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tom costello has one victim's warning. >> reporter: chris hall was home when she got the call. >> as we have received suspicious trails of information in your name. >> reporter: an automated voice claiming to be from social security. >> we will have to issue an arrest warrant under your name and get you arrested. >> reporter: then connected to a man with a foreign accent, she was told a drug cartel had stolen her number and she should act fast to protect her money. >> if i didn't go to the bank and get my money out, my account would be frozen. i wouldn't be able to have any money. >> reporter: it sounded real? >> it did. that's what bothers me, they are so good. >> reporter: the scammer stayed on the phone as chris her bank and withdrew $1,500 and she came to this store where she was told to use this chto take the $1,500 cash and deposit it into a bitcoin account. her money was gone forever. it's a scam with many victims. in 20173 3,200 victims lost money. in 2018 35,000 victims lost $10 million. >> the truth is that incredibly smart people fall for this scam every single day. >> rep

i didn't know what it looked like. >> tom costello reporting there. the tsa says the national average wait time on sunday within the two of the nation's airports. >>> we are following new developments following the arrest of singer chris brown. he's in custody right now in paris. we brought you breaking coverage of this story all morning long on "today in the bay." a rape complaint was filed against him. two other men also being questioned including brown's bodyguard. the woman claiming the singer assaulted her in a soout earlier this month saying they met at a nightclub. the publicist at sony music not commenting. >>> turning to the microclimate weather forecast, another warm winter day across the bay area. take a look at this beautiful shot here of the golden gate bridge. >> really nice. the cool starts and when the sun comes out, a gorgeous clear shot. clear skies make for a cold start to the day, though. >> yeah. akeare going to have more of the it to about this hour it starts to feel a lot nicer and looking at sunol we see mostly clear skies. a f

. >>> this is tom costello. across the country, the faces of the shutdown. hundreds of thousands struggling without a paycheck. >> would you like any soup? >> yes, please. >> reporter: in the nation's capital, at world central kitchen, thousands showed up for a free meal in the shadow of the buildings where they normally work. among them anita gonzales evans, who works at department of interior. >> i never thought i'd have to come get a free lunch like this, but i am really trying to save my money. >> reporter: there's an unintended symbolism here. the food bank sits right here on pennsylvania avenue, exactly the halfway point between capitol hill and the white house. the trump administration has now selectively recalled 50,000 workers and high-profile agencies, though still working without pay. faa aircraft inspectors, fda food inspectors, and irs tax collectors. including nic trujillo in utah, going back to work on friday. >> they get to continue to receive their paychecks. and what are they doing to me? they're, you know -- i'm two weeks away from living

tom costello has more on the growing impact. >> a second missed paycheck has many federal workers in crisis mode. >> my land lord made it very clear that i have a week to pay or i'm going to be evicted. >> his situation even more precarious than when we first met a week ago. called back to theirs but without pay and likely to miss a second $1,100 paycheck. he pays $700 a month in rent for himself and his autistic son plus utilities, insurance, medicine, gas for the car and groceries. he has just $350 left ithe bank. >> i live paycheck to paycheck like many other americans do and right now, it's dire need. >> food banks areng fee more and more government workers. on capitol hill, a group of coast guard families. >> there's a lot of expenses in the coast guard, in the military life and we're happy t do it but we committed ao to pa paycheck. >> 2,500 tsa oleicers f to show up to work on monday, most citing financial hardship. theonger they go without paychecks the higher the absentee re is expected to decline. >> the job itself is stressful but we feel disrespected. it's demeaning. >> t

tom costello has more now on the growing impact. >> reporter: tonight the likelihood of a second missed paycheck has many federal workers in crisis mode. >> my landlord has made it very clear that i have a week to pay or i'm going to be evicted. >> reporter: nick trujillo's situation even more precarious than when we first met a week ago. called back to the irs but without pay and likely to miss a second $1100 paycheck. he pays $700 a month in rent for himself and his autistic son, plus utilities, insurance, medicine, gas for the car and groceries. tonight he has just $350 left in the bank. >> i live paycheck to paycheck, like many other americans do. and right now it's dire need. >> reporter: across the country, food banks are feeding more and more government workers. >> good morning. >> reporter: on capitol hill today, a group of coast guard families, including susan barassa. >> there is a lot of expenses in the coast guard, in the military life, and we're happy to do it, but we committed also to a paycheck. >> reporter: at the nation's airports, nearly 2500 tsa officers failed to sho

