nbc's matt bradley witnessed one of those attacks. it not going down without a s co fight. for two months the u.s.-led coalition has battered its last holdout from the air. as american-backed syrian democratic forces, the sdf fight from the ground. >> reporter: they tell us there are many, many more left ins including women and children. >> reporter: more than 3,000 surrendered the past few days and many badly injured. we spoke with adnan, an sdf commander. >> we're going to the first point where the fighters reached and after that, it's just isis. >> but our interview was cut short. go, go, go, go, go. go, go! >> we have to get out of here. our interview was interrupted. it looks like there was a counterattack by isis. >> as we race to safety, sdf fighters carried a young boy and girl seriously injured to a field hospital. when we returned afrin had taken up a sniper position himself. there are conflicting reports and the commanderd suicide bomb pretended to surrender and to instead. the two injured children, the son and daughter of one of the women. >> the young boy survi

matt bradley is in eastern syria where the last remnants where the so called caliphate were, what's the situation for you. >> good? fine? better? >> all right, duo not have matt, we'll come back to him when we get him as washington waits for the mueller report, they are increasing the pressure on iran in the middle east. they are imposing sanctions on 31 people in groups connected with an iranian research organization. they believe the organization is poised to restart work on nuclear weapons and they're using materials to buy from russia and china that could be used in that. this comes as mike pompeo is becoming an iranian back group called a terrorist organization. >> lebanon can bravely move forward, or allow the dark ambitions to dictate your future. they will not have the right to exact more suffering from the lebanese people. they will continue to stand with the people as they seize the opportunities they so deserve. >> it is worth noting, hezbollah is a political party with power in parliament. let's go to ali now, they want to hu to curb hezbollah's resistance, it may not be a r

matt bradley is in syria and got a tour of the areas isis leaves behind. >> reporter: this is how the islamic state's so-called caliphate ended. its murderous reign of terror that lasted for years and straddled iraq and syria died here in the tiny eastern syrian village of baghouz. it's clear from what we're seeing today that this battle has been over for a little while. there aren't any bodies here that are visible. the sdf, the syrian democratic forces, the u.s. allies on the ground have clearly come through and combed this place both for dead bodies and for land mines which is why it's safe for us to walk here. but even though this terrible end to this murderous caliphate that lasted so long has come this morning, it's clear that the ideology that backed it is going to continue. we've spoken with some of the women and children, some of the fighters who have left here. they said that they're going to continue this thought, they're going to spread this ideology, this incredibly austere form of islam around the world wherever they're able to take it. while the caliphate may be dead, i

nbc's matt bradley is there. >> reporter: tonight, after days of intense firefights, u.s.-backed forces in syria have taken back control of the last scrap of land held by isis. battle-weary soldiers leading the front lines. president trump declaring victory is imminent. >> everything red is isis. when i took it over, it was a mess. now on the bottom that's the exact same. there is no red. in fact, there's actually a tiny spot, which will be gone by new developments regarding this suicide blast at a restaurant here in january that killed four americans. army chief warrant officer jonathan farmer, navy communications specialist shannon kent, defense contractor scott wuertz, and translator kadir taher. the u.s. previously announced five isis suspects were detained and today this from the president -- >> u.s. forces in the last month have killed the terrorists responsible for the attack in syria that killed four americans. >> reporter: president trump also saying 400 u.s. troops will remain here in syria indefinitely. lester? >> matt bradley in syria tonight, thanks. >>> back

nbc's matt bradley is there. >> reporter: tonight, london authorities are searching for whoever mailed this explosive device which went off when staff at heathrow airport when staff opened it this morning. the latest terror scare here, putting the city on edge. in all, three suspicious packages, containing improvised explosive devices, arrived in the mail at heathrow, london city airport and waterloo station. no one was injured, no flights or trains were delayed. london has been a frequent terror target, including a year and a half ago, when a homemade subway bomb injured more than 20. police say they're treating all three incidents as linked and keeping an open mind regarding motives. >> matt bradley in london, thank you. >>> still developing, california on edge tonight after the state's top law enforcement official announced there would be no criminal charges filed against the sacramento police officers involved in last year's shooting of an unarmed black man, stephon clark. >> reporter: after protests erupted overnight, today the family of stephan clark not getting the news they hop

