our gadi schwartz is there tonight with more on this. gadi, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, lester. this is the outer perimeter of the compound, where the kids were being held. and even though investigators seized all the evidence they need, there are tail tell tale signs of weapon instruction. these are training rounds for shooters learning how to shoot right at the beginning. this is a bag full of live ammunition. here is a shotgun shell, a sim card. there's even a drone. inside this isolated compound, a chilling mix of children's toys and lethal weaponry. 223, this is for an assault rifle. the property littered with trash, gas masks and korans. the only section kept clear is this makeshift shooting range where authorities think children were given advanced weapons training to prepare for a school shooting. according to court documents, one boy was trained in the use of an assault rifle to kill as many as possible. five adults were arrested and charged with child abuse. investigators allegations the suspects are muslim extremi

nbs gadi schwartz has more. >> reporr: it was a confrontation in portland that police, protesters -- >> go home! >> reporter: -- and counterprotesters had been preparing for. members of the right-wing group patriot prayer holding a peace rally with joey gibson met with members identifying as antifa, some on both sides dressed for a fight. when the first skirmishes broke out, police moved in quickly,ea ngrc entire blocks by e, pushing everyone back, including journalist documenting the scene. a transgender trump supporter took a punch to the face. >> i think it'sood over here but the moment that i started having a different opinion over there, i got punched in the o face, i'll let that one speak for itself. >> reporter: scounterprotest say it's time to take a stand. >> i'm here today because hatred and bigotry have taken root in america and it's time for the good people of america to stand

gadi schwartz, nbc news. >> communities that are still reeling. there are two devastating tornadoes which have left a pair of small towns reeling over the past two days. the first was in central canada's manitoba province. it swept homes from their foundations and killed a 77-year-old former school teacher. a team of investigators is surveying the area to learn how powerful that tornado was. the second tornado hrno one was killed but it downed trees and knocked out power for thousands of residents. several buildings were heavily damaged. >>> more than 80 people are dead tonight following a magnitude 7 earthquake on a popular indonesian resort island near bali. legg leveling buildings and causing panic among residents and tourists. search and rescue operations are underway as are evacuations. this comes a week after a separate quake in the same region killed more than a dozen people. >>> and now to tremors in the political world. president trump was back on twitter and on defense insisting that 2016 meeting at trump tower with his eldest son and a

here's nbc's gadi schwartz. >> reporter: in a california electronics store, one minute a customer is in the back room picking out a tv, the next, his pocket explodes into sparks and flames. >> he was screaming and yelling. his right leg was completely burned. >> reporter: the latest e-cigarette to explode in a long list of similar cases across the country. experts say most are caused by lithium ion batteries often used in modified vape devices made overseas. a study showing 62% of explosions happened while the e-cigarette is in someone's pocket or actively being used. earlier this year the first documented case of an e-cigarette killing someone, a 38-year-old man died after his vape pen exploded. his cause of death listed as a projectile wound to the head. now, another e-cigarette explosion caught on camera showing potential for danger carried by millions everyday. gadi schwartz, nbc news, los angeles. >>> up next, the little girl we've been following who made millions smile and the life saving birthday gift she just received. athletes caught in the. the battle between a district and

gadi schwartz, nbc news, los angeles. >>> coming up, new troubles for chipotle, we'll tell you what's brewing now. >>> and caught on camera the aquarium heist you have to see to believe. ♪ strummed guitar you can't experience the canadian rockies through a screen. you have to be here, with us. ♪ upbeat music travel through this natural wonder and get a glimpse of amazing, with a glass of wine in one hand, and a camera in the other, aboard rocky mountaineer. canada's rocky mountains await. call your travel agent or rocky mountaineer for special offers now. >>> a scary scene today in suburban dallas, a parking garage packed with cars suddenly giving way, part of a top floor collapsing sending dozens of cars plummeting below. firefighters raced to the scenes searching for anybody trapped, remarkably authorities say nobody was injured. >>> new trouble for chipolte after a series of food-borne illness scares in the last few years. health officials received more than 100 calls of illnesses estaurant near powell north of columbus. the company said it temporarily closed that restaurant out of

