if you could hold on one second, we're going to kelly cobiella who is on the phone with us en route from london to brussels. kelly, what you can tell us is going on now. >> what are you hearing now? >> reporter: well, we're now hearing sand it's been reported, dara, that there have been explosions or smoke at the very least at possibly as many as three metro stations in brussels. those metros have now been closed down. they're seeing tapes across escalators. injured -- at least one injured person out by the metro station in brussels close to the eu headquarters. so is this now looking like a coordinated attack of some sort, airport, potentially two explosions at the airport is what we're hearing and now possibly explosions in this place. pictures on social media of passengers getting off of trains -- but we have no confirmation yesterday on exactly what's happened inside. but we do know that there are reports of some sort of exhibition there and possibly people injured there. >> kelly cobiella, thank you so much for that, i know you're in transit. it's difficult to stay on the phone. we'

. >> kelly cobiella reporting. we know there were two explosions and one apparently at the curb departure area, which you said was at american airlines. do we know if the other explosion was possibly inside the terminal? or were they both outside? do we have any indication of where this second explosion came from? >> reporter: we don't have any confirmation on that just yet, but judging from the video on social media, it appears, it appears as though at least one of the explosions happened very close to the entrance. because you can see the blasted out windows. from the airport entrance. but, again, we don't have confirmation yet, media and passengers, obviously, being kept fairly far from the scene. as the emergency workers try to take care of the victims and assess just how many people are injured. >> and we're seeing pictures now of people that have been taken out onto the tarmac. obviously, they've cleared out the airport, and they have told people to not come to the airport, to stay away. i know you said they'

kelly cobiella, london. >>> massive gas leak drove them >>> residents in los angeles were hoping life would get back to normal when they were leak in their neighborhood had been hundreds are reporting new health concerns. >> reporter: melissa seymour says the rashes won't go away. >> horrible red all over, itchy, burning. >> reporter: she said is breaking out all over her body. her mother, jackie, herself experiencing headaches. >> we have gone to the doctors, allergists. everybody can't determine what this is. >> reporter: one letter says move now that's a rheumatologist, telling you to leave. >> absolutely. telling us to leave. >> reporter: melissa but she said her rashes began when a ruptured well spewed methane gas into the atmosphere. the los angeles county health department immediately started to headaches nausea and rashes. >> please do something. >> reporter: the well sealed last month. thousands returning home told it was safe, but now the health department is reporting 300 new health complaints in the last several weeks. despite capping the well, matt paduco says his own hom

nbc's kelly cobiella has their harrowing story. >> reporter: a packed departure hall and then suddenly smoke, debris and screams. in the middle of it, american jeff off >> there was dust, and there was debris, and there was this smell. >> reporter: hoffman, a consultant for nato living in brussels, was dropping off his girlfriend shareen naragi for a trip home to the u.s., bag tags printed, luggage paid for and then the blast. >> first one was screaming. >> reporter: jeff felt the shock wave and pushed shareen under a ticket counter and then the second explosion. >> second one was dead silence. my thought at the time was that's one, that's two, three's coming, maybe even four and given what we know about what happened in paris, i thought there's a good chance i'm going to start hearing rifle fire. >> reporter: he saw a made a run for the door. shareen behind him. >> in and among the debris on the ground what you're seeing were people kind of lying and not moving. >> it's a tragedy, the bodies, the blood, the destruction. that i wouldn't wish on anybody to see. >> reporter: jeff's broth

right now, we have kelly cobiella on the phone to brussels right now. >> reporter: we're hearing new reports out of belgium media that have not been confirmed there were reports fired inside that airport shortly before the explosion. this coming from belgian media. nbc news has not independently confirmed that. these two blasts that we're hearaling happened an hour and a half ago now, they happened very close to the departure area. there are pictures -- multiple pictures and video on social media showing people wounded in the departure area. glass blown -- windows blown into the airport. smoke rising. passengers running. some people said that they heard people were dazed, shocked it's not yet clear, dara, how many people are injured. we do are confirmation that at least one person has been killed and there is thinking there is some kind of terrorist attack. however police in belgium have not confirmed that. they say it's too early. there are emergency crews on the scene. they're trying to get to the area, take care of the wounded. the area has been evacuated. we should mention this c

