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TONIGHT ,PRESIDENT BIDEN CALLING FOR A GAS TAX HOLIDAY. IT'S LIKELY TO FACE OPPOSITION ON CAPITOL HILL. THE PRESIDENT ASKING CONGRESS FOR THE THREE-MONTH PAUSE WHICH WOULD TRIM 18 CENTS CENTS OFF A GALLON OF GAS AND 24 CENTS FOR DIESEL. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT EFFORT YET BY THE ADMINISTRATION TO TRY TO BRING DOWN RECORD GAS PRICES AND IT COMES LESS THAN TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE JULY 4th WEEKEND. SO IS IT LIKELY TO PASS? AND IF IT DOES, HOW EARLY COULD AMERICANS SEE RELIEF AT THE PUMP? ALSO TONIGHT, THE SENATE ONE STEP CLOSER TO PASSING THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CHANGE TO GUN LAWS IN THREE DECADES. TOP REPUBLICAN, MITCH McCONNELL, EVEN VOICING HIS SUPPORT FOR THE BILL WHICH IS AIMING TO PREVENT ANOTHER TRAGEDY LIKE EOVALDI. IN THAT CITY, MORE ANGER OVER THE ERRORS MADE BY POLICE THAT DAY. INCLUDING THE OFFICER WHO WAS RESTRAINED WHILE TRYING TO RUN INTO THE CLASSROOM TO SAVE HIS DYING WIFE. THE DEADLY EARTHQUAKE IN AFGHANISTAN, MORE THAN A THOUSAND PEOPLE KILLED AFTER THE 5.9 MAGNITUDE QUAKE STRUCK NEAR THE COUNTRY'S BORDER WITH PAKISTAN. THE URGENT SEARCH UNDERWAY FOR SURVIVORS. DANGEROUS HEAT, MILLIONS UNDER ALERT FROM TEXAS TO GEORGIA AND UP TO NEW YORK. RECORD TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTH. TIPS TONIGHT ON HOW TO STAY COOL. NEW VIDEO SHOWS THE PHIFER CLIMBING THROUGH THE WINDOW OF A BURNING HOME. THE HEART STOPPING MOMENT HE CAME BACK OUT WITH A THREE-YEAR- OLD BOY. >>> AND MEMORIES DELIVERED. THE WOMAN RECEIVING A POST GUARD FROM HER PARENTS YEARS AFTER THEY DIED, THE TREASURE TROVE SHE AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS THEN FOUND AT THE POST OFFICE. TOP STORIES STARTS RIGHT NOW. >>> GOOD EVENING, I'M GABE GUTIERREZ IN FOR TOM, TONIGHT PRESIDENT BIDEN IS TRYING TO EASE YOUR PAIN AT THE PUMP. THE PRESIDENT NOW ASKING CONGRESS FOR A THREE-MONTH FEDERAL GAS TAX HOLIDAY. IF PASSED, AN NBC NEWS ESTIMATE FINDS DRIVERS OF SEDANS WOULD SAVE ALMOST $3 EACH TIME THEY FILL UP. PICK-UP TRUCKS WITH 36-GALLON TANKS ARE LOOKING AT A SAVINGS CLOSE TO $6 AND 50 CENTS. THE AVERAGE PRICE OF A GALLON OF GAS IS STALLING AROUND $5. AMERICANS ARE LOOKING FOR RELIEF AND FAST. TRIPLE A PREDICTING MORE THAN 47 MILLION PEOPLE WILL TRAVEL BY CAR OVER THE JULY 4th WEEKEND. HOWEVER, THE PRESIDENT'S PROPOSAL IS LIKELY TO FACE MAJOR CHALLENGES IN CONGRESS. LET'S GET RIGHT TO KRISTEN WELKER WHO LEADS US OFF FROM WASHINGTON. >>> UNDER PRESSURE WITH GAS PRICES HOVERING AROUND $5 A GALLON AHEAD OF THE JULY 4th HOLIDAY, PRESIDENT BIDEN TODAY CALLING FOR A SUSPENSION IN THE GAS TAX. >> I FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT A GAS TAX HOLIDAY ALONE IS NOT GOING TO FIX THE PROBLEM. BUT IT WILL PROVIDE FAMILIES SOME IMMEDIATE RELIEF. >> HE'S ASKING CONGRESS TO HIT PAUSE ON THE FEDERAL GAS TAX FOR THREE MONTHS. THE GOVERNMENT TAXES GAS AT 18 CENTS A GALLON. MUCH OF THAT MONEY GOES TO THE HIGHWAY TRUST FUND. WHICH PAYS FOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION. WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS PROJECT THE PRESIDENT'S PROPOSAL WOULD COST $10 BILLION. BUT INSISTS THEY'LL FIND THE FUNDS ELSEWHERE. THE PRESIDENT ALSO SAID PRICES COULD COME DOWN AS MUCH AS A DOLLAR A GALLON. IF STATES SUSPEND THEIR GAS TAX. AND OIL COMPANIES INCREASE REFINING CAPACITY. DRIVERS EXPRESSING MIXED REACTION. >>> ANY LITTLE BIT HELPS. I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE. BUT I'LL TAKE A LITTLE BILLIONTH IF WE CAN GET IT. >> YOU CAN NOT BUY ANYTHING FOR 18 CENTS. >> GAS PRICES ARE DOWN 6-CENTS FROM THE RECORD HIGH SET LAST WEEK THANKS TO A DROP IN GLOBAL OIL PRICES. BUT SOME TOP ECONOMISTS WARN A GAS TAX HOLIDAY COULD ADD TO INFLATION. MANY REPUBLICANS BLASTED THE MOVE. >> THIS AN EFFECTIVE STUNT WILL JOIN PRESIDENT BIDEN'S OTHER INEFFECTIVE STUNT ON GAS PRICES. EVEN SOME DEMOCRATS, LUKEWARM. >> I SUPPORT IT. BUT I THINK WE NEED TO BE HONEST ABOUT IT. IT'S NOT GOING TO SHOW A DRAMATIC CHANGE IN GAS PRICES UNLESS STATES FOLLOW SUIT. >> IT'S NOT CLEAR THERE ARE ENOUGH VOTES TO PASS IT. SPEAKER PEE PELOSI SAYING WE WILL SEE WHERE THE CONSENSUS LIES. FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIRMAN JEROME POWELL GRILLED BY LAWMAKERS AFTER RAISING RATES FOR THE THIRD TIME THIS YEAR TO FIGHT INFLATION. >> WILL GAS PRICES GO DOWN AS A RESULT OF YOUR INTEREST RATE INCREASE? >> I DON'T THINK SO. NO. THE CHAIRMAN ACKNOWLEDGED RATE HIKES COULD TRIGGER A RECESSION. >> IT'S NOT THE INTENDED OUTCOME BUT IT'S A POSSIBILITY. KRISTEN WELKER JOINS US LIVE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. THE SECRETARY OF ENERGY, JENNIFER GRAND HOME WILL MEET TOMORROW WITH THE CEOs OF BIG OIL COMPANIES. >>> THE ENERGY SECRETARY WILL PUSH FOR MORE REFINING CAPACITY. EVEN SAYING TODAY THE PRESIDENT COULD INVOKE THE DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT AND SHE WILL PRESSURE THE OIL COMPANIES NOT TO ABSORB SAVINGS FROM THE GAS TAX HOLIDAY SO THE MONEY INSTEAD GOES TO EVERYDAY DRIVERS. GABE. >>> WE WANT TO BRING IN PIPA STEVENS. AN ENRING REPORTER FOR CNBC. WE JUST HEARD THAT CRITICS OF THE ADMINISTRATION ARE CALLING THIS A STUNT. SO WOULD CONSUMERS ACTUALLY FEEL THE IMPACT OF THIS GAS TAX SUSPENSION? >> A LOT GOES INTO THE PRICE OF GASOLINE. BUT EXPERTS DO SAY THIS WOULD LIKELY BE FELT IMMEDIATELY. HOWEVER, IT'S SUCH A SMALL PORTION OF THE OVER ALL PRICE CONSUMERS ARE PAYING AT THE PUMP THAT IT WON'T AMOUNT TO ANY TYPE OF VERY LARGE SAVINGS. REMEMBER THE FEDERAL GAS TAX IS 18 CENTS FOR A REGULAR GALLON OF GASOLINE, BIDEN SALISBURY ASKING STATES TO SUSPEND THEIR TAXES WITH MANY STATES AVERAGING MORE THAN $5 PER GALLON, 18 CENTS OFF ISN'T A WHOLE LOT. AND MANY ALSO SAY THIS TEMPORARY MOVE IS MERELY BANNED A BAND AID FOR A MUCH LARGER ISSUE. >>> YEP, SO A SMALL IMPACT. BUT NOT A GAME CHANGER. BUT