nbc's gadi schwartz is there and has our face-off in portland. pro trump supporters at an event billed as a free spreech raleech rally. >> no fair, no fair, immigrants are welcome here. >> what you going to do about it? >> reporter: it comes just days after a hate-fill aid tack on a train. the suspect white supremacist jeremy christian charged with killing two men who intervened when christian yelled anti-muslim insults at two young women. >> this is my country! >> reporter: organizers of the rally say they had nothing to do with christian who had attend 1 of their events in the past. they said they kicked him out of the rally. following the train attack, the mayor of portland, fear mortgage violence, urged the federal government to deny a rally permit. but the rally held in a federal plaza was allowed to proceed. >> to me it's about free speech. it's about other people not being able to shut us down baas just because they disagree with what we think and say. moving in at the slightest confrontation. >> coming in with an arrest. >> reporter: kate

gadi schwartz, nbc news, mammoth mountain, california. >> can you believe it?ding part of your evening with us. that is "nightly news" for this friday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc >>> mika brzezinski and her fiancee co-host unload on the president. she denies she had a face lift. >> new accusations and new war of words now on "extra." >>> the hosts of "morning joe" cancelled their swraks to fire back at trump. >> he attacks women because he fears women. >> her proof she didn't have a face lift. claims he threatened to hit them with a tabloid piece. >> where to begin. >>> jay z confessing to cheating on beyonce in. >> we're decoding the lyrics from his album. >>. >>> we have lionel richie and mariah carey teaming up. >> the camera starts to push in. tom cruise and jerry bruckheimer are planning a surprise. >> why 70 is the new 30. hollywood's ageless beauties revealing their surprising anti-aging secrets. >> what is the secret. >> good genes and a lot of money

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>> reporter: gadi schwartz, nbc news, mammoth mountain, california. >> can you believe it?ou spending part of your evening with us. that is "nightly news" for this friday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night from los angeles. >>> if beyonce's lemonade was all about accusations, is this jay-z's apology album? this is "access hollywood" and we're breaking down his many lyrics that address cheating. no matter where you go, it's all about trump versus mika and joe, but we've got a detail you may have missed. >> speaking of my

gadi schwartz, nbc news, yosemite. >> that's "nbc nightly news" for this saturday.diaz-belart reporting from new york. thank you for the privilege of your time. good night. another night of chaos in britain, after three separate, violent [ sirens ] >>> another night of chaos in britain after three violent attacks. the news at 6:00 starts now. good evening and thank you for joining us on this saturday night. >> we begin with the breaking news out of london. a live look at one to have scenes. you can see a lot of law enforcement on the streets right now. police say the first report of trouble came in about 10:00 p.m. london time, 2:00 this afternoon our time. a van plowing into people on london bridge. a short time later, people stabbed at borough market. police say a third incident previously believe connected is unrelated. tonight, investigators believe those two attacks are terror related. >> tom jensen joins us now with the latest. tom, initially they weren't saying if they knew for sure if these were terror attacks, but about 20 minutes ago, they confirmed that w

gadi schwartz shows us what so many people are lining up to see. >> reporter: the best way into yosemite for first timers is through this tunnel. and here is what it feels like. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: when the valley comes into view. robert with and beth picked the perfect year to see yosemite. >> i didn't expect to see the waterfall right there. >> reporter: the record setting snow pack transforming into misty white ribbons decorating the walls of the national park. and breathing new life into hundreds of waterfalls that haven't flowed in decades. >> i've worked here for over 20 years and i've never seen this much water. >> reporter: splendor that could also bring more tourists than ever. >> so much power. i've never seen it look like this. >> reporter: patricia moore heads up the trail for a closer >> it's raining. >> reporter: toward the base, rainbows close enough to touch. hikers happy to be sopping wet. >> i'm soaking it all in. literally. >> reporter: and last weekend this professional climber, first to free climb from the bottom of yosemite's misty wall to the top of the tal

nbc's gadi schwartz is in los angeles with the latest on that. reporter: good morning. kathy griffin standing by her apology. she says she's also going to continue making fun of the president. she said the backlash she's received is because of sexism, but her critics say she brought this controversy on herself. a crying kathy griffin claiming she is the victim bullied by the president. >> i'm going to be honest, he broke me. he broke me. he broke me. >> reporter: then a defiant kathy griffin. >> i'm not afraid of donald trump. he's a bully. i've dealt with older white guys trying to keep me down my whole life, my whole career. >> reporter: just days after apologizing for these images. >> this is a fake one, just so you know. >> reporter: the comedian holding the bloody mess of donald trump's head, the tweet now deleted. >> i went too far. i made a mistake, and i was wrong. >> reporter: blasting back after her press conference, saying kathy griffin's career was over long before she attempted to make a disgusting joke about decapitating the presiden

