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lester >> tom costello, thank you. >>> this week marks two years since the deadly attack during the chaotic withdrawal from afghanistan and today, gold star families who lost loved ones say they are still demanding answers. we get more from ryan nobles >> reporter: two years ago, herman and alicia lopez lost their son, hunter >> it's something that no one thinks will ever happen to their family >> reporter: he was one of 13 u.s. service members killed during the isis bombing near the abbey gate at kabul's airport in afghanistan. he planned to join his hometown sheriff's office >> he didn't get that chance, and we just would like people to give us the truth of what happened and -- and be honest with us. >> reporter: the lopezes, one of several gold star families today demanding accountability >> i don't want to hear lies. i don't want to hear excuses from joe biden. >> reporter: many blaming president biden. >> several presidents preceded mr. biden in this 20-year war. but none of them are to be held accountable for the withdrawal that is he and he alone. >> reporter: the chaotic u.s. withdr

here's tom costello. >> reporter: at more than 90 airports nationwide nbc news has learned the faa is ordering urgent runway safety meetings after a surge in very close calls. ten days ago in san diego. >> go around missed approach. >> reporter: a citation business jet nearly landed on top of a southwest 737 in austin last february a fedex plane nearly landed on a southwest flight, both cleared for the same runway at jfk airport in january -- >> delta 1946 cancel takeoff plans. >> reporter: an american plane cut off a delta flight already speeding toward takeoff. and this photo taken from a jetblue cockpit landing in boston as a business jet suddenly pulled onto the same runway without permission more cases in sarasota, burbank, miami and san francisco. now "the new york times" has compiled its own list, citing 46 close calls in july alone. the faa insists most were not as serious but does report nearly 1700 runway incursions last year, 985 so far this year, up 33% in a decade >> everybody needs to be more vigilant and double down on safety. >> reporter: one big factor, the country is

in the '50s, but there is concern climate change may be helping to bring it back here's tom costello. >> reporter: the big question for researchers -- is a new homegrown strain of malaria slowing up across the country, or is it malaria showing up from overseas how many mosquitos are in there >> about 200, and we grow about 50,000 mosquitoes a week >> reporter: 50,000? this doctor runs the johns hopkins malaria research institute, where they study the mosquitos that carry malaria. while the u.s. largely eliminated malaria more than 60 years ago, half a million people still die each year in africa, with children most at risk. but this summer, nine people have been diagnosed in the u.s in florida -- >> we do have a seventh case of malaria that's been locally transmitted. >> reporter: one case in texas and recently, one in maryland, the furthest case so far north in decades. but none of the victims had traveled to a malaria-endemic region mosquitos live just two to four weeks, so were the victims bitten by mosquitos that had picked it up from a foreign traveler, or, is the malaria homegro

day now, in an area that could be critical for the future of exploration beyond the moon here's tom costello. >> reporter: now orbiting the moon, luna-25 is russia's first robotic lunar mission in nearly 50 years russia never landed cosmonauts on the moon, but within days, luna will be the first probe to land on the moon's south side, working to confirm the presence of frozen water, which could one day be used for rocket fuel the head of russia's space agency says the moon could be the launching pad to explore distant planets, including mars >> russia has just launched a probe to land on the south pole >> reporter: nasa chief bill nelson says that ice is why the u.s. plans to land artemis astronauts in 2025, but china is also aiming for the pole >> i don't want china to get to the south pole first with humans and then say, this is ours, stay out. >> reporter: is this starting to feel real? >> that's real that's it. it's starting to feel very, very real >> reporter: at the kennedy space center, the artemis-2 astronauts, the first crew that will orbit the moon since apollo, have now inspected

with the fire and sheriff's department tonight mourning one of their own lester >> tom costello, thank you. >>> in just 60 seconds the fleecing of america. the major company accused of defrauding the government how a retired marine blew the whistle and earned $40 million for it >>> back now with a historic fraud settlement with one of the biggest government contractors in the country. and it only came to light after a marine corps veteran raised the alarm. ken dilanian has our report >> reporter: much of sarah feinberg's philosophy about life was shaped by her time as a captain in the u.s. marines, serving in iraq. >> it helped me get a sense of right versus wrong and to have a clear picture of the service that i wanted to perform for our country. >> reporter: in 2015 as a young mom she was rising up the ranks of booz allen hamilton as a financial analyst. >> booz allen works almost exclusively with the u.s. government and they have a ton of contracts with the department of defense. >> reporter: she says she quickly realized the company's other contracts, some with foreign governments

