Good morning. Im dara brown. Investigators are investigating a triple shooting that happened in a parking lot outside of the red rock amphitheater. According to sheriffs, the shooter targeted the occupants of a white suv and fled the scene after the shooting. When deputies found the suv, three victims were taken to the hospital. The amphitheater has been shut down while Police Search for the shooter. The incident took place after a performance by rapper naz, school boy q, and lotus. A major health scare for hundreds of americas top scientists. Roughly 75 scientists working at atlantas centers for Disease Control may have come into contact with anthrax. Researchers apparently didnt follow safety procedures when working with the live bacteria. None of the scientist advisory shown any symptoms so far, but as a precaution, they are undergoing treatment to prevent infection. A Prime Minister is facing growing calls to step down as iraqi troops struggle to stop militant attacks sweeping the country. It comes a day after president obama said he would be sending 300 military advisors to iraq. The team, including special operations forces, will target insurgents and help train iraqs security forces, but the announce am has raised questions about the truex tent of the advisors role in rak. Im joined by tracie potts in washington. Theres mixed reaction by the president s decision to send in more troops. Some here think its a good start. Others are willing to listen to where the president wants to go with this. Others think he is not being aggressive enough. Not there for combat. Their goal is to help out the iraqi military. Reporter up to 300 military advisors are headed to iraq to help its military choose targets. Not to fight. Theres not foreshadowing a larger commitment of troops to actually fight in iraq. That would not be effective. Military intervention, especially if led by the wraits, only part of the response of the radicals. The president s decision to hold off on air strikes for now got mixed reaction on capitol hill. Once again, he has announced step a without thinking lou the consequences of step b. Theres the beginning of an outlying what i hope will be a concrete plan we can rally around. Many of us that have been skeptical of that plan to intervene in the past will be open to listening to the president. Reporter secretary of state john kerry heads to the middle east this weekend, including iraq to rally support. Meantime, the fiercest battle continues at iraqs largest oil refinery, raising fears that this war half a world away could soon affect prices here at home. You will feel it at the gas pump. We will feel it in your wallet eventually. Reporter we continue to watch those gas prices here, but, meantime, there are private concerns here that nuri almaliki, the Prime Minister of iraq, may not be the one to bring together those factions to lead a coalition government. On the other hand, publicly the administration has said thats not for us to decide. Thats a decision for the iraqi people. Dara. Thank you, tracie. There is a state of emergency in minnesota. Rough weather pounding the state with record rainfall, massive flooding, and even a mudslide. It happened around 7 00 last night near the university of Minnesota Medical Center in minneapolis. No injuries have been reported, but with so much rain continuing to fall, the potential for more mudslides is not gone yet. The governor has mobilized the National Guard to cope with the wettest june on record. The Presbyterian Church has voted to recognize samesex marriage. Leaders of the presbyterian General Assembly decided to change language in the church constitution. Now it will say the christian marriage can be the union of two people, not just a man and a william. The change has to be approved over the next year. Thursdays vote marks a sweeping victory for presbyterian gay rights advocates. Changing of the guard. House republicans have elected california congressman and current whip Kevin Mccarthy as the new majority leader. The 49yearold defeated Raul Labrador for the number two position in the gop. Congressman steve skalice will take over as the majority whip. Meanwhile, americanss faith in congress has slumped a new low. Just 7 of americans have a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in congress. This is down from the previous low of 10 last year. It sounds like something out of a Science Fiction movie, but nasas latest project is very real. The agency plans to use a giant space clock to trap a passing asteroid and park them above the moon. For now theyll just be captured for study, but the technology has much bigger possibilities many the future. It can even be used to divert dangerous asteroids away from earth. Nasa says the claw could be up and running as early as 2019. Well, isnt that amazing . We dont even have a vehicle to get to the International Space station right now, and were planning on building a claw to grab asteroids. Fascinating. Were going to park behind the moon. I love that part. If nothing else, we have very good imaginations. The weekend forecast is looking great. Many areas of the west. Unfortunately, the problem areas what we showed you that video from earlier, the flooding from the minneapolis. From minneapolis to sioux falls, sioux city to omaha, across to davenport. We have flood warnings for the missouri and mississippi rivers through all of those cities. We just saw too much rain too fast. A foot of rain in only two or three weeks, not many areas of the country can handle that volume of water, even in these major rivers. It will taper off throughout the next three days. Most rivers will be cresting over the upcoming weekend. We did see about onetenth of an inch in coastal areas of northwest oregon and also in Washington State. Seattle we got a couple hundredths of an inch. South of medford, barely, if any, rain fell at all. Were still goose eggs pretty much where you would expect this time of year for california and into nevada. The forecast for your friday, a few sprinkles and showers out there in the cascades headed towards spokane with that weak, dying front. Besides that its looking like a partly cloudy friday. Cool in the northwest, and pretty seasonable everywhere else. Thats your national forecast. Now heres weekend forecast right around the corner. Well, its here. Friday, its the weekend. Im going to give it to you. Im going to actually tell you. 