IF CONGRESS DOES SUSPEND THE GAS TAX. THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT WILL HAPPEN. AS YOU SAID, IT WOULD ONLY BE FOR THREE MONTHS. IS THERE ANY INDICATION THAT GAS PRICES WOULD BE LOWER IN THE FALL ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS GAS TAX PAUSE. >>> THIS REALLY GETS TO THE HEART OF IT. AND IN THE COMMODITIES MARKET, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT HOW THE CURE FOR HIGH PRICES IS HIGH PRICES AND THAT ESSENTIALLY MEANS THAT PRICES NEED TO RISE ENOUGH TO CURB DEMAND AND REBALANCE MARKETS. SO A TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF THE GAS TAX COULD ACTUALLY DO LONG-TERM DAMAGE SINCE IT KEEPS DEMAND ELEVATED WITHOUT TARGETING WHY PRICES ARE SO HIGH TO BEGIN WITH. AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF TIGHT SUPPLY. RUSSIA'S INVASION OF UKRAINE WAS THE LATEST CATALYST THAT PUSHED PRICES UP. BUT THE MARKET WAS ALL READY TIGHT AHEAD OF THAT. SO BOTTOM LINE HERE IS THAT SUSPENDING THE GAS TAX IS AN ACTION BUT NOT A SOLUTION. >> SO PIPA, LET'S ZOOM OUT AND TALK ABOUT THE ECONOMY AS A WHOLE. JEROME POWELL TOLD A SENATE BANKING COMMITTEE THAT THE FED IS NOT TRYING TO PROVOKE A RECESSION. BUT THAT IT'S A POSSIBILITY. DOES IT SEEM LIKE THINGS ARE STARTING TO STABILIZE? >> THE FEDERAL RESERVE IS WALKING A FINE LINE HERE. AND THEY'VE TAKEN AGGRESSIVE MEASURES TO CURB RAMPANT INFLATION, WHICH IS AT THE HIGHEST IN 40 YEARS. AND SO LAST WEEK THEY RAISED RATES BY 3/4 OF A PERCENTAGE POINT. WHICH WAS THE HIGHEST SINCE 1994. SO BASICALLY THEY'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE WHAT'S KNOWN AS A SOFT LANDING, WHICH IS WHEN POLICY TIGHTENS WITHOUT SEVERE ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, LIKE A RECESSION. AND CHAIR POWELL SAID THAT THIS WILL BE DIFFICULT TO ACHIEVE. BUT HE ALSO SAID THAT TIGHTER MONETARY POLICY WILL BE AN EFFECTIVE TOOL AGAINST INFLATION. AND HE THINKS THE ECONOMY IS WELL POSITIONED TO HANDLE HIGHER RATES. WE'RE KIND OF IN WAIT AND SEE MODE. >>> PIPA, THANKS, NOW TO CAPITOL HILL WHERE SENATE LAWMAKERS COULD SOON PASS THE MOST IMPORTANT GUN SAFETY LEGISLATION IN DECADES. FAR SHORT OF WHAT DEMOCRATS WANTED. BUT IT HAS SIGNIFICANT REPUBLICAN SUPPORT. GARRETT IS AT THE CAPITOL. >> AFTER WEEKS OF NEGOTIATIONS, THE SENATE ON THE VERGE OF PASSING THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO GUN LAWS IN 30 YEARS. THE BILL CLEARING A SIGNIFICANT HURDLE LAST NIGHT WITH THE HELP OF 14 REPUBLICAN VOTES. >> THIS VOTE, THE YAYS ARE 64. >> HOW IMPORTANT WAS IT FOR CONGRESS TO PROVE THIS ISSUE WASN'T TOO BIG FOR YOU. >> AT THIS TIME, AFTER EOVALDI, WE THREW UP OUR HANDS AND SAID WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING. I JUST THINK IT WOULD BE A CRISIS OF DEMOCRACY. >> SENATOR JOHN CORNAN SPURRED TO ACTION LAST MONTH. BOOED AT THE TEXAS GOP CONVENTION RECENTLY AS HE TRIED TO EXPLAIN THE BILL. >> WELL, IF I LISTEN TO ALL OF THE CRITICS, I WOULDN'T GET MUCH DONE. >> BUT GETTING BACK-UP TODAY FROM THE SENATE'S TOP REPUBLICAN. >> THIS TIME, THE DEMOCRATS CAME OUR WAY. THE RESULT IS A PRODUCT I'M PROUD TO SUPPORT. >> THE COMPROMISE BILL NEARLY DERAILED OVER WHAT'S CALLED THE BOYFRIEND LOOPHOLE. NEGOTIATORS FINALLY AGREEING THAT SERIOUS DATING PARTNERS WHO HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF DOMESTIC ABUSE CANNOT PURCHASE A FIREARM. THE BILL ALSO INCENTIVIZES STATES TO PASS RED FLAG LAWS TO TEMPORARY TAKE AWAY GUNS FROM PEOPLE COURTS DEEM DANGEROUS. IT ALSO INCLUDES ENHANCED FEDERAL BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR GUN BUYERS UNDER 21. THE SUSPECTS IN THE BUFFALO AND EOVALDI SHOOTINGS WERE BOTH 18 YEARS OLD. THERE'S ALSO $15 BILLION IN NEW FUNDING FOR MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS AND SCHOOL SECURITY UPGRADES. >> MY VIEW IS WE SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON CRIMINALS WHO COMMIT THESE CRIMES. >> HE'LL HAVE THE VOTES WHEN IT GETS TO THE HOUSE. HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADERS ARE WHIPPING AGAINST IT. IT WILL HAVE ONE HOUSE REPUBLICAN VOTING IN FAVOR, TONY GONZALES WHO REPRESENTS THE CITY OF UVALDE. GABE. >> WE TURN NOW TO BREAKING NEWS IN THE EOVALDI MASSACRE. THE UVALDE SUPERINTENDENT ANNOUNCING THE POLICE CHIEF HAS BEEN PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. IT COMES AFTER THE STATE'S TOP COP BLAMED HIM FOR THE DELAYED RESPONSE TO THAT SHOOTING THAT LEFT 19 CHILDREN AND TWO TEACHERS DEAD. SAM BROCK IS IN TEXAS WITH DETAILS. >>> AFTER A WITHERING CRITIQUE OF THE POLICE RESPONSE IN UVALDE, THE MAYOR OF THIS SMALL TEXAS CITY IS PUSHING BACK. >> I ACTUALLY WONDER WHO THE HELL IS IN CHARGE OF THIS INVESTIGATION, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GET A STRAIGHT ANSWER. >> THE MAYOR DEMANDING ACCOUNTABILITY. AND REJECTING THE NOTION THAT UVALDE'S SCHOOL AND POLICE DEPARTMENT DESERVE THE BRUNT OF THE BLAME FOR THE SLOW RESPONSE. >> IT ME OFF I CAN'T GET YOU ANSWERS OR GIVE YOU ANSWERS. >> FIERY WORDS AS MORE DETAILS EMERGE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE 74 MINUTES OFFICERS WAITED TO TAKE DOWN THE GUNMEN. >> THREE MINUTES OF SUBJECTS ENTERED THE WEST BUILDING, THERE WERE SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF ARMED OFFICERS WEARING BODY ARMOR. >> THE MAYOR IS FURIOUS OVER HOW DIFFICULT IT HAS BEEN TO GET ANSWERS. ACCUSING STATE AGENCIES OF LEAKS, LIES, AND MISS STATED INFORMATION. >> EVERYBODY IN THE HALL NEEDS TO ANSWER TO WHAT WENT ON IN THAT HALL. NOT JUST PETE AREDONDO BUT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT, THE DPS NEEDS TO ANSWER. >> DESPITE PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS, 911 911 AUDIO RECORDINGS HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED. TODAY THE STATE SENATOR ANNOUNCING A LAWSUIT ACCUSING DPS OF TRYING TO DISALLOW ACCESS TO INFORMATION THAT MIGHT SHED LIGHT ON THE COMPLETE FAILURE OF THE RESPONSE. ONE