and nbc's hallie jackson is on the big island for us again tonight. >> reporter: this is the first big casualty of the pahoa lava flow. the first structure burned, but it won't be the last as this 2,000-degree molten river oozes over town. it's been on its way for weeks since a volcanic eruption in june. now finally here and people preparing to lose their homes are preparing for closure. so you will actually allow these folks to watch their homes burn? >> yes. an opportunity for them to go through a grieving process with losing what in some cases may be generations have gone through homes. >> reporter: and for the youngest generation here, a new school. >> we've been preparing for it. so, unfortunate, but we're ready. >> reporter: at night the lava's red glow, an ominous presence. one the lee family can see from their yard. five generations in this house? their house may be next. they're doing everything they can to divert the flow, bulldozing a massive berm in their backyard made of rock, built on prayers. you think it will work? >> it might. we're hoping. >> reporter: hope will not s

hallie jackson has our report again tonight from high above the big island. >> reporter: this is the leading edge of the pahoa lava flow. here in town about 40 to 50 homes are within potentially the direct path of this lava. this home looks to be one of the lucky ones. the flow path within just a few hundred yards of the house here. it doesn't look like the lava is moving at all, but it is. anywhere from five yards an hour to 20 yards an hour. this is so slow moving that the lava on top is hardening and blackening. there's still red hot lava underneath. right now it feels like we're in a furnace. we're close to the lava and you can see some of the breakouts. i'll tell you, you can feel it. you can barely breathe. it's smoky and it's thick. this is what is feeding that lava flow that's heading right over the town of pahoa. it's basically a bathtub full of lava. it's crested over on top, but it acts as insulation keeping the lava underneath incredibly hot. >> you're looking into lava tube. >> reporter: that crust is like ice on a lake. underneath are these tubes, that's what's funnelin

we get our report on it tonight from nbc's hallie jackson. >> reporter: in a state famous for its gorgeous views, a permanent part of the landscape is disposable. with plastic bags littering beaches and beyond. >> the plastic bags don't stay put. it blew out of the garbage truck or off the landfill, some 400 yards away from us. >> reporter: already, dozens of towns and cities have outlawed plastic bags outright. part of that west coast bring your own bag cull it at your you see secured on tv. >> oh, i forgot my bag. >> when i wake up in the morning, my eyes don't forget to open, my heart doesn't forget to beat. >> reporter: but under this new law, if you forget your bag in california, you'll have to pay up for the paper or reusable kind. >> one paper bag is ten cents. >> reporter: several other states are considering a fee on single-use plastic bags or fading them out all together. >> you have to think about the impact and what really are we leaving behind. and plastic bags don't break down. >> reporter: bob likes these plastic bags so much, he brings his own. >> the trouble is, california

nbc's hallie jackson following it all from our l.a. newsroom tonight. hey, hallie, good evening. >> reporter: hi, brian. there are supposed to be protocols for handling possible ebola patients on airplanes, but two recent incidents show how confusing and frightening the reality can be. this was the view from the window of a delta flight that landed in las vegas earlier today. quarantined at the gate after reports a passenger who recently traveled in africa had vomited. passengers were frustrated. one tweeted, if there is ebola on this plane, i want to get off. another sign of the panic now caused by ebola, this scene wednesday on a u.s. airways flight from philadelphia to the dominican republic. >> i need your attention, okay? it's going to look worse than it is. >> reporter: hazmat crews were called in after one passenger reportedly sneezed and then yelled i have ebola. the airline was checked and vacationers allowed to go on their way with parting words from the flight attendant. >> i've done this for 36 years. i think the man that has said this is an

here's hallie jackson. >> reporter: in hawaii they call this the will of pele. it's now moving dangerously close thunderstorms with some refusing to leave. >> i have my trailers ready but i'm not putting anything on them until the guy across the street's house is burning. >> reporter: on the lava's leading edge, me in this explosion. >> they can be very violent. literally blow the ground open. >> reporter: the molten river wider than a football field moving slower than a snail's pace but unrelentsing, threatening 50 houses. people are already choosing to leave their homes. the lava less than 100 yards from the closest property. this family loaded up their final few boxes. >> we live on an island that we have an active volcano so we know this is a possibility. you just acclimate. >> reporter: in the daylight you can see smoke from the lava flow and that's why these crews are rerouting the power poles. they want to make sure that even if the lava does cross this street people here will still have a chance of getting electricity. it's a slow motion natural disaster

