DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS THAT ARE COMING OUT PUBLICLY AND CALLING ON HIM TO STEP ASIDE AND EVEN PUBLICLY THEY ARE
COMING EVEN CLOSE TO THAT. COMING EVEN CLOSE TO THAT. DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS FROM CALIFORNIA. >> WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT HIS
PLAN IS TO WIN THE ELECTION AND PLAN IS TO WIN THE ELECTION AND TURN THIS AROUND. >> YOU ARE NOT SAYING THAT YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY SUPPORTING THEM? >> I DON'T THINK WE CAN AT THIS POINT. >> DEMOCRATS ARE PANICKING AT THE CAPITAL. OF COURSE, YOU WILL HEAR A LOT MORE OPINIONS. THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT THEIR OWN RE-ELECTION. THEY WILL BE WAITING FOR THAT INTERVIEW THAT BIDEN DOES THIS WEEKEND TO SEE IF WE WILL SEE MORE NEXT WEEK. >> WILL THEN INCLUDE MORE
PEOPLE GOING FORWARD? PEOPLE GOING FORWARD? THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> BRIAN IS WITH US. WE WILL NOT HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL SUNDAY FOR THE FIRST SITDOWN INTERVIEW. HE WILL NOW AIR ON FRIDAY. WHY SHOULD WE BE READING FROM THAT? >> THIS IS A VERY URGENT CRISIS IN THE WHITE HOUSE KNOWS THE STAKES OF THIS INTERVIEW. ABC KNOWS HOW IMPORTANT THIS INTERVIEW IS. IT IS CRITICAL THAT THE DEVICE -- DEBATE HAPPENED A WEEK AGO. THE PRESIDENT HAS NOT BEEN INTERVIEWED AT ANY EVENT EXCEPT IN A COUPLE OF RADIO INTERVIEWS THAT WERE ON LOCAL STATIONS. IT WILL HAPPEN TOMORROW AND WILL BE TAPED ON FRIDAY. IT WILL BE THE ONLY CHANCE TO ADDRESS THE NATION ON WHAT WENT ON IN THE DEBATE.
TO BE FRANK, THIS IS THE TO BE FRANK, THIS IS THE BIGGEST INTERVIEW OF HIS LIFE. NOW YOU WILL BE INTERVIEWING A DIFFERENT DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT. >> THE OPPORTUNITY IS THERE. EXCUSE AFTER EXCUSE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. HE HAD A COLD AND HE FLEW THROUGH DIFFERENT TIME ZONES ON HIS WAY TO THE DEBATE. >> THE SHORT ANSWER IS NO. SOME OF THESE ANSWERS ARE QUITE TROUBLING. IF HE CAN BE FUNCTIONING AT ALL HOURS, THAT IS WORRISOME. TRUMP FANS HAVE ALREADY WRITTEN OFF BIDEN. MANY ARE HORRIFIED BY THIS ENTIRE NEW CYCLE AND JUST WANTED TO GO AWAY. SOME ARE IN DENIAL ABOUT HOW SERIOUS THIS CRISIS IS. THE MOST IMPORTANT AUDIENCE FOR THIS INTERVIEW TOMORROW IS GOING TO BE VOTERS WHO ARE ON THE FENCE. THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE. >> WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS THE BROADCAST AUDIENCE AND THOSE WHO ARE READING THE PAPERS. THIS OP-ED THAT WE SAW FROM THE EDITORIAL BOARD. A HYPOTHETICAL FOURTH OF JULY SPEECH WHERE HE WITHDRAWS FROM THE RACE. WHAT IS TO BE READ FROM THE TOP PAPER DOING THIS. HAVE THEY TURNED THE TIDE ON THE PRESIDENT? >> YES. IN SOME WAYS, VOTERS WERE AHEAD OF THE MEDIA. SAYING THAT HE IS TOO OLD TO BE PRESIDENT TOO OLD TO RUN AGAIN. NOW, IT IS AHEAD OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY BASE. THEY ARE ALL IMAGINING A WORLD WHERE HE IS NO LONGER PRESIDENT. THERE IS ACTIVE CONVERSATION ABOUT IF KAMALA HARRIS IS ABOUT TO BECOME THE FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. A MORE DIVERSE UNION IN THIS COUNTRY. THERE IS STILL A LONG WAY TO O TO GET TO ANYPLACE LIKE THAT. >> THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE IT. SYLVIA LOOKS LIKE A LANDSLIDE VICTORY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WITH A MAJOR WIN FOR THE CENTRAL WEST LABOR PARTY. MARKING THE END OF 14 YEARS OF CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP IN A
COUNTRY THAT IS A CRUCIAL ALLY COUNTRY THAT IS A CRUCIAL ALLY TO THE U.S. HIS PARTY HAS HAD TO DEAL WITH BACK TO BACK MAJOR CHALLENGES SINCE TAKING POWER BACK IN 2010. FIRST THE FALLOUT FROM THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS AND THEN THE UK LEFT THE EUROPEAN UNION.
