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Across the country as families and friends gather for tonights firework festivities, authorities are taking no chances. stepping up security on the streets and in the skies with a major show of force. nbcs ron allen has more for us. >> with the nations birthday bash well under way, the constant threat of lone wolf attacks. on hard-to-protect public gatherings. in new york, 100 trucks filled with sand, 32 tons each wall off streets for the first time where crowds gathered for the macys fireworks....

How the car company has changed the city. even the mayors job. next. >> quijano: a bald eagle is receiving medical care in washington this independence day weekend. it was found on a dc street saturday afternoon injured and unable to fly. ict long ago this symbol of americas strength and freedom was hard to find anywhere in the u.s. but chip reid reports the bald eagle is back. >> in south eastern virginia, near the chesapeake bay. >> some people complain about their commute to work, to the me. ...

A family finally reunited after a harrowing journey home. so how does it feel to be back home? >> so, so good. were so grateful to be back. >> reporter: on june 20th, 60-year-old morgan fox took his two daughters on a challenging hike just over the border of mexicos baja peninsula to picacho de diablo, also known as devils peek. >> it had been 20 years since i had done this hike and the terrain changed a bit. >> reporter: their mom contacted mexican authorities when they didnt come home leading ...

>> what you see right there is coalition air strikes. >> reporter: those black plumes of smoke are air strikes? >> yeah, without a doubt. >> reporter: colonel patrick work commands most of the 1600 american advisers helping to fight isis, also known as daesh, in mosul. do you know how many isis fighters? >> no, in fact, im not sure it really matters. because the daesh fighters in there will fight to death. >> reporter: we went to see the front line in mosuls old city. its a moonscape and dangero...

Badly injured a tourist just before july 4th last year. nbcs stephanie gosk has the latest. >> reporter: the explosion in central park on july 3rd last year was devastating. and baffling. 18-year-old college freshman connor goldin visiting the park with friends jumped off of some rocks and landed on a plastic bag filled with explosives. his parents got the terrifying call. >> they actually put him on the line. he was conscious at the time. and told us that he had stepped on a bomb. >> does that ...

Yorks central park. conner golden lost his lower leg jumping from a rock and unknowingly oobt a bag of explosives leaving the park one year ago. today, returning to a year, asking if anyone who took photoses or video in that park to come forward. an the rereward jumping higher. and the recall before the 4th of july. tnt red, white and blue smoke fireworks are being recalled. they are sold at several stores including walmart and target. heres why. theres a concern they could explode unexpectedl...

400 yards away, these fighters told us theyd lost five soldiers to one of the bombs the day before. theyre worried that a suicide car bomber is coming towards the point where we were just sitting. so they asked us to moved over here to take cover. it turned out to be a false alarm, and minutes later this homemade armored car arrived. known as the scorpion. it drew a another barrage of isis gunfire. before ferrying our team to safety. even faced with inevitable defeat, isis showed us theyre deter...

Robbery suspects. you can see them one of them knocked unconscious laying facedown on the sidewalk. he is in critical condition, and police are asking for the publics help in finding those suspects. new developments in the deadly police shooting of philando castile. the driver shot and killed by a police officer during a traffic stop in st. anthony, minnesota. his girlfriend posting the scene on facebook live. the officer acquitted more than a week ago saying he thought castile was reaching fo...

Much power being pushed downstream, first responders say its not worth the risk. >> stay out. its dangerous. youre putting yourself at risk along with the people that come to rescue you. >> reporter: steve patterson, nbc news, bakersfield, california. coming up, why some people are willing to contract a serious disease in an effort to live longer. and the $2 million hidden treasure that has people risking their lives to strike it rich. tonight, a new and

Earthquake claimed nearly 90,000 lives in the same province. the rescuers here now all too familiar with digging through the rubble to search for the living and find the dead. janis mackey frayer, nbc news, beijing. back in this country, from extreme drought to a record snow melt in the mountains, california is now dealing with powerful swollen rivers. first responders say there could be a threat for weeks to come and they are warning people to stay out of the water. steve patterson has the st...