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. >> gadi schwartz, thank you very much.r. >>> the president in about four hours is going to be taken questions, probably about some of this in the rose garden, as the dust settles from the comey testimony. more questions unanswered from them. >> did you ever come close to closing the investigation on mr. flynn? >> i don't think i can talk about that in open setting either. >> when you read the dossierdos what was your reaction, given it was directed to the president-elect? >> not a question i can answer in open setting. >> is mr. flynn the central figure in this between the relationship of the trump campaign and the russians? >> i can't open that in an open setting, sir. >> do you believe donald trump colluded with russia? >> it's a question i don't think i should answer in an open setting. >> back now with a lot to unpack here. there are two separate prisms to look at. the conversations comey had. the questions the special counsel isng to look into, on whether the president tried to influen an investigion. the separate que

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gadi schwartz, nbc news. >> have you been? >> no organization i've not.'m going to california. my little brother is getting married and i thought i would drive the coast to see different things. yosemite is on my list. >> you need too g get out this. a per fenlfect time. beautiful. and speaking of doing something pentag outdoors, this is the day. herndon festival is today. you can enjoy crafts, funnel cakes, even some barbecue. the fund enfun ends tonight at 6:00 and best part, it's free of charge. i love funnel cakes. >> me, too. >> and national cheese day. >> are you okay? >> i'm all right now. >> and pir efficieerfect day to outside. >> you actually need a jacket now. we're just in the 50s. but you'll be comfortable in about flip-flops and shourts an tank tops by the afternoon and we'll soar into the upper 80s. but right now, yeah, it's rather cool and we do have overlooking the metro area just a few high clouds passing over washington right now. but you can see the silver ary sunlight spreading across the metro area at dawn. average high for washingto

now, nbc's gadi schwartz is in gilbert, arizona, he was catching up with folks far beyond the beltwaywith people, what'd you take away from it? are. >> reporter: well, we've heard a lot of mixed opinions out here. we've heard everything from very strong trump support to people saying that comey has been acting much more presidential than president trump. but overwhelmingly, one of the things that we heard today from people all across a political spectrum, independents, conservatives, democrats, liberals, republicans, a lot of them were saying this whole thing has gotten way too complicated. some women that we spoke to a little while ago, they were telling us the president's role should be respected and they believe what he is saying. others say that they believe comey and he is a straight shooter. and so many people out here tha we have oken talso say they are tired of the nonstop coverage that seems to have lack of answers that's been bombarding them every day. here's some of what people told us a little bit earlier today. have you been following the comey testimony today? >> i reall

nbc's gadi schwartz has more. >> reporter: this morning stunning images of a massive hole ripped into the engine casing of a plane that took off from sydney, australia sunday. >> engine number one. >> anymore information? >> continue to climb to 5,000. >> officials from china eastern airlines say the flight was bound for shanghai and about an hour after takeoff was forced to turn back to sydney after the crew observed the be a norm situation of the left engine. >> it took off like normal and then all of a sudden like some of our friends that were with us smelled burning, and we were like didn't think anything of it really and then all of a sudden it got really loud. >> the cabin crew went out and they were like -- they told us to fasten our seat belt and they tried to calm us down, but we were actually very panicked because we had no idea what's happening. >> as most announcements on board were made in chinese, some english speaking passengers say they struggled to get details. they are thankful for the safe landing. >> they do translate, but initially when they were giving instructio