AND THEN MORE RECENTLY, AFTER AND THEN MORE RECENTLY, AFTER RUSSIA INVADED UKRAINE. RAFF SANCHEZ JOINS ME FROM DOWNING STREET. WHAT IS THE LATEST ON THIS ELECTION DAY? >> SO, BRIAN, THE POLLS CLOSED ACROSS THE UNITED KINGDOM 10 MINUTES AGO. WE HAVE THESE EXIT POLLS. THESE ARE NOT FINAL RESULTS. THEY ARE PROJECTING A CRUSHING DEFEAT FOR THE RULING CONSERVATIVE PARTY AND THEY ARE PROJECTING THAT TOMORROW MORNING THE LEADER OF THE PROGRESSIVE LABOR PARTY WILL WALK THROUGH THAT DOOR BEHIND ME DOWN DOWNING STREET AS THE NEW PRIME MINISTER OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF THE NUMBERS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT, THESE EXIT POLLS ARE PROJECTED. THEY HAVE BEEN OUT OF POWER SINCE 2010. THERE IS DOUBLED THE NUMBER IN PARLIAMENT. THE CONSERVATIVES ARE GOING TO LOSE ABOUT HALF OF THE SEATS IN PARLIAMENT. THEY ARE DOWN TO 130. THAT, IF IT COMES TO PASS, WILL BE THE WORST FOR THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY AND IT WOULD BE AN INCREDIBLY DRAMATIC TURNAROUND SINCE THE LAST ELECTION IN 2019 WHEN THE CONSERVATIVES HAD A PRETTY COMFORTABLE MAJORITY. NOW, THE LABOR PARTY HAS NOT WON AN ELECTION IN THIS COUNTRY SINCE TONY BLAIR WAS IN CHARGE BACK IN 2005.
THIS EXIT POLL IS PROJECTED TO THIS EXIT POLL IS PROJECTED TO THE POPULIST NEW WHITE RING -- RIGHT RING EVALUATION WHICH WILL WIN 13 SEATS WHICH IS MUCH MORE THAN MANY PEOPLE HAVE PREDICTED. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> THE WEATHER IS PACKING A DOUBLE WHAMMY. TRYING TO CONTAIN FIRES ACROSS THE REGION. HUNDRED 30 MILLION PEOPLE ARE UNDER ALERT TODAY. THE BIGGEST ALERTS BEING CALIFORNIA ON THE SOUTH. TEMPERATURES COULD BE HUNDRED 20 DEGREES OVER THE WEEKEND. AND IN THE SOUTH, ANOTHER DAY OF EXTREME HEAT AND HUMIDITY TOPPING AT 110 DEGREES. ALL OF THAT IS RAISING THE RISK FOR FIRE. MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES. OVER 3500 ACRES. AND IT IS ONLY 37% CONTAINED RIGHT NOW. HURRICANE BERYL IS GETTING WEAKER AS WE ASSESS THE DAMAGE OVER THE CAYMAN ISLANDS LATER TODAY. OVERNIGHT, TWO PEOPLE ARE DEAD AFTER HUNDREDS ARE HOMELESS. OR IN SHELTERS. WE'LL HAVE THAT REPORT IN A MINUTE. WE WILL START OFF WITH STEVE PATTERSON IN CALIFORNIA. SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD TO PACK UP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF THIS FIRE. WHAT ARE YOU HEARING ON THE GROUND? >> I VISITED THE LOCAL SHELTERS.
IT IS UNBELIEVABLE. IT IS UNBELIEVABLE. ONE WOMAN, NED BAILEY. SHE SAW THE SMOKE AND PACK UP EVERYTHING INTO HER CAR AND DROVE. HERB BIGGEST CONSIDERATION WAS HER DOG AND HER 90-YEAR-OLD FATHER. IMAGINE HAVING TO PACK UP EVERYTHING YOU OWN NOT KNOWING IF IT WILL BE THERE WHEN YOU GET BACK. SHE WENT TO A LOCAL SHELTER. BUT BECAUSE OF HER DOG, SHE CANNOT GO INSIDE OF HER SHELTER.
SHE HAS BEEN SLEEPING OUTSIDE SHE HAS BEEN SLEEPING OUTSIDE IN WHAT IS DESCRIBED AS THE TEMPERATURE BEING INSUFFERABLE. IT IS 110 DEGREES RIGHT NOW. 108 YESTERDAY. IT WAS LIKE THIS ALL DAY YESTERDAY. HE WILL BE LIKE THIS ALL DAY TODAY. HORRIFIC FIREFIGHTER CONDITIONS AND THAT IS EVEN WORSE FOR
PEOPLE WHO JUST HAVE THE PEOPLE WHO JUST HAVE THE CLOTHES ON THEIR BACKS. >> I'LL HAVE TO FIND A BROTHER OR SISTER THAT CAN TAKE HIM AND WHERE IT'S COOL. >> HEARTBREAKING TO HEAR. NO OTHER OPTIONS. FIREFIGHTERS ARE STILL ON THE FRONT LINES HERE OBVIOUSLY. 26,000 PEOPLE ARE EVACUATED FROM THEIR HOMES. THERE IS SIGNIFICANT CONTAINMENT. WHEN WE ARE IN THESE RED FLAG WINS, WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS BUT IT IS SLOW GOING WITH THIS INTENSE HEAT. I'M NOT EVEN PUTTING A WATER BOTTLE DOWN JUST TO TALK TO YOU. IT IS NOT DIFFICULT. >> HOPEFULLY SOME RELIEF WILL COME SOON. >>> NOW TO THE AFTERMATH OF HURRICANE BERYL. >> HALFWAY BETWEEN KINGSTON AND TREASURER BEACH. WHERE THE WORST DAMAGE WAS INFLICTED. OUT THERE IN THE ROADWAYS, FOR THE LAST 30 OR 40 MINUTES. JACKKNIFING CARS TRYING TO GET THEIR WAY AROUND TRAFFIC. WE HAVE SEEN POWERLINES THAT ARE DOWN. YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHY THE PRIME MINISTER IS SAYING, DO NOT GO NEAR THEM. KEEP YOUR DISTANCE. THE POLICE WARS HAS CONFIRMED THAT THERE BEEN TWO DEATHS RELATED TO THE STORM. ONE OF THEM IS A 26-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO WAS PLAYING SOCCER WITH FRIENDS AS THE STORM WAS COMING THROUGH. HE WENT TO GO RETRIEVE IN THE WATER AND HE WAS SWEPT UP IN THE TIDE AND HE DIED. THERE WAS A 26 ROLLED GIRL IN THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF THE ISLAND AND SHE HAD A TREE FALL ON HER WHEN SHE WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF HER YARD AND SHE PASSED AWAY. THIS IS THE NUMBER THAT IS EXPECTED TO POTENTIALLY RISE. HELPING PEOPLE GET TO WHEREVER THEIR HOMES MIGHT BE. AS THEY COME BACK ONLINE, WE WILL GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT INJURIES AND MORE FATALITIES.
