tom costello, nbc news, austin. >> makes you think. >>> the close call for a newlywed couple taking a break under a tree when disaster almost struck. of our former colleagues here at nbc. ed schultz, the host of "the ed show" for six years on msnbc has died. he began as a sports caster and worked in radio before changing his political views becoming a liberal. after leaving msnbc in 2015 he joined rt america in washington. ed schultz was just 64 years old. >>> caught on camera, a high-speed car chase ends with a car slamming into a pennsylvania home. police say it started when troopers clocked the car speeding on the highway yesterday and exited doing 80 in a 35 mile an hour zone. the driver faces charges including fleeing police and a dui. nobody in the house was hurt. >>> as many of us know, weddings can be stressful but consider what happened in western new york, everything was going fine during filming of a video until they hear something cracking, looked up and incredibly just able to dive out of the way before that large branch fell. they escaped with drinks in hand and fortunat

here's nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: it took helicopters and air boats to reach the crash scene, two planes down, at least three fatalities after a mid-air crash this afternoon. >> we had been able to see three individuals deceased and we're thinking a possible fourth because we're hearing two planes were training and leads us to believe there were two on each one. >> reporter: the planes involved, a piper and cessna crashed in a grassy area of the everglades, both painted with a logo of nearby dean international flight school which has 50 aircraft and a checkered safety record. our nbc station in miami, nbc6, reviewed 29 accidents or incidents involving the school from 2007 to '17, average of three incidents per year with at least eight fatalities including today's. last year, the owner insiste his school does not have more cint >> if you're operating an operation like this and you're operating 50 aircraft, operating 60,000 hours per year, so if you take our average and another school's average we're in a heck of a lot better shape. >> reporter: dean had suggested pilot errors had b

we get details from nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: from the atlantic to the pacific, more evidence today of a strong economy. the 4.1% gdp growth the strongest since the 5% quarter in 2013 during the obama administration. president trump today was quick to take credit. >> these numbers are very, very sustainable. this isn't a one-time shot. i happen to think we'll do extraordinary well in our next report next quarter. >> reporter: in chicago real e skate technology company trust started a year ti hiring. why the optimism? what's happening on the ground of chicago? >> it's a vibrant economy and i think people are positive about how it's going to turn out for them and it's certainly from a small to medium-sized business there is a lot of support. >> reporter: corporate leaders suggestion last year's tax cut gave the economy a jolt. now a sudden surge in agricultural activity before the trade war and tariffs kicked in appear to have provided a sudden one-time boost. lawrence peter hanson. >> trade wars could be a substantial drag on the economy because the economy these days is integr

tom costello, rockville, maryland. >>> now an amazing story of survival. new details on that plane crash in the mountains in alaska. the coast guard raced to find the wreckage and incredibly found everyone on board alive. and tonight, more are out of the hospital. we get the latest from our national correspondent miguel almaguer. >> reporter: when rescue teams first spotted the wreckage, the battered sea plane had just crashed into a remote rocky mountain. all 11 aboard survived. the pilot using his cell phone to call 911. >> she says we just crashed. a friend of ours has a gash on her face and she's pretty scared. >> reporter: melvin got this text from his wife christine just after the plane smashed into the mountain. >> by the time i got there, she was still in shock. it was pretty terrifying experience. >> reporter: the plane, this single engine sea otter was flying from alaska's steamboat bay when it plunged into mount jumbo on prince of wales island. one of the 11 survivors say the plane came out of the clouds and immediately hit the mountain. there w

our tom costello has details. >> reporter: the sell off was staggering and unprecedented. facebook losing $119 billion in ever for a u.s. company after this profit warning from ceo mark zuckerberg. >> we're investing so much in security it will impact our profitability. >> reporter: zuckerberg lost $15 billion after two years of scandals and investigations. >> it seems you turned a blind eye to this, correct? >> congressman, i disagree with that assessment. >> reporter: from russian election meddling to 87 million users whose private information was compromised by cambridge analitica. facebook users are tightening settings and daily users is dropping. >> so you can argue there is a lot of rage against facebook and where do people go to express it, facebook and instagram. >> reporter: face book insists it is making changes to address security, and it still dominates social media worldwide. from london to berlin, the vegas strip to tokyo, also owning instagram, messanger. and whatsapp. despite the stock sell off today, it's only back to where it was in may. tom costello, nbc

