>> gabe gutierrez, thanks very much. >>> across the pond tonight the newest little prince arrived. prince william and duchess kate welcoming a little brother for prince george and princess charlotte and already made his public debut. the family appearing outside the hospital hopping in the car on the way home just hours after the birth. the big question now, what's his name. kelly cobiella is in london. family's new prince slept right through his tv debut. his parents handling the royal waves. kate dressed like dianna holding newborn harry. done the old fashioned way posted at the gates of buckingham palace. for the rest of the world, a tweet announcing the birth of a healthy boy 8 pounds, 7 ounces. the queen riding her horse was delighted and the cambridges are a family of five. prince george still in his school uniform and princess charlotte showing no fear, smiling and waving for the cameras at the hospital to meet their baby brother. he's fifth in line to the british thrown after prince charles, prince william, prince george and princess charlotte. for the first time, the littl

gabe gutierrez, nbc news, san juan, puerto rico. >>> if you shop at sax fifth avenue or lord & taylor department stores. check your credit card statements. according to a cyber firm, hackers have stolen as many as 5 million credit and debit card numbers. the parent company for sax and lord & taylor says they are working to contain the breech and there is no indication digital platforms were affected. the company also says customers will not be liable for fraudulent charges. >>> this next headline sounds like it could be ripped from a sci-fi film, chinese space station hurdles out of control toward earth. but before you head for your bunker, our morgan radford has reality check. >> reporter: spinning out of control headed straight for us. >> i would grab my kids and run. >> reporter: it launched in 2011 has now gone rogue. the chinese space command saying they lost control of it. now the 19,000 pound unmanned satellite pummelling back to planet earth at more than 17,000 miles per hour, scientists can't say where the spacecraft will crash but they think most of the united states is righ

nbc's gabe gutierrez reports on a movement trying to keep up its momentum. >> reporter: from atlanta to philadelphia to chicago, today another wave of powerful protests. in phoenix, a sign of resistance. in albany, new york, students in silence as the names of columbine victims were read. that massacre 19 years ago today. >> we've really grown up in the generation that getting in the corner and huddling in the dark is really second nature to all of us. >> reporter: the students from more than 2700 schools demanding stricter gun laws. sophomore lane murdoch in connecticut came up with the idea hours after february's shooting in parkland, florida. >> there's many gun violence cases that don't make the news and don't make the head lines. >> reporter: just today in an ocala, florida, high school, one student was shot in the ankle. a s.w.a.t. team burst into a classroom. terrified children used desks to barricade their door. around the same time less than 300 miles away, parkland students walked out in protest. >> things haven't changed, and things need to change. >> reporter: but after p

gabe gutierrez, nbc news. >> pretty amazing. >>> coming up, new guidance for new moms about the first three months after giving birth. >>> a food safety warning to tell you about tonight. an outbreak of e. coli linked to romaine lettuce spread to at least 19 states. 84 people have fallen ill so far, 42 of them have had to be hospitalized. the cdc has warned everyone not to eat it unless you're sure it did not come from arizona. the region that grows most of the romaine in the u.s. >>> new guidance out for new moms, instead of waiting six weeks for follow up visits doctors want to see patients sooner and more often within the first three weeks. the experts are calling it a fourth trimester when postpartum care should be ongoing. >>> a strange sight, a semi truck carrying aluminum overturned. the contents spilling onto the road way creating something of an instant giant aluminum sculpture. thankfully, the driver was not seriously injured. >>> we'll take a short break, when we come back, the women that reached for the stars and denied their shot at space. now their untold story is finall

here is gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: kim gorman planned a dream family vacation to italy days before her father had heart trouble and had to cancel. she says travel insurance saved her $3600. >> it's wonderful. i would not travel without travel insurance. >> reporter: but bunny bought insurance for a trip to north dakota when her husband was injured on the trip and eventually passing away, she says she was stuck with $28,000 in bills including an air ambulance and hotel expenses. >> the travel insurance basically didn't cover anything that i anticipated. >> reporter: turns out, many policies don't cover medical evacuations. what does insurance typically cover? it covers cancelled flights, lost bags, it cost 4 to 8% of your trip. if your vacation cost $5,000, travel insurance could run 2 to $400. experts say it can be worth it for expensive dream vacations but they say you should always read the fine print and not jump on the first insurance pitch that pops up when you book. >> i always recommend buying it separately because you want to have an advocate working on your behalf if there