hallie jackson, nbc news, pahoa, hawaii. >>> we're back tonight with a security scare for the british prime minister today. and there's video of it all. >>> there's a big difference between confident and crazy. and just as they do every hour of every day, here's a commercial airline pilot, proving what matters is how you get that aircraft onto the ground. this is portugal, home to some wicked winds, forcing the need to crab down the runway and fly downright sideways until planting those wheels on the concrete. all souls on board delivered safely to their destination. >>> this next scene could have ended much differently. grainy video showing british prime minister david cameron walking to his car when out of nowhere a man bumps into him, delivers a small shove. he is quickly enveloped by british security. cameron was hustled into his vehicle, but it seems to have been an accident. seems he was just a guy out for a run who later said on facebook he brushed into the p.m. while running and was "assaulted by half a dozen coppers in suits." >>> if you're an nfl fan, then you know these day

>> nbc's hallie jackson starting us off tonight. thanks. >>> now to our other major story tonight, the ebola virus. which as you, no doubt, know by now, has arrived in new york city. the nation's largest single population center. a doctor just back from volunteering to treat ebola patients in west africa is now himself in isolation at a new york city hospital as officials now try to keep 8 million people calm, along with visitors from the world over. and complicating that effort, this patient crisscrossed the city of new york right before his symptoms appeared. our report on all of it from nbc's katy tur. >> reporter: as 33-year-old dr. craig spencer finished his first full day in treatment at bellevue hospital, officials were tracing his every move around new york city. beginning tuesday at 7:00 a.m. when he started to feel tired, to around noon thursday when he reported a 100.3 degree fever. and this afternoon they went to the brooklyn bowling alley he visited the night before he got sick. >> we came here to see if there was any r

nbc's hallie jackson has the latest from high above. >> reporter: we are at the tip of the sphere, the leading edge of the pahoa lava flow. here in town, 40 to 50 towns are in potentially the direct path of this lava. this home looks to be one of the lucky ones. the flow path is just a few hundred yards of the house here. it doesn't look like this lava is moving at all, but it is going anywhere from five yards an hour to 20 yards an hour. this is so slow moving that the lava on top is hardening and blackening. there is still red hot lava underneath. right now it feels like we're in a furnace. we're close to the lava, you can see some of the breakouts. and i'll tell you, you can feel it, you can barely breathe. it is smoky and thick. this is what is feeding the lava flow that is headed right over the town of pa who hoeia. it is basically a bathtub full of lava, it is crusted over on top, but act as insulation keeping the lava underneath very hot. that is like ice on a lake. underneath are these tubes, that's what's funneling the lava towards civilization. >> something to see there. that

here's nbc's hallie jackson. >> reporter: we are upslope of the pahoa lava flow right now. so this is all lava underneath this black crust. even though the lava has cooled enough for us to walk on, it is incredibly hot. remember, this is about 2,100 degrees, the molten lava underneath. it's moving at less than five yards an hour. officials think over the next few days it's going to stay moving really slowly. locals here call this the power of pele, the goddess of volcanos. she built this island and is not done building yet. hallie jackson, nbc news, pahoa, hawaii. >>> in maine tonight a nurse may come and go as she pleases after the state lost its fight to keep her in quarantine. kaci hickox returned to the u.s. a week ago after treating ebola patients in west africa. out of an abundance of caution, maine's governor argued she should stay in her home waiting to see if she develops any symptoms. our report tonight from nbc's stephanie gosk. >> hello everyone. >> reporter: kaci hickox appears at least in part relieved. >> it's just a good day. >> reporter: today, a district c