tom costello, nbc news, washington. >>> by the way, space isn't the only thing disappearing on planes lately, southwest airlines ending something a lot of passengers are used to. >>> caught on cameras, a threat in the air whipping through a major american city. >>> tonight, george clooney is on the mend after a scary crash on the italian island of sardinia, flying off his scooter after a car cut in front of him at an intersection. the 57-year-old actor was taken to the hospital in an ambulance and underwent an mri exam as a precaution and officials there say his injuries are not considered serious. >>> a jaw dropping sight in arizona, a pretty dramatic time lapse video showing a dust storm blowing through phoenix, blocking out the sun and knocking out power and grounding this is monsoon season for arizona that often brings a threat of high winds and hail and torrential rains. >>> the end of an era on southwest airlines that announced today it will stop serving peanuts august 1st due to allergy concerns. united and america no longer serve peanuts either. but if you need a snack they wi

tom costello,ne nbc , washington. >>> all right.et's turn tohe weather now. >> lauryn ricketts is here. we're still melting. >> it's hot out there. >> it is hot out there. everybody isut going to bede today. you're going to be grilling. you're going to be out. >> i am like, t that's scientific assessment. it's hot. >> i'm done. >> why did y t comeo work today? >> i don't know. i can tell you when the heat is breaking. that's with why i came here today. >> how about that? >> you can get that on your nbc washington app. >> don't say that tooloud. >> just throwing it out there. tdid make this map today. it's showing yout it's not as hot today as it is yesterday it was yesterday. now, yesterday made it to 97 degrees. my goodness. then we also have rain chancesr to and friday. a cold front is coming through on friday and then by the time we head into the weekend, the humidity is lower, the temperatures are lower. this weekend will be beautiful. but it's pretty right now. it's ggy. 81 degrees with fog out there as well. you factor in the

tom costello, nbc news, washington. >>> president trump's attorney rudy giuliani raised eyebrows today questioning whether colluding with russia is a crime. just a day before the start of the first trial in the russia probe for former trump campaign chairman paul manafort. all of this as the president once again threatens a government shutdown. here is nbc news white house correspondent kristen welker. >> reporter: after saying it was a waste of time to tackle immigration before the midterms, the president's new threat, to shut down the government over it. >> i would have no problem doing a shutdown. it's time we had proper border security. we're the laughing stock of the world. >> reporter: the president also saying he's open to negotiation, a new wrinkle for republicans fighting to hold on to congress. tonight, the senate's top republican vowing it won't happen. >> funding the government in a timely and orderly manner. >> reporter: and 99 days until the election, there is also the mueller investigation. for months, the president saying on twitter and in person, there was no collusion

nbc's tom costello explains. >> reporter: internal tsa documents suggest it happens 40 to 50 times a day. armed, undercover air marshals tracking and surveilling everyday passengers through airports, even on board domestic flights all across the country. passengers who have no criminal history and are not on any terror watch list but have still raised red flags. with air marshals watching their every move, even sitting next to them on board. the boston globe's jenna winter broke the story. >> they write down, are you talking on the phone? do you have a computer? are you reading something? are you going to the bathroom? are you looking in a weird direction? do you change your cloecthes on the plane or at the airport? >> reporter: the information sent to tsa headquarters. the tsa says the primary purpose of this program is to ensure passengers and flight crew are protected during air travel and it's not intended to surveil ordinary americans. passengers are selected for surveillance if their foreign travel and other factors raise concerns. including criminal records, curious financial

tom costello, nbc news, washington. >>> now to the dangerous double threat tonight. the blistering heat wave that gripped the east and midwest, now hitting the other side of the country as firefighters battle deadly infernos. nbc national correspondent miguel almaguer is in the hot zone. >> reporter: tonight, scorching summer sizzle is baking beaches and cooking cities, up to 15 sweltering degrees above average. >> it's too hot. >> reporter: in downtown los angeles, the city of angels feeling more like hell. a record 106. >> it feels dangerous. it feels like i'm burning, and i'm wearing sunscreen already. >> reporter: in four hours, temperatures rose 30 degrees in universal city. at least 29 million under excessive heat warnings and advisories across the southwest. in phoenix, it never got below 94 degrees. the blast of heat also fueling firestorms, torching homes from the southern end of california to the north. a fire exploding overnight, killing one and shutting down i-5 and in wine country, 90,000 acres torched. >> we have fires here. it's not unusual but not of