THERE WERE ABOUT 1000 PEOPLE IN THERE WERE ABOUT 1000 PEOPLE IN SHELTERS LAST NIGHT. THE SITUATION UNFOLDS HERE AS WE GO TO TREASURE ISLAND. EXPERIENCING THE WORST DAMAGE. NBC NEWS, BACK TO YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT REPORT. WE ARE SEEING THAT INFLUX. WHAT ELSE COULD BE ANY FURTHER PATH OF HURRICANE BERYL? >> THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW. THIS IS A STRONG STORM. THE WATERS ARE SO WARM AND WE
ARE MENTIONING THAT IT HAS ARE MENTIONING THAT IT HAS WEEKEND TO A CATEGORY 2 STORM. IT IS 250 MILES EAST, SOUTHEAST OF NEW MEXICO. IT HAS BEEN MOVING QUICKLY FOR ITS ENTIRE LIFESPAN. WE ARE SEEING THIS CATEGORY 2 STORM. IT WILL MAKE LANDFALL OVER THE EAST PANHANDLE. IT WILL BE A CATEGORY 1 STORM. THIS WILL MAKE LANDFALL AND THEN IT WILL BECOME A TROPICAL STORM. IT WILL WEAKEN A BAY. ANNUAL WE CAN AS IT GOES OVER THE YUCATAN PENINSULA. STILL A TROPICAL STORM THROUGH SATURDAY AT 12:00. THIS IS WHERE THINGS GET INTERESTING. THE GOLF IS STILL WARM. WE'RE LOOKING AT A CATEGORY 1 STORM. NOTICE THE UNCERTAINTY. WE HAVE TO LOOK HERE TO HEAR. TO SEE WHERE THAT LANDFALL IS GOING TO BE. ENCOMPASSING PARTS OF SOUTHERN TEXAS. INCLUDING MEXICO.
WE ARE STILL VERY FAR AWAY TO WE ARE STILL VERY FAR AWAY TO DETERMINE THAT EXACT LANDFALL. BRIAN? >> THANK YOU. >>> PATRICK BERGER LETTY WHEN HE MADE THE TOP DOG EATING
CONTEST. CONTEST. 58 HOT DOGS IN JUST 10 MINUTES. WE HAVE NOT SEEN SUCH FEW HOT DOGS IN SINCE 2010. THE REASON, BECAUSE THE REIGNING CHAMP AT 76 HOTDOGS WAS NOT COMPETING AFTER HE SIGNED A SPONSORSHIP DEAL FOR
THE IMITATION ME BRAND THAT WE THE IMITATION ME BRAND THAT WE HAVE TOLD YOU ABOUT. FOR EVERYONE ELSE CELEBRATING THESE FESTIVITIES, SECURITY IS TOP OF MIND FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT. ON HIGH ALERT MONITORING FOR ANY SIGNS OF A THREAT. DRONES AND EVEN KENT OR TERRORISM MEASURES TO KEEP CROWD SAFE. LET'S START IN NEW JERSEY WHERE PEOPLE WILL BE WATCHING THE FIREWORKS SHOW IN JUST A FEW HOURS FROM NOW. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT HUGE FIREWORKS DISPLAY THIS EVENING? >> FRONT ROW SEAT FOR THE LARGEST FIREWORKS DISPLAY IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. ON BOTH SIDES OF THE HUDSON RIVER, THEY ARE BEEFING UP CONTROL WITH FIREWORKS AT TWO MOVE IN BEHIND ME. AUTHORITIES SAY THAT THERE IS NO CREDIBLE THREAT ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THESE OFFICIALS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE ON HIGH ALERT. ACCORDING TO A SOURCE THAT INDICATES THAT A LEADING CONCERN AT THIS POINT WOULD BE A LOAN ACTOR OR LONE WOLF TRYING TO CARRY OUT SOME KIND OF AGENDA AGAIN. THE NYPD TODAY SAID THAT IT WAS ROLLING OUT ITS BIGGEST PRESENCE EVER FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY. DRONES, DOGS, THOUSANDS OF POLICE OFFICERS IN UNIFORM AND IN PLAIN CLOTHES. THERE IS ALSO STUFF GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES. UTILIZING THERMAL IMAGING AS WELL. WE ARE OUT HERE, WE STILL HAVE A COUPLE OF HOURS BEFORE THE FIREWORKS BEGIN, THOUSANDS OF SPECTATORS HAVE BEGUN TO LINEUP AND FLOCK TO THE WATERS EDGE. THE FIRST TIME WE ARE SEEING THIS FIREWORKS DISPLAY ON THE HUDSON RIVER SINCE 2013. THE NUMBERS WILL ACTUALLY REACH TO THE MILLIONS. THE SHOW WILL START IN ABOUT 25 MINUTES. >> THANK YOU, HAPPY FOURTH TO YOU. GARY, ARE YOU ON THE POTOMAC? TELL US WHAT IS BEING DONE THERE TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE?
