anne thompson, nbc news. >> what a powerful tribute that's "nightly news" for this evening.holt. thanks for watching everyone, an-- >> we're about to answer some of your top questions. >> real men, real answers. >> how can you expect me to know if you're not telling me? in don't talk about something message.n a text >> prison to purpose. >> families couldn't really communicate. so we wanted to do everything we could to help them out. think what you're doing, man, is absolutely fantastic. >> put your hands together for your host, steve harvey! ♪[music] ♪ every day is a good >> thank you very much. in a good mood? if you're not, i'm gonna put you in one. i'm gonnaelt re in california. herwas running errands with daughter, when her day took a really unexpected turn. tire, a blowout. but she managed to make it a tire shop, right? so when she got there, the mechanics checked her tire. to rip her trying off or nothing. they said, wow, ma'am, your severely really damaged. you need four new tires. you just can't drive this car like this. and to replace all four of the tires, it was

beach closures, a massachusetts community wants to know more about the predators lurking offshore anne thompson headed out to sea with a team of researchers to find out what they're learning >> reporter: nantucket, the charming resort island, once a whaling hub, is now on the lookout for sharks jason bridges is a business owner. what kinds of threats does a shark attack post in nantucket >> our economy is 100% on tourism. we have to be really, really careful about everything that happens at our beaches >> reporter: so the island is partnering with ocearch, a shark research group led by chris fisher, this month working five miles off nantucket's coast. >> locally here at nantucket, we're trying to create a program where we give that community the maximum amount of data for its sharks for its own public safety management so they can be prepared if they have an incident >> reporter: among the most unnerving science projects on this trip, georgia tech's zo platt trying to take bacteria from a shark's mouth to help the island's doctors treat potential bites. >> if somebody gets bit by a shark, docto

the window allowing them one year to come forward ann thompson reports that other states are doing the same. >> reporter: for sister suzanne robertson and june maloney, saint coleman's home was a house of horrors they say they were sexually abused at the catholic-run orphanage in new york by a nun named sister regina who is deceased what did she do? >> she assaulted me. she put her hands up me. >> reporter: it was around 1962. suzanne and june had just hit puberty. >> she took the washcloth and put the brown soap on it and poured the rest of the bottle of lysol and she brought it up between my legs and shoved it up -- >> reporter: how often do you think about what happened to you? >> every day >> i try not to think about it >> reporter: almost 60 years later, they can finally sue their alleged abusers, including saint coleman's which did not return our request for comment new york is the first of five states this year to pass a bill allowing child sex abuse victims to file civil suits. no matter when the alleged acts happened advocate katherine robb has spent a decade fighting for the

anne thompson, nbc news. >> what a powerful tribute that's "nightly news" for this evening.lt. thanks for watching everyone, and good night >>> right now at 6:00, an assault rifle, a bottle of liquor and a clown mask. new details about what the gilroy shooter had in his home and car. >>> the scare in the north bay as flames come dangerously close to homes. but first. >>> and i'd rather not speculate on where the investigation is at this time. >> in her own words, the santa clara county sheriff talks about the corruption probe she's now facing. the news at 6:00 starts right now. good evening and thanks for joining us, i'm jessica aguirre. >> i'm raj mathai. the district attorney has seized computers, cell phones and records at the sheriff's office. so what's the problem here? nbc bay area's robert handa is in san jose with the exclusive interview with sheriff lori smith. robert? >> reporter: well, it's all about concealed weapons permits. and this is not the first time of accusations of political favoritism have surrounded these highly-sought-after permits. now sources say th

anne thompson, nbc news >>> the safety of e-cigarettes is undeers are being hospitalized for severe lung disease linked to vaping nbc's kristen dahlgren has more on the urgent call for action. >> reporter: this was 17-year-old christian a month ago. >> i could feel my lungs pounding out of my chest >> reporter: his lungs so damaged, he was unable to breathe on his own. doctors couldn't figure out what was wrong until they found out tristan had been vaping he's now one of more than 150 cases of vaping-related lung disease being investigated across the country. >> no one has been able to establish what type of e-cigarette or what flavor or what brand or put any one thing together that has led to this increase >> reporter: the american vaping association says the evidence continues to point to street-bought vaping cartridges containing thc or synthetic drugs. tonight the fda, which regulates e-cigarettes, says it's working with cdc and state health officials as quickly as possible to gather more information scott gottlieb was the head of that agency until april. >> we addicted a whole gener

