this weekend. thousands targeted for immediate deportation in ten major cities sparking fear across the country. fo under fire reportedly selling two popular car models even though it knew it had major problems. thousands of complaints and dozens of injuries reported. >> i would not feel confident selling this car to somebody else and having them drive it. s don't know if i couldep at night. >> more than a million of the cars still on the road. the price you pay, by the fees they've been charged now being n investigated il 50 states. where the wild things are, on the trail in chicago of an alligator on the loose. >> announcer: this is "nbc nigly news" with lester holt. good evening everyone, a hurricane warning has just been posted for the loui ana coast as that tropical threat we've been wating has spun up into a tropical storm named barry, strengthening

and poised to make land fall saturday possibly as a hurricane. parts of the new orleans area are under mandatory evacuation orders at this hour. the storm could dump as much as 20 inches of rain along with a storm surge that threatens historic flooding. our kerry sands is in the storm zone tonight. >> reporter: tonight people in louisiana are heading out with mandory evacuations ordered in low lying parishes. ne >> you're concif the levees give way, you could house cod t swept away. >> i don't want that. i just want everything to be all over with. >> reporter: it's not tropical storm barry's winds officials are worried about. it's the water. with new orleans already reeling from over 9 inches of rain yesterday flooding the french quarter. plus the mississippi eriver isht feet above normal.rr bay could drive it to its highest level since 1950. >> this will be the first time that we've

had a hurricane make land fall in louisiana while the mississippi river was at flood stage. >> reporter: here in this parish, flood control saying a storm surge pushing the river to 19 feet is life threatening. it wld cause the water to overtop which means the mighty mississippi would spill ove this levy flooding homes. >> those who survived katrina know the danger. >> i stuck around a little bit too long during katrina and don't want to make that mistake again. >> reporter: tonight the national guard is deployed, officials ts urging resideno have three days of supplies on hand. >> you never know. maeven if it's a s one, something can happen. >> reporter: in a flood water can come up storm drains adding to the crisis. so, tonight they put these git heavy sandbags on top of the storm drains to plug them up. lester, they're doing everything they can to try to prevent a disaster here. thanks for the upte.

dillon dryer is to tracking the s. what are you seeing tonight? >> reporter: good evening lester, we are keeping a close eye on tropical storm barry, the ter bands of rain already making the way well inland. hurricane warnings arest poed across south central louisiana and we are goingo te this storm take that turn within the next h rs. it's moving west of five-miles-per-hour, winds up to 40-miles-per-hour. it does not look like o it's going turn into a hurricane. with tropical storm force winds, areas in louisiana do need to be mindful of the storm moving in. we could see 10 to 20 inches of rain across southeastern louisiana. >> far from there, severe turbulence sent passengers flying today duri a flight to australia. dozens were injured and treated for injury. steve patterson has more. >> reporter: passengers say it struck without llarning. >> a of a sudden, bang, it dropped. it must haveropped a hundred feet or something because everyone went up to the ceiling. >> reporter: sudden

g evere turbulence tossinssengers from their seat injuring 35 people on canada ir flight 33. the boeing 777 flying from vancouver to australia, the airline saying it encountered unforecasted and sudden turbulence ou two hours west of hawaii. the turbulence so violent the plane was forced to make an emergencyding. the plane carrying 269 passengers and 15 crew members landed safely in honolulu. some posting pictures wearing neck braces and pictures of oxygen sks and food scattered on the ground. it's the latest in a string of turbulent flights. tonight the three dozen injured expected er to fully recov. others happy to be back on solid ground. >> i hady seat belt on luckily. >> reporter: another reminder, always buckle up. steve patterson, nbc news. another breaking story we're following tonight. president trump just announced he is altering his controversial plan to include a question

onabout citizenship the 2020 census.r ouhallie jackson has the details. >> reporter: president trump tonight still determined to count how many people are legally living in this country. >> today i'm here to say we are not backing down on our effort to determine the citizenship status of the united states population. >> reporter: but it won't be a question on the 2020 census. instead, the president is retreating from that fight and instead directing federal agencies to give records they already have to the commerce todepartment to try more accurately determine the count. >> we will defend the ri t of the american people to know the full facts about the population, size of citizens and noncitizens in america. >> reporter: it comes two weekafter the supreme court delivered a temporary blow to the trump administ by fu reng to allow the commerce department to include that controversial citizenship question .on the 2020 ce >> these delays would leave prevented us from compting the census on time. it's deeply

regrettable, but it will not stop us from collecting the needed information. >> reporter: the census determis how ny seats a state gets in the u.s. house of representatives. the president's opponents have argued including that question o citizenships could make immigrants afraid to respond undercounting the number of people who live in those communities. while the president may claim victory, it they describe s a defeat for him. bottom line, the president is basically directing h ministration to take steps that they already have the ability to do, just to take them more effectively. >> thank you. thisng federal authorities are preparing to begin a nationwide round up of 2,000 undocumented ayimmigrants on sund as nbc's gabe gutierrez reports, the move is prompting waves of fear. >> reporter: tonight two senior homeland security officials ll nbc news that nationwide arrests of undocumented immigrants are scheduled to srt sunday conducted by