nbc's gabe gutierrez was there and has our report. >> reporter: at a popular art gallery and club inana, a key to cuba's future has hit a wall. the owner tells us there's been a dramatic drop in american visitors. [ speaking foreign language ] >> i am cancelling -- >> reporter: it started after president trump rolled back obama administration reforms here, most notably on travel, condemning the castro regime for its human rights abuses. now he and nearly 600,000 other cubans working in the private sector are facing an uncertain future. >> you feel that the relationship now under the trump administration has gone the other way? >> yes. >> absolutely. >> everything's stopped. >> reporter: almost six decades after fidel castro's rise to power, cuba is at a cross roads. on thursday, raul castro stepped down as president. taking his place, a largely unknown bureaucrat, miguel diaz-canel who promises to continue the island's revolution. >> what do you think it will mean for the island? >> i'm waiting. >> waiting? >> i'm waiting. >> for what? >> we don't know anything about it. >> reporter:

>> gabe gutierrez in texas, thank you. >>> and with e.p.a. administrator scott pruitt under fire over ethics questions, president trump gave pruitt a strong new endorsement late today. it came despite growing speculation that pruitt could be the next administration official to be out of a job. let's get more from chief white house correspondent hallie jackson. >> reporter: tonight nothing stopping the speculation swirling around scott pruitt, not even these words from the president. >> i think that scott has done a fantastic job. i think he's a fantastic person. >> reporter: president trump adding he will take a look at the reports related to pruitt as the epa administrator battles back several scandals including exploring big pay raises for top aides. >> they did not get a pay raise. >> they did. >> they did not. they did not. i stopped that yesterday. >> so you stopped it. >> yeah. >> are you embarrassed that -- >> it should not have happened. >> reporter: a white house official tells nbc news pruitt was encouraged not to do that recent rou

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nbc's gabe gutierrez spoke with several teachers on the picket lines about the struggles motivating this massive strike. >> reporter: today oklahoma's capital at capacity. thousands of teachers swarming the legislature for a second straight day. >> this is your classroom. >> yes. >> reporter: but amber's sixth grade classroom is empty. she makes $34,000 a year. >> we live month to month for that paycheck. >> reporter: she and her husband have two children and work second jobs to make ends meet. she pays for her students' supplies out of her own pocket. >> it's what we do for our kids. >> reporter: how many of you use your own money to pay for supplies for your classrooms? today we sat down with educators. fourth grade teacher ashley robinson said she made more monday knee her previous job in retail. heather boyle has been in the classroom for almost 20 year. >> i have a daughter in college and i'm still paying off my own student loans. >> for me, it's a life and death thing. as a father of three, married, i can't afford to put my wife under my health insurance. >> reporter: how heartbrea

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nbc's gabe gutierrez has that story. >> get the feel of v8 performance. >> reporter: it is an american institution. >> mustang. >> reporter: the ford motor company, responsible for the ground-breaking model t, and yes, even that famous flop, the edsel. now, more than a century after its vehicles started rolling off the assembly line, ford announced this week, it's phasing out production of most of its traditional cars in north america. andrew holbrook says he'll have a tough time saying goodbye to his ford fusion. >> it's kinda weird, because i love the car. the fact that they were getting rid of it, i was kinda shocked when i saw that. >> reporter: nostalgia aside, bigger is now apparently better. one analyst estimated by 2022 almost 73% of sales in the u.s. will be utility vehicles. >> you don't see too many ford cars on the roads these days. mostly trucks and suvs. >> reporter: so ford is keeping only the iconic mustang, and a new focus crossover, and ramping up production of larger vehicles that dealers say are really driving business. >> people are buying more trucks and suvs toda

here's gabe gutierrez. >>> this morning, known as the affluenza teen, was released from jail. the now 20-year-old is a changed man, his attorney says. >> he wants to walk the straight and narrow path. >> he is on probation after killing four people and injuring nine others after a horrific crash in 2013 when he was a juvenile. >> from the start, the case generated one shocking headline after another. starting with the plans toa defense. not a recognized medical defense saying that his upbringing left him unable to know right if wrong. two years later, couch was questioned as part of a civil suit by the family of one of the victims. of shortly after that, it took another turn. it shows him violating his probation with alcohol. the two were tracked down in mexico. then 19. that's when the stiffer two-year sentence was imposed. his mother was charged with two felonies but freed on bail. last week she was rearrested, charged with failing a urine test, and was sent to the same jail her son. his critics say 180 days in jail for each person he killed is a travesty. >> i'm horribly an

