gadi joins me now from san diego. gadi? it was a very rare look that we were given into how a lot of these teams operate. there are nine teams here in southern california that operate. they're ero teams, which is enforcement and removal operations. every morning, they have lists of immigrants who have criminal histories. a lot of times, they're surve surveilling these people they'd like to arrest. a lot of times, they're trying to make those arrests. basically, we went out and saw how that all happened. four people were arrested while we were with these teams. two of which had served some hard time in prison for things like burglary. they said they had a feeling that ice was going to catch up with them. one of the things that ice agents told us was that they would much rather take these people into custody while they were actually in the custody of either the state or possibly a jail. they are unable to do so because a lot of municipalities and counties don't honor ice detainers or ice holds. there's a lot of reasons why th

gadi, what did you see? >> reporter: hi, craig.ow that immigrant arrests have gone up under president trump. ice says most of that is because of targeted operations, the same operations we saw happening under president obama. they say they are targeting criminals, and they took us along to show us exactly how it works. but while we were with them, we also saw one immigrant family use an immigrant rights card to turn agents away. take a look. on any given day in los angeles, the first immigration arrests happen happen before the sun comes up, nine teams like this one spanning southern california with lists of immigrants with criminal histories targeted for deportation. >> we don't do raids or sweeps. what we're doing, again, and what you're seeing happening this morning is targeted enforcement operations. >> reporter: ice agents waiting for this man to walk out the door before moving in. david marin is a field operations officer for ice, and he's seen immigration laws from four presidents. >> if you're here in the country illegally,

gadi schwartz rode along with enforcement officers in southern california. >> reporter: on any given day in los angeles, the first immigration arrests happen before the sun comes up. nine teams like this one spanning southern california with lists of immigrants with criminal histories targeted for deportation. ice agents waiting for this man to walk out the door before moving in. >> relax. >> i go to work. >> relax. >> reporter: david marin is a field office director for i.c.e. and enforced immigration laws under four presidents. >> the law is pretty clear. if you're here in this country illegally, you should be deported. >> reporter: at the last house, agents try knocking on a window. but a woman inside flashes an immigrants' rights card like this saying they will not cooperate without a warrant and the agents stand down. >> basically showed you a card from an attorney. >> right, that says don't talk to i.c.e. i'm not going to let you in. you know what? of course we're going to abide by that. >> reporter: back at the processing center, the men rounded up are waiting to call their fa

gadi schwartz, nbc news, san bernardino,, california. >>> there is an important change to tell you about tonight in the fight against one of the most common and deadly cancers, prostate cancer. about 180,000 men are diagnosed every year and 26,000 die. whether to routinely screen men for prostate cancer and starting at what age has been controversial. nbc news medical correspondent dr. john torres has the new guidelines. >> reporter: under the old guidelines for prostate cancer screening, stephen weinstein didn't need to get the psa blood test in his 50s but he started screening anyway. and this year, doctors found an aggressive tumor. >> it would have spread. there's no doubt that would have killed me at a very young age. >> reporter: today an influential medical task force is changing screening guidelines, now urging all men age 55 to 69 to talk to their doctor about getting a psa test. men aged 70 and older should not get screened. >> this should really be a personal choice a man makes together with his doctor. the goal of these conversations is really to understand benefits and harms

gadi schwartz. nbc news. >>> there's late word in houston of another healthcare of george h.w. bush. the 92-year-old former president has been hospitalized since friday with what his spokesman says is a mild case of pneumonia which has been treated and resolved. he's now being held for observation while he regains his strength. we certainly wish him a speedy recovery. >>> president trump hit the road in wisconsin, talking about jobs and manufacturing and signed a new executive order called his buy american hire american policy. that is raising questions about whether trump businesses should follow that message. our chief white house correspondent, hallie jackson, has details. >> reporter: back on the road sounding like he's back on the campaign. >> buy american and hire american. >> reporter: the president signa america first directing an administration review to tighten up the h 1 v visa program which lets high skilled workers into the country, that's after president trump used different programs to bring on foreign workers onto his own properties, all of it raising questions

gadi schwartz, st.l, minnesota. >> for more on this, i want to bring in the national security reporter, ken delaney. explain the risk here when it comes to needing help from the muslim-american community in the fight against terrorism and how difficult that is of a job for ce iilding tse relationships of trust. >> well, thomas, since 9/11 police officials across the country have sought to build bridges with the muslim american community. like mike downing who we is a in the great piece by gadi schwartz. in the tiny percentage of cases where muslims become radicalized they want their friends or their family to say something, to report it. that's a really effective technique. it's thwarted a number of attacks since 9/11. and now downing and other officials are telling us that that is at risk. that cooperation is in question now. in some communities because of rhetoric coming out of the trump administration and in particular the use of the phrases like radical islamic terrorism and the travel order which w