a vital natural wonder going up in smoke ann thompson, nbc news >> an ohio man dangerous way of doing yard work is believed to have started a dramatic fire authorities are investigating the cause of this blaze after reports the man was burning weed with a blow torch. an official cause has yet to be determined there were no injuries reported from the fire which involved at least three homes and two cars >>all right. nbc meteorologist bill karins is joining us this morning. got some good news for us. >> yeah, it's arriving it has opened the door and a little taste of fall is arriving it's in the 50s right now, fargo and duluth that's like windows open it's a little chilly in the bedroom. now the temperatures are going to start dropping in areas of the great lakes. for today the high stems, this is a good time of year when it's cool at night and the daytime it recovers nicely and is still warm in the 70s in chicago, 4 to 6 to 7 degrees below normal as we go towards tomorrow, we see the cooler dryer air mass sweeping into the great lakes and the northeast, even areas like new york city wi

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i'm going to turn the presentation over to anne thompson.have put in a couple of clauses in the presentation -- pauses in the presentation, because i suspect the board will have some really good questions for us to hear, consider, and perhaps respond today or at another time. and then at the conclusion i know we have a number of members of the public who are very interested and have come today. we of course would be listening to their questions and concerns, as well. without further ado, i will turn it over to anne thompson. >> before you begin. there are a couple of questions that i have on some of these must haves that i would like -- like to at least articulate. the third bullet.under this it says the ability to assure quality and high-value care. i am wondering if that is a substitute for the work cost effective or is that another dimension to be included? we don't have endless buckets of money at the end of the day. to be able to do whatever we want. >> i think it is a shifting of the terminology. i think it is more common in today's wo

ann thompson joins me now.just played there devastating and scary at the same time. as you mention in your piece, the fires have been raging for three weeks. walk us through what, if any, international effort is being undertaken to try to stop it. why did it take so long for the international community do you think to draw attention to this? >> not much is being done to stop these fires. most of these fires are set by people. in fact, i was talking to doug morton at nasa today and he was saying when they look at the satellite images they see where the fires are. it's on the edge of the rain forest. what they believe is that farmers and ranchers are burning the rain forest in order to clear more land so they can farm it and they can raise cattle. as a result, these are very localized fires. it depends on local efforts. brazil's president today said that they just don't have the resources to stop the fires. >> we know without stopping the fires we're putting our planet at risk. anne thompson, thank you very much.

ann thompson has the latest.h of the entire planet. >> what starts in the amazon doesn't stay in the amazon. it changes air quality for people near and far and changes the planet by adding greenhouse gases and exacerbating the problems of climate change. >> i'm not going to stay here long. >> reporter: conservationist was at this fire last month. there are literally millions of animals in this forest that cannot escape. >> how many animals were you able to rescue >> none. >> his video and the hash tag shared on social media today, but more needs to be done. >> this should be the wakeup call that pulls us back from the edge. >> in the northern hemisphere parts of siberia and alaska are burning, too. the hottest month on record, july. >> what we are seeing on a warmer, drier planet is the risk of larger and more extre >> living with the consequences of a changing climate. >>> amazing new images from thousands of feet below the sea of the titanic. explorers captured video of the ship wreck deteriorating at a rapid rate. >> reporter: the wreck of the titanic seen for the first time in ov

i want to bring in correspondent anne thompson, who has been covering this story for us. she joins me now on set. this is a major turning point, ann, for a lot of these survivors. >> it is. in fact, today is the first day that these survivors really feel that they can get justice. because for many child sex abuse survivors, yasmin, when they finally realize what happened to them, it's often decades after the incidents took place. and in new york state, until this new law was passed, if you didn't file your civil lawsuit by the age of 23, that was it. you had no other opportunity. now, with this look-back window, for the next year, anyone who was sexually abused as a child in new york state, no matter when it happened, can file a civil lawsuit. that means survivors are going to get an opportunity to get two things. one is for a judge -- for a court to say, you know, you were harmed. what you say is true. and that's most important to survivors. secondarily, though, they will be able to pursue money. money damages. when you talk to survivors about that money, what they say is