tom costello, nbc news washington. >> we have plenty more to tell you tonight. buy, lease, or subscribe, we'll explain the hot new options for getting the car you want. >> and the thrilling finish to the world cup shootout you won't want to miss. >>> are you in the market for a new car but you're not sure which one you like best? there's a whole new kind of car lease that lets you change what you drive on a whim so you never get bored with your wheels. nbc business jo ling kent explains. >> reporter: julie frye says she's looking to revv up her ride. >> you kind of get sick of driving the same car every day. >> reporter: when she learned of a new car leasing program that gives her the ability to change her car every two weeks, she put the pedal to the metal. > have a lot of yard work coming up and i will have to flip into a pickup truck. >> reporter: with fewer millennials behind the wheel, car companies are trying to break the mold on traditional leasing and buying. ford and cadillac and volvo are starting car subscriptions allowing you to swap cars in and out

nbc's tom costello tonight how to keep scammers from ruining your vacation. >> reporter: you're packed and ready to go, the hotel or rental house is booked but are you sure your reservatns are legit? >> it looked beautiful. it had good reviews. the place looked amazing. >> reporter: linda booked a beach condo online and the ad promised beachfront, super clean and photos but this is what they got instead. the bathroom looked new in the ad but linda says they found holes in the ceiling and mildew in the tub. >> oh, it was a dump. >> reporter: summer is the high season for travel fraud as vacationers look to save money by booking through third parties and shady apps. last year 15 million rental scams cost up to $588 each on average. and beware if you travel overseas, cancun, paris, madrid and barcelona are among the cities with the most fraudulent hotel reservations. >> how dare you take our house and scam someone out of their vacation and money? >> reporter: in oregon scammers have twice stolen the ad caroline o'bryan placed to rent out her vacation home and posted it on another site and

nbc's tom costello has more. >> reporter: the sell-off wasnd staggering unprecedented. facebook losing $119 billion in market value, the worst sinye ver for a u.s. company after this profit warning from ceo mark zuckerberg. >> we're investing so much in security that it will significantly impact our profitability. >> reporter: zuckerberg himself lost$15 billion in the sell-off. coming after two years of scandals and investigation >> it seems as though you turned a blind eye to this, correct? >> congressman, i disagree witht that assess >> reporter: from russian election med skplg disinformation to the 87 million users whos was compromised by cambridge analytica, now facebook users are t phtening theirvacy settings and the number of daily users is dropping. >> so you could argue there is a lot of rage out there against facebook being but where do people go express their rage? they go to facebook and instagram. >> reporter: facebook insists it making changes to address privacy and dsecurity. an it's still dominates social media worldwide. from london to berlin, the vegas

tom costello, nbc news, washington. this is jo ling kent, the world's largest social network is struggling in the battle against fake profiles. the problem is so big facebook says it's disabled 1.3 billio fake profiles over the past year. police officer justin turney was killedin the line of duty at just 22 years old. a year later as the community mourns, a fake profile with ph hio appeared on facebook. >> i couldn't believe somebody would stoop that low. they created a facebook profile page stating he was ed, from iowa and that he was currently working at the kansas city, kansas police department. >> reporter: chief of police j. kidney says he contacted facebook to remove the fake profile. >> our response from facebook is zero. r orter: nbc news found dozens of cases of cyber thieves using stolen identities to create fake facebook pages. this month, alex nguyen found a fake profile. brandy call aid a authority when i woman stole photos of her twins. >> she changed her hd names and bis and said we adopted them and we di