matt bradley spoke to the friend who helped plan the daring escape, and why she now fears for the princess' safety. >> and if you are watching this video, it's not such a good thing. either i'm dead, or i'm in a very, very, very bad situation. >> reporter: latif latifa al maktoum hasn't been seen since this video a year ago. days before, the princess and her best friend attempted a daring escape from dubai. >> when she asked me to help her, i didn't hesitate. >> reporter: latifa's story, she says, is a twisted fairy tale. a princess kidnapped by her own father, the ruler of dubai. the princess yearning to study medicine and to travel, but her father banned her from leaving the country. her every move watched. latifa and tina had been friends since 2010 when latifa asked the martial arts instructor for lessons. >> it was daily she'd be unhappy. she'd avoid going home. >> reporter: they spent months planning an escape. first, a road trip to neighboring oman, then a u.s. flagged yacht. the plan, sail to india, fly to america, and claim asylum. after a week, the yacht was intercepted. >> we st

>> matt bradley on the front lines, thank you. >>> turning to afghanistan now, where two u.s. service members were killed during an operation today, bringing the total number of american combat deaths there this year to four. the military has not yet released their names. this comes as the u.s. and taliban are negotiating an end to america's longest war. >>> tonight general motors ceo mary barra speaking out in a rare in-depth interview after s nounced gm iif from president trump. this comes after the company closed four plants, eliminating 3,300 factory jobs in this our anne thompson has this report. >> reporter: today gm's mary barra with a message for america. >> general motors is committed to supporting u.s. manufacturing -- >> reporter: the ceo announcing a new electric vehicle, 400 jobs, and a $300 million investment for the orion facility near detroit. after a week of presidential pummeling for gm decision to close the lordstown plant this month. >> get that plant open or sell to it somebody and they'll open it. >> are you being bullied by president trump? >> no, not at

matt bradley, baghouz, syria. >>> residents of los angeles had a scare this morning after a nker carrying gasoline exploded. massive fire and black could be seen for miles. the explosion so strong, it sent man hole covers flying. two people in a house wered injuy that blast. >>> democratic nominees for president are out stumping for votes on this st. patrick's day. it is packed field of 13 and could get even more crowded soon. nbc's kello'donnell is following all that have and has our report. >> reporter: on this st. patrick's y, iowa holds its own electoral pot of gold for democrats. amy klobuchar from neighboring minnesota stepped out wearing the green and campaigning on it. >> day one as your president, i will sinus back into the international climate change re agent. >> reporter: but first comes the party's electability test. >> i will do what it takes to win. >> reporter: for beto o'rourke. >> i really feel the call ofis moment. >> reporter: that test is abo expandthinmap. >> i want wisconsin to know that i'm here. >> reporter: a state democrat still grimaced about losing in 2016. up

matt bradley, nbc news, bagouz, syria. >>> a u.s. navy veteran is locked in a tense let's battle in iran. michael white was the first american known to be detained by tehran since president trump took office. according to us u.s.-based lawyer he was convicted for insulting iran's supreme leader and posting private information and sentenced to ten years in prison. nbc's ali arouzi is in london with those details. >> reporter: that's right, another harsh sentence handed down to an american in iran. but it's somewhat of an odd case. michael white, who's a u.s. navy veteran, had an iranian girlfriend whom he was visiting in iran, and not for the first time, either. he'd visited her in the city of mashad in the northeast of the country at least twice before. now when we first heard of this case, it seemed to be a private or consular affair. now his u.s.-based lawyer says he's been sentenced to ten years for posting a private photograph online and insulting ayatollah khomenei, the country's supreme leader. however, that information didn't