ann thompson joining us live outside the kennedy compound in hyannis port, massachusetts.morning you to. what is the latest this case? >> good morning. well, we are awaiting the toxicology report that will determine the exact cause of death here. but throughout hyannisport and particularly at kennedy compound, you see the flag behind me, it is at half-staff. that is true throughout this little town. as people pay tribute to 22-year-old kenne life that ended much too soon, a life that appeared to have so much promise. >> this morning a few more clues about sirsha kennedy hill's shocking death. an autopsy revealed no signs of trauma on the it 22-year-old found unresponsive thursday at her grandmother's home in the kennedy compound. the reports say that an overdose is suspected. the official cause is waiting on the toxicology report. the shattered family said nothing returning from a sail friday afternoon. gathering one more time to mourn a family member gone too soon. sharing pictures and happy stories of sirsha on social media. her uncle robert remembering a fearless advent

nbc's anne thompson joins us with more on her very brief life and sudden death. >> reporter: andrea, very shocked and sad for the kennedy family over saoirse kennedy's death. especially for ethel kennedy who saw her husband assassinated. she loss two children. and now her grandchild. saoirse, 22 years old was to be a senior at boston college. she was studying communications and she was said to be an engaged and inquisitive student and certainly we saw that in a piece that she wrote for her high school newspaper about her own struggles with depression. talking about how when she realized she had depression in middle school and it really blossomed if you will in high school it felt like a heavy bolder on her chest. she talked about a trauma shat she went through when somebody she loved crossed sexual boundaries as she said. and she did what many victims do, pretended it didn't happen. that made her so upset she ultimately tried to take her own life. she said in that article in the high school newspaper that what she wanted was people to feel free to talk about mental health issues the

anne thompson has all the details for us. ann, you cover the environment day in, day out. what can you tell us about new proposals set to be rolled out by epa. >> first, hallie, let's understand what methane is. the energy sector in this country is the largest contributor of methane admissions. methane is a heat trapping gas. that is a gas that fuels climate change. it's far more potent than carbon dioxide. that's the gas we normally associate with climate change. in fact, the environmental defense says 8 4% more potent than greenhouse gases two decades after it goes into the atmosphere. that sets the table. now, what is the trump administration trying to do? in 2016 the obama administration put limits on oil and gas industry saying they had to monitor and they had to limit the leaks of methane from oil and gas production. that means pipelines, tanks, wells. now what the trump admission is saying is, no, you don't have to do that anymore. we're going to roll those back so industry disrnt have to monitor those leaks. why would they do that? the argument from industry, at le

nbc's anne thompson has the story. ♪ >> boy knight jr.wn, his remains were last uncovered and identified in june his homecoming bripging dallas's busy love field to a stop as travellers paid respect and workers on the tarmac stood at attention. the native texan loved to hunt and fish but his life was anchored by patricia and their three children here on the family's last vacation together. 52 years after knight said goodbye to brian at love field, the little boy squinting in the photo he flew his dad home where they met him >> he's coming home which is a good thing but there's the fact that we're reliving the loss ♪ >> reporter: the family will now go through the rituals denied them more than half a century. mourning again their hero of the sky. >> hero very much then and still so now >>> celebrating birthdays. ana kendrick 34, hoda kotb, 55, melanie griffith turns 62. college football hall of famer, doug williams 64 celtics legends and basketball hall of famer bob kuzi is 9 with 1. and smokey bear turns 75 today >>> we >>> good morning t

the tight knit family together again this morning as they honor her memory nbc's anne thompson is outside the kennedy compound in massachusetts. good morning >> reporter: good morning peter, the flag at the kennedy compound flies at half star this morning as do many flags in hianisport to honor saoirse kennedy hill who died at 22, a life with so much promise. >> this morning, a few more clues about saoirse kennedy hill's shocking death. an autopsy revealed no signs of trauma on the 22-year-old, found unresponsive at her grandmother ethel's home in the kennedy compound the reports say an overdose is suspected. the official cause is waiting on the toxicology report. the shattered family led by ethel kennedy said nothing returning from a sail friday afternoon, gathering one more time to mourn a family member gone too soon. sharing pictures and happy stories of saoirse on social media. her uncle, robert kennedy jr. remembering a fearless adventurer, whose greatest gift is to find humor in everything and give us laughter aunt kerry kennedy posting smiling pictures of the boston college steeeni

