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breaking overnight, passengers evacuated from a delta flight because of smoke inside the cabin. firefighters rushed to the plane. >> new details on just how someone set off an incoming missile alert by accident. and how that person is being handled today. >> who is responsible f this happening need to be held accountable making sure that this cannot, it cannot happen again. >> 50 people dive into chilly waters from a casino shuttle boat that burst into flames off the florida gulf coast. >> a hero firefighter catches a falling baby in his helmet in an inferno. >> honoring martin luther king
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after his assassination. >> "early today" starts now >> good to be with you monday morning. i'm frances rivera. >> i'm phillip mena. a scare at john f. kennedy. delta flight 2164 was near terminal 2 when the pilot reported smoke in the cabin sunday evening. officials say port authority police aircraft rescue firefighters were called to investigate, but found no evidence of fire. still, all passengers were evacuated. no injuries were reported and it is not yet clear what caused the smoke. >> this morning the fcc is investigating what caused a false alert telling hawaiian residents to seek shelter because of incoming ballistic missile. it threw residents and tourists into pay panic and now congress wants answers. nbc's jacob soboroff was there. >> reporter: it was pandemonium in paradise after alert was sent throughout the state and broadcast on television. >> a missile may impact our land
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or sea in minutes. >> reporter: shocked tourist ands locals believed they were minutes away from nuclear annihilation. >> the hotel staff came and told my parents, seek shelter, you only have 12 minutes. >> it's hard to stay calm when you don't know what's happening. >> reporter: families huddled in closets staying glued to their cell phones. >> people are running to the mountains with their families. >> reporter: members of congress are demanding answers on why it took 38 minutes for a correction to be texted out, twice the time it would take for a missile to reach hawaii from north korea. >> those responsible for this happening need to be held accountable, making sure that this cannot, it cannot happen again. >> reporter: the fcc chairman called the false alert absolutely unacceptable and has launched an investigation. governor david ige took responsibility. >> today is the day that most of us will never forget and many in our community was deeply affected by this, and i'm sorry. >> reporter: the mistake was part of an early warning system
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put into place amid rising tensions between trump and north korean leader kim jong-un. less than 24 hours before the false alarm we were given exclusive tour of the room because of what they say was a push of a wrong button. >> this is where the call comes in that notifies us of a ballistic missile launch. >> reporter: if a nuclear missile is launched from north korea this is where you'll find out? >> that's right. these are state warning officers. they'll receive a call from pacific command on secure line and make a decision to activate the statewide siren system. >> reporter: where's the phone? >> right here behind us. >> reporter: saturday morning that phone never rang and there never was a signal from the military to sound the alarm, but it happened anyway. and now this state and the nation are dealing with the consequence. frances, it was absolutely extraordinary to be here and inside that diamond head crater where the emergency management system is headquartered. they were clear with us that in the event of a nuclear attack, one of the first things that the general public would hear are
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394 sirens throughout the state of hawaii. those sigh rens did not sound. it led to a great deal of confusion out here on the beach and throughout the hawaiian islands. i should say that it does beg the question, what happens with the hawaiian public in the event that siren once again sounds, especially if that siren, frances, is not a drill. >> certainly a scary thought. jacob soboroff for us. jacob, thank you. >> in california the city of montecito is mourning the lives lost in last week's mudslides. a storm pounded the region by the state's wildfire last month. a torrent of flash floods swept away cars and scores of homes. crews are still scouring through mud and debris for missing as they brace for the possibility of rain this week. nbc's steve patterson has more from montecito. >> reporter: inside the evacuation zone, a service of remembrance. this community ripped apart by
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rivers of mud and stone. 20 people now confirmed dead, 25-year-old morgan cory's name added to the toll joining her 12-year-old sister sawyer amongst those killed in this disaster. six days after the disaster, crews continue to search for survivors. in the rubble, a glimmer of hope. a rescue dog alerts workers to a mud logged car. crews dig by hand, by shovel, by machine. discovering just a few scattered mementos. tough for rescue crews searching through their own neighbors' properties. >> we are still hoping for that miracle. we're getting close. we're getting close to that time where it's probably going to turn into strictly a recovery mode. but you just never know. >> reporter: captain dave says he could use some good news. this week he found the body of a small child. >> i wrapped that little guy like he was my own and stayed with him. >> reporter: the boy later identified is part of the family
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taking shelter last month during the massive thomas fire. the precursor to this deadly disaster. the boy's father also among the dead. his sister still missing. meanwhile, residents forced out of evacuation zones are finally being allowed to pickup vital supplies. it may be months before they can move back in. >> we're very thankful at least we have the opportunity to go back. >> go back. >> to a nice house again. >> reporter: this community finding a moment to pray for healing in the face of so much loss. >> that was steve patterson reporting. >> for the first time president trump is directly addressing the vulgar comments he reportedly made last week about haiti, el salvador and several african nations. speaking to reporters at mar-a-lago, the president defended himself and denied the comments were ever made. >> no, no, i'm not a racist. i am the least racist person you have ever interviewed. that i can tell you. did you see what various senators in the room said about
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my comments? they weren't made. >> the president there referring to other lawmakers present when the disparaging comments were allegedly made. all this as he and congress prepare for a busy week ahead with a government shut down on the line. nbc's kelly o'donnell has more. >> reporter: a long weekend in florida, with the clock ticking toward a government shutdown friday at midnight, the president who predicted bipartisan success tuesday on immigration -- >> when this group comes back, hopefully with an agreement, this group and others from the senate, from the house comes back with an agreement, i'm discipli signing it. >> reporter: propped the dreamers on twitter. the dems don't want it. but wait. >> i do not believe daca is dead. >> reporter: the president's secretary of homeland security sounded less sour for a high stakes agreement that would protect certain young immigrants under daca, but also increase funding for border protection and the military.