nbc's gadi schwartz has the latest for us from new mexico. >> reporter: tonight, mounds of rubble and a gaping hole in the middle of the new mexico desert. this is what the compound looked like before the latest raid. this is what it looks like today. the rv at the center of this compound has been ripped out and a lot of the walls have been destroyed. following a court order yesterday, police seized the rv where 11 children and five adults lived in what was described as squalor, saying it was stolen. the underground tunnel where the remains of the 3-year-old were found is covered up. a pile of trash still uncollected. this as four of five suspects granted release pending trial. >> i haven't heard of a single person that's been in favor of the ruling that came down. >> reporter: it's a case that started with a dead child and an alarming threat. five adults described by authorities as extremists abusing 11 children on an isolated compound while training the rifs for school shootings. threats so concerning, local schools locked down today to prepare for an active shooter. tonight, the co

nbc's gadi schwartz tells us more. >> reporter: the iconic sights of seattle choked by a smoky haze. >> the needle there, cane bar y ly see the top of it. >> reporter: air quality today worse than beijing. blame a deadly wildfire season. smoke that over 100 large fires across the west spreading as far east as ohio. >> i noticed when i take the mask off, breathe in that first brett, it's like, ooph. >> reporter: the air quality so dangerous, the mayor warning everyonest indoors. ray lopez isn't taking chances. 22 years in the kayaking business and the air quality has never forced him to close shop until now, turning away customers, losing $10,000 a day. >> it got to the point no one should be breathing deeply and exercising. >> reporter: the good news, skies are expected to clear as early as tomorrow. but experts have a dire warning. >> there's going to be hotter temperatures, the forests are going to be drier, we're going to see more fires. all that smoke is going to go somewhere. >> reporter: relief barely in sight. while the future here remains hazy. gadi schwartz, nbc news. >>> wa

nbc's gadi schwartz shows us how one of the most popular saltwater sports is finding new fans in fresh water rivers. >> reporter: 650 miles from the nearest ocean, montana might be the last place you'd ever expect to hang ten. but don't tell that to strong water surf shop owner kevin brown or k.b. as he's known around these parts. you don't need an ocean to surf? >> no. >> reporter: deep in the mountains of cowboy country, k.b. showed us you can still catch some gnarly waves. the river here is running at like 20,000 cfs as in i will die here so let's find some baby waves. they're created by the rushing river hitting underwater breaks. you can basically stand on them if you got enough balance. >> in one session on the river, i'd probably surf a month's worth of waves in the ocean. >> he's going surfing. i think i'm going swimming. but we'll get it. >> all right, here we go. >> reporter: swim, paddle, stand, sounds pretty easy, right? i'll get this. but it turns out river surfing is a lot harder than i thought. missoula's river surfing community is thriving. holding competitions every ye

gadi schwartz, nbc news. >>> let's tell you about the imposture caught at the airport. the first impostor detected using facial recognition technology being rolled out across the country. >> reporter: it happened during the morning arrival crush. a 26-year-old man arriving from brazil tripped up by new facial recognition cameras, which alerted officers that the traveler with a french passport did not match his passport photo. officers soon found his true i.d. card in his shoe. he was from the congo, not france. the first facial recognition catch. >> he was trying to enter illegally. we apprehended him and processed and returned him back to brazil. >> back to brazil. >> reporter: congress ordered an upgrade to better track who is entering the country and who is leaving. >> take your photo right here. >> reporter: now facial recognition cameras are in more than a dozen airports matching faces with photos on file in passports, visas and other sources. >> you can much more accurately identify who an individual is. you can much more rapidly speed them through processes and m

our gadi schwartz has details. >> reporter: in the desert of new mexico, allegations so disturbing they are difficult to believe. >> you have these kids they are keeping here that never even came out. >> reporter: in court today, the five adults believed to be the parents of the 11 children rescued from filth and starvation at this new mexico compound. court documents allege they were being trained with assault weapons to commit school shootings. >> there was a shooting range built on the west side of the property. >> reporter: the sheriff says they are muslim extremists. reports suggesting they may be related to a controversial muslim faith leader in brooklyn linked to the 1993 world trade center bombings. authorities say a secret message sent from inside the compound let them to the kids. a note saying we are starving. investigators had been seang abdul ghani wahhaj believed to be kidnapped by his father. the father wanted to perform an exorcism on the child. deputies found an arsenal of loaded firearms and 11 emaciated children and no sign of abdul, the missing 3-year-old. during int