nbc's tom costello has a look at how it all could hit your wallet. >> reporter: they make door hinges for the jeep wrangler on this michigan assembly line, a small company with 50 employees that gets its parts from china. but president trump's tariffs on china has lucerne international considering layoffs. >> if it gets to the point where we can't afford these tariff us, we can't pass them along, it literally puts us out of business. >> reporter: ford, gm and chrysler warned that rising costs for steel and aluminum because of tariffs are cutting into their profits. just as president trump threatened additional tariffs on imported automobiles and parts. >> there are no 100% u.s.-built vehicles. the average vehicle in the united states has 60% u.s. content. so that means 40% comes from somewhere else. >> reporter: usually canada or mexico. potentially driving up the cost for every new car. experian calculates a jeep cherokee could jump to $2700. a toyota rav4 built overseas up to $9400 more. >> tariffs aren't taxes on a foreign company. tariffs are taxes on u.s. companies that either co

tom costello, maryland. >>> let's turn to thre rks on capitol hill late today. secretary of state mike pompeo defending the foreign policy and getting grilled over what happened beeen president trump and putin in helsinki as the white house announce president will not host putin in iashington this fall sayishould be after the mueller investigation is over. our chief foreign fa s correspondent andrea mitchell has details. >> reporter: today, the secretary of state taking firfrom democrats and the republican chairman about that two-hour private meeting between president trump and vladimir putin. >> it's the president's public statements that create concern among senators on both sides of the isle. >> reporter: the senators even doubting that the secretary of m state knows wh trump promised putin because they met without notetakers. >> did he tell you what transpired. >> would you speak to the translator to the meeting? >> i haven't. senator, i understand the game you're playing. >> mr. secretary, i don't appreciate you characteriy my questions is tot to the truth.

tom costello has the story. r orter: on this quiet street in austin, texas, is one of the most internet connected kl system, the porch lights, the garage door, the door locks, the thermostat, the betereo, the alarm. ibm cyrsecurity expert charles henderson lives herenearby caf to control the connected devices from his phone. >> everything that you automated. , you've >> everything i can automate. >> reporter: and some t things you would think of. >> one of these bulbs is internet connected and the other isn't t but most people ca tell the difference. >> reporter: the risk, new homeowners may buy a home connected to the seller phone. >> a lot of these devices will phone home. the risk is the previous owner could still be managing your house. >> reporter: unlocking the doors, even spying. if you buy a house with cameras inside, keep in mind the previous owner could tap the system watching you or your kids in their bedrooms. tommy is so concerne he now lists every device in the houses he shows. >> it's really impor

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tom costello, bethesda, maryland. >>> secretary of state mike pompeo defending the president's foreign policy today and getting grilled over what happened between president trump and putin in helsinki. all of it as the white house announced the president will not host putin in washington this fall, saying it should be after the mueller investigation is over. our chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell has details. >> reporter: today the secretary of state taking fire from democrats and the republican chairman about that two-hour private meeting between president trump and vladimir putin. >> if the president's public statements that create concern amongst senators on both sides of the aisle. >> reporter: the senators even doubting that the secretary of state knows what mr. trump promised putin, because they met without note-takers. >> did he tell you what transpired in the meeting? >> i've had a number of conversations with president trump about what transpired at the meeting. >> did you speak to the translator who was at that meeting? >> no, i haven't. i understand the game

if a design issue is tam it will talk to nhtsa about conducting a tom costello, nbc news, shington. >>> we are working for your health. this morning, federal hea h officials are trying to figure out why more and more people are dying from liver cancer the death rate from liver cancer in adults increased 43% from 2000 to 2016. even more troubling, the district leads the nation with nearly 17 liver cancer deaths for 100,000 adults. obesity, smoking and drinking too much are the risk factors. safeat do you consider amount of alcohol? >> women no more than one drink in a setting and for a man, no more than two drinks in a setting. >> doctors say it's a big problem for millennials. d young people avengi inare drink than the previous generation and fferent types of liquor that are more potent. >>> at wt age did you decide on your career? area teens have already made their decision. te>> taking to fight fires and save lives. molette green is suiting up at the special freshman firefighter camp in manassas. >> i love it. i love it. hold this? this is a hose line. juliana i right behinme. it ta

