nbc's blake mccoy and our national security reporter ken is standing by. what do we know at this point? >> the fbi is investigating this matter as a possible incident of terrorism that the attacker, a canadian-born suspect allegedly shouted, allah bakr before stabbing the officer. his condition has been upgraded from critical to stable. he was bleeding at the scene, on his knees. >> anything else said at the time other than allah bakr? >> not that i'm aware of at this moment. this is the worst kind of nightmare for counterterrorism officials because these attacks are so difficult to predict and to stop. >> a live look at the airport there in flint, michigan. a news conference will start soon. we're waiting for guidance about what time. blake mccoy is also standing by. the airport is not open right now? what more do we know about the scene on the ground? >> the airport has been closed. one flight may have been given permission to land because it was already on approach. on the ground there in flint, michigan, they have bomb-sniffing dogs going car to car in

blake mccoy, nbc news, flint, michigan. >>> we turn now to the extreme weather across the south. waterlogged cities from what was tropical storm cindy dropping torrential rain and spawning tornadoes, leaving a path of damage in its wake. nbc's kerry sanders is in the storm zone again for us tonight. >> coming down, coming down, coming down. >> reporter: a tornado touching down near birmingham, alabama, today. those in the path scrambling for cover. >> it got really, really dark and just dropped from the sky and came straight up through here. >> reporter: several buildings leveled. >> several small amount of injuries. >> reporter: remarkably no serious injuries. inside this car as the tornado approached, she ducked and survived. >> all i can do is just cover myself and pray. >> reporter: along the gulf coast high surf and strong winds as tropical storm cindy, now a depression, made landfall. crews now clearing the only road in and out of the west end of dauphin island. residents were encouraged to leave. those that stayed put were mostly vacationers who had rented homes here on th

nbc's blake mccoy has late details now from flint. >> second floor inside the terminal. we've got an officer down. >> reporter: urgent calls for help this morning at bishop airport in flint, michigan, after a man stabbed an airport police officer. >> it sounds like a stabbing through the neck. >> reporter: everyone was evacuated from the airport, which was quickly shut down. >> we're investigating this incident today that happened at about 9:45 this morning as an act of terrorism. >> reporter: officials say 50-year-old amore ftouhy, a canadian, entered the united states on june 16th. he made his way to flint, michigan, this morning, where he targeted airport security officer lieutenant jeff neville. >> he was carrying baggage. he went into a rest room. he spent a little time in the rest room, dropped both bags and came out, pulled out a knife, yelled allahu akbar and stabbed lieutenant neville in the neck. >> reporter: neville was rushed to the hospital in critical condition. tonight he is improving. >> lieutenant neville never stopped fighting, never stopped fighting un

nbc's blake mccoy has the latest. >> reporter: it was the video seen around the world. >> oh my god, please don't tell me he's dead. please don't tell me my boyfriend just went look that. >> reporter: 32-year-old pi -- philando castil erks shot during a traffic stop. his girlfriend diamond reynolds streaming the aftermath live on facebook. reynold's 4-year-old daughter in the backseat. >> it's okay. >> reporter: tonight the officer has been found not guilty of manslaughter. the family is outraged. >> my son loved this city and this city kill my son. and the murderer gets away. >> and for that man to get on the stand and lie and for those jurors not to have human empathy and a conscious to do the right thing. >> reporter: ten white jurors and two black jurors deliberated four days after officer yane zrz took the stand in his own def to shoot mr. castile. i was scared to death and i was scared i would die. he said he matched the description of a robbery suspect and saw marijuana and saw castil reach for e reach for e gun. >> you told him to get his i.d. and driver's license. >> reporte

blake mccoy and kristen welker. kristen, first to you, the president today again as the white house did last week, blaming the obama administration. that said, strong pushback from john kerry saying that he had been negotiating for two years over this. and for some of the other detainees as well. and the other piece of it is that we have now learned from new reporting that the trump white house canceled a meeting with the north koreans in february. a negotiating session over warmbier after the regime had murdered kim jo jong-un's stepbrother in malaysia. it is a lot more complicated than people are saying. >> it is a lot more complicated, andrea, and there has been a strong pushback from the obama administration against that narrative, that they weren't doing enough to try to bring him home. the question is, for this white house now, what will the next steps be? i was here when this news broke yesterday, i can tell you the top officials here were very solemn, somber, angry, some of them -- one top official telling m

nbc's blake mccoy is live in st. paul, minnesota,wi blake, good morning. >> reporter: g,t the state capi to protest through the streets, eventually ending on the freeway as officers work to disperse the crowd. overnight protesters shut down the freeway after marching from st. paul's state capitol protesting the injustice. the police officer jeronimo yanez was found not guilty in the shooting death of philando castile. he was shot five times during a traffic stop for a broken taillight last summer. his girlfriend broadcasting the aftermath live to facebook. ten white and two black jurors spent four days deliberating. new this morning, we're hearing from one chairs. but we had to do what we had to do. >> reporter: the jurors said the law favored the officer who took the stand and said, i was scared to death and thought i would die. yanez said castile smelled like pot, matched the description of a robbery suspect and thought he had a gun. >> you asked him to get his i.d., sir, his driver's license. >> reporter: officers