nbc's gadi schwartz is there. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, lester. this is the innermost part of the compound and it gives you a true sense of what these children had to endure. some of them were living cramped up inside of this r.v. and we know it looks like some of them may have been living inside of this tunnel. it is extremely confined down there. the property owner has allowed us to mount the cameras here so we can show you what these kids faced. tonight exclusive video from inside the tunnel where children's clothes and toys were found five feet under grounded. a room believed to be dug inside by children. bedding and kids' books. it's just one of the horrors that 11 children were forced to endure. no running water, babies as young as 1 years old living in the desert heat, bunk beds and a u-haul still litters with bullets. the property owner angry over what investigators left behind. >> there is birth certificates and copies of social security cards. >> reporter: around the compound, small reminders of a child's innocence, sketches of hearts an

nbc's gadi schwartz has the latest.ounty, california, the most critical firefight in the nation, the fifth largest fire in state history destroyed dozens of homes and created fire nados. this as a fire near redding is classified as one of the most powerful vortexes california has seen. winds 140 miles an hour, making it a tornado. >> i've never it. epng police chief roger moore saw a fire demolish his neighborhood. >> i was trying to evacuate people and it was gigantic, it was lifting houses off foundations. >> reporter:omef 20 years destroyed. one of the many first responders here to lose everything. sheriff's deputy also lost his family home while helping others evacuate. >> i'm no different than anyone else. >> reporter: in redding, firefighters are slowly gaining ground, the carr fire now 40% contained. across the state, more than half a million acres scorched, 2,000 homes lost, and nine people killed. including four men fighting the fires. this weekend fallen hot shot brian hughes honored for his sacrifice. >> seve

hospitals are on high alert for patients and we begin tonight with the latest on the crash from nbc's gadi schwartz in ne mexico. >> reporter: along a new mexico highway, unbelievable destruction showing a median covered with wreckage, a grayhound passenger bus and a semi truck. new mexi police calling this a mass casualty event with multiple fatalities but unclear how many. the crash happening late this afternoon on i-40 near the small town 100 miles west of albuquerq albuquerque. the graybus was carrying 47 passengers from albuquerque to phoenix. it sent parts of the vehicles flyinnd ds of feet and the crash shutting down traffic on eparhighg wafoysr ados zepons of patients but at unclear how many es passengers survived. gadi schwartz, nbc news. >>> today in arizona thousands lined the streets to honor their senator hn mccain along the eight-mile route from the arizona state capital to nor phoenix baptist church. there, at a memorial, friends and family took their turns remembering ste esman before his final journey to washington. our peter alexander is there. >> reporter: thean many ari

gadi schwartz in new mexico. thank you. >>> still ahead, was he pushed too far? the college football player who collapsed on the field. now the university admitting the mistakes that cost him his life. >>> also, the sudden blast leveling homes and the rush to rescue someone trapped inside. stay with us. >>> with college football season just around the corner, the university of maryland apologized today for a tragedy on the field earlier this year. college officials admitted to mistakes that led to the heat stroke death of jordan mcnair, a player who collapsed at practice in may. nbc national correspondent miguel almaguer has the story. >> reporter: as the university of maryland's football team resumed practice, today the president of the university says the school accepts legal and moral responsibility for mistakes made in the death of a star player. >> you entrusted jordan to our >> reporter: in may, 19-year-old jordan mcnair died of heat stroke following a preseason workout in college park. the school says trainers never took mcnair's temperature or iced him do

gadi schwartz, nbc news. >> late word tonight that sister mary jo is getting her own bobble head doll>>> appreciate you spending part of your record enrollment. the reason students think this could be a >>> right now, record enrollment. students think this could be a turning point for san jose state. >>> streets blocked off and guns drawn. developing news at this hour, a standoff in a san jose neighborhood. >>> a $200 million problem. the news at 6:00 starts right now. thank you for joining us tonight. >> we battled this problem before. this time b.a.r. tct. says it mt cost $200 million for all the people who slip through avoiding the . looking at overhauling the system. >> reporter: what they want to do is simple. scrap all of the 600 gates and replace them with a sturdier verse. it's easy to get through this. the people who commit small crimes will go on to commit bigger ones, too. even with our cameras clearly rolling at the civic center b.a.r.t. station, they hop, fault and squeeze their way through the turnstiles. watch what happens. >> our crews can go in and fix it and modify i