tom costello explains how it all works and why it's concerning. >> internal documents suggest it happens 40 to 50 times a day. tracking and surveilling everyday passengers through airports and even onboard domestic flights all across the country. passengers who have no criminal history and who are not on any terror watch list but still raised red flags. with their marshals watching their every move. "the boston globe" jana winter broke the story. >> are you talking on the phone? do you have a computer? are you going to the bathroom? are you looking in a weird direction. do you change your clothes on the plane or at the airport? >> reporter: the information then sent to tsa headquarters. the primary purpose of this program is to ensure they are protected during air travel. passengers are selected for surveillance if other factors raise concern, including criminal records, financial transactions, e-mails or phone numbers that could be tied to terrorism. we recently talked to tsa chief about the air marshals. >> we keep their presence covert because we don't want oured a ve adversaries to k

here's nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: terror at 37,000 feet. >> not fun. not fun, guys. >> reporter: two hours into flight, a rush of cold air screaming alarms and falling oxygen masks. with passengers describing sudden nausea, headaches and bleeding from the ears, nose and mouth. >> the plane plummets and everybody can feel it. babies were screaming. and then the blairing emergency descent. >> reporter: roxanne and sierra on board from dublin to croatia. the plane was in trouble. >> i just kept thinking of, you know, my family and my boyfriend and what they would think and how they would feel and that soon i'm not going to exist on this world anymore. >> reporter: at that altitude, passengers who aren't wearing oxygen masks can lose consciousness in seconds. the pilots had to get down fast. dropping 26,000 feet in just 7 minutes. >> we have been falling for seven minutes literally falling. they haven't said anything. >> you can't count on everybody having properly put their oxygen mask on so you want to be very sure, very careful, to get the airplane down

even the nation's top intelligence agencies are now in the cloud and nbc's tom costello decided to goor a tour and see how what it is and how it works. >> reporter: no, the cloud is not up there. the cloud is a misleading name for data centers, thousands of them, heavily secured behind concrete and barbed wire. we got unprecedented behind the walls access. >> we're in a microsoft data center. >> this is the cloud? >> you are in the cloud. >> reporter: most of us used to the phones automatically backing up to the google or i cloud. here hundreds of thousands of servers are the cloud for big names including bank of america, chevron, coke, small businesses and maybe you. billions of e-mails, music files, financial records, tax documents, company payroll, wedding photos, all of it here and growing by the second. chief technology officer diana kelly. if my data is here, is it still my data or yours? >> it is your data. and it's not ours. very similar to with a bank. you store your money at the bank but it's not the bank's money. it is your money. >> reporter: microsoft one of many cloud co

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tom costello, nbc news, washington. >>> another break here tonight. when we come back, the latest evidence that the trump administration has meant big things in the book business. we learn tonight about the next big book on the way. that when "the 11th hour" continues. ♪ >> last thing before we go tonight is about what will happen on september 11th of this year. that's the day bob woodward's new book will be published. it's called "fear" and it's about donald trump as president. bob woodward, who famously was half of woodward and bern stein is 75 years old now. the book is said to rely on hundreds of hours of interviews with firsthand sources, contemporaneous meeting notes, files, documents and personal diaries. credit where credit is due, the press strategy for this book has already been superb, especially considering it's not out until september. tonight, an article on the "washington post" website reported with a straight face that the "post" had obtained a copy of the press release from simon and schuster announcing the book. bob woodward is, of c

tom costello, nbc news. >> with me now, my old friend and colleague, jamie butters. auto editor. what are these agreements mean for the auto industry. europeans say they got a major concession from president trump yesterday not to increase tariffs on car imports during negotiations. a tariff threat he imposed. yesterday in the market, it was an awful day for car manufacturers in large part because of increased commodity costs. >>reporter: yeah. for the detroit auto makers it was a rough day. all three, 2.5 detroit auto makers cut the outlooks for the year. trade was a problem. higher commodity prices except for fiat chrysler having its own troubles in china. but it was a win for europe, they got an exemption to the auto tariffs that haven't yet been approved. there's still the investigation to determine if taut toes and auto parts are a national security threat, and but presumably, they would be able to get that as they did with steel and aluminum and europe already has a pass at least in principle. >> okay. walk me through this. because it's very confusing. president likes to ta