as nbc's gadi schwartz reports, sin city has a whole list of rules concerning legal pot. >> reporter: beyond the flashing lights of the strip are the new grow lights of what could become nevada's latest cash crop. >> when you have cannabis that's this level of quality, it really sells itself. >> reporter: by saturday morning, nevada will become the fifth state to allow the sale of pot >> on paf of nevada, i want to tell the world that watch out, this is the new amsterdam. >> we have chocolate bars, cookies, brownies, macaroons. >> reporter: this man owns a dispensary closest to the vegas strip. >> everything's going to change. it's not going to be weird to consume an edible or smoke a vape, you know. >> reporter: nevada could quickly become the country's pot capital. more than 45 million tourists already flock to las vegas every year. the state's 10% marijuana tax is expected to raise an estimated $60 million annually, most of it going towards education. >> nevada is 48th or 49th or 50th in education, so i think it will help the future of the nevada's economy by getting some better ed

nbc's gadi schwartz is in los angeles. good morning. >> reporter: goodmorning, yasmin. kathy griffin says she stands by her apology, vowing to keep making fun of the president. she says a lot of the backlash she's received is because of kr sexism. a crying kathy griffin claiming she is a victim, bullied by the president. >> i'm going to be honest, he broke me. he broke me. he broke me. >> reporter: then a defiant kathy griffin. >> i'm not afraid of donald trump. he's a bully. i've dealt with older white guys trying to keep me down my whole life, my whole career. >> reporter: just days after apologizing for these images. >> these are fake blood, just so you know. >> reporter: the kmeed wran holding the bloodied likeness of president donald trump's head, the viral tweet now deleted. >> i went too far. i made a mistake and i was wrong. >> reporter: the rnc blasting back after her press conference saying kathy griffin's career was over long before she attempted to make a disgusting joke about decapitating the president, playing the victim and blaming others for her hateful

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gadi schwartz is there. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, matt.arijuana producers and distributors are in overdrive before tonight for midnight. this is just one room of seven in this facility. i'm going to take you through what it looks like up here. let's get on this ladder. there's seven different rooms that are about this big, with in much marijuana in this distribution area alone. but this doesn't mean there's going to be a free-for-all come midnight. there's a lot of rules and regulations when it comes to marijuana, starting at midnight tonight. take a look. beyond the flashing lights of the strip or the new grow lights of what could become nevada's latest cash crop. >> reporter: by saturday morning, nevada will be the fifth state to allow the sale of pot for recreational use. >> i want to tell the world, watch out. this is the new amsterdam. >> we have chocolate dars. snicker doodle cookies. >> reporter: armen owns a dispensary closest to the vegas strip. >> everything will change. it won't be weird to consume an edible or smoke a vape. >>

nbc's gadi schwartz is there. good morning. >> reporter: yeah, good morning. well, a marijuana producer and distributor are in overdrive before tonight for midnight. this is just one room of seven in this facility. i'm going to take you through what it looks like up here. let's get on this ladder. you see there are seven different rooms that are about this big. with this much marijuana and this distribution area alone. but this doesn't mean there's a free-for-all come mid night. there are a lot of rules and regulations when beyond the flashy lights of the strip are the new grow lights of nevada's latest cash crops. >> when you have cannabis it sells itself. >> reporter: nevada will become the fifth state to allow the sale of pot for recreational use. >> on behalf of nevada i want to tell the world that watch out, this is the new amsterdam. >> we have chocolate bars, snicker doodle cookies, macaroons, dark chocolate bar. >> reporter: this man owns a dispensary closest to the biggest strip. >> it's going to all change. it won't be weird to consume an edible or s

gadi schwartz is at yosemite this morning. hi, gadi. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, guys.ve this wall is, this is el capitan in yosemite. 280 stories high. that's the top up there. alex honnold conquered this mountain using climbs shoes. for his hands. yosemite's granite cliffs, the mecca of rock climbing. and el capitan, the mightiest wall of all, now for the first time, conquered in a free solo ascent. >> you feel like you are your best you. you -- i don't know. it makes you feel pretty good. >> reporter: free solo means just that. one climber, no rope, no safety equipment, going 3,000 feet straight up. in 2015, the world watched in amazement as two climbers spent 18 days working their way up the wall to a historic milestone. >> they both stayed totally positive. they both stayed totally committed. >> reporter: back then, their friend, alex honnold told them they could do it. he watched it from the valley floor. now, with no protection, honnold has taken the sport to new mind-blowing heights. >> it's something i thought about for years. i dreamt about and thought might b

