Nightly News Full Broadcast - July 6

[Music] tonight brutal heat bearing down on City's Coast to Coast the unrelenting deadly triple digit temperatures once again scorching a weather weary Nation 24 million at risk Millions more gasping for air under hazy Skies when can we expect any relief a massive fire aboard a cargo ship at one of the nation's largest ports to Firefighters dead and now questions about why they weren't trained to fight this kind of fire the White House cocaine mystery new details about where it was found in the west wing and the warning why its owner may never be found Twitter versus threads 30 million sign up in less than 24 hours the looming legal battle and the Big Catch if you want to hit delete missing Man mystery Houston Police say a man who disappeared eight years ago was actually home the whole time the bizarre case the company behind a doomed submersible makes a major announcement about its future Triple Threat what you need to know about the vaccines for flu covet and RSV ahead of another triple damage and just in approval for a groundbreaking drug to help slow Alzheimer's disease bringing New Hope to Millions foreign news with Lester Holt good evening and welcome everyone it would be easy to dismiss the heat waves enveloping parts of the country tonight is simply the price of Summer but the extreme temperatures and durations we are seeing are part of a disturbing Trend worldwide as scientists say the planet is seeing some of its warmest days on record here at home some 24 million people are living under heat alerts the temperatures that have been broiling the Southwest for weeks are expanding to Florida and into the Northeast with temperatures in the mid 90s Burlington Vermont Syracuse New York joining El Paso Tucson and Phoenix and chasing new record highs Phoenix already with six consecutive days of Temps at 1 10 and above the brutal heat combined with poor air quality creating oppressive conditions for Millions Emily aqueda is tracking it all for us tonight that deadly for weeks today is going to be our 21st day of back-to-back triple digits now expanding its grip northward it's really really hot cities approaching record high temperatures thousands of miles apart 110 degrees in Tucson 94 in Tampa and 94 in Syracuse I have asthma so the air quality is really hard on my lungs and then with the heat on top it's like having a meltdown all in one and in Connecticut which activated its extreme hot weather protocol parents prepared for a scorcher we've got plenty of water and sunscreen and they go to the pool three times a day even officials along America's shorelines urging beachgoers to take precautions the temperatures have been getting hotter the beaches have been hotter so we need to get that message out that stay hydrated take care of yourself the world navigating Uncharted Territory in recent months with record low sea ice levels near Antarctica unprecedented surface temperatures in the North Atlantic Ocean and the hottest day on Earth reached multiple times this week and that blazing sun priming conditions for ground level ozone when pollutants chemically react in the sunlight prompting air quality alerts for 24 million people today in the Northeast absolutely that's not normal look at this the hazy Skies aren't as severe as that apocalyptic Orange from Wildfire smoke last month but experts say it all adds up as mounting research links air pollution with poor physical and mental health we're having a public health issue of air and lung Health but also of confinement and further isolation Emily let's Circle back to the air quality I know what we're seeing right now is elevated ozone but are we free of the risk from those Canadian wildfires well Lester forecasters say it's very likely we'll continue to see impacts as Canada's Wildfire season presses on for an expected several more months and already we're seeing an unprecedented unprecedented impact here in the U.S from New York which you can see an overview of the skyline to Chicago and Cincinnati a growing list of cities have recorded their worst air quality on record this summer Lester all right Emily thank you the brutal heat added to the misery for those fighting of deadly fire overnight and a cargo ship at one of the nation's biggest ports and now we're learning the firefighters weren't trained to fight that kind of Ablaze Ron Allen has details overnight Newark firefighters battling a massive Inferno a huge cargo ship loading up more than a thousand vehicles and containers engulfed in fire apparently ignited officials say when five or six Vehicles caught fire for unknown reasons just an hour into the fight a Mayday call and then another firefighters Augusto akbu 45 a nine-year veteran and Wayne Brooks 49 16 years of service were both trapped then rescued but died later at a hospital our hearts go out to them and their family members and the brothers and sisters of the fire service who had to see them in their last moments officials say newark's firefighters from a dense urban city had not trained to battle fires on cargo vessel Tories High hundreds of reinforcements arrived from across the state several injured exhaustion Burns respiratory distress this tragedy is a painful reminder of the dangers our firefighters face and their remarkable courage throughout the day tributes in the community whether my thoughts are it's very sad it's it's very emotional you couldn't ask for any better individuals some good farming Jason Torres manages a restaurant across our house help us out we see them all the time it's a tough loss in this in the community especially the cause of the fire is under investigation the ship's owner and Italian company says it's doing everything it can to cooperate with authorities Lester all right Ron Outlet in Newark tonight thank you there is breaking news about Ocean Gate the company that operated that Doom submersible announcing today it is suspending all exploration and Commercial operations five people died aboard the submersible when it imploded last month while in a Voyage to the Titanic now to a mystery of a missing man out of Texas police say Houston mom reported her teen missing eight years ago he turned out this week but today officials said he was home the whole time Priscilla Thompson reports draped in a towel life new images of Rudy farius as the mystery around his disappearance deepens the 25 year old was allegedly found last week outside a church and