matt bradley, nbc news, eastern syria. ta> on the streets of paris today authoritiesd a major response to the yellow vests protests that have gripped france for months. for the first time in 19 weekends, the government brought in military units to back up police who fired teargas on de nstrators. >>> from protests in paris to ones here in the united states over the acquittal yesterday of an east pittsburgh police ficer who fatally shot an unarmed black teenager. nbc'ste molly h has the latest on the verdict and the outcry that followed. >>> no peace -- >> no racist police! >> reporter: todaynger on the streets of pittsburgh. >> blackes matter! >> reporter: the outrage after a jury reached their decision in less than four hours friday, finding a former east pittsburgh police officer not guilty of murder or manslaughter. >> unfortunately we have come to expect this kd of outcome all throy.hout the countr >> it is our duty to fight for our freedom! >> reporter: the ry, nine white and three black, acquitted michael rosfeld, wh

heathrow airport, london city airport, and waterloo train station in central london nbc news's matt bradleyis report late last night. >>> london authorities are searching for whoever mailed this explosive device, which went off when staff at heathrow airport opened this morning, causing a small fire the latest terror scare here putting the city on edge in all, three suspicious packages containing impro he viesed explosive devices arrived in the mail at heathrow, london city airport, and waterloo station. nobody was injured no flights or trains were delayed. london has been a frequent terror target, including a year and a half ago when a homemade subway bomb injured more than 20 >> police say they're treating all three incidents as linked and keeping an open mind regarding motives. >> that was matt bradley from nbc news reporting there >>> and in the run-up to international women's day on friday, we've been speaking about gender equality and female representation now, today we'll be looking at health, well being, and women in sports for the first time an all female gofl event at augusta nati

matt bradley to tie the game. cal lost 56-54. at eight and 23. >>> antonio brown introduced at raider headquarters today. he's already the best receiver in the league and said he's coming for jerry rice's record. if that's gonna happen, he's gonna need some chemistry with derrick car. here's a start. then to alameda where he showed off the silver and black jerz and he said he's ready. >> be able to be on the last team to ever be here in oakland is something special in itself. there's pressure in that. there's excitement in that. and there's a lot that come with that. and i'm here ready to embrace all that. >>> raiders signing former chargers receiver tishgs rel williams, a tyrell williams, a four-year deal. $44 million strong. a lot of busy days. >> a lot of movement. >> march madness next week. >> a week from tomorrow, yeah. counting down. alright, you excited? yeah! waaahoo... well... that was fun, right? it's time to get more. lower fares. better service. sweeter rewards. alaska airlines.

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joining me live is matt bradley from london. what do you we know about this. >> reporter: as you mentioned, police are already treating these as an attempted terrorist attack. it's a specialized unit within the british police force and they're calling these bombs ieds or improvised explosive devices, that's a term, a lot of people have been following the iraq war have been familiar with. it normally refers to a small bomb that's similar to a landmine. so this all started at around 10:00 a.m. this morning. the packages arrived at heathrow airport. then at waterloo shortly before noon. finally at london city airport. that's a major but small airport, kind of tucked into the middle of the city. so these are all major transport hubs for britain's capital. heathrow is the busiest airport in europe. but flights and most travel to waterloo train travel throughout these airports, they weren't affected. that's interesting, because that's nobody was killed or injured in these attempted attacks. one of the bombs sent to heathrow, the first

