gabe gutierrez has the details. >> reporter: this bystander's dramatic cell phone video appears to show walter scott shot in the back multiple times. in a charleston, south carolina courtroom the former officer accused of scott's murder gave his first detailed public account of what happened. >> i fired, the threat was tops he pulled scott over for a broken taillight in april, 2015 and was preparing to give him a warning but scott bolted from his car. >> it was in my mind that people don't want to see that. >> prosecutors say he fled because he was behind on child payments and he hit him three times with a stun gun. scott didn't stop. >> reporter: the cell phone video he says picks up the encounter seconds later as scott breaks away from the struggle t. prosecutor pressed him why he moved the taser closer to his body? >> you don't leave a weapon in a field like that. >> reporter: he says in hindsight he wouldn't claims on foot and called for backup. >> his entire testimony was what he would have done different and things he's remembering now that he didn't remember then, w was just shoc

gabe gutierrez, nbc ?? news. >>> still ahead he alarming number of n being diagnosed without the most common symptom. and one survivor who . >>> back now with a warning about detecting breast cancer. the most common symptom women report are lumps in the breast. but a recent study found that 1 in 6 patients have symptoms other than lumps which can be more difficult to identify. nbc's kristen dahlgren with more on the subtle signs you should be watching out for. >> reporter: in 2014, beth la flor did something that may have saved her life. >> is it a miracle that you're here? >> perhaps. pretty cl her breasts. not a lump. >> i would describe it as a thickening. and that's what caught my attention initially. >> reporter: so she had a routine screening mammogram. >> it was negative. >> reporter: nothing? >> nothing. >> reporter: but the nurse who works as a lackitation consultant couldn't ignore the changes to the shape of her breast, so she got another opinion from dr. deborah rhodes at the mayo her left breas

nbc's gabe gutierrez has more on the drama in the courtroom and the video that stunned the nation. >> reporter: this bystander's dramatic cell phone video last year, appeared to show walter scott being shot in the back multiple times. today in a charleston, south carolina, courtroom, the former officer accused of scott's murder, gave his first detailed public account of what happened. >> i fired until the threat was stopped, like i'm trained to broken taillight in april of 2015 and was preparing to write him a warning, but scott bolted from his car. >> in my mind, at that time, people don't run from a broken tail light. >> reporter: prosecutors say he fled because he was behind on child support payments and feared being arrested. slager told the jury he fired his taser three times, but that doesn't stop scott from grabbing the stun gun. >> i was in total fear that mr. scott didn't stop. phone video, he says, picks up the encounter seconds later as scott breaks away from the struggle. the prosecutor pressed slager on why he moved the taser closer to scott's body. >> you don't leave a w

nbc's gabe gutierrez has the latest for us. >> yes, we're going to start evacuating the command area. be seen for miles. but now alabama's gas explosion is being felt across the country, multiple states bracing for higher pump prices as a result. the blast, unlike anything conner farmer and wes davis had ever seen. >> when you're standing right here, and you're looking at 400-foot flames coming up and smoke on top of that, it was terrifying. >> reporter: as they rushed to the site, they helped two men covered in gasoline. >> had grown men who were obviously in shock. >> reporter: colonial, who owns the pipeline calls it a tragic accident. >> i've been working for colonial for 38 years, and the contractors that we have are like family. you never want to go through that. >> reporter: the explosion only miles from a leak just a few weeks ago on the same line which stretches from texas to new york harbor, providing 40% that pipeline supplying millions of customers throughout the east coast is right here, underneath this land, stretching right through shelby county. september's rupture spa

nbc's gabe gutierrez has the story of a guy inspiring mark and oh, by the way, inspiring a lot of us in our 50s by turning back the hands of father time and making history on the backpack or the ball cap fool you. joe thomas sr. is not your typical college student. >> going to work every day, coming to class five days a week, it's very tough. >> reporter: the 55-year-old at south carolina state university is now believed to be the oldest player ever in division one football. so what's your secret? >> just eating and working out. >> reporter: near the end of the first quarter sense savannah state thomas took this handoff for a yard sticks could not fully measure the impact of this carry. >> he wanted it a bunch. he's been wanting it for years. the guy comes in my office and says i want to play. >> reporter: thomas played ball in high school but a speech impediment made him think college wasn't for him. decades later after the economy tanked and his construction business crumbled, he needed a new start. >> i needed a college education. >> reporter: majoring in engineering, he started p