we are joined now by anne thompson of nbc news joining us by phone from hyannisport, anne, what do we this point. >> lawrence, we know that this afternoon emergency responders were called to robert kennedy -- the home on the kennedy compound that belonged to the former and late senator robert kennedy. and they were responding to an apparent overdose. we know tonight that the person who they treated was 22-year-old sersha kennedy hill. what's interesting about her is that she sh spoken about her struggles with mental illness at deerfield academy. and she wrote about the struggles. saying she fought with depression and suffered what we she called bouts of deep sadness that felt like a heavy boulder on her chest. and she revealed in the newspaper article she once tried to commit suicide after being sexually assaulted she did the worst thing a victim could do and pretended it hadn't happened. it became too much and she attempted to take her life. but in this article she felt she had overcome the issues. she said we are all either struggling or know someone who is battles an ilds will illn

we get more now from anne thompson. >> any pain when you breathe? >> no. >> reporter: this is not how maddie nelson wanted to spend her summer vacation. >> they had no idea what was going on inside until they put me into a medically induced coma >> reporter: after three years of daily vaping, the 18-year-old developed a high fever and pneumonia. her doctor thinks were caused by her habit. >> i still have to be on oxygen at night and i just finished my prescription of steroids that i was taking but other than that i'm doing pretty good. >> reporter: she's one of a growing number of people getting sick leading to more warnings today about vaping, indiana's governor targeting teens. >> the best thing we can do is make sure they never start >> reporter: and milwaukee health department joining the national chorus urging people to stop after 16 users were hospitalized with a caused by poisons or toxins nbc news reached out to the health departments of all 50 states and found there are nearly 300 confirmed or suspected cases connected to vaping symptoms in

anne thompson. all right.oin us september 19th and 20th for msnbc's climate forum 2020 in partnership with georgetown university and our daily planet. i'll be joined by chris hayes as we hear from the presidential candidates on climate change. we're following breaking news right now. a federal judge has just blocked one of the nation's strictest abortion bans from going into effect. missouri's eight-week abortion law was supposed to take effect after midnight tonight. attorneys for planned parenthood and the american civil liberties union asked for the injunction while their legal challenge plays out in court. the law, which bans abortion after eight weeks of pregnancy includes exceptions for medical emergencies but not for rape or incest. missouri has just one abortion clinic in the state. >>> up next the nra is losing allies in congress. we'll break down the ballot. you're watching "velshi and ruhle" live on msnbc. . along with support, chantix is proven to help you quit. with chantix you can keep smoking at

. >> ann thompson reporting. what a give for that little bur this weekend with of course full military honors. >> how i c that one. >> sorry about that. >> you're a good person. let'she your weather. >> okay. as we get ready to start out the weekend, we're going to enjoy nice weather and mostly sunny skies. we're starting to see things clearing up near the golden gate bridge as we see some breezy winds there. a lot of tourists there walking across the vista point and looking at the golden gate bridge now. and then inland we're seeing in dublin a nice little cooldown. we continue to enjoy some cooler temperatures here. and our high temperatures heading into the low to mid-80s. napa today will reach up to 81 degrees. and 74 today in oakland. and palo alto looking at a high of 80 degrees there. and m anbottom of the screen as we check out a little bit of a warm-up in the forecast. and you want to enjoy the cooler weather while we have it. head out to the nbc bay area treat truck this evening in redwood city and you'

