THIS FOURTH OF JULY. MORE COVERAGE PICKS UP RIGHT NOW. >>> PRESIDENT BIDEN CELEBRATING JULY 4th WITH A CAMPAIGN ON THE BRINK. THE PRESIDENT ADDRESSING LAST WEEK'S DEBATE PERFORMANCE ON THE RADIO STATION TODAY SAYING "I SCREWED UP PLANS TO STAY IN THE RACE. HOWEVER, SOURCES SAY THAT IN PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS THE PRESIDENT IS TORN ON WHETHER OR NOT TO STEP ASIDE. CONCERNS OVER HIS FITNESS TO LEAD GROWING LOUDER BY THE DAY AS HE PREPARES FOR HIS FIRST TV INTERVIEW SINCE THAT DEBATE. COULD HE WENT BACK SUPPORT? REPORTERS STANDING BY TO BREAK IT ALL DOWN. >>> ALSO TONIGHT, BERYL SWAMY JAMAICA WITH POWERFUL RAIN AND WINDS, KNOCKING TREES INTO HOMES . THE NEARBY CAYMAN ISLANDS ALSO HIT WITH HEAVY RAINFALL. BERYL NOW A TRAN FEIS -- CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE. >>> WILDFIRE EMERGENCY. MULTIPLE FIRES IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CHARRING AT LEAST 3000 ACRES AND STILL BIRDIE. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FORCED OUT OF THEIR HOMES AND FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATIONS IN THE AREA CANCELED. >>> SOURCES TELL NBC NEWS THAT A FEDERAL GRAND JURY HAS CONVENED TO INVESTIGATE SEAN COMBS. THIS COMES AFTER HIS HOMES WERE RAIDED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS. THE LATEST ON HIS LEGAL BATTLE, INCLUDING A NEW SEXUAL ASSAULT ALLEGATION. >>> HOPEFUL PARENTS DEPOSITING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN THIS ESCROW COMPANY IN TEXAS NOW SAYING THAT MONEY IS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND. THE LAWSUIT ALLEGING THE COMPANY HAS MILLIONS FROM CLIENTS AROUND THE GLOBE. THEY ARE DEMANDING THEIR MONEY AND ANSWERS. >>> AND THE HIGHLAND PARK PARADE BACK NOW AFTER IT WAS DERAILED BY TRAGEDY TWO YEARS AGO. HOW THE COMMUNITY IS RECLAIMING ITS RIGHT TO CELEBRATE FREEDOM FROM FEAR. >>> PLUS, THE PROMISING NEW TREATMENT FOR CHILDREN WITH CANCER. THE INSPIRING STORY OF ONE YOUNG BOY NOW CANCER FREE. TOP STORY STARTS RIGHT NOW. >>> GOOD EVENING. TONIGHT THE FUTURE OF BIDEN'S PRESIDENCY ON SHAKY GROUND AS SOURCES SAY THE PRESIDENT ADMITS THESE NEXT FEW DAYS ARE CRITICAL FOR HIS CANDIDACY TO SURVIVE. SOURCES TELLING NBC NEWS THAT IN PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS THE PRESIDENT HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THE DEBATE WAS A DISASTER AND WILL BE DIFFICULT TO COME BACK FROM. BY THE PUBLIC, BIDEN IS DOUBLING DOWN, SAYING HE WILL NOT DROP OUT. LAST NIGHT THE PRESIDENT MEETING WITH TIM DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS IN A CLOSED-DOOR MEETING IN AN EFFORT TO REASSURE THE PARTY. BIDEN APPEARING AT A FOURTH OF JULY EVENT TODAY, BUT CRITICS THAT HE STILL HAS NOT MADE UNSCRIPTED REMARKS OR ANSWERED ANY QUESTIONS SINCE THE DEBATE. TOMORROW HE WILL FACE HIS FIRST REAL TEST IN AN INTERVIEW WITH ABC NEWS. ASK FOR HIS OPPONENT, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP RELEASED THE VIDEO FALSELY CLAIMING BIDEN IS ALREADY OUT OF THE RACE WHILE ATTACKING VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS. OUR TEAM IS AT THE WHITE HOUSE AND CAPITOL HILL REPORTING ON THIS FAST DEVELOPING STORY. LET'S GET TO MONICA ALBA. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT BIDEN TONIGHT CELEBRATING OUR NATION'S HISTORY. >> HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY. >> Reporter: WITH HIS POLITICAL FUTURE ON THE LINE AS SOURCES TELL NBC NEWS THAT THE NEXT FEW DAYS ARE CRITICAL AFTER THE DISASTROUS DEBATE PERFORMANCE LAST WEEK, WHICH THE PRESIDENT ACKNOWLEDGED IN A RADIO INTERVIEW THAT AIRED TODAY. BUT I SCREWED UP. I MADE A MISTAKE. >> Reporter: MR. BIDEN INSISTING HE IS COMMITTED TO STAYING IN THE RACE. THE PUBLIC CONFIDENCE COMES AS NBC NEWS HAS LEARNED THE PRESIDENT IS PRIVATELY TORN BETWEEN DEFIANCE AND ACCEPTANCE AND MADE CALLS TO STEP ASIDE, ACCORDING TO FOUR PEOPLE FAMILIAR WITH THE MATTER. SIGNALING IN SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH ALLIES, AIDES AND FAMILY MEMBERS THAT THE BLOWBACK MAY GROW TOO LARGE TO OVERCOME. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP MADE FALSE CLAIMS IN A VIDEO HE SHARED ON SOCIAL MEDIA IN WHICH HE ALSO SPECULATED OVER VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS BECOMING THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE. >> -- >> Reporter: THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN SLAMMING THE COMMENTS, WRITING "NO NO, DONALD, WHAT IS BAD IS RUNNING A PLATFORM OF REVENGE AND RETRIBUTION. " THE VP AND PRESIDENT BIDEN MET LAST NIGHT WITH MORE THAN 20 GOVERNORS, NOW RALLYING AROUND HIS CANDIDACY. >> I BELIEVE ONE OF THE MOST TRANSFORMATIVE PRESIDENTS IN OUR COLLECTIVE LIFETIME. >> Reporter: CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR NEWSOM, CAMPAIGNING IN MICHIGAN TODAY, CONFIRMED THE DETAILS OF THE WHITE HOUSE MEETING IN WHICH PRESIDENT BIDEN SAID HE MAY LIMIT EVENTS IN THE EVENING TO GET MORE SLEEP. WHEN ASKED BY ONE OF THE GOVERNORS WHETHER HE HAS SEEN A DOCTOR FOLLOWING THE DEBATE, THE PRESIDENT CONCEDED HE HAD A BRIEF CHECKUP A FEW DAYS AFTER AND WAS FINE, ACCORDING TO TWO SOURCES IN THE ROOM, CONTRADICTING HIS OWN PRESS SECRETARY, WHO EARLIER IN THE DAY SAID >> HE DID NOT GET CHECKED BY THE DOCTOR. >> MONICA JOINS US NOW FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. I WANT TO START WITH THE END OF YOUR REPORT, BIDEN CONTRADICTING HIS OWN WHITE HOUSE ABOUT WHETHER HE SAW A DOCTOR IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE DEBATE. UNDERSTAND HIS BEST TEAM HAS STARTED TO WALK THAT BACK. >> Reporter: EXACTLY. THIS IS A QUESTION WE HAD FOR DAYS AFTER THAT DISASTROUS DEBATE PERFORMANCE WONDERING IF, INDEED, THE PRESIDENT SAW A DOCTOR. INITIALLY THE WHITE HOUSE SAID THAT HIS LAST MAJOR PHYSICAL EXAM WAS IN FEBRUARY AND THERE HAD NOT REALLY BEEN ANY DOCTOR CHECK INS SINCE THEN WITH THE PRESS SECRETARY SAID YESTERDAY IN FRONT OF THE ENTIRE BRIEFING ROOM THAT THE PRESIDENT HAD NOT BEEN CHECKED OUT BY A DOCTOR AFTER THE DEBATE. JUST A FEW HOURS AFTER THAT, THE PRESIDENT WENT TO THIS MEETING WITH DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS WHERE ONE OF THEM ASKED HIM, HEY, HAVE YOU SEEN A DOCTOR, WHAT DID THEY SAY? IN THE PRESIDENT TOLD THEM, ACCORDING TO TWO SOURCES IN THE ROOM, THAT HE HAD SEEN A DOCTOR COUPLE DAYS AFTER THE DEBATE THAT SAID HE WAS FINE. THAT IS SOMETHING THE WHITE HOUSE DID HAVE TO WALK BACK. THIS MORNING AND A STATEMENT CONFIRMING THE PRESIDENT WAS EVALUATED BY HIS PERSONAL PHYSICIAN. WE SHOULD NOTE, ELLISON, THAT IS NOT UNCOMMON FOR ANY ADMINISTRATION . ONE OF THE PERKS OF THE JOB, YOU HAVE YOUR OWN PERSONAL PRIVATE DOCTOR ESSENTIALLY WITH YOU AT ALL TIMES OF THE DAY SHOULD ANY KIND OF MEDICAL NEED ARISE. THAT IS CLEARLY WAS ABLE TO CHECK ON THE PRESIDENT INTO THE PRESIDENT COULD CHECK IN WITH REGULARLY. BUT HE HAS NOT HAD A MORE EXTENSIVE EXAMINATION OR BATTERY OF TESTING SINCE FEBRUARY. >> MONICA, THERE'S BEEN SPECULATION ABOUT A GROWING RIFT BETWEEN THE BIDEN FAMILY AND SOME OF THE PRESIDENT'S CLOSES ADVISORS, PARTICULARLY PEOPLE WHO HELPED HIM PREP FOR THE DEBATE. WHERE DO THINGS STAND WITH THOSE GROUPS RIGHT NOW? DO WE KNOW, BASED ON YOUR SOURCES, WHO HAS THE PRESIDENT'S ER WHILE HE IS LAYING HIS PATH FORWARD? >> Reporter: REALLY CONSEQUENTIAL MOMENTS OF CRISIS LIKE THE ONE RIGHT NOW, IT IS THE FAMILY THAT HE OFTEN TURNS TO THE MOST. THEY WILL BE THE MOST INFLUENTIAL IN GAINING MAJOR DECISION-MAKING. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT FIRST LADY JILL BIDEN, FIRST AND FOREMOST, AND ALSO THEIR SON, HUNTER BIDEN, WHO HAS BEEN AROUND AND BEEN PART OF SOME MEETINGS AND EVENTS HERE AT THE WHITE HOUSE THIS WEEK, WHICH RAISED SOME EYEBROWS. OUR REPORTING INDICATES THE FIRST LADY AND HUNTER BIDEN HAVE RAISED CONCERNS, SUGGESTED THAT SOME OF THE SENIOR STAFFERS MAY BE NEED TO HAVE A CHANGE OF JOB OR SHIFT IN STRATEGY OR BE REMOVED ALTOGETHER BECAUSE OF THE POOR DEBATE PERFORMANCE. THERE ALSO MAY BE MORE AT PLAY HERE, ELLISON, BECAUSE THESE TWO GROUPS OF PEOPLE, THE IMMEDIATE FAMILY AND THE ADVISORS WEAPON WITH HER -- HIM FOR YEARS, AND ADVISORS WHO HAVE LITERALLY BEEN WITH HIM THE LAST 40 YEARS AND KNOW HIM SO DEEPLY AND HAVE SUCH SPECIFIC OPINIONS THAT, OF COURSE, THOSE THINGS AREN'T ALWAYS ALIGNED. THERE DOES SEEM TO BE A BIT OF A DIFFERENCE HERE. THEY ALL MAINTAIN PUBLICLY THE PRESIDENT IS STAYING IN THE RACE >>> SUPPORT FOR THE PRESIDENT AMONG CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS APPEARING MORE STRAINED BY THE DAY. TWO HOUSE DEMOCRATS CALLING ON BIDEN TO STEP ASIDE AS FEARS GROW AT THE WHITE HOUSE THAT MORE DEFECTIONS COULD BE ON THE WAY. FOR MORE ON THIS, LET'S TURN NOW TO OUR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT JULIE SIRKIN, WHO HAS BEEN COVERING THE REACTION FROM CAPITOL HILL AFTER THE DEBATE PERFORMANCE. WHAT MORE DO WE KNOW ABOUT THOSE TWO DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMEN WHO HAVE CALLED ON BIDEN TO STEP ASIDE? >> THE REACTION HAS BEEN SWIFT, BUT ONLY TWO DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS HAVE DONE SO PUBLICLY. THOSE ARE OF ARIZONA AND OF TEXAS. THESE ARE JUST VULNERABLE MEMBERS YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT RUNNING FOR REELECTION IN NOVEMBER WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN AT THE TOP OF THE TICKET, THESE ARE VETERANS OF THE HOUSE. IT IS NOTABLE THEY ARE CALLING ON PRESIDENT BIDEN TO STEP ASIDE, SAYING IT IS TIME FOR A NEW CANDIDATE TO TAKE THE HELM OF THE NOMINATION FOR A CHANCE TO BEAT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IN NOVEMBER. BUT THERE'S NO OTHER CONCERNS WE HAVE HEARD, AT LEAST PRIVATELY, FROM OTHER DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS. >> I ALSO WANT TO PLAY FOR YOU SOME COMMENTS THAT SCOTT PETERS MADE RECENTLY, A DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN FROM CALIFORNIA. LET'S LISTEN TO WHAT HE HAD TO SAY ABOUT THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN'S RESPONSE TO THE DEBATE. >> WE NEEDED A BOOST ON THURSDAY AND DID NOT GET A. THE CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN, I THINK AMERICA AND THEIR RESPONSE. WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT THEIR PLAN IS TO WIN THIS ELECTION AND TURN THIS AROUND. THEY DON'T HAVE A PLAN, I THINK WE HAVE TO MOVE IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. >> NOT SAYING YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY SUPPORTING HIM. >> THE POINT IS TO WIN THE ELECTION. >> HE SAID THE CAMPAIGN IS BEEN VERY ARROGANT AND THEIR RESPONSE. THIS IS A CONGRESSMAN WHO