kelly cobiella, nbc news, brussels, belgium. >> that will do it for us on a thursday night. lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. ♪ terrcontvrighnow a6: s. runs6 >>> he had walked out by then and i told the gal, that looks like that gal that's been robbing the banks. >> right now at 6:00, hear from the man who says police led them to a serial bank robber. the so-called bearded bandit. the fbi tries to figure out how many banks he hit. i'm terry mcsweeney in for raj mathai. >> this dash cam shows the arrest. gone is the beard of the man which please say is no coincidence. pete suratos is joining us. >> reporter: he believes it may be a perfect example of someone seeing something and saying something. >> there wasn't even a hesitation. you're like that. that's probably the guy. >> kind of, yeah. yeah. >> reporter: a brentwood resident by the name of james was standing in the safe way checkoutline when he first saw the man that he believes is the bearded bandit. >> i told the gal, that looks like that guy that's been robbing the banks. >

kelly cobiella, nbc news, berlin. >>> that's "nbc nightly news" for this saturday. i'm thomas roberts reporting from new york. thank you for watching and good night. >>> nbc bay area news starts now. >>> right now at 6:00, firefighters on a training mission find themselves in need of being rescued after their boat capsizes off ocean beach. good evening, everyone, i'm terry mcsweeney. peggy bunker off tonight. it was a dangerous scene. firefighters thrown into the frigid water. within the past 30 minutes the fire department releasing new details about what happened. nbc bay area's christie smith live in san francisco with the very latest on this developing story. christie? >> reporter: well, terry, we do have new information for r you. first, all seven of the firefighters are safe. they are accounted for. we have learned that one of the firefighters who was taken to the hospital will stay overnight but that's mainly as a precaution after the boat they were in on a training drill capsized today. this is in the very cold waters near ocean beach by the cliffhouse. they

kel kelly cobiella is on the phone for us. >> reporter: we're hearing new reports out of belgian mediumorts of shots fired in the airport shortly before the explosion. this coming from belgian media. again, nbc news has not independently confirmed that. these two blasts happened about an hour and a half ago now, very close to the departure area. there are multiple pictures on social media showing people wounded in the departure area, glass blown, windows blown into the airport, smoke rising, passengers running. some people said that they heard two very loud explosions, people were dazed, shocked. it's not yet clear how many people are injured. we do have confirmation as you mentioned take at least one person has been killed and the thinking is that this is some kind of terrorist attack, although several pole belgium have not confirmed it yet, they say it's too early. there are emergency crews on the creep, they're trying to get to the wounded, take care of the wounded. the airport has been evacuated. and we should mention of course this comes four days after the arrest of salah abdeslam

now as nbc's kelly cobiella reports there's a push to change patient confidentiality rules if it means keeping passengers safe. >> reporter: just two weeks before flying into the french alps killing everyone on board, french investigators say co-pilot andreas lubitz was psychiatric hospital. >> on the day of the crash, lubitz was on two antidepressants and sleeping pills. his employer was never told. nearly a year after the crash, the final report confirmed lubitz purposely brought the plane down. 30 minutes into the delightflight, the pilot leaves to use the bathroom, and he is locked out, changing the altitude to 100 feet and increasing the speed. the captain pounds on the door. passengers scream for four minutes. then, sounds of five violent blows to the cockpit door. 41 minutes after takeoff, the jet crashes into the side of the mountain at 400 miles an hour. the parents of passenger robert oliver calvo hoped it would >> almost everybody completely unsatisfied with the answers that were given. >> reporter: investigators said lubitz hid his condition from employers and doctors didn'