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hallie jackson, nbc news, pahoa, hawaii. >>> now to the battle against isis. last night here we showed you the newest form of cruelty. they forced a british journalist they're holding as a hostage named john cantlie into playing the role of on-air correspondent in a coerced propaganda video in the fought-over city of kobani. we get our report on this tonight from our chief foreign correspondent richard engel. >> reporter: kobani is still hanging on. barely. today four more u.s. air strikes hit suspected isis positions. kurdish fighters have held out for weeks against an isis onslaught. reinforcements are coming. kurdish fighters from iraq with mortars and heavy artillery. civilians have fled, leaving only the kurdish defenders, isis invaders and at least, briefly, one british reporter, john cantlie. >> from where i'm standing right now, i can see large swaths of the city. i can even see the turkish flag behind me. >> reporter: but cantlie is an isis hostage abducted two years ago, and this is an isis propaganda video. instead of killing cantlie, isis had him f

here is nbc's hallie jackson. >> reporter: in hawaii, they call this the will of pele, goddess of volcanos, red hot lava over fields, now moving dangerously close to home, with some refusing to leave. >> i have my trailers ready, but i'm not putting anything on them until the guy across the street's house is burning. >> reporter: on the layoff wva' leading edge, methane explosions. >> it can be violent. it can blow the ground. >> reporter: the molten river, a little wider than a football field, moving slower than a snail's pace, but unrelenting, directly threatening some 50 houses. people are already choosing to leave their homes, the lava now less than 100 yards from the closest property. the bannisters loaded up their final few boxes, walking through their empty house for what may be the last time. >> we live on an island that we have active volcanos. we know this is always a possibility. so we just acclimate. >> reporter: even in daylight, you can smoke from the lava flow and that's why these crews are rerouting the power poles here. they want to make sure even if the lava does cross th

hallie jackson is in honolulu with us this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica. this is what you might call the calm before the storm. ana is to the south of us right now to the south of the big island. over the next 36 hours, you will see rain and wind and surf pick up. along the shores of the waikiki beach, the storm swells of up to 12 feet which will create rip currents and dangerous waves and tempting for surfers, but people should stay out of the water because it is just so dangerous. five evacuation shelters opening on oahu later on today as people get ready for the storm. we have seen one airline. island air suspend flights today and suspend all flights tomorrow on sunday. at this point, you are looking out for flash flooding and the possibility of mudslides if the rain is sustained. the wind is picking up. you see it swaying through the palm trees. this is deja vu for hawaii after tropical storm iselle a couple of months ago. very unusual for hawaii to have two named storms threaten the state in such a short period of time. the government declared a state

joining us now live from marysville, washington, nbc news correspondent hallie jackson. hallie, what is the latest on the students' condition? >> reporter: here is what we know at the moment, melissa. two young women are in critical condition at providence everett hospital. at harborview, a 15-year-old is also in critical condition and a 14-year-old is in serious condition. we understand this morning that those two boys are cousins of the suspected shooter in this case. that's according to their grandfather. law enforcement sources are identifying that shooter as jaylen fryberg. as you described him, he was described by classmates as a popular student, on the football team. he was an athlete and seemed to be, by most accounts, a happy kid. at this point, there's no official word from police on the relationship between fryberg and the young woman who was killed yesterday. at marysville pilchuk high school, classes will be canceled all next week. an active investigation as they try to piece together what exactly happened in the school's cafeteria just after 10:30 in the mor

we have hallie jackson with more. >> reporter: a faux paux. was asked about more money. >> it is not about asking for the raise, but knowing and having faith the system will actually give you the right raises as you go along. >> reporter: that raised eyebrows. especially when he added. >> because that's good karma. it will come back. >> reporter: after that, he got back not good karma, but bad reviews. one commenter tweeting, you should also close the huge gap between your brain and your mouth. another suggesting sarcastically, if you think you deserve a raise, say satya three times in the mirror. >> i'm sad to think that possibly he reflects what many ceos may think. they don't have courage to say it. >> reporter: he called his comments inarticulate and later, completely wrong. adding in an e-mail to microsoft employees, if you think you deserve a raise, you should ask. some worry his remarks play into a problem many women already face. >> women are more rediscent than men to ask for a raise. >> reporter: on average, professional women earn $

