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Off. you dont get relief. peels like 90 memphis, 93 st. louis. when sun is coming up in the northeast, feels like 81. st. louis 101 today. one of the hottest parts memphis, will feel 110. notice temperatures in the days ahead goes down. you get relief. not so in the northeast. mid-90s philly to new york albany heat indexes. thursday could feel 102. st. louis and areas of missouri where its been hot all summer, they get a break. >> got to share the love or the heat other. thank you. stories mak...

Pawnshop in key west and they said suarez had ordered an o.k. 47 for delivery to this pawnshop. he apparently never took delivery of this weapon because there was a clerical error but that really showed, according to the fbi, according to them his intent to do something very bad and thats why they arrested him yesterday when he took possession of this backpack bomb that he thought was a real bomb but turned out was something the fbi concocted. >> so he was pretty much ready to go active, if thei...

Welcome back to the lead we have some breaking news on our national lead. lets bring in evan perez, who has the late breaking details. what can you tell us? >> well this is number 51. this is the number of people who isis sympathizers who have been indicted or charged here in the united states. just since the beginning of this year. this ones name is harlan suarez. according to the criminal complaint that was filed, he was planning to detonate a backpack bomb he was going to hide in sand on a be...

Isis reaching into florida with an alleged plot to attack an iconic island town. a key west man now you understand arrest, charged with attempting to use a weapons of mass destruction against americans. the u.s. justice department said he planned to hide a bomb in a backpack, bury it on the beach and then explode it. ill ask senator tom cotton what hes learning about the threat. he is a leading member of the senate intelligence and armed services committees. our analysts are also standing by as ...

Kind of activity is unacceptable. separating from the congregation that means a lot. what he might be saying is everybody her happy in their current circumstance. i want to change the circumstance. i want to represent isis. i want to do something different from the congregation. other interesting things two locations. the second location he is trying to go through a blocked facility. that tells me his emotional state is in question. he is going to risk his life when he does that. why does he do ...

Painful, the medical examiner testified. he didnt die immediately, but it was quick. blast injuries to her lower legs a piece of jagged metal buried in one leg. near the finish line crystal campbell lost too much blood, it happened too fast. the governments rests their case with graphic details of the final aching moments. prosecutors highlight images of dzokhar, standing with his backpack bomb next to the richard family. walking away with just a backwards glance before the deadly blasts accused...

>> the prosecution showed jurors surveillance video, not seen by the public before shows tsarnaev dropping his backpack bomb, then fleeing. seconds later, the bomb goes off. whats the strategy showing this horrific video? >> first of all, the testimony so far has been very graphic. the strategy now has moved from the why or if he did it to why he did it so the defense team strategy here since during opening statement there was admission that the defendant did, in fact do it so it appears the def...

Tears yesterday when will richard talk and the loss of his 8-year-old son martin. youngest of the three victims killed in the terror attack. more now from nbcs peter alexander. >> reporter: amid the carnage after the second bomb exploded that day bill richard faced and agonizing decision. leave his dying son to save his injured daughter. he described his last moments with 8-year-old martin. i knew from what i saw there was no chance. i knew in my head i needed to act quickly we would not only lo...

Movie. one man saying the smoky air smelled like the fourth of july. the chaos and the carnage in the aftermath here caught on tape by a wounded spectator. frantic emergency workers try to treat the most seriously injured first. the jury also heard from this boston police officer rescued a 3-year-old boy, from a man who lost both legs carried off by stranger in a cowboy hat. and from bill richard, whose family watched the marathon steps away from tsarnaev and the backpack bomb. his 8-year-old so...

>> to former fbi investigator william daly who is more concerned with how the kid got on the plane than how he survived. very important question. theres security video. no one watches that stuff? >> amazing. for those who travel, it is really sobering, to think that this kid, without any special apparatus or equipment, trying to do a mission impossible around the alarm system, is able to get through airport security, get on the wheel well, which is that pilot does a walk-around check so this kid...