SAYS HE IS A FAN OF THE PRESIDENT GIVING SERIOUS DOUBTS AND FRUSTRATION WITH THE WAY THE BIDEN TEAM HANDLED THINGS POSTDEBATE. IS IT FAIR TO SAY WE WILL HEAR MORE AND MORE PEOPLE MAKING COMMENTS LIKE THIS? OR IS THERE A WORLD WHERE IT IS JUST TO PEOPLE WHO SAY HE SHOULD GO? TRUCK UNFORTUNATELY FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN AND THE WHITE HOUSE, I THINK A LOT OF DEMOCRATS I SPOKE TO ARE VERY CONCERNED. YOU KNOW, IT IS INTERESTING. ONE DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKER I SPOKE TO YESTERDAY OVER THE PHONE PRETTY MUCH SAID WORD FOR WORD WHAT SCOTT PETERS SAID TODAY. OF COURSE, THEY DO NOT COORDINATE THE COMMENTS, BUT THE SHOWS YOU HOW MUCH OF THIS IS REVERBERATING AROUND THE HALLS OF CONGRESS. WHEN THEIR BACK ON MONDAY, THEY HAVE BEEN ON A RECESS, AFTER THEY HAVE HAD TIME TO PROCESS THIS, ESPECIALLY AFTER THEY POTENTIALLY HERE FOR RESIDENT BIDEN DURING THAT INTERVIEW TOMORROW NIGHT, THEY WILL HAVE MORE DECISIONS TO MAKE. BUT ONE DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKER TOLD ME, LISTEN, WE LOVE PRESIDENT BIDEN. HE IS WELL RESPECTED, BUT WE ARE CONCERNED IF HE STAYS IN THE RACE AND LOSES TO FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP, COME NOVEMBER, ON HIS TOMBSTONE HIS LEGACY WILL NOT BE HIS ACHIEVEMENTS OVER THE LAST THREE AND HALF YEARS AND HIS LONG CAREER BEFORE THAT AS VICE PRESIDENT AND SENATOR, IT WILL BE THE FACT HE DID NOT BOW OUT WHAT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO AND INSTEAD STAYED IN THIS RACE DESPITE SLIPUPS. >> IS THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN DOING THIS FULL COURT PRESS ON CAPITOL HILL BUT THEN TAKING DAYS FOR BIDEN TO CALL DIRECTLY DEMOCRATS ON THE HILL AND THE FACT THAT HE HAS NOT BEEN ON CAMERA AND IN UNSCRIPTED SCENARIOS SINCE THAT DEBATE, WHEN YOU ARE TALKING TO SOURCES, WHETHER IT IS THE ELECTED OFFICIALS OR EVEN THEIR STAFFERS, ARE THEY FRUSTRATED WITH THE GENERAL STRATEGY FROM THE BIDEN TEAM TO DEAL WITH THE FALLOUT? TRUCK ABSOLUTELY. -- >> REPORTER:. ABSOLUTELY. IT IS BEWILDERMENT AS TO WHY THE ADVISORS ARE NOT PUSHING HIM IN A BETTER DIRECTION. AS YOU POINT OUT, IT TOOK DAYS FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN TO CALL TOP DEMOCRATS ON CAPITOL HILL, INCLUDING LEADER SCHUMER, LEADER JEFFRIES, EVEN SOME OF HIS CLOSEST ALLIES TO OF HAD HIS BACK FOR YEARS AND HAVE BEEN HELPING HIS REELECTION EFFORT. I THINK IT IS HARD TO SILENCE THE DEFECTORS, THE DEMOCRATS THAT CAME OUT PUBLICLY AND CALLED ON BIDEN TO STEP ASIDE, WITH THAT IS THE CASE. EVEN NANCY PELOSI, A FIXTURE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, SAYING THIS WEEK TO ANDREW MITCHELL THAT IT IS A LEGITIMATE QUESTION WHEN VOTERS LOOK AT BIDEN'S PERFORMANCE DURING THAT DEBATE I WONDER IF THIS IS A ONE OFF FOR MORE OF A LEGITIMATE MEDICAL CONCERN , MEDICAL ISSUE. AND SO, IN TALKING WITH THE SOURCES, THEY TELL ME THEY WANT TO SEE THE PRESIDENT OUT THERE. THEY WANT TO SEE HIM UNSCRIPTED, NOT USING A TELEPROMPTER. THE INTERVIEW WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO JUST THAT, BUT THEY WANT TO SEE MORE. THEY WANT TO SEE THE PRESIDENT PROVE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT HE CAN BE -- BEAT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP THIS NOVEMBER, AND IF YOU CAN'T, YOU SHOULD STEP ASIDE.>>> FOR MORE ON BIDEN'S POSTDEBATE DAMAGE CONTROL AND THE STATE OF HIS REELECTION CAMPAIGN, LET'S BRING IN DEMOCRATIC STRATEGISTS MICHAEL HOPKINS. BIDEN HAS HIS FIRST MAJOR INTERVIEW TOMORROW, WHICH JULIE WAS REFERRING TO WHEN SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WITHIN HIS CIRCLE WANTING THE PRESIDENT OUT THERE MORE UNSCRIPTED LIKE HE WILL BE IN THIS TV INTERVIE , BUT MY QUESTION FOR YOU, YOU LOOK AT THE TV INTERVIEW, AND IF THEY THINK THAT WILL MAKE UP FOR WHAT HAPPENED AT THE DEBATE, THERE REALLY DIFFERENT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A TAPED INTERVIEW ONE-ON-ONE VERSUS A LIVE DEBATE. THE AUDIENCE IS DIFFERENT. THE PRESSURE IS DIFFERENT. ALL OF IT VERY, VERY DIFFERENT. IS IS INTERVIEW GOING TO ACTUALLY HELP HIM? >> NO. AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS INTERVIEW IS THE MINIMUM HE HAS TO DO. OVER THE LAST WEEK, WE HAVE EXPECTED HE WOULD EASE THE FEARS OF VOTERS AND TWO MORE EVENTS, COME OUT AND HAVE MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS, BUT INSTEAD, WE HAVE SEEN THE CAMPAIGN AND THE ADMINISTRATION REALLY TAKE, AS CONGRESSMAN PETERS TALK ABOUT, AN ARROGANT APPROACH. I SPOKE WITH SOME CAMPAIGN OFFICIALS EARLIER IN THE WEEK. THE MESSAGE THEY HAD WAS THAT THERE IS REAL FRUSTRATION AT THE SENIOR LEVEL. THE FACT THAT THEY'RE TELLING PEOPLE THAT THEY ARE BEDWETTERS AND USING RHETORIC THAT IS DIVIDING THE PARTY. WE ALL SAW WHAT WE SAW IN THAT DEBATE. TO TRY TO DENY THAT WHAT WE SAW WAS A PRESIDENT WHO DID NOT SEEM TO HAVE IT ALL THEIR HAS BEEN REALLY FRUSTRATING. >> WE DO HAVE MULTIPLE SOURCES TELLING NBC NEWS, OUR COLLEAGUES IN D.C., THAT BIDEN HAS TOLD PEOPLE HE IS CONTEMPLATING GETTING OUT OF THE RACE, EVEN AS WE HEAR THIS OPPOSITE PUBLIC NARRATIVE. HOW DO YOU, IF YOU'RE WITH THE PRESIDENT OR WITH HIS TEAM, HOW DO YOU TRY TO STOP THE MOMENTUM THESE REPORTS ARE GAINING WITH THE PUBLIC? >> HONESTLY, THERE IS NO WAY TO DO THAT AT THIS POINT. THE DAM HAS