hospitals are on high with the latest on the crash from nbc's gadi schwartz in new mexico. >> reporteralong a new mexico highway, unbelievable destruction, showing a median covered with wreckage. the unmistakable shape of a greyhound passenger bus and a semi truck. new mexico police calling this a mass casualty event with multiple fatalities, but unclear how many. the crash happening late this afternoon on i-40 near the small town of thoreau, 100 miles west of albuquerque. police say the truck collided with a big rig, the impact so powerful, it sent parts of the vehicles flying hundreds of feet. the crash shutting down traffic on the highway as police investigate. local hospitals prepar preparing for dozens of patients. authorities still unclear how many passengers survived. gadi schwartz, nbc news. >>> today in arizona, thousands lined the streets to honor their senator, john mccain, along the eight-mile route from the arizona state capitol to north phoenix baptist ur . there at a memorial, friends and family took their turns remembering the statesman before his final journey to washi

the ntsb just arrived at the site of the where we find nbc's gadi schwartz.od i want to show you what is happening. we have ntsb investigators looking initially state officials said it was a blown tire that may have caused the crash. that's the only tire that we see on this semi that's been blown. this as survivors are still coping with what they saw. along a busy new mexico highw, ments of terror h aught on camera. >> omy god, one person was hanging out the window. >> reporter: drivers stunned by chaos and ru deion after a head-on collision near the arizona border. >> oh my god. >> reporter: 48 people were on board headed to phoenix when a semi blew a tire, crossed the median and smashed opnto the bus. eight died including the bus driver, all by six on board the bus were taken to area hospits. the side of the bus where we get on was opened up like a can of sardines. >> reporter: tonight we're hearing what happenedide the bus from those who survived. >> it just felt like a bomb go off. >> reporter: during those critical first moments, robert ward pulled a pre

nbc's gadi schwartz has the latest details. >> reporter: in the desert of new mexico, allegations so disturbing they'reheseids they here that never even came out. >> reporter: in court the five adults believed to be the parents of the 11 children rescued from filth and starvation in this new mexico compound. court documents allege the children were being trained with assault weapons to commit school shootings. >> there was a shooting range built on the west side of the property. >> reporter: the sheriff describing the suspects as muslim extremists. reports suggesting they may somehow be related to a controversial faith leader in brooklyn who has been linked to the 1993 world trade center bombings. authorities say a secret message sent from inside the compound led them to the kids. a note saying, we are starving. investigators had been searching for a 3-year-old boy named abdul gani wahaj believed to be kidnapped by his father. court documents saying the father wanted to perform an kper sizz many on the child. they found an arsenal of loaded firearms and 11 emaciated children age 3 to

nbc's gadi schwartz ose details. >> reporter: it was a day of two simultaneous bombshells for buckeye nation. >> i've never hit her, i've never beat her, nothing. >> reporter: former assistant coach zach spitz saking out to espn about his ex-wife's allegations of domestic violence and these pictures released by her. >> anything that ppened to her body was all justefensive movements to remove myself fro the situation. >> reporter: at the same time friday, ohio state's famed head coach urban meyer acknowledgie ining he did know about the allegations, contrary to what he told this is what he said about the allegations a week ago. >> i was never told about anything. never anything came to light. i never had conversation about it. so i know nothingou it. >> reporter: but yesterday, an about-face. meyer tweeting, my intention was not tsa anything inaccurate or misleading. however, i was not adequatelyre preto discuss these sensitive personnel issues. adding, i have always followedr reporting protocols and did i so regarding the zach smith incident in 2015. and after this, smith, who was fir

kristen, back to you. >> gadi, thank you for that report. >>> and there are new insights tonight into the man charged with killing 17 students and staff members at a high school in parkland, florida, and what factors led to that rampage. here's nbc's blake mccoy. >> reporter: tonight, an independent review finds broward county schools should have done more to help mass shooter nicholas cruz in the two years before his rampage that killed 17 people at marjory stoneman douglas high school this past february. a judge ordered the report partially redacted. but a mistake in that process means when you cut and paste the text into a new document, it becomes visible. among the key findings, cruz, who had a learning disability, had been receiving support services his entire education. but a series of conduct violations in 2016 led to a recommended return to cross creek, a special needs school. cruz had just turned 18 and not wanting to leave marjory stoneman douglas opted out of further support services. his grades declined. and no longer on track to graduate, he left in february 2017. and pur