here's tom costello. >> reporter: those yellow trucks are iconic on america's highways now it's the biggest collapse ever in the u.s. trucking industry with the company telling employees and customers that it's shutting down. affecting 30,000 employees including 22,000 teamsters a mechanic for 20 years, shannon abbott is tonight worried about his family >> i'm worried about my insurance for me and my family. you never know something -- something could happen >> reporter: last month yellow's ceo blamed the union >> the leadership at the international brotherhood of teamsters refuses to come to the table to discuss the future of our employees. >> reporter: when managers in omaha urged drivers to pressure the union -- >> the company is running out of cash and is at risk of closure and liquidation. >> reporter: -- the anger and pushback were immediate >> but we're the ones that do the work for you! >> you guys can't run this company that's the problem >> reporter: yellow has been around for 99 years, offering lower rates to truck freight for retailers big and small including home depot and walm

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with more on that, here's tom costello. >> reporter: that buzz in st. paul, minnesota, is the sound of automation. this small business has doubled in three years building machines that can package 600 food products per minute. what's your read on the economy? is it slowing down, or is it still strong? >> we see an economy that's still strong. >> reporter: ceo dale anderson wants to hire another 40 to 50 employees by year's end. the challenge, finding qualified workers. half the staff have engineering bachelor engineering bachelor's degrees. the others have associates in robotics or automation. what are you looking for in an employee? >> the number one thing we look for is a good attitude, a desire to learn. >> i'm wiring these push buttons to some terminals. >> reporter: like 20-year-old alexis barnett making $27 an hour with no debt. >> when i do go out with friends, i'm the only one not worried about how much we're spending, where we're going, how much gas is going to cost. >> reporter: minnesota's unemployment rate, 2.9%. it's among the lowest unempl

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start up again the next morning. >> you know who's been there all night to see how it's done our tom costello listen, they actually have three runways here but this is the only one, runway 119, that handles bigger planes, a boeing or an airbus. unlike other airports, they can't just shut this down for weeks at a time. so they have to do it every night chunk by chunk and every single night, the clock is ticking in the shadow of the washington monument and capitol hill, reagan national is rarely quiet. >> begin the way to american at the right, endeavor 5170 >> reporter: and runway 119 is america's busiest since it's the only one that can handle big planes at dca. 819 flights a day. but at 11:00 p.m. sharp, the flashing x tells pilots, reagan's longest runway is out of action. >> runway one closed. >> copy that runway one is closed >> reporter: and the pit crews start their nightly race against the clock, cutting and grinding a thousand feet of runway each night. then laying down a new layer of fast-drying asphalt. they don't have much time as smaller planes use another runway, runway 119 must

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nbc news correspondent tom costello has more. tom? >> reporter: good day.ts to "titanic," but u.s. law and international agreements really limit activity around that site and now the government has gone to court to stop the company from returning to retrieve a key relic, the wireless, the transmits "titanic's" call for help. for 111 years, "titanic" has rested some 12,500 feet down on the ocean floor. its maiden voyage from england to new york captured on film. >> get back! >> reporter: the terror of hitting an iceberg in the dead of night portrayed in blockbuster movies. >> in an hour or so, all this will be at the bottom of the atlantic. >> reporter: among the artifacts already recovered, shoes, silverware, fine china. but now the u.s. government is moving to block the company with the salvage rights from recovering even more, including the ship's wireless telegraph that transmitted the sos to passing ships. in a court filing, rms "titanic" says it hopes to return it next year and may recover freestanding objects inside the wreck, including objects from i

nbc news correspondent tom costello has the latest. tom?hat video we see should help investigators determine what went wrong, two people were killed, four injured, including two people on the ground, all in fair condition. the first sign of trouble came with smoke coming out that chopper in flight as it responded to a morning traffic accident with serious injuries. 8:45 a.m., metro fort lauderdale, residents looked up to see a broward county sheriff fire department helicopter trailing thick black smoke. just 650 feet in the air, the boom and tail rotor began buckling as the chopper started spinning out of control. then nosedived into an apartment building below. killed in the crash, an older female resident of the apartment building. and fire captain paramedic terracen jackson on board the chopper, a 19-yeared very ran remembered for being thoroughly committed to his job. >> he was a rock star. he was one of the best of us. >> reporter: the rescue chopper had just lifted off, headed for a traffic accident with life threatening injuries. but