BROKEN. YOU ARE SEEING MORE AND MORE PEOPLE COME OUT. IT IS NOT JUST ANONYMOUS FOLKS ANYMORE. THAT WAS DEATH BY 1000 CUTS. NOW YOU ARE SEEING MEMBERS OF CONGRESS PUT THEIR NAMES TO THIS. YOU RECENTLY SAW THE COME OUT AND SAY SHE WILL NO LONGER DONATE. THAT IS WHERE YOU SEE THE PROBLEM FOR THE PRESIDENT. DONATIONS. WHEN DONORS START DRYING UP, THAT IS WHERE YOU START TO SEE CANDIDATES DOWN TICKET SEPARATE THEMSELVES. YOU'RE ALREADY STARTING TO SEE THAT. >> ONE OF THE THINGS NBC HAS REPORTING ON, AND OTHER OUTLETS AS WELL, IS THE IDEA OF A DIVI BETWEEN THE BIDEN FAMILY AND THE BIDEN STAFF. IF TRUE, WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU ABOUT THE STATE OF THIS CAMPAIGN AND THE WHITE HOUSE? I MEAN, IS IT BAD STRATEGY? IS IT ARROGANCE, AS YOU SAID EARLIER? IS THIS SOMETHING THAT COULD WORK TO HAVE ALL OF THIS PLAY OUT IN THE PUBLIC EYE AND IN THIS MOMENT WHO REALLY HAS THE PRESENT'S EAR? HIS STAFF OR FAMILY? >> IT IS HIS FAMILY. IT HAS GOT TO BE HARD TO WALK AWAY FROM BEING PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. I MEAN, THIS IS A MAN WHOSE ENTIRE CAREER HAS BEEN LEADING TO THIS MOMENT. HE DEFEATED DONALD TRUMP AND SAID HE WOULD BE A ONE TERM PRESIDENT, A BRIDGE TO THE NEXT GENERATION. BUT WALKING AWAY FROM THE PRESIDENCY IS A LOT MORE DIFFICULT. AND SO, I THINK RIGHT NOW YOU ARE SEEING THAT BALANCE OF HIM TRYING TO GET TO A PLACE WHERE HE CAN ADMIT THAT HE MAY NOT BE THE BEST PERSON POSITIONED TO BEAT DONALD TRUMP AND THAT IT MAY BE TIME FOR DEMOCRATS TO BRING SOMEBODY ELSE IN. I VOTED FOR JOE BIDEN, I SUPPORT JOE BIDEN. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, DEMOCRATS HAVE TO WAIT. THAT IS THE MESSAGE I HERE ON THE HILL AND FROM CAMPAIGN MEMBERS. IF JOE BIDEN DOESN'T GIVE US THE BEST CHANCE TO WIN, IT IS TIME TO BRING IN THE VICE PRESIDENT. >> BOTTOMLINE, AND I THINK I MIGHT KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS BASED ON WHAT YOU WERE JUST SAYING, BUT BOTTOM LINE, DO YOU THINK FIGHTING CAN SURVIVE THIS MOMENT? >> I DON'T. I THINK NOW WE ARE AT A LEGACY GAME. WILL HE BE REMEMBERED AS THE PRESENT WHO DEFEATED DONALD TRUMP OR THE PRESIDENT WHO ALLOWED THE RETURN OF DONALD TRUMP, A NATIONAL BAN OF ABORTION, PROJECT 2025, THINGS THAT WILL DESTROY THE FABRIC OF OUR COUNTRY? >> WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND INSIGHTS, AS ALWAYS. >>> TURNING NOW TO THE CARIBBEAN WHERE HURRICANE BERYL REMAINS A POWERFUL CATEGORY 2 STORM AFTER MOVING ACROSS TO MAKE A. THE DEATH TOLL NOW AT LEAST NINE. THIS IS THE SATELLITE IMAGE NOW AS IT HEADS TOWARDS THE GULF AND TAKES AIM AT POSSIBLY SOUTH TEXAS. SAM BROCK IS IN JAMAICA WITH THE LATEST. >> Reporter: HURRICANE BERYL TONIGHT CONTINUING ITS TEAR THROUGH THE CARIBBEAN, NOW JUST PAST GRAND CAYMANS WITH THE MASSIVE STORM SHAKING TREES AND CHURNING WAYS. THIS VIDEO TAKEN INSIDE THE HURRICANE THIS WEEK REVEALS THE POWER OF THE STORM. LAST NIGHT HURRICANE BERYL BATTLING JAMAICA WERE OFFICIALS ALREADY CONFIRMED TWO DEATHS IN THE COUNTRY, BOTH VICTIMS IN THEIR 20s, LEAVING THE NATION REELING. ON TREASURE BEACH, A POPULAR SEASIDE OASIS, JAMAICAN OFFICIALS TELL US THE DEVASTATION IS WIDESPREAD. >> HOMES DAMAGED, HEALTH CENTERS, CHURCHES LOST THEIR ROOFS COMPLETELY. >> Reporter: JUST THE DRIVE TO GET OUT HERE FEATURES TREES CARVING UP ROADWAYS, POWERLINES IN EVERY DIRECTION, AND OBLITERATED HOMES. ALL OF IT LEADING TO THIS. IT IS HARD TO DESCRIBE THE MAGNITUDE OF THE LOSS HERE, BUT HERE IS AN EXAMPLE. THIS IS THE HOTEL WITH 100 PLUS STAFF MEMBERS ON TREASURE BEACH. IT IS NOT JUST BIG BUSINESS FEELING THE PAIN. WHAT DO YOU FEEL EMOTIONALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR BUSINESS? >> DEVASTATED. >> Reporter: HE RUNS A FRUIT STAND RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE HOME HE SHARES WITH, WHICH IS PRACTICALLY UNINHABITABLE NOW. WERE YOU SCARED YOU MIGHT NOT SURVIVE? >> YES. I WAS CALLING TO JESUS ASKING HIM TO COME. >> Reporter: JAMAICA'S FEELING THE PAIN OF THE HURRICANE THAT DID NOT EVEN MAKE LANDFALL THAT COULD LIKELY DISRUPT THEIR LIVES FOR MONTHS. HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO GET BACK TO WHERE YOU WERE? >> SAM BROCK JOINS US NOW FROM JAMAICA. ONE OF THE BIGGEST PRIORITIES FOR OFFICIALS THERE RIGHT NOW? >> Reporter: CERTAINLY, PART OF IT IS DAMAGE ASSESSMENT RIGHT NOW. IF YOU GO BACK TO WHERE WE WERE IN TREASURE BEACH EARLIER TODAY, FOLKS WERE SAYING EVERY OTHER BUSINESS WAS DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. THAT IS ONE LITTLE PORTION OF ONE PARISH. IF YOU WIDEN THE SCOPE TO SUMMER JAMAICA, THERE IS A BETWEEN 501,000 HOMES AND BUSINESSES WERE EASILY DAMAGED. ALSO, AS YOU LOOK AT THIS MAN'S HOME HERE, THIS IS TYPICAL THROUGHOUT THE ISLAND, THE ROOF FIRST OFF. THIS TREE UPROOTED. PEOPLE HAVING TO TAKE MATTERS INTO THEIR OWN HANDS, QUITE LITERALLY. THIS IS A POWERLINES SET UP, A CONSTELLATION OF LINES TIED UP BY KNOTS AND ATTACHED TO A TREE. AS WE WERE DRIVING AROUND TODAY, WE SAW POWERLINES EVERYWHERE, TREES AND THE ROADS. SO MANY HAZARDS. PUBLIC OFFICIALS SAYING WHAT ARE THE KEY PRIORITIES RIGHT NOW IS CLEARING THE ROADWAYS IN THE EVENT SOMEONE HAS A MEDICAL EMERGENCY AND HAS TO GET TO THE HOSPITAL SO THEY CAN DO SO. WE DID TALK TO THE POLICE, THEY SAY THERE ARE STILL TWO CONFIRMED TWO DEATHS AT THIS POINT. >> SAM BROCK IN JAMAICA, THANK YOU. >>> FOR MORE ON HURRICANE BERYL'S PATH AS IT CONTINUES ITS MARCH TOWARD SPECTACLE, METEOROLOGIST MICHELLE GROSSMAN IS WITH US. WHAT IS THE LATEST ON THE TRACK? >> HI THERE, ELLISON. WE'RE LOOKING AT A TRACK TOWARDS MEXICO, MAYBE EVEN SOUTHERN TEXAS. HERE IS THE LATEST ON BERYL. STILL REALLY POWERFUL STORM AT ONE OF 10 MILES PER HOUR -- 110 MILES PER HOUR. WHITE ON THE CUSP OF A MAJOR HURRICANE. IT IS STILL MOVING VERY QUICKLY NORTH 20 MILES PER HOUR. IT WILL KEEP THE FAST TRACK AS WE GO OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. TROPICAL ALERTS ALL AROUND THE YUCATAN PENINSULA. WE WILL START TO FEEL THE IMPACTS TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW. THAT IS A BIG STORY THROUGHOUT FRIDAY. WE WILL SEE BERYL CROSSED THE YUCATAN PENINSULA . WITH THE WINDSHEAR IT WILL TURNED TO A TROPICAL STORM. THEY WILL ENTER THE GULF OF MEXICO AS A TROPICAL STORM. BUT NOTICE WHAT HAPPENS, IT HAS IN REALLY WARM WATERS, THAT IS ALL HE NEEDS TO GET MORE POWER. SUNDAY WE'RE LOOKING AT A CATEGORY ONE STORM. IT WILL MAKE IMPACTS OR LANDFALL SOMEWHERE BETWEEN NORTHEASTERN MEXICO AND THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF TEXAS. REGARDLESS OF WHERE DOES END UP, YOU STILL SEE THE RAIN. WE SEE THE RAIN, HEAVY RAIN. WE COULD SEE 3 TO 6 INCHES, SOME SPOTS UP TO 10 INCHES. REALLY ROUGH SEA, RIP CURRENT, DAMAGING WINDS NO MATTER WHERE IT MAKES LANDFALL. WE WILL SEE IT MAINTAIN ITS STRENGTH. BUT THE BIG STORY WILL BE THE RAINFALL WITH THE STORM. >>> NOW TO THE MASSIVE WILDFIRE FORCING TENS OF THOUSANDS TO EVACUATE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE FLAMES AND STRETCHING MORE THAN 3500 ACRES, DEVOURING HOMES IN OVER 100 DEGREE HEAT. STEVE PATTERSON IS IN THE FIRE ZONE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT STIFLING HEAT, SUPERCHARGING A FUEL -- THE FUEL OF A FIRE AS FIREFIGHTERS RACE TO CONTAIN THE PLACE. STATE OF EMERGENCY WITH THE TOPS OF FIRE. THE CRUISE FINALLY ABLE TO GET A FOOTHOLD AFTER THE DATE OF FAVORABLE WIND ONLY TO FACE MORE EXTREME HEAT. >> THE WINDS HAVE STOPPED, WHICH IS HUGE, BUT THE TEMPERATURES ACTUALLY INCREASING. WE ARE IN THE 110, EVEN HIGHER. THAT TAKES A HUGE TOLL ON FIREFIGHTERS WORKING. >> Reporter: THE FLAMES TEARING THROUGH SEVERAL STRUCTURES AND 100 PLUS DEGREE TEMPERATURES. SHE THREW EVERYTHING IN HER CAR, GETTING HER 90-YEAR-OLD DAD TO SAFETY AT A NEARBY SHELTER. >> I WAS PANDA EXPRESS MY DOG DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE. I TOLD HIM, GET IN THE CAR RIGHT NOW. >> Reporter: BECAUSE THERE IS NO ROOM LEFT FOR HER DOG, SHE SPENT THE LAST TWO DAYS OUTSIDE IN THE HEAT. ACROSS THE COUNTRY THIS FOURTH OF JULY, MORE THAN 148 MILLION AMERICANS UNDER HEAT ALERTS. >> IT HAS BEEN SWELTERING. >> Reporter: FROM THE NORTHWEST TO THE SOUTHEAST, SEVERAL CITIES VOICE TO SET NEW DAYTIME HIGHS. IN NEVADA, LAS VEGAS IS EDGING CLOSER TO SHATTERING ITS ALL TIME RECORD, 118 DEGREES. IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA MANY FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATIONS CANCELED, FACING FIRE DANGER SO HIGH THAT ANY SPARK COULD SPELL DISASTER. IN THE BURN ZONE, THOUSANDS THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN. THEY ARE SURROUNDED BY FIELDS OF DRY TENDER, RUSHING TO KNOCK ONE FIRE DOWN WHILE THE NEXT ONE SPARKS. A LITTLE BIT OF GOOD NEWS, THE WINDS HERE HAVE FINALLY DIED DOWN, ALLOWING FIREFIGHTERS TO GET SOMEWHAT OF A FOOTHOLD. NOW 7% CONTAINMENT ON THIS FIRE, BUT IT HAS BEEN ANOTHER DAY OF 110 PLUS DEGREE WEATHER FUELING THE FLAMES >>> MOVING OVERSEAS INTO THE UK ELECTIONS, THE POLLS OF NOW CLOSED AND PRELIMINARY RESULTS ARE COMING IN AND WHAT LOOKS LIKE A SEISMIC SHIFT FOR THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY AS THE LABOUR PARTY SEEKS TO OUST THEM FROM OFFICE AFTER 15 YEARS. FOR THE LATEST ON THESE RESULTS, WE WENT TO GET OVER TO INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT RAF SANCHEZ, WHO JOINS US NOW IN LONDON. YOU WERE ON THE SHOW LAST NIGHT REPORTING AND TELLING US IT LOOKS LIKE IT WOULD BE A BAD NIGHT FOR THE PRIME MINISTER AND HIS PARTY. WHAT ARE WE SEEING? >> Reporter: ELLISON, THE EXIT POLLS ARE PROJECTING A CRUSHING DEFEAT FOR PRIME MINISTER SUNAK AND HIS CONSERVATIVE PARTY, POTENTIALLY ONE OF THE WORST PERFORMANCES IN THAT PARTY APP IS HISTORY, AND AN ABSOLUTE LANDSLIDE FOR THE PROGRESSIVE OPPOSITION PARTY KNOWN AS LABOUR. VERY LITTLE DOUBT AT THIS POINT IT WILL BE THE LABOUR LEADER, KEIR STARMER, WHO TOMORROW MORNING WILL WALK THROUGH THAT FAMOUS BLACK DOOR ON 10 DOWNING STREET AS THE NEW PRIME MINISTER OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. TO GIVE YOU SOME SENSE OF THE NUMBERS HERE, WE DON'T HAVE FINAL RESULTS, BUT WE ARE EXPECTING THE LABOUR PARTY TO WIN POTENTIALLY THREE TIMES AS MANY SEATS AS THE CONSERVATIVES. THEY WILL COME INTO POWER WITH JUST A SWEEPING MAJORITY IN PARLIAMENT. THEY ARE ALSO POTENTIALLY SEEING THE NEW POPULIST RIGHT- WING PARTY KNOWN AS REFORM, WHICH HAS STOPPED THE ANTI IMMIGRATION, WHICH WILL BE A FIRST IN BRITISH HISTORY. >> WE HAVE HEARD ANALYSTS SAY A LOT OF VOTERS IN THE UK WERE LOOKING TO PUNISH THE CONSERVATIVES FOR MISMANAGING THE COUNTRY IN THE WAKE OF BREXIT AND THEIR DEPARTURE FROM THE EU. IS THAT WHAT VOTERS ARE TELLING YOU? >> Reporter: IT IS. SOME OF THEIR COMPLAINTS WILL BE VERY FAMILIAR TO AMERICANS. INFLATION HAS HIT THIS COUNTRY, PRICES ARE HIGH, ECONOMIC GROWTH HAS BEEN SLOW. IT IS KNOWN HERE AS THE COST OF LIVING CRISIS. SOME OF THE CONSERVATIVE WOES ARE VERY SPECIFIC TO THEIR OWN GOVERNMENT. I WILL GIVE YOU JUST AN EXAMPLE OF THE ROLLING SERIES OF SCANDALS WE HAVE SEEN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. NONE OF THEM MORE PROMINENT THAN THOSE THAT HAPPENED UNDER PRIME MINISTER BORIS JOHNSON, HER DOING THE COVID LOCKDOWN, BROKE HIS OWN RULES AND ATTENDED E LEGAL PARTIES HERE AT DOWNING STREET. WHEN YOU SPEAK TO VOTERS ON THE STREETS OF BRITAIN, YOU DON'T HEAR SO MUCH OVERWHELMING ENTHUSIASM FOR KEIR STARMER AND THE LABOUR PARTY AS MUCH AS DEEP FRUSTRATION WITH THE CONSERVATIVES AND A REAL DESIRE TO PUNISH THEM AFTER 14 YEARS OF POWER >>> STILL AHEAD, A DEADLY SHOOTING IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK. AUTHORITIES SAY A MAN ARMED WITH A GUN WAS MAKING THREATS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ICONIC PARK. RANGERS WERE ABLE TO TAKE THE SUSPECT DOWN.>>> AND CIRCE -- CIRCUS SKI SCAM. -- SURROGACY SCAM. THE F.B.I. GETTING INVOLVED. >>> AND HOW MUCH ARE YOU SPENDING ON FIREWORKS AND FOOD THIS FOURTH OF JULY? WE WILL HAVE THE NUMBERS AND WHAT AMERICANS ARE SPLURGING ON THIS HOLIDAY. STAY WITH US. NOW TO THE SURRO SCAM TURNING DREAMS OF BECOMING A PARENT INTO A NIGHTMARE. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE CAUGHT UP IN A SURROGACY MONEY SCANDAL, DEPOSITING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WITH AN ESCROW COMPANY, ONLY FOR THE MONEY TO DISAPPEAR. THE F.B.I. NOW INVESTIGATED. >> Reporter: IN THEIR APARTMENT ON ROOSEVELT ISLAND, LAURA AND CHRISTOPHER ARE OVERJOYED TO BE NEW PARENTS. FOR MEDICAL REASONS, THEY RELIED ON A SURROGATE TO CARRY THEIR SON. IT IS A JOURNEY THAT COST A FORTUNE. WE ARE TALK ABOUT THEIR COMPENSATION, PLUS 50%, PLUS 100% DEPENDING ON THE AGREEMENT. WE ARE TALKING $100,000 IN THIS ACCOUNT. >> Reporter: THEY TRUSTED THEIR MONEY WAS SAFE UNTIL A FEW WEEKS AGO WITH A SURROGATE CALLED. >> SHE SAID SHE HAD NOT RECEIVED HER PAYMENTS. >> Reporter: THEY NOW FEAR MORE THAN $10,000 IN THEIR ACCOUNT IS GONE. ON LONG ISLAND, JENNIFER CAN'T GET ANSWERS ABOUT $28,000. >> BLINDSIDED. >> Reporter: THOSE FAMILY SAY THEY DEPOSIT THEIR MONEY WITH CAN BE CALLED SURROGACY ESCROW ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT LLC BASED IN HOUSTON, TEXAS. IT HAS BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR 10 YEARS, PROVIDING A SERVICE, EXPERTS SAY, IS STANDARD IN SURROGACY. >> IT IS A PROTECTION FOR BOTH SIDES, TRANSPARENCY FOR THE PARENTS AND TO MAKE SURE THE MONEY REALLY IS THERE TO COVER OBLIGATIONS FOR THE SURROGATE. >> Reporter: A NUMBER OF ATTENDED PARENTS SAY THAT SEAM WAS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. THE OWNER TALKED ABOUT BEING A FORMER SURROGATE AND WANTING TO HELP PEOPLE THROUGH THE PROCESS. >> ONE OF THE MAIN CONCERNS OF MOST PEOPLE LOOKING FOR SERVICES LIKE THIS ARE, ARE MY FUNDS SECURE? YES, ABSOLUTELY. >> Reporter: BUT A LAWSUIT FILED IN TEXAS ALLEGES SOMETHING HAS GONE CRIMINALLY WRONG WITH AS MUCH AS $10 MILLION LOOTED FROM 600 ESCROW ACCOUNTS FROM CLIENTS AROUND THE GLOBE. AN ATTORNEY FILED THE SUIT ON BEHALF OF A MOM TO BE WHO SAID SHE LOST MORE THAN $60,000. >> YOU HAVE PARENTS OBLIGATED UNDER CONTRACT TO PAY FOR THE EXPENSES FOR THE SURROGATE. THESE PARENTS ARE HAVING TO COME UP WITH ALTERNATE MEANS TO PAY FOR THIS CONTRACT AND THESE FUNDS. >> Reporter: THE SUIT CLAIMS LABOUR MAY HAVE BEEN MISAPPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR YEARS IN ORDER TO BANKROLL OTHER BUSINESS VENTURES ANY LAVISH LICE GOAL -- LIFESTYLE. >> SHE WASN'T SHY ABOUT HIDING HER LIFESTYLE OF THE RICH AND FAMOUS. >> Reporter: MANY OF HER SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS AND WEBSITES HAVE VANISHED, AND NOW SHE IS UNDER EVEN MORE SCRUTINY. IN AN EMAIL, SHE DECLINED TO COMMENT, CITING AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION BY FEDERAL AUTHORITIES. THE HOUSTON F.B.I. SAYS IT IS SEEKING POTENTIAL VICTIMS WITH THIS ONLINE FORM FOR PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY, PEOPLE LIKE JENNIFER. >> I OBVIOUSLY WANT ALL OF US TO GET OUR MONEY BACK. I ALSO REALLY WANT ANSWERS, SOME SORT OF JUSTICE. >> Reporter: BACK ON ROOSEVELT ISLAND, LAURA AND CHRISTOPHER WANT ANSWERS FOR THEMSELVES AND FOR INTENDED PARENTS WERE NOW IN LIMBO.. WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE OUR BABY IN HAND. THAT IS THE MOST DISTURBING THING, SHE IS AFFECTING FAMILIES AND IMPACTING GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE. >>> WE DO WANT TO MENTION A JUDGE IN TEXAS HAS FROZEN THE BANK ACCOUNTS OF SEAM. IN ADDITION TO THE F.B.I. INQUIRY, COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN FILED WITH THE TEXAS AND NEW YORK ATTORNEYS GENERAL. >>> WHEN WE > KRISTEN WELKER HO THE PRESS EVERY SUNDAY ON NBC. >> WE ARE BACK WITH TOP STORY'S NEWSFEED, STARTING WITH THE DEADLY SHOOTING INSIDE YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK. AUTHORITIES SAY A PERSON ARMED WITH A GUN WAS MAKING THREATS AT CANDY LARGE. THE SUSPECT KILLED AFTER A SHOOTOUT WITH PARK RANGERS. A RANGER WAS ALSO HURT. HE IS EXPECTED TO BE OKAY. >>> MULTIPLE SHARK ATTACKS REPORTED AT A PAST TEXAS BEACH THIS FOURTH OF JULY. NEW VIDEO JUST IN SHOWS A SHARK RIGHT AT THE SHORELINE ON SOUTH PADRE ISLAND. AUTHORITIES SAY MULTIPLE PEOPLE WERE ATTACKED, INCLUDING ONE PERSON WHO SUFFERED A SEVERE BITE ON HER LEG AND HAD TO BE HOSPITALIZED. THE COAST GUARD ADVISING BEACHGOERS TO STAY OUT OF THE WATER. >>> BACK HERE AT HOME, THIS FOURTH OF JULY AMERICANS EXPECTED TO SPEND A LITTLE LESS ON FOOD AND FIREWORKS. ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION, THE AVERAGE PERSON WILL SPEND ABOUT $90 ON FOOD THIS YEAR, THAT IS DOWN FROM $93 LAST YEAR, BUT SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN PRE- PANDEMIC LEVELS. MEANWHILE, THE AMERICAN PYROTECHNICS ASSOCIATION SAYS THE COST OF FIREWORKS ARE DOWN 5% TO 10% SINCE THE DECREASE IN SHIPPING RATES. DESPITE THE LOWER PRICES, THEY EXPECT REVENUE TO EXCEED $2 BILLION. >>HAD. IT IS USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH MATTRESSES, I DON'T KNOW THE EXPLANATION, BUT IS BASICALLY ANYTHING TO ENJOY THE SUMMER. PRETTY SHARP DISCOUNTING. IF YOU WANT TO GET A SWIMSUIT OR OUTDOOR GEAR, BUT ALSO FURNITURE, LARGE EXPENSIVE ITEMS. IT COULD BE A GOOD TIME TO DIP INTO THOSE THINGS. WE ARE SEEING 20%, 30, 40, SOMETIMES 60%. >> WHAT ARE SOME OF THE BIGGEST DEALS OR SAVINGS YOU HAVE SEEN SO FAR? >> FOR APPLIANCES, FOR EXAMPLE, SOME WASHERS AND DRYERS ABOUT $800 OFF. THIS IS AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO REPLACE BIG-TICKET ITEMS UNLESS THEY ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO. THE RETAILERS ARE CUTTING PRICES. ALSO GRILLS. IF YOU'RE DOING A LATE COOKOUT AND DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FOR THE WEEKEND, MIGHT NOT BE THE WORST THING TO PICK UP SOMETHING TOMORROW. GRILLS ARE 25% TO 30% OFF. AT HOME DEPOT, THE GRILLS AND OTHER TYPES OF APPLIANCES, THEY'RE OFFERING 40% TO 50% OFF, AND ON TOP OF THAT, COULD BE A GOOD TIME. >> THESE ARE REALLY BIG SALES. I ALSO UNDERSTAND THERE BIG SALES ON MONDAY AS WELL. WHAT ARE THOSE? >> THE FOURTH OF JULY SALES OR OFFERS ARE GOOD IN CATEGORIES I TALKED ABOUT. BUT FOR BACK-TO-SCHOOL IN TECH, YOU PROBABLY HAVE BETTER OPPORTUNITIES FOR LATE JULY OPPORTUNITIES LIKE AMAZON PRIME DAY, WHICH IS IN THE MIDDLE OF JULY. THAT WILL TAKE PLACE JULY 16 AND JULY 70. TARGET AND WALMART ARE COMPETING WITH THEIR OWN SPECIALS AS WELL THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. THE KEEP IN MIND, SOME OF THESE WILL BE LIMITED TO SUBSCRIBERS. FOR TARGET, YOU HAVE TO REGISTER TO ACCESS THOSE DEALS. FOR WALMART, EVERYBODY CAN ACCESS THEM. >> OKAY, THAT IS GOOD TO KNOW. THE LAST ONE IS AN IMPORTANT LESSON BECAUSE I AM A HUGE DONUT FAN. KRISPY KREME HAS REALLY BIG DEALS TODAY. YOU CAN STILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO GET A FREE DONUT IF YOU'RE WEARING RED, WHITE OR BLUE. YOU CAN ASHLEY GET A FREE DONUT ON TUESDAY AND A FREE ICE COFFEE ON FRIDAY? >> IT IS JULY. I AM OKAY WITH THE LATE DAY DONUTS. EVEN IF YOU MISS OUT ON THAT, YOU CAN STILL GET THE FREE DONUT AND FREE COFFEE OPPORTUNITIES. >> AN IMPORTANT CAVEAT I AM TOLD, IT IS NOT WHERE RED, WHITE, OR BLUE, IT IS AND. ALL THREE OF THEM. MY SHOES HAVE ALL THREE RIGHT NOW. >> GET A DONUT. BRIAN CHEUNG, THANK YOU. >>> WE'RE BACK NOW WITH A POTENTIAL BREAKTHROUGH FOR CHILDREN WITH CANCER. DOCTORS IN ENGLAND USING WHAT IS CALLED WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING TO GIVE QUICKER AND MORE SPECIALIZED RESULTS THAN STANDARD TESTING. SKY NEWS SPENT TIME WITH ONE YOUNG PATIENT WHO HAD TREATMENT USING THIS TESTING, AND TODAY HE IS CANCER FREE. TOOK THREE AND HALF YEARS AGO WHEN HE WAS SIX, EDDIE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH AN UNCOMMON AGGRESSIVE FORM OF LEUKEMIA. BLINDSIDED BY THE DIAGNOSIS, HIS MOM WANTED TO KNOW ANYTHING THAT MIGHT IMPROVE HIS TREATMENT. >> SOMETHING THAT WILL GIVE YOU EITHER REASSURANCE OR A BETTER PROGNOSIS. >> Reporter: HE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE HIS ENTIRE GENETIC SEQUENCE. >> WHEN YOU SEE YOUR CHILD GO THROUGH SOMETHING LIKE THIS, IT IS HEARTBREAKING. IT IS NOT A LITTLE BIT, IT IS A LOT. >> Reporter: THE HUMAN GENOME CONTAINS 3 BILLION LETTERS OF DNA CODE. EACH OF THOSE BUILDING BLOCKS INCLUDE MUTATIONS THAT CAN LEAD TO CANCER AND LEAD TO IMPROVING TREATMENT DECISIONS, WHICH INCLUDED THIS NEW STUDY. THE WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING IS AVAILABLE. THE UPTAKE HAS NOT BEEN WIDESPREAD, THE RESEARCHERS HOPE FUNDING WILL CHANGE THAT. >> IT ALLOWS US O REALLY TARGET THE TREATMENT SO THE PATIENT GETS THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF TREATMENT. SEE YOU'RE NOT OVER TREATING THEM. HOPEFULLY, NOT UNDER TREATING THEM. THIS IS REALLY REVOLUTIONARY. >> Reporter: FOR EDDIE, HIS BROTHER HAD NO INCREASED RISK HIMSELF AND ALLOWED HIS DOCTORS TO BE CONFIDENT HE WOULD RESPOND WELL TO STANDARD TREATMENT. AND HE DID. THE TREATMENT ENDED WITH THIS CANCER IN REMISSION. >> IT IS GREAT TO BE NORMAL AGAIN. SEE MY FRIENDS. >> Reporter: HIS DOCTORS HOPE TESTING LIKE HE RECEIVED WILL JUST HELP OTHERS, BUT PROVIDE NEW INSIGHTS INTO HOW ERRORS IN DNA CAUSE CANCER, PERHAPS POINTING TO NEW WAYS TO STOP IT. START FOR A CLOSER LOOK AT THIS TOPIC, I'M JOINED NOW BY A PEDIATRIC NEURO- ONCOLOGIST AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. THANKS FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. COULD YOU START BY EXPLAINING TO US WHAT EXACTLY A WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING MEANS OR IS, AND HOW WIDESPREAD IS THIS TESTING? >> ABSOLUTELY. THANKS FOR HAVING ME. I HAVE TO EXPLAIN THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT CANCER, WHETHER IT IS PEDIATRIC CANCER OR ADULT CANCER, WE ARE LOOKING AT A DIFFERENT SET OF DNA, A DIFFERENT GENOME FROM THE REST OF THE HEALTHY -- SALES MAC INTERBODY. DNA IS THE BOOK WHERE THEY LOOK FOR GUIDANCE ON HOW TO BEHAVE. REALLY, UP UNTIL NOW, WITH THE TESTING WE HAVE RUN TO BE ABLE TO DIAGNOSE CANCER, IT HAS BEEN PIECEMEAL LOOKING AT VARIOUS PARTS OF A BOOK. BUT THE WHOLE GENOME IS A LETTER WITH A NUMBER. THE SEQUENCING LOOKS AT ALL OF THE VARIOUS NUCLEOTIDES WITHIN EACH BOOK, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. >> THE STUDY OUT OF ENGLAND FOUND THAT WHILE WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING PROVIDED DOCTORS WITH BETTER INFORMATION ABOUT THE CARE FOR MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF PATIENTS, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS, ONE THIRD OF PATIENTS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CHILDREN HERE. HOW SIGNIFICANT IS THAT? IS THIS SOMETHING WE COULD SEE BEING USED IN THE UNITED STATES SOMETIME SOON, IF NOT ALREADY? >> ABSOLUTELY. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MADE THIS STUDY IMPORTANT WAS JUST HOW MANY PATIENTS WERE IMPACTED IN A POSITIVE WAY BY USING WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING. WE HAVE HAD ACCESS TO IT NOW FOR PROBABLY OVER A DECADE, BUT WHAT HAS CHANGED IS THAT IS BECOMING A LITTLE BIT MORE AVAILABLE. THIS WAS AN ENTIRE HEALTH SYSTEM . RIGHT NOW, IT IS VERY PIECEMEAL. EVEN IN THE UNITED STATES, DIFFERENT CENTERS MAY OFFER THIS. MANY MAY NOT BE. THIS IS A LARGE HEALTH SYSTEM IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THAT IMPLEMENTED A. IF YOU LOOK AT WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING 10 OR 15 YEARS AGO, IT WAS ABOUT THE COST OF A HOUSE TO RUN AND TOOK FOUR MONTHS TO SIX MONTHS. WHAT WE ARE NOW SEEING IS THAT YOU CAN DO THE WHOLE GENOME FOR MAYBE THE PRICE OF A BIKE AND GET THE RESULTS BACK IN 2 TO 4 WEEKS. IT REALLY DID BENEFIT THE PATIENTS. A LOT WAS LEARNED IN REAL TIME. >> REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING WITH US AND EXPLAINING THIS. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU AND YOUR TEAM DO TO HELP PEOPLE. REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING WITH US TONIGHT. >> ABSOLUTELY. THANKS FOR HAVING ME. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, FREEDOM FROM FEAR FEAR. HIGHLAND PARK HOLDING HIS FIRST FOURTH OF JULY PARADE SINCE A MASS SHOOTING TWO YEARS AGO. TONIGHT WE TALKED WITH SURV FINALLY TONIGHT, ON THIS JULY 4th, MANY AMERICANS CELEBRATED WITH BARBECUE, FIREWORKS, AND OF COURSE, PARADES. BUT FOR THE COMMUNITY OF HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS TODAY WAS A STEP TOWARDS HEALING. THE TOWN HOLDING ITS FIRST JULY 4th BRACES TRAGEDY STRUCK TWO YEARS AGO AFTER A MEMORIAL CEREMONY FOR THE VICTIMS. MAGGIE VESPA WAS THEY ARE. >> Reporter: AS AMERICA CELEBRATES ITS INDEPENDENCE, HIGHLAND PARK TONIGHT WE CLAIMING THE RIGHT TO CELEBRATE THE FOURTH WITHOUT FEAR. >> I DON'T WANT THE EVENTS OF TWO YEARS AGO TO HAVE HAD AN EFFECT ON THE SPIRIT OF THE COMMUNITY. >> Reporter: HUNDREDS ALIGNING THE STREETS OF THIS QUIET CHICAGO SUBURB FOR THE FIRST INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE IN TWO YEARS. THIS AFTER A 2022 INVESTIGATORS SAY LONE GUNMAN PERCHED ON THE ROOFTOP OPENED FIRE ON PARADE GOERS, KILLING SEVEN AND WOUNDING NEARLY 50. OUR TEAM ON THE GROUND FOR DAYS AS PEOPLE TRY TO PROCESS THE PAIN. HOW ARE YOUR FIREFIGHTERS AND OFFICERS DOING? THIS MORNING A REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY. >> I THINK JULY 4th WILL ALWAYS BE A DAY OF MIXED EMOTIONS. >> Reporter: OFFICIALS WORKING WITH FEDERAL AUTHORITIES AND DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IMPLEMENTING SECURITY LED BY HIGHLAND PARK POLICE , CLARIFYING WHY THEY FELT THE NEED TO BRING THIS PARADE BACK. >> I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO THE CHILDREN, IN PARTICULAR. IN THE AFTERMATH OF JULY FOR 2022, ONE OF THE THIRD-GRADERS ASKED ME, DO WE EVER GET TO CELEBRATE THE FOURTH OF JULY AGAIN? I SAID, ABSOLUTELY. TODAY IS THE FIRST STEP. >> Reporter: MANY ALONG THE PARADE ROUTE ARE SURVIVORS. >> WE WERE ACROSS THE TREET. >> Reporter: HAZEL AND HER HUSBAND HAVE BEEN COMING TO THE PARADE FOR YEARS. THEY WERE HERE AS THE HORROR UNFOLDED TWO YEARS AGO, ESCAPING THROUGH A COFFEE SHOP. DESPITE WHAT THEY WITNESSED, THEY WERE BACK HERE TODAY. WAS THERE A MOMENTARY HESITATION OR NERVES? >> NO. >> LOOKING UP AT THIS BUILDING BEHIND YOU, IT IS A LITTLE BIT SO I THINK IT WILL BE FINE. AND IT'S A PARADE, IT'S JULY 4th. SO, HERE. >> IT'S A VERY STRONG AND SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY. THEY WOULD NOT LET SOMEONE FOR SOME NOT TO HAVE A PARADE. >> Reporter: A COMMUNITY NOW MARCHING FORWARD TOGETHER, IN HIGHLAND PARK, MAGGIE VESPA NBC NEWS. >> THANKS SO MUCH FOR WATCHING TOP STORY.
