bill neely, nbc news london. >> we want to go to richard engel in istanbul. he's made his way to the airport. richard, what can you tell us from there? >> reporter: well, the police have sealed off this area. we can't get any closer to the terminal which you can see behind me. we see startled passengers coming out here carrying their babies, dragging their luggage. we reported several weeks ago, lester, that isis had forward deployed more than 35 militants from syria to turkey with the intention of carrying out attacks on an international scale during the month of ramadan. ramadan is supposed to last for one more week. today i was told this attack was highly likely the work of those same militants who had been forward deployed and this could be just the start of a series of attacks before ramadan is over. >> all right. richard engel in istanbul for us. thank you, richard. the attack comes three months after the attacks at brussels, including the airport bombing in which international travelers seem to be among the intended targets. the security is very much o

>> bill neely tonight in london, thank you. here at home, the news is already having a deep impact on the wallets of so many americans. high anxiety from wall street to main street, the markets taking a dive, retirement funds hard hit. nbc's olivia sterns on what it means for your money. >> reporter: from the opening bell to the closing bell, a day of turmoil in global markets, with the dow jones dropping over 600 points. >> i think it's just a tip of the iceberg. the british problem is far more widespread. >> reporter: former fed chairman alan greenspan sounding off on the brexit and warning of its impact here at home. >> this is the worst period i recall since i've been in public service. >> reporter: today's market plunge hitting retirement accounts, americans with 401(k)s losing an average of $3,100 just today. but it may stabilize in the coming weeks. do you think the brexit will drag down the stock market all summer? >> i think it's going to keep a lid on it. i don't want to say it's going to drag it down, because anytime

bill neely has the latest from london. >> reporter: britain's battle over europe is done. the campaign to leave -- won. no tears today from a prime minister who is quitting. but the sound and the fury isn't over yet. scotland ready to march again for its independence, and europe's leaders pressuring cameron to file divorce from the european union fast. the six countries held crisis talks and want action. >> it is important now that the negotiations with the united kingdom start in good faith but as soon as possible. >> reporter: they are smiling, but also now fighting for the very survival of their union. >> i think there is still a big majority which is in favor of europe. >> reporter: but there is already pressure in other countries for a vote to leave. in denmark and sweden, in three founding members, netherlands, france and it italy as well as in greece. the man who headed the leave campaign in britain boris johnson knows saying good-bye to the eu could cause a storm in britain. he's now a favorite to lead a divided and angry nation. protesters outside of parliament to

bill neely, nbc news, london. >>> several u.s. navy sailors have been recommended for possible disciplinary action for an embarrassing incident with iran. you'll recall in january, iran released images of those sailors being detained when their boats drifted into iranian territorial waters, in what one military official calls a calamity of errors. all ten were later released. none have been charged, but one person has already been relieved of duty. >>> we're just hours away now from a vote that could send shock waves to the u.s. and around the world. great britain is on the eve of the so-called brexit vote to determine whether it will leave the european union. the results of the referendum could have a major impact on the american economy as the fed says it is closely monitoring the situation. >>> an emotional outpouring at a memorial for british lawmaker jo cox fatally shot and stabbed by an attacker last week. among those paying tribute, ma laly yousafzai herself a survivor of gun violence. today would have been cox's 42nd birth

they're counting the votes and nbc's bill neely has the high dra pa from london. >> reporter: it's beingassionate. >> it's about taking back control of our democracy, isn't it? >> reporter: and patriotic. >> we aren't any old country. we are a special country. >> reporter: the question, whether to stay in the european union the world's biggest trading block. in or out. >> in. >> out. >> reporter: it's not just about britain, if it leaves a stock market dip may impact you. >> not just on the uk, but on europe and, therefore, on us. if you have a 401k, it will impact that. >> reporter: it's one reason the president called on great britain to remain. >> the united kingdom is at its best when it's helping to lead a strong europe. >> reporter: a battlegrounds the prime minister invokeing winston churchill. >> he didn't quit. he didn't quit on europe. >> reporter: but at the churchill arms, pub, many want to quit. >> they still think we have empire. but we are broke. it's very, very close. >> reporter: you wouldn't put money on it? >> no. >> reporter: the lead campaign has been accused of runn

