and it turns out dolan represents something very special to the dolans.ain dolan started his navy career in bomb detection. on the "today" show, little dolan met lisa and becca dolan. >> oh, look. oh, you've got my nose. it seems like this puppy dolan has kind of completed a circle for my family. >> reporter: tom costello, nbc news, san antonio. >>> and that's "nbc nightly news" for this saturday. i'm lester holt reporting from new york. i'll see you tomorrow morning on "today" and right back here tomorrow evening. "today" and right back here tomorrow evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

it turns out dolan represents something special to the dolans.a specially trained dog found his body at the pentagon after nef. >> -- 9/11. >> it seems the puppy completed a circle for the family. >> reporter: there is a washout rate at the tsa canine academy. 30% to 40% of the dogs don't make it. they are given to loving families for adoption. but the trainers like labs because of their disposition, their love of hide and seek and the incredible noses. back to you. >> tom, thank you so much. lisa dolan and her daughter becca are here to meet the puppy for the first time. when they said there is a washout rate you thought, not dolan. >> absolutely not. >> this is a great tribute to your husband. >> it is. >> what does it mean to the family? >> as i said on the tape, i almost can't explain how full my heart is. we are a dog-loving family. we have a service dog who works with children who lost someone in the military, who have experienced trauma. we are such dog people to begin with. then to find out about the program which we had no idea about. an

jim dolan of our new york station reports. >> hopefully this is a little bit of a wake-up call before somebody's killed. >> reporter: it certainly woke up a lot of people on a small commuter plane coming from boston, as the wing of the world's largest commuter plane rams the smaller plane and spins it around with the impact. >> roll the emergency trucks. we've been hit by airfrance. >> and who was that? >> comair 553. >> comair 553. okay. we are calling them. >> reporter: so, what happened? what led to this kind of damage? and so many passengers shaken and stirred in their seat as they approached the terminal? well, among other things, the a-380, with a wingspan nearly the length of a football field, isn't designed to be on jfk's narrow taxiways. it took a waiver from the faa to allow it. >> the aircraft may not have been pulled in far enough, that if it was anything other than the world's largest aircraft taxiing behind him, it might have been okay. >> reporter: the smaller airplane stopped short of a pickup tru and the a-380 couldn't stop that fast. the ntsb is working to gather as

and remember what we say here in "late night," in the words of brett dolan from the classic street dancing>> yeah. >> jimmy: can i have your other hand? >> sure. >> jimmy: when someone hands you your dreams, you take it. you don't ask questions. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] that being said, are there any questions? [ laughter ] all right. good. all right. team mustard, please take the stage. [ cheers and applause ] good luck. ladies and gentlemen, performing together as the dance crew for the very first time in public, please give it up for team mustard! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that was fantastic. get over here that was great. come on over. very good. very, very good. you guys, they made a pretty bold statement out there. [ cheers ] you guys think you can top it? >> yeah. >> jimmy: there's only one way to find out. go ahead and take the stage. [ cheers and applause ] here we go, you guys. roots, are you ready? >> questlove: we're ready. >> jimmy: ladies and gentlemen, dancing together for the very first time, please welcome the e-e-e-electric