matt bradley looks to tie the game no st. mary's magic there. colorado be cal 56-51. finish with only eight wins for the second straight season. nfl and raters introduced their prize wide receiver today, antonio brown arguably the best receiver in the league also arguably the best shape, thanks to a superfood diet he hopes will devour his teammates. >> i'm excited to share my team, when everyone is here, the food , my guy is willing to cook. i mean i'm here to help the program in all regards. >> brown has enjoyed at least one meal with jon gruden. the raiders brain trust canceled plans with their wives last weekend to finalize the deal with brown. spirit went to las vegas, a great event. my wife, cindy and i, instead of having a nice date, double date, we dated rosenhaus, antonio brown. never saw our wives but as happy as cindy and mandy have been since we have known them. antonio agreed. thank you brother. >> speaking of this the raiders are done spending the reportedly agreed to a four- year deal with tyrell williams worth up to $44 million. evidently 2500 yards rec

matt bradley to tie -- no! short. off the rim. cal lost 56-54. they end their miserable season at 8-23. >>> antonio brown was introduced at raider headquarters yesterday. he is already the best receive in the league and said he is coming for jerry rice's record. that's going to happen. he is going to need a little chemistry with derek carr. here's the start. he showed up to carr's house yesterday and then to alameda where he showed off the silver and black jersey and said he is ready for the raiders' final season in the black hole. >> be able to be on the last team that will ever be here in oakland is something special in itself. so it's pressure in that. it's excitement in that. and it's a lot that come with that and i'm here today ready to embrace all that. >>> the raiders also made another move yesterday signing former charger receiver tyrell williams to a four-year deal worth $44 million. also the 49ers inked former falcon running back kevin coleman, who kyle shanahan had success with when he was atlanta's offensive coordinator. interesting n

matt bradley with a 3 point banker. apollo with a three. they go on a 10-1 run.n only three. van over, what a game he had. slam-dunk plus the foul. go up six. van over had 24. scour-59 the final and they are going to the pac-12 tournament with a three-game win streak. consider how they were doing. cal women, the coach says she has the best basketball player in the history of cal basketball going for her. there's teammates worth talking about. smith had three threes. this is the player she's talking about. down under, 31st consecutive double-double for her. 77-58. they have stanford next. >>> spring is the time for eternal optimism when it comes to baseball. for the a'ss that reasonable. for the giants tell me where it is. believe in the tooth fairy. topping the concern, they can't hit. the a's up 1-0. joe panik with an rbi single. that guy is having a horrible spring. the a's had 10 hits. four doubles and 2 homers, here's one of them. matt chapman leaving the yard. marcus simien 5-1 the a's cruise. the best receiver in the nfl is not going to be a raid error on 4

>> matt bradley in syria tonight, thanks. >>> back home the founder of a florida spa where patriots owner robert kraft is accused of soliciting prostitutes is speaking out. cindy yang, who made headlines ter the scandal broke and because of a selfie she posted with the predent is, facing calls for an fbi investigation. tonight she's defending herself against allegations of selling access to the president and spying for china. here's cynthia mcfadden. >> this is the first time you've agreed to do an interview. >> yes. >> why did you decide to sit down? >> don't do anything wrong >> reporter: cindy yang came to the u.s. 20 years ago. she became a u.s. citizen, created a string of day spas, en and loves prestrump. >> you're a really devoted donald trump supporter. >> yes. reporter: today in florida she told us the last few weeks have been a nightmare. ever since robert kraft was charged with soliciting sex at the orchids of asia da and the miami herald reported th cindy yang waoriginal owner of the spa. a series of high-profile articles since have raised questions about whether she was engag

connor, matt bradley, five minutes to play. on the next possession, the lead was 10.mcneil with the steal, then mcneil takes care of business and so. the bears when 76-69 after going when-list winless in the first 15 pac-12 games. the bears have now won two in a row. probably the most interesting that happens to the giants in spring training today involved a member of the opposing team. this was the day manny machado made his san diego padres debut, going 0-1 with a walk. garcia, the catcher nobody is talking about through one the other way for solo home run. the 1-0 lead-in unless. the padres loading the bases, and in candle loaded them. free runs come around. the scores, the giants made some noise in the late innings but went down 7-6. >>> another group of giants and the texas rangers could not manage a run between them. they called it after nine. the a's host to cleveland, and five pictures combined in a 1-0 shutout. >>> have a good night, see you soon. alwould you like a desk chair, weekends off, or the bathroom code? yes, please! which one? it's time to get more.

