>>> finally tonight, the surprise proposal that was literally right out of the movies here is gadi schwartz. >> reporter: from the annals of legendary proposals, there was the greats on deserted islands, underwater, even the extreme. >> will you marry me >> reporter: none can compete with what is quite literally a fairytale. you see that prince charming that is lee loechler and for six months h worked with an illustrator to make his sweetheart into her favorite movie and with a dashing smile and her puzzled look, things get magical ♪ his girlfriend still in shock totally unaware that the theater is filled with their friends and family. >> oh my gosh, these poor people. >> they're all in on it >> oh my god i don't even know what to say. >> i hope you do. sthuthi david, will you live happily ever after with me >> yes. >> reporter: with that, modern romance may have just finally reached its peak gadi schwartz, nbc news. >> all right, guys. top that one that's "nightly news." i'm lester holt. good night, everyone ♪ayy, ayy, ayy, ayy (ooh) ♪ooh, ooh, ooh, ohh (ooh) ♪needless to say, i keep her i

we get more from nbc's gadi schwartz. >> reporter: in videos around the world, u.s. soldiers have been posting tiktoks about everything from training to active duty to homecomings. but tonight word from the army and navy that tiktok, seen as a cyber threat, is no banned from all government devices while soldiers can still use tiktok on their personal phones, it's discouraged an about-face on after recruitment campaigns trie to reach a younger audience >> this account is to recruit people for the army. >> reporter: meanwhile, congressmen have called for an investigation into the potential for spying by the chinese-owned company. >> we don't know in the future what type of data china may be requesting from this company. location data, patterns of life, user names. >> reporter: but tiktok has said american user data is stored in the u.s. and backed up in singapore, not in china. the app the latest to face military restrictions last year some fitness trackers were also banned on some bases after maps were found showing soldier workout routines and earlier this month pers

a long road to recovery as mammals and marsupials cling to each other, and us, for hope gadi schwartz, nbc news. >> some big-hearted people answering the call there that's "nightly news" for this monday i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. [cheers and applause] ♪ he was working through college on my grandpa's farm ♪ ♪ i was thirsting for knowledge and he had a car ♪ ♪ yeah, i was caught somewhere between a woman and a child ♪ ♪ one restless summer we found love growing wild ♪ ♪ on the banks of the river on a wellbeaten path ♪ ♪ it's funny how those memories they last of strawberry wine and seventeen ♪ ♪ the hot july moon saw everything ♪ ♪ my first taste of love, ♪ oh bittersweet ♪ the green on the vine like strawberry wine ♪ ♪ seventeen the hot july moon saw everything ♪ ♪ my first taste of love, oh bittersweet ♪ ♪ the green on the vine like strawberry wine ♪ [cheers and applause] >> kelly: all right! welcome to "the kelly clarkson show," y'all. it's 2020! that's right. so where is the strawberry wine drinking men who requested that sound

a long road to recovery as mammals and marsupials cling to each other, and us, for hope gadi schwartz, nbc news. >> some big-hearted people answering the call there that's "nightly news" for this monday >>> the news at 6:00 starts right now. good evening, thanks for being with us, i'm roz plater. >> what started as an attempted traffic stop by police ended in a car crash. to pull over an suv connected to car break-ins in the area.reen streets and the driver of that suv did not stop, even though police say they weren't chasing the suv, the driver crashed into a city truck at union and franklin. that's what we're looking at here. a meter maid truck. that is what was hit. officers took off after the suspects on foot taking four into custody. you can see the suv on the left side of your screen there. a city employee is expected to be okay. >>> also following breaking news out of oakland all the northbound lanes of 880 are closed because of that right there. it is a jackknife big rig. it is way at the end there. there. that is the spot. this all started a little over an hour ago at the 5:0

here is gadi schwartz. >> reporter: in west los angeles, a race against time. >> tell that person not to jump. >> reporter: people trying to escape flames clinging to ledges until firefighters could finally reach them while inside, panicked residents found stairwells filled with thick, black smoke. >> we opened the door. it was just a wall of black smoke. you couldn't see anything. >> a bunch of firefighters were yelling at us to move as quickly as possible get out. >> reporter: firefighters say at least 11 were injured including a 3-month-old baby and one victim needing cpr. while on the roof of the 25-story high rise people were hoisted to safety, one after another. rescue crews even airlifting out small pets to their grateful owners arson investigators say it's unclear i the fire was an accident or deliberate but tonight there was anger. >> did you guys hear any alarms at first? >> 15 minutes after, yeah. >> reporter: what about sprinklers >> no. >> reporter: no sprinklers >> no. >> reporter: back in 2013, the same apartment was sued after another fire that did extensive damage off