many wearing ankle bracelets. >> they're asking for help. >> gabe gutierrez reporting there. president bush and president obama also sent national guard troops to the bored he. and so did then governor and energy secretary rick perry. there is no timetable for when the 2,000 to 4,000 troops will arrive as president trump would like. >>> coming up, a look at the radar. we'll have a complete time line coming up. a live look at the ra ad-lib. it )s still coming down very steady. >>> we're looking live at the radar. the white line is a traditional radar. no matter how you look at it, the rain is still coming down pretty steadily. >> we started our coverage early this morning. vianey, what are we looking at now? >> i think the area has seen the greatest break from it has been the south bay. san francisco getting showers. in the north bay, in the burn scars, we're seeing the showers that you aring through. we're going to start noticing the winds picking up up out on the roads. be careful. slow down. oakland seeing a couple showers. the south bay is the one catching the break. mcque

he's seen as being widely sceptical in the -- gabe gutierrez, nbc news. >> thanks to gabe. >>> it is officially spring. check this guy out here. shirtless, no big deal. look at that. feel the dream, take off the shirt and make the warm weather will come. he's wishing this warm weather into existence. >> all right, one of thing we're talking about today is the potential for more fires, showed you the pictures from oklahoma. hopefully we won't see a repeat of that. it is possible to extreme risk of fires. ten million people at risk. rain and snow moving through areas of new england today. minor problems at the airport, not a lot of snow. the fact that you'll see flakes is annoying. if we get any syracuse, rochest buffalo, areas in south texas in the 80s. nice day from dallas to little rock. >> the upcoming weekend will feature a rainstorm, finally, not snow. >> all right bill, thank. >>> not so fast, the police pursuit gets messy and ends with a florida fuj tifr under arrest. a canine dog chased this suspect into a swamp. police trapped him into the woods and that's whether i think thi

. >> for more, we're joined by our colleague, gabe gutierrez, nbc correspondent, who is on the scene. gabe, what's the feeling on the ground there? i mean, this guy is still on the loose. >> reporter: yeah. hi, stephanie. good morning. police right now are conducting door-to-door search in a nearby neighborhood. as the mayor mentioned, this is an urgent manhunt. had been hampered by the rough weather we've had the last couple hours. thankfully, the rain tapered off a little in the last hour or so. i can also tell you, stephanie, that many schools here in the area are on alert. they are not on lockdown, but they are operating with lockout procedures. meaning any visitors to the school can't get in easily during the school day. this is very much a community on edge. i want to bring in jim cavanaugh, the msnbc law enforcement analyst. good to see you in person. i usually see you through a satellite feed. you've been watching this. tell me a little bit about what is going through the minds of law enforcement right now. they haven't had a credible sighting of the suspected gunman in more t

. >> gabe gutierrez joins us from cuba.ge anything about the way the country is ruled? this man isn't named castro, but it wasn't a democratic election and he was running against anyone else. >> reporter: good morning. the short answer is no. a short time ago miguel diaz-canel said he could only promise to continue the work of the revolution, and castro told the assembly he expects miguel die yez canal to serve two-five year terms. this is a man is who is an electrical engineer. been a bureaucrat and has toed the party line for several decades. he had been an advocate an advo several reforms, for example, bringing internet access to the island. but the vent statements, he's towed the party line and talked about continuism and towing the fine line. many experts believe there won't be a sweeping political change here on this island. stephanie? >> there's been a lot of challenges with the economy in cuba. the average salary is about $30 a month. what is expected to happen now? certainly, after the obama administration sort of

gabe gutierrez, nbc news, san juan, puerto rico. >> all right.hing gears now -- >> wait, wait. you guys are professionals. you're going to keep personal opinions out of the next story. >> what do you mean? >> your story? >> yes. >> we're skipping this segment. >> next on sports we're going to talk to -- all right, bill. listen, you know, go ahead, give it to us, bill. just give it to us. >> it is snowing in new york city and snowing in pennsylvania and also philadelphia and it is going to snow in the northern plains tomorrow. we may even get snow in areas of the south as we head towards the weekend. yeah, winter is more than just holding on. it's -- that party guest wouldn't leave like aman. welcome back from vacation, aman. we are watching the snow accumulating, even on the roads in areas from just outside of philly. new york city is just wet pavement right now. temperature was 57 yesterday so it is holding on to a little bit of the heat. the snow intensity is going to pick up throughout the morning. a lot of the highways will be slushy. the sec