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kelly cobiella, nbc news, >>> it is, of course, daylight saving time officially. lost an hour. how to set our clocks back. we have been hearing from a lot of you on social media that the seeing on your screen as you're watching the "today" show may not reflect that time change. we don't because it airs separate times around the country. if you noticed it, let your local stations know, maybe their clocks didn't gete're pointing the finger. way. >> you were nice about it. >> dylan dreyer is back with a final check of the -- >> if the local stationsto my house and change the clocks on my stove and microwave, that would be great. west coast. we're dealing with more wet we have the chance of flash effect. but the winds, especially along very strong o 65-mile-per-hour gusts are possible. also significant mountain snow. that's all good for building up the snow pack to get to the dryer n could be heavy at times due to flash flooding and also mudslides. we're looking at snow, about 2 to 4 feet in the highest rainfall 1 to 3 inches. that whole storm system will spread east as we go throu

kelly cobiella nbc news, berlin. >> beautiful work. >> cool story. >>> dave, we've got rain on the way? easter sunday was clear, but you need your umbrella to start the workweek, right? >> yeah, but it will get better wednesday, how's that sound? soggy morning rush, that's what we're unfortunately looking ahead to. and during the overnight, it's not going to be a picnic either. we'll have limited visibility with fog coming our way, but wednesday looks really terrific. but this week kind of an unstable seven days ahead, so we are going to be in and out of showers. so keep the umbrella handy. this is the live radar picture as we do a sweep around. not a lot going on. unfortunately, it's going to get to us as we're trying to get to other places. visibility now down by a mall in new york city. nothing significant to report so far, but during tti overnight, the fog is going to make it difficult in some areas to see a great distance, so take it slow. all right, now this is just about now, as we head into the ddle of tan overnight, we're ligoing to see rain begin to push significantly areas o

i want to start with kelly cobiella who is en route to that area where these attacks took place in brussels. kelly, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. i am on a train, on my way into brussels, about to arrive just in the next few minutes. what we understand is all traffic to the airport has been halted. it's been completely evacuated. closed down. air traffic isn't getting in. road traffic, train traffic is not getting in. the area has been completely shut off while emergency crews try to deal with all of the injured. as you mentioned, we still don't know how many people have been hurt in this, but we are now, it looks like, dealing with several different locations. not just the airport. but the possibility of people injured at least one metro station in brussels. metro has now been shut down. and it appears as though the people stopping on the street, checking their mobile phones. looking for more information, trying to figure out what to do, matt. we on this train heading into central brussels have not been told anything. announcements over the intercom. again, continui

kelly cobiella, nbc news, london. >>> it is, of course, daylight saving time officially.ur. how to set our clocks back. we have been hearing from a lot of you on social media that the clocks you're seeing on your screen as you're watching the "today" show may not reflect that time change. we don't actually set that clock because it airs separate times around the country. if you noticed it, let your local stations know, maybe their clocks didn't get -- >> we're pointing the finger. >> trying to do it in a nice way. >> you were nice about it. >> dylan dreyer is back with a final check of the -- >> if the >>> very light rain just making the pavement damp this morning. this line advancing off to the north and east. will be with us for another hour or so and then later today maybe a sprinkle during the st. pa and then showers likely tonight. ending away dawn monday. highs in the 50s. finally sun back after rain on tuesday morning. afternoon highs on tuesday upper 60s. the 70s on wednesday. cooler by the end of th >>> and that's your latest forecast. craig? >> dylan, thank you.