the war on scooters is heating up as we hear from nbc's gadi schwartz. >> reporter: in cities acrosshe country, thousands of motorized scooters are riding the line between innovation and public safety while laws haven't been able to keep up. riders swear by them. >> i think it's awesome. it gets around really fast. >> reporter: others see them as a nuisance, often parked haphazardly around town, dodging them on sidewalks. >> i think they're dangerous. i've been watching cars almost hit people. i've been watching the people on scooters hit pedestrians. >> reporter: on social media, entire accounts are now dedicated to their destruction. from rooftops, tossed in the ocean, even set on fire. in california, protesters started over companies like bird and lime, dropping thousands of scooters all over cities, leaving it up to riders to follow helmet and safety laws. still, the scooters are coming online in more than 30 cities across the u.s. and here in l.a., check out how many are in this neighborhood alone. all of these are birds. what you do is if you have the app and you've already loa

nbc's gadi schwartz is at the scene with the very latest on this. hey, gadi. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. good morning, hoda. a pretty haunting scene out here, especially when you consider there were 11 kids that were living in these types of conditions. now, the property owner has given us permission to be right here. we're not going to go any further than this, but this is the outer wall. there is another inner wall there made of tires, and we are told that there is a tunnel of about 150 feet that stretches underneath this property. on the outskirts of this property, there is a makeshift firing range where authorities think kids were being taught to shoot up schools. in this makeshift compound in rural new mexico, investigators not only found appalling conditions, but according to prosecutors, they may have uncovered a sinister plot. 11 emaciated children ages 1 through 15 were discovered along with an arsenal of high-powered firearms. in court filings, the district attorney says some of the kids were being trained with assault rifles in p

nbc's gadi schwartz is at the scene for us. gadi, good morning. >> good morning, savannah. it sounds like this crash may have started with a blown tire from a semi on the other side of the highway. seven people lost their lives in this tragedy and we know dozens of others were injured, some are not expected to survive. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: a horrifying sight for drivers. a greyhound bus and semi truck headed in opposite directions on interstate 40 in new mexico when disaster struck. >> the bus was coming westbound in the westbound lane, the truck was going eastbound in the eastbound lane. the truck blows out a tire, crosses over the median and then the bus and the truck collide head on. >> reporter: greyhound bus 1333 with 49 passengers on board was headed from albuquerque to phoenix when it crashed near the new mexico/arizona border thursday afternoon. >> there's one person hanging out the window. >> reporter: many passengers 234 critical condition, others recovering from injuries ranging from bone fractures to liver lacerations. >> it was hard to see that, see the

>>th ks, gadi. >>> let us say hello to al. mr.oker, what's akin', eggs anderson bacon. >> extreme weather around he country, this is prime reason you want to turn around, don't drown. these are high water rescues with cars that tried to get through high water and they did no make it. this is oklahoma city. we saw scenes like this all ght in this areand we're going to see more today. we've got flash flood watches from oklahoma, arkansas, on into parts of missouri. part of the system that's pushing to the east, strong storms again int that same area and then into illinois, indiana, pushin heavy rains from arkansas, missouri, oklahoma, continuing on to the east. we have a risk of floodi strong risk of flooding possible through parts of northwestern >>> good morning, everybody. storm tea 4 meteorologist chuck bell. current temperatures, still in the comfortable mid 60s for mos of the suburbs. low 70s closer to the city. another plane load of folks leaving national airport. folks are flying up the river. high temperature this afternoon

nbc's gadi schwartz has theery test on that.adi, good morning. >> reporter: well, the imam says that he had no idea what was going on at this compound here in new mexico, and the property owner says the people who lived here almost never left, but this is where 11 children lived. i want to show you this. this is a trailer that is basically buried in the ground. you can imagine 11 children living in these conditions. a disturbing mix of trash, ruined toys and the evidence of a lethal arsenal.ma remains were also found here. authorities have still not confirmedhether the body is that of a missing 3-year-old boy, but after last friday's raid, guns, ammunition, and other piece potential evidence were left behind. >> found two gopros, the video camera, laptop. there were two phones sitting in that truck, like cell phon y. >> reporte found evidence. i mean -- >> yeah. and then found his passport, siraj's passport, that had enactually shown he had beo saudi arabia. >> reporter: property owner jason badger says that's not all investigat