OF THE ERRORS INVESTIGATORS SAY, COMMUNICATION. A RESPONDING POLICE OFFICER WAS DETAINED AND HIS WEAPON CONFISCATED AS HE TRIED TO SAVE HIS DYING WIFE, EVA MORALES, A TEACHER INSIDE, SHE NEVER MADE IT OUT. AND STILL UNDER SCRUTINY, SCHOOL POLICE CHIEF, PETE AREDONDO ABSENT FROM A CITY COUNCIL MEETING LAST NIGHT. >> I MAKE A MOTION WE DON'T GRANT THE LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR COUNCILMEMBER AREDONDO. THREE STRAIGHT ABSENCES COULD ALLOW THE BODY TO REPLACE HIM. >> SAM BROCK JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM AUSTIN. SAM, LET'S TURN BACK TO BREAKING NEWS ABOUT THE POLICE CHIEF BEING PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE WHAT MORE CAN YOU TELL US? THE SPINLT SAYS THEY WERE GOING TO WAIT FOR THE INVESTIGATION TO FINISH BEFORE DOING ANY PERSONNEL MOVES. BUT BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF CLARITY AND UNKNOWN TIMING. THEY MADE THE DECISION PETE AREDONDO IS ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE IMMEDIATELY. >> SAM LIVE WITH A BREAKING DEVELOPMENT. NOW WE TURN OVER SEAS TO THE DEADLY EARTHQUAKE IN AFGHANISTAN. SHAKING THE NATION AT ITS MOST VULNERABLE AND KILLING MORE THAN A THOUSAND PEOPLE. HOSPITALS ARE FILLING UP AS RESCUE WORKERS RUSH TO RECOVER THE WOUNDED. MATT BRADLEY HAS THE LATEST. TONIGHT AFGHANISTAN RECOVERS ITS DEAD. AFTER VIOLENT TREMORS SHOOK THIS TROUBLED NATION . KILLING MORE THAN A THOUSAND PEOPLE. RESCUE WORKERS RUSHING TO SAVE 1500 INJURED AS HOSPITALS ARE FILLING UP. THE 5.9 MAGNITUDE QUAKE IN THE COUNTRY'S SOUTHEASTERN PROVINCE WAS FELT AS FAR AWAY AS KABUL, THE COUNTRY'S CAPITOL AND NEIGHBORING PAKISTAN. WE LEFT HOME IMMEDIATELY. A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE INJURED. TODAY'S FRESH TRAGEDY STRIKES AFGHANISTAN AT ITS MOST VULNERABLE. AND LEAVES THE TALIBAN BEGGING FOR INTERNATIONAL AID. THE GROUP HAS BEEN IN POWER FOR LESS THAN A YEAR AFTER -- THE COUNTRY'S FINANCES. SANCTIONS AND AID. LOCAL OFFICIALS WARN CASUALTIES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE EVEN FURTHER HUNDREDS OF BODIES. TRAPPED AND DESTROYED. ON THE RICHTER SCALE CAUSING THIS LEVEL OF DAMAGE AND DESTRUCTION. THE AREA THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS SORT OF A VILLAGE TYPE OF AN AREA. A LOT OF THE STRUCTURES ARE MADE OF EARTH AND WOOD. NOT PARTICULARLY STRUCTURALLY REPSI YENT BUILDINGS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD. >> STILL MORE SORROW FOR A NATION THAT'S FAMILIAR WITH TRAGEDY. >> TALIBAN ARE THE ONLY LEGITIMATE GOVERNMENT TONIGHT GROUND THERE RIGHT NOW. AND FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, TALKING TO AID WORKERS AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, THEY'VE BEEN SAYING THAT THE TALIBAN HAS BEEN SPEARHEADING THE RESCUE AND SEARCH EFFORTS FOR DEAD BODIES AND PEOPLE INJURED IN THIS REGION. AND THERE ARE VERY, VERY MANY OF THEM. AND I THINK THE THING TO WATCH HERE GABE IS WHETHER OR NOT WESTERN GOVERNMENTS AND INTERNATIONAL AID ORGANIZATIONS DECIDE TO CAST POLITICS ASIDE AND TO PARTNER AND PARTICIPATE WITH THE TALIBAN IN SAVING THE AFGHAN PEOPLE, GABE. >> MATT, THANK YOU, BACK HERE NOW, JUST THE SECOND DAY OF SUMMER, MUCH OF THE COUNTRY? THE GRIP OF A DANGEROUS HEAT WAVE. 42MILLION PEOPLE UNDER HEAT ALERTS ACROSS 16 STATES WITH HISTORIC HIGHS POSSIBLE. ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTH. KATHY PARK REPORTS FROM A SWELTERING JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA. >> THE FIRST WEEK OF SUMMER SHATTERING RECORDS AS AN UNRELENTING HEAT WAVE PUSHES INTO THE SOUTHEAST. PARTS OF FLORIDA FORECAST TO HIT THEIR FIRST 100-DEGREE DAY IN THREE YEARS. >> THE SAME HEAT DOME THAT BUCKLED ROADS IN CHICAGO, KILLED THOUSANDS OF CATTLE IN KANSAS. EXTREME HEAT ALSO CONTRIBUTING TO THE DEATH OF A FIVE-YEAR-OLD IN HOUSTON LEFT IN A HOT CAR FOR HOURS. THE FREQUENCY OF HEAT WAVES SETTING OFF A NEW FEDERAL FRAME WORK TO PROTECT WORKERS FROM THE HAZARDS OF HEAT EXPOSURE. EXPANDED OSHA GUIDELINES INCLUDE BUILDING A TOLERANCE TO HEAT. DRINKING A CUP OF COOL WATER EVERY 15 MINUTES WITH MANDATORY BREAKS IN THE SHADE TO RECOVER. >> WE'RE GOING TO DO PROACTIVE INSPECTIONS IN 70 INDUSTRIES THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED WHERE WE HAVE A HIGH NUMBER OF HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES AND FATALITY. >> HOW MUCH HARDER IS YOUR WORK UNDER THESE CONDITIONS ? >> THIS IS HOT. THIS IS HOT. YOU HAVE TO TAKE IT EASY. PACE YOURSELF. >> AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORLT FLORIDA, RESEARCHERS ARE STUDYING HOT SPOTS TO SHAPE FUTURE PUBLIC HEALTH STRATEGIES. BY MIDDAY HERE IN JACKSONVILLE. YOU CAN SEE ON THIS THERMAL CAMERA, SURFACE TEMPERATURES SOARING TO DANGEROUS LEVELS LIKE RIGHT HERE IN THIS PARKING LOT WHERE THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO SHADE. AND EXPERTS SAY THIS OFFERS A SNAPSHOT OF DISPARITIES FUELED BY HEAT. >> IN HIGHER INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS, YOU TEND TO HAVE HOUSES THAT ARE FURTHER APART. BUILDINGS THAT ARE FURTHER APART AND MORE TREE COVERAGE. IN LOWER INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS YOU HAVE LESS TREE COVERAGE AND BUILDINGS CLOSER TOGETHER. THAT TRAPS HEAT. >> THE HEAT HEIGHTENING RISKS AS THE SUMMER OFFERS A PREVIEW OF HER NEW NORMAL. FLORIDA IS USED TO HOT WEATHER DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS. BUT FORECASTERS ARE SAYING WE'RE REACHING RECORD BREAKING TERRITORY THIS WEEK BECAUSE THERE IS A DRYER AIR MASS SETTLING IN PUSHING TEMPERATURES TOWARD THE CENTURY MARK. GABE? >> KATHY PARK IN JACKSONVILLE. KATHY. THANK YOU. FOR MORE ON THIS DANGEROUS HEAT. I WANT TO BRING IN MICHELLE GROSSMANN. HEADING INTO THE END OF THE WEEK, WHERE ARE THOSE HOT SPOTS IN >> HI THERE, GABE, IT LOOKS LIKE THE PATTERNS WON'T CHANGE. WE'RE STUCK IN THIS STUBBORN PATTERN WITH THIS HEAT DOME STUCK IN PLACE. WE'RE LOOKING AT HEAT ALERTS THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH. AND THE HEAT EXTENDED BEYOND THAT FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO THE SOUTHEAST TO THE PLAINS AS WELL. WE'LL SEE DAYS OF 90s AND 100s. FACTOR IN THE HUMIDITY, IT WILL FEEL LIKE 110 IN SPOTS. THIS IS WHERE THE ALERTS ARE FOR TOMORROW. WE'RE LOOKING AT MUCH OF THE SOUTH UNDER A HEAT ALERT. IT'S GOING TO STAY STEAMY THROUGHOUT THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS. LOOK AT TEASE TEMPERATURES. 