anne thompson here with me. i mentioned it earlier, anne. the catholic church in france launched an urgent appeal to raise funds last week specifically because portions of the cathedral which, of course, were built in 1160, to remind our audience of how old this building was. portions of the cathedral were crumbling. >> right and it's been ray renovated over the centuries, added to over the centuries, stephanie. like any historical monument that's used tore both tourism as well as a church, and it's affected by all the things that aflikt a city, air pollution, cars, buses, that all takes its toll so renovations would not be particularly unusual. the cathedral of notre dame, of course, is named after our lady, after christ's mother and this is the monday of the holiest week of the year in the catholic church. it would have been a very big week for this cathedral. they usually have 30,000 people go through notre dame cathedral a day in paris. on a week like this, perhaps they could get up to as many as 50,000 people, as people come to remember

nbc's ann thompson has more on the story for us. >> reporter: new york's westchester county, home to the latest measles outbreak. eight cases including six siblings from 6 months to 14 years old. two requiring hospitalization. >> i've had people tell me there is no measles here. why should i vaccinate? well, hello, now we have measles. >> reporter: it's spread by droplets, the virus can live in a room for up to two hours after the infected person has left. that person is contagious four days before the red rash appears and four days after. nine out of ten people that are not immune and exposed will get the disease. what would you say to a reluctant parent? >> your child's risk is getting measles if not vaccinated and i can guarantee you if they get the measles, they are going to be quite ill. there is also a small chance that their brain could start to swell and a chance that they could die. >> reporter: teresa ward was one of those parents refusing to vaccinate her two youngest children until a trip to indiana changed her mind, seeing so many so sick with preventable diseases. >> we

anne thompson has details. >> reporter: these are 2 of the 36 rocking sleeper models being recalled all made by kids ii. nearly 700,000 products in all. a popular item the consumer product safety commission says poses a deadly risk. >> i know some parents want to continue using these rocking sleepers. don't. >> reporter: the cpsc says there have been five infant deaths as babies roll from their backs to their stomachs unrestrained.a simila reported with fisher-price's rock 'n play sleeper earlier this month, 4.7 recalled after pressure from pediatricians and consumer advocates. 32 deaths are associated with that product. what makes incline sleepers so dangerous? >> the american academy of pediatrics states that babies should not sleep at an incline. they should be sleeping flat on their back free of bedding and not restrained. >> reporter: kids ii says it is devastated by the loss of any child and safety is its number one priority. the company is offering refunds or vouchers to those who have these sleepers. once thought to help parents, now a danger to the children they love. anne thom

as ann thompson reports, it's a reminder about just how serious measles is. >> reporter: tonight links between the measles outbreak in the u.s. and israel, an el al flight attendant with complications from the measles is in intensive care at a tel aviv hospital. the 43-year-old woman is in a deep coma fighting for her life since she was hospitalized at the end of last month. israeli officials saying there was a passenger with measles on a march 26th flight from new york's jfk to israel. >> there is a misconception out there th a trivial and inconsequential disease. some of those consequences can be serious like we're seeing with this flight attendant. >> reporter: health officials reportedly do not think she spread the virus to any passengers. back in this country, just outside detroit, oakland county officials say an orthodox jewish man from israel is the source for 20 cases there. blood tests show he had the same strain that plagued new york city. >> vaccines are safe and critical for public health and the health of the people they love most. >> reporter: new york's board of health t

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nbc's anne thompson has the latest. >> we have to stop it now. >> reporter: a health emergency declared by new york's mayor for parts of williamsburg, brooklyn, ordering mandatory vaccinations against the measles, a highly contagious and potentially deadly disease. those who refuse face a thousand dollar fine. >> this is an unusual action, and it's because of the sheer extent of the crisis. >> reporter: 285 confirmed cases since october, the largest outbreak in almost 30 years centered in williamsburg's orthodox jewish community. rabbi david neederman. is there any religious reason not to vaccinate? >> the answer is no. >> reporter: but people are confused. >> get fed with wrong and junk size, junk medical studies. >> reporter: near chicago today, a pediatric hospital network sending this letter to all parents in their system with unvaccinated children, urging them to get protected. >> kids under the age of 3 are hit hardest, as well as children who are immune-compromised. >> reporter: like kids with cancer or transplants. back in new york city where 21 people have been hospitalized, fi