nbc's bill neely has details from london. >> reporter: jo cox was an aid worker turned lawmaker. her life spent helping others. but no one could help her when a man brutally stabbed and then shot her on the street in broad daylight. >> she just died as a result of her injuries. >> reporter: police quickly arrested a 52-year-old man who they say is their only suspect. his motive is unknown. the shock almost beyond words. >> for this to happen is just -- >> i'm proud i was made in yorkshire. >> reporter: jo cox was 41. a mother of two elected just last year and rising fast. >> we've lost a great star. >> our communities have been deeply enhanced by immigration. >> reporter: she championed immigrants in an area with many and was killed in a country where guns are few and gun laws strict. there are conflicting reports from witnesses that her killer may have shouted "put britain first" as he attacked her. she was shot preparing to meet constituents. echoing the attempted murder of former congresswoman gabby giffords who tweeted she was absolutely sickened at this assassination. cox's

bill neely, nbc news, france. >>> a lot ahead in this busy tuesday. still up, what nbc news has learned about russian spies breaching the democratic party's computers and what they were looking for. >>> also, firefighters rushed to contain an explosive fire as residents are forced to evacuate. >>> we're tracking another major story tonight. a case of cyber espionage targeting the democratic party. u.s. intelligence agencies believe russian cyber spies hacked into the computers belonging to the democratic national committee. among the information they would have collected, potentially embarrassing opposition research on donald trump. here's nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: u.s. computer experts believe it was last summer when russian intelligence agents hacked into the dnc's computer, gaining access to everything on the server, e-mails, chats, and opposition research on republican candidates, including donald trump. it wasn't until this spring that the fbi and a computer security firm crowd strike began investigating. >> this was a clear espionage atte

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bim bill neely, nbc news, london. >>> now from the cia over the threat of isis. efforts to defeat isis on the battlefield have not put a dent in the group's ability to carry out terror attacks. and he warns they're already planning more carnage in the west. richard engel has the story. >> reporter: isis is bigger and more widespread than al qaeda ever was. and isn't getting weaker. according to an especially sober cia assessment today. >> our efforts have not reduced the group's terrorism capability and global reach. >> reporter: the cia director also warned isis is now trying to stage its fighters into position for more violence. >> isil is training and attempting to deploy operatives for further attacks. >> reporter: militants may already be on the move. a senior u.s. counterterrorism official told nbc news that more than 30 ie sis fighters have been dispatched from syria to turkey. site of previous attacks and also the main gateway for isis fighters to and from the west. after president obama told the american people gains against isis are coming through an in

nbc's bill neely, our chief global correspondent, is following the latest developments from our londonewsroom. bill? >> good afternoon, kate. we do know that scores are dead and injured but there now are indications this may be the biggest attack in europe for some time, bigger even than the attack on the brussels airport. we have to be very careful with this. nbc cannot confirm any of these figures, but just monitoring the turkish media, the turkish broadcaster ntv is reporting that the number of wounded is now 106 and they reached that figure by citing hospital sources. there was also a senior government official earlier on quoted by the associated press who said the death toll was around 50. those figures would certainly exceed the casualty figures for the brussels attacks. the vast majority of the dead at the airport according to that official are turkish, although there are some foreigners among the dead. a senior turkish official again quoted by the associated press says all initial indications are that isis is behind this. no one has yet claimed this attack but obviously suspici

i'm joined now by our chief global correspondent, bill neely. e still seem to be reeling there. there was a young woman that we talked to on the streets. she told one of our local affiliates there that her entire family regrets their vote to leave. this is what she said. >> i would go back to the polling station and vote to stay simply because this morning the reality is actually hitting in and the regrets are filling in actually that we have actually left eu. very disappointed. the whole family this morning, even though the majority of us voted to leave, we are actually regretting it today. >> bill, is that the sense you're getting on the ground today? is there a lot of buyer's remorse? >> reporter: no. i mean i would say to be honest, both camps were fairly clear in what they believed. but what you just heard was a protest vote and there were a lot of those. people, you know, who were fed up as the leave campaign said with the elites telling them what to do. one of the leaders of the leave campaign said that british people are fed up with exper