. >> nbc's tom costello has been following the story, and tom, the first question i got from somebody is do they work. so i think that there is a lot of confusion out there about what this actually is a plastic gun, the 3d printer. what are they and what is the real concern here? >> well, they do work. i mean just the fact that they are plastic and keep in mind that we have plane, and technically planes made of oplastic, right? they are durable and well made. the concern of course is that if they are in fact undetectable as senator bloomenthal suggested you could smuggle it into the airport and into the airplane and into the halls of congress and into the prison and you can imagine how they would be really the kind of weapon that many people would be excited to get their hands on. and the concern is that terrorists are now going to be able to download the instructions and print these weapons in the basements, and not just the terrorist, but any criminal could do that. i checked with the ts, a short time agoed and they have uncovered four weapons made of plastic, and the 3d printed wea

here is nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: the program is called quiet skies, federal air marshaollowing two to three dozen americanevery day through airports and p onnes, even sitting right next to them. the marshalls told to report back if the traveler changcl hes in a restroom, perspires excessively, fid fidgets, trembles or stairs,gets, trembles or stairs, uses a phone or computer. passengers are selected if they are foreign travel and other factors raise concerns including criminal records, curious ial transactions, e-mail or phone numbers linked to terror suspects. among the passengers followed, a businesswoman who was in turkey, even ht attendant. >> you have over 2 million people a day that travel in and around the united stes. u're looking for a threat that's so small it's less than a needle in the haystack. >> reporter: the tsa tells nbc news the primary purpose of the program is to ensure passengers and flight crew are protected ra during air tvel. we recently talked to tsa chief about e air marshals. >> for passengers i think they should feel a afe and secure that we havderal

as nbc's tom costello reports, american families could sta paying more for everything from food to furniture and a lot of other stuff in your home. >> reporr: from the grocery isle to the hardware store to your next oil change, america's trade war carries the sk of inflicting real economic damage and costing americans real money. >> administration has put from a 10% to a 25% tariff on chinese goods coming into the united states and it's likely at least some of the cost increase will be passed along to consumers. >> reporter: the list tems included in $200 billion of tariffs could now hit every room in your home. on the outside, doors, wiows and air conditioning units made in china. here in the kitchen, made in china utensils and appliances are being targnd food, too, including vegetables and seafood. upstairs everyday items like shampoo, nail clippers, makeup and towels. tvs, lamps, burglar alarms that come from china could cost more. the u.s.ants china to stop stealing or demanding trade secrets but china is retaliating. those targeted amican farmers. chris exports 20% of soybeans. prices a

tom costello hasate teails. >> rep they almost look like plastic toys but experts insist so-called ghost guns are very lethal. nine have tried to stop this man, wilson, from putting the 3d instructions online. a federal agreed to an injunction. >> make no mistake about it, this is the doing of the trump administration, part of a long pattern letting the gun lobby get whatever they want. >> reporter: this morning, president trump tweed i am looking into 3d plastic guns being sold to the public. already spoke to the nra. doesn't make much sense but that trump administration ougreed cody post instructions. >> as long as you have the right to bear arms you have the right to make them >> reporter: after the obama administration sued to block him. safety of nges the americans forever if this is allowed to happen. >> reporter: fred guttberg's 14-year-old daughter jamie was one of 17 people killed on parkland, florida in february. it will mean even more senseless killings. >> now, every american in the homeland is at risk. terrorists want to home produce guns in this land, they can. wilson and :

tom costello, nbc news, washington. >>> a major health warning, the death rate from liver disease is surging in the u.s. and younger people are especially at risk according to a new study and often the cause is drinktog much. nbc news medical correspondent dr. john torres has the alert. >> reporter: 29-year-old zackery os ac began drinking heavily in his teens. last year, he was suddenly rushed to the emergency room. >> i couldn't stand up. i started to pass out. >> reporter: he was diagnosed with cirrhosis or chronic r limage. >> it was from excessive drinking. >> reporter: he would have died if he had not received a liver transplant from his brother and tonight the urgent warning more young people are at risk. rearchers finding a 65% increase in death from cirrhosis. men had double the rate than women and four times as many deaths fm liver cancer. e don't think of l liver disease as a young person's problem. what is going on? >> millennials are drinking more and harder and more potent liquor. >> reporter: if you want to drink alcohol, women should limit themselves to one drink per