hallie jackson is in maresville, washington, where the shooting tack place.h the mayor an hour ago what the community is feeling. what are you hearing from the people there. >> reporter: people want to come together, they want to figure out a way to make sense of this tragedy if something like that is possible. you can see here outside marysville-pilchuck high school people putting up flowers, stuffed animals, more and more people coming by to drop the items off, some kind of action, something they can do to contribute. let's go back to the victims at providence everett hospital. the hospital is identifying both 14-year-old girls who were both shot in the head and are in critical condition, one is shaylle chucklenaskat known as shay and gia sriana, her family is in sake sig we appreciate your thoughts and prayers and our hearts go out to the other victims and their families. the soriana family asks for privacy as they deal with this moving forward. you heard what the comments were from the hospital spokesperson there how the families are dealing with anger, g

nbc's hallie jackson joins me from oahu. what are you expecting in hawaii? are people prepared?r: people are definitely getting ready, alex. the sun is just starting to come up over waikiki and diamondhead. you might be able to see the whitecaps over my shoulder. 2450 that's one of the big concerns from ana, tracking well southwest of the hawaiian island chain. we could see storm swells of up to 12 feet, dangerous rip currents, very high waves. that's a concern for folks here along with, as you talked about, the rain, the possibility of flash flooding, maybe even some mud slides. the wind could be a factor although it sounds like that may be a less impact than we originally expected given that ana was going to veer more westward right into oahu. but it looks like that will not be the case. still, people are taking it seriously and getting ready. i'm looking up and down the shores of waikiki, some of the hotels may start to bring out sandbags in case the storm surge comes well up along the beach as might happen. people are stocking up, getting their plywood and bottled water and

hally jackson joins us live from merriville which is north of seattle. yesterday a student opened fire yesterday before turning the gun on himself. one was killed and four are critically injured. what can you tell us about the condition of those who were shot yesterday. >> reporter: let's talk about what we know, steve. two females are in critical condition at one local hospital. at a different hospital are two teenaged students, one in critical condition, another in serious condition, a 14-year-old. we're getting word that both of those boys are cousins of the suspected shooter here who law enforcement are identifying him as jaylin friberg. we don't know how related he is to the female victim who was killed yesterday. school has been canceled all next week to give students time to grievegrieve. they will be given time to talk about what happened. we saw that happen at a candle light vigil. you saw people hugging and crying, trying to give a long a difficult process of grieving. we know at this point police have an active investigation over what exactly

hallie jackson in hawaii. anks, hallie. >> natalie is here with disturbing new information on that deadly attack in canada. >> recording a video of himself prior to last week's attack. the video is persuasive evidence that michael zehaf-bibeau's attack was driven by -- canada's foreign policy for motivation of his actions. the video has not been released by authorities. the gunman was shot dead by a sergeant in arms inside the parliament building. >>> south korean prosecutors are demanding the death penalty for the captain of a ferry that sank in april, killing more than 300 people. prosecutors say he failed to carry out his duties, which they say amounts to homicide. they've also requested life sentence force three other crew members on charges they failed to protect passengers when the ferry was sinking. the four were among the first group rescued when the ferry began badly listing. >>> the actress who played mr. kotter's wife on the sitcom "welcome back kotter" has died. she also played the wife in "honey i

hallie jackson is in kona. hallie, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. right now, this is the calm before the storm. the state's emergency operation center is set to open in a few hours, because even though tropical storm ana is tracking further south than expected, hawaii will still feel an impact. prolonged rain, potential for flash flooding, mud slides and definitely very high and dangerous surf. schools on the big island are closed for the day. and folks are getting ready. one local store ran out of bottled water. people are filling up their propane tanks in case of extended power outages. that's what they saw on this island just a couple of months ago. very unusual to have two named storms threaten this island in such a short period of time. people here are hoping for the best but getting ready for the worst. matt? >> hallie jackson in kona this morning. >>> tracking gonzalo and ana. >> we are tracking gonzal o first. 250 miles south-southwest of bermuda. 140-mile-per-hour winds moving north-northeast at 50 miles per hour. look at these water temper