nbc's bill neely with more on the still sending shock waves around the globe. >> reporter: it was an earthquake. britain turning its back on europe, a shaken prime minister resigning. >> but i do not think it would be right for me to try to be the captain that steers our country to its next destination. >> reporter: beaten by a campaign that aimed to take back control from the european union. >> let june the 23rd go down in our history as our independence day! [ cheers ] >> reporter: anti-elite, anti-establishment borrowed from the trump campaign. its leader heckled, and a favorite now to lead the country. >> it's about the right of the people of this country to settle their own destiny. >> reporter: britain will now leave the union of 28 countries. anxiety over jobs and immigration, the crucial issues. the vote to leave was roughly 52-48. some voted to protest then regretted it. >> the whole family this morning, even though majority of us voted to leave, we are actually regretting it. >> reporter: there may be more regrets. this result puts thousands of jobs at risk. u.s. banks, jpm

nbc's bill neely is in london with the very latest. bill? >> reporter: good afternoon, kate.illing that has stunned britain, where guns are far less common than in the u.s. and where the last political killing was a generation ago. a young female and very popular law enforcement jill cox is dead after being shot and stabbed in broad daylight on the street of a north of england by a man who is now under arrest. it happened as the mp was holding a meeting in her constituency near leeds in yorkshire. eyewitnesses say there was a scuffle between two men and then a man in a white baseball cap suddenly pulled a gun from his bag and targeted the politician. first of all, wrestling with her, one said he was wielding a knife and lunging at her, and then he shot her again and again, three times at least. it appears he used a hunting knife and what's described as an old-fashioned gun. she died around an hour later. jo cox was 41 years old and a new labor mp with a background in charity work. she was, in fact, an advisers to the bill and melinda gates foundation, and she previously worke

nbc bill neely filed in report. >> it's minutes after the bombs exploded. scores are dead and injured and there's panic. . hundreds of passengers and their families are fleeing the main airport in istanbul. turkish officials say at least three suicide bombers blew themselves up at the arrivals area in the main terminal. >> this happened in the arrivals area. >> why. >> did you hear an explosion? >> it was a lot of, you know, gun. >> they opened fire first with automatic weapons. police returned fire, but it didn't stop the terrorists. this cc thrks v footage on a computer appears to show the moment of one of the explosions. this was a coordinated as well as a deadly assault on the third busiest airport in europe. it was crowded as the terrorists struck. they reached a security check point, but didn't get inside the main hall. another video appears to show one of the gunman getting shot. falling and then detonating his explosives. as balances as arrived to cover the wondered, taxi drivers leaving the terminal shouted don't enter, a bomb had exploded. it's no

after a vote that's turned britain and the european union on its head. >> nbc's bill neely with thatreport. >>> 6:18, your time now on this saturday. and today the sweet smells of barbecue will fill the air along pennsylvania avenue in the district. the 24th annual giant national capital barbecue battle gets underway at 11:30 this morning. one of the biggest food festivals in the country. competing for the title of national barbecue champion. you won't get to taste their creations but plenty of food, we should tell you, will be for sale out there. some of the proceeds get to benefit the local uso. if you can stomach to watch it, check out the men and women swallowing as many hot dogs as possible. this for a spot in nathan's famous fourth of july hot dog a local competition is taking place at that barbecue at 3:30. today's winner heads up to new york for the famous contest of gluttony. i don't know how you eat another hot dog the rest of the year after doing something like that. >> i agree. and i've lost a couple of times. >> you have? >> not in person. but they dip it in water. it's

