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Welcome back, everyone, austin police fear a serial bomber may be on the loose after they injured two men as they pass by their bicycles. its the fourth package bomb in less than a month. the victims tried to peck up packages left at their homes. jay grey is in austin with the latest. version, they have a news conference there not too long ago. what did we learn from it that has moved this investigation forward? >> reporter: hey, a lot of things unfolding this afternoon. lets start with the fbi ...

>> the police and officials are telling people to stay inside. what are you hearing on the ground from residents in. >> reporter: a lot of concern, we just talked with a lady whose lived here, says that traditionally she never takes her keys with her, leaves her doors unlocked, goes and visits with neighbors, others saying theyre going to change their routine entirely. theyre not going to go places they normally do when they walk theyre not going to peck up any package if they dont know where it...

>> jay grey in ferguson, thank you, willie. from the denver post, 3ple gallons of waste water accidentally released by the e have flowed from colorado to mexico, they declared a state of emergency t.e could not give an assessment of potential harm there. testing by the agency found high levels of heavy metals, arsenic, lead and copper in that waste water. >> the "wall street journal" japan switched on a nuclear reactor despite protests nationwide the first in nearly two years after tougher saf...

Frustration though on both sides of the protest lines here. there is a state of emergency in effect right now. more officers on the ground. officials in st. louis county saying theyre not willing to take chances within it comes to the violence here. >> i think what is required in this situation is a proactive response and i think we need to get out ahead of the and you know last time around last 84, we saw a city burn and we are not going to see that again. im taking every measure possible to av...

>> jay, an awful lot of displaced people there. where are they going to be able to spend the night? >> there are 14e89ers that continue to open here. more than a dozen city buss have picked up people and taken them away at least to safe areas where they can meet up with family mem we arings and friends. thats happening a lot. thats what a lot of displaced people are doing. they understand what theyre going through. they know the dangers here in tornado alley. they know it could have been them. >...

Official day of the season, but across much of the country, it already feels like the middle of a long, hot summer. nbcs jay grey has more. >> reporter: a heat wave continues to sweep across much of the country right now. >> its sticky how i describe it. >> reporter: sticky, stifling and likely to stay around for a while. >> mostly sunny, windy and hot again this afternoon. >> reporter: so hot, even forecasters are looking for a little relief. the more traditional dunk in detroit is at community...

Day. >> reporter: in philadelphia, free ice cream is helping to keep things cool, but in the end, on the first day of summer, these kids seem to have figured out the best way to beat the heat. jay grey, nbc news. >> enjoy it. nbc meteorologist bill karins is going to have much more on this heat wave. eric holder is cited for contempt, this after obama invoked executive privilege. the committee was voting on the operation that aloud mexican gangs to get guns. despite holder giving republicans o...

The way they were before the storm. knowing it will never be normal again, dylan. >> understood. again, keep us up to speed. we hope not only the insurance companies and the government are able to provide basic funding, but the community is able to find each other to restore what has been lost. thank you, jay. next up here in times of great challenge, which is surely where we find ourselves and great change and great risk, we also have tremendous opportunity. after this, the innovator and author...

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Marking the anniversary of the shooting. >> im getting better. >> its already been an incredible recovery. but giffords insists shes not done and promises we will hear that voice for years to come. >> i will return. >> jay grey, nbc news. >> and here is your first look at some of the other news going on around america today. its a muddy mess near seattle. a wall of mud, it came pouring into three homes in bellview sunday, lifting one car high enough to press it into the roof of a garage. a water...