TELL US WHAT YOU ARE DOING. TELL US WHAT YOU ARE DOING. >> HELLO FROM THE POTOMAC RIVER. WE ARE FRIENDS HERE FROM D.C. FIRE. IT IS STARTING TO RAIN OUT HERE. THEY ARE PATROLLING THE RIVER AND MAKING SURE EVERYONE IS SAFE. WE CAN SEE THE RAIN ON RADAR HERE. FOLKS DO NOT MIND THAT IT IS RAINING. THIS IS ALL PART OF A JOINT OPERATION. THEY ARE GOING UP AND DOWN THE AREA. THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF YOU ARE IN YOUR CAR, YOU ARE DRINKING BUT NOT DRIVING. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A DESIGNATED DRIVER. WITH FIREWORKS SAFETY, MAKE SURE YOU ARE BEING VERY SAFE. HERE'S WHAT THE FIRE MARSHAL HERE IN D.C. HAS TO SAY. >> THEY CAN BE GOING OFF A LOT FASTER THAN YOU ANTICIPATED. THIS CAN CAUSE BURN INJURIES. IT CAN CAUSE TRAUMA LIKE INJURY TO THE HANDS AND FINGERS AND IT CAN EVEN CAUSE DEATH. WE WANT YOU TO LEAVE IT TO THE PROFESSIONALS THAT WE DO NOT WANT ANYBODY ENDING UP IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM. >> THERE IS A REAL PATCHWORK OF LEGALITY WHEN IT COMES TO FIREWORKS. YOU CANNOT HAVE ANYTHING THAT GOES OFF THE GROUND. YOU CAN HAVE MARKERS AND THINGS ON THE GROUND. IN VIRGINIA, THEIR RULES ARE VERY DIFFERENT. IN MASSACHUSETTS, YOU CANNOT HAVE ANY FIREWORKS AT ALL.
I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT FOLKS I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT FOLKS ARE LOOKING AT FROM THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT. WE ARE TRYING TO HAVE A GOOD SPOT.
WE DO EXPECT THE RAIN TO LET UP WE DO EXPECT THE RAIN TO LET UP IN THE NEXT HOUR. >> THAT HAS NOT EVEN DELAYED THE D.C. BARBECUE. WE HOPE THAT THE WEATHER CLEARS UP. STAY DRY, HAPPY FOURTH TO YOU. >>> LAST SUMMER, TAKING OVER THE MIAMI AIRPORT IN A WAY YOU MIGHT NOT EXPECT. >>> LOOKING INTO A BUILDING SCANDAL AND WITH THE SUMMER GAMES TICKING CLOSER AND CLOSER
TO PARIS. NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW. THIS IS NBC NEWS NOW.
>>> MEET THE PRESS, EVERY >>> MEET THE PRESS, EVERY SUNDAY ON NBC. >>> THE BIRD FLU IS MAKING BREAKFAST A LITTLE BIT OF A NIGHTMARE. THREE WEEKS OUT FROM THE SUMMER OLYMPICS, SUBPOENAED TO TESTIFY IN A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION INTO A CHINESE BUILDING SCANDAL. IT IS CENTERED AROUND THE CASE OF CHINESE IMMIGRANTS THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR HER AND THE LEGAL SUBSTANCE. THEY ARE SAID TO COMPETE IN PARIS. JOINING US NOW. DAVID, WHAT ELSE DO WE KNOW ABOUT WHY THE UNITED STATES IS DOING THIS INVESTIGATION THE FIRST PLACE? >> THE REASON THAT THE U.S. IS DOING THIS INVESTIGATION IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO SO UNDER A RECENT AND CONTROVERSIAL LAW THAT WAS PASSED IN 2020 AFTER THE MAJOR RUSSIAN DOPING SCANDAL. ALLOWS U.S. AUTHORITIES TO INVESTIGATE INTERNATIONAL DOPE CONSPIRACIES EVEN IF THEY DO
NOT INVOLVE AMERICAN ATHLETES. NOT INVOLVE AMERICAN ATHLETES. IT INVOLVES OTHER SPONSORS OR BROADCASTERS. A SCANDAL IN THE WORLD ANTI- DOPING AUTHORITY. IT IS THE FBI AND THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE THAT IS LEADING THIS INVESTIGATION. >> REMIND US THE BIG PICTURE OF WHAT WAS DONE IN 2021. WE ARE WORRIED ABOUT THESE POSITIVE TEST IN THE FIRST PLACE. >> 23 CHINESE SWIMMERS WHO TESTED POSITIVE FOR A BAND PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUG. THEY HAVE CLEARED THEM ON THE GROUNDS THAT THERE WAS AN ACCIDENTAL MASS CONTAMINATION AND THEY WERE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TOKYO GAMES. ONE THIRD OF THE OLYMPICS IN
PARIS. PARIS. IT CASTS A SHADOW BECAUSE THERE IS NO REASON TO HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE REGULATIONS GOING ON THIS YEAR. >> THOSE EVENTS ARE HAPPENING LATER ON THIS MONTH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> FIVE THINGS THAT YOU SHOULD
KNOW TONIGHT. KNOW TONIGHT. A SETTLED CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION. THOSE FAMILIAR WITH THE MATTER THAT SAY THE FEDERAL GRAND JURY IN NEW YORK IS HEARING EVIDENCE AS PART OF THE INVESTIGATION. NO INDICATION OF CHARGES JUST YET. THREE MONTHS AFTER HIS HOUSE WAS RAIDED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS. HE DID NOT RESPOND TO A REQUEST FOR COMMENT. >>> McDONALD CHANGING BREAKFAST HOURS BECAUSE OF AN EGG SHORTAGE. ENDING 90 MINUTES EARLIER. WORKING HARD TO RETURN THIS BACK TO NORMAL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. >>> ENDING THE ARROW FLOPPY DISKS IN JAPAN. IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. INVENTED IN 1972. >>> THE PARENT COMPANY OF SAKS FIFTH AVENUE RIVALING NEIMAN MARCUS. OVER $2.6 BILLION. THEY ARE NOW HELD BY A NEW COMBINED COMPANY. AS DEPARTMENT STORES TRIED TO COMPETE WITH ECOMMERCE. >>> IT IS A BRAT SUMMER AT THE MIAMI AIRPORT. COVERING THE CONCOURSE FLOOR FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS. THEY THOUGHT IT WAS SOME KIND OF CHEMICAL BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY WATER FROM THE AC SYSTEMS. THEY SAY IT IS NONHAZARDOUS AND NOT CAUSING ANY CHAOS OR DELAYS THERE. IT DOES LOOK KIND OF FREAKY. >>> A RARE AND DANGEROUS SITUATION WHERE ONE SWIMMER WAS ATTACKED BY A SHARK. THIS IS HAPPENED ACROSS 100 BEACHES PEOPLE ARE WARNED NOT TO SWIM THERE THIS HOLIDAY BECAUSE OF DANGEROUS LEVELS OF BACTERIA. IT CAUSES BLUE-GREEN ALGAE.