. >> that was tom costello reporting. amazon doesn't disclose sales figures for prime beday. re it started, researchers estimated it would ganerate more $3 billion in sales. this year prime day was six hoursn longer t last year. >>> be sure to watch your e-mail. there's a sca making the round around speed camera tickets. our partners released a copy of e-mail. the subject line reads your fine for speeding. the e-mail saysourself guilty of speeding in rockville and includes a case number and a nk to click on the photo proof. officials say they only send speed camera citations through the postal mail t and amount due is more than $500. fines don't normallyd exc0. >>> it took a while for the icc to catch on. now that more people are using it, more people are speeding on the icc. >> reporter: aggressiveiv drg. most of us havexperienced it. >> i stay on the right lane. i leave a b distance between people. >> reporter: it's been an issue of late on the intercounty connecter. >> they come flying by me all the time. sk yourself is that car a police car or what about the one in my rea

. >> that was tom costello reporting. president trump septembnt out t ooking into e is the plastic guns. >>> the man charged with the mass shooting at the capit gazette pleaded not guilty. ramos is accused of killing five employees in the capital last month. >>> a suspected burglar may have learned a tough lesson after police say he picke the wrong home. the homeowner was a retired federal agent and he turned gun on the burglar. police say the suspect tried to break into the back of t home yesterday morning. the homeowner is a retired dea agent hnd he shot in the forearm. the suspect ran to a nearby home for help but that family refused to open t door. residents say they he the shooting puts an end to some of the recent break i in the area. >> it's a deterrent. aybe he learned a lesson thi time. >> no word yet oncharged in the shooting. >>> there's more fall out. catholic university has withdrawn his honorary degree. also his name is no longer on the building in silver spring. this building.he it's now catholic charity ce

. >> nbc's tom costello spent time at microsoft's global headquarters outside seattle. eal war, whether or not we know the extent of it. >> guys, good morning. a real war being waged and fought in cyberspace targeting the u.s. and its allies, you and me. if you're still thinking of hackers as 20 somethings operating in a garage or maybe a criminal gang in eastern europe, yes, but experts say the most successful attacks today require the kind of sophistication that can only be provided by nation states. the 24/7 scale of the global cyber war is so big it's hard to fathom. one out of every 130 e-mails today contains malware. with 167 million malware attacks every 24 hours. 4,000 ransomware attacks every day, 30,000 fraudulent login attempts, that's just targeting microsoft's clouds and platforms. every giant under attack t phishing e-mails, denial of service, sophisticated automated programs that today are often run by hostile governments, russia, china, and north korea among them. >> it looks like the entire u.s. is under attack. >> where there's more individuals, financi

in an exclusive interview, nbc's tom costello visited the microsoft global cyber headquarters in washingtonte and he got a first look at just how one of the biggest tech companies is fighting back. >> reporter: good morning. a real war being waged and fought in cyberspace targeting the u.s. and its allies, you and me. if you're still thinking of hackers as 20-somethings, operating in the garage or maybe a criminal gang in eastern europe, yes, but -- experts say attacks require the kind of sophistication that can only be provided by nation states. the 24/7 scale of the global cyber war is so big it's hard to fathom. one of every 130 e-mails today contains malware with 167 million malware attacks every 24 hours. 4,000 ransomware attacks every day, 30 million fraudulent log-in attacks just targeting microsoft. every tech giant is under similar attack. password fraud, phishing e-mails, denial of service. sophisticated automated programs that today are often run by hostile governments -- russia, china, north korea among them. it looks like the entire u.s. is under attack. >> where there are more

tom costello joins me now with the details. tom, you and i are big travelers.s one definitely perked by interest. what's going on here? >> we are only talking about a very small number of americans who likely have no idea they're under surveillance and likely committed to crime, be you their travel histories and others have alerted the tsa. that raises concerns with some civil lir libertarians. internal documents seeing it happens tracking passengers through airports, even on board domestic flights all across the countrile passengers who have no criminal history and are not on any watch list but is still raised red flags. with air marle shas watching their every move, even sitting next to them on the flight. >> this means they write down are you talking on the phone? reading something? going to the bathroom? are you looking in a weird direction? do you change your clothes? >> the information sent to tsa head quarters. the primary purpose of this program is to ensure passages and flight crew are protected and not for regular american travelers. e-mail or phone n