gadi schwartz, nbc news, st. paul, minnesota. >>> a scary commute for travelers at a busy train station in paris today. this is video of armed police officers before they arrested a man wielding a knife. you can see the incident caused panic among travelers who began to run away. officers were able to arrest the man right away. this happened a few days after the officer was shot and killed. >>> a final good-bye today for a man whose senseless murder was posted on facebook on easter sunday. friends and family gathered for a memorial service for godwin. he was remembered by friends and family and they say he was a loving and gentle person who taught the importance of forgiveness. he's survived by ten children, many grandchildren and many great-grandchildren. >>> vice president mike pence and australia's minute met today. vice president pence said the era of patience is over and all options are now on the table. >> continuing on the path the world has been on with north korea over the last 25 years is just unaccepta

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we are a nation of laws and we are a nation of immigrants. >> that was nbc's gadi schwartz.at reporting there. >>> vice president mike pence confronting north korea while in australia saying three different times that, quote, all options are on the table. we'll take a closer look at the u.s. strategy against the nuclear armed regime. >>> and happening now in our nation's capital and in cities across the country, giant marches are under way to defend science. we'll go live to both washington, d.c., and new york city coming up. lays♪ my friends know me so well. they can tell what i'm thinking, just by looking in my eyes. they can tell when i'm really excited and thrilled. and they know when i'm not so excited and thrilled. but what they didn't know was that i had dry, itchy eyes. but i knew. so i finally decided to showy eyes some love. some eyelove. when is it chronic dry eye? to find out more, chat with your eye doctor and go to myeyelove.com. it's all about eyelove, my friends. he's told that joke a million times. and you always laugh like you're hearing it for the first ti

i'm gadi schwartz.y children were the light of her world. she liked working with killeds who had special needs. that's what she was doing when her estranged husband walked into her classroom. inside her special needs classroom, the first person on site describing the horror unfolding. >> can you describe if the victim is a student or employee? >> it's both. >> reporter: witnesses of school students, this man, cedric anderson, opening fire on his estranged wife, karen smith, killing her, before taking his own life. two students were hit by the gunfire. one of the children survived. the other, 8-year-old jonathan martinez, died despite efforts to save him. >> he was taken to lomo university medical center, via helicopter, almost immediately. tragically, he has passed away. >> reporter: police stormed the school, evacuating hundreds of students immediately after the shooting. panicked parents desperate to be reunited with their children. >> it's unimaginable. you never think you have to go through this wit

gadi schwartz has had time with ice. what will they be doing today?eporter: they'll be going over the border and finding two fences surrounding san diego. meanwhile, elsewhere in the country, apprehensions of immigrants are going up. we went along with ice's enforcement and removal operations team in southern california to see exactly how that works. here's what we saw. on any given day in los angeles, the first immigration arrests happen before the sun comes up. nine teams like this one span, southern california with lists of immigrants with criminal histories targeted for deportation. >> we don't do raids or sweeps. what we're doing, again, and what you're seeing happen this morning is targeted enforcement operations. >> reporter: ice agents waiting for this man to walk out the door before moving in. >> just relax. >> reporter: david marin is a field officer director for ice and he's worked under four presidents. >> if you are in this country illegally, you should be deported. >> reporter: ice agents tried knocking on a window. but the woman inside

that's where we find nbc's gadi schwartz who is riding along with the agents.walk us gthrough what you're seeing and what's happening out there. >> that's right. this is all coming after sessions' remarks on sanctuary cities, it's a conversation we've been having in car. right now we are basically on a stakeout waiting for a target to come out of his home and enforcement removal operations, officers, agents will swoop in and arrest him. we have seen two of those happen so far today. there are nine different teams all across southern california that do that day in, day out. we are joined by david merren. he is in charge of enforcement and removal operations here in southern california. tell us what we are doing right now. >> we are waiting for this individual to come out here. this is a serious criminal. he has convictions for a robbery, for criminal threats, dating back to 2009. most recent is 2014. so we're waiting for him to come out now. previous surveillance has him walking out of the house in about 20 minutes, maybe. that's when we are sitting waiting for