gadi schwartz, nbc news, los angeles. >>> we'll be right back in 60 seconds with the security measures on ring cameras to prevent hacking attacks. >>> just breaking this evening, the estranged husband and suspect in the murder of a connecticut mother of five is dead fotis dulos died two days after he apparently tried to take his own life by carbon monoxide poisoning. he was accused o kidnapping and murdering his wife jennifer dulos. her body has not been found. >>> now to the case that shocked the nation tonight, the first in depth interview with the mother of heidi broussard, the texas woman authorities say was killed by a close friend who wanted to steal her baby that friend charged with murder. this week and now broussard's mother is speaking out to "dateline. here is nbc's kate snow. >> she just loved life. >> reporter: tammy broussard says her daughter heidi liked to take care of damaged people and that's why she befriended megan fieramusca who is now charged with murder. >> it hurts me the most she betrayed my daughter. >> reporter: in a new interview with "dateline" tammy says s

back to you. >> all right gadi schwartz for us thank you.ling the same things. growing up with someone like kobe bryant, he rose to stardom when i was in high school, you know, 20 straight years playing for the same team. so this this transcendent, this loss such a shock. >> everything that gadi was talking about and everything that people said everybody in the country so many people throughout the world feeling that when you even just see those images, the rest in peace and those years when he is born and died it still doesn't register for so many of us. >> still hard to hear. still hard tsay. sometho in >>> as the ntsb races to investigate the helicopter crash, the world is reeling this morning over the death of nba superstar kobe bryant. his 13-year-old daughter giaa and several other close friends. >>> while the music industry paused numerous times to honor kobe briept during the grammy awards. >>> new confirmed cases of the coronavirus. the virus is accelerating and can spread before the showing of symptoms. >>

here is gadi schwartz. >> this is going to be good. >> reporter: it seems like every year our super bowlome out -- >> reporter: and so does the star power. bryan cranston channeling his inner jack nicholson >> here is mountain dew zero >> best thing -- >> since sliced bread. i know >> teresa, caroline. >> reporter: while some real housewife rivals are having some hummus. >> you can't touch this. >> reporter: and then throwback harnessing the power of chee-to hands. >> next time someone labels you difficult. >> reporter: when it comes to the quintessential beer commercials. >> also our own jimmy fallon trying to be a musclehead workout guy and still somehow showing after his daughter's secret handshake. >> you're not fitting your car in there. >> reporter: but so far the smartest ad might just be this one. >> look who's got smart park. >> reporter: all hoping to keep people entertained in between the wicked long commercial breaks. >> wicked smart. >> reporter: gadi schwartz, nbc news. >> and word is there is going to be a football game too. atatching and good night >>> breaking tonight, >

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gadi schwartz has more on his lasting impact. gadi. >> underneath the smiling face of kobe bryant at a memorial in los angeles, today unshakeable grief. >> he meant so much to the city of l.a. as a player, as a father, as a businessman and as a mentor. there will never be nobody else like kobe, ever. >> for the fans spontaneously gathered here at the staples center, the death still seems impossible. >> just disbelief. i feel like i lost someone in my family. >> there's probably nobody that has changed my life as much as kobe bryant. and, you know, i was hoping to see him, you know, see him do so many great things. >> and yet the flowers and tributes and tears are undeniably real. and then just as the sadness becomes unbearable, silent fans in los angeles begin to chant. >> thank you, kobe. thank you kobe. >> each filled with their own memories of the moments they witnessed his greatness. >> kobe is not just a person. he's a generation. he's a whole generation of all of us, who were kids watching him. he's just -- he's irreplaceabl

we get more from nbc's gadi schwartz. >> reporter: charter company that flew kobe bryant island express helicopters is halting all services for quote operational reasons while the helicopter's wreckage is taken to a facility in phoenix for the ntsb's investigation kobe bryant's wife vanessa breaking her silence in an instagram post there aren't enough words to describe our pain right now i take comfort in knowing kobe and gigi both knew that they were both so deeply loved, love seen i bittersweet glimpses, family pictures, a happy new year her words a small comfort to grieving fans. >> she still has to stay strong because she has three kids she has to take care of and take care of herself at the same time. >> she wants to be strong for her children it's hard for her. i can't imagine being in her place. >> reporter: vanessa now without the every chance to talk about how much he loved being a doting dad in a house full of girls. >> guys confuse it my friends say i takes a real man to make a boy dude, it takes a king to make a princess. >> reporter: bryant's mamba foundation raising money

health officials are now monitoring potential cases of the virus in multiple states nbc's gadi schwartz joins us from texas with that part of the story. gadi, good morning >> reporter: good morning, hoda. good morning, craig. the cdc has raised its travel advisory to wuhan, china, to its highest level, a warning level three, discouraging non-essential travel to that region at texas a&m, one student is being tested for that deadly disease. this morning, growing concern over the coronavirus spreading to the u.s this time, at texas a&m university, where a student is being tested for the deadly disease. >> fortunately, his symptoms are not severe, and he is doing well >> reporter: on wednesday night that student went to an emergency room doctors said he fit the criteria to be tested, having recently traveled from wuhan, china, where the illness originated. >> cough, mild symptoms, that kind of thing. >> reporter: doctors won't know if this is symptoms of a coro coronavirus or something else until the test results come back >> we continue to monitor. >> reporter: authorities believe the stud