. >> reporter: what these survivors want ann thompson, nbc news, new york >> we are watching severe weather tonight, especially in the carolinas and in tennessee where 22 million are at risk of damaging winds and torrential rains. meanwhile, heat advisories are in effect from california to northern florida 77 million facing temperes more >>> there is a lot more still ahead on a busy tuesday night, including jay z and the nfl. breaking news from the music mogul and the league teaming up after a series of controversies. how the league is now turning to jay z for help >>> also, the teen video game champ who won millions why s.w.a.t. teams arrived at his home guns drawn while he was streaming live we hope you'll stay with us. >>> next tonight, the new team up that's taking many by surprise, the nfl partnering with music superstar jay z, a major supporter of colin kaepernick and the protests he inspired for a new social justice campaign nbc's catie beck has details >> reporter: not long ago, rapper jay z was throwing jabs at the nfl >> i said no to the superbowl. you need me, i don't need you. >

today" -- their offices had to be evacuated after an unfounded report of a man with a gun our ann thompson has more. >> reporter: this is america on edge people running for their lives terrified it's happening in their town. >>ter get shot down innt workers evacuated the virginia headquarters after a report of a former employea l now approaching the front of the billing. >> reporter: authorities found no evideof but similar scenes across the country. panic in new york's times square emma heaton capturing the moment that set off the stampede. >> people were tripping over each other there were kids on the floor shoes all over the place. >> reporter: seeking safety wherever they could find it. nbc news lindsey wolfson saw the fear firsthand. >> the ft. myers instinct was, oh, my god, this is an attack. >> reporter: there was no gun, just a motorcycle backfiring creating chaos at broadway's "to kill a mockingbird." the actor tweeting, "screaming civilians tried to storm our theater for safety audilive in it is our country. shoppers ran for cover at a mall, mistaking a falling sign for gunshots

. >> morgan, thank you ohurricane close eye on the >>> ann thompson has a look back at her life and her legacy. >> get out of my apartment. >> she was america's favorite neighbor in the 1970s. creating a character so indelible, valerie harper were nearly synonymous. >> if you're always connected with rhoda, will you be happy about that sgla yeah. she has been the wind in the sales of my career. >> reporter: it earned her a place in place in history. >> and i'm mary richards. >> and then in her own show. rhoda's wedding earning 52f bei ballerina. fighting cancer brought harper back to the nation's attention for lung cancer and then diagnosed with brain cancer in 2013. given three months to leave, six months later she was on the small screen again. >> i just want to live every moment to the fullest. >> tonight america says good bye to one of tv's great side kicks, a star on her own. >>> new developments in the death of a major league baseball star. the medical examiner revealing late today los angeles angels pitcher ior s. ron mott has more details. ron, what are or >> reporter: texas aut

virginia offices housing "usa today" were evacuated after an unfounded report of a man with a gun anne thompson reports. >> reporter: this is amerin peo terrified it's happening in their town >> i thought i was going to watch my daughter get shot down in front of me >> reporter: workers evacuated today at gannett virginia headquarters, after a report of a former employee with a gun >> we do have a lot of police now approaching the front of the building >> reporter: authorities found no evidence of violence. but similar scenes across the country. panic in new york's times square last night, emma heaton capturing the moment that set off the stampede >> people were tripping over each other, kids on the floor, shoes all over the place >> reporter: seeking safety wherever they could find it. nbc news lindsey wolfson saw the fear firsthand >> the first instinct was oh, my god, this is an attack mkingbir" actor gideon glick tweeting screaming civilians tried to storm our theater for safety the audience starting screaming and the cast fled the stage. this is th near salt lake city, shoppers ran for cov

anne thompson is there for us tonight. >> reporter: today some of the kennedy clan took to the sea as they have so many times of tragedy. the anguish visible on ethel kennedy's face as they returned riding next to her daughter kourtney, mourning the death of 22-year-old saoirse kennedy hill, the granddaughter of ethyl and the late senator robert kennedy, the only child of their daughter kourtney and paul hill. paramedics rushed to ethel's house thursday afternoon there, local officials say they found kennedy hill unresponsive. she was declared dead at a nearby hospital. an autopsy today showed no signs of trauma according to investigators. the cause of death is pending the toxicology report. kennedy hill studied at boston college, a rising senior majoring in communication, and open about her mental health challenges writing in the high school newspaper about her struggles with depression that took root in middle school although i was mostly a happy child, i suffered bouts of deep sadness that felt like a heavy boulder on my best her family remembering kennedy hill as a young woman who