nbc's gabe gutierrez has more. >> i'm not doing nothing. >> reporter: this morning, an officer is oninistrative leave after the video posted to social media showing police slamming desmond march march -- marrow to the ground. he played for the houston texans and tampa bay buccaneers. the video shot by the bystander does not show what led up to the encounter. marrow said someone in another vehicle thrown a cup of coffee at his car. he chaised the vehicle. >> two caucasian younger kids pulled up beside me and shouting racial slurs. >> you can't do that to people. >> reporter: this other video provided by another witness shows the argument got heated. >> i would shot him in the head. >> did you threaten to shoot anyone? >> i never threatened to shoot anyone. i said where i'm from stuff like that can happen if you get coffee thrown on you. >> reporter: although marrow had no weapon, the encounter escalated. police say he was not complying with instructions to lay on the ground and was trying to kick and head butt the officers. marrow's lawyer says otherwise. >> the victim of the hate cri

gabe gutierrez is in nashville with new information now about the suspect. morning. police here say there were no credible sightings overnight of the suspected gun bhoon they say is armed and dangerous and clearly struggling with mental health issues. now, police say that suspect, 29-year-old travis reinking stormed into the waffle house behind me just after 3:00 a.m. on sunday wearing nothing but a green jacket and opened fire with an ar-15. he was no stranger to law enforcement. back in 2016, police were called to his illinois hometown to a park lot where he was threatening to kill himself. his parents said that he suffered from delusions that pop star taylor swift was stalking him. last year the secret service arrested him for trespassing near the white house. in all in this shooting six people were shot, four of them killed. but police say it could have been much worse if not for the heroic actions of customer james shaw jr. he spoke out just a short time ago on today. >> i'm still got bumps and bruises. i woke up this morning, i found another scratch on

. >> reporter: and that was gabe gutierrez reporting. critics of this walk out say kids are being prevented from taking test that's are required by the end of the year for federal funding but right now there's no end in sight. >> strong winds caused there damage at a texas airport overnight. if you're in business travel, you probably know winds knocked over the hangar forcing it to crash into three private jets. luck at this houston fire department said nobody is hurt. although jets look worse for the wear. the winds were reaching 60 miles per hour. >> wow! >>> coming up, vianey is looking at the weather. the nice weather won't stick around, right? >> no. i'll give you a time line of what we're tracking in terms of this atmospheric river event. coming up. >>> a man's new lawn mower doesn't cut it. and he's not happy with the company's repeated response. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. sorry. i can't make it. it's just my eczema again, but it's fine. yeah, it's fine. you ok? eczema. it's fine. hey! hi! aren't you hot? eczema again

gabe gutierrez is in frankfurt, kentucky. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning.rally here at the state capitol. this is the latest in a series of clashes across the country over public education. it could turn into a major issue in several midterm races this fall. this morning, teachers in kentucky are fired up, planning a huge rally at the capitol. >> fund our schools. fund our schools. >> reporter: thousands of educators throughout the state are joining protests across the country, from west virginia to arizona, to oklahoma, where a teacher walkout just ended. >> we have created a movement and there is no stopping us. >> reporter: the issue, more money for education. >> you can't spend money that you don't have. >> reporter: republican governor matt bevin signed a controversial reform bill and vetoed the state budget, a move that kentucky education says puts school funding in jeopardy. it's now a war of words. >> i think the leadership of the kea is incompetent. >> reporter: you called the union a fraud? >> it is a fraud. they're taking millions of dollars from

nbc's gabe gutierrez with the latest on that, good morning. >> hi, savannah. good morning, more teacher protests are getting under way at the state capital. the governor says she hopes the walkout will end by the end of the week but the fight no longer seems to be about just higher teacher pay but rather respect for public education. this morning, the massive oklahoma teacher walkout enters its third day. but as the demand more skull foo school funding, some lawmakers are not budging. >> i'm not voting for another stinking measure when they're acting the way they're acting. >> we took a big step forward in our state's history to enact the largest pay increase ever for our teachers. >> governor mary fallon says after the $6,000-a-year raise, there's no money left in the state's budget. she thinks these teacher protests across the country are rooted in politics. >> we saw in west virginia, you're seeing it in arizona, you're seeing it in oklahoma, you're seeing is in kentucky. you're seeing it in a lot of states that have governors' races. >> we sat down with ok