for "today," gadi schwartz, nbc news. >>> >>> a closer look at the current temperatures. we're starting off at 71 in hagerstown. 66 in winchester. washington, 73 degrees. we're farther south than new york and philly, so we're drying out by 8:00 a.m. we push into the 90s as we head into sunday. we'll checkac in with you in another 20 minutes. >>> and the umbrellas are out and ponchos are out. >> half of the crowd has ponchos. the other half doesn't. i feel bad. we will have rain starting. they are happy right now. they can't hear us. >>> all right. dave, thank you. stil tocome, harvey weinstein fighting back this morning. how he is using e-mails from one of the accusers to try to get the case dismissed. >>> and new details on where demi lovato will head next once released from the hospital following a drug overdose. but first this is "today" on but first this is "today" on nbc. when i walked through a snowstorm for a cigarette, but first this is "today" on nbc. that's when knew i had to quit. for al this time. that's w i'm using nicorette. only nicorette gum has patented d

for "today," gadi schwartz, nbc news. >>> dave is back with us again with the weather. >> uncle. this is tough stuff. the pattern hasn't changed. more flooding and watches and warnings up through sections of maine. 32 million people at risk. weap we have warnings up in new jersey and new york. so much of the area saturated by rain. let's go over and look at the radar picture. this is rolling through. all of this atlantic moisture continues to churn up. we are talking about additional 1 to 2 inches of rain in many parts of the region. it is going to be a sloppy first part of the day through sections of new york and new jersey and connecticut and into new england as the day progresses. when does it end and what happens after that? we are going to see better weather and drying out as we roll through tomorrow. keep in mind, storms could produce gusty winds and tornadoes as we roll through sections of new england later in the evening. that is a quick loo >>> right where we are right now we've got clear skies looking out toward the golden gate bridge. temperatures in the 50s but look a

they werer identified as being those targets. >> reporter: gadi schwartz, nbc news. >>> right now vice president mike pce is preparing to outline the trump ce force ation's s plan to the pentagon. you may remember several months ago, the preside proposed creating the space force as a new branch of the milildry. it w focus on defending space assets. however, it has been met with some opposition from military circles. the space force cannot be established withoutess giving it approval. the event is set to begin in just a few minutes. for updates on his remarks, go to the nbc washington mop. >>> tes is once again under way in alexandria after a dramatic third day of testimony for paul manafort's former business partner. rick gates said manafort directed him to hide millions of dollars from the irs in foreign bank accounts. manafort's attorneys tried to undercut gates' credibility by uggesting he stole money from na tfomart extramarital affairs and not the one he admitted to t earlis week. the prosecution is expected to wrap up by the end of th week. >>> a defiant conservative congressman

gadi schwartz has the latest. >> reporter: in this make shift compound, investigators not only foundppalling conditions, but they may have uncovered a sinister plot. 11 children ages 1 through 15 were discovered along with an arsenal of high powered firearms. the district attorney says some of the kids were being trained with assault rifles in preparations for future school shootings. that information comes from one of the children now in foster care. >> there was a shooting range built on the west side of the property. >> reporter: authorities say the compound had been under surveillance for some time. a police raid triggered last friday after they learned of a text message from inside reading we are safshiare starving and n and water. authorities had been searching for a child allegedly abducted from georgia by his father, a son of an eye man wn who may ha had a connection to the world trade center bombing. he entered no plea. the remains of a young child were also discovered. they are testing the body. the owners of the property say they alerted authorities that they were here. >>

nbc's gadi schwartz is at the scene for us.i, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning, savannah. it sounds like a tire blowout on a semi may have caused this crash. this tragedy now claiming the lives of seven people. dozens others injured. and som of those injuries so severe that the deatholl could continue to rise. >> oh, my god. >> repter: a horrifying sight for drivers. a greyhound bus and semi truck heed in oppositeirections on interstate 40 in new mexico when disaster struck. >> bus was coming westbound in the westbound lane. truck was going eastbnd in the eastbound lane. truck blows out a tire, crosses over the median, and then the busck and the tru collide head on. >> r borter: greyhound 1333 with 49 passengers on board was headed from albuquerque to phoenix when ite crashed near new mexico/arizona border thursday afternoon. >> oh, my god, there was one person hanging out the window! >> reporter: many of the passengers in critical condition. others recovering from injuries ranging bone fractures to liver laceration