immigration and customs enforcement in at least ten major cities including los angeles, chicago, atlant miami, and new york. i.c.e. won't comment on enforcement operations. today, swift outrage, several protesters al arrested in bu new york. the president had postponed the round up but last week said it will begin fairly soon. >> they came in illegally and we're bringing them out legally. >> people are concerned. >> reporter: iba is an immigration attorney in atlanta. what are you telling your clients right now? >> we're saying things to them like don't answer your doors in the middle of the night. if they're an official from the government, they need to have a warrant if they're ing to come to your home. o. >> reporter: stephanie lopez is a daca recipient who worries who will care for her younger siblings. >> it breaks my heart to hear him say or neven think about having his mom. >> reporter: when you heard about these planned raids, what went through your ? he >> it just creates a

lot of fear and no one knows if they're going to knock your door next. >> reporter: families arrested this week could be putden ntion centers in texas and pennsylvania while they await deportation. plans are still being finalized, lester. gabe, thanks. lawyers for jeffrey epstein asked a federal judge today to release him on bond while he waits for his sex trang trial. they said the billionaire would put up his manhattan wnhouse worth $77 million and his private jet as collateral. they propose that epstein be placed under house arrest with security guards. d epstein has pleade not guilty to the charges against him. president trump today dropped one of als to y prop crower the cost of prestion drugs, a promise that resonated with millions of americans who struggle to afford their medication. anne thompson has that y in our series your money your life. >> reporter: it's a frequent promise of president trump. >> you'll be seeing drug prices falling very substantially in the not too distant oiture and it's g

to be beautiful. >> reporter: but today the white house abandoned its plan to lower drug prices by cutting payments to middlemen. just last february alex azar touted the a idrevolutionary. >> we are making the biggest transformation in how drugs are ic priced in amerin history. >> reporter: what changed? the white house says it's encouraged by continuing bartisan conversations to reduce costs. it also claims prescription drug costs have declined e first time in 46 years. not exactly. since the day president trump was sworn in, more than 10,000 drug prices have increased. only about 1,000 decreased according to a recentnalysis. today's announcement is the latest blow to the president's efforts to lower drug costs. on monday, a judge blocked his proposal to require drug companies to list prices itv ads. >> the one big item that is still in play is a proposal to bring the prices we pay in this country for some

of our most expensive drugs more in line with the lower prices people pay in other countries. >> reporter: like many moms of children with diabetes, kourtney taylor wants prices lowered now. >> since chase has been diagnosed with type one in 2011 up to now, i know that the price of insulin has tripled. >> reporter: seemingly endless price hikes for medicine that is life. anne thompson, nbc news, new york. now to the n investigatior profit colleges by nbc news in the hechinger report. millions of americans have gone to these schools to earn a certificate hoping to get a job in a new field with higher pay. but we found sdents who say they have piled up debt and haven't found a job. and in many cases taxpayers are footing the bill. here's senior national correspondent kate snow. >> reporter: statements in the mailbox are a constant reminder. how much debt are you in rht now? >> i owe right now as

of today 24,000. >> reporter: that's a lot of money. the wife and mom of three in oakland, ss mahusetts is still reeling financially decision she made nine years ago when she was a single mother. >> my dream was to have a better job for myself and my child. ft >> reporter: a seeing an idea like this one for salter college in massachusetts, jessica met with an admissions officer about a ro certificate pam for medical office administration. >> he was very nic personable, made me feel comfortable, told me that their job employment rate was 97%. >> 97%? ll> reporter: she says the coe helped her get federal loans. >> does that money go straight to the school? >> yes. >> to pay your tuition? >> yes. >> reporter: after an initial job salter helped find her didn't work out, jessica says the col offered littlee. assistanc

her student debt is growing bigger. >> reporter: salter college is in this strip mall.no ne from the school would speak to us. instead they referred us to their parent mi company, preer education group which operates about 20 different campuses of for-profit schools on the east coast. target low-income students but charge them high tuitions because they're eligible for federal financial aid. >> reporter: yin ko who studies higher education at the progressive century warns salter college is one of many for profit schools offering certificates in everything from culinary arts to massage therapy dental assistants. >> they're paying high tuition, but they're not getting gains and earnings. >> reporter: premier education group received $65 million un in federal fds in just one year for 10,000 students. the hecnger report showed students in some of premier's campuses have a loan default rate of more than 30%.

>> when a student defaults it's a terrible result for a student. and in terms of higher education ecosystem, taxpayers are left holding the bag. >> reporter: this month premier settled a federal whistle blower lawsuit in which several company yemployees said the companmisled studen about job placement rates and falsifiedecords to keep students and their tuition money flowing . emier agreed to play $3.4 million though the company denies acting wrongly. in a statement, the company said its graduates find jobs the in their fields. akpremier added it m no guarantees of employment and programs past the overall official gainful requiremts of the department of education. as for jessica, it said salter college has been in contact with her on several occasions for employment assistance. although we did find some salter grads who found jobs in their field, jessica evers says she learned just one valuable lesson. >> what do you think the certificate you

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