nbc's gadi schwartz has more on the harrowing rescues. >> reporter: the fire started around 8:30 in the morning which meant this building was packed with people, many of them coming out here to the street for safety when they looked up at the 6th story, they saw a man clinging to a ledge >>> in west los angeles, a race against time >> tell that person not to jump. >> reporter: people trying to escape flames clinging to ledges until firefighters could finally reach them while inside, panicked residents found stairwells filled with thick black smoke. >> we opened the door. it was just a wall of black smoke. you couldn't see anything. >> a bunch of firefighters were yelling at us to move as quickly as possible, get out >> reporter: firefighters say at least 11 people were injured including a 3 month old baby and one victim needing cpr on the roof people were hoisted to safety one after another rescue crews, even air lifting out small pets to their grateful owners arson investigators say it is unkwleu unclear if the fire was an accident or deliberate >>> did you guys hear any alarm? >> 15 m

nbc's gadi schwartz has more on his lasting impact. gadi? >> reporter: underneath the smiling face of kobe bryant at a memorial in los angeles, today unshakeable grief. >> he meant so much to the city of l.a. as a player, as a father, as a businessman, and as a mentor. there will never be nobody else like kobe ever. >> reporter: for the fans who have spontaneously gathered here at the stain lts center, the death of kobe bryant seems impossible. >> just disbelief. i feel like i lost someone in my family. >> there is probably nobody that has changed my life as much as kobe bryant, and, you know, i was hoping to see him, you know -- see him do so many great things. >> reporter: and yet the flowers and tributes and tears are undeniably real. and then just as the sadness becomes unbearable, silent fans in los angeles begin to chant. >> thank you kobe. thank you, kobe. >> reporter: each filled with their own memories of the moments they witnessed, kobe's all-inspiring greatness. >> kobe is not just a person. he's a generation. he's a whole generat

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gadi schwartz is at staples center. good morning. >> reporter: good morning.rs away from the tip-off for lakers tonight, in what is expected to be an emotional game. last night the clippers played here and had a beautiful tribute to the man who made this place what it is today. overnight, a sign of solidarity in the house that kobe bryant built. >> kobe was as synonymous with southern california as the sunshine. >> reporter: the players and fans mourning the loss of a legend, his daughter gianna, and the seven other victims killed in sunday's helicopter crash. >> observe a 24-second of silence. >> reporter: the moving tribute coming after the lakers manager and gianna's godfather writing, i lost my best friend and my goddaughter. with that, there has been an amputation of part of my soul. kobe was a force of nature, obsessed with excellence. gigi was pure joy. her smile brought comfort to any and every occasion. after the tragic loss of these nine souls, life on this side of eternity will never be the same. on instagram, lakers president posting genie buss pos

is completely devastated by the sudden loss of their beautiful blessings taken too soon nbc's gadi schwartz joins us with more on all of it good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, craig. this growing memorial has become somewhat of a sacred place for the tens of thousands of kobe bryant fans looking for a place to grieve. some finding a little comfort in the words of kobe bryant's wife vanessa. a heartbreaking photo that captures the love between a father and daughter. days after their tragic passing in a helicopter crash, vanessa bryant changing her profile picture to show her late husband kobe and 13-year-old daughter gianna in a warm embrace she also thanked the public for their support. >> we are completely devastated by the sudden loss my beautiful sweet gianna, a loving, thoughtful, amazing sister vanessa bryant who married kobe in 2001 asking for respect and privacy. she writes, i take comfort in knowing kobe and gigi both knew they were so deeply loved. outside the lakers practice facility, fans writing personal messages for the fallen superstar. while inside, lebron james a

gadi schwartz has the very latest on this hey, gadi, good morning. >> this morning, fear is spreadingeen diagnosed with the disease including two here in california as well as washington, illinois, and arizona. all those infected had recently traveled to wuhan, china, where chinese officials now say the virus appears to be more infectious than previously thought. the city of wuhan is still on lockdown with some americans unable to leave. the state department is saying in a statement it will evacuate consulate officials in wuhan to san francisco on a flight scheduled for tomorrow but space for other u.s. citizens is extremely limited across the u.s., more than 100 patients in 26 states are no being monitored but fortunately, most of the people tested so far in the u.s. have shown negative results for the disease. guys? back to you >> all right. gadi, thank you so much >>> that is the news. 8:06 we have to get our boost >> you're going to like this one. we depend on delivery people for so many things these days. but there was one guy who went way beyond what was expected get this. he lu

joining me is nbc news correspondent, gadi schwartz. outpouring of support we're seebug hind you. >> so much profound sadness out here. i'm going to show you. there's two different memorials that have popped up. this was right in front of the statue of kobe bryant and then there's another one over here and that one is a little bit larger. and as you can see both of them are underneath these huge marquees of kobe bryant's unmistakable smiling face. earlier today it was a moment that basically stopped los angeles in its tracks. we've been talking to a lat of people out here. he described what so many people experienced. he was at work. he couldn't believe it and it was so distracting that he had to go home. he put on his kobe bryant jersey. he came out here to validate whether this actually happened and he found so many other people that had done the exact same thing out here. you see a sea of kobe bryant jerseys and another person said it could have been true because kobe bryant made them feel invincible. he gave them that sense of nothi