kelly cobiella. >>> it's all daylight saving time officially.ng from you on social media that the clocks on your screen may not reflect that time change. we don't actually set that clock. we air at different tiechl timd the country. if you noticed it, let your local stations know. maybe their clocks didn't -- >> long way of saying don't blame us. >> trying to point the finger. >> in a really nice way. >> dylan is back with a check of the local forecast. >> if the local station koss come to my house and change the clocks on my stove and microwave, that would be great. they're all wrong right now. >>> flash flooding, watches are in effect. the winds, especially along the coast of oregon, will be very strong, 55 to 65-mile-an-hour gusts are possible, significant mountain snow. that's all good for building up the snowpack, but the rain could be heavy at times and that could lead to flash flooding and also some mud slides. we are looking at snow, two to four feet in the highest elevations. rainfall should be one to three inches. that whole storm syst

. >>> let's turn to kelly cobiella. she's made her way to brussels this morning. kelly, good morning. what are you hearing? >> good morning, savannah. as you can see behind me, the street is starting to open up, more traffic on this street where you'll find the entrance to the maelbeek metro station. that is where the explosion happened this morning, at the height of rush hour. normally, at 8:00, 8:30 in the morning, this street would be very busy. people would be on their way to work, taking the same metro they take e d happened this morning. witnesses saying that they heard a noise, everything went black. when they were able to see again, they saw many, many injured. one man who lives very close by and takes this metro every day said he was delayed a little bit. decided to have a little more coffee. when he walked around the corner he heard a loud bang. we saw people coming out, bloodied and others carried out. he said it was hard for him to tell how badly injured they were. we now know that at least 80 people injured in this explosion. 20 people killed here. jus

as for us nbc's kelly cobiella is in brussels for us. kelly, what can you add? >> reporter: brian, we are at the metro station, the maelbeek metro station where that second or third blast actually occurred, two blasts at the airport, a third one here earlier this morning at the height of the morning commute. first let me just set the scene for you, brian. the metro station is behind me a good distance, there's one entrance off to the left. of course, you can see tactical police here securing the scene, there are also investigators further down the street working more closely on the scene where the actual blast happened. we understand that when this happened there were many, many commuters inside, one witness told us that he heard the blast, everything went to black, when he was able to see again he saw many, many casualties. we now understand from rescue officials that perhaps more than 70 have been injured. the reports are that 15 have died at this scene. in terms of what's happening now, brian, we can tell you that there is quite a bit of activity in this part

forever altered and in some cases i'm sure there are loved ones that left this morning >> reporter: kelly cobiella, nbc news, brussels, belgium. >>> and we all feel a sense of vulnerability after these sorts of attacks, and airport security here at home is being examined but through a different lens after the brussels attack happening in the area, a part of the airport where the public and their belongings are not normally screened. meantime, homeland security is planning closer scrutiny of belgian passports while it's also working with local police departments to strengthen the security posture at airports. nbc's tom costello with late details now. >> reporter: at airports across the country, the morning rush brought beefed-up visible security. the tsa screens nearly 2 million passengers a day at 440 airports nationwide. at newark airport the port authority's heavily armed tactical unit in a show of force through the terminal. in miami, dog teams and swath officers set up roving checkpoints belgians preparing to fly home. >> want to go on a trip but we're scared. we said to each other this is the

kelly cobiella, nbc news, london. >>> a job controversy is unfolding at south by southwest. ibthaj mohamud says a worker made her remove. he also said it is not their policy to make people remove any religious head covering. by the way, mohamud is expected to be the first female olympian to wear a it during the competition. >>> an app that lets you pay others and receive cash. but users have been finding an odd glitch. they find in idek as their transaction description, puts it on hold until it is reviewed. idek is an acronym for i don't even know. but it could be considered forehand for the name of an organization link to radical islamic terrorists. >>> good news for the drought. water from the sacramento river is spilling over a special retaining wall meant to divert water away from populated areas. this is the first time in four years that water has gone over what has been called the fremont clear. good to see that. also, lake shasta. so many people have been watching its decline. right now it sits at 100% of its historical average. great news as we see these new pictures