playing with the bears, mckinley wright with colorado, by 10, cal makes a valiant comeback, led by matt bradleyee with 119 left -- 1:19 left, they are within 3 points, 13 seconds left, a chance to tie it, bradley again, works for a shot, 3 to tie it, no, off the front room, 56-51, colorado wins, and stanford is in progress, in their pac-12 opener against ucla. >>> the story last night, around the st. mary's team that beat the number 1 team in the country, their nemesis, gonzaga , they are in the tournament for sure, they returned as victors with the wcc trophy in hand, really great for them to not only win, but know they are definitely in the tournament. >> being the number 1 team in the country, good stuff, good night. my new book the hidden reality takes on a grand question: is our universe the only universe? you see, there's a growing belief among scientists like me that ours may only be one among many universes populating a gigantic cosmos. in the hiddenreality, i explore this possibility without presuming any knowledge of mathematics or physics on the part of the reader. hysterical. i'm gl

puts of a nice drive, 10 point lead, cal comes back, they played their best basketball of late, matt bradleyeft, leading the bears was something, done 3, a sense -- a chance to tie it and put it into overtime, just short, 56-51, colorado wins and stanford and cal are both coming home. >>> forget the basketball four- minute, the football free-agent extravaganza this week, the raiders right smack dab in the middle, some nice video here, they unveiled their latest product, antonio brown, and he hooks up with derek carr, he shows up to say yes, we are going to be a great one-two punch hopefully with the silver and black, and today, the official introduction of antonio brown, arguably the best receiver in all of football, interesting to hear he has goals on the field and off as well.>> obviously my goal in the back of my mind, to catch jerry rice, this year, i will prove my love for what i can do and be, there's never a guarantee sandstone, i am here to prove who i am, and what i stand for, not just my words but my actions.>> a great imagination as a football coach when you coach a man like this,

i want to go to matt bradley on comments that the president made today saying that isis will be gonet, let's listen. >> i brought this out for you because this is a map of everything in the red. this was on election night in 2016. everything read is isis. on the bottom, that is the same, there is no red. it was a tyny spot that will be done by tonight. so that is isis, red right there, and the bottom one is how it is today. this is isis on election day, my election day, this is isis now. so that is the way it goes. >> and the other thing is we're in a war in the middle east that he was calling bush all of the time, get into the middle east, so now we're into that war for $7 trillion welcome thousands and thousands of people have been killed, millionings of peopleover all, and frankly we're straightenning it out now but it has been a disaster for our country. we spent tremendous wealth and tremendous lives in that war. and what do we have sne it is worse than it was 19 years ago. 19 years ago when we started, john mccain left it, i endorsed him, and i gave him the kind of funeral that

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its ideology of terror will almost certainly live on. >> matt bradley in syria, thank you. >>> we're following other developing news this morning. in texas, after another flare-up on friday, residents there say they are living in fear that this past week's massive fire at a chemical plant outside of houston could be dangerous for their health. tammy leitner is on the scene there in deer park, texas. tammy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the texas attorney general is now suing the company responsible for the fire saying that it released air pollution. all of this comes as the people living in the area are now in fear for their health. this morning a community on edge. >> look at the problems we're still having. scary. >> reporter: the fire that burned for days reigniting briefly on friday. residents living near the chemical plant outside of houston now fearful about what is in the air and their water. >> the kids complaining about headaches. >> reporter: this man and his wife and three kids are among hundreds getting checked at this pop-up county health clinic. >> we're here