unresponsive his family says eight years after he allegedly vanished Without a Trace while walking his dogs his mother Janie Santana reported the then 17 year old missing on March 7 2015. but investigators now say he was home with her almost the entire time it was discovered that Rudy returned home the following day on March 8th 2015. the stunning Revelation uncovered after police interviewed ferius mother Janie continued to deceive police by remaining adamant it really was still missing Santana even releasing a statement after her son was found thanking the media and the public for their support writing my son Rudy is receiving the care he needs to overcome his trauma but at this time he is non-verbal and not able to communicate with us investigators say farius and his mom had several run-ins with police over the years but gave fake names and birthdays so he remained a missing person tonight no clues as to why the mother and son would knowingly keep the lie going but police say they do not suspect Foul Play we don't have any information to to say there was any kind of kidnapping or anything like that right now and as for what's next police say the investigation is still ongoing and that Santana could still be charged for giving false information in a police report Lester Priscilla Thompson thank you a personal aide to former president Donald Trump was in court today Walt NADA pleaded not guilty to federal charges that he helped Mr Trump hide classified documents at Mar-A-Lago a newly unsealed affidavit describes security footage of not a moving boxes from a storage room for Trump's lawyers had previously admitted they kept classified documents now to new developments in the investigation into that small bag of cocaine found in the West Wing Kelly O'Donnell is at the White House Tonight Kelly what can you tell us well officials apply Monday small baggie of cocaine was found Sunday pointing to a storage cubby inside the entrance off West Executive Drive this is the floor below the Oval Office and officials say it was in the area close to the Situation Room sources were also blunt saying it's likely they will not solve this and the baggie remains available for additional testing where they will try to find forensic evidence Lester Kelly O'Donnell thanks now to the mystery surrounding the whereabouts of evgeny per goes in the mercenary who led his private Army in an aborted march on Moscow Kier Simmons reports from Belarus tonight you have any pregosian again facing a perilous future the mercenary who led a mutiny in Russia so angering President Putin was thought to be an exile in Belarus but when NBC News was invited today to the presidential Palace in the capital Minsk its autocratic leader distanced himself his deal to bring begotten to Belarus undone for now and he may never come President lukashenko says he is located in Saint Petersburg where is he this morning he could have gone to Moscow or maybe somewhere else know people will be surprised and mystified that a man who you say could have caused a Civil War in Russia is still in Russia I've said everything that I'm allowed to say on the streets of Minsk some telling us they never wanted begotten or his soldiers his yeah very bad because in himself heard but not seen promising in a recent audio message new victories on the front line President Putin has been busy trying to reassert his power and man of the people image his view of pagosian unclear tonight but Russian State tv which once lorded and his wagon of Fighters as Heroes now calling him a traitor and a criminal he had a Charmed Life this Russian report says showing images unverified by NBC news of a police raid on his Saint Petersburg home with millions of dollars in bills fake passports and even wigs pagosian discredited but not in danger lukashenko insisted today if you think that Putin is so evil and vengeful that he'll whack him tomorrow somewhere as we say in Russian then no this won't happen this will not happen but President Putin has not been prepared to even say pagosian's name now they are back in the same country long term that seems an uncomfortable compromise Lester the mystery continues all right cure thank you now to an NBC News exclusive secret talks between former U.S officials and top Russian figures aimed at Paving the way for peace negotiations over Ukraine Josh Letterman joins me now Josh what more are we learning Lester Curran and former U.S officials say this back Channel includes a private meeting that Russia's foreign minister Sergey lavrov held in April during a brief trip to New York on the American side were several former White House and state department staffers who have deep experience with Russia now these are not actual peace talks but they are aimed at helping end the war both sides testing out compromises for dealing with the toughest issues like what happens to russian-held territories that Ukraine may never Liberate the Biden Administration isn't directing these talks but sources tell us that after that lavrov meeting the Americans briefed the White House about what they discussed Lester Josh Letterman thanks in 60 seconds breaking news a new drug just to proved for Alzheimer's disease how it's giving Millions New Hope there's breaking news some of the FDA for the millions of American families facing Alzheimer's disease approval for a first of its kind drug it offers real hope for slowing progression of the disease here's Kate Snow it's the first time a drug meant to slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease has ever been granted full regulatory approval in a clinical trial involving about 1800 patients in the early stages of Alzheimer's the drug lecambe slowed cognitive decline by 27 percent over an 18-month period compared to people who took a placebo I really cannot overstate how important today is this is really a game changer for our field the drug targets a type of protein in the brain thought to be one of the leading causes of Alzheimer's John domek was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's at 56. he joined a trial at the Cleveland Clinic receiving infusions every other week in the beginning he and his wife Anne weren't told if it was lakembi or a placebo but for the past year he's been on the Canby I've been on it for a while and I think it's helped me his cognitive function has declined slightly they say but not by much we get that it's not a cure but there was nothing when we got