nbc's gadi schwartz has more on the proposed wall and the dilemma it poises for some hispanic -- posesor some hispanic owned businesses on the border. >> can you show us the plans? >> sure. trump said he wants a big, beautiful wall. we think our consent accomplishes that. >> special that. looks like the president will like that. >> reporter: this man is a lawyer turned titan of the construction industry and for him building this wall not what you might think. you're hispanic. 80% of your workers are hispanic. was it difficult to approach this project? >> it was. we had to do a lot of soul searching. this is a hot button issue. people are adamant on one side or the other. the whole reason we decided to do the project is because of the current concerns that other companies were proposing more lethal designs. >> you're talking about the use of electricity. >> things like that. very concerning for us. >> reporter: michael has been an advocate for fixing the immigration policy for years and he's quick to point out that undocumented workers commit less crime than most of the population and h

our thanks to correspondent gadi schwartz for that. coming up, the event today that went into the win category for the new administration. >>> last thing before we go here tonight, our attempt to keep pace with the blistering pace of news. let's remember it was only monday when these pictures came out of vice president mike pence's trip. leather jacketed and intense, staring across the way to north korea where the soldiers took time out from looking menacing to take some keepsake photos of the visiting american. pence later said in a speech, quote, "the era of strategic patience is over." on tuesday, we learned what president trump called an armada was actually not on its way to the sea of japan, but in fact the strike group sailing alongside the carrier "carl vinson" was thousands of miles away in the indian ocean and steaming in the other direction. it is now aimed right at the korean peninsula. also on tuesday a special election in georgia's 6th district became national news. democratic hopeful jon ossoff narrowly missed the 50% nee

nbc's gadi schwartz has the story. >> reporter: a full throttle fly through.better for kevin coleman. >> beautiful. 75. blue skies. ready to pull some g. >> reporter: this weekend pulling gs is in his job description. at 26, he's the youngest pilot in his class to be flying in the red bull air race finding a mentor in a flying legend who has wowed millions. >> one of those guys i looked up to since i was 5 years old. >> reporter: high octane objective, roar through a set of pylons at 220 miles an hour and zip through an obstacle course pulling as many as 12 gs. a former navy pilot turned race pilot. a plane is going to go through that? >> absolutely and hopefully not hit the pylon. >> reporter: when the pylons are hit, there's a three second penalty. the racetrack is 3-d. >> it's a little bit different than say a formula 1 track where they have to stay on the pavement. there's no pavement i have to stay on. i have to go between these gates. >> reporter: the only way to fully understand what they do is to climb onboard and try to keep your breakfast down. >> th

gadi schwartz has the story. >> reporter: a full-throttle fly-through. coleman. >> blue skies, ready to pull some g. >> reporter: pulling g's is his job description. he's the youngest pilot to be flying in the red bull air race. and kirby challace is his rival who is revered. he zips through the course pulling as many as 12 g's. this race director -- >> a plane will go through that. >> hopefully and not hit the pylons. >> reporter: when the pylons are hit, there's a three-second penalty. precision in a sport where the racetrack is 3-d. >> it's a little bit different than, say, a formula or something where they have to stay on the pavement. i just have to go between the gates. >> reporter: kirby will tell you the only way to fully understand what they do is to climb on board and try to keep your breakfast down. >> this is for the omelet this morning, right? all right, here we go. whoo! you think, oh, my god, i hope i don't hit that thing. >> how fast did we hit that? >> 200 knots. >> 200 knots. >> reporter: ah! whoo! beautiful! for "today," gadi schwartz,

john kerry are down in california to -- they're actually in san diego today and so is my colleague gadi schwartz. >> it's interesting that people have been talking about areas like this where apprehensions have gone down of people trying to get across the border. and meanwhile it's says it's because of targeted enforcement operations, they took us along on one of those operations saying they were targeting criminals and during those operations, we saw one immigrant family use a red car to turn immigrants away. >> reporter: on any given day in los angeles, the first immigration arrests happen before the sun comes up. nine teams like this one spanning southern california with listings of immigrants with criminal histories targeted for departation. >> we don't do raids or sweeps. what we're doing, again, and what you're seeing happening all this morning is targeted enforcement operations. >> reporter: ice agents waiting for this man to walk out the door. david marin is a field office director for ice. >> if you're here in this country illegally, you should be deported. >> reporter: ice age

in san bernardino, gadi schwartz, nbc news. >>> all right. the bay area and a follow-up. we're still waiting to learn the identity of the man who two fremont police officers shot and killed late zunt sundsunday nig. we wrought you this yesterday on "today in the bay." officers said they fired on him because heÑiñrâq at them first. a clerk saw the suspect pull a gun on another customer. >> east palo alto police are looking for more victims after a self-proclaimed masseur was arrested. 55-year-old jose plasencia is accused of running an unregulated massage therapy business from his home near university avenue. some female clients have accused him of sexually assaulting themi neighbors are shocked. >>çó i am appalled. i am appalled. i feel really sad for him because as i stated earlier you would not want a better neighbor. >> investigators are asking the public for any tips in this case. >> right now a developing story. secretary of state rex tillerson is in russia right now to meet with russian officials about the syrian civil war. it is not c