here is nbc's anne thompson. >> we have to stop it now. >> reporter: a health emergency declared by new york's mayor for parts of williamsburg, brooklyn, naordering mandatory vaccions against the measles, a highly contagious and potentially deadly disease. thoswho refuse face a thousa dollars fine. thinking is an unusual action, and it's because of the sheer tent of the crisis. >> reporter: 285 confirmed cases since october, the largest outbreak in almost 30 years 'scentered in williamsburg mathodox jewish community. rabbi david need is there any religious reason not to vaccinate? >> the answer is no. >> reporter: but people are confused. >> you get fact wng and junk science and junk medical studies. >> reporter: near chicago, pediatric hospitaletwork snding this letter to all parents in theirystem with unvaccinated children, urging them to get protected. >> kids under the age of 3 are hit hardes as well as children are immune compromised. >> like kids with cancers.r transplant back in new york city where 21 people have been hospitalized, five in intensivcare, health official says the v

ann thompson, nbc news, new york. >>> prident trump lashed out today with harsh criticism of the russia investigation calling it an attempted coup. general made he believes the trump campaign was spied on. white house n orrespondent kris welker has the latest. >> reporter: tonight, with the expected release of the mueller re president trump taking perhaps his strongest shots yet at the origins of the russia investigation. >> this was an attempted coup. is was an attempted takedown of a president, and we beat them. we beat them. every single thing about it. there were dirty cops. these were bad people. >> reporter: we aske has the report been sent to him. have you seen it? ave not seen the mueller report. i have not read the mueller report. i won. as f as i'm concerned, i don't care about the mueller report. >> reporter: for months the president and supporter haves argued the russia probe began with illegal surveillance during his campaign. >> they spied on me. they spied on our campaign. who would think that's possible? >> reporter: now, in a remarkable moment, this from his attorney ge

ann thompson, nbc news,ns white plnew york. >> president trump is setting his sights on the mueller probe or more specifically the start of the investigation. he once again claimed total esexoneration on wey, but said that the investigation was an attempted coup. this after a bombshell from his attorney general. during a senate hearing, william barr suggested that american intelligence agencies spied on e 2016 trump campaign. >> i think there was a spying did occur, yes, i think spying did occur. spying on a political campaign is a big deal. >>bc's tracie potts joins us from d.c. with the latest. there is a lot of backlash from democrats over those comments. >> reporter: they say it's reckless, evenangerous to suggest this with no evidence. is there evidence? we don't know. barr said there was some basis for huggestion there, but he didn't say wt that basis was. he said he's not investigating the fbi. it is an internal review, and that the inspector general should have a report t ont sometime in may or june. we are also following this interesting news about former obama white house counse

you we also have anne thompson, chris, i want to go to you first, what do we know now about how the efforts are unfolding to rebuild and salvage what's insi inside. >> they're intense already, we expect to learn more about that we're waiting for emmanuel macron to hold a news conference. we also saw and you showed some of the pictures, there was a large crane there and there were inspections that seemed to be going on earlier in the day. we noticed some members of the french government were inside. >> chris, i'm going to -- if you could just pautz for one second. i'm sorry to interrupt you, we're going to go to the french president speaking now. >> translator: many have been destroyed by war, revolution, mistakes made by man. but each time, we have rebuilt them. the fire at noter dame reminds us that our history never stops, never and that we always have to succumb to these type of obstacles. what we believe in some ways, is indestructible can be destroyed. for this reason it's fragile. and we must not forget that. it's for us, french people today to be able to assure this continuity, which