. >>> this is tom costello. among federal employees tonight, optimism that their back pay should arrive within days and they'll no longer be used as political pawns. kathy kalani is an irs worker in florida. >> i want to believe and i pray that the politicians in washington will do this economy and everybody right by doing the right thing. >> reporter: hours before the president's announcement, the shutdown was escalating. in the northeast today, air traffic reduced to a trickle. >> i wouldn't be surprised if it takes, you know, another 20 to 30 minutes before we become airborne. >> reporter: after a number of air traffic controllers called in sick. >> when they probably ersa paycheck, that probably put so much stress on them. and they're not fit for duty if they are overstressed. >> reporter: new york's laguardia airport brought to a standstill. >> totally sympathetic to them. because you can't operate a business that way. >> reporter: meanwhile, pressure was also building at the fbi. >> it takes a lot to get m

. >>> this is tom costello in ogden, utah, the bickering me sters cafe nearly today. the 4,000 federal employees working across the street are furloughed. >> they matter to me because they are my regular customers. they're the biggest population in downtown ogden as far as the lunch and breakfast crowd. >> reporter: nationwide, 800,000 federal workers are affected, most impacted, washington, d.c., maryland, virginia, california, and texas. in colorado, forest service workers are furloughed. no paycheck. >> the feeling of uncertainty is hard. because you have to be strong for your kids. it's tough to wake up and have your wife reassure you -- that everything's going to be all right. >> reporter: if the government remains shut down, 51,000 tsa employees will not get paid on friday. already some have called out sick in protest. but brian turner is still showing up for work. >> it shouldn't be allowed to happen because we work for our money just like everybody else. we should get paid for our services. >> reporter: tonight many federal workers, including tsa officers, are

>> tom costello, thanks. >>> from government scientists contradicting the president on climate change to his own intelligence chiefs publicly contradicting the president on his threat assessments of north korea and iran. the president lashing out telling them to go back to school. hallie jackson has that fallout. >> reporter: the president calling intelligence officials he hired passive and naive, suggesting in a tweet today they go back to school. after they publicly contradicted him, not just on iran. >> i withdrew the united states from the horrible one-sided iran nuclear deal. >> at the moment, technically they're in compliance. >> reporter: but on isis. >> we have won against isis. we've beaten them and we've beaten them badly. >> isis is intent on resurging. >> reporter: on russia. >> is russia still targeting the u.s., mr. president? >> no. next question. >> we expect russia will continue to wage its information war against democracies. >> reporter: and on north korea. >> north korea's working out very well. >> the capabilities and threat that existed a year ago are still there

tom costello has the latest. tom? >> reporter: lester, good evening. the controllers behind me and across the country are up there working without pay to make sure that 2 million passengers in the air every day are safe. but one of the most stressful jobs in the country is now a lot more stressful. fighting for their paychecks, 13,000 air traffic controllers suing the trump administration for unlawfully depriving them of their earned wages. >> they still have to pay child care. they still have to put gas in their care. >> reporter: tricia and her husband are both controllers with no income. they lost their home ia win adfire last year. >> my biggest worry is to not be able to provide a sense of security and stability for my children. >> reporter: now with nearly a million government workers getting zeros on their paychecks, communities are responding. in coloradhebankf the rockies is expecting a surge of people in need. >> we want to let them know that food assistance is available. >> reporter: grocery stores are offering food. cell phone companies off