hallie jackson is at the sill with aa volcano, the original source of this lava. >> reporter: moving fast under ground, slowing down as it gets toward pahoa. it's not stopping. now just a couple hundred yards from roads many call home. it took months to arrive and minutes to destroy its first building in pahoa. a dramatic bird's-eye view of the destruction, black crust covering the red hot river underneath. right now, it feels like we're in a furnace. we're close to the lauva. you can see some of the breakouts. 40 to 50 homes are in danger. people in this community are starting to pack up and leave. on the flow's front lines, a house, disintegrated now, nothing left. the lava's first major casualty in pahoa, but not the last, as it sets off fires, triggering thick, black smoke, tires, trees, utility poles, dangerously crows to the local elementary school. >> it literally means we're shutting down and will not have students. >> reporter: the source of it all? this crater, massive tub of molten rock. it merged from the side of the kiluea volcano on june 7th, slowly advancing 13 miles d

here is nbc's hallie jackson. >> from the moment she famously fell in love on screen -- >> you had mee sezellweger captured hollywood hearts. her star shining brightly for two decades, as she won fans and an oscar award. but this week, the glare of the spotlight intensified. >> she looks very lovely. she looks very different. >> reporter: zellweger appeared on the red carpet in beverly hills monday night and almost immediately headlines declared her unrecognizable, a different human being asking, is that you, renee zellweger? overnight, the actress responded to the reaction, telling "people" magazine, i'm glad folks think i look different. i'm living a different, happy, more fulfilling life and i'm thrilled that perhaps it shows, calling the conversation about her looks silly, she added she's living a healthier lifestyle now. "perhaps i look different. who doesn't as they get older? ha. but i am different. i'm happy." >> reporter: reps for the actress did not comment on her most recent red carpet appearance but zellweger is the latest in a long line of hollywood women whose new look r

>> hallie jackson, thank you. matt, you know about that area. >> we have experience with kilauea and her lava flow. we went out and did the program and in the time we were on the air, we went back to get our cars and our trucks and the lava flow had cut off the road and we had to walk an extra mile around to get back to our vehicle. >> then the lava flow stole your car cars. >> right. she's a mean volcano, kilauea. >>> as we mentioned, josh elliott is in for natalie this morning. we're happy about that. but you start with troubling news. >> we do. isis has gained access to chemical weapons and is using them against kurdish fighters in syria. u.s. secretary of state john kerry says the reports are now under investigation. meantime, isis on monday released another propaganda video, featuring british hostage john cantley, photographer kidnapped in 2012. in the video, cantley indicates that isis controls large sectors of that border town of kobani. u.s. counterterrorism officials say that assertion is false. >>> and t

hallie jackson, good morning. how are you? >> reporter: good morning, matt.eporters have been camped out outside of his home after allegations of molestation. a scare for many who say they heard what sounded like a gun shot inside the house. police say it was a false alarm and even face timed with the actor to confirm he's not hurt. police responded to stephen collins' los angeles home late tuesday night where reporters, waiting for the actor, who they believe to be inside, said they heard what sounded like a gun shot. lapd says collins was not home at the time and he is alive and well. collins is best known for playing reverend eric camden on the movie "7th heaven." in a 3 1/2 hour audio recording, tmz says collins is heard admitting to molesting three young girls. tmz says the reporting was made by his now estranged wife in a therapy session in 2012. grant filed for divorce from collins after a 27-year marriage. in court documents, grant says in a therapy session, stephen admitted that he has engaged in a long-term pattern of sexually abusing minor children

nbc's hallie jackson has the latest on that. hallie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, hoda. the local elementary school here will be closed indefinitely, starting tomorrow, because it's in the path of this lava flow. as are a number of homes, some of them on the street behind me. officials say they will let the people watch the lava burn their home, if they want, part of what they call the grieving process here. you can hear it burning, crackling. methane explosions on the lava's leading edge, shaking the ground underneath, red hot river wider than a football field, moving in on the town of pahoa, melting hundreds of yards over the last 24 hours. >> up until now there's always been hope that it would stop, change direction. the minute it affects the first structure or home, this is real. >> reporter: the lees know it's real. their home could be next. where is the lava flow from here? >> right over there. >> reporter: that's where we went. the lava just past the tree line near property that's been in this family five generations. in the backyard, a bulldozer building a berm.