tom costello has more. >> reporter: at more than 90 airports nationwide, nbc news learned that the faaast february, a fedex plane nearly landed on a southwest flight. at jfk runway in january -- >> cancel take offplans. >> reporter: a jet almost cut off another one taking cough. and in boston, a business jet pulls on the runway without permission. more cases in sarasota, burbank. the faa reports nearly 1700 runway incurses last year, 985 this year, up 33% in a decade. >> everybody needs to be more vigilant and double down on safety. >> one factor, the country is short some 1,200 controllers forcing many to work six day weeks. the faa insists the u.s. aviation system is the safest in the world but one close call is one too many. >> anywhere between 300 lives or more were put at risk in these near collisions. >> reporter: tom costello nbc news. >>> we have a lot to cover in our second hour of "chris jansing reports," let's get right to it. >>> at this hour, two down, 17 to go. our ali vitali is there as donald trump's co-defendant in the georgia election case begin to surrender while the

tom costello joins us now.se flying on a commercial airplane every day? >> a minimal risk at best the vast majority of these pilots aren't commercial pilots, they're flying business jets, also flying a cargo flight, they may have tour operator-type licenses, yes the concern here is as faa was double-checking its list, it had about 5,000 people collecting benefits from the v.a. for disabilities. these are veterans, served mostly in iraq or afghanistan, some disabilities, they're collecting disability benefits from the v.a. but they tell the faa they're perfectly healthy. there's contradiction there, they're required by law to be fully transparent with the faa and in the words of one investigator it's not unreasonable but human nature that people overexaggerate to v.a. >> what has the faa said about this in. >> so, right now, they told 60 pilots they can't fly, period. and their disabilities can range from a serious mental health issue to a serious heart issue for example of the 4800 pilots investigated half of t

nbc's tom costello has the details on both of these incidents. tom? >> reporter: good day. on the southwest flight. that's when the -- there is an air flow issue with the engine as a result it starts to backfire and it can belch out some fire out the back. it can really shake the plane and scare people. bottom line is the pilots needed to shut the engine down, then land on a single engine, which you can do safely back at houston. the other incident though involves something more serious, a pilot who died midflight. >> southwest with an emergency. >> reporter: this was the terrifying moment for passengers aboard a southwest flight tuesday night as flames shot out one of the aircraft's engines, shortly after leaving houston's airport. the flight bound for cancun forced to turn back. >> 307, you still have one engine shutdown, is that correct? >> reporter: the plane made a successful emergency landing in houston. >> the passengers' lives were not at imminent risk. this is an abnormal situation, but one we train for. >> reporter: flight aware data shows the plane was only in th

back to you. >> i don't like that number at all, tom costello. not one bit.n the east, and so it begins. the 19 co-defendants indicted for their role to overturn the georgia election and beyond have begun to surrender. it is the attempt to hold them accountable. today a flurry of activity at the fulton county jail. so

nbc's tom costello, walk us through what happened? >> scary moments, a flight from houston, to cancun, and it started spitting out fire on the aircraft. this certainly looks like and most experts say it's probably a compressor stalled. that's not terribly dangerous. it's scary if you're on board because essentially the engine is backfiring, there's an imbalance of air flow and the engine backfires, but the pilots quickly can just turn off that engine, fly on one engine and return to houston hobby, which is exactly what happened. again, a bit of a jolt, if you're on board the plane. the plane was not in imminent danger but take a listen to what our aviation expert john cox says about how pilots can deal with this. >> the passengers lives were not in imminent risk. this is an abnormal situation. it's one we train for. there's a lot that goes on in preparation for these abnormal circumstances to protect passengers. >> bottom line here is that this is certainly not normal, but of all of the engine backfires or engine fires, quote unquote

tom costello is on the story for us. what more can you tell us about the fight?ne that took the lives of five titanic tourists. a georgia company has the salvage rights to titanic, but u.s. law and international agreements limit the activity around the site. now, the government has gone to court to stop that company from returning to the site to retrieve a key relic, the wire that transmitted titanic's call for help. for 111 years, titanic has rested some 12,500 feet down on the ocean floor. it's made in voyage from england to new york, captured on film. the terror of hitting an iceberg in the dead of night, portrayed in block buster movies. >> all of this will be at the bottom of the atlantic. >> reporter: among the artifacts recovered, shoes, silver wear, fine china. the u.s. government is moving to block the company with the salvage rights, rms titanic from recovering even more, including the ship's wireless telegraph that transmitted the sos to passing ships. in a court filing, rms titanic says it hopes to return next year and may recover free standing object