. >> reporter: this is tom costello. walking a very thin financial tightrope tonight, irs worker crystal kirkpatrick, air traffic controller tyler kennard, tsa officer tyrone sharper. crystal is now selling her own plasma for $50 to support her family. >> it's kind of uncomfortable to do it. you're hooked up to that machine. they pull out your blood. they spin out the plasma and pump it back into you. >> reporter: air traffic controerkennard and wie becky are facing mounting bills, including regular hospital care for 3-year-old tucker's immune deficiency disorder. >> we're real families that need a real paycheck that my husband's working really hard for. >> reporter: tsa officer tyrone sharper and wife ebony have a 7-month-old to support. >> to say tsa is important or that national security is important, then not to pay the people that are actually performing service as tsa agents, i think that's not right. >> reporter: among the departments and agencies going without funding, homeland security, state, justice, commerce,

. >>> delta 2139 -- >> reporter: this is tom costello. at any given moment, 5,000 planes are in u.s. air space. air traffic controllers keeping them all safely separated. but after a month without paychecks, some faa staffers, including controllers, are turning to food banks. and responding to trump commerce secretary wilbur ross, who suggested they should just take out loans. >> i wasn't behind on my bills until the shutdown. why should i have to take out a loan for something that was not even my fault? let me get back to work. >> reporter: now the air traffic controllers union is warning that additional stress is creating a safety risk. with many controllers waiting tables or driving for uber after their normal 10-hour, six day a week job. already some controllers have resigned, citing failure to provide wages, failure to provide compensation for travel, undue stress to me and my family. >> they're not trained to deal with the stress of not being able to pay your bills or put food on the table for your family. >> reporter: furloughed fa

tom costello starts our coverage. >> reporter: from d.c. to utah to kentucky, thousands of demonstrators were today demanding an end to the shutdown. >> shut the shutdown now! >> reporter: working without pay, 3,000 air traffic controllers whose jobs are already stressful. today received their first pay statements, zero dollars. >> on behalf of more than 61,000 pilots of the airline pilots association, we stand in solidarity with you. >> reporter: pilots and flight attendants today joined hundreds of controllers on capitol hill. among them newark controller bill striffler worrying about paying the bills. >> we have the mortgage, car loan, cell phone, electric, gas, you know, utilities. now we don't have -- we don't know what it's going to cost us once the baby's here. >> reporter: back home in new jersey, bill's wife teresa is expecting their first child next week, a daughter. >> it really couldn't be any worse timing. we want to be focusing on bringing the baby home, not worrying about when and if he's going to get paid. >> reporter: worki

tom costello, nbc news, washington dulles airport. >>> now, despite everything you just saw there, in washington tonight, no end in sight for this stalemate. hallie jackson is at the white house. where today the president sounded more dug in than ever. >> reporter: he sure did. tonight with no negotiators at the table, president trump is taking more options off of it. he's rejecting a plan that would have temporarily reopened the government for a few weeks. >> i did reject it, yes. i'm not interested. i want to get it solved. i don't want to just delay it. i'm not looking to call a national emergency. this is so simple, you shouldn't have to. >> reporter: and that's the president also throwing cold water on the idea he would declare a national emergency any time soon. now another new poll out today shows more americans blame the president and republicans for this shutdown, not democrats. lester? s.president trump also has the russia investigation looming. his nominee for attorney general now says if confirmed, he'll let robert mueller finish his investigation. and it comes amid revela

nbc's tom costello has mor >> reporter: on the streets of chin apple's iphones are a hard sell. for the first time in 15 years, apple is cutting revenue expectations. c.e.o. tim cook telling cnbc the trade war is a major factor. >> as we look at what's going on in china, it's clear that the economy began tlo there for the second half. and what i believe to be the case i the trade tensions between the united states and china put additional pressure on thei onomy. >> reporter: apple stock sank fast. >> apple shares are on pace fth one o worst days in history. >> reporter: down 10%, and pulling the entire market down on concern the trade war is slowing the chinese and global economies. president trump tweeting, we're doing well in various trade negotiations currently going on. at some point, this had to be done. meanwhcoe, his emic advisor says u.s. companies doing business in china are paying a price for the trade war. pillarrd, boeing, cat and starbucks stocks all sliding. >> you look at u.s. at multnals, it's natural their profits, to the extent they're generated in china, would