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>> it's not a daca deal. it's a security immigration deal. >> reporter: the already complex politics of immigration strained by the potency of racism. after the president was accused of repeatedly using a crass slur discussing countries in africa during a private meeting with lawmakers thursday, more repercussions. >> do you think president trump is a racist? >> i think he is a racist. >> reporter: republican senator rand paul disagreed with that conclusion and said the turmoil itself is an obstacle. >> you can't have an immigration compromise if everybody is out there calling the president a racist. >> reporter: two republican senators in the thursday meeting with president trump tried to discredit what other senators of both parties said about the president using a vulgar term. >> i'm telling you he did not use that word, george, and i'm telling you it's a gross misrepresentation. how many times did you want me to say that? >> i did not hear derogatory comments -- >> the sentiment? >> about individuals or persons, no. >> that was kelly o'donnell
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reporting. >> last night's vikings/saints game was one for the ages. the saints were seconds away from victory taking the 24-23 lead. the vikings needed a miracle with ten seconds left. >> steps into it. it's caught! sidelined! touchdown! unbelievable! >> at the buzzer, a shocking last-second 61-yard touchdown by stefan digs to give the vikings a 29-24 win in front of their home crowd, crushing end to the new orleans saints season. and then earlier in the day in pittsburgh, another unexpected finish. steelers quarterback ben roethlisberger threw for a record five touchdowns. it wasn't enough to hold back jacksonville who dominated the steelers despite being the under dog. with a minute left, jacksonville
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all but put this game away by that field goal, up by 10 points, the steelers put up a last second touchdown. it was too little too late. they upset steeldsers 45-42. they take on patriots in foxboro for the championship. vikings will face the phillies. >> how do you go to sleep whether you're a vikings or new orleans fan? you can't shut it off and turn it off. >> it really was shocking, the end, for everybody involved. bill, did you see the end? >> i turned it off. >> you turned it off? you go to work early. >> i thought it was over. >> a lot of people probably -- >> i even tweeted it was over. i was so wrong. all right, so the snow is moving through the central plains right now into areas of the ohio valley. a light snow, a clipper storm. what a clipper storm means is they he move usually pretty quickly. they don't have a lot of moisture to work with so you don't get high amounts of snow. behind it, it gets brutally
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cold. 1 to 2 inches of snow, wind chills negative 15 to negative 35 behind the storm. winter, maybe a possibility -- it's so cold you could blow the snow with the snow blower, with a leaf blower, too. snow fall forecast, 1 to 2 inches. this is tomorrow in the northeast. this is today in e ohioth look . winter storm watches for san antonio tomorrow morning, some ice. and we do have a big warm upcoming by the end of this week many will appreciate. >> sure will. all right. thank you, bill. new this earn monthing surveillance video of a bizarre crash in santa ana california, a car wound up wedged in the second floor of an office building. the driver lost control, over the divider, went airborne.
