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. >>> and alan alda going public with a private battle. how his parkinson's diagnosis could help others. >>> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening. welcome to our viewers in the west. there is developing news as we come on the air. a passenger plane has crashed near durango, mexico today, a plane headed to mexico city. black smoke marks the spot of a wreckage where aeromexico says one of its planes has suffered an accidents. it apparently went down just after takeoff from northwest mexico, with over 100 people on board. tammy leitner has late breaking details. >> reporter: tonight, emergency crews rushing to the scene of a plane crash in northwest mexico. the plane, holding 97 passengers and four crew crashed because the wind was too strong according to local reports which said they ran out of runway. the crash happened in durango, mexico. we've now learned multiple people are injured and two are in critical condition. aeromexico saying we are working to gather additional information and will provide more details as

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what alan alda, one of the stars of m.a.s.h. announced about himself. -- and his health. >>> late this afternoon a federal judge in seattle issued a temporary restraining order to stop the release of blueprints for 3-d printed guns. 8 states have sued to block the trump administration's decision to allow company -- a company from texas to post plans for the guns online, starting tomorrow. experts say plastic guns are easy to assemble, easier to hide, and very difficult to trace. and, they often fall apart after firing only a few rounds. the company says releasing the blueprints is a first amendment issue, but democrats say it will lead to more gun problems. this country has a gun violence problem. it has a mass shooting problem. it has a suicide problem. and now it has a do-it-yourself downloadable gun, that will supercharge this crisis and lead to nseless tragedies. >> it is not primarily about guns, if the government can censure this speech, it can do to other speech. there is no basis to proceed on this. >> today, president t

no one was hurt. >>> alan alda, who many came to know as the star of "mash," made a surprise revelation today on "cbs this morning." >> i've been diagnosed with p k parkinson's disease. and the reason i want to talk about it in public is that i was diagnosed 3 1/2 years ago. >> good for him. he says it's not the end. keep living. alda is 82 years old. he's one of a million americans who have parkinson's, which does affect the nervous system. >>> up next here, they sang at the royal wedding. now they're certified rock stars with a record deal to prove it. ♪ stand by me >>> finally here tonight, they rocked the wedding of prince harry and meghan markle before a worldwide television audience. now the kingdom choir from blessed with a recording contract from sony. here's charlie d'agata. ♪ darling, darling >> reporter: they didn't exactly steal the show that day. ♪ stand by me but for 3 1/2 glorious minutes, they owned it. ♪ stand, stand by me, stand by me ♪ that week the song soared to number one in the billboard hot gospel chart. the performance has been viewed 10 million times on youtube

actor alan alda says he has parkinson's disease.appearing tuesday on "cbs this morning," the former " he was diagnosed with the neurodegenerative disorder three and a half years ago. alda says he expects a tabloid will soon publish a story about his diagnosis.the 82-year-old says he's not angry and considers it a challenge. alda says he has acted and given talks since then. he says he could see his thumb twitch in a recent podcast and thought someone would soon do a sad story.alda says revealing his diagnosis might be helpful to others with parkinson's that there are things they can do.alda played a senator who ran for president on "the west wing" and he also hosted "scientific american frontiers" on pbs. (anchor) (anchor) (anchor) taking a live look outside... at the san mateo bridge.(anchor) time now to check on our weather... with chief meteorologist lawrence karnow. lawrence karnow: fires continue to burn across the state after a very hot july. highs still moved into the low 90s inland but it was cooler at the coast with highs in the 50s and 60s. low clouds will begin to move in a

. >> how do you get dyiiagnosed le alan alda?est for parkinson's disease. it we rely on the person's symptoms. the stiffness, the balance, so that's why it's hard to get an early and accurate diagnosis of parkinson's. >> how difficult is it to predict the progression of the disease? >> everyone has an individual course in parkinson's. there's a -- it's a very boutique disease with different symptoms. it's hard to predict what your symptoms will be. >> talk about the importance of exercise and something alan alda, this idea of a cross movement exercise. >> exercise in general is critical for the management of parkinson's. it's one of those things that's almost as important as the medications you might take or the symptoms you have. studies show that it slows the progression of parkinson's. even incorporating your voice to scream at the bag when you're hitting it. these things help with the symptoms of parkinson's and could slow the progression of the simpymptoms as well. >> dr. rachel dolan, thank you so much. >>> alan alda talks

alan alda, you can come home, your work is done." ( laughter ) well, last week, north korea got a visitcretary of state and younger kevin james, mike pompeo. and now we're getting reports that pompeo's north korea meeting went as badly as it could have gone. i'm not surprised, sometimes the second date is rough. you go back to his place, you find out if executed relatives or worse, limp bizkit cds. ( laughter ) it didn't seem like north korea was taking the summit that seriously from the very start. pompeo thought he would be put up in a nice hotel but instead the north koreans put him up in a gated guest house just behind the mausoleum where the bodies of regime founders kim il sung and his son kim jung il lie embalmed. or as airbnb described it, "cozy bungalow, quiet neighbors, great view of dictator corpses." another-- ( cheers and applause ) sure, sure. another reason pompeo didn't have a good meeting with kim jong-un? he didn't meet with kim jong-un. but kim had a very good excuse. turns out he was too busy visiting a potato farm to meet with u.s. secretary of state. but to be fair

. >> wdruff: and an update: we recently featured alan alda in this series.ntly announced that he has had parkinson's for the past 3.5 years, and he continues to enjoy a full life. you can find all our "brief spectacular" episodes on our website, www.pbs.org/newshour/brief. we wish him the best. and that is the newshour for tonight. i'm judy woodruff. join us online, and again right here tomorrow evening, with david brooks and ezra klein. for all of us at the pbs newshour, thank you, and we'll see you soon. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> babbel. >> knowledge, it's wre innovation begins. it's what leads us to discoveryo anvates us to succeed. it's why we ask the tough questions ans what leads u the answers. at leidos, we're standing behind thosworking to improve the world's health, safety, and efficiency. idos. >> kevin. >> kevin! >> kevin? >> advice for life. life well-planned. learn more at raymondjames.com. >> babbel. a language program that teaches spanish, french, german, italian, and more. >> conmer cellular. >> and with t