ALGAE BLOOMS ARE HAPPENING MORE ALGAE BLOOMS ARE HAPPENING MORE OFTEN BECAUSE OF CLIMATE CHANGE. LET'S START OFF WITH THE SHARK ATTACK IN TEXAS. WHAT DO YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW? THAT IS BREAKING TODAY. >> MORE DETAILS COMING IN BY THE HOUR. THIS ATTACK HAPPENED AROUND 11:00 THIS MORNING ON SOUTH PADRE ISLAND. AN INCREDIBLY POPULAR DESTINATION FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY. BEING WARNED BY THE COAST GUARD OF THE TEETH -- REPEATED ATTACK. WITNESSES SAY THAT THIS MAN WAS ATTACKED IN SHALLOW WATER. BEEN IN THE THIGH AND WE HAVE SEEN IMAGES. THEY ARE NOT CONFIRMED BY NBC OF FIRST RESPONDERS TREATING AN INDIVIDUAL ON THAT BEACH AND THEN BEING LOADED ONTO A STRETCHER AND BEING TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. WE DO NOT HAVE WORD ON HIS SPECIFIC CONDITION. COAST GUARD OFFICIALS ARE STRESSING THAT THIS ATTACK WAS ONE OF SEVERAL PROMPTING THAT WARNING FOR BEACHGOERS TO GET OUT OF THOSE GULF COAST WATERS. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS OUT OF THE NORM FOR THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY. THERE BEEN SHARK ATTACKS IN FLORIDA AND CALIFORNIA ACROSS THE TEXAS COAST. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE BACTERIA AT THOSE BEACHES THAT HAS CAUSED THEM TO BE CLOSED. HOW DANGEROUS CAN THAT BE TO PEOPLE'S HEALTH? >> IT DEPENDS ON THE EXPOSURE OF THE WATER AND THE BEACH YOU ARE AT. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE TO CHECK THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT. THE DIFFERENCES CAN BE FROM ONE BEACH TO THE NEXT DEPENDING ON THE LEVEL OF TOXINS THAT ARE FOUND IN THOSE WATERS. HERE IS A LIST OF SOME THAT CAN BE PRESENT IN ONE'S BODY IF THEY COME IN CONTACT WITH BACTERIA HERE. G.I. ISSUES. SKIN INFECTIONS. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT DAMAGE TO YOUR LIVER, KIDNEYS, OR REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM. THERE ARE SOME THAT HAVE BEEN CLOSED. THERE ARE SEVERAL IN THE SAN DIEGO AREA. THERE ARE SOME IN SANTA MONICA THAT HAVE PUT OUT ANY BIT OF INFO THAT YOU HAVE FROM THE BEACH. THIS WILL BE USEFUL. THIS CAN BEAR FROM BEACH TO BEACH. DIFFERENT WATERWAYS AND AREAS THAT HAVE CAUSED A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT. >> SO IMPORTANT FOR THOSE THAT ARE HEADED OUT TO THE BEACHES THIS HOLIDAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>>> A SPINNING SWING RIDE. >> THE PEOPLE IN GAZA, WHAT DO
THEY NEED MOST? THEY NEED MOST? COMMON GROUND. >>> HORRIFIC SHOOTING THAT TOOK PLACE IN SOUTH BALTIMORE ONE YEAR AGO THIS WEEK. TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED. 2800 OTHERS WERE KILLED. THEY HAVE COME TOGETHER TO SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER.