nbc's gadi schwartz is following the story for us and has more. >> the court -- >> reporter: a shockingecision in a new mexico courtroom. >> i deny the petition for pretrial detention pending trial. >> reporter: the judge deciding the suspects released from jail and placed on house arrest. the hearing held to determine whether they were a threat after prosecutors allege the children were starving and may have been trained to carry out deadly school shootings but in court those allegations of abuse were not the state's main focus. according to fbi testimony, the suspects believed god was speaking to them and a 3-year-old child who had a history of seizure needed an exorcism to rid him of demons. also in testimony, children on the compound told authorities he died in february during a ritual performed by the boy's father. >> the victim abdul would begin to choke and have white foam or slime come from his mouth and then pass out -- >> objection. >> he passed away. he diedize heart stopped. >> reporter: a body believed to be abdul's was found in the tunnel six months later. the children wer

nbc's gadi schwartz takes us to the compound and has reactions of the people arrested. >> reporter: trashruined toys and evidence of a lethal arsenal. human remains were also found here authorities still have not confirmed whether the body is that of a missing 3-year-old boy but after the raid, guns and ammunition and potential pieces of evidence were left behind. >> found two gopros, video camera, laptop, two phones sitting in the truck like cell phones. >> found evidence? >> yeah. >> just -- >> and then found his passport. that it actually shown he was to saudi arabia. >> reporter: the property owner says that's not all investigators missed. >> they dug this tunnel out. >> reporter: he said law enforcement should have acted months ago when they first alerted them that an abducted child was there. the boy allegedly kidnapped of georgia by his father. >> an innocent child that's sick and here in pain, suffering. >> reporter: the sheriff denied the interview requests. the fbi surveilling the compound is not commenting. but the father of one suspect is speaking out. a controversial leader o

nbc's gadi schwarz has those details. hidi, what's this all about? >> reporter: savannah, that's right, hard to believe given how serious the allegationsare. not only most likely will the suspects be able to walk out of jail, they are doing so on a signature bond. all they have to do is sign their name. they don't have to post any money. a shocking decision in a new mexico courtroom. >> i'm going to deny the petition for pretrial detention pending trial. >> reporter: a judge deciding five adults accused of abusing 11hildren in this remote compound in northern new mexico will be released fro jail and placed on house arrest. the hearing held to determine whether the defendants were a threat after prosecutors a little the children were starving and may have been trained to cry out deadly school shootings. in court those allegations of abuse were not the state's main focus. according to fbi testimony, the suspects bd god was speaking to them and that a 3-year-old child named dul, who had a history of seizures needed an exorcism to rid him o. demo childre

for the first time, nbc's gadi schwartz has the latest on that.i, good morning. >> good morning, craig. this is the innermost part of the compound. you can see we're four feet underground here and this is where the family dug out the desert floor and put this rv. the conditions inside the rv are horrendous. this is where a family of 17 people were living, including small children and even babies. a disturbing mix of trash, ruined toys and the evidence of a lethal arsenal. human remains were also found here. authorities still have not confirmed whether the body is that of a missing three-year-old boy, but after last friday's raid, guns, ammunition and other potential pieces of evidence were left behind. >> found two gopros, a video camera, laptop, there were two phones sitting in that truck. like cell phones. >> reporter: you found evidence. >> and found his passport, siraj's passport that had shown he'd been to saudi arabia. >> reporter: property owner jason badger says that's not all investigators missed. >> they dug this tunnel out. >> reporter:

gadi joins usith details. hey, gadi. >> reporter: aly. jones has been spinning conspiracy theories for years.pp youtube, a banning him citingiolations of their user agreements. in the free speech world of the internet, tech giant's toouyout apple, facebook drawing a new line picking on one of the biggest conconspiracyists ever se >> pizzagate is real. >> now banned from facebook, youtube, spotify for hthe speech and violations of their standards. facebook where jones pages had 2.5 million followers says his professional content was removed in part fordplorifying violence and using dehumanizing language to describe people transgender, muslim, immigrants. jones into out monday onis ow info wars. >> mainstream corporate media fake news for people like the president said and now they are coming after everybod f >> reporte years jones courted controversy. >> it took me about a year with sandy hook t come to grips with the fact the whole thing was fake. >>017 megyn kelly pressed his claims that sandy hook was a hoax. alex, the parents one after