we have nbc's blake mccoy joining us from st. paul. blake? >> reporter: ayman, good morning. protesters were upset and angry. keep in mind this is the first time a police officer has ever been charged in a police shooting in minnesota and after that not guilty verdict came down, they gathered at the state capitol and ending on i-94. a major freeway in st. paul. 18 people were arrested as police worked to dispersehe mostly peaceful crowd. overnight, protesters shutdown the freeway in st. paul after marching by the thousands from minnesota state capitol. protesting what they see as injustice. police officer jeronimo yanez found not guilty of manslaughter friday in the shooting death of philando castile. >> oh, my god. don't tell me he is dead. >> reporter: castile was shot five times during a traffic light last summer. his girlfriend broadcasting live to facebook. ten white and two black jurors spent four days deliberating. new this morning, we are hearing from one of the jurors on the decision to acquit the officer. >> we feel so much pain for the family and especially when th

which ecommercial airport and general aviation airport, blake mccoy is there, on the phone, or -- blake bureau monitoring the story for you. i can tell you we are awaiting a press conference where we hope to learn more information expected to speak at this press conference is a spokesperson from the fbi's detroit bureau, up there monitoring that. and also the airport director. right now all flights have been grounded in and out of flint, michigan, which is about an hour north of detroit for those people unfamiliar with this. we are told right now that the person who is accused in this stabbing has been taken into custody, and right now that airport police officers in critical condition, so far no word if this is terror related or not. we hope to learn that during the press conference coming up here. but we can tell you that city hall and other points of interest in flint, michigan, have added security just as a precaution while we wait to learn more information. >> blake, rewind for us just a moment, this is breaking news for us, exactly what do you know, what have you heard happen? wha

i'm joined now from cincinnati, ohio, nbc's blake mccoy is there. m otto warmbier's family today? >> not since that statement yesterday, craig, but i can tell you that the hamilton county medical examiner here in cincinnati has said that there will be an autopsy. she has agreed to take the case, which could shed more light be an autopsy that could shed more light on a cause of death and the neurological problem that led him to be in an unresponsive state for 17 months. this is a total disgrace that never should have been allowed to happen, said president trump. the north koreans say he contracted botch luchl. we'll probably hear more about this in the press conference beginning right now. >> the news conference has started. sean spicer at the white house with the daily briefing. >> it's one of the most impactful ways we can create jobs and strengthen our economy. there's also major disagreement between republicans and democrats on what any significant tax reform package must include, and frankly, i saw some of the democrats earlier today, there are s

nbc's blake mccoy and our national security reporter ken is standing by.ng this matter as a possible incident of terrorism that the attacker, a canadian-born suspect allegedly shouted, allah bakr before stabbing the officer. his condition has been upgraded from critical to stable. he was bleeding at the scene, on his knees. >> anything else said at the time other

nbc's playbook blake mccoy has morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. the airport here is back open after that lone wolf attack. this morning we're learning more about the attacker who came from canada and our law enforcement sources tell us was not previously known to the fbi. overnight police in canada homen terror suspect. a simple person, calm, i never saw anything bizarre, says his downstairs neighbor. according to fbi 50-year-old amor fthoui left his home friday, entered u.s. through new york, then traveled to flint, michigan, where he's accused of attacking an airport police officer. lieutenant jeff neville, a father of two, is recovering from a stab wound to his neck. >> he's a good friend of mine, yes. it was very terrifying to see something that quick. >> reporter: the attack happened before the security checkpoint of flint's bishop international airport wednesday. the suspect using a 13 inch amazon jungle survival knife like this one, according to the fbi investigating this as an act of terror. witnesses say fthoui yelled allahu akbar, which

blake mccoy has the latest. blake, good morning. >> reporter: matt, good morning to you. the airport in flint is back open after the lone wolf attack. this morning we are learning more about the attacker who came from canada and our law enforcement sources tell us was not previously known to the fbi. overnight police in canada searching the home of a michigan terror suspect. a simple person, calm, i never saw anything bizarre says his neighbor. according to the fbi, 50-year-old amor ftouhi left his home in montreal last friday, entered the u.s. through new flint, michigan, where he is accused of attacking an airport police officer. lieutenant jeff neville, father of two, is recovering from a stab wound to his neck. >> he is a good friend of mine, yes. it was very terrifying to see something that quick. >> reporter: the attack happened before the security checkpoint of flint bishop international airport. witnesses say ftouhi yelled all all allah akbar during the attack which means god is great. >> reporter: the attack is similar to one last september at a shopping mall in