here's ann thompson. >> it's been a hard many are asking what now here's ann thompson. >> it's been auple of weeks. >> reporter: in her voice, you hear the toll of gm's warren transmission plant idling. the president of 177 united aut united auto workers who must now relocate to a gm plant anywhere bs that pay up to workers who must now relocate to a gm plant anywhere in the country or lose jobs that pay up to $28 an hour plus benefits >>> if the economy is doing so well, won't it be easy to find another job for you and your members? >> yes, i could go out and i could get two or three jobs to make the wage that i make. but then i have even less time with my family why would anybody want to do that >> reporter: the last transmission produced last week, and already the ripple effect visible in the empty tables at david's motor city sports bar and grill. is this something you planned for? >> no, not at all. >> reporter: tough times for some, but not all. demolition contractor derrick buchanan works 60 hours a week >> right now for me and my family, it is great. >> reporter: they have no

anne thompson, nbc news, california >> it is a beautiful thing when we come back, everybody in the pool some life-saving lessons in more ways than one. >>> finally tonight, lifeguards have the reputation of being longtime swimmers, b g of young lifeguards here in new york took a different path morgan radford explains. >> reporter: 17-year-old kaykel avila is spending her summer as a lifeguard at one of new york city's busy ymca pools remarkable because two years ago she couldn't swim. >> you watch it on tv and know you have to move your arms. >> reporter: she's a graduate of a special phys ed class. >> move them around. >> reporter: at grover cleveland high school, where students learning how to swim also train to become lifeguards with a show of hands, how many of you knew how to swim before starting this program? nobody none of you are swimmers 70% of student come from families that are economically disadvantaged meaning they are more likely according to usa swimming to have no or low swimming ability, putting them at risk for drowning the skills they learn in this class could save th

>>> giant redwoods of california could hold the key to combatting climate change nbc's anne thompsonfarmer is using the ancient trees to build a better future >> reporter: here in nature's cathedral, a ray of hope to combat climate change that's only found by going up and up. jake, why come all the way up here to get it >> we access the top of the trees to get the best that we can for propagation. >> reporter: that's where arborist jake malark begins cloning these ancient trees. >> it's close to 1,000 years old. it's pretty amazing. >> reporter: amazing when you consider the decimation this northern california redwood forest has survived. from this vantage points, the forest looks lush and dense, but it's not what it once was or what some say should be. >> pretty much all of it was harvested in the last century, in the 20th century, by humans for use in houses and other commercial uses. >> reporter: but among the 5% left are what jake's father david calls champion trees >> every time i walk through an old growth redwood forest it never ceases to amaze me >> reporter: like, david spea

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mainstay for nearly 80 years, it's shutting down this week many are asking what now here's nbc's anne thompson of weeks. >> reporter: in her voice you hear the toll of gm's warren transmission plant idling. the president of 177 united auto workers who must now relocate to a gm plant anywhere in the country or lose jobs that pay up to $28 an hour plus benefits if the economy's doing so well won't to be easy to find another job for you and your members >> yes, i could go out and i could get two or three jobs to make the wage that i make. but then i have even less time with my family why would anybody want to do that >> reporter: the last transmission produced last week, and already the ripple effect in the empty tables at this motor city sports bar and grill. >> is this something you planned for? >> no. not at all >> reporter: tough times for some but not all demolition contractor derek buchanan worked 60 hours a week. >> right now for me and my family it's great. >> reporter: he has no plans to turn on the democratic debate. >> who's better for business, the tigers, the lions, or presidential p

anne thompson has that y in our series your money your life. >> reporter: it's a frequent promise of president trump. >> you'll be seeing drug prices falling very substantially in the not too distant oiture and it's g to be beautiful. >> reporter: but today the white house abandoned its plan to lower drug prices by cutting payments to middlemen. just last february alex azar touted the a idrevolutionary. >> we are making the biggest transformation in how drugs are ic priced in amerin history. >> reporter: what changed? the white house says it's encouraged by continuing bartisan conversations to reduce costs. it also claims prescription drug costs have declined e first time in 46 years. not exactly. since the day president trump was sworn in, more than 10,000 drug prices have increased. only about 1,000 decreased according to a recentnalysis. today's announcement is the latest blow to the president's efforts to lower drug costs. on monday, a judge blocked his proposal to require drug companies to list prices itv ads. >> the one big item that is still in play is a proposal to bring the