repeated requests by nbc news to answer questions about the handling of the case, including why nbc's gadi schwartz was able to walk among the piles of potential evidence, like large amounts of ammo or body armor that were left behind uncollected, or why a court order resulted in the compound being destroyed, including the underground tunnel which is now buried in rubble. tonight, many fear the suspects will soon be released back into the community. miguel almaguer, nbc news. >>> the other big breaking story we're following tonight, all state prisons are on lockdown in pennsylvania because dozens of staffers and inmates have become seriously ill. and it's not just pennsylvania. it's happening in ohio too. tonight, emergency hazmat teams and authorities are racing to figure out what is causing it. nbc's tom costello now with the story. >> reporter: at the albion state prison in pennsylvania today, hazmat teams called in to clear an entire cellblock. five staffers sick after escorting an inmate thought to be under the influence. since early august, 29 state prison employees have been sickene

nbc's gadi schwarzs on the story this morning. gadi,d grning. >> good morning. this is the biggest shake since allegations shook the schoos to core. hundreds of women accusing a everyone came us doctor of sexual misconduct andt harassm going back years. now the search for a new school president is under way as the school promises to change. >> please be seated. >> university of southern california's embattled president has stepped down after months of criticis over his handling of explosive misconduct allegations against a former campus gynecologist. >> it's definitel rocked the campus. >> in a letter the board of trustees writing they are committed to ambitious agenda for change. he announced he was stepping down in may but didn't leave the post until this week. he's not actually leaving the school, instead he's preside emeritus. one saying, this is inexcusable. nikias has no pla at usc. giving him this honor makes a mockery. a growingf list sexual allegations against hundreds of women saying they re abused by george tyndall, the school's only begin psychologis

gadi schwartz has the y.nspiring st >> reporter: in the history of first pitches, there have been none quite like this. sister mary joe a teacher at mary ann catholic high school stridi up to the mound, warming up the heater and laying down a catholic cannon. >> i got to be all in. that's just me. so i had to go. >> reporter: the white sox blown away. >> i said can you play for us? >> reporter: just don't ask this sister what her favorite team . >> i'm from central minnesota. i'm kind of straling heaven and hell here with the living in chicago now so i might be converted to the white sox. >> reporter: hopefully x because the white are calling it one of the most impressive first pitches of all time. hehich got us thinking about first pitches. some better than others. this is snoop dog on the mound. here is hall of famer nolan ryan and this is our very own lester >> maybe lester and i should have a competition. ♪ >>> lights, camera, cess. >> how about a new girl on the side? so who is shawna happened to shookus

gadi joins us with details. hey, gadi. >> reporter: hey. alex jones has been spinning conspiracy theories for years. youtube, apple banning him removing his content, citing violations of their user agreements. in the free speech world of the internet, tech giant's youtube, apple, facebook drawing a new line when it comes to hate speech. taking on one of the biggest conspiracyists we've seen. alex jones, he said 9/11 was a cover up, the sandy hook sandy d now banned from facebook, youtube, spotify for hate speech and other violations of their standards. facebook where jones pages had 2.5 million followers says his professional content was removed in part for glorifying violence and using dehumanizing language to describe people transgender, muslim, immigrants. jones spoke out on monday on his show info wars. >> mainstream corporate media fake news for people like the president said and now they are coming after everybody. >> reporter: for years jones courted controversy. >> it took me about a year with sandy hook to come to grips with the fa

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gadi schwarz with more information. gadi, good morning to you. >> good morning, savannah. in just a few hours those five suspects will appear in court to hear charges against them while authorities continue to face more questions of whether they could have acted sooner. this morning five adults expected in court to face child abuse charges at the remote compound where 11 half starved children were found, a property owner said possible evidence still sits uncollected. >> i think a lot of this would be important for them to find people they were linked to, talked to. >> ammunition, handwritten notes and signs of children being trained with weapons. >> so this target right here looks like it was drawn by hand by a little child in blue marker. it's got a little girl's name on it and a shotgun palace to the chest and one to the head. >> today the five suspects will face 11 counts of child abuse with the possibility of more charges after prosecutors revealed at least one child had been trained to use an assault rifle in preparation for future school shootings. wahhaj facing char

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