nbc's tom costello explains. >> reporter: jubilation at nasa as e ace draft zipped past and took photos of a curious space object. it looks something like a 20 le long bowling pin. >> we have a healthy spacecraft and have accomplished one of the most dtant fly-byes. >> reporter: one of the researcher, queen guitarist brian may, himself an astrophysicist. 2019 could marquee year for space exploration. a chinese rover is expected to land on th moon, paving the way for an eventual chinese manned mission. after eight years of flying aboard russian rockets, this could be n the year ameri astronauts board an american spacex rocket for a trip to the space station. elon mus plans for the moon and beyond. >> isn't she beautiful? she has just been to space, which is ridiculous. >> reporter: richard branson says this is the year space tourists will ride his rocket to the edge of space. >> i think 2019 could mark the renaissance s ofce activity. renaissance is the right word, rebirth, because 50 years ago, we were flying to the moon. >> reporter: there's plenty of interest in the u.s., china, e ndi

>> tom costello, thanks. while shutdown talks have stalled, lawmakers are dealing with a growing controversy involving republican congressman steve king. he's now facing calls to sp down over racist remarks, and in the wake of those remarks, the hou voted overwhelmingly today to condemn white nationalism and white kaupremacy. our e hunt has the story. >> repter: tonight steve king refusing to say if he'd resign as th house voted to condemn white supremacy and white nationalism after king told "the new york times" he didn't understand why such terms were offensive. >> white supremacy and white nationalism are evils. they are insidious. >> reporter: but the resolution stopped short of formal punishment for king, f and even king hims voted for it. >> i'm putting up a yes on the board here because what you say here is right, and it's tru and it's just. >> reporter: the only no vote came from democrat bobby rush, who said it didn't go far enough. he's introduced a resolution to censure . ki republicans stripped ki

tom costello, nbc news, washington. >>> breaking ut developments o of houston tonight. authorities just released a sketch of the suspected gunman wanted for kling a 7-year-old girl along with new surveillance video and tonight they are not ruling out the possibility this was a hate crime. nbc's gabe gutierrez with the latest from houston. >> he's going to turn himself in. >> reporteight jasmine barn's family believes her death was racially motivated. >> this is something i believe was a hate crime. he had enough time to know it was a woman with kids in the car. >> reporter: jasmine, her mother and thr sisters were on a coffee run early sunday morning when a man opened fire ldilling the 7-year >> what will you miss most about yousi er? her smile. >> he was white with blue eyed that was it because he had a hoodie on. >> reporter: late today sheriff's deputieseleased this sketch of the suspect and surveillance video of the red pickup truck jasmine's family id started off on the passenger side and switched lanes behind them and pulled up to the driver's side. w do you remem

republican congressman ryan costello. also i looked at this list and said wow.k mulvaney didn't have enough to do. >> exactly. it's the endless revolving door. >> we've never seen anything like this at this opponent in a path presidency. >> we never have. let us count the things donald trump has not learned in his first two years. one is that you cannot govern effectively without empowering a white house chief. it's clear he's trading one ineffeskffective unempowered ch for another one. donald trump has not learned the fundamentalle lesson of his fir two years. that is that there's a difference between campaigning and governing. john kelly has said what every reasonable person knows, which is that you cannot build a wall from sea to shining sea. it's a crack pot idea. everybody knows it. and yet the government is being held hostage to that notion. it's the kind of thing that a white house chief of staff should go in, close the door and tell the president, cut it out. you've got to govern here. >> i'm not sure that hasn't happened. but i think to your point, if y