SEEKING OUT EXCLUSIVELY SEEKING OUT EXCLUSIVELY TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME. >> THEY CANNOT STOP THINKING
ABOUT THE NIGHTMARE THAT THEY ABOUT THE NIGHTMARE THAT THEY EXPERIENCED ONE YEAR AGO. THEIR CHILDREN WERE SHOT AND
KILLED DURING THE WORST MASS KILLED DURING THE WORST MASS SHOOTING IN BALTIMORE HISTORY. IN ORDER FOR ME TO GET TO MY
SON. SON. ANY MOTHER WOULD FEEL THAT IN THEIR BONES. >> PEOPLE STARTED SHOOTING AT THE BROOKLYN DAY EVENT. >> WE WERE SUPPOSED TO LEAVE ON THAT MONDAY. HE WANTED TO GO AND HELP PEOPLE. >> HE WAS A COMPASSIONATE AND BEAUTIFUL SOUL THAT WE ENCOUNTERED. >> THAT SENTIMENT THAT THIS DID NOT NEED TO HAPPEN. DETAILING THE ACTIONS OF MULTIPLE CITY AGENCIES. SINGLED OUT FOR FAILING TO RESPOND TO MULTIPLE WARNINGS. FROM AN ESTIMATED 900 PEOPLE. THERE WERE SEVERAL CALLS FOR HELP. INCLUDING THAT SOME IN THE CROWD WERE ARMED. >> I'M TRYING TO LOCATE YOUR ADDRESS.
OKAY? OKAY? OKAY. OKAY. THE PEOPLE THAT WERE CALLING, BEGGING FOR SOMEONE TO HELP
THEM. THEM. >> BALTIMORE POLICE GAVE DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS. >> DO YOU BELIEVE THAT LEE SHOULD'VE BEEN AT THIS EVENT? >> IF YOU ARE THERE, THEN YOU SHOULD HELP WITH THE EVENT. >> THE DEPARTMENT HAS MADE SEVERAL ARRESTS AND SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS FROM THE BROOKLYN SHOOTING. THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. THAT IS NOT ENOUGH FOR HER MOTHER. THEY ARE PLANNING TO SUE THE CITY. THEY WERE NOT ACTING THE WAY THAT THEY SHOULD'VE ACTED. >> THESE PEOPLE CAN GO ON AND FIND ANOTHER JOB. THEY ARE LIVING A LIFE SENTENCE. >> WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM THE MOTHERS? >> THESE MOTHERS ARE HEARTBROKEN. THE MURDERS OF THEIR CHILDREN REMAIN UNSOLVED. PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN PLEA DEALS RELATED TO THE SHOOTING ITSELF. THEY WANT TO KNOW WHO MURDERED THEIR CHILDREN. THE POLICE HAVE FAILED THEIR CHILDREN. THEY TALKED ABOUT WANTING TO MOVE FORWARD. HER MOTHER SAID THAT SHE MOVED FROM NEW JERSEY TO MARYLAND BECAUSE SHE WAS WORRIED ABOUT SHOOTINGS. SHE LOST HER DAUGHTERS TO GUN VIOLENCE.
SHE IS NOW HOLDING A DAY WHERE SHE IS NOW HOLDING A DAY WHERE SHE HAD BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS BECAUSE SHE IS SAYING SHE WANTS TO PUT POSITIVITY INTO THE WORLD. SHE SAID THAT SHE WANTS THE COMMUNITY WHERE SHE LIVED BEFORE AND WHERE THE SHOOTING HAPPENED, SHE WAS WALKING AROUND. FOCUSED ON BEING A GRANT -- GREAT GRANDMOTHER. WANTING THE DAUGHTER TO NOT WANT FOR ANYTHING. IT'S TOUGH. THEY WANT A LOT OF ANSWERS. THERE ARE SO MANY QUESTIONS AS TO HOW THE SHOOTING WENT DOWN. >> SO MANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. >>> NBC COVERS HUNDREDS OF STORIES EACH DAY. IT'S HARD TO READ AND WATCH AND LISTEN TO THEM ALL. WE HAVE DONE IT FOR YOU. THIS IS WHAT THEY TELL US HAS BEEN GOING DOWN IN THEIR REGION IN THIS SEGMENT CALLED THE LOCAL. IN ILLINOIS, THE FOURTH OF JULY PARADE FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE DEVASTATED SHOOTING LEAVING SEVEN PEOPLE DEAD AND 48 OTHERS HEARD. STARTING WITH A REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY. YOU CAN SEE THAT RIGHT HERE WITH THE PARADE TAKING A DIFFERENT ROUTE THAN IT USED TO. TO BYPASS THE SCENE OF THE SHOOTING. >>> SECURITY FOOTAGE SHOWS A DOG STARTING A FIRE IN A COLORADO HOME.
