thanks for watching, i'm dara brown. >> i'm phillip mena.olice thwarted not one, but two suspected mass shootings. the threats came on social media and via text message and the latest of a rash of threats across the country >> president trump goes against wall street saying he doesn't see a recession ahead. saying, quote, consumers are rich while adding they're loaded with money >> and we'll remember a former star running back who was killed in a highway motorcycle accident >> star man and his tesla roadster just completed its first orbit around the sun flying over 762 million miles. >> and it's strange bed fellows. the white house siding with led zepplin in an epic court battle whethe

i'm dara brown >> i'm phillip mena. the news continues right here on nbc.'t see a recession. >> we'll have a strong economy through 2020 >> i don't think we're having a recession. we're doing tremendously well. our consumers are rich i gave a tremendous tax cut and they're loaded up with money. >>> full-court press from the white house on the economy going against many on wall street, but does it hold any water >>> reports that the chinese government is losing patience with the ever-growing pro-democracy protests in hong kong. >>> important heart health news morning a groundbreaking procedure available for patients who typically need risky open-heart surgery, the same procedure mick

with a gator what could possibly go wrong "early today" starts right now >>> good morning, i'm dara brown. >> i'm phillip mena. >>> breaking news out of california where emergency crews are responding to a plane crash at the santa barbara airport seven people were aboard a private c130 aircraft when it skidded off the runway and into the infield. it caught fire shortly after declaring an emergency around 10:30 local times. hydraulic problems caused the crash ntsb is investigating. >>> we also have breaking news out of denver and we warn you this video is disturbing police say they responded to reports of a fight just before 2:00 a.m. when a fleeing vehicle hit two people fortunately, neither of the victims suffered serious injuries and now authorities are asking anyone who has information about the driver or the car to police contact crimestoppers colorado >>> president trump heads home today from a g7 summit that has highlighted the deep divisions between the united states and our closest allies on everything from trade to climate change but in the most dramatic turn of events, france in

i'm dara brown >> and i'm phillip mena.ay, olympic star lyndsay it 9 ad lib live picture - san jose >>> and good monday morning to you on this 1th. taking a live look in downtown san jose, a beautiful way to start out our monday morning. thanks for starting here with us on "today in the bay." i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. san francisco unified schools back in session today as well as west contra costa unified, livermore school district. so good luck to you kids. have a great year. >> that's what we always say. it's going to be a great year. >> definitely is. >> and a great day weather wise. >> the weather will be pretty good especially around san francisco to start out. we have the marine layer at 57 degrees. we might catch drizzle around the coastline but by the afternoon, temperatures are expected to warm up into the 60s. meanwhile in inland areas like san jose,

. >> and i'm dara brown. we are beginning with breaking news out of california where emergency crews are responding to a plane crash at santa barbara airport. officials say seven people were aboard a private c-130 aircraft when it crashed on the runway and caught fire shortly after. declaring emergency around 10:30 p.m. local time. no injuries were reported and no word yet on what caused the crash. >> president trump heads home today from a g7 summit that has highlighted the deep divisions between the united states and our closest allies on everything from trade to climate change but in the most dramatic turn of events, france invited iran's top diplomat to meet blind siding the white house nbc's kelly o'donnell is traveling with the president in southwest france kelly, the president is expected to hold a press conference later with macron? >> reporter: he is, but, phillip, he is already talking this morning the president in a joint meeting with the president of egypt is already delivering a number of news bu

. >>> i'm dara brown. 63 people dead and 180 wound inside a sued observing targeting a wedding partyistan. some 1,200 people had been invited to the wedding in kabul. they say the attacker set off explosives near the stage where children were gathered. >>> people are arrested in portland after protesters squared off in a demonstration in the downtown area. now back to "dateline." now back to "dateline. >>> welcome back to "dateline." i'm craig melvin. larry mcnabney's wife had confessed to murdering her husband and burying his body in a california vineyard. it would seem to be a straightforward case if not what she told investigators next. elisa mcnabney was the killer, all right, but did she act alone? here is keith morrison with "poison." >> reporter: there is a purity to confession. a real cleansing of the soul. and now after months on the lamb, elisa mcnabney, also known as laren sims, et, et cete cete cetera, y she killed her husband of nearly seven years, she had, but it wasn't her idea. e she ki husband of nearly seven years, she had, but it wasn't her idea. husband of nearly

you for g >>> good morning, i'm dara brown in new york at nbc world headquarters. 6:00 in the east, 3thanks but no thanks, congresswoman rashida tlaib explained why she declined israel's 11th hour offer. details behind that. >>> casting doubt, jeffrey epstein's death officially ruled a suicide, why his lawyers aren't buying the medical examiner's report. >>> 2020 shake up, a new poll shows who's on the rise and who's struggling to stay afloat. >>> market tail spin, recession fears leading to a rocky week on wall street, what it means for a president counting on

. >>> i'm dara brown.tiple calls for investigation after jeffrey epstein was found dead of an apparent sued at a federal lock-up in new york city. epstein who was facing sex trafficking charges had just been taken off sued watch by officials. >>> president trump revealed the contents of what he calls a beautiful letter from kim jong-un. trump says kim offered an apology for recent missile tests claiming they would stop after joint south korean military exercises end. now back to "dateline." ♪ >>> welcome back to "dateline." i'm craig melvin. more than a dozen years had passed since the murder of angie dodge. convicted killer chris tapp admitted his role in the crime but angie's mother carol was convinced that chris' confession was coerced and not true said the investigators and what made them so confident? well, we asked him and were told about something that could not be found on the tapes. here again is keith morrison with o"the confession." >> reporter: by the time we visited the city of idaho falls. >>