gadi schwartz has that story. >> reporter: good morning, matt. it was supposed to be a day of fun in colombia and the popular weekend destination was especially crowded as colombians celebrated a long holiday weekend. but things took a deadly turn when that ferry started to take on water and went under in a matter of minutes. this dramatic video posted on social media shows a four deck ferry with at least 150 passengers on board rocking from side to side. as it started taking on water. >> we were with our family when we started to hear screams and noise and then people started to tell us about a boat four levels high that had gone out with a lot of people. >> reporter: lower level passengers quickly scrambling to the top deck as the boat started to sink. >> everyone should be rushing out there, one witness says. this video speeds up as motorboats, jet skis and fishing boats race to try to help. then chaos as the ferry's bottom decks collapse. >> translator: people began to climb on to other people to be able to get out so there were a lot of inju

gadi schwartz, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. it was supposed to be a day of fun in colombia. the weekend destination wascolos celebrated a long, holiday weekend. but things took a deadly turn as that ferry took on water and went under in minutes. >> this dramatic video posted on social media, shows a four-deck ferry with 150 passengers onboard, rocking from side-to-side, as it started taking on water. >> translator: we were with our family when we started to hear screams and noise. and people started telling us about a boat four levels high that had gone out with a lot of people. >> reporter: people scramming to the top deck as the boat started to sink. everybody should be rushing out there. this video sped up, as jet boats race to try to help. and chaos, as the ferry's bottom decks collapse. >> translator: people began to climb on to other people to get out. there were a lot of injured people. >> reporter: 99 people were rescued. dozens remain unaccounted for this morning. >> translator: it was incredible to see all of the surv

gadi schwartz in los angeles with more. good morning. >> this is it.irst generation iphone. it's smaller, a little slower when you fire it up. other than that it feels pretty much the same and the world hasn't been the same every since. >> we are calling it iphone. >> ten years ago on a stage in cupertino, steve jobs made a promise. >> today apple is going to reinvent the phone. >> this is how you turn it on. >> a single device that would ban issue all backberries and keyboards. it was one of the hyped tech announcement ever made. when it finally came out, lines around the block. >> it's like an historic occasion. >> steven levy was one of the first journalists given a prototype. >> can you see right away this was a device different than anything that had come down the pike. >> ten years and 15 models later, steve jobs was right on the money. apple, worth nearly a trillion dollars, over a billion iphones sold. >> this is a call on this your iphone. >> the iphone bringing to market touchscreen, selfie cameras, all connected to the icloud and carrying mo

gadi schwartz has the latest on this. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. thankfully no one was hurt but the midair emergency caused terrifying moments for passengers on board. this morning, stunning images of a massive hole ripped into the engine casing of a plane took off from sydney stli sunday. >> engine number one. >> roger, any more information? >> we need to amend our heading. >> maintain, continue climbing to 5,000. >> reporter: officials from china eastern airlines say the flight was bound for shanghai and an hour avenue takeoff was forced to go back to sidney after the crew observed the left engine. >> all of a sudden some of our friends that were with us smelled burning and we didn't think anything of it but then suddenly it got loud and it was like -- doot. >> the cabin cue told us to fasten our seat belt and tried to calm us down but we were very panicked because we had no idea what was happening. >> reporter: as most announcements on board were made in chinese, some english-speaking passengers say they struggled to get details. they are than l

gadi schwartz, with the latest on this. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. thankfully no one was hurt on board this flight. but the midair emergency caused some terrifying moments for passengers onboard. this morning, stunning images of a massive hole ripped into the engine casing of a plane that took off from sydney, australia, sunday. >> engine number one. >> roger. anymore information? >> we need to maintain heading. >> maintain present heading. climb to 5,000. >> reporter: officials from china eastern airlines say the flight was bound for shanghai, and an hour after takeoff was forced to turn back to sydney after the crew observed the abnormal situation of the left engine. >> it took off by normal. all of a sudden, some of our friends with us smelled burning. didn't think of it really, but all of a sudden it got loud. >> the cabin crew went out and told us to fasten our seat belt. and they tried to calm us down. we were actually very panicked, because we had no idea what's happening. >> reporter: as most announcements onboard were made in chinese, some e