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His current wife said he died of natural causes. Gerry goffin was 75. Congress put its foot down on nsa methods. They passed measures to bar the selection of personal online information. Caught on camera. A florida man riding motorcycle bolts over a car, takes two flips, and then he gets up like nothing happened. He said he saw the car coming and slammed both brakes which sent him flying through the air. Remarkably, no serious injuries. The u. S. And mexico discussed ways to curb the illegal immigration of minors. Thousands of Young Children are fleeing crime and poverty in central america. President barack obama talked to his mexican counterpart about ways to collaborate in solving the problem. Thrill seekers listen up. Goliath is up and running in six flags great america. Its said to be the fastest wooden coaster at 72 Miles Per Hour with the tallest and, whoa, steepest drop. Plummeting from 180 feet. Then youre vertical 85 degrees. Whoa, thats incredible. Not getting on that one. Now its time to get down to business. Stocks clawed their way back on thursday with the s p setting yet another alltime record. Saturday night live will kick off its 40th season in the fall and to celebrate with ben jerrys ice cream will have four new flavors based on snl skits. Snl launched in october of 1975. Harley davidson famous for its unique sound is working on an all electric bike that is virtually silent. The rocket ship test model can go from zero to 60 in four seconds with no shifting. Two more examples of america going to pot. New york has become the 23rd state to legalize some form of medical marijuana. In Washington State two College Students have come up with a marijuana delivery app called canary. It will allow those with medical marijuana cards to place orders for their favorite herb. Just this morning at the vat cal pope francis has come out strongly against the legalization of recreational drugs. Google is putting 50 million into a new program called made with code. 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Coming off a win against ghana. The u. S. Will be without forward jose altador. He suffered a sprained hamstring in the first game. Pepe will sit out from a onegame suspension. Christiano ronaldo leaves his status unknown. In englanduruguay. It was the saving grace. He scores two to top englands one. That keeps their world cup hopes alive. Uruguay must at least tie in their next match. Both teams still have a hands to advance. Columbiaivory coast. Columbia strikes first and has more vote for the best celebration. Check out those movies. They continue the celebration beating ivory coast 21. Greeces captain got a second yellow card in the 38th minute leaving them to play a man down. Neither team could find the back of the net, and begin a draw. Both teams have to win their next match for a chance to capture the second spot in their group. Next, to 11yearold u. S. Womens open qualifier lucy lee. She made her debut at pine hurst. She finished 11 strokes behind the leader. Making history as the youngest qualifier of the tournament. She certainly dazzled the crowd in her patriotic outfit. She tees off today at 12 52 p. M. It was poor judgment and it wont happen again. Detroit tigers manager apologizing for a comment made to reporters on wednesday night. When asked how he handled losses, he joked he beats his wife. Well, he quickly told reporters that he was joking, but it obviously did not go over well. He has offered to reach out to Domestic Abuse groups. Check out this guy trying to take a selfie during an interview with olympic swimmer allison sh schmidt. Yep, that is 22time olympic medalist Michael PhelpsPhoto Bombing the fellow swimmer. My selfies never look that good. Clint eastwood and jersey boys this weekend, and jimmy fallon plays an epic game of beer pong with pit bull. Up next. Looks like were about to board. Mmhmm. Im just comparing Car Insurance rates at progressive. Com. Is that where they show the other guys rates, too . Mmhmm. Cool. 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Now two decades later Susan Serandon and geena davis reunited for an update to the polaroid. The pic was tweeted with the caption inventors of the selfie at it again. Lets go to the map. Lifetime set to air the unauthorized saved by the bell story. A behind the scenes peek at the early 1990s cult hit. It will be loosely based on screechs 2009 tellall, which included juicy revelations about on set drugs and sex. You will have to wait a bit for your bayside gossip. The movie airs september 1st. Are you going to watch that . Were you a big fan . I was not a big fan, but my kids watch it now, so im back into it. Its back on tv. What goes around comes around. Its all about that revolving door there. Celebrated by college kids across the nation, but last night beer pong got a celeb boost from nbcs own jimmy fallon and rapper pit bull. In honor of the world cup, they pitched soccer balls into what else . Giant red solo cups. Heres a fun one. See anything strange coming up about this band here in boston . Take a really close look johnny depp on the electric guitar. He is in town shooting black mask, a notorious beantown gangster. Clint eastwood directed jeshzy boys, and it comes out today. Its a musical about Frankie Valle and the four seasons. You see a lot of shows. How do you think this is going to move to the big screen . I think its going to be fantastic. I think its going to be amazing. The same way chicago went from broadway on to the movie that went well. Clint eastwood directing these guys, i think its going to be a fantastic movie, and everybody that went to the show can go right back to the movie. Like you . Of course. Great music. Let me know how it is. You got to come too. Well see. Im dara brown. This is early today. We hope its just your first stop of the day on nbc. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on Car Insurance. Yeah. Everybody knows that. 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