. >>> i'm dara brown. >>> president trump is set to have a bilaterally meeting with japanese leader abehe is set to meet with the canadian prime minister trudeau the next hour. >>> they were seeking cover under a pine tree in atlanta on a golf course. their injuries do not appear to be life-threatening. life-threa. >>> welcome back to "dateline." i'm craig melvin. melissa oxley could now breathe a little easier, while still on their radar, detectives no longer considered her the primary suspect in her husband's ben's shooting death. they shifted their focus to another woman in ben's life, someone they believe held a grudge. investigators were about to bring her in for questioning and the story she would tell would send the case in a stunning new direction. here again is keith morrison with "while they were sleeping." >> if you knew ben, there's no way that you'd want him dead. i couldn't think of anybody that would want him dead, you know, besides dawn. >> reporter: dawn, dawn oxley, ben's ex-wife. alyssa's mother. even as more than a local few gossiper's pointed fingers at melissa, ben

you for g >>> good morning, i'm dara brown in new york at nbc world headquarters. 6:00 in the east, 3:00 out west. thanks but no thanks, congresswoman rashida tlaib explained why she declined israel's 11th hour offer. details behind that. >>> casting doubt, jeffrey epstein's death officially ruled a suicide, why his lawyers aren't buying the medical examiner's report. >>> 2020 shake up, a new poll shows who's on the rise and who's struggling to stay afloat. >>> market tail spin, recession fears leading to a rocky week on wall street, what it means for a president counting on a strong economy. >>> first this morning, new controversy sparked by the back and forth over a visit to israel by two u.s. house members. israel initially blocked reps rashida tlaib and ilhan omar for visiting and then agreed to at least allow talib to visit her grandmother. she refused the offer because of the conditions. as a result, "the washington post" reports long standing u.s. bipartisan support for israel seems to have disintegrated this week in a way that some fear could do irreparable damage. kristen wel

. >>> i'm dara brown with the >>> welcome back to "dateline extra." i'm craig melvin.na velasquez was laser focused on finding david jackson's killer, working around the clock, the relentless investigator had tracked down a woman who had claimed david's killer had confessed to her in horrifying detail. the 15-year-old cold case was now red hot and there was about to be an astonishing new wrinkle. was david's murder a family affair? once again, here's keith morrison. >> david jackson was murdered the in 1988 in florida. that much detective donna velasquez could say for certain. but the rest? after more than a year of phone calls and late nights, all velasquez had come up with an increasingly complicated web of stories and relationships. david jackson was married to barbara britton, her father, harry, disliked david. barbara went on to become the fifth wife of a man named michael wolfe. they divorced and he later married two more times. >> that we needed to talk. >> but now, finally, one of wolf's ex-wives, a woman named nancy, was sitting with detective velasquez, telli

. >>> i'm dara brown with the hour's top stories. >>> plump will soon start his day with breakfast withtain's prime minister boris johnson. he'll meet with a long list of world leaders including shinzo abe and justin trudeau. >>> a wildfire in nevada, dozens of fire crews are on the scene but it's zero percent contained. now back to "lockup." >>> due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >> my grandma actually called me jumpy when i was a baby. i used to jump in the johnnie jumpups, and it stuck with me my whole life. and i've got some other nicknames. do you want to know them? some people call me b, just a regular b, because like a bee, a swarm of bees. some friends know me as snaps because i click when they're not too far away from me, i'll do a click sound. >> corcoran security housing unit, or cshu, is the largest in the state of california. and holds the worst of the worst inmates. robert glen is no exception. though ironically, his prison history all began with one nonviolent crime. >> i came to prison for grand theft auto, i got sentenced to three years. >> but

. ♪ >>> i'm dara brown with the hour's top stories.n autopsy was completed on jeffrey epstein today but an official cause of death was not released. the accused child sex trafficker was found dead after an apparent suicide. >>> five young children, one as young as 8 months old, are killed in a fire at a daycare center in erie, pennsylvania. two teenagers escaped the blaze by climbing through a second-story window. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. now back to "american swamp." >>> drain the swamp! drain the swamp! >>> you might think a state with an equal number of registered voters for each party would have an equal number of officials representing them in congress, but that is often not the case at all. take north carolina. even though voters in the state are split almost 50/50 in terms of theiraffiliation, republicans hold 9 out of the 13 seats in congress. >> to understand why, jacob and i met with student leaders at north carolina "a&t state university. they say their political power has been undercut by what's c

. >>> i'm dara brown with the hour's top stories.edical examiners office announced sunday evening though the autopsy for jeffrey epstein had been completed, he was found unresponsive in his manhattan jail cell sunday morning. an escaped tennessee inmate has been captured. now back to american swamp. >>> welcome back to dateline extra. i'm craig melvin. convicted drug dealer jimmy keene was working deep under cover for the prosecutor who put him away. if jimmy could get convicted killer larry hall to spill his secrets about another missing woman jimmy would be a free man. but winning larry's trust without raising suspicions was a tall order. now jimmy was about to get a chance to lock in larry's loyalty. here again is lester holt. >> by fall of 1998 after several months in missouri's toughest federal prison, jimmy keene could have won a popularity contest. he charmed everyone just as beaumont knew he would. he even won over some convicts with his lending library of pornographic magazines. and he managed to play indicate the chin and m