anne thompson joins us. anne, what can you about that? >> reporter: these are very serious accusations and they come from a filing this evening by federal prosecutors. in it prosecutors are accusing jeffrey epstein of trying to influence potential witnesses. prosecutors claim that two days aer the "miami herald" started publishing i.c.e. stories that led to epstein's latest criminal charges, he wired $100,000 to an account controlled by a possible cospontaneous spetor. coconspirator. l pstein is due back in federaurt on monday for bail hearing. he is in custody and pled not guilty to ckharges of sex traffiing and conspiracy. >>> thank you. r. kelly is back behind bars facing federal charges of child poraphy and obstruction of justice. si the embattleer was arrested last night in chicago on more than a dozen sfelony counts. nbc' miguel almaguer is inhicago where 52-year-old kelly appeared in court today. his last arrest, this time r. kelly was detained by federal agents. he remains in custody today. a w 13 count indictment accuses the r&b

. >> reporter: seemingly endless price hikes for medicine that is life anne thompson, nbc news, new york >>> now to a joint investigation on for-profit colleges by nbc news and the hechinger report millions of americans have gone to these schools to earn a certificate hoping to get a job in a new field with higher pay. but we found students who say they have piled up debt and haven't found a job. and in many cases, taxpayers are footing the bill here's senior national correspondent kate snow >> reporter: for jessica evers, statements in the mailbox are a constant reminder how much debt are you in right now >> i owe right now, as of today, $24,000. >> reporter: that's a lot of money the wife and mom of three in oakland, massachusetts is still reeling financially from a decision she made nine years ago when she was a single mother >> my dream was to have a better job for myself and my child. >> are you unhappy with your current career situation >> reporter: after seeing an ad like this one for salter college in massachusetts, jessica met with an admissions officer about a certificate progr

anne thompson, nbc news, new york. >>> now to the investigation for profit colleges by nbc news in the hechinger report. millions of americans have gone to these schools to earn a certificate hoping to get a job in a new field with higher pay. but we found students who say they have piled up debt and taxpayers are footing the bill. here's senior national correspondent kate snow. >> reporter: statements in the mailbox are a constant reminder. how much debt are you in right now? or> i owe right now as r: that's a lot of money. the wife and mom of three in oakland, massachusetts is still reeling financially from a decision she made nine years ago when she was a single mother. >> my dream was to have a better job for myself and my child. >> reporter: after seeing an idea like this one for salter college in massachusetts, jessica met with an admissions officer about a certificate program for medical office administration. >> he was very nice, personable, made me feel comfortable, told me that their job helped hert rate waslleg get federal loans. >> does that money go straight to the school?

anne thompson, nbc newsnew york. >>> now to the investigation for profit colleges by nbcws nen the hechinger report. millions of americans have gone to these schools to earn a certificatoping to get a job in a new field with higher pay. but we found students who say they have debt and haven't found a job. and in manyases taxpayers are footing the bill. here's senior national correspondent kate snow. >> reporter: statements in the mailbox are a nstant reminder. how much debt are you in right now? i >> owe right now as of today 24,000. >> reporter: that's a lot of money. the wife and mom of three in oakland, massachusetts is still reeling financially from a decision she made nine years ago wh she was a single mother. >> my dream was to have a better job for myself and my child. >> reporter: after seeing an idea like this one for salter college in massachusetts, jessica met with an admissions officer about a certificate program for medicale off administration. >> he was very nice, personable, made me feel comfortable, told me that their job employment rate was %. >> 97%? >> reporter: she says e

. >> ann thompson is joining us. thanks for joining us on this. one of several plants that gm is idling. what come next for these workers? >> for these workers it's decision time. it's beyond decision time. there were 262 affected here at the gm warren transmission plant. 60 of them have moved to other plants. 25 have decided to retire. for the others left it will be a choice. either they accept an assignment to a gm plant anywhere many the country or lose their jobs all together. these are very good jobs. they pay up to $28 an hour plus benefits. they have a big impact on the economy. >> it's not just 177 people. it's an entire community. when we leave, we take our tax dollars, our earned income and we leave this community. the stores, the businesses, the banks, the gas stations. all of those things rely on us. that 177 people make a huge impact. we impact the schools, the roads, all of those things. >> that is very true. for a lot of the workers here there's great uncertainty. many people want to stay and don't want to relocate to texas, tenness