THE BOXES WERE ON TOP OF THE THE BOXES WERE ON TOP OF THE STOVE WHEN HIS PAW TURNED THE STOVE ON. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR SMOKE INHALATION. HE IS EXPECTED TO BE OKAY. >>> A NIGHTMARISH SCENE AT A CARNIVAL IN WASHINGTON STATE WHEN A SWING RIDE TOPPLED OVER. YOU CAN SEE IT ON ITS SIDE. PEOPLE WERE HURT IN THE INCIDENT AND THE RIDE SHUT DOWN AND THE CARNIVAL IS CLOSED FOR THE REST OF THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. EVERYONE IS EXPECTED TO BE OKAY. OFFICIALS ARE INVESTIGATING HOW THIS HAPPENED. THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE TIPS OF THE DAY. >>> ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER SPEAKING WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN ON THE PHONE DISCUSSING A CEASE- FIRE DEAL. THE RELEASE OF ALL HOSTAGES STILL HELD BY HAMAS. AT THIS POINT, NEITHER SIDE HAS FULLY EMBRACED THE PLAN. MATT BRADLEY HAS MORE FROM TEL AVIV. >> WE COULD HAVE A GLIMMER OF HOPE. THERE WAS A PHONE CALL TONIGHT BETWEEN BIDEN AND THE ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER WHERE THEY DISCUSSED THE HAMAS RESPONSE TO ISRAEL'S PROPOSAL FROM SEVERAL WEEKS AGO TO CREATE SOME SORT OF PEACE IN THE GAZA STRIP. WITH OVER 1 MILLION HOSTAGES STILL BEING HELD IN GAZA AND TO RELEASE HUNDREDS OR THOUSANDS OF PRISONERS BEING HELD BY THE
ISRAELIS. ISRAELIS. THIS NEGOTIATION WILL BE ONGOING FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. THERE WAS A ONE-WEEK PAUSE BACK IN NOVEMBER. WE HAVE SEEN SO MANY FALSE STARTS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. THEY HAVE BEEN SENDING DIPLOMATS. BILL BURNS REPEATEDLY WAS SENT TO THE MIDDLE EAST TRYING TO RESOLVE THIS. HAVING EVADED ALL OF THEM. THIS, ACCORDING TO ISRAELI MEDIA WITH POLITICAL AND SECURITY ESTABLISHMENTS, IT LOOKS LIKE THE BIGGEST HELP SO FAR. AGAIN, THIS HAS ALLUDED NEGOTIATORS SO MANY TIMES IN
THE PAST. THE PAST. IT'S HARD TO BE OPTIMISTIC. IF THIS DOES BRING PEACE TO THE GAZA STRIP, COMES AT A VERY OPPORTUNE MOMENT. THE SITUATION ON THE NORTHERN BORDER OF ISRAEL WITH LEBANON IS HEATING UP. ACCORDING TO THE IDF, 200 PROJECTILES WERE FIRED INTO ISRAEL. ALONG WITH 20 DRONES. THIS IS A SITUATION THAT HAS BEEN PERCOLATING FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS SINCE THE OCTOBER 7th ATTACKS STARTED THIS WHOLE ROUND OF VIOLENCE. EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN WATCHING THIS SITUATION CLOSELY AGREES THIS IS THE BEST SOLUTION TO SOLVING THE MASSIVE BLOODSHED IN GAZA AND PREVENTING A REGIONWIDE WAR TO CREATE SOME SORT OF PEACE DEAL THAT WOULD FREE THOSE HOSTAGES. THEY HAVE SAID THAT IF THEY GET A PEACE DEAL, THEY WILL HALT ATTACKS ON ISRAEL. GETTING THIS DEAL IS THE LAST BEST SHOT AT SAVING LIVES IN GAZA AND AVOIDING A REGION WIDE WAR THAT COULD INCLUDE THE UNITED STATES. >> THANKS, MATT BRADLEY FOR THAT REPORT, WE APPRECIATE IT. >>> WALL STREET TRAILBLAZER THAT BELIEVES THAT ART AND FURNITURE IS A WAY TO UNIFYING
AMERICA. >>> THE NBC NEWS MOBILE APP. >>> THE NBC NEWS MOBILE APP. BREAKING NEWS AND LIVE VIDEO. DOWNLOAD THE MOBILE APP NOW. >>> THIS NUMBER IS HARD TO COMPETE.
IF IT IS MARS, WE ARE ON THE IF IT IS MARS, WE ARE ON THE CUSP OF SOMETHING BIG. >>> A PIONEER ON WALL STREET DISCUSSING HOW SHE IMMIGRATED TO THE U.S. AND BECAME A
POWERHOUSE. POWERHOUSE. WE HAVE MORE. >> SHE STANDS JUST OVER FIVE FEET TALL. SHE IS A POWERHOUSE. BOTH ON WALL STREET AND FIFTH AVENUE. >> ART HAS INCREDIBLE POWER. WHEN YOU SEE A BEAUTIFULLY MADE PIECE OF ART, YOU ARE REMINDED OF THE EFFORT BEHIND IT. WE ALL HAVE THAT IN US. IT REALLY DOES BRING US TOGETHER. >> THIS IS BEAUTIFUL. TELL ME ABOUT IT. >> THE VOLUPTUOUSNESS OF THE CURVES IN THE BACK. >> SHE IS ALMOST 80. LIFE FOR HER IS NOT ALWAYS -- SHE IMMIGRATED TO THE UNITED STATES WITH HER FAMILY WHEN SHE WAS JUST FOUR YEARS OLD. >> WE START FROM SCRATCH, WE LEFT EVERYTHING BEHIND. WE ONLY HAD OUR FAMILY AND A DREAM OF A LIFE TOGETHER.
>> SHE QUICKLY FOUND HER WAY. >> SHE QUICKLY FOUND HER WAY. >> I HAD NO IDEA. I THOUGHT LATER ON, SHE WAS ASKING FOR THE WASTEPAPER BASKET. >> SHE ADOPTED TO HER NEW HOME BUT SHE GOT USED TO AMERICA. SHE MARRIED HER CHILDHOOD SWEETHEART AND HAD A SON.
WHEN SHE WAS A STAY-AT-HOME WHEN SHE WAS A STAY-AT-HOME MOM, SHE HAD A REALIZATION. THIS WAS THE LATE 70s. WHEN VERY FEW WOMEN WERE EVEN WORKING ON WALL STREET.