>> tom costello covers aviation for nbc news. he joins u from reagan tonight.rried about air safety. >> reporter: to be clear they're which wabout the tsa, talked about for weeks now, but also air traffic controllers because you have the union, as well as the flight attendant union and pilots' union saying it is not safe for controllers to work a typical 10 hour day, six days aeek, that's normal, and then they don't have enough money to put gas in the car, go to the grocery store, so they're taking second jobs. controllers driving uber and waiting taanes. do you w that controller then the next morning or night to climb back up in the tower and be responsible for the lives of people out in the nation's airspace. the faansists the nation's airspace is safe and the controllers and all of these unions are suggesting, listen, this is becoming acute. we don't know -- quote, we don't know where the breaking point is. so is the nation's airspe safe? you have some of the best controllers in the world working idross the country, thank god we haven't had any its yet but t

we get details fronbc's tom costello. ui >> qck snap. brees. >> reporter: to anyone who was watching, it seemed like an obvious pass interfere penalty that the refs somehow missed. >> pass is incomplete -- no flag. >> reporter: but with no flag, and no review, there would be no ttrip to the super bowl fhe new orleans saints. instead, the rams are going. >> just getting off the phone with the league office, they blew the call. >> reporter: until now, the nfl has remained publicly silent. but in response to a lawsuit led by saints season ticket holders, nfl lawyers now admit gae or more penalties for pass interference or ilhelmet to helmet contact were mistakenly not called. but, says the nfl, because the officials on the field are ma , like the players and coaches, errors will happen. the league insists commissioner roger goodell cannot overrule the officials. and says the nfl lawyers, fans do not have legal status to sue. perhaps,ut they're still outraged. >> it really hurts. i love my team. >> reporter: with the l.a. rams and patriots a

but around the world, people are feeling tat extreme nbc's tom costello has more on this and what it means for the change. clima >> reporter: across the globe, the weather picture is one of re and ice. bone-numbing record cold in the midwest. fire and record heat in austli 120 degrees and hotter this month. >> what that really means is that fires will be they'll be fast-moving. >> reporter: and yo-yo weather cycles in ththe deep freeze u.s., a 50 degree rebound in some cities within days. hard to believe when you're frozen like an icicle but experts say that arctic blast is further evidence of climate change. in response to president trump's skepticism, the weather experts at noaa tweeting, winter storms don't prove that global warming isn't happening. here why. the north pole, scientists say the melting sea ice and ocean temperatures have caused the walls of the jet stream or polar vortex to break open like a dam in places. that hasow alled arctic air to s escape,ng south into the midwest. >> not only is greenhouse gas warming impacting the planet, but it's really beginning to kick

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tom costello, nbc news. thawe'll turn to the two men who faced a judge today in massachusetts after one of the wildest road rage videos we've ever seen. nbc's miguel almaguer with that story. >> get off my car! >> reporter: commuters recorded the jaw-dropping case of road rage with speeds reaching 70 miles an hour. >> get off my car! >> reporter: 65-year-old richard kamrowski clung to the hood of mark fitzgerald's car. after plowing down the massachusetts turnpike during rush hour. today both men walked into court and blamed each other. the driver's attorney says kamrowski jumped onto the hood after he tried to attack his client for not stopping to exchange information after a minor fender-bender. >> i thought he was going to run over me. >> reporter: it came to an end three miles later when stunned commuters boxed the driver in. one passing commuter pulling a gun until police arrived. the driver faces assault with a dangerous weapon. kamrowski, disorderly conduct. today both men pleading not guilty. police