tom costello has the details. >> those yellow trucks are iconic on america's highways.s. trucking industry, with the company telling employees and customers that it's shutting down. affecting 30,000 employees. a mechanic for 20 years, shannon abbott is worried about his family. >> i'm worried about my insurance for me and my family. you never know. something could happen. >> yellow's ceo blamed the union. >> the leadership at the international brotherhood of teamsters refuses to come to the table to discuss the future of our employees. >> when managers in omaha pressured the union -- >> running out of cash, risking closure. >> the anger and pushback were immediate. >> you guys can't run this economy. that's the problem. >> yellow has been around for 99 years, offering lower rates to truck fright for retailers big and small including home depot and walmart, but for years, it struggled to turn a profit. congressional investigators found yellow should have never received $700 million in emergency funding during the pandemic. the trump administration approved the loan in 20

tom costello, nbc news, at the kennedy space center. >>> that does it for us this hour.to be with you. i'm katy tur. president joe biden standing alongside leaders of japan and south korea. a first-of-its-kind trilateral meeting at camp david. japanese prime minister fumio kishida and south korean president yoon suk-yeol will deliver remarks alongside president biden in just a moment. since they are both individually our allies, you might wonder what makes this so special. south korea and japan are not exactly chummy. they've got a long and a complicated history stemming largely from

tom costello is at reagan national airport with the overnight scramble to repave and al roker has a lookod swaps for some of our favorite foods, and a group of super seniors who have soccer fever >> and that will do it for us on this friday for "early today," thanople who tidedied just behind us deserve. don't forget lahaina i know i won't goodnigh won't goodnigh >>> question els of accountabil growing on maui. we're on the ground as locals demand answers ahead of the president's arrival. >>> before he heads to hawaii, president bide

nbc's tom costello joins us with more. >> reporter: good afternoon. we're at a 911 call center in montgomery county maryland. 600,000 calls come in for emergency help every single day nationwide. yet many dispatch centers including this one are understaffed. dispatchers, call takers are leaving the job. in part because of the extreme stress, the long hours, some cases not enough pay. in some communities, not this one, they're actually having a problem with getting help to people fast enough. on "nbc nightly news" we're going in depth on this talking about the incredible stress on 911 call takers and dispatchers and how many people need help every single day. >>> you can see tom's full story on "nightly news." lester holt joins us beginning at 6:30. >>> here at home our investigative unit found two bay area agencies that also have the worst 911 response times in california. we brought the issue to officials. you can see our full report at nbcbayarea.com. >>> uncle sam is eyeing auto renew charges, but california is way ahead. i'm consumer investigator

nbc's tom costello has this report >>> tragedy on a life-saving mission. a sheriff fire helicopter trailing smoke, then spinning out of control just 650 up the chopper's boom and tail rotor buckling under enormous strain, as it nosedived into an apartment building killed in the crash, fire captain paramedic terryson jackson and an unnamed female resident of the apartment building the chopper was responding to a traffic accident with injuries, when the pilot reported he was turning around >> we're having mechanical issues we're head back to our station >> a fire broke out on board they did their very best from my understanding now, to try to extinguish that fire >> reporter: the pilot and another paramedic were injured in the crash as were two people on the ground. all now reported in fair condition. as the department mourns the loss of captain jackson. >> he was a rock star, one of the best of us, one of the brightest. he bled this profession inside and out all day long >> reporter: it is a copter like this one, used by police and rescue services around th

here's tom costello. >> reporter: from his juicery named after his grandmother, chris good has his hand on the pulse of the kansas city economy. he's convinced it's time to expand into a wholesale juice provider to whole foods. >> well, our economy in kansas city is growing i think, as you all know, and we as a small business are also growing in concert with that growth. >> reporter: chris good's good news is also reflected in new jobs numbers adp reports 324,000 private jobs added in july, 73% coming from small businesses from its solid economic growth, receding inflation, and unemployment near a 54-year low, one of main street's biggest banks, bank of america, today joined the fed and reversed its prediction for the economy, paraphrasing john lennon, imagine no recession, it's easy if you try, but the optimism comes as credit rating agency fitch downgrades the u.s. from aaa to aa plus citing the insurrection, political polarization, and growing debt >> and given the kind of deterioration and governance and unwillingness to really tackle these issues, we don't think that they deserve a

tom costello break down why and what it means for you. >> reporter: from his juicery named after his grandmother, chris goode has his hand on the pulse of the kansas city economy. he's convinced it's time to expand into a wholesale juice provider to whole foods. >> our economy in kansas city is growing. as you all know. we as a small business are growing in concert with that growth >> reporter: chris goode's good news is reflected in job numbers. 324,000 private jobs added in july, 73% coming from small businesses amid solid economic growth, receding inflation and unemployment near a 54-year low, bank of america joined the fed and reversed its prediction for the economy. paraphrasing john lennon, imagine no recession it's easy if you try but the optimism comes as credit rating agency fitch downgrades the u.s. from aaa to double-a plus, citing the insurrection, political polarization and growing debt >> given the deterioration in government and unwillingness to tackle these issues, we don't think that system is the aaa anymore. >> reporter: the white house quickly pushed back on the d