nbc's tom costello explains -- and explains why. >> hi, doorien and wednesday, good afternoon to you,if you've not get gotten on that play with our family and this summer, be aware in fact that the laughs are feting smaller and now it's where they are trying to put more peopleea int the and make more money. if they can tohat for their entire fleet they can do it with hundreds of millions of dollars. it means 3 inches ofew space and 3 inches less of wiggle room for your elbows or for your knees. most of that space is coming out of the sink area. it's going to be tougher to change a diaper if you have t that, just to sit down to wash your hands, to breast feed, all that have bomes a bigger challenge. coming up on "nightly news," we'll show y the real dimensions and how much smaller the lavatories are, and is there any hope at all tharlthe es might in fact grow the side of >> tom's full report is just moments away. "nbc's nightly news" with lester holt at 7:00. >> another big huge event is coming , major league owes home run derby and all-star game. crews are creatin and making space for

. >> nbc's tom costello w isking on the story for "nightly news." tom, first of all, tell us just how much of a threat these guns really pose. >> reporter: well, i think real threat that people are concerned about is that they are ult they and as a r are not only not traceable because there's no serial number. they are undetectable. somebody could in theory smuggle one through an airport checkpoint on to a plane, into the halls of congress, into the supreme court, wherever you might imthine. ey are said to be very potentially very lethal, and they can be in the form of a handgun or an assault rifle. so the concern heres that cody wilson, the man in texas, has said that this information is going to be out there at 12:01, but in fact he hinted ati short ago he's already uploaded the information, and it's beyond his control at this. poi we now have multiple attorneys general going before a federal judge in washington state trying to get an injunction, but the truts is the cat out of the bag. if not, mr. wilson's instructions o how to program a 3-d print

nbc's tom costello takes a look at how much of a threat these guns really pose. stay tuned forng his repor tonight at 7:00 right after this newscast. >>> swimming is now banned at sandy point state park on the chesapeake bay until further dtice. this has to with the large amounts of debris now floating in the bay. news 1 was the fir to tell you about the problem yesterday, ann marylaural resources police initially issued an adsory to boaters warning of the potential danger of the large debris in the wwer. no they say it's not safe for swimmers as well. >> okay. so enough of the rain that's filling up the bay and our yards and pools and streets and sewers and all that kind of stuff. we've got a nice little break out here. looks good. >> really nice out there right snow for most of and we'll have rain moving through in response tonight and more thunderstorms tomorrow and mainly later in the day. take a look at ythr w headlines. not that much rain today. only a couple of jobs here for most of us. so much rain for the sfond h of the month that we're the fourth wettes

it's a story nbc's tom costello is working for "nightly news. ". >>> erica and leon good afternoon to you. this pgram that you'v heard about is called quiet skies. it's tsa program in federal air marshalls are following individuals through the airport and literally on to the plane sitting next to them on the plane. people who may not have criminal background who may not be on a terror watch list but their international travel histories have raised red flags with a tsa in addition to other things. it could be some s of a financial transaction that raises concerns about potential ties to terrorism. it could a be criminal historyo other numbers some ways tied to a terrorist operation or individual and those are the reasons why the tsa says it will assign a federal marshallo follow an individual, an american citizen through airports on board planes when he or she comes back from a foreign trip just to ensure that they are not a threat, that they are not a risk to an aircraft or the passengers ooard. now there are some civilbe arians concerned that american citizens being followed and sfal

in an exclusive interview nbc's tom costello visited the cyber headquarters in washington state wherey got a first look at one of the biggest tech giants are fighting back. >> reporter: good morning. a real war being waged. if you're still thinking of hackers as 20-somethings, operating in a garage or maybe a criminal gang in eastern europe, yes, but experts say the most successful attacks require the kind of sophistication that can only be provided by nation states. the 24/7 scale of the global cyber war is to big it's hard to fathom. 1 out of every 00 131 e-mails contains malware. and that's just targeting microsoft's cloud and platforms. every tech giant is under similar attack. password fraud, phishing e-mails, sophisticated automated programs that are often run by hostile governments, russia, china and north korea among them. >> where there's more individuals and financial gain, that's where aur oh going to see the concentration. >> that's julia white, vice president mike soft cloud security. they take apart infect the software looking for suspect clues, and the cyber defense ope