anne thompson, nbc news, new york. >>> and developing news from our nation's capital tonight. attorney general tilliam barr telling congreay we'll all see the mueller rteport within a week, but will be blacked out. and that prompted some tough questions from lawmakers. nbc's pete williams has details. >> reporter: in his om first public cnts since receiving the mueller report, attorney general barr said we'll see it in ju aew days. >> within a week, i will be in a position epto release the rort to the public. >> reporter: but not every word of the byearly 400 pages writteobert mueller's team. barr said that with help from mueller, he'll black out information thatould olate grand jury secrecy, reveal intelligence sources, igompromise ongoing inveions or violate the privacy of low-level people who were not charged. house democrats warned that will erode nfidence. >> this is what drives the public crazy, when they see something li this. this is what we have to try to avoid. >> reporter: barr summarized the report's bottom line conclusions on march 24th in a four-page letter promp

anne thompson still with me. ann, these are live pictures at this moment. this fire is where the scaffolding already was. they were doing repairs there. so, we know that the structure was compromised. how significant is that? >> oh, it's just phenomenal -- it's a phenomenal loss. it's a phenomenal loss for the church, for paris, for culture in general. this church has been -- victor hugo made it literarily famous with the hunch bake of notre dame. for catholics all over the world, it is a must see when you go to paris, the city of light. and for that fire to speire to consumed by flames, it takes your breath away. >> skyline compromised forever. carolyn, give us an update of what you can see, where you are. >> it's moving forward a lot faster. it's about to be at the part that most people feel is like the front of the church. after the steeple fell, the flames seemed to be a lot more yello originating from inside the church as well as the top. it's going to hit the front pretty soon. the roof is caving in. i mean, it's really bad. it's really, really bad. >

this time for its beloved cathedral. >> and that was ann thompson reporting.tay with nbc4 and the nbc washington app for continuing coverage of the notre dame fire. >>> after two students in two months were caught wit guns on campus at la plata high school, the school is hosting a public meeting tonight. patien parents are asked attend held at 7:00 in the school auhetorium. the ad of secret will be there to discuss incidents and take suggestions about how tomrevent it fro happening again. no one at the school was hurt in either accident. >>> the capital gazette was honored with a special citation. recognizing the staff work coveng the dead lie attack in their own newsroom. last june five co-workers were murdered in the shooting. it awarded the gazette for theo communitye community at a time of unspeakable grief. the first special citation evarded by the board since 2011. >>> n go near a fallen live wire. any time a strong storm rolls through, power cpanies always give us that same warning. this morning we have video that proves why. a utility worker in new jer

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anne thompson joins us as well. the use the word "resurrection," easter is coming up. the most important holy day on the catholic calendar. there would be events there all week long. the mass on easter would be not something you think of when you think of church, a hot ticket. >> it would be standing room only, without a doubt, chris. this is certainly one of the biggest weeks of the year for notre dame cathedral. usually, they have 30,000 people a day go through there. or really busy weeks it could be as high as 50,000. that gives you what kind of magnet it is. the usbbc statement called notre dame a world treasure and indeed it is. in fact, when you were reading that statement, we could see -- you know, they have those dinner boats that go up and down the seine. and going past notre dame is a very important part of that tour at night. and then to see it this way is just absolutely unbelievable. and especially during this, during holy week. i mean, think of what would have been there. holy thursday, re-enacting the last summer where the archbishop would wash the feet

nbc's ann thompson has more on the battle against the growing outbreak that could soon break a 20-year record. >> reporter: this was walter blum at 5 months, too young to be vaccinated and sick with the measles. >> when i saw the rash, i thought measles, but being a first-time mom, i keep telling myself, no, you're paranoid. measles aren't here. it's not a thing. >> reporter: it is. walter is one of ten confirmed cases in theorni area where they live. near the nation's largest city, the biggest jumping cases last week. is this the worst outbreak of measles u'>> yes, by far. >> reporter: by far. not even close? >> not even close. >> reporter: dr. steven goldstein put this sign on his ment of exposure could contaminate an entire office. >> reporter: he is treating suspected cases outside and away from other patients. because it's an illness that can first seem like something else. what are the telltale signs that happen before the rash? >> the classic description is cough, carizor, a fancy term for a really bad cold. >> reporter: one way, the most infectious virus on earth can sneak up o