tom costello has more for us good morning, tom. >> reporter: good morning.d the faa looking into this crash and responding to a medical emergency, a traffic accident when this ems chopper suddenly went down, crashing on to an apartment building we'll have the details on that coming up, guys. >>> that headline, plus growing fall-out over an unwanted kiss, a criminal investiga the public. ti david: i'm david goldberg, a bilingual elementary school teacher and president of the california teachers association. as we start a new school year, there's something new happening in california's public schools. jessie: they're called community schools. david: where parents and families, students and educators are making decisions as one. damien: it's a real sense of community. leslie: we saw double-digit gains in math, in english, and reading scores. david: it's an innovation that's transforming our public schools. narrator: california's community schools: reimagining public education. >>> still ahead here, the new push to protect america's grizzly bears. >> parts of ye

tom costello is at the kennedy space center with the latest tom, what exactly happened here? watching this space for the launch of a nasa crew to the international space station. the launch of the moon. this weekend, the space world will be watching this space for the launch of a nasa crew to the international space station. the launch delayed overnight spacex says it was taking more time to confirm safety issues. with four lives on the line, every launch is dangerous. >> what we do up there is for all of us here on earth and hopefully will benefit our society for many, many years in the future >> reporter: this is the most international crew yet represented by the u.s., japan, denmark and russia still, a space partner despite the embargo and war in ukraine. >> when you go and you look at the planet, you see that there are no borders. >> reporter: but as this crew rockets to a six-month stay on the space station, the world's focus is really on the moon. india this week landed the first robotic spacecraft on the moon's south pole, days after russia's unmanned luna 25 crashed i

craig, back to you >> tom costello for us there at reagan national. nk you >>> the georgia prosecutor leading the election interference case against donald trump and his 18 co-defendants is looking to start the trial in early march. fulton county district attorney fani willis proposed a march 4th trial date the very next day, by the way, march 5th, is super tuesday, when voters in 15 states will cast their ballots for the republican presidential nomination trump and some of his closest allies were indicted on felony charges monday in connection with efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in georgia >>> now to the migrant crisis sparking new battles far from the southern border. here in new york, the mayor says an unprecedented surge of asylum seekers has left the city at a breaking point but this morning, that mayor is facing new criticism from the state's governor nbc national correspondent, gabe guterres joins us from a hotel in midtown manhattan because it's been turned into a migrant housing facility gabe, good morning to you. >

tom costello, nbc news. >>> we have a lot to cover in our second hour of chris jansing reports. let's get right to it. >>> at this hour, the d.c. grand jury back in session today and former president trump says he expects charges tied to jack smith's election 2020 interference probe to drop quote any day now. >>> and painful shock waves rippling through the lgbtq community after a gay man was stabbed and killed at a new york city gas station. >>> plus, president biden says space command headquarters are staying put in colorado. it's a huge loss for republican senator from alabama who has single handedly blocked all of joe biden's military nominees. >>> and for american fans who didn't wake up at 3:00 a.m. to see the u.s. women's soccer team, we'll go to new zealand to see how fans are handling that overnight, may i say, painful, heartbreaking draw. our nbc news reporters are following all the latest developments. let's start at the d.c. courthouse with ryan riley. what's the latest? >> reporter: we're very closely watching to see what activity we can suss out this afternoon. the

nbc correspondent tom costello reports on the surge and close calls at airports. >> reporter: nbc newned the fa ax has ordered urntant meetings after a surge in close calls. in san diego, a citation business jet nearly landed on top of a southwest 737. in austin last february a fedex plane nearly landed on a southwest flight both cleared for the same runway. at jfk airport in january -- >> delta 1943 cancel take off plans. >> reporter: an american plane already speeding towards take off. and this photo taken from a jet blue cockpit landing in boston as a business jet suddenly pulled onto the same runway without permission. more cases in sarasota, burbank, miami, and san francisco. now "the new york times" has compiped its own list citing 46 close calls in july alone. the faa insists most were not as serious but does report nearly 1,700 runway incursions last year, 985 so far this year, up 83% in a decade. >> everyone needs to be more vigilant and double down on safety. >> reporter: one big factor the country is short some 1,200 controllers forcing many to work six-day weeks. one close