back to you. >> nbc's bill neely, thank you. >>> today, oscar pistorius arrived at the high court in pretoria, south africa, for the second day of his sentencing hearing. the olympic returning was convicted of murder for shooting girlfriend reeva steenkamp. her parents, barry and june, were also attending the hearing. her father gave an emotional account of the moment he heard of his daughter's death. >> i couldn't really understand what she was so upset about, screaming and shouting. that's when i started to panic. and then driving up, i realized more and more, reeva has been killed. >> pistorius was convicted of murder on valentine's day in 2013. >>> closing arguments continue this morning in the federal corruption trial of chaka fattah. yesterday, prosecutors told jurors he led a white collar crime spree stretching from philadelphia to capitol hill. he's accused of taking bribes and stealing from campaign accounts to pay for his son's college dents. defense lawyers insist there's no evidence linking fattah to the alleged crime. they accuse them of destroying fattah's career. >> to

we have it all covered beginning with our correspondence bill neely, how are people responding to the light of day? >> reporter: stunned. it is political earthquake and it is an economic earthquake that you can see and wall street, the dow jones falling 500 points within minutes opening. it is an earthquake that after shocks in europe that in the last few hours, we had reactions from the french minister. he said this is a shock. it is a pure and simple of the european union. now is the time to reinvent europe. i greatly regret the uk's decision, we need to stay calm and composed. calmness, that's the last thing that's here in the markets or in europe. we need to fast track brexit from the european union, we need stability. that's where of course, the markets crave what they really want and that's the last thing up seen on wall street and here in london where the pound plummeted over night and it fell six cents by the minute. >> bill, the plan resignation of david cameron who used this referendum in part of his path to re-election and now resigning i suppose in the fall from having to

let's go to bill neely in london this morning. bill, good morning. >> good morning, jose. yes, this is coming from probably the most sophisticated vessel involved in the search, a french naval vessel that's fitted with underwater sensors and it apparently has picked up a signal that's believed to have come from one of the two data recorders from egyptair flight 804. now, the vessel that picked up the signal is called la plass, it's a survey ship taking part in the search since last week. according to the egyptians, today it received signals from the seabed of the wreckage area, that's from the accident investigation committee leading the inquiry. it adds the signals are assumed to be from one of the data recorders, assumed. a european official is quoted as saying the signal is almost certain to be coming from one of the black boxes, but once again he cautioned that the finding was not 100% verified. but there are now reports that the french aircraft investigation committee has now said that the signals are from one of the aircraft's black boxes. of course those data record

bill neely, thank you for that. >>> turn to headlines at the half hour.dent obama set to leave the white house less than an hour from now. he will head to orlando, florida, the site of that nightclub massacre over the weekend. the white house says the president will visit with survivors and with families of the victims. this an attempt to show solidarity with the people of orlando and the lgbt community. >>> 15-hour filibuster on the floor of the united states senate ended just after 2:00 this morning. but not before connecticut democratic senator chris murphy says he received commitments from republican leaders to hold a vote on new gun control measures. >>> newly declassified documents reveal details about cia enhanced interrogation programs in the aftermath of 9/11. they also reveal that president bush expressed concern about the mistreatment of detainees. and tonight, bernie sanders is set to deliver a live online video message to his supporters. although he hasn't revealed what it will be about. at the same time, sanders losing his very first congres

bill neely joins me. what do we know about the worker's condition?hat emergency plane took off about three, three and a half hours ago. and you saw from those pictures actually how fragile it looks in that pretty brutal continent. it will now fly about another seven hours left across this continent to the british antarctic base at rother. you see the base where the crew took off from. the crew had a sleep there but took off rather quickly. there was a weather window. they're rather rare so they have to grab them. normally no plane flies in this area for eight months of the year. there you see one landing and you see about the fragility. the latest temperature, well, it's 115 below zero with windchill. that's almost unimaginable really, it's such biting cold that the aircraft fuel, its parts as well as the people inside can freeze. but this is a life-or-death mission and we won't know, as i say, probably for another seven or eight hours whether it has been successful. jose. >> bill neely, thank you very much. >>> donald trump expected to start what's