matt bradley has more. >> reporter: a flag raised in victory over the ruins of islamic state so-called caliphate. after weeks of relentless battles, the american bacd syrian democratic forces pummelling the jihadis on the ground, coronering them to their last shred of territo in. only five years ago the islamists did control the territory the sian of britain. now this is how the islamic state ended. its murderous reign of terror redufd to a pile charred cars and twisted medal. we spoke with a commander whose forces won this battle. he says this is a victory that they have won for the whole wod. among the wreckage, the islamic state flag, now just another relic of history. the islamic state's caliphate may be defeated,ut that is just geography. its ideology of terror will on.st certainly live >> matt bradley in syria, thank you. >>> we're following other developing news thimorning. in texas, after another flare-up on friday, residents there say they are living in fear that this past week's massive fire at a chemical plant outside of houston could be dangerous for their health. tammy lei

matt bradley has the latest details. what have we got? >> they are treating these as linked because they came in basically identical packaging and they are treating it as a terrorism attack. as you mentioned, they referred the counter terror officers and called on them to investigate this. that shows some level of preparedness and they are calling these bombs ieds or improvised explosive devices. if you have been following them in the middle east, that means a lot of different things and normally it refers to something like a small bomb, normally homemade similar to a land mine. it started around 10:00 a.m. and the packages arrived at heathrow and waterloo before noon and shortly after noon at london city airport. it's a major, but small airport tucked into the city of london. these are all major transport hubs for britain's capital. heathrow is the busiest airport in europe, but the flights weren't effective because nobody was killed or injured in these attempted attacks, but this is bound to make this already nervous city even more worr

matt bradley to tie -- no! short. off the rim. cal lost 56-54. they end their miserable season at 8-23. >>> antonio brown was introduced at raider headquarters yesterday. he is already the best receiver in the league and said he is coming for jerry rice's record. if that's going to happen, he is going to need a little chemistry with derek carr. here's the start. he showed up to carr's house yesterday and then to alameda where he showed off the silver and black jersey and said he is ready for the raiders' final season in the black hole. >> be able to be on the last team that will ever be here in oakland is something special in itself. so it's pressure in that. it's excitement in that. and it's a lot that come with that and i'm here today ready to embrace all that. >>> the raiders also made another move yesterday signing former charger receiver tyrell williams to a four-year deal worth $44 million. also the 49ers inked former falcon running back kevin coleman, who kyle shanahan had success with when he was atlanta's offensive coordinator. interesti

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a short time ago we spoke with nbc's andrea mitchell, and matt bradley is in syria where isis is making said the terror group is defeated. is that what you are seeing on the ground in syria right now? >> reporter: it's not true in the sense that the sdf, the syrian democratic forces behind me, have not declared an end to the islamic state caliphate. neither are the u.s. officials who are attacking baghouz and the islamic state from the air. the president's statement was mostly true to the sense to the islamic state has been beaten back from the huge caliphate which took up an area the size of great britain that straddled iraq and syria in 2014 and 2015. it is a shadow of its former self. it exists in tiny pocket of land between the mountain cliff behind me, you might be able to see, and the euphrates river. it's unclear how many people there are left. the syrian democratic forces told us they're operating what they call clearing operations. they're basically moving through the former encampment that used to be there and trying to sus out the last remaining elements there. we were awoken

in the last a couple of weeks we've seen the great work that richard engel and matt bradley have doneria. they've basically gotten it down to kind of a caliphate, if you will, what had been the caliphate, the size of central park, chris. so it was only a few kilometers, square kilometers, but it was still a significant battle in recent weeks. yesterday we asked secretary pompeo about that and he said it's all but 100%, but he didn't want to declare victory too soon, obviously he wanted to leave that to the president. the president had shown that map a few days ago, how much territory had been regained. what is is important to note is that the president has been saying they said it would take three years or two years, even my former advisers said that, meaning jim mattis, but no, i got it done in only a matter of weeks, not months, or months, not years. in other words, he is largely exaggerating what has been accomplished in just the last few months. this is a long battle that has taken years, under two presidents, to at least contain them militarily. according to all intelligence, the