nbc's gadi schwartz was exclusively with i.c.e. the los angeles area this morning and spoke with one of the men taken in. >> reporter: hi, katy. a little bit earlier we were with i.c.e. agents as they were going out looking for what they called targeted suspect, targeted people that they had determined to be criminal aliens and they have targeted them for deportation. we have followed them throughout that entire process, fm the streets where they were watching some of these homes, all the way hereo detention center where some of those people are now being detained. i'm joined by one of those men that was the target of this operation. esteban, tell me, we saw it from our side. we saw agents kind of looking in to where people were moving and waiting for people to come outside. what was it like from your perspective? >> i was surprised the way it happened. i was actually expecting for them to come knock on my door. and here i am. but looked like they were kind of hunting me. because once i went to work, about a mile from there, they j

well, in an nbc news exclusive correspondent gadi schwartz road along with those officers on the job. reporter: the first immigration arrests happened before the sun comes up. nine teams like this one spanning southern california with lists of immigrants with criminal histories targeted for deportation. >> we don't do raids or sweeps. what we're doing again and what you've seen that's happening all this morning is targeted enforcement operations. >> reporter: i.c.e. agents waiting for this man to walk out the door before moving in. >> just relax. >> i go to work. right now -- >> reporter: david marin is a field office director for i.c.e. >> if you're here in this country illegally, you should be deported. >> reporter: i.c.e. agents try knocking on the window, but a woman flashes this card saying they will not cooperate without a warrant and the agents stand down. >> she showed you a card from an attorney that says don't talk to i.c.e., i'm not going to let you no. of course, we're going to abide by that. >> reporter: back at the processing center, the men rounded up are waiting to cal

gadi schwartz talks about the system that was used to locate that suspect. >> reporter: the sounds of> we're getting reports of multiple gunshot incidents. >> i heard gunshots. >> reporter: within minutes, dispatch calls flooding out. >> another victim over by the catholic church. >> reporter: police pinpointing the gun location with a gunshot detection system. officers were able to use maps in their car to see where the shots were coming from. 16 rounds fired in total. three people dead. police seen here capturing a man named kori ali muhammad, who began his shooting rampage after he was named the prime suspect in the murder of a security guard last thursday. >> he made a decision he was not going to go to jail for shooting a security guard. he was going to kill as many people as he could. >> reporter: investigators say muhammad first opened fire on a utilities truck, killing zachary randalls, a newly hired customer service representative. it was his first ride along on the job. police say muhammad killed two more people in front of a catholic charity before he was caught. uttering t

for "today" gadi schwartz nbc news. >>> president trump was keeping a close eye on results from the speciale 50% needed to claim victory in the district. he faces a june runoff against the top republican in that crowded field. the race was viewed as an early test of satisfaction with the trump administration. president trump took some credit for forcing the runoff, tweeting it represents a big "r" win. >>> we're going to reveal the cover of "people" magazine's most beautiful issue. >> looking forward to that. >>> and our "today's next big thing" semifinalists are ready to impress with creative creations this morning. >>> and we'll head outside for a special concert wake up skin. a new kind of makeup is here. neutrogena® hydro boost hydrating tint. the first water gel foundation for a refreshed look like never before. with hyaluronic acid it plumps and quenches. delivers natural, flawless coverage that treats skin to 24 hours of hydration. this is what makeup's been missing. hydro boost hydrating tint. neutrogena® see what's possible. i thought i neededgled cigarettes to cope. i was able to

in an interview with nbc's gadi schwartz overnight, his attorney. >> he doesn't understand why he was deported when he had her mission to number this country. >> reporter: the question now, will president trump take aim at judge curiel again in a case that's already become a legal flashpoint? how did judge curiel wind up overseeing the case of the first known d.r.e.a.m.er? it was totally random. so far no reaction from the white house, no court date has been set yet. >> kristen welker at the white house for us this morning. thanks. >>> we are learning more this morning about the apparent prison cell suicide of former nfl star aaron hernandez. an investigation is under way as people close to him are raising questions about what exactly happened. nbc national correspondent is outside the prison in shirley, massachusetts, for us. good morning. husetts, for us. miguel, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. prison officials believe aaron hernandez hanged himself inside his single-unit cell. they say he was not on suicide watch and showed no indications he would want to harm hi