Sleeker than ever, but does it measure up early today starts right now good friday morning im Frances Rivera and im phillip mena. A dangerous heat wave is hovering over much of the country. Triple digit temperatures could turn deadly this weekend new york city has declared a heat emergency and canceled the triathlon. Some of the athletes and event staff will distribute water and gatorade around the city instead. And lyft is offering free and discounted rides to cooling centers in impacted cities including chicago. Thats where nbcs blayne alexander is following the story. Reporter the relentless heat wave is showing no mercy from new mexico to new hampshire, 200 Million People are under a heat alert through the weekend. In chicago, a. C. Repair crews are stretched to the max and downtown, steam rising from sky scrapers after a morning rainstorm. Here in chicago, its the tale of two extremes. Just six months ago this exact spot was frozen over now its on pace to hit near record highs in south dakota you can actually see the heat rising. One of the hotteste it feels li. It feels like im sitting in a sauna. Reporter and in omaha, the National Weather service tweeting these pictures. Biscuits baking inside a car as the heat continues, its slow slog east, a warning in new york city run the a. C. , but keep it above 78 anything lower could cause another blackout and new york and much of the east coast will feel the hottest temperatures on saturday, but for now its the midwest thats getting the correct hit here in chicago it is expected to feel like 98 degrees today with much of the area under excessive heat warning. Phillip . All right, blayne, thank you. It is insane were talking about these kind of temperatures in such a huge, huge block of the country, janessa right it continues to spapd from yesterday. We were talking about the plains in portions of the midwest as forecasted, this has spread into the northeast heat warnings involved around washington, new york we have 37 states, 187 million, and i do expect that to move into the midatlantic as well. So daytime highs, air temperatures are really going to sit in the mid 90s here. But when you factor in the dewpoints, what what does that mean its the moisture in the atmosphere its really not that dry sauna heat it feels like youre in the deep end of a Swimming Pool heat index, st. Louis 110 degrees, 111 for chicago so this is typical air that we see in summer, but its going to continue to hover and rise across the northeast so thats the big problem. Its going to stay and seems like its growing in this part thank you, janessa new this morning, President Trump is announcing his replacement for alexander accosta. Eugene scalia, son of late Antonin Scalia as his labor secretary. Gene has led a life of Great Success in the legal and labor field and is highly respected. His nomination comes after accosta was forced to resign amid fallout from the jeffrey up stone sex scandal. Ilhan omar returned home with a different chant. Welcome home, ilhan welcome home, ilhan. This after growing backlash from President Trumps latest d her back now the president is trying to distance himself from the controversy. Our Hallie Jackson has details reporter the chants easy to hear, but for some hard to listen to. Send her back send her back. Reporter democrats and a few republicans appalled at the words send her back erupting at the crowd from the president s North Carolina rally referencing congresswoman ilhan omar who escaped wartorn somali as a child im worried for our country its creating a volatile environment in the country the chant was just wrong. Reporter omar quoting. We tell people here in the united states, you defend patriotic. Here in the united states, disagreement is welcomed debate is welcomed reporter the president trying to distance himself from the chants, but hes the one who initially suggested that omar and three other democrats, all u. S. Citizens, go back to their home countries i was not happy when i heard that chant i didnt like that they did it and i started speaking very quickly. Reporter he did not start speaking quickly instead, waiting 13 seconds before continuing on omar has a history of launching vicious antisemitic screams. Send her back send her back. Send her back. Send her back. Send her back. Send her back. Send her back. Send her back. And she talked about the evil israel reporter well, publicly some Top Republicans defended President Trump. Privately it was a different message. Nbc news has learned some sources familiar with the conversations, the gop leaders splapd to the vicepresident that they thought the chant was not helpful and should be discouraged. Frances, back to you all right, our Hallie Jackson for us hallie, thanks new unsealed Court Documents released on thursday tied then candidate donald trump to the 2016 hush money scheme to keep adult film star Stormy Daniels quiet about their alleged affair the documents reveal an fbi agent investigating the matter wrote that in the days following the release of the access hollywood video, Michael Cohen exchanged a series of calls, Text Messages and emails with Stormy Danielss attorney, davi hope hicks and candidate donald trump. An agent testifying under oath said that he believed at least some of these messages concerned the need to prevent clifford from going public. Clifford, referring to the real name of Stormy Daniels, Stephanie Clifford we should note the fbi says phone records were completely derived from cohens phone records and not because they had any recording or copies of trumps calls. Tensions with iran