our anne thompson has that part of the story. >> reporter: in many ways, the rescuers did god's work, rushing to save the irreplaceable relics ensconced at notre dame, some 2,000 years old. the rector says they had to break open a chest in the treasury to get the objects. paris' mayor describing a human chain of first responders passing the tunic of st. louis, a nail and piece of wood said to be from christ's cross, as well as the crown of thorns. relics among the rescued artifacts transferred today to the louvre for restoration. amazingly, the 8,000 pipe organ appears to be spared as well. johann vexo played at the cathedral. >> i think for every organist all around the world, it's the best place, the most famous place in the world. >> reporter: he was there when the alarm went off. >> it's like seeing your own house burning. so it just unbelievable. >> reporter: sorrow tonight eased by music. ♪ lester, pope francis this afternoon called french president macron to offer his concern about the fire and the vatican is also offering technical assistance to help in the rebuilding of the c

nbc's ann thompson has the details. >> reporter: tonight attorney michael avenatti playing his brand of hardball with nike, accusing the athletic giant of bribing more than 100 college basketball players, including some of its biggest stars to attend schools with nike contracts. >> you know what's disgraceful? bribing amateur athletes in need and putting them at their families at risk for federal charges all in the interest of corporate profits. >> reporter: among the players he says are ensnared in theged scam is forward zion williamson, one of the best players in the nation. avenatti claims williamson's mother was paid to get zion to go to duke, claims duke says it's are mentioned in avenatti's 41-page document dump of text messages and bank statements that he says show nike paid tens of thousands of dollars to players' families and handlers. nike saying it will not respond to the allegations of an individual facing federal charges of fraud and extortion. arrested last month, avenatti is accused of trying to bilk nike for more than $20 million. >> i will be fully exonerated and jus

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ann thompson, nbc news, new york. us>> our nbc news excle, new surveillance video showing an inmate apparently left to die aftera fight in a ison in south carolina. a state struggling with a dire shortage of correctional officers. nbc's gabe gierrez has the story and let me warn you, the images you're about to see are disturbing. >> reporter: these are alan caper's final moments at south carolina's i correctionaltitute in 2017. according to an incident report, he had just been stabbed by two fellow inmates. corrections officers dragged him outside while they tried to control the chaos. he stayed there for a half hour bleeding to death, even while officers walked by. do you believe he was left to die? te> yes, he was. >> rep his mother debra is outraged. >> i don't want another mother to go through this. don't wait until it happen to another inmate. >> reporter: capers had been in prison for armed robbery since he e as a teenager but she says hs remorseful. >> just because you go to prin does not mean you've been sente

ann thompson is here with latedetails:ann, what do we know about this? >> nationwide numbers 69measles cases in states, and now there are two high-profile schools, ucla and cal state in california both taking action. each had a potential posure this month and while they insist there is no current measles risk, they have sent people home to be under quarantine if they cannot prove they have had two doses of the measles vaccine. now, this affects some 127 employees and 71 students at cal state. 82 sdents and faculty at ucla and for those who live on campus, they will be quarantined away from other students. so it shows you just how seriously these schools are taking the fact that some people are not vaccinated. >> yeah,e're at a point where nobody wants to take chances. >> exactly. >> ann, thank you. >>> let's turn to the scandal rocking the city of baltimore. fbi agents raiding the ic home and offes of a big-city mayor. pete williams with details on why the feds made their move. >> reporter: agents edrom the fbi and irs search the home of kathryn pew and

cathedral that stood for more than eight centuries and houses dericeless treasures insi nbc's ann thompsonith the story that went up in flames. >> reporter: they are inaccept -- inacceptable, notesuperable, n dame and paris, a et for 30,000 tourists a day, as many as 50,000 on a week like this. holy week. e remembrance of christ crucifixion and resurrection but it's a cultural touch stone, as welcoming to y ife in the 12th centurfamous for the flying and iconic statutes. this is e napoleon grabbed the crown, a backdrop formerican soldiers and french girlfriends during wod war ii and home to moto. the fictional bell ringer of "the hutch da back of notre ". >> who is the bell ringer of notre dame? >> quasimodo. >> reporter: it is also where paris wept, mourning in the days after the terrorist attack in 2015, which killed 130. tonight, having survived revolutions and wars, paris weeps again, this time for its beloved cathedral. new york's the st. patrick's cathedral e like notre dam in the heart of city. >> there is concern about relics and pieces of art inside. do we know if they have been a