we get details from nbc's gabe gutierrez. the oklahoma city airport is at a standstill, and an urnlent manhunt is under way. >> making sure the suspect is identified, found, and making sure he's not a danger to anybody else here at will rogers world airport is a top priority. >> a victim has been shot on the sidewalk accounted the southern gate counter. >> reporter: the gunfire erupted this afternoon in a parking lot outside of airport. one person shot. police urging travelers to shelter leads to a suspect, we have not positively identified the suspect. >> reporter: late today, police identified the victim of 52-year-old michael winchester, a southwest airlines employee and father of kansas city chiefs player james winchester. southwest releasing a statement, we extend our heart-felt sympathy and support to his family. meanwhile, frustrated flyers stuck on the tarmac, one tweeting, i don't understand closing the whole airport. another, this is nuts. get us out of here. gh called to the scene as the suspect remains on the loos

gabe gutierrez, nbc news. >>> still ahead tonight, the final moments before a deadly kdead ly car crash caught on camera. >>> also, it might be >>> we're back now with new concerns about a popular smartphone app used by millions, especially younger people. snapchat is once again under scrutiny for its speed filter that clocks your speed as you take photos or video. as nbc kerry sanders explains, a car passenger was recently using that feature right before a >> reporter: critical moments just before a horrific deadly crash, this ten-second snapchat video posted by a passenger in the car using a feature that records and displays their feed. first 82 miles per hour, then 115. less than ten minutes later, that same speeding car in tampa slammed into a minivan. five died in the crash. the driver and his passenger, and in the van on their way home from church, a 39-year-old mother, or 9 and 10-year-old daughter and 15-year-olcoin in are in th tonight. >> we do question how it happened, you know, why did it happen. >> reporter: the florida highway patrol says it remains unclear what roll snapc

nbc's gabe gutierrez has late details for us. >> reporter: today as investigators swarmed a sprawling compound in south carolina, another chilling discovery. >> we did find a body in a shallow grave on this piece of property around 10:00 this morning. >> reporter: this a day after sheriff's deputies found kala brown alive. she'd been missing since august, along with her boyfrnd authorities say brown was chained by her neck and ankle. in a padlocked metal storage container, roughly the size of a school bus. today the owner of the property, registered sex offender todd kohlhepp was charged with kidnapping. prosecutors expect more charges. >> it's unbelievable how much ammo he had in those buildings. >> reporter: his neighbor said he kept to himself and installed this fence. >> it's unusual to be fencing in 95 acres in a quiet neighborhood >> it's great just knowing that she's alive and i can go see her and hug her and tell her how much i love her. >> reporter: but authorities say brown saw kohlhepp shoot her boyfriend. and that she believes there are at least four bodies buried on this

gabe gutierrez nbc news, ki kissimmee, florida. >>> the fbi director some republicans are questioning the fbi's claim that agents got through thousands of emails, some potentially related to mrs. clinton, in just eight days. it's yet another question for james comey, who found himself widely criticized by democrats and republicans for his actions during the campaign. no matter what happens tomorrow night, comey's relationship with the next president could be strained. we get the latest from our justice correspondent pete williams. >> reporter: the fbi says agents worked 24 hours a day to sort through the emails found on anthony weiner's laptop. >> so sad what's going on. >> reporter: though donald trump and his supporters say it's not possible to go through 650,000 emails in eight days. fbi officials say most of the process was automated. step one, check email headers to isolate those sent to or from huma abedin while hillary clinton was secretary of state. then use a program like this to eliminate dupe capitals of the thousands of emails already seen on the clinton server. only a sma

nbc's gabe gutierrez is in central florida and has a closer look for us. >> let's talk to these folks who are out and see. >> the latino community know their future, families, education, health care, jobs, all of that is on the line here in 2016. >> reporter: christina hernandez runs "vote my people." for months the group in central florida scrambling to energize an underrepresented demographic long considered a sleeping giant. >> the latino vote in the state of florida has exploded. >> reporter: in florida, hispanics have so far cast about 15% of the more than 6 million early and boosted by puerto ricans fleeing the island's debt crisis. turnout among latino is surging in arizona, nevada and parts of texas, where immigration is a top concern. >> latinos are much line all americans, that they vote on different issues and different local issues. >> reporter: despite his controversial comments about mexicans, donald trump insists he's gaining ground. >> we're going to do great with the hispanics. >> latinos for hillary! percentage points. since winning the white house in 2004 the gop ha