100 DEGREES IN SHREVEPORT. IT'S GOING TO FEEL LIKE 105 ONCE YOU FACTOR IN THE HUMIDITY. 108 IN MOBILE. 102 IN ATLANTA. 104 IN TALLAHASSEE. WE'RE ENDING OUR WORKWEEK VERY STEAMY AS WELL. FEELING LIKE 106 IN HOUSTON. AND JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, YOU'RE GOING TO FEEL LIKE 111 ON FRIDAY. NOW, WE'RE GOING TO GET A LITTLE RELIEF OVER THE WEEKEND. I SAY A LITTLE BECAUSE WE'RE STILL STUCK IN THE 80s. AND 90s. BUT JACKSONVILLE DOING BETTER BY SUNDAY WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 80s. 91 DEGREES BY MONDAY. BUT BACK TO THE WEST, WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS SOUTH CENTRAL SPACE IN DALLAS STAYING WARM WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE HUNDREDS ON SUNDAY. 95 BY MONDAY. A SUMMER SCORCHER. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING TOMORROW. WE BROKE SO MANY RECORDS OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS. 210MILLION HIGHS ABOVE 90 DEGREES STRETCHING FROM THE SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE PLAINS INTO THE SOUTHEAST. NOW SOME OF THIS HEAT AND HUMIDITY IS SPARKING STORMS TONIGHT. WE'RE LOOKING AT STORMY WEATHER IN PARTS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC AND THE NORTHEAST. GABE, YOU CAN SEE LOTS OF LIGHTNING AND ALSO HEAVY RAIN. THIS IS GOING TO LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. BACK TO YOU. >> A LOT TO WATCH FOR. 111 DEGREES. WE'LL SEE A LIGHT TEMPERATURE LATER THIS WEEK IN JACKSONVILLE. THAT'S LIGHT FOR FLORIDA. >>> TURNING TO REPORTING FROM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. THE FDA POISED TO BANJUL E CIGARETTES IN THE U.S. THE ADMINISTRATION WHICH HAS NOT MADE THE OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT GEARING UP TO REMOVE ALL JEWEL LAB PRODUCTS FROM STORES AND GAS STATIONS NATIONWIDE. THE NEWS COMING AS THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SIGNALS IT WILL ESTABLISH A MAXIMUM NICOTINE LEVEL. MIGUEL ALMAGARE HAS THE LATEST. >> IT COULD EXTINGUISH ONE OF THE LARGEST E CIGARETTE COMPANIES IN THE NATION. POISED TO ORDER JEWEL LABS TO TAKE PRODUCTS OFF THE U.S. MARKET. ACCORDING TO THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, CITING PEOPLE FAMILIAR WITH THE MATTER. THE POTENTIAL DECISION WHICH HAS NOT BEEN OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED COMES AFTER A NEARLY TWO-YEAR REVIEW OF DATA PROVIDED BY JEWEL WHO SOUGHT TO KEEP SMOKING PRODUCTS ON STORE SHELVES. WE CERTAINLY THINK JEWEL HAS PLAYED A LARGE ROLE IN THE E CIGARETTE EPIDEMIC. IT'S AGGRESSIVE MARKETING AND ADVERTISING TO USING A LOT OF THE THROW BACKS THAT BIG TOBACCO USED. >> WITH UNCERTAINTY CLOUDING JEWEL FOR YEARS, THE COMPANY CAME UNDER FDA SCRUTINY AFTER IT WAS ACCUSED OF TRYING TO HOOK KIDS ON ITS FRUITY AND SWEET FLAVORS. THOSE CHOICES OFTEN PROMOTED BY A MARKETING CAMPAIGN IS WHY MAX THOR SAYS HE STARTED SMOKING JEWEL WHEN HE WAS 17. >> I THINK IT WAS JUST IRRESPONSIBLE IN THE WAY THAT THESE COMPANIES WERE DEVELOPING FLAVORS THAT WERE, I MEAN, PRETTY MUCH ANALOGOUS TO CANDY. >> IN 2019, JEWEL STOPPED SELLING SWEET AND FRUITY E CIGARETTE CARTRIDGES BUT SIMILARLY FLAVORED DISPOSABLE VAPORIZERS FROM OTHER BRANDS ARE AVAILABLE AT STORES NATIONWIDE. AS THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION PROPOSES A PLAN TO REDUCE THE LEVEL OF NICOTINE IN CIGARETTES, TONIGHT NO COMMENT FROM JUUL WHICH PREVIOUSLY DENIED MARKETING TO CHILDREN. THEY CONTINUE TO REVIEW DATA FROM COMPANIES THAT WANT TO STAY IN THE MARKET. A FUTURE FOR SOME THAT COULD GO UP IN SMOKE. THE WALL STREET JOURNAL SAYS THE FDA'S ANNOUNCEMENT IS EXPECTED AT ANY HOUR. BUT FOR ITS PART THE AGE SHE ONLY SAY FOR NOW, NO COMMENT. >>> STILL AHEAD TONIGHT, GABBY'S LAWSUIT. THE LEGAL BATTLE BETWEEN THE PATIENTS OF GABBY PATITO AND BRIAN LAUNDRY. THE ALLEGATIONS THAT THEY HELPED THEIR SON COVER UP A MURDER. GROWING OUTRAGE OVER A CAUGHT ON CAMERA ATTACK IN CHINA. A VIOLENT MOB BEATING THREE WOMEN AS THEY DINED AT A RESTAURANT. THE PUBLIC FEARING THE VICTIMS ARE BEING SILENCED. AND THE WOMAN HELD HOSTAGE IN NEW YORK. HOW SHE MANAGED TO GET HELP USING A GRUB HUB DELIVERY ORDER. STAY WITH US. LIFE LESSONS. JOIN HODA KOTB FOR HER PODCAST, MAKING SPACE. LISTEN NOW. WE'RE BACK WITH THE GABBY PITINO SAGA. GABBY'S PARENTS SUING THE FAMILY OF BRIAN LAUNDRY, ALLEGING THEY KNEW ABOUT THE MURDER AND TRIED TO HELP HIM FLEE JUSTICE. STEVEN ROMO HAS MORE. >> TONIGHT THE LEGAL BATTLE BETWEEN THE FAMILIES OF GABBY PETITO AND BRIAN LAUNDRY ON DISPLAY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A FLORIDA CIVIL COURTROOM. THEY KNEW STARTING ON AUGUST 28th OF 2021 THAT GABBY WAS DEAD. THEY KNEW WHERE GABBY'S BODY WAS. THEY KNEW THAT THE PETITO FAMILY WAS DESPERATELY SEARCHING FOR INFORMATION. LAUNDRY'S PARENTS AB SENT FROM COURT. THEIR ATTORNEYS SAYING THEY HAD NO RESPONSIBILITY TO SPEAK UP ABOUT THEIR SON'S ACTIONS. THE LAW IMPOSES NO SUCH OBLIGATION TO SPEECH. AND THE STATE AND FEDERAL CONSTITUTION SUPPORT THAT. AND OUR SOCIETY, UNDER OUR LAWS, PEOPLE ARE FREE NOT TO SPEAK. THE PETITO FAMILY SUING THE LAUNDRY'S FOR DAMAGES IN EXCESS OF $30,000 FOR WHAT AMOUNTS TO THE INTENTIONAL INFLICTION OF EMOTIONAL SUFFERING. INFLICTION OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS IS GENERALLY UNOFFICIALLY CONSIDERED ONE OF THE WEAKER CAUSES OF ACTION. IT USUALLY APPEARS AT THE END OF A LIST OF MUCH STRONGER CAUSES OF ACTION IN