nbc's gabe gutierrez remains on duty found out there in oklahoma city. ou sat down with some of these teachers. what did they tell you? >> hi, good afternoon. you can see behind me thousands of teachers are gathered here once again here at the state capitol. the governor says she hopes this walkout will end by the end of the week, but there's no end in sight. this is no longer a fight about higher teacher pay, but about respect for public education. >> how many of you think teachers get enough respect? none of you? >> i feel like they think it's a joke to be a teacher. our legislators i don't feel they respect as you say is this about pay for funding? >> funding. it is not adequate. it does not put enough for things like new textbooks. >> if you could have a message to lawmakers, what would it be? >> put kids first. as teachers we put kids first every single day. >> how long do you think this walkout will go for? >> slnas long as education is bg looked at as a joke in oklahoma, if we fail, who else is going to stand for them? this is the last straw. >> we

here's gabe gutierrez with the new footage.is disturbing to watch. >> reporter: footage shows the officers responding to a 911 call in 2016. >> we got an individual at the triple s he's selling cds. he's got a 9 millimeter whatever in his pocket and he draw it. >> reporter: a man claiming alton sterling selling cds outside this convenience store. >> get on the ground. >> reporter: the officers confront sterling and the encounter escalates quickly. previously released cell phone video from a bystander showed part of the struggle but this surveillance video from the store shows the moments before and after as officer salamone yells at sterling. >> meanwhile in sacramento, the family of stefon clark released a private autopsy today that found he was shot six times in the back and eight times total. in response to the findings, the sacramento police department said it had not been provided with the official report from the coroner's office yet. the 22-year-old father of two was killed on march 18th in the backyard of his grandmothe

nbc's gabe gutierrez is on the ground by the u.s.der in hidalgo, texas. >> reporter: good afternoon. we're along the u.s./mexico border. there's the fence right there. and while many republican-led states such as texas and arizona and new mexico are supporting the president's plan, there is some skepticism on the ground on what this will actually do. now, the president, of course, now saying he wants to send between 2,000 to 4,000 national guard troops here to the u.s./mexico border. there's still no exact timetable for when those troops will arrive and the pentagon at this point can't say whether any of them will be armed. the president causing controversy that women were being raped, that that so-called caravan of nimigrants that he's been warning of for days. still, the president offering no proof of that rape claim. the department of homeland security says there's been more than a 200% spike in illegal border crossings over the past year and a 37% jump from last month to this month. and we spoke with sister norma, she's here at s

nbc's gabe gutierrez is in antioch, tennessee, which is just outside of nashville. gabe, any clues about where he might be? i mean, it's the woods around his a partment and all he's wearing is a jacket. >> hi, stephanie, good morning. that is the big question right now. dozens of law enforcement agents are searching for him. the weather here in this area making it very difficult for the search this morning in those woods. and nashville area police say there have been no credible sightings overnight of the suspected gunman who they say is armed and dangerous and clearly struggling with mental health issues. as you mentioned this all started just after 3:00 a.m. yesterday when police say he stormed into this waffle house wearing nothing but a green jacket. and the question right now is why he had these weapons. back in 2016, as you mentioned, police were called to this parking lot in his hometown where he was threatening to kill himself. he also said he had delusions that pop star taylor swift had been stalking him. apter his arrest last year near the white house, his

several of those schools are in atlanta where which is where we find gabe gutierrez. this is set to begin at the top of the hour, 10:00 eastern. you can see some of these images here. some students in your neck of the woods are beginning to make their way downtown so you expect to see more activity over the next couple of minutes, right? >> reporter: yeah, that's right. we're here in front of state capitol here in atlanta where several hundred students are expected here. we're also seeing that students at several high schools, including lakeside high school in the atlanta area are starting to leave their -- leave their class. now, this is the area where last month several thousand students showed up in front of the state capitol. i'm here with some students here that are part of the organizers, you guys decide to stay home from class today. you're from north view high school in johns creek just outside atlanta. why do you claim to be out here today? >> we want to stop mass shootings around the country. we believe that no student and just no adult in general should die

gabe gutierrez is in ft. worth this morning. hey, gabe, good morning. >> reporter: good morning.his drunk driving case drew worldwide attention for the defense's unusual legal strategy, claiming wealth and privilege as an excuse for not knowing right from wrong. now the best friend of one of the victims who says he's visited ethan couch in jail says couch is remorseful, he just doesn't know how to express it. this morning, ethan couch once known worldwide as the affluenza teen is set to walk out of jail, a chaplain who lost his best friend in couch's drunk driving crash says the now 20-year-old is a changed man. he senked just under two years for violating his probation after killing four people and injured nine others in a horrific drunk driving crash in 2013 when he was a juvenile. >> we need some ambulances. >> from the start, the case generated one shocking headline after another. starting with the affluenza defense, not a recognized medical condition, suggesting couch's affluent upbringing left him unable to know right from wrong. >> tell us your name, sir. >> ethan couch. >