kelly cobiella is joining me now. you spent time with these real heroes.i did, andrea. secretary of state mentioned one american doctor, a woman who listens here in brussels dropping a friend off at the airport when is the explosions happened. they stayed close by and they treated so many people and comforted people. there are so many stories like this, stories of everyday heroes. minutes before two bombs ripped through the brussels airport, al fonz was smiling wrapping luggage for passengers. i was working, he told merks and then chaos. as panicked survivors ran from the airport, an immigrant from the ivory coast stayed. that's him carrying one of the injured. >> i wasn't afraid because so many needed help, he told me. i carried people out. i stayed with them. i helped stop the bleeding. also in the airport, 20-year-old yasin anuz was a muslim, he was bleeding. i evacuated people, he said. i don't even know how i did it. it was my first reflex. across brussels, everyday heroes. too many to count. 400 volunteers for the red cross alone left their day jobs

nbc's kelly cobiella is in london with more. kelly, good morning. >> craig, good morning to you.er ally of vladimir putin died, russian media blamed a heart attack. now the medical examiner in washington, d.c. says it was blunt force trauma. >> reporter: his nickname the bulldozer. he ran over his controlling the kremlin's media message and earning a seat at the table w vladimir putin. last november, the 57-year-old was found dead at the dupont circle hotel. washington, d.c. police and medical examiner say he died of quote blunt force injuries of the head and injuries to his next, torso, arms and legs. he left his high powered job over a year ago, suddenly for unknown reasons, out of favor, it seems. >> it seems extraordinary. >> reporter: extraordinary death intelligence analysts say because. >> it sounds too crude to me to be an organizer. >> reporter: the kremlin's enemies have a different way of disappears. boris nemsof gunned down on the street. one poisoned with radioactive tea. and the jrn an elevator. >> blam, blam, blam. five .9 millimeter bullets or falling out of hotel

. >>> kelly cobiella, thank you so much. i know you're in transit. we're getting word that david cameron, the prime minister has tweeted that he says he is shocked and concerned by these help. word coming from david cameron. the ramifications, the shock waves which shapg now from brusss. obviously this is an explosion at the airport initially which happened at the beginning of the day just after 8:00 local time as people were getting into the airport, into the international section of the brussels airport. apparently there were two explosions in departure hall number one. there was shattered glass. we do have confirmation that one person has been killed. we do not have anymore information on how many people have been wounded. we've been seeing pictures of the other thousands of people who have been at the airport that have been m med out of the terminals, they are on the tarmac. people from certain flights landing have been also diverted out to the tarr mack. at this point flights have been canceled from brussels.s. they're trying to keep people away

. >> kelly cobiella saying belgian media there were two reports. the airport saying to not come this way, telling passengers do no canceled. everything has been grupded. the maximum level, they have heightened security there in belgium. and now getting reports of another explosion near the eu building at a metro station. >> actually all the metro stations in brussels have been closed. we know there was a report of smoke coming there one station indicated near the eu building or eu facilities there. kristen wright is digging into this and we'll check back in with her as soon as we have more information. >>> it's 4:34. we have clear skies, but it's still chilly. >> it is feeling wintry cold. we have a bright moon. no rain anywhere in the vicinity. all clear, but temperatures in the 20s to near 30 shenandoah valley all the way to the bay. a bit warmer right on the waters in annapolis. reagan national at 37. but nearby suburbs, prince george's county, 30 degrees. dry pavement this morning. cold morning, your weather headlines for this tuesday, a milder

nbc's kelly cobiella is in london with more. good morning. >> reporter: craig, good morning to you. when this former ally of vladimir putin died, russian media blamed a heart attack now blunt-force trauma. his nickname was the bulldozer, who ran over his rivals, controlling the kremlin's media message and earning a seat at the table with president vladimir putin. last november the 57-year-old was found dead in his room at the dupont circle hotel. washington, d.c. police and the medical examiner now say he died of, quote, blunt-force injuries of the head. and had injuries to his neck, torso, arms and legs. he abruptly left his high-powered job and moscow over a year ago suddenly for unknown reasons out of favor, it seems. >> it does seem really quite extraordinary. >> reporter: an extraordinary death, intelligence analyst he says, because -- >> it sounds too crude to me, to be an organized, a state-organized one. enemies have a different way of disappearing. down on a street. one poisoned with radioactive journalist executed in an elevator. >> blam, bam, bam, five five .9-millimeter