nbc's tom costello has more. >> reporter: walking a very thin financial tightrope, irs worker crystal kirkpatrick, air traffic controller tyler kenard and tsa officer tyrone sharper. cristsale now selling her own plasma for $50 to support her family. >> it's kind of uncomfortable to do it. you're 450hooked up to that machine. they pull out your blood, they spin out the plasma and pump it back into you. >> reporter: air traffic controller tyler kenard and his wife becky are facing mounting bills including regular hospital care for 3-year-old tucker's immune deficiency disorder. >> we're real families that need a real paycheck that my husband's working really hard for. >> reporter: tsa officer tyrone sharper and his wife ebony have a 7-month-old to support. >> to say the tsa is important or that national security is important and then not to pay the people that are actually performing service as tsa agents i think that's not right. >> reporter: among the departments and agencies going without funding, homeland security, state, justice, commerce, interior, nasa, the epa, the ntsb, transp

here's tom costello. >> reporter: across the globe, the weather picture is one of fire a ice. bone-numbing record cold in the midwest, fire and record heat in australia. s 120 degrees and hotter t month. >> what that really means is that fires will be uncontroable. they'll be fast moving. >> reporter: and yo-yo weather cycles. after the deep freeze in the u.s., a 50-degree rebound in th some cities wi days. hard to believe when you're frozen like an icicle, but experts say that arctic blast is in fact further evidence of climate change. in response to president trump's skepticism, the weather experts at noaa tweeting, winter storms don't prove that global warming isn't happening. here's why. at the north pole, scientists say the melting sea ice and ocean temperatures have caused the walls of the jet stream or polar vortex to break open like a dam in places. that has allowed arctic air to escape, rushing south into the midwest. >> notnly is greenhouse gas warming impacting the planet, ea but it'sy beginning to kick in and it's kicking in in the parts of the planet that are most

former congressman done that edwards is back as well as outgoing congressman ryan costello.they have a point on paygo, could it pose a major challenge for legislation? >> sure. it could and it would. whether it would be a health care piece or an infrastructure piece, so -- >> but does it play into the hands of republicans, if you don't pass it to say, there are the democrats go again? >> sure. >> which is hard to do given the the way deficit has gone. >> yes, i think it could and it would. i think, look, they're trying to claim a stake on a ground on an issue important to them. i don't see any problem with that. although i would say this is probably not the hill to die on for what you had advocate for what you see in congress. >> i do wonder, we talked about the diversity in this class, that these people have not come up necessarily through the ranks like it has been done a long time. even though you had a couple said on the record they will vote against it. is this a move that is in a way "vanity fair" puts it, they did not come to play around, they mean business. >> well,

tom costello, nbc news, washington. >>> back on this planet, this new year's day brought together two tennis superstars, serena williams and roger federer, squaring off in a doubles match seen round the world. so who won this new battle of the sexes? our miguel almaguer has the play by play. >> reporter: it was dubbed the first face-off between tennis greats serena williams and roger federer. >> it was a great experience. i'm kind of sad it's er. i was just warming up. >> reporter: while a mixed doubles match, all eyes were on williams and federer, arguably the best ever to play the game. >> it was a bit nerve-racking too, to be honest, because all of a sudden you're serving, and i'm like i've got to win this point. but it's serena williams, i tell myself. >> overpowering each other with crushing serves. these champions share a competitive edge, mutual respect and deep admiration. >> hopefully i can get some tips later on on how to get a little better. but it was really impressive. >> reporter: both 37 years old, federer has won 20 grand slam titles. williams, 23. he has 99 career tit

nbc's tom costello has more. >> reporter: from d.c.ntucky thousands of demonstrators were demanding an end to the shutdown. working without pay 3,000 air traffic controllers whose jobs are already stressful received their first pay statements. zero dollars. >> on behalf of more than 61,000 pilots of the airline pilots association we stand in solidarity with you. >> reporter: pilots and flight attendants joined hundreds of controllers on capitol hill. among them this controller worried about paying the bills. >> we have the mortgage. car loan. cell phone. electric. gas. utilities. we don't know what it will cost us once the baby is home. >> reporter: bill's wife is expecting their first child next week a daughter. >> couldn't be worst timing. instead of focusing about bringing the baby home and not worry about him getting paid. -run 51,000 tsa officers, 4,000 national weather employees and 13,000 fbi agents. the agents union warned with 5,000 employees on furlough national security and investigations are at risk. in new mexico, though,