ann thompson has the details on this. ♪ >> reporter: he finally came home. the ars force col.. his home coming bringing the busy love field to a stop as workers stood at attention. the air force was his career. his life was anchored by patricia and their three children. here on the family's last vacation together. 52 years after he said goodbye, the little boy in this photo, he flew his father home. roy iii met them. >> the emotions he's coming home is a good thing. there is also the aspect where we are reliving the loss. ♪ >> reporter: the family will now go through the rituals denied them for half a century, mourning again, their hero of the sky. >> thank you to nbc's nann thompson for that report. >> just shows you the amount of respect everyone had for those who served when you see everyone there serving at attention for a war most of them may not even have been around. >>> still ahead, the fundraising figures for trump and creating controversy. >>> the days of chief uber and lyft rides may come to an end as the companies face mounting losses. more coming up next. johnson

and it's very touching anne thompson is here this morning.s eulogy, you feel that love saoirse was just 22 when she passed away at the family's compound on cape cod, but according to her uncle's moving eulogy she packed a lot of life into her short time here on earth. since saoirse kennedy hill's unexpected death last week, rfk filled social medi with his pictures and video of the big personality. in his eulogy published on the online platform medium, he described her as an outgoing imp with a rebellious nature and irreverence towards authority and deep commitment to mischief, all of which she may have inherited from courtney and paul, those are her parents. he bobby's sister and paul hill saoirse was their only child but she became a sister to hundreds of kennedys, shrivers and laufers. we all considered her our own. she was very, very, very easy to love and able to connect, he said, with the most wounded of her peers. when i visited her at a rehab in salt lake she said to me, can you believe this is happening to me i said yes and she explod

anne thompson is outside the family kennedy compound on cape cod. > reporter: good morning, willie good morning, savannah today, the kennedy family will say good-bye to saoirse kennedy hill who died at the family's compound last week she was a college student, an advocate for social justice, whose adult life was just beginning. this morning, as the family lays to rest saoirse kennedy hill, there is still no official cause of death the 22-year-old boston college student found unresponsive in her grandmher ethel's home at the kennedy compound an autopsy found no signs of trauma officials now wait for the toxicology report. born into a historic american political family, she was the granddaughter of ethel and senator robert kennedy, assassinated running for president. the only child of courtney kennedy and paul hill, wrongly imprisoned for english pub bombings he did not do this weekend, some of the kennedy cousins took to the sea, while others filled social media with remembrances. uncle robert kennedy jr. posting a picture of the cousins gathered arou

>> our thanks to nbc's anne thompson for that final homecoming. that's it for this week, enjoy your weekend and here is ali velshi. >> that's an excellent story. thank you very much. hello everyone, it is friday, august 9th. americans are calling for gun control, two in particular. president trump and mcconnell are considering background checks for guns. we have an intel turmoil on hands. what's happening to the men and women who are swept up in the i.c.e. raids this week. startling details that climate change could create a massive global food shortage. this climate scientist quits after his research is suppressed by the trump administration. let's begin with new calls for gun control for president trump himself. less than a week for back-to-back mass shootings placed gun debate front and center again. >> demented people don't carry guns. t it is a big mental illness problem. the gun does not pull the trigger. >> we want to take it out of the equation. it went nowhere. i has never been a president like president trump. i spoke with mitch mcconnel

he's only got one immediate family, his younger brother mark, nbc's anne thompson has more. >> stephepstein's asset has been placed in a trust. his brother kept a low profile who may have not seen any of it. epstein's alleged victims already filing suits to make sure they can get a piece of that very big new picture of ep younger brother. showing the 65 years old walking to the subway to his apartment. he named his brother as the single remaining heir. mark epstein may not get a cent because his brother $577 million fortune has been placed in a trust. he's the owner of ossa properties and has been for the past three decades. in a 2009 deposition, mark epstein admitted that he once flown on his brother's private jet in the late 1990s with donald trump before he was president. the president recently said he has not been friends with epstein for over a decade. nbc news reached out to mark epstein for comments, he whad nothing to say. three new lawsuits identified only as katelyn dough and priscilla dough are seeking assets from his estate. even while serving time in a florida prison a d

anne thompson is there with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, savannah and craig. times square is always crowded, but last night, when people heard a motorcycle backfire and they thought it was gunfire, pandemonium ensued. 12 to 20 people were injured in the stampede. police say fewer than six of those went to the hospital. it is something that these people won't soon forget. >> everyone thought there was a shooter coming down the street. i thought i was going to watch my daughter get shot down in front of me. >> reporter: terrifying moments in times square tuesday night. after a motorcycle backfiring caused panic, sending tourists and new yorkers alike running for their lives, mistakenly thinking someone was firing a gun. >> we were coming out of the theater, and there was a big stampede. people were screaming, crying, and climbing over each other. my daughter was pushed against the door, and i was on a pile of people inside the door. i couldn't reach her. >> reporter: this bird's eye view of the scene from times square earth cam shows people running in all direct