bill neely is standing by in london. the latest. >> good morning, a british lawmaker is in a critical condition in the hospital being guarded by armed police after she was shot and stabbed in the north of england. it happened as jo cox was holding a meeting in her constituency near leads. there was a scuffle between two men and then a man in a white baseball cap pulled a gun from his bag. he was fighting with her and wrestling with her and the gun went off twice and she fell between two cars. the 41-year-old mother of two was left lying bleeding on the sidewalk apparently says one eyewitness after her attacker shouted britain first. this attack took place near the library in the town. she was just advising her constituents there. she's a new labor mp and has a backgrounds in charity work and spoken out in favor of taking action in syria but previously worked for oxfam save the children. background in children. she has two young children. there's not really in her background that would suggest why on earth anyone would do

bill neely reporting in london. quite a story from the south pole. >>> weather conditions of course are what made that rescue so dangerous. msnbc meteorologist joins us more with what the winter in the south pole is like. >> yes. steve, it makes fargo feel like a caribbean destination. it gets so cold down there, about 100 degrees below zero. something that many people in the united states can't even fathom. of course, with that you get a lot of problems. you get technical problems with the plane, mechanical issues, hydraulics, also problems with the fuel. you can see here's a picture of the plane landing on skis. even the most skilled pilots here cringing at this sight under the conditions. winds routinely gust at about 70 miles per hour in this area. so the flight was about 1500 miles, again, to put this in perspective, united states, cross-country flight usually takes six hours. this one took about nine hours. you're not flying at the altitude that you usually would be in a commercial flight. usually you fly abou

i know you'll continue to watch as will we. >>> let's turn to nbc bill neely. itain in half a century and like any earthquake we're now seeing the effects of that in europe principally. got some statements from leaders in europe. i think principally the french prime minister who says this is an explosive shock. at stake is the break up, pure and simple of the union. now is the time to invent another europe, germany, chancellor angela merkel said i greatly regret the uk decision and rather soberly, she says, we need to stay calm and composed. vice president joe biden in ireland at the minute trying to calm the irish population and the british population saying we have a very scial bond with you both and that will endure. but this is a historic vote. no one has voted to leave the european union since it was set up really to keep the peace in europe between france and germany after world war ii. neither the real danger that not just the european union will break up all asking for their right to have a say, but that the united kingdom itself might break up because a

bill neely joins us right now with more. e to assume, since the vote is six days away, it will pick up soon. >> yes. it's been suspended for one day. jo cox was an active campaigner for britain to stay in the european union. this murder has stopped politics and it's completely stunned britain. it's the first murder of a lawmaker here in a generation, the first-ever killing of a female member of parliament. jo cox was almost universally popular. elected last year. huge energy, a young woman with an infectious smile and brutally murdered on the street by a man with a hunting knife who then shot her three times. it does not appear this was a case of islamist terrorism but detectives are investigating whether it was politically motivated. she had been an aid worker for most of her career in some of the most dangerous parts of the world. afghanistan, darfur. in politics jo cox fought hard for the rights of immigrants. she represented an area where there are a lot of immigrants, and the man suspected of killing her was a quiet, whi

. >> bill neely reports from london. >> reporter: we know that jo cox was murdered on the street by a man with a hunting knife and he shot her three times. he's been named as tommy nair, a 52-year-old english man with mental health problems. police say his motives are unclear but there are conflicting reports that when he stabbed and then shot her he shouted "put britain first." police are investigating whether this was a politically motivated killing. just a short time ago, the british prime minister david cameron and opposition leader went to the murder scene in northern england and made powerful speeches about tolerance. >> where we see hatred, where we find division, where we see intolerance, we must drive it out of our politics and out of our public life and out of our community. >> this murder has completely stunned britain. it's the first murder of a lawmaker and it's the first ever killing of a female member of parliament. jo cox was almost universally popular. she was elected just last year. the campaign for a referendum over whether or not britain should stay in the european