hallie jackson has more. >> reporter: sexual partners slow down and check in with each other before things get too hot and heavy. the founder of this app hopes to make that talk a little less awkward for the cell phone generation. will it work? depends who you ask. >> what, is everyone hooking up overnight? >> when consent on campus has become a hot button topic, now there's an app for that. when the time comes, app, good 2 go, directs them through a series of options, no, thanks. yes, but we need to talk or i'm good to go. from there it goes on to how sober they are. if the answer is wasted they're ultimately not good to go. >> i think it would be a real buzz kill for all parties involved. >> but pressing pause is partly the point. in a college culture, shown in movie like "neighbors" and a"social network" where actions speak louder than word. >> i want to have drinks tonight. >> wow! >> leann aulman created this app along with her college student kids to help explain what affirmative consent means. it's more than no means no. >> you have to get over being uncomfortable about these things

hallie jackson has that story. good morning to you. >> good morning, matt. an e-mail was sent to employees of oscar de la renta, saying the 82-year-old died exactly as he lived, with tremendous grace, great dignity and very much on his own terms. it was one of his final creations, amal clooney's stunning wedding dress, yet another gorgeous gown from the man who has made so many. >> who is your dress made by? >> oscar de la renta. >> oscar de la renta. >> reporter: he has been making fashion headlines for a half century. >> it's not that now he is a legend. he has been a legend for decades. >> reporter: jacqueline kennedy, laura bush, hillary clinton and most recently michelle obama. he told the "today" show in 2005. >> i consider it a great, great honor, you know. >> reporter: from high-profile first ladies to high society shall ladies who lunch, starlets to boy scouts. >> the latest design by oscar de la renta. >> reporter: the designer's reach extended to nearly every corner of the fashion world. >> oscar de la renta was a master at making women feel like

hally jackson is there. can you tell us what is the latest, the condition of those wounded, those teens? >> reporter: absolutely. we had a couple updates this morning from both of the hospitals where the teens are being treated. we'll begin at providence everett hospital. two girls are in critical condition after being shot in the hospital. they're identifying the women. they're 14, and their families released a statement. our family is in shock, they said. we appreciate your thoughts and prayers during the tragedy. our hearts and prayers go out to the victims and their families. hospital officials say it's going to take really the next three days, really key to see how the girls recover from their injuries. meanwhile, at harbor view hospital, another local hospital, two boys are being treated. one a 15-year-old is in critical condition. the other, 14, is in serious condition, richard. >> drill out the relationship of those victims as well as the shooter. >> reporter: so the two boys we were talking about, w

hallie jackson has the latest for us. good morning, hallie. >> good morning, tamron.g new information about the dual investigation into stephen collins, one on each coast, both triggered by claims he molested children years ago. >> wish i could just call the whole thing off but -- >> law enforcement sources now tell nbc news the lapd did not interview stephen collins, nor could they locate any victims. they also say police were not able to verify an audio record i ing, given to them in 2012 and released by tmz this week. on the tape, which nbc news has not independently confirmed, a man identified as collins confesses during a therapy session, to molesting three young girls. >> the exposure happened a couple of times. >> a couple of times? you told me once. >> reporter: new york police also received that recording and special victims unit there is investigating. but collins has not been charged with a crime in either location. >> an audiotape, a confession is a start. it's not enough. they have to build a case that they can really stand on in court. apparently, so far