nbc's gabe gutierrez is outside oklahoma city, talking to teachers about their daily lives. ce again today. students told to stay home during these teacher walkouts. this frustration is something that had been building for years. many of the supplies in this classroom paid for by the teacher herself. in oklahoma today, teachers n m normally at the head of the class are walking out of it. >> what do we want? >> funding. >> reporter: from west virginia to arizona, to kentucky, thousands of educators have protested low pay and inadequate school funding. >> you live month-to-month. >> reporter: amber is in a suburb of oklahoma city. she's been a teacher for 13 years and makes about $34,000, with just a small raise every year. >> which is about an additional $100. >> reporter: you get an extra $100 a year? >> yes. >> reporter: that's your raise? >> that's our raise. >> reporter: she and her husband, brian, a computer teacher, have two kids. 9-year-old eli and 4-year-old andrew and lots of bills. >> to give our kids what we feel they deserve is tough. you know, they would be happy

gabe gutierrez has been looking into that. gabe, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, hoda.s association, suvs, vans and pickups like these are more popular than ever, outselling cars for the fifth-straight years. that means you will see fewer sedans like these on the road. >> let me tell you something, son. the driver don't pick the car. the car pick the driver. >> reporter: call it the transformation of the american car. >> a lot of people are using different modes of transportation now. >> reporter: more than a eventualcinchry after rolling out the model-t, ford is putting the brakes on most of its cars in america. it will soon stop selling the fiesta, the taurus, the fusion and the regular focus. instead, the automaker says it's shifting its focus to trucks and suvs. >> people are buying more trucks and suvs today than buying cars. the suv is a little more versatile. >> reporter: one analyst estimates by 2022, almost 73% of sales in the u.s. will be utility vehicles. fueling the changes? low gas prices the last few years and a stronger economy. another reason, the rise i

gabe gutierrez has the latest on all of this. hi, gabe.ing. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. lois reis is a grandmother with three adult children. but authorities say she has a gambling problem and that she befriended a woman in the ft. myers area to steal her identity before killing her. she is accused of murdering her husband in minnesota. and now, a nationwide search is under way. >> reporter: this morning, surveillance video, showing lois reis, a grandmother being sought for two murders. >> she smiles and looks like anyone's mother or grandmother. yet she's calculated and a cold-blooded killer. >> reporter: she allegedly gunned down her husband and then went to ft. myers, florida. the two were seen together at this restaurant, became friends. but authorities say she had an ulterior motive, planning to become hutchinson, targeting and allegedly murdering her because the two women looked alike. >> this is the first time in my career i've seen someone's identity and target them for the way they looked. >> reporter: this surveillance v

gabe gutierrez is on the mexico border in texas.ood morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. 2,000 to 4,000 troops is what the president wants. the national guard in texas says the deployment here at the border is in its early planning stages. and the pentagon can't say whether of the troops will be armed. this morning, the details of president trump's troop surge at the u.s./mexico border are still taking shape. the president now says he wants to send between 2,000 and 4,000 national guard members and keep them there until most of his proposed wall is built. >> we're going to have the wall. >> reporter: the department of homeland security says there's been a 200% spike in illegal border crossings over the past year. and a 37% jump from last month to this month. >> we are at a crisis point. we'd like to stop it before the numbers get even bigger. >> remember my opening remarks at trump tower. they're bringing crime and rapists. people say, he was so tough. and i used the word rape. yesterday, it came out that this journey coming u

gabe gutierrez has been following this story. he joins us with the latest now from nashville. good morning. >> reporter: craig, good morning. this community endured 36 hours or horror. tactical teams swarming neighborhoods, schools on alert. now investigators are trying to determine a motive after a tense manhunt came to a peaceful end. >> what's your name, please? >> it's travis reinking. >> reporter: travis reinking is being held on bail. tips led police to him who was wearing a backpack with a loaded gun inside. his grandmother telling wsmv it's not him. he's a sick boy. the manhunt came to a sudden end in the woods just three miles from where police say a nearly naked reinking stormed the tennessee waffle house sunday and opened fire with an ar-15. killed in the attack, four victims. what type of guy was he? >> he was wonderful. he always showed up. he was kind of our rock on third shift. >> reporter: overnight an emotional vigil for the victims. >> there is a tremendous sadness. >> reporter: attended by the brave customer who wrestled the rifle from the gunman. >> the rea