reignited after a confrontation on the high seas. President trump says the u. S. Navy destroyed an iranian drone that flew too close to an american war ship. Threatening the safety of the ship and its crew. The u. S. Said the drone ignored calls to stand down. Nbcs Courtney Kube has the latest reporter the announcement from President Trump, the war ship uss boxer took down an iranian drone in the strait of hormuz the boxer took defensive action against an iranian drone which had closed into a very, very near distance, approximately 1,000 yards, and was threatening the safety of the ship and the ships crew the drone was immediately destroyed. Reporter this, one month after iran shot down a u. S. Drone in the same area and iranian media reports iran seized a tanker they claim was carrying smuggled oil from small boats. The ship and its crew towed into iranian waters and detained. In an interview monday with lester, Iranian Foreign minister said iran is the biggest power in the persian gulf. Nobody can maintain security in those waters without iran reporter with tensions high in the region, commercial satellite imagery shows u. S. Troops began deploying to Prince Sultan air base first time u. S. Been there in more than 15 years. Photos show what appear to be a u. S. Military Construction Unit expanding a runway and building temporary housing. There is another site at the south end of the air base where there is a lot of ground clearing going on. We think it might be for patriots or other missile defenses reporter so far no comment from the pentagon on the deployment Courtney Kube, nbc news. Now to the fight over funding for the 9 11 First Responders, many sick and concerned that the money for their health care is set to run out unless Congress Acts john stewart is speaking out again as one senator is holding up the money heres nbcs Peter Alexander reporter jon stewart unleashing a stinging rebuke on fox news it is an abomination. Reporter after republican senator rand paul helped delay a bipartisan bill to extend compensation funding for 9 11 First Responders and victims so jon stewart could read, maybe hed say, my god, who would vote for a bill that doesnt have a dollar amount in it reporter paul argues hes not blocking the legislation, but was simply asking for a vote on an amendment to offset the cost there are some things they have no trouble putting on the credit card, but somehow when it comes to the 9 11 First Responder community, the cops, the firefighters, the construction workers, the vowel volunteers, the survivors, all of a sudden we have to go through reporter the bitter comes back and forth after stewart speaker for 9 11 blasted lawmakers. You cost men and women the most valuable commodity, time. Reporter days later, retired n. Y. P. D. Detective Louis Alvarez who testified alongside stewart died and news i firefighter Richard Driscoll bectoth die from a 9 11 illness. Los angeleses only reemphasizing the urgency. At some point we have to stand up for the people who have always stood up for us reporter despite the temporary roadblock, the bill is expected to pass overwhelmingly with a vote scheduled for tuesday. Peter alexander, nbc news, washington breaking overnight, a man took matters into his own hands after a fire broke out in a philadelphia high rise he made a deathdefying escape, scaling 15 stories down the side of the building to make his way to safety. It took him less than three minutes to safely reach the ground where he was greeted by Police Officers. The fire is now out and residents are back in their homes. Six people went to the hospital for minor smoke inhalation shocking video shows a close call for a commuter in new york. This guy here is nearly threat into a subway train as a temporary wall collapses and the platform is flooded by rushing water. The mta said it was caused by a contractor working on a residential area they are taking steps to hold the contractor accountable it it was a major, major rainstorm the other day, now here we are with extreme heat. Lets check back in with janessa. You have the cold front coming through we have scattered showers in the northeast. The talk is the bubble of warm air and many people trying to get some sleep tonight look at this, dallas sitting at 90degree heat index definitely overnight lowes the next few days are going to be hovering in the 80s, 90s so make sure you have that a. C. Cranking now, daytime highs are going to continue to shift to the east saturday afternoon, possibly going after some records from new york city to washington, d. C. So if you have to choose midatlantic northeast, tomorrow is the day you need to be out. 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Reporter in his decision, the judge said there was clear and convincing evidence that epstein was still dangerous. Specifically pointing out the testimony of two accusers. One of them courtney wild, who says epstein abused her when she was 14 years old as long as the victims speak up, he isnt going to get away this time. Reporter prosecutors argued epstein was an extreme flight risk worth more than 500 million. Cash, diamonds and an expired austrian passport with a false name found in a safe in his mansion. The the financier who oncee placed under house arrest and ground his private jet , the dg, epsteins lawyers say they are considering an appeal. It could be months and perhaps years before this case goes to trial. When both sides will be meeting will be july 31st to discuss scheduling frances . All right, Stephanie Gosk, thank you. 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