hallie jackson has our story from detroit. hallie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, tamron.ned into trouble breathing, organ failure, even paralysis for a little girl who spent three weeks fighting for her life after being diagnosed with enterovirus d-68. it's hard to find a picture where madeline reid is not smiling. that's how she'll be remembered after she died friday in her parents' arms not long before her second birthday. doctors say her heart failed, possibly as her immune system works to fight off enterovirus d-68. >> her symptoms started like they do for all children with enterovirus d-68, with symptoms that look like a common cold. >> reporter: her death came weeks after eli wahler's. he also tested positive for the enterovirus, but his dad said eli showed no symptoms when he went to bed september 2nd. >> the next morning, he was not -- he was no longer with us. >> reporter: health officials are also investigating how the virus may be connected to a mysterious paralysis, affecting clusters of children in colorado and massachusetts. the cdc has confirmed nearly 700

hally jackson is at the kilauea volcano, the original source of this disaster. good morning. >> reporter: the boiling hot lava that originates at this volcano is moving fast underground. it's slowing but it's not stopping. now just a couple hundred yards from a road many called home. the lava's leading edge took months to arrive and just minutes to destroy its first building in pahoa. a dramatic view of the path of destruction. black crust covering the red hot river underneath. right now it feels like we're in a furnace. we're close to the lava and you can see some of the breakout, about 40 to 50 homes are in danger. people in this community are starting to pack up and leave. on the flow's front lines a house disintegrated, nothing left. the first major casualty in pahoa. not the last as it sets off fires triggering black smoke, burning everything from tires to utility poles. close to the local elementary school. >> literally means we're shutting down. >> reporter: the source, this crater, a massive tub full of molten rock. the lava emerged from the strenlt on t

hally jackson joins us with more on that. >> reporter: good morning, hoda.his road block is about as close as any one can get to the lava flow which you can smell from here with people packing up and getting ready to leave homes possibly as early as today. even though this river of lava is taking about five hours to cover the length after football field, that's the fastest it's been moving in days. unrelenting and unstoppable. overnight red hot lava inched closer to the taylor's neighborhood. for weeks they have been bracing. >> it's like a horror show happening in slow motion. >> reporter: just this weekend into a cemetery the boiling lava is melting asphalt and earth, heading toward the remote town of pahoa. the edge less than a half mile from one of the main roads. >> it's real. it's now or never. you got to get out. >> reporter: officials are going door to door to the 40 or 50 homes covered under an evacuation warning. people like debby may have to leave as soon as tomorrow. >> it's going to be sad watching our house go down. but at the same time you kno

hally jackson has the latest on this. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. reporters have been camped out since use of the sexual molestation allegations first surfaced tuesday. the investigation is on going and late tuesday night a scare for many who say they heard what sounded like a gun shot from inside the house. police say it was a false alarm and say they even face timed with the actor to confirm he is not hurt. police responded to steven collins' los angeles home late tuesday night, where reporters waiting for the actor who they believe to be inside, say they heard what sounded like a gun shot. the l.a.p.d. says collins was not home at the time and is alive and well. collins is best known for playing reverend camden on the show "seventh heaven." but in a 3.5 minute audio recording tmz says collins is heard admitting to molesting three young girls. tmz claims it was from collins now estranged grant during a therapy session. that same year grant file forward divorce from collins after 27 years of marriage. in court documents obtained by nbc news grant s

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. >> hallis and his team did a statistical analysis on more than 2 million names on the crosscheck list. their projections found names like jacksonwashington, garcia, and kim are over represented. according to the u.s. census bureau, 53% of all jacksons and ninety % of washingtons are african-american. 91% of all garcias are hispanic and 94% of all kims are asian. >> i mean if you know an asian person, you probably know two people with the same name. so, i would say that that, using that as a marker fraudulent activity, that's very troublsom. you could see how that would systematically pull out certain ethnic groups, especially asian ethnic groups. >> helen ho and sang park are members of a non-profit providing legal aid for asian americans in georgia. >> in alternates of our, you know, ethnic community did, korea is a good example, vietnam, there are only certain number of last names. then when we all immigrate to america, we tend to spell our last names even if there might be an actual difference in language in our home countries, we'll, you know, homogenize it so we will all be kims, kims or with vets, nguyens. >> how does the