. >> anne thompson is joining me now.yond the catholic church. you interviewed two sisters. tell me about that interview, we can show more of it. i have to tell you andrea, talking to suzanne robertson and june maloney who were sisters at catholics upstate new york. they endured sexual abuse and emotional and mental. the sexual abuse came when the two sisters hit puberty and terrible things were done to them. june and suzanne say they were both nuns and a female staffer put their hands inside of them. a maintenance man raped her. these are stories that are so horrific but today by filing the lawsuit, they get to say this happened to me and i am telling the truth and that's what they are hoping the courts will say back to them. yes, you are telling the truth because for years they have been threatening if they told what happened to them that they were called liars and that god did not love them. all kinds of psychological game words were playing with them. that ends today. at least that's what survivors were hoping. >> i w

joining me now nbc's anne thompson who is coviering this story and mimi rocca. eady know about that are filed and how this is going to work. >> they range the gamut from hospitals to school districts to obviously the catholic church, the boy scouts of america. what is going to happen is today is the first day of a year-long lookback window. the state supreme court here in new york has 45 judges who have been specially trained who are ready to deal with these cases. in fact, a dozen are here in new york city. it's going to take a long time for these people to get justice. it's not like they filed the lawsuit and they get a settlement. it will take months, even years. but they hope to do this as expeditiously as possible because for these survivors, they have been waiting decades in some cases for someone to say, a third party to say you were harmed and these are the people that harmed you. that's what they're looking for. >> it's important to be able at this -- even if not always at any point to be able to have someone say you are believed now. having said that re

anne thompson joins us this morning. >> reporter: good morning, savannah the world is a little less beautiful today. that's how ethel kennedy is remembering her granddaughter. saoirse kennedy hill, who died here at age 22 this morning, tragedy at the kennedy compound a grief-stricken family reeling. saoirse kennedy hill, the 22-year-old granddaughter of robert kennedy, confirmed dead late thursday. overnight in a statement to nbc news, the kennedy family writing that saoirse lit up our lives with her love, peals o laughter, and generous spirit. adding, we will love her and miss her forever the "new york times" citing two people close to the family, reporting she died of an apparent drug overdose nbc news has not confirmed the report authorities were called to the historic family compound thursday afternoon >> overdose. request a supervisor >> reporter: emergency vehicles swarming the scene in hyannisport, the family's long-time summer home. saoirse was the only chif ethel and robert's daughter courtney and paul michael hill she struggled with mental illness. in 2016, kennedy hill, a high scho

. >> item 11 is approval of the infertility benefit policy statement presented by anne thompson. >> thank you. we have several documents that we posted as part of this item. i'm primarily going to walk you through the powerpoint presentation, in addition, there is a policy statement and a summary of the 2020 benefits coverage for the three health plans related to infertility benefits. >> just do the highlights, please and what the change is that will be voting on. >> yes. with that, on page 1, just to say that we continued dialogue as part -- as far as the rationale, a couple of changes from the june presentation that we looked at, which was the second item, adherence to current state-of-the-art professional standards, and looking to ensure equal access to infertility services, the second to last bullet. we are new -- there are new additions as we did our research that we felt needed to be stated as part of the rationale of the coverage provisions under the health plan. on the next slide, i mentioned that separate handout of the benefit coverage, primarily a 50 % coinsurance. there is a d

. >> our thanks to nbc's anne thompson for that final homecoming. week, enjoy your weekend and here is ali velshi. >> that's an excellent story. thank you very much. hello everyone, it is friday, august 9th. americans are calling for gun control, two in particular. president trump and mcconnell are considering background checks for guns. we have an intel turmoil on hands. what's happening to the men and women who are swept up in the i.c.e. raids this week. startling details that climate change could create a massive global food shortage. this climate scientist quits after his research is