bill neely has more from france. >> reporter: a suburban street where last night a senior french police commander was brutally attacked outside his home. a man stabbing him multiple times. the killer then entered the house, taking hostage the officer's partner who also worked for the police and their 3-year-old son. after negotiations failed say officials, s.w.a.t. teams stormed the house and shot the killer. they also found the body of the woman. the 3-year-old was unharmed. a senior french police source told nbc news the killer was larossi abballa, who was 25 and known to french intelligence as a radical. he'd served six months in jail for membership of a jihadedi network. president hollande says it's an act of terrorism. with the threat very high. the paris prosecutor says the man had pledged allegiance to isis three weeks ago and at his home police found knives and a list of targets including police, journalists and rappers. he struck just a day after the massacre in orlando. investigators will try to establish if he was inspired by that attack and if he was a lone wolf or directed

we're joined now by nbc chief global correspondent bill neely standing by today for us in london. us a sense about what you're hearing on the streets of that city right now after what really is one of the most dramatic days in that country's last several decades. >> reporter: well, peter, you used the word "bombshell" and that's what people certainly in this immediate area, this is the heart of political britain, are feeling. a few hours ago i talked to someone at the metro station who said she turned on the radio, heard the news and immediately burst out crying. in many, many areas of britain, most areas indeed they will be celebrating because their voice has been heard. this is, as one of the victors said, their independence day. but it is a huge shock, the biggest political shock in britain for at least half a century. the shock waves are being felt across the great capitals of europe, in paris, berlin and rome. to that end the french prime minister said a few hours ago this is an explosive shock. at stake is the breakup, pure and simple, of the european union. and europe's mos

complete coverage beginning with chief global correspondent bill neely outside the house of parliaments in london. good morning. >> reporter: good morning from a stunned britain this is the biggest political shock in this country for half a century, the victors calling it britain's independence day. most political parties here, big business, unions, all wanted britain to stay in the european union, the people decided otherwise. and the big risk is that this isn't just a shock here, that it's a shock in europe, and as we heard, globally on the stock markets. >> this means that the uk has voted to leave the european union. >> reporter: after the earthquake the aftershock, britain's prime minister resigning. >> i do not think it would be right for me to try to be the captain that steers our country to its next destination. >> reporter: this is a prime minister who gambled with his own and his country's future and lost spectacularly. he will go down in history but not as he expected. the result was a shock right from the start. no one expected a win for those campaigning for britain to leav

nbc's bill neely joins us. gentlemen, welcome to you both. bill, i'll speak with you first.can you tell us about britain's pace for exiting the eu? >> reporter: well, this is a british decision. it is if you like for britain to decide when to file for divorce under article 50 of the lisbon treaty. but all the indications are that no one here is in any particular hurry to do that is certainly the leave campaign will not dance to the tune and be dictated by any timetable from brussels, that's exactly what they believe they have voted to leave behind. so officials here we know are now working on what you could describe as the world's most complex divorce unraveling dozens of treaties, hundreds of trade agreements, 50 years of foreign policy. and there are thousands of questions. among them the most important, the one you've just asked, how long does this take? under the lisbon treaty it says once you file for that divorce it takes two years. but look, this could take a decade. over in berlin, as you say the six founding members of the european economic community, what the europ

bill neely, thank you. he talks about a woman coming out of the tube in tears.>> there will be a lot of voters' remorse and it will get worse because it won't only be what happened with the eu or that the prime minister stepped down. he won't be succeeded by the person many want him to succeed him, jeffrey osborne. george osborne, sorry. likely to be succeeded by somebody far to the right who was pro exit. this is going to lead to a very different country. the unraveling -- it's got to be independence day for britain. it's going to be disillusion day. in the history of the end of britain will be marked from this day. you'll see first scotland, conceivably northern ireland break off. a much smaller country, smaller footprint in europe and in the world. so this is big. you see news happening all the time. this is actually one of those things that will mark a divide. and it will turn out to be one of the more significant develops. >> pre-brexit, post-brexit. >> exactly. people will date certain developments in europe and the world from what happened in the last 24