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kelly cobiella, i know you'll stand at your post and keep us posted. thank you very much. >>> let's talk to an eyewitness. thomas ruzwas riding in the metro in brussels and felt the explosion. how are you doing? >> good afternoon. i'm doing as best as possible. >> describe to me where you were in proximity to where this explosion took place. >> so i was taking my usual train in the morning to work. i work in union affairs. the european quarter. i was on my way. i arrived in the metro station and there are already a military presence there because of the earlier. i thouout after that, nothing would happen, but i was wrong in this case.% i took the metro to go to work. i went to the front of the metro, of the train. as soon as i got to -- as soon as the train s srted to leave off, i heard a huge explosion. it shook the front of the train a little bit. then the train accelerated and slowed down. basically, i was 30 seconds to one minute, if i was one minute earlier, i would have been where the bomb took place. it's a bit scary. i'm feeling really bad for

here's nbc's kelly cobiella. >> reporter: minutes before two bombs ripped through the brussels airportfonz was smiling, wrapping luggage for passengers. i was working, he told me. then chaos. as panicked survivors ran from the airport, an immigrant from the ivory coast stayed. that's him, carrying one of the injured. needed help, he told me. i carried people out. i stayed with them. i helped stop the bleeding. also in the airport, this 20-year-old muslim. he was bleeding. i evacuated people, he said. i don't even know how i did it. it was my first reflex. across brussels, everyday heroes. too many to count. 400 volunteers for the red cross alone left their day job to dress wounds and comfort victims. how are you doing? >> i'm okay. >> reporter: tonight alfonz is still thinking about the people he helped. he would like to meet them to see if they're okay. and he says he's still not afraid. because the belgium he knows is an open, hopeful country. and that, he says, hasn't changed. kelly cobiel, news, brussels, belgium. >>> that will do it for us on a thursday night. i'm lester holt. for

. >> let's go to kelly koeb cobiella. she's making her way to brussels. she was on a train, which was stopped. she's now in a car. good morning. what can you tell us? >> good morning. i'm on the highway on the way into brussels. hopped in a cab from the train station in france. if, in fact, the borders are closed somehow by highway, there's no sign of it as yet. the taxi driver, happy to take me into brussels. traffic is flowing here. we've been told at some point, this will stop. that we won't be able to get into the country. we're testing out that theory now. brusse this morning, the attacks had already happened. the explosions had already happened at the airport. we were stopped about 20 minutes outside of brussels and told that it was for security reasons. shortly thereafter, the train station in central brussels was evacuated. the train station was closed, and we were turned around and sent back to france. as it stands, we're trying to get our way in. as i mentioned earlier, the transportation system is very difficult. the metro lines are shut down.

what took place, matt, by the force of the kind of an impact, and then we have the reports as kelly cobiella was mentioning at the metro stations. one eport saying smoke coming from mole lamb beak where they have been looking for a number of jihadists and where salah abdeslam was friday. there are pictures there of that particular metro station. if there were othehe metro stations hit, too, then clearly are talking about a number of attacks in a number of different places carried out by a number of different people. brussels' authorities, french authorities have bn saying in recent days that they feared another attak. but salah abdeslam was suggesting to them that there may be another attack planned, and it was clear that they were not certain how many isis -- who may have returned from syria were still on the run across europe, across brussels. perhaps this morning, matt, we are getting a picture of just how many were. >> we're getting some dramatic images, keir. let's recap for people waking up at this early hour on the east coast and finding o o o about this. shortly after 8:00 in the mor