congressman costello, can we talk briefly about the political implications here? at what point do republicans decide this is all too much? we've seen obviously the ones that are left in the house are more pro-trump than they were a couple of months ago. but does at some point there just get to be too much here? >> i think that michael cohen hearing coming up and some other oversight and judiciary committee hearings that will likely ensue probably will elicit testimony that factually will really be put on the lap of every single member in both parties but your question was oriented towards republicans, where you're probably going to get a lot more direct answers than before. and that is because as this investigation has unearthed more information and more time has evolved, more information has come out, more answers have been given and especially as i think we're about to receive some -- there's some indication mueller will come out with something some time soon, there will just be enough out there. i think many republicans, myself included, didn't want to jump the

>>tom costello joins us live from reagan national. many have taken to calling in sick instead of woking without pay, andt's putting many airports in a tight spot. >> that's right. let's be clear. the tsa administrator wants verybody to know they're really not sick. he knows that. they're calling in citing financial difficulties, but thee national rf tsa saws calling out had reachedn 10% sunday. 10% of the tsa work-force as erthey're going day a day after day without pay. you may ask,si why are we fo on tsa officers so much. first of all, they're the lowest compensate. the average salary about $30,000 a year and many of them admit hey literally live paycheck to paycheck. if they don't havek a paych and now it looks like two paychecks it really ptting them in a financial bind. in addition, this is where the public has the most obvious contact with them. i flew over the last few days from d.c. to l.a., l.a. to da florida, floo d.c. and i saw so muc generosity thanking them for working when they were not gettipaid. they say that's our job

esta es la primera vez que un oficial de la policía de davis muere desde 1959 y costello dice que a aunque de la policía de la ciudad ellos están ahí para proteger a la comunidad, el cuerpo del presunto responsable fue hallado al parecer se habría suicidado, >> es una lamentable información ,esta tarde entrevista con los padres de esta joven. >> también eliminaran reglamentos para no limitar el acceso a anticonceptivos a trabajadores federales. la administración trump permitió que los trabajadores opten. >> también el departamento de responsabilidad policial requiere que los agentes deben mejorar sus protocolo en el uso de cámaras personales, como también la forma de hacer los reportes >> esta semana se puso en marcha el programa piloto que busca orientar a quienes no tiene donde pasar la noche, esta semana en rutas de antioquia y... >> desmantelan prisión para niños en texas. >> qué pasó con los menores recluidos? >> esta mañana salió el último menor de edad en el centro de detención de tornillo. lo confirmó el representante, y dijo que cierra sus puertas la ciudad carpa que inició labore

tom costello is standing by for us in washington. tom, you cover aviation. what have you learned so far about whether this is spreading, what we're seeing? >> a little bit of clarification now. what we are hearing is that new york is affected, the new york airports are affected because of staffing issues at in route centers in washington center and also jacksonville. those are the centers that essentially are in charge of air traffic as it goes from one controller or one trade to another to another. those centers are seeing staffing problems and as a result, the air flow, the traffic flow into the busiest air space in the country which, of course, is the new york city area, they're having to slow traffic into the new york city airport. that's la guardia as the most critical in terms of where they're seeing the biggest impact rye now. also jfk. we should inspect newark as well as philadelphia. that likely will be affected as well. if you don't mind, let me reread the statement from the faa. they say the following. we have experienced a slight increase in sick

