jeff rossen, nbc news, new york. >>> as we said, this deserves our attention.ou can see more of this reporting sunday night on "dateline" 7:00/6:00 p.m. central on this nbc station. >>> we are back in a moment with a look at the three men who have been called the most powerful brothers in america. >>> what a night for the perennial college basketball powerhouse harvard. i'm sorry. that should read just harvard. either way, harvard blew up millions of people