EVEN FEWER OF THEM LEADING IT. EVEN FEWER OF THEM LEADING IT. >> I DO NOT THINK OF MYSELF AS A CHINESE PERSON, I WANTED TO LEARN AND I WANTED TO SUCCEED. TO SUCCEED, SHE DID. SHE WENT BACK TO SCHOOL TO EARN AN MBA FROM A BUSINESS SCHOOL. >> DO YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF A TRAILBLAZER? >> IT HAS BEEN A HARD AREA FOR WOMEN TO GET TRACTION. I NEVER THOUGHT OF MYSELF AS JUST A WOMAN. I HELD A VISION FOR WHAT MY FUTURE SHOULD BE. >> THAT VERY BLOCKY STYLE AND
THEN THE FRONT. THEN THE FRONT. THAT IS VERY TYPICAL NEW YORK. >> FOR LULU, IT IS A DAILY REMINDER OF HER AMERICAN DREAM JOURNEY. >> SO MUCH OF WHAT I HAVE ADMIRED IN THE AMERICAN SPIRIT. THERE IS A SENSE OF COURAGE IN STANDING FOR THE RIGHT THINGS IN LIFE. >> ON AMERICA'S 248th BIRTHDAY, SHE HOPES THAT HER STORY CAN INSPIRE OTHERS. >> USED OUR LIFE WITH A POSITIVE ATTITUDE. THEN YOU ARE IN AMERICA WHERE EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE. AND THEN WHEN YOU HAVE SUCCESS, YOU CAN GIVE THAT TO THERS.
IT IS FAR MORE IMPORTANT TO IT IS FAR MORE IMPORTANT TO SHARE WITH OTHERS. >> CHLOE JOINS ME NOW. THE ONLY PERSON YOU CAN GET THAT CLOSE TO THE EXHIBITION. SHE HAS ACCOMPLISHED A LOT. WHAT IS NEXT FOR HER? >> I HAVE TO SAY, THIS IS MY BEST MOST FAVORITE INTERVIEW THAT I'VE EVER DONE. SHE TRULY IS A TRAILBLAZER.
SHE HAS THIS MAGICAL SPIRIT. SHE FOCUSES ON THE ARTS, HOW TO SHE FOCUSES ON THE ARTS, HOW TO SUPPORT THE MET, BUT OTHER
MUSEUMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH MUSEUMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH HER HUSBAND. SHE IS A WONDERFUL SISTER AND AUNT TO HER NIECES. YOU KNOW, SHE ALSO SUPPORTS FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS.
SHE STILL DOES INVESTING FOR SHE STILL DOES INVESTING FOR WOMEN WHO ARE TRAILBLAZERS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE INDUSTRIES. SHE HAS HER HANDS AND MANY THINGS AND IS TRULY INSPIRING. >> WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE PIECE? THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE TIPS OF THE DAY. >>> ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER SPEAKING WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN ON THE PHONE DISCUSSING A CEASE- FIRE DEAL. THE RELEASE OF ALL HOSTAGES STILL HELD BY HAMAS. AT THIS POINT, NEITHER SIDE HAS FULLY EMBRACED THE PLAN. MATT BRADLEY HAS MORE FROM TEL AVIV. >> WE COULD HAVE A GLIMMER OF HOPE. THERE WAS A PHONE CALL TONIGHT BETWEEN BIDEN AND THE ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER WHERE THEY DISCUSSED THE HAMAS RESPONSE TO ISRAEL'S PROPOSAL FROM SEVERAL WEEKS AGO TO CREATE SOME SORT OF PEACE IN THE GAZA STRIP. WITH OVER 1 MILLION HOSTAGES STILL BEING HELD IN GAZA AND TO RELEASE HUNDREDS OR THOUSANDS OF PRISONERS BEING HELD BY THE
ISRAELIS. ISRAELIS. THIS NEGOTIATION WILL BE ONGOING FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. THERE WAS A ONE-WEEK PAUSE BACK IN NOVEMBER. WE HAVE SEEN SO MANY FALSE STARTS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. THEY HAVE BEEN SENDING DIPLOMATS. BILL BURNS REPEATEDLY WAS SENT TO THE MIDDLE EAST TRYING TO RESOLVE THIS. HAVING EVADED ALL OF THEM. THIS, ACCORDING TO ISRAELI MEDIA WITH POLITICAL AND SECURITY ESTABLISHMENTS, IT LOOKS LIKE THE BIGGEST HELP SO FAR. AGAIN, THIS HAS ALLUDED NEGOTIATORS SO MANY TIMES IN
THE PAST. THE PAST. IT'S HARD TO BE OPTIMISTIC. IF THIS DOES BRING PEACE TO THE GAZA STRIP, COMES AT A VERY OPPORTUNE MOMENT. THE SITUATION ON THE NORTHERN BORDER OF ISRAEL WITH LEBANON IS HEATING UP. ACCORDING TO THE IDF, 200 PROJECTILES WERE FIRED INTO ISRAEL. ALONG WITH 20 DRONES. THIS IS A SITUATION THAT HAS BEEN PERCOLATING FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS SINCE THE OCTOBER 7th ATTACKS STARTED THIS WHOLE ROUND OF VIOLENCE. EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN WATCHING THIS SITUATION CLOSELY AGREES THIS IS THE BEST SOLUTION TO SOLVING THE MASSIVE BLOODSHED IN GAZA AND PREVENTING A REGIONWIDE WAR TO CREATE SOME SORT OF PEACE DEAL THAT WOULD FREE THOSE HOSTAGES. THEY HAVE SAID THAT IF THEY GET A PEACE DEAL, THEY WILL HALT ATTACKS ON ISRAEL. GETTING THIS DEAL IS THE LAST BEST SHOT AT SAVING LIVES IN GAZA AND AVOIDING A REGION WIDE WAR THAT COULD INCLUDE THE UNITED STATES. >> THANKS, MATT BRADLEY FOR THAT REPORT, WE APPRECIATE IT. >>> WALL STREET TRAILBLAZER