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nbc's gabe gutierrez has late details. >> reporter: the chilling 911 call came in at 2:35 a.m. >> i want to let you know, i'm in orlando, and i did the shooting. >> reporter: by then, hundreds of people were scrambling to escape the pulse nightclub in orlando on june 12th. >> i pledge my allegiance to abu bakr al baghdadi on behalf of the islamic state. >> reporter: the killer at first speaking with an emergency dispatcher, then a police crisis negotiator. >> can you tell me where you are right now, so i can get you some help? >> no. because you have to tell america to stop bombing syria and iraq. they're killing a lot of innocent peop >> reporter: he falsely claims there are cars outside rigged with bombs. >> i'm going to ignite it if they try to do anything stupid. >> reporter: mateen then praises the boston marathon bomber. >> my homeboy tamerlan tsarnaev did his thing on the boston marathon, so now it's my turn. >> reporter: the negotiator keeps him on the line on and off for about an hour. >> you're annoying me with these phone calls and i don't really appreciate it. >> reporter: a

gabe gutierrez, nbc news, atlanta. >>> now to wildfires burning out of control across the south. thousands of firefighters are working to contain them. residents are warned to stay indoors as investigators try to figure out if someone is setting them on purpose. nbc's kerry sanders has more. >> reporter: where there's fire, there's smoke. north carolina, today, handed out masks to residents, choking on the nasty air. >> my allergies bothering me more than normal. >> reporter: air quality alerts in place from charlotte, to atlanta, to nashville. a view from nasa of the southeast united states reveals the extent of the smoke. the fuel for the fires -- tinder-dry brush brush. more than 70 wildfires now burning in the region, some of which officials are now investigating as wildfires north carolina's ever seen. >> reporter: making it especially difficult to control, low humidity, gusting winds, and record-breaking drought. weather stations in alabama are expected to mark 58 days without a drop of rain tomorrow. in north carolina, caroline kruger says it's the same. >> we've had some

gabe gutierrez, nbc news. >>> a horrifying scene today inside a utah high school where five students were injured in a stabbing rampage. the suspect, described as a 16-year-old straight a student, went on the attack in the boys' locker room before turning the knife on himself. he sustained nonlife threatening injuries and is in custody. the victims range from critical to fair condition. the motive is under investigation. mortgage rates are spiking in the aftermath of last tuesday's election, pushing some who may be looking for a new home to act faster before they climb any higher. nbc's jo ling kent explains why. >> it's fabulous. >> reporter: jenna had no plans on rushing her house hunt. >> i've been looking for a home for about a year and a half. >> reporter: but the victory of president-elect donald trump sent her interest a race to secure her dream home now. in immediately. >> reporter: she was right. the 30-year fixed rate has spiked .4%, the biggest increase since 2013. that means the payment for a $200,000 mortgage has gone up by about $56 a month. >> we've seen a sharp rise i

gabe gutierrez, nbc news, helena, alabama. trying to figure out what caused a deadly crash between a school bus and a transit bus earlier this morning in baltimore. six people were killed, including the school bus driver. officials say there were no children on the bus at the time. officials say they're looking into whether the school bus driver suffered some sort of medical emergency before striking a pillar and plowing into oncoming traffic. >>> a hacking alert software giant microsoft. intelligence sources tell nbc news, hackers previously linked to the russian government are exploiting a vulnerability in its windows operating system for cyberattacks, the same group u.s. intelligence believes is responsible for hacking the democratic national committee. as nbc news senior investigative correspondent cynthia mcfadden explains, microsoft has been in the kremlin's crosshairs for quite some time now. ?? >> reporter: over the last several vladimir putin has engaged in a series of provocative moves, according to the u.s. governme

gabe gutierrez, nbc news, moralton, arkansas. >> i don't know about you, but that leaves me with a smile that's going to do it for us on a wednesday night. i'm lester holt. from all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. tang acve le tr 5==j/te v= ritf >>> we're marching, we're taking an active role. >> the police chief versus the principal. the questions a chief wants answered after a student protest got out of hand. >> the news at 6:00 starts right now. >> thanks for being with us. >> at the top of that list, did the principal encourage hundreds of students to walk off campus? the chief will be addressing the school board in the next 30 minutes. elise kirschner joins us with more. >> reporter: he won't be holding back here. the meeting starts in 30 minutes. you can see people showing up here. the big question tonight will be did the principal of pittsburg high school encourage students to walk out of school as part of an anti-trump protest. with antioch police officers standing by -- cell phone video shows pittsburg high school students forcing their way on to the ca

nbc's gabe gutierrez has more on the drama in the courtroom and the video that stunned the nation. >> reporter: this bystander's dramatic video appeared to show a man shot in the back multiple times. today in a south carolina courtroom, the man accused of the murder, gave his first threat was stopped, like i'm trained to do. >> reporter: michael slager said he pulled scott over for a broken tail light of 2015 and was preparing to write him a warning, but scott bolted from his car. >> in my mind, at that time, people don't run from a broken tail light. >> reporter: prosecutors say he fled because he was behind on child support payments and was in fear of being arrested. >> i was in total fear that mr. scott didn't stop. >> reporter: the cell phone video, he says, picks up the encounter seconds later as scott breaks away from the struggle. the prosecutor pressed slager on why he moved the taser closer to scott's body. >> you don't leave a weapon in the middle of a field like that. >> reporter: slager said in hindsight he would not have chased him on foot and instead called for different

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