. >> joining me is chief global correspondent bill neely. let's start with what kind of reception trump received in scotland. >> reporter: not a very good one, joy. scotland voted overwhelmingly to stay within the european union and i don't think donald trump made very many friends there by implying the opposite was the case and that scotland would now have its freedom. he's popular up there, let's face it, because of the multi million pound investment in those golf courses, but as a politician, i would suggest he shouldn't stand for any kind of election there, regardless of his heritage. here, it's all about divorce. officials here are now working on what is the world's most complex divorce. dozens of treaties to be unravelled, hundreds of trade agreements, 50 years of foreign policy, thousands of questions. on top of the pile of those questions is how long will this take and the answer is that nobody knows. everyone thinks it will take about two years. that is within the european union that any country wishing to leave it would be a two-ye

. >>> there's a new twist this morning in the crash of egypt cra crash, and bill neely has more on that. >> good morning. there's now a strong chance that the mystery of flight 804 can be solved. the flight recorders were recovered two weeks ago and they were damaged, and investigators now confirm mow maments of the plane is on recorder they are sure, and all the data will be analyzed in egypt, and french authorities say there's no evidence of terrorism and they are not looking into that, opening instead a investigation into involuntary homicide, essentially an accident. no terrorists group said it bombed the plane. the agony for the families onboard is prolonged. >> thank you. >>> we will go back to the video we showed you at the top of the show of pb gas plant rocked by an explosion overnight in mississippi, and the two employees were in an explosion proof room and not injured. explosion occurred in underway. >>> and then pat summit passed away. she was the winningness coach in division i college basketball history. she stepped down after coaching for one more season and that year she

nbc's bill neely has more on that for us. bill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, tamron. there's a strong chance that the mystery of flight 804 can be solved. the flight recorders were recovered two weeks ago. they were damaged but now they've been cleaned of sea salt and memory chips extracted and data from the final moments of the plane is on the flight recorder. we're sure of it they say. they're now working on the memory chip of the cockpit voice recorder and then all that data will be analyzed in egypt. also as you say, french authorities now say there is no evidence of terrorism and they're not looking into that opening instead an investigation into involuntary homicide, an accident. remember, no terrorist group has said it bombed the plane. for the families of the 66 onboard, the agony is prolonged but they may know more to explain why their loved ones died. >>> we want to go back to the video we showed you at the top of the show. a bp natural gas plant rocked by an explosion overnight in mississippi. there were two employees on duty at the time but they were in an

nbc's bill neely on the latest this morning. bill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning.mergency plane is poised to take off but it's got to wait for a break in this. terrible weather. such biting cold that aircraft parts can freeze as well as sick patients. normally nobody takes off in this for eight months of the year. but this is a life or death mission. a risky rescue is under way this morning. the fragile plane now in a brutal landscape on the darkest day of the winter. >> this is the toughest time of year we could possibly be going into antarctica. it's dark 24 hours a day. very cold. >> reporter: in fact, right now it's more than 100 below zero with windchill. a real danger to the plane. >> you get to the point where temperatures go low enough and fuel itself could gel. >> reporter: the mission is to evacuate a worker who in spite of all of the medical facilities there now has a life threatening illness. jeffrey worked at the base. >> getting sick is an issue there based on the isolation. that is absolutely something people worry about. >> reporter: the plane flew

. >> we're joined by bill neely from kensington palace with the rest of the story. >> from windy london american veteran, elizabeth marks, but it was more than that. for her, she says it was an honor to work with the prince. for harry, this simple gesture at kensington palace was about everything he holds dear. sacrifice, courage and accomplished. war veteran prince harry hands a gold medal to the hospital staff who saved an american combat veteran's life. >> it's a huge, huge, thank you to all of you. >> reporter: without their medical care, sergeant elizabeth marks would never have won the medal. she'd almost certainly have died. >> lane four is way out in front. >> reporter: the medal was one of four golds sergeant marks won at the invictus games in florida. >> storming home. >> reporter: she had a plan. she told prince harry she'd give him one medal to pass on to the medical staff who saved her life. but when it happened, he seemed taken aback. >> once the race was over and he awarded me the medal, i think he knew i was going to hand it to him. he still was surprised that i wanted t