our diagnosis nothing now there's something that we can do gives you hope sure yeah unbelievably I mean we had none since John is still in a trial they're not paying for lakembi but the list price is 26 500 a year Medicare plans to provide coverage as long as a doctor agrees to submit patient data there are side effects trials found a greater risk of brain swelling and brain bleeds for patients on the Canby leaving some doctors with concerns the risk and benefits are quite disproportionate in favor of risk and therefore this is not a therapy that patients should really consider taking for the domex though it was go with a drug that might work or Nothing what would you do they're traveling to London in August Alzheimer's threw us for a loop this drug has thrown us a lifeline Kate Snow NBC News New York in the wake of last year's triple damage Health officials are trying to prevent a repeat this fall chief medical correspondent Dr John Torres is here John last year we saw flu RSV RSV and covet all at the same time and Lester last winter we had those three viruses influenza covet RSV they all ended up peaking at the same time and although these viruses typically don't occur all at once this coming fall and winter might be a repeat of last year's triple demock so it's best to protect yourself as much as possible and that includes getting vaccinated in the fall against these viruses and should Americans get all the vaccines at the same time or space them out well if you qualify you can get all three vaccines at the same time but if possible spacing them out by a few weeks might give you small increases in protection against these viruses and as a reminder Lester people should talk to their doctors all right Dr John thanks very much when we return meta's new app threads draws Millions but will it Landmark Zuckerberg in court we're back with more on the launch of meta's new app threads which takes direct game and Elon musk's Twitter tens of millions signed up on day one but now Twitter is threatening to sue here's Aaron McLaughlin tonight Twitter is threatening to sue hours after rival app threads made its first move to sew up the competition today the app's founder Mark Zuckerberg boasting 30 million signups and Counting less than 24 hours after its surprise launch Wednesday evening it certainly has a bigger user base than I expected in the first 24 hours so here we go Twitter versus threads it's on now Twitter's lawyer demanding threads owner meta stop using any Twitter Trade Secrets today Elon Musk tweeting competition is fine cheating is not meta denies the allegations the early success of threads experts say is in part thanks to the app's requirement that all users sign in with an Instagram account giving it the ability to easily leverage their 2 billion strong user base certain apps may be hanging on by a thread once this drops so far the feedback has been mixed with some zeroing in on the app's algorithm and its power over the user's timeline I don't want to see what's trending I just want to follow my friends that's it why doesn't anyone understand this oh there's been moaning the lack of features including no direct message and you can't delete your threads account without also deleting Instagram threads itself acknowledging it'll take time I think it's pretty clear that this is rushed to take advantage of the fact that people right now are looking for an alternative to Twitter this is far from the first time Zuckerberg has been accused of mimicking a popular social app Instagram stories and reels features are remarkably similar to Snapchat and Tick Tock but now Twitter is threatening to take this battle out of the virtual Arena and into court a house is different from Twitter well it's not threads is available in America but not the EU due to regulations experts say that is going to be critical to reaching Zuckerberg's goal of 1 billion users Lester all right Baron thanks very much up next The Sisters of the skies are changing the aviation industry finally tonight is Sisterhood making history in the sky yamicha sindur with the women ensuring the Next Generation takes flight Jada Williamson's always dreamed of sitting in the cockpit and calling the shots what I like about flying is like you get to see different things you've never seen but that dream of a career in aviation is a rare one for black girls to accomplish with fewer than one percent of Pilots women of color it was tough I won't lie because there was no one that looked like me now Captain Teresa Claiborne is part of a group of trailblazing black women pilots hoping to increase those numbers we believe if they see it they can be it she was the first black female pilot in the U.S Air Force and is president of Sisters of the Skies she is now a United Airlines pilot why do you think more black women are becoming Pilots it's extremely expensive I mean it takes upwards of a hundred thousand dollars to get your licensing to fly so if our young ladies are not seeing it if their parents don't have the funding for it then there it's not going to happen Sisters of the Skies provide scholarships mentorship so that's going to give you your up and down and interactive events like this one in Colorado so here let me put it on the switch I liked flying in frames and I really wanted to learn how to and then I just kept watching videos like Top Gun I learned about a lot of people I love the planes and I love the electronics it was really cool because I never met a pilot before ever in my life Madeline Starr was part of the program now she is paying it forward a mentor herself and a pilot for United Airlines just like her Mentor Captain Claiborne that was really helpful to know that I wasn't alone one of the young girls walked up to me and she was like you're the first girl pilot I've ever seen it's something that's going to stick with them what's your advice for a black woman who might watch this who says I want to be a pilot but I'm nervous and scared do it I was nervous I was scared they can do it and we're there to help them do it yamiche alcendor NBC News Washington Aiming High love it that's Nightly News for this Thursday thanks for watching everyone I'm Lester Holt please take care of yourself and each other good night [Music] thanks for watching our YouTube channel follow today's top stories and breaking news by downloading the NBC News app

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Published: Fri Jul 07 2023