A COMPLAINT. ALMOST -- IT'S CONSIDERED AN AFTER THOUGHT. WHY? BECAUSE IT'S REALLY HARD TO PROVE. >> PETITO WAS KILLED BY STRANGULATION IN AUGUST OF 2021 ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES WHILE SHE AND HER HUSBAND WERE TRAVELING TOGETHER ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. THEY DOCUMENTED THEIR JOURNEY ON SOCIAL MEDIA ALONG THE WAY. LAUNDRY RETURNED HOME FROM THE ROAD TRIP ON SEPTEMBER 1st WITHOUT GABBY. THEN DISAPPEARED HIMSELF. THE SEARCH FOR BOTH CAPTIVATING THE NATION. WE'RE FOLLOWING DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SEARCH FOR A 22-YEAR-OLD NAMED GABBY PETITO. SHE VANISHED DURING A CROSS COUNTRY ROAD TRIP WITH HER FIANCE. A MONTH AFTER GABBY'S REMAINS WERE FOUND, BRIAN LAUNDRY'S BODY WAS DISCOVERED IN A NATURE PRESERVE NOT FAR FROM HIS PARENT'S FLORIDA HOME. ALONG WITH WRITINGS IN A NOTEBOOK THAT CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR KILLING PETITO. THE PETITO FAMILY HAS BEEN VOCAL ABOUT THEIR DISTRUST OF THE LAUNDRY'S. >> ANYONE THAT LIVED IN THAT HOUSE IS A COWARD. AND THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO STAND UP FOR THEIR ACTIONS. >> I THINK SILENCE SPEAKS VOLUMES. >> THEIR SILENCE EXPLAINED BY THEIR ATTORNEY ON TOP STORY. >> WE'VE HEARD FROM SO MANY PEOPLE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS ON THIS CASE. BUT WE NEVER HEARD FROM THE LAUNDRIES AND THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT, CORRECT? >> ABSOLUTELY, AND I SAID SEVERAL TIMES. I SAID IT OVER A MONTH AGO. THE REASON YOU HAVEN'T HEARD FROM THE LAUNDRIES IS BECAUSE I TOLD THEM NOT TO TALK TO ANYBODY. >> THE HEARING WILL DETERMINE IF THE LAWSUIT BROUGHT ON BY PETITO'S PARENTS AGAINST LAUNDRY'S PARENTS WILL PROCEED TO A JURY TRIAL NEXT YEAR. LAUNDRY'S PARENTS WERE AWARE THEIR SON MURDERED PETITO, KNEW WHERE HER BODY WAS LOCATED AND CHOSE NOT TO ACT. >> THEY HAD THE AUDACITY TO EXPRESS A HOPE SHE WOULD BE REUNITED WITH HER FAMILY. >> THE ESSENTIAL THRUST OF THE FACTS ALLEGED BY THE PLAINTIFFS IS THAT THE LAUNDRYS WERE SILENT. TO ALLOW THIS CASE TO GO FORWARD, A JUDGE WOULD HAVE TO CONCLUDE THAT MERE SILENCE CAN BE EXTREME AND OUTRAGEOUS BEHAVIOR. AND EVEN WHEN THAT SILENCE MAYBE AN ASSERTION OF ONE'S FIFTH AMENDMENT PRIVILEGE AGAINST SELF-INCRIMINATION. THAT IS NOT A GOOD DECISION FOR A JUDGE TO HAVE TO MAKE. >> AND STEVEN ROMO JOINS TOP STORY NOW LIVE. LAUNDRY'S PARENTS HAVE BEEN THE FOCUS OF SO MUCH ATTENTION. BUT THEY WERE NOT IN COURT TODAY. HOW ARE THEY RESPONDING? >> SO MUCH MEDIA SCRUTINY AND SCRUTINY FROM THEIR NEIGHBORS ASKING THEM FOR INFORMATION. WE HEARD FROM THEIR ATTORNEY TODAY EVEN THOUGH THEY WEREN'T IN COURT. SAYING THE SAME THING THEY SAID IN MARCH WHEN THEY FILED TO DISMISS THIS CIVIL CASE THAT THEY HAD CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS TO NOT SPEAK OUT ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AND ABOUT WHAT THEIR SON MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE BEEN DOING AT THE TIME. WE NONA THE JUDGE IS SUPPOSED TO MAKE A DECISION ON THIS CASE COMING UP IN TWO WEEKS TO SEE IF THIS CIVIL CASE WILL ACTUALLY MOVE FORWARD. AND IT WILL BE UP TO THEM THEN IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE PRESENT IN THE COURTROOM AT THAT TIME. >> STEVEN ROMO. THANK YOU FOR STAYING ON TOP OF THIS FOR US. >>> OVER SEAS NOW TO CHINA WHERE A VIOLENT BEATING CAUGHT ON CAMERA SENT SHOCK WAVES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE SHOWING A GROUP OF MEN BRUTALLY ATTACKING MULTIPLE WOMEN AT A RESTAURANT SENDING TWO OF THEM TO THE HOSPITAL. BUT THOSE VICTIMS HAVE SINCE GONE SILENT. RENEWING THE DEBATE OVER FREE SPEECH IN CHINA. THIS IS THE EARLY HOURS OF JUNE 10th. A SECURITY CAMERA VIDEO AT A RESTAURANT SHOWS A MAN APPROACHING THREE WOMEN. WHEN HE TOUCHES ONE OF THEM, SHE SHAKES HIM OFF. AND HE SLAPS HER. WHAT HAPPENS NEXT IS BRUTAL. BYSTANDERS APPEAR TO DO LITTLE TO STOP IT. SHE'S DRAGGED OUTSIDE BY THE HAIR AND WHEN HER FRIEND TRIES TO HELP, HER HEAD HITS THE STEP WITH A THUMP. THE SAVAGE ATTACK LEFT TWO WOMEN HOSPITALIZED AND SPARKED OUTRAGE ACROSS CHINESE SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT GENDER BASED VIOLENCE HERE AND HOW OFTEN IT HAPPENS IN PLAIN VIEW. MORE WOMEN ARE USING THEIR VOICES SAYS ACTIVIST FUNG WYNN BUT OUR VOICES NEED TO BE HEARD WHICH IS VERY HARD. WOMEN HAVE FLOODED MESSAGING PLATFORMS. HASHTAGS HAVE BEEN VIEWED 5 BILLION TIMES. AND OTHER VIDEOS HAVE QUICKLY SURFACED. ACCORDING TO POLICE, THIS ONE SHOWS A BRAWL AFTER A WOMAN WAS BEATEN. >> IN A WAY, THE -- FASTER THAN A LOT OF OTHER COUNTRIES. I THINK THERE'S A FEELING OF THREAT FROM MEN IS ESPECIALLY ACUTE. >> BUT FEMINISM IS A DIVISIVE TOPIC HERE. STATE MEDIA COVERAGE DOWN PLAYED GENDER AS THE CAUSE, INSTEAD LINKING THE ATTACK TO ORGANIZED CRIME. GOVERNMENT SENSORS PULLED DOWN THE VIDEO. AND THEY YANKED MORE THAN 900 ACCOUNTS FOR VIOLATIONS. INCLUDING GENDER CONFRONTATION. POLICE MADE NINE ARRESTS. AND ROLLED OUT WHAT WAS A THUNDERSTORM CAMPAIGN TO ASSURE RESIDENTS IT WAS SAFE TO EAT OUT AGAIN. DROPPED FROM CHINA'S HONORARY LIST OF QUOTE CIVILIZED CITIES. YET IN ALL THE FALL OUT AND DISCUSSION, WHAT'S MISSING IS THE WOMEN. NEARLY TWO WEEKS AFTER THE ATTACK, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN SEEN OR HEARD FROM. AND NO RELATIVES HAVE SPOKEN OUT. STIRRING CONCERNS AND MORE QUESTIONS HERE AROUND WHAT'S BEING CALLED AN EPIDEMIC OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN. AUTHORITIES HERE JUST RELEASED A REPORT THAT REVEALS THE CONDITION OF TWO OF THE WOMEN, FAR MORE SERIOUS THAN FIRST ACKNOWLEDGED. THEY SPENT TIME IN INTENSIVE CARE EVEN AFTER POLICE DESCRIBED THEIR INJURIES AS MINOR. OFFICIALS DID NOT RESPOND TO OUR REQUEST FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE WOMEN, THEIR FAMILIES, OR THEIR ENSUING SILENCE ABOUT AN ATTACK THAT HAS SO MANY OTHERS TALKING. GABE? >> THANK YOU. JANICE, THANKS. WHEN