here's anne thompson. th >> reporter passover tradition. the burning of l leavened bread. an uptick in cases as families gathered to commemorate the jewish exodus from egypt. in brooklyn where a cination y v order remains in place, amanda perry checks with the ones she's hosting. the order took effect 10 days ago, nearly 1,000 kids have been vaccinated. on social media, an israeli woman telling uqher 7-year-old daughter who gotme les in december and spent one day in the er. you anti-vaccers, your decision hurts all of us. sally freedman, one of 41 people there who got measles from an infected tovisi urging everyone to get fully vaccinated. >> this is a time that must come together to ensure o safety. >> reporter: with no relious barrier to vaccination, rabbis hope the state will give in so that lteveryone has a hea holiday. >>> no charges have been filed for the 10-year-old girlho got in a fight at her school last month. autopsy reports show a niy aniya wright died from blood vessels in her brain, with no proof that the fight contributed to her death. >>> climbs believed t

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our anne thompson has details. >> reporter: measles. the most contagious disease in the world, spreading in hotspots around the country. this week, new cases in california, new york, and new jersey. >> one of the things that the anti-vaccine movement has been doing is portraying measles as a benign illness or nothing more than a rash. and nothing could be further from the truth. >> reporter: ariel loop knows that all too well, fourt the measles as infant, too young to be vaccinated, doctors told her to be on the lookout for a deadly nervous system disorder. >> being scared for years that your kid is going to die out of nowhere is terrifying. >> reporter: sspe is a rare but long term complication of the measles virus, mostly affecting those who get the disease in the first year of life. >> the way it manifests is sharp declines in behavior and cognitive function, eventually seizures, complete loss of motor functions. it's practically 100% fatal. >> reporter: it can show up a decade after the measles disappear. there are other issues too.

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nbc's ann thompson reports on the battle against tng growi outbreak that could soon break a 20-year record. >> reporter:his was walter blum at five months. too young to be vaccinated and sick with the measles. >> when i saw the rash, i thought measles. but being a first-time mom, i keep telling myself, you're just pasnoid. measleren't here. it is not a thing. >> reporter: it is. walter is one of ten confirmed cases in the chico, califoaria, , where they live. near the nation's largest city, the biggest jump in cases last week. >> is this the worst outbreak of measles youyee seen. >> s, by far. >> by far? not even close. >> not even >>close. reporter: dr. steven sgoldstein put thisn on his office door. >> just a few minutes of exposure could contaminate an entire office. >> reporter: and treating suspected cases outside and away from other patients because it is an illness that could seem like something else. >> what is the tell-tale signs before the -- rash. >> cough and conjunctivitis, like a bad cold. >> reporter: one way the most infectious virus in the wor uld sneak up on the mostvu ln

ann thompson has the latest on this. >> reporter: measles, the most contagious disease in the world spreadingot spots around the country. this week new cases in california, new york and new jersey. >> one of the things that the anti-vaccine movement has been doing is portraying measles as a benign illness or nothing more than a rash. nothing could be further from the truth. >> reporter: this woman knows all too well. four years after her son got the measles as an infante, doctors told her to be on the look out for sspe a deadly nervous system disorder. >> being scared for years that your kid will die out of nowhere is terrifying. >> reporter: sspe is a rare but long term complication of the measles virus. mostly affecting those who get the disease in the first year of life. >> the way it manifests is sharp declines in behavior and cognitive function, eventually seizures, complete loss of motor functions. it's practically 100% fatal. >> reporter: it can show up a decade after the measles disappear. there are other issues too. potential hearing loss. and recent evidence showing the measles supp

