NBC News' Aaron Gilchrist reports from the Outer Banks tonight as residents brace for Hurricane Erin's impact. This comes as dangerous surf forces closures along the East Coast. Israel is taking the first steps in a new offensive against Hamas in Gaza City, sparking protests among families of Hamas hostages who fear it will endanger their lives. NBC News' Andrea Mitchell reports. Chilling security video shows a man dragging a heavy sack outside his southern California apartment. Investigators say the body of his wife, Sheylla Cabrera, was later found wrapped in similar material. NBC News' Dana Griffin reports. Parents of some of the 27 girls killed during floods at Camp Mystic testified in Texas. They say their daughters' deaths were preventable, and support legislation that would enact new rules for summer camps. NBC News' Morgan Chesky reports. President Trump has ordered a sweeping review of the Smithsonian, saying it's too "woke" and focuses too much on "how bad slavery was" instead of highlighting America's progress and successes. NBC News' Gabe Gutierrez reports. NBC News' Ellison Barber shares the story of an 18-year-old woman living with debilitating pain, but was twice denied coverage for the spinal surgery her doctors said she needed. One day after NBC News contacted the insurance company, the coverage was approved. Patriots' legend Rob Gronkowski kicked off the dedication of "Gronk Playground' by arriving in one of Boston's famous duck boats. He then tried out the slide, with a push from the governor, and became as emotional as he spoke about the impact the playground would have on the city's kids. NBC News' Tom Llamas reports. 

A day after a California board denied Erik Menendez parole, his older brother Lyle made his case for release. The brothers have spent more than 30 years in prison after they were convicted of the murders of their parents. NBC News' Liz Kreutz reports. Former Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell told Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche that she "never witnessed the President in any inappropriate setting in any way." The revelation came in audio and transcripts released by the Department of Justice from Blanche's two-day meeting with Maxwell in July. Maxwell also said Epstein did not keep a client list and that she does not believe he died by suicide. NBC News' Gabe Gutierrez reports. A tour bus carrying 52 people was traveling back from Niagara Falls to New York City when the bus lost control and crashed into a ditch about 30 miles outside Buffalo. NBC's Sam Brock reports. ICE is hiring 10,000 new officers as part of President Trump's efforts to speed up deportations. NBC News' Julia Ainsley spoke to the acting ICE director inside a new training center. The inner city of Detroit may seem like an unlikely place to have children plant what will one day be a grove of towering sequoia trees, but David Milarch says it's the perfect place. NBC News' Gadi Schwartz explains.