nbc's ann thompson has more. >> reporter: here inxñ: nature cathedral a ray of hope to combat climateat's only found by going up and up. jake, why come all the way up here to get your cones? >> we access the top of these trees to get theÑi best sun needless that we can for propagation. >reporter: that's where this arborist begins his process of cloning these ancient trees. >> it's close to ,000 years old. it's pretty amrezing. >> rter: amazing when you consider the decimation this northern california red wood forest has survived. from this vantage pointg&[zc0÷ forest looks lush andense but it's not what some say should be. >> pretty much all of it was harsted in the 20th century by humans for houses and other commercial uses. >> reporter: among the 5% left are what jake's father david calls champion trees. >> every time iou walk thr a red wood forest it never ceases to amaze me. >> reporter: david speaks for these trees, touting their ability to absorb thegas fueling climate change. >> they are sucking up and whisking out of the atmosphere en times the c02 of normal trees. >> reporter

joining me from warren, michigan, anne thompson who is covering a union worker press conference.county. this is a county donald trump won in 2016. what are those workers who may have supported the president back then, what do they say now that that plant is closing, and what it could mean for their state. >> mccomb county not only supported donald trump but back in 1980, it was the home to reagan democrats. so it is notorious for ticket flipping. but today, the focus here at the uaw local 909 is on the human toll of that transmission plant closing here in warren, michigan. and with me to talk about it is ghana goodwin die, the president of the local. you're a 34-year veteran of general motors and an electrician at the gm transmission plant here in warren. what have the last couple of workweeks been like? >> it's been very stressful. anxiety is really high. the uncertainty of where you're going to go. i have members asking me all the time, any news, any news? and the only thing i can tell them is that we're going to be closing. and you're going to be picked up somewhere. >> so the

c's anne thompson is here with more of those images and the story behind those images, as well. >> yeaht week, three a yearser eing married on george's cumberland island. a wedding that one of the most photographed men in the world pulled off away from the prying lenses of the paparazzi. only captured on video by a long-time friend. >> reporter: this morning, never before seen footage pulling back the curtain on a love story that captivated the nation. >> look forward to getting to know carolyn's family more it still sticks in my craw that she's going to be called my wife come sunday. >> reporter: john f kennedy jr.'s marriage to carolyn bessette in cumberland island off the georgia coast, partpc o an uing tlc documentary. his long-time friend billy recorded it on his camcorder and is giving it to the filmmakers. sassy, dead gorgeous, could be edgy, and i think john liked that. it was aittle different angle than his world. >> reporter: the political spotlight trained on him since his eaiest days in the white house. after h father's assassination and this salute seen around the globe, jo

anne thompson is long island s where spent time with shark researchers.of the influx of great white sharks to thoseaters attracted by its recovering field population. the waters off the atlantic side of long island, that's where great white sharks grow up. now, researchers intend to deploy innovative new techniques to figure out why sharks attac ark sightings. a drones capturing thi shark near province town, massachusetts, off the jersey shore, miss may, the 800-found ten-foot great white tagged in february, and in florida, a shark heading toward swimmers at the beach before they were warned. with at least 20 shark attacks last oked this year and month's attack on jordan lindsey, scientists want to put cameras on sharks to take a bite out of fear. the catch of the day eight miles south og the lon island coast, a shark. the prey of research scientist species can blue shark. this is a female. >> we cut the tip of her pelvic fin for a dna sample. >> got it, perfect. >> that doesn't hurt? >> like an ear piercing. ow then she's tagged to record where and h dee

nbc's anne thompson is out on long island, where she spent some time with shark researchers.lines because of the influx of great white sharks to those waters, attracted by its recovering seal population the waters off the atlantic side of long island, well, that's where great white sharks grow up now, researchers intend to deploy innovative, new techniques to figure out why sharks attack. this morning, reports of more shark sightings. a drone capturing this shark near province town, massachusetts. off the jersey shore, miss may, the 800-pound, 10 foot great white tagged in february and in florida, a shark headed towards swimmers at the beach before they were warned. with at least 24 unprovoked shark attacks in the u.s. this year, and last month's fatal assault in the bahamas of snorkeler jordan lindsey, we want cameras on sharks to take a bite out of the fear the catch of the day, eight miles south of the long island coast, a shark the prey of research scientist greg metzger. >> species is blue shark this is a female >> reporter: we cut the tip of her pelvic finish for a dna