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there were two people in the car. one of them was able to climb out. the other was trapped for more than an hour. look at that picture there. they had to be rescued by emergency workers. can you imagine both of them only suffered minor injuries after that. >> the durks of hazard. a boat fire that forced 50 people into the water. we have the video. and honoring dr. martin luther king, jr. today. you're a life of unpredictable symptoms. crohn's, you've tried to own us. but now it's our turn to take control with stelara® stelara® works differently for adults with moderately to severely active crohn's disease. studies showed relief and remission, with dosing every 8 weeks. stelara® may lower the ability of your immune system to fight infections and may increase your risk of infections and cancer. some serious infections require hospitalization. before treatment, get tested for tuberculosis. before or during treatment, always tell your doctor if you think you have an infection or have flu-like symptoms or sores, have had cancer, or develop any new skin growths, or if anyone in your house needs or recently had a vaccine. alert your doctor of new or worsening problems,
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>> scary moments aboard a casino shuttle. it was ferrying passengers when it suddenly caught fire. all 50 passengers jumped into the frigid water and were able to make it back to shore. police say 15 of them were treated for minor injuries and hypothermia as a precaution. the cause of the fire is being investigated. >> one georgia firefighter is being hailed a hero after this miraculous catch. watch at the right of your screen. a desperate father tosses his child from the third floor balcony of that raging fire. you can hear them screaming. the heart stopping moment. that child was among several thrown from the building into firefighter's armtz that day. they were literally catching babies like footballs. 12 people, eight of them children, suffered minor injuries. >> the stakes so high there. he made it happen. gun owners who use marijuana in pennsylvania may face a very
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>> especially when boomer does it. >> that's right. in turkey this morning investigators are trying to figure out why a jet skid i had off a runway, off a cliff and almost plunged into the water a. nbc's lucy kavanagh has more on the terrifying close call. >> reporter: it was a harrowing heart racing ordeal. a plane dangling off a cliff in tushlg i. the jet liner's wheels stuck in the mud, it froze just feet from the sea. a baby wails, the flight attendant pleading with them to slow down. outside emergency crews secured the plane with rope. its starboard engine breaking off and tumbling into the sea. dazed and muddy after their frightening landing, all 168 people on board survived. the pegasus airlines flight took off from the capital in ankora after 10:00 arriving on turkey's black sea coast around 11:30
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amid the uproar over those disparaging comments president trump is accused of making about african nations, a real success story in kenya. >> it's about that country's emerging tech industry and american woman who is doing her part to help develop it. nbc stephanie ruhle has more. >> reporter: maryland native audrey chang found opportunity in an unusual place. >> i wanted to be part of the solution. that's when i got into entrepreneurship. >> reporter: the 24-year-old was working for a venture capital firm when she realized kenya was the perfect place to plant heron trap nurial dream. she founded the school in nairobi in 2014. the economy in this corner of africa has been energized by a tech boom and suffers with a
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high unemployment rate, 20% of people under the age of 25 are looking for work. >> a huge bottleneck for entrepreneurs and innovators in africa is really a talent. they can't find the right talent for the roles they're trying to fill. >> reporter: her school aims to educate the next generation of developers. students learn how to code, build mobile apps and websites. >> they need to match what employers are looking for. the classroom simulates the working environment. >> reporter: it trains millennials for jobs in the hottest segment in the local economy. the school says they have a 95% job placement rate with students often starting as junior software engineers. they've graduated over 500 students with some traveling from other african countries to participate in the program. >> eventually we want to branch out to entrepreneurship where i would use my skills as a developer to build a company that helps the community. >> reporter: now chang is shifting her focus to recruiting more women, launching a
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girls-only boot camp. >> a lot of women don't consider tech as a career option in kenya. the school is trying to bring -- grow awareness, expose them to the tech industry early enough. >> reporter: contributing to the tech industry in africa that continues to grow. stephanie ruhle, nbc news. >> make way for the students on the web. a winner in the box office on the martin king holiday weekend, gee man gee dominating the newcomers. steel berg's star studded the post claims second in over $18 million in ticket sales. liam neeson took third place followed by insidious the last key. in fourth, the number 5 spot was the musical the greatest show man earning $11.8 million over the weekend. so, everybody out there getting their popcorn and catching up on their movies. >> i've done the same. two of those i still have several more to go. >> pretty impressive. >> it is. all right. thank you for starting your day with us. i'm phillip mena. >> i'm frances rivera. keep it right here. more news is straight ahead on
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the future for d.r.e.a.m.ers. more military funding. the clock is ticking to a friday deadline. behind the chaos of hawaii's bogus alert of a ballistic missile attack that had residents scrambling for their lives for 38 minutes. a california community in mourning after deadly mudslides poured through santa bbara county one week ago. plus, this is definitely not the way or the place to park a car. and speaking of, a sneak peek at this year's detroit auto show. "early today" starts right now. good monday morning. i'm frances rivera. >> i'm phillip mena. congress may be off this dr. martin luther king holiday but they have a busy week ahead. facing a possible government shutdown at the end of the week, ak

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