WE COME BACK, PULLED FROM THE FLAMES, A FAMILY TRAPPED INSIDE A BURNING MOBILE HOME. THE MOMENT FIRST RESPONDERS BROKE THROUGH A WINDOW TO SAVE STREAMING FREE NOW. >>> WE BEGIN WITH THE DEADLY SHOOTING ON THE SAN FRANCISCO TRAIN. A GUNMAN OPENED FIRE ON THE TRAIN JUST BEFORE 10:00 THIS MORNING. ONE PERSON KILLED AND ANOTHER INJURED. POLICE ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR THE SUSPECT. THEY SAY THE SHOOTING APPEARS TO BE AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. SO FAR, NO WORD ON A MOTIVE. A NEW YORK WOMAN REST TO GET FROM A HOSTAGE SITUATION AFTER SENDING ANOTHER GRUB OF. >>> 24-YEAR-OLD WROTE PLEASE CALL POLICE IN THE ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS A SECTION OF AN ORDER TO THE BRONX RESTAURANT. POLICE ARRIVED AT THE HOME AND ARRESTED HER ALLEGED CAPTIVE. HE IS NOW FACING SEVERAL CHARGES INCLUDING AND STRANGULATION. RAPE POLICE PULLED A BOY FROM A MOBILE HOME. >>> A FIREFIGHTER BREAKS INTO THIS MOBILE HOME IN MILWAUKEE AND CLIMBS FROM THE WINDOW, HANDING THE BOY TO POLICE OUTSIDE. IT'S REMARKABLE. HE WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL, WHERE HE IS STILL ON A VENTILATOR, BUT ACTED TO BE OKAY. IT IS STILL UNCLEAR WHAT STARTED THE FIRE. >>> GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ASSIGNING WALLS ON SOLITARY CONFINEMENT FOR JUVENILES. THIS COMES AFTER MARCH INVESTIGATION OF THE MARSHALL PROJECT, WHICH EXPOSED THE CONDITION OF ONE JUVENILE FACILITY. NBC HAS THE STORY. >> Reporter: LOUISIANA'S GOVERNOR SIGNED THE FIRST LAW RESTRICTING THE USE OF SOLITARY CONFINEMENT IN JUVENILE FACILITIES. THE MOVE COMES AFTER TWO SUICIDES AND AN INVESTIGATION BY NBC NEWS THEM UP ROLE PUBLIC EYE, AND THE MARSHALL PROJECT, THAT REVEALED HARSH CONDITIONS IN A JUVENILE LOCKUP WHICH VIOLATED THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF MINORS. >> LIKE A DEATH ROW INMATE. >> Reporter: HIGHLIGHTED THE ENVIRONMENT AT THE CENTER TO YOUTH AT ST. MARTIN BELL. ACCORDING TO THE OFFICE OF JUVENILE JUSTICE INCIDENT REPORTS AND FIRSTHAND ACCOUNTS, THE 24 CELL FACILITY HELD MINORS FOR 23 OR 24 HOURS A DAY. POLICE STYLE MANEUVERS AT TIME HELD THEM IN SHACKLES OR WITH THE COLD LIGHT IRON OUTSIDE THEIR SHELLS. >> 24 HOURS SOLITARY. >> Reporter: SENTENCED IN 2020 AND MOVED THERE IN DECEMBER WHEN HE WAS 16. >> YOU HAVE ACCESS TO SCORING NOW? >> NO, MA'AM. >> Reporter: WORKSHEETS, NOTHING TO DO IT ALL, NO SCHOOL, AT ALL? >> SOMETIMES. I ONLY GOT THEM ONCE. >> NO TEACHERS. YOU HAVE NOT SEEN ANY TEACHERS THERE? >> NO. >> Reporter: HIS MOTHER TELLING OUR INVESTIGATIVE TEAM EARLIER THIS YEAR -- >> MY SON IS NOT THE TYPE OF PERSON. I KNEW SOMETHING WAS UP. SOMETHING WAS OFF. >> Reporter: ONE EXPERT SAID CONDITIONS AMOUNTED TO CHILD ABUSE. A FORMER STAFF MEMBER WHOSE IDENTITY HAS BEEN CONCEALED OVER REPERCUSSIONS FROM FUTURE JOB DETAILED HER EXPERIENCES. >> THE TRUTH IS KIDS LIKE CRAP. >> Reporter: DOJ DENIED ALL OTHER ALLEGATIONS OTHER THAN LACK OF EDUCATION. IN DECEMBER, THEY CALLED THE FACILITY A TEMPORARY FIX FOR YOU TO WORK, QUOTE, NOT THERAPY READY. >> WE DON'T HAVE THE FACILITIES TO HOLD THEM IN THE DORMITORIES. >> Reporter: HEARING ABOUT THIS NEW LAW, ACKNOWLEDGED THE STATE NEEDED TO MAKE CHANGES IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT. >> THIS IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO HERE. >> THE LEGISLATION GOES INTO EFFECT AUGUST 1st AND MARKS A TURNING POINT. TERMINAL JUSTICE ADVOCATES CALL IT THE WORLD'S INCARCERATION CAPITAL. A DEMOCRAT AND THE BILLS A SPONSOR TOLD NBC NEWS THAT THE TEAMS INVESTIGATION MADE A DIFFERENCE. >> IF NOT FOR THE, WE DO NOT KNOW THAT WE WOULD HAVE LEARNED OF IT. OPENED A CONVERSATION AND SHINED LIGHT ON THIS ISSUE. NO MORE THAN EIGHT HOURS IN SOLITARY, UNLESS IT CONTINUES TO POSE A THREAT TO THEMSELVES OR OTHERS. THE AGENCY WILL ALSO BE REQUIRED TO CHECK ON MENTAL HEALTH WITHIN THE FIRST TWO HOURS OF PLACING THEM INTO SOLITARY CONFINEMENT AND NOTIFYING THEIR PARENTS OR GUARDIAN. A CHANGE WELCOMED BY ADVOCATES FOR JUVENILES HELD IN FACILITIES LIKE THE ONE AT ST. MARTIN BELL. NBC NEWS. >>> FOR THE BREAKING HEADLINE OUT OF THE SPORTS WORLD. NEW ALLEGATIONS AGAINST WASHINGTON'S FOOTBALL TEAM AND ITS FOURTH WAS CULTURE. PUTTING THE NFL COMMISSIONER ON THE HUNT. >> WE THINK IT IS LOOKING BETTER EVERY DAY. >>> WASHINGTON BROADCASTER MAKES INAPPROPRIATE COMMENTS ABOUT AN INTERN. CALLED THEM UNACCEPTABLE, SING THE TEAMS CULTURE WAS TOXIC FOR ARE TOO LONG. >> WIDE SPREAD DISRESPECT TOWARDS COLLEAGUES, USE OF DEMEANING LANGUAGE, PUBLIC EMBARRASSMENT AND HARASSMENT. >> THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ALSO ALLEGES THAT SINGLE SNYDER CONDUCTED A SHADOW INVESTIGATION IN AN ATTEMPT TO DISCREDIT HIS ACCUSERS. HE DECLINED TO TESTIFY TODAY. HIS LAWYERS SAID HE HAD A LONG STANDING BUSINESS CONFLICT. >> APPARENTLY, MR. SNYDER IS IN FRANCE. HIS DOCTORS LUXURY YACHT NEAR A RESORT TOWN. THAT SHOULD TELL YOU JUST HOW MUCH WAS THAT HE IS FOR WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE. >> Reporter: THE $10 MILLION FINE WAS IMPOSED ON THE COMMANDER. HE IS NO LONGER INVOLVED IN DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS. ALSO WAS GRILLED ON WHY INVESTIGATIONS WERE NOT SHARED OPENLY. MAC WE MADE A COMMITMENT TO PROTECT THEIR IDENTITIES. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT. >> WHEN HE HAS COME FORWARD IS EMILY APPLEGATE, WHO SPOKE WITH NBC NEWS IN 2020, SAYING SHE ENDURED RELENTLESS SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND VERBAL ABUSE. >> IT BREAKS IT DOWN AND IT IS REALLY HARD TO CLIMB OUT OF THAT. >> SNYDER PREVIOUSLY CALLED THE CONDUCT UNACCEPTABLE, BUT DENIES PARTICIPATING IN ANY SUCH CONDUCT HIMSELF. THIS BOOK PERSON IS CALLING THE COMMITTEE'S INVESTIGATION PREDETERMINED FROM THE BEGINNING , AND A POLITICALLY CHARGED SHOW TRIAL. STILL, THE COMMITTEE IS ISSUING A SUBPOENA TO GET HIS TESTIMONY NEXT WEEK. MORE ON HIS APPEARANCE. LINDSAY JOINS US NOW COVERING THE NFL ATHLETIC. LET'S START WITH A 29 PAGE MEMO RELEASED TODAY. WHAT SURPRISED YOU MUST FROM THAT? >> I THINK IT WAS THE PUBLIC REVELATION OF THIS DOSSIER THAT HIM WITHIN THE WASHINGTON FRANCHISE PUT TOGETHER THAT INDICATED THAT THE TEAM WAS CONDUCTING THEIR OWN SHADOW INVESTIGATION AND HAD INFORMATION ON THE JOURNALIST AND WITNESSES. TO ME, THAT WAS AN INDICATION OF HOW SNYDER WAS TREATING THIS WHOLE THING. YOU KNOW, THAT THERE WAS NO CONTRITION OR ANYTHING. THAT THIS WAS A WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT LIKE HECK ABOUT EVERYTHING GOING ON RIGHT NOW. >> SOME OF THOSE ALLEGATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE PUBLIC BEFORE, BUT IT WAS THE ELECTED SHADOW INVESTIGATION. THE NFL DID ITS OWN INVESTIGATION. THE CULTURE OF THE WASHINGTON FOOTBALL TEAM DID NOT PRODUCE A WRITTEN REPORT. JUST AN ORAL BRIEFING. WE TOUCHED ON THAT A LITTLE BIT IN THE REPORT, BUT HOW DID HE REALLY EXPLAINED THAT WHEN HE WAS GRILLED BY LAWMAKERS? >> SHE IS REALLY SAYING THE SAME THING THAT HE WAS SAYING ALL ALONG DATING BACK TO LAST ALL AND CERTAINLY, AND FEBRUARY WHEN WE HELD THE PRESS CONFERENCE AT THE SUPER BOWL. THE LEAGUE REQUESTED THAT THERE NOT BE A WRITTEN REPORT FILED BY BETH WILKINSON AND THAT NOTHING BE RELEASED, AND ORDER TO PROTECT THE PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY OF THE WITNESSES , OF WOMEN AND A HANDFUL OF MEN WHO CAN FORWARD. THE PROBLEM WITH THE STATEMENT IS THAT WE HAVE HEARD DIRECTLY FROM A NUMBER OF THESE WOMEN, INCLUDING SOME WHO HAVE HANDED OVER A LETTER REQUESTING THAT THIS INFORMATION BE RELEASED. MY BIG QUESTION IS WHO IS THE LEAGUE PROTECTING? IF THE WOMEN WON IN THIS REPORT IS RELEASED -- >> TOUGH PUPPY IN THE BACKGROUND. HE ALSO TOLD THE COMMITTEE HE DID NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO REMOVE THE COMMANDER'S HONOR. BUT HE IS AMONG THE OWNERS HE REPORTS TWO. THE HANDWRITING IS ON THE WALL. THEY'RE HOPING THAT SNYDER SELLS. >> YEAH. I THINK THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE BEST CASE SCENARIO, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, DAN SNYDER DECIDED HE HAD ENOUGH AND DECIDED TO SELL WITHOUT THE REST OF THE LEAGUE HAVING TO FORCE HIM OUT. THE OWNERS WOULD HAVE TO VOTE FOR HIM TO SELL AND FORCE HIM OUT. THAT HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE. RICHARDSON WITH IT THE PANTHERS PUT HIS TEAM UP FOR SALE BEFORE IT GOT TO A POINT WHERE THE OTHER OWNERS COULD VOTE HIM OUT. THE CYNICAL SIDE OF ME HERE SAYS THAT, YOU KNOW, UNTIL THIS BECOMES A FINANCIAL SITUATION AND THERE ARE TOO MANY SPONSORS THAT ARE PULLING OUT OR THERE ARE FINANCIAL IMPROPRIETIES THAT HAVE BEEN PROVEN, THE OTHER OWNERS ARE GOING TO KIND OF LET THIS GO. IT IS ABOUT WORKPLACE CULTURE AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND SEXUAL ASSAULT. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT THE OTHER OWNERS ARE WILLING TO GET INVOLVED IN. SO, HE IS CORRECT WHEN HE SAID THAT HE DOES NOT INDIVIDUALLY HAVE THE AUTHORITY. IF YOU REALLY WANTED TO, THOUGH, HE COULD BRING THIS UP TO FORCE THE ISSUE ON OTHER OWNERS. RIGHT NOW, THERE IS REALLY NOT ANY INDICATION THAT THE OTHER OWNERS ARE PARTICULARLY MOTIVATED TO GO ON THE RECORD AND TO TAKE ANY SORT OF OATH ABOUT HIS STATUS AS THE OWNER OF THE WASHINGTON COMMANDERS. >>> MENTIONED THAT HE IS BEING SUBPOENAED TO TESTIFY NEXT WEEK AT A DEPOSITION. YOU THINK YOU WILL SHOW? >> IT IS INVOLUNTARY, LIKE THE MOST RECENT HEARING WAS. I DON'T IMAGINE THAT THEY ARE GOING TO SEE THE SUBPOENA AND AUTOMATICALLY SAY YES, I WILL SHOW UP, LET'S JUST GO, BUT IT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO WIGGLE HIS WAY OUT AND HEAD OFF TO FRANCE. >> THANK YOU. >> IT'S OFFICIALLY SUMMER. AMERICANS ARE GEARING UP TO GET OUT. AAA PREDICTS NEARLY 48 MILLION PEOPLE WILL TRAVEL OVER THAT JULY 4th WEEKEND. RAMPANT INFLATION AND LOGISTICAL CHAOS. >> Reporter: HISTORICALLY HIGH GAS PRICES WANT PUT TRAVELERS AND PARKS THIS SUMMER WITH RECORD NUMBERS OF AMERICANS SET TO HIT THE ROAD OVER THE JULY 4th HOLIDAY. THE SUMMER TRAVEL BOOM JUST SHY OF PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS. >> WE ARE GOING TO VEGAS BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE MY BIRTHDAY. WE'RE GOING TO DRIVE THERE ACTUALLY, EVEN WITH THE GAS PRICES BEING SO HIGH, WE ARE STILL GOING TO MAKE THE TRIP OUT. >> ACROSS THE BOARD, TRAVEL IS MORE EXPENSIVE, BUT BOOKINGS ARE STILL ON THE RISE, UP MORE THAN 60% AT TOP INDEPENDENT DAY DESTINATIONS. >> WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT PEOPLE'S WILLING TO GET OUT AND EXPLORE? >> THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO GIVE UP. THEY'RE JUST DOING IT DIFFERENTLY. >> THIS INDEPENDENT THEY WILL MARK THE SMALLEST SHARE OF PEOPLE IN THE AIR SINCE 2011. AAA SAYS THE RECENT TURMOIL IN THE TERMINAL WHILE COULD BE TO BLAME. THIS FATHER OF TWO IS RECONSIDERING HIS SUMMER PLANS AFTER LAST WEEKEND'S FLIGHT DISRUPTION. >> I'M NOT GOING TO WAIT IN THE PLANE OVER TWO HOURS WHILE PEOPLE ARE SCREAMING. IT'S FRUSTRATING. >> Reporter: EVEN CLOSE TO HOME, SKYHIGH PRICES ARE UNAVOIDABLE THIS JULY 4th WITH THE COST OF A HOOK OUT UP 11%. TO HELP RUNAWAY INFLATION, TRY REPLACING STAPLES WITH CHICKEN PORK TACOS AND NONDAIRY DESSERTS. MAC I WOULD NOT MAKE A HUGE DISH TO BRING. I WOULD MAYBE DO AN APPETIZER. JUST KEEP IT SIMPLE. AMERICANS DETERMINED TO CELEBRATE SUMMER DESPITE THESE COSTS. NBC NEWS, NEW YORK. >>> SHARKS ONCE BELIEVED TO AVOID HUMANS ARE NOW SPENDING MORE TIME ALONG POPULATED COASTLINES. THEY CAN BE ATTRACTED TO AREAS WHERE FOOD IS MORE EASILY ACCESSIBLE. NBC NEWS INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE HAS MORE. >> Reporter: WITH BEACH SEASON OFFICIALLY IN FULL SWING THIS MORNING, NEW FINDINGS ON THE OCEAN'S MOST FEARED PREDATORS. CONTRARY TO WHAT EXPERTS BELIEVE, RESEARCHERS AT THE MIAMI SCHOOL HAVE DISCOVERED THAT SHARKS