tom costello, thanks very much.f catch hisull report coming up next on the "today" show. >>> hpening today,e learned introduced rats have pr two bills to reopen the government. a second bill would be brought to a vote on thursday. the democrats can pass it themselves but the measure is not likely to get support in the senate. yesterday, president trump rejected a short-term fix y proposed lindsey graham that would open up the government while negotiations conti e on the border wall. >>> back to our team coverage on this winter blast. temperatures took a nosedaive overnight, t wning anythin into ice. some roads are partially covered by snow from this weekend's storm. we have team coverage all across the dmv. >> first, we want to check in th molette green in prince george's county this rning. >> good morning to you guys. check it out. we've been following the city of hyattsville's salt truck this amrning. a guy n orlando. he's finishing up his route around the area. salting the neighbor streets because this is where the problem spotsare. the neighborhood streets getting out of your hom

nbc's tom costello reports. >> reporter: acros the globe, the weather picture is one of fire and ice, bone numbing record cold in the midwest, fire and record ht in australia. ee 120 de and hotter this month. l wt that really means is that fires w uncontrollable. ey'll be fast moving. >> reporter: and d i don't't weather cycles after the deep freeze in the u.s. a 50 degree rebound in some cities within days. ard to believe when you're frozen like icicle. experts say that arctic blast is further evidence of climate change. in response to president trump's scepticism, the weather experts at noaa tweeting, winter storms don't prove that global warming isn'thappening. here's y. at the north pole scientists say the melting sea ice and temperatures have caused the walls of the jet stream to break open like a dam in places. that has allowed arctic air to esca rushing south into the midwest. >> not only is greenhouse gas warming impacting the planet but its really beginning to kick in and its kicking in in the parts of the planets that are most sensitive in particulara arcti e regions and the

tom costello reports. >> reporter: on the front lines of aviation security, 51,000 tsa employees.he average pay roughly $30,000 a year. but if the government remains partially shutdown, no one will get paids week. >> we are a paycheck to paycheck family. >> reporter: brian turner has been an office for six year, now hoping president trump and congress come to an agreement within days. >> we have mortgage payments. have carpayments. credit card bills. ewe tutilities and we have chil care. so with half our income gone, it's very concerning. >> reporter: the union says some officers have called out sick in protest. at dfw in dallas and jfk in new york, though the airports report minimal impact. they say fewer longer lines on sunday weren't unusual for the weekend after the holidays. >> if you don't have a check that's going to come in to pay your bills, what are you going to do? you're going look for something outside what you're doing ornow. >> now, the tsa says security effectiveness won'te compromised and standards will not change. wait times a bhaected depending on the number of

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. >> tom costello reports on the economic impact of this shutdown. [ bell ringing ] >> reporter: on wall street, concern the shutdown rippleld effect coon damage the u.s. economy. jpmorganon, the ceo of chase warning first quarter economic growth for the entire couny could be wiped outf the shutdown continues through march. delta airlines says it's costing $25 million a month in lost business as government employees and contractors are not flying. with faa inspectors on furlough, delta is now delaying the rollout of its newest aircraft, th a-220. >> we're not taking sides on the debate, but we need tget the business moving again. >> reporter: senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said he would not override a trump veto if congress weree to v to reopen government. >> with a situation like this where t president is in the right place trying to get the right outcome with regard to border security, ofourse not. >> reporter: both congress and the president are getting paid. 42,000 men and women ithe coast guard are now among the federal workers going without pay. >> it impacts your sleeping,

we shouldyb get paid for our services. >> that was tom costello reporting. the sttsa say the number of workers callinge out has had a minimal impact so far but the agency is warning travellers may have to wait longer in security lines. >> joining us now from washington, d.c., neil. let's discuss the nbc news piece which shatters president trump's reasoningmp behind the need for border wall. they were using terrorism, national security as a driving force behind that crisis citing thousands of people being arrested at the southern border. only six have been arrested according to the government's own data. what can we expect from the president's speech tonight given this new reporting. ? what could he make as his sales speech if this has been debunked? >> it wouldn't surprise me if the president's sales pitch is that there are thousands of terrorists being apprehended at the southern border. the pattern we've seen here is the facts don't necessarily come in toce play when we're talking about the rhetoric coming out of the president or the white house when it co