and when we're going into a political season, not only do we see hate speech on the internet, anne thompson did great work for us but james nolan -- >> brian, quick question here, how have you found or what are some of the theories behind why ideology or change in ideology has led to more action, not only rhetorical action but also in this case leading to shootings as well as physical violence? >> great question. i think there was several but let's look at one. let's look at this fellow's social media forensic footprint and that will tell us a lot. hate speech on the internet, it's been segregating, self-segregating to these platforms like gab and elsewhere where they have more freedom if you will to express vitriol. so we're seeing not only increase in regard to hate speech on the internet in the united states and europe as well but how it's manifested is now in a fragments social media universe. >> brian levin, stand by, malcolm nance stand by and jim cavanaugh. we're going to take a short break. we're looking at live pictures on the left-hand side in poway, california. this as they redir

nbc's anne thompson covering all of the new developments. this blows me -- we've now been covering this for weeks. at this point how many cases are we up to and where are they? >> 695 across the country. and they're primarily in new york, washington state and california. they're in 22 states in all, stephanie, but those are the states where officials are concerned. why is it happening? because there are some anti-vaxxers who have taken hold and communities where kids have not gotten vaccinations. because of that, we are now seeing a disease that was said to be eliminated in 2000. it is back. and it is more than just a rash. health officials will tell you that measles can have very serious complications. it puts kids at risk for hearing loss, it puts them at risk for something called sspe, which is a central nervous disorder which can ultimately cause death. this is a very serious disease. before the vaccine, it killed 400 to 500 americans a year. when the vaccine came along, they thought it was eliminated. now it's back. >> anti-vaxxers know

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anne thompson joins us. >> hard to believe 20 years. john jr.magazine "george," and armed with a small staff, that staff became like a second family to him. this morning some of them are opening up about the man they knew away from the spotlight. he's remembered as america's prince. john f. kennedy jr. born to john and jackie not long after his father was elected to the white house. john-john's occasion playground, the oval office. this indelible and heartbreaking image on one of america's most painful days. the world watched john junior grow into a glamorous and determined young man. despite a few growing pains. >> i don't think i've seen as many of you in one place since announcing my first bar exam. >> reporter: and outside of washington -- >> ladies and gentlemen, meet "george." >> reporter: john co-founded the magazine "george." >> it was him. intersection of celebrity and politics. >> reporter: the george staff became john's second family. a dynamic they remember fondly in an article for "the hollywood reporter." i sat down with some of th

ann rubin, ktvu fox2 news. >>> the judge in the ghost ship warehouse trial says more than 300 potential jurors have filled out questionnaires so far. alameda county superior court judge trina thompson says 320 people were in court monday and tuesday, filling out questionnaires. another 160 potential jurors are expected to do the same tomorrow. jury selection is scheduled to begin next tuesday and lasts for about two weeks. ultimately, 12 jurors and 6 alternates will be seated. almena and harris face 6 the last 36 count each for the warehouse fire in 2016. opening statements are expected to begi criminal victims told the sacramento bee that a grand jury is looking into whether pg&e broke the law. pg&e previously said transmission equipment experienced failures about the time the campfires started. the official cause is still being investigated. the fire killed 85 people and destroyed thousands of homes in paradise and surrounding communities. pg&e released a statement saying "we have been open and transparent since the fire occurred and have been proactive in supplying information about our infrastructure to the cpuc, cal fire and dubuque county district attorney. >>> newly released

by anne marie and others, it would be catastrophic for this country we must find a way around that. as you are talking about a second referendum and having extra time to push for that, nick thompsonly. absolutely, right now we have got customers holding off, saying, we do not know what is happening with brexit, we are going to wait for the result, and we just need to make a decision. even no—deal is a deal, having something that we can actually move forward on. the limbo is causing us the problem, the not knowing, we really need to get this sorted out byjune, not october. ok. can ijust be clear with you, vicky, prime minister theresa may said, i am not prepared to countenance an extension further thanjune, to countenance an extension further than june, obviously we to countenance an extension further thanjune, obviously we have now got until october, should we need it — when will she be gone by? that is com pletely when will she be gone by? that is completely above my pay grade and totally her decision. she would like totally her decision. she would like to get this resolved before the deadline for holding those european elections. and i think that is a really important issue. i