ARE SURPRISINGLY SPENDING MORE TIME CLOSER TO POPULATED COASTLINES. WHILE RESEARCHERS DID NOT SPECIFICALLY TRACK GREAT WHITE , THEY DID FOLLOW SOME OF HIS BLOOD BROTHERS. GREAT HAMMERHEADS, BULL SHARKS, AND NURSE SHARKS. >> SHOCKED TO FIND OUT THAT NOT ONLY WERE THE THREE DIFFERENT SHARKS COMING, BUT SPENDING SOME CONSIDERABLE TIME THERE, SOME OF THEM FOR MONTHS. >> Reporter: UNEXPECTED FINDINGS, AFTER YEARS OF TRACKING OFF THE MIAMI COAST. WE WERE THERE WITH DR. HAMISH FLAG AND HIS TEAM IN 2020, AS THEY TAG THE CITY DWELLING SWIMMERS. >> DAYS WITH THE HIGHEST ACTIVITY LIKE JULY 4th OR DURING WEEKENDS, THE SHARKS HABITAT IS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME AS DURING WEEKDAYS OR TIMES WHEN THERE IS NO BOAT ACTIVITY. >> IT IS LIKE AN INTERSTATE. THE SHARKS ARE JUST CLIMBING IT. >> MIGHT BE BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST SO USED TO IT. >> ALSO IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL HOTSPOTS READ AREAS WHERE SHARKS ARE ATTRACTED BY SEWAGE RUNOFF . DISCARDED CARCASSES, AND EVEN FISH PARTS FROM THE NEARBY MIAMI AQUARIUM. ALL EASY FOOD SOURCES FOR SHARKS. >> WE THINK OF HUMANS SNACKING ON FAST FOOD. IT LOOKS LIKE SHARKS ARE DOING THAT, TOO. WE ARE SEEING THEM GET A BIT FATTER, WIDER. >> Reporter: EVEN GREAT WHITES ABOVE THE SURFACE ATTRACT THE FEROCIOUS FISH. SOMETHING THE DOCTOR POINTED OUT DURING OUR DIVE. >> FLYING OVER MIAMI AT NIGHT, LIT UP THE SIGNAL LIGHTS AND IT MADE ME THINK ABOUT HOW THERE IS REALLY NOWHERE WHERE AN ANIMAL CAN ESCAPE THE URBANIZATION. >> Reporter: OF THE LIGHTS DRYING OR SCARING SHARKS AWAY? >> MIGHT ATTRACT SMALL FISH, WHICH ATTRACT BIGGER FISH, WHICH ATTRACTS SHARKS THAT ARE OUT HUNTING FOR THOSE FISH. >> Reporter: POINTING TO THE IMPACT EVEN LANDLUBBERS HAVE UNDER THE SEA. >> NOISE POLLUTION, LIGHT POLLUTION,, FULL POLLUTION, FISHING. THAT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE LOCAL POPULATION. WE'VE GOT TO THINK ABOUT BEING GOOD NEIGHBORS. >> IT MIGHT BE EASY TO THINK THAT THE RESEARCH MEANS THERE WILL BE MORE SHARKS FIGHT. BUT UNDERSTAND SCIENTIST DID NOT KNOW THAT SHARKS WERE SO CLOSE TO URBAN ENVIRONMENTS. THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THAT. SO, THERE IS NO REAL REASON TO CONCLUDE THERE WILL BE MORE SHARK ATTACK THAN THEY WERE BEFORE. >> THANK YOU. >>> COMING UP, VIOLENT PROTESTS IN ECUADOR. THOUSAYS AT 5:00 ON NBC NEWS . >>> BACK WITH TOP STORIES. GLOBAL WATCH. DEADLY FLOODING IN SOUTHEAST ASIA. IN BANGLADESH, MILITARY PERSONNEL DROPPING SUPPLIES TO RESIDENTS TRAPPED IN THE FLOODWATERS. RESIDENCES ARE GOING TO ACCESS FOOD AND CLEAN WATER. DOZENS KILLED AND MORE THAN 4 MILLION PEOPLE ARE DISPLACED THERE. NEXT, DEADLY PROTEST IN ECUADOR. NEW VIDEO SHOWS VIOLENT CLASHES BETWEEN DEMONSTRATORS AND POLICE. 10,000 INDIGENOUS PEOPLE MARCH INTO THE CAPITOL'S GETTY TO PROTEST ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL POLICY. NEARLY 20 OFFICERS ARE MISSING AFTER A POLICE STATION THERE WAS ATTACKED. WHEN WE COME BACK, LOST LETTERS AND A WOMAN RECEIVING A POSTCARD FROM HER PARENTS HONEYMOON YEARS AFTER PRETTY B. >>> FINALLY, TONIGHT, POSTCARDS FROM THE PAST MYSTERIOUSLY ARRIVING INTO WOMEN'S MAILBOXES DECADES AFTER THEY WERE SENT. THAT IS NOT THE MOST SURPRISING THING. >> Reporter: CAROL HUBER THOUGHT SHE WAS LEFT WITH ONLY MEMORIES AFTER HER PARENTS PASSED AWAY. >> A LOT OF HAPPY YEARS. I MISS THEM DEARLY. >> SHE WAS WRONG. AS SHE WENT THROUGH HER MAIL, A FAMILIAR SIGHT CAUGHT HER EYE. >> THE FIRST THING IS I WAS MY MOTHER'S HANDWRITING. IT'S VERY RECOGNIZABLE. I WAS LIKE, WHAT A MOMENT, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN THIS BE? SHE PASSED AWAY EIGHT YEARS AGO. >> IT WAS A POSTCARD FROM THEIR HONEYMOON IN 1980, ADDRESSED TO HER GRANDPARENTS. OVERJOYED WITH THE SURPRISE, SHE WENT TO HER LOCAL POST OFFICE. >> SHE SAYS WAIT, I'VE GOT TWO MORE IN THE BACK. >> A POSTCARD FROM HER AUNT AND UNCLE AND THEIR TRIP TO ENGLAND IN 1974. ANOTHER FROM HER FATHER FROM NEW YORK CITY IN 1969. >> TO SEE MY FATHER'S HANDWRITING, THAT WAS WONDERFUL. YOU KNOW, ABD CAN, I WANT TO THINK IT IS THEM GIVING ME A NOD, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE STILL CLOSE BY, YOU KNOW. I LIKE TO THINK THAT. >> PARCELS FROM THE PAST KEPT COMING. >> ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF LATER, I GOT ANOTHER ONE IN THE MAIL FROM MY AUNT AND UNCLE. AND THAT ONE WAS FROM FRANCE. >> THE MYSTERY MAIL BECAME A FAMILY AFFAIR. COOPER'S COUSIN IN ILLINOIS HEARING FROM THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN HER OLD HOME, SAYING THEY HAD SOMETHING SHE NEEDED TO SEE. >> I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT MY FORMER FAMILY HOME IN MINNESOTA WAS NOT GETTING OLD POSTCARDS. THIS IS CRAZY. >> IT HAD TURNED UP FROM A FAMILY FRIEND IN IRELAND SENT IN 1983. THE FAMILY VISITED SCOTLAND IN 1984. ANOTHER FROM THEIR PARENTS IN FIJI IN 1981. >> IT IS A WONDER IF I WILL TOUCH THROUGH TIME MY BELOVED FAMILY. ALL OF THESE PEOPLE WHO HAVE WRITTEN CARDS THAT HAVE PASSED AWAY. >> THEY DID NOT TRAVEL MUCH, SO THEY WOULD REMEMBER GETTING A POSTCARD. A USPS SPOKESPERSON OFFERED A FEW EXPLANATIONS, INCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY OF THE MAIL BEING FOUND AND DEPOSITED IN ONE OF THEIR COLLECTION BOXES. HUBER THINKS THERE IS MORE TO THE STORY. >> Reporter: REGARDLESS OF THE PATH IT TOOK, THEY ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE BIT OF MAGIC THEY GOT IN THE MAILBOX, ARRIVING ALONGSIDE MOMENTS OF JOY IN TRAGEDY. >> THE FIRST TIME I GOT TWO DAYS AFTER, MY UNCLE, JERRY BASH, WHO WAS ON TWO OF THE POSTCARDS, HE PASSED AWAY A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. IT WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT LIGHTENS THE LOAD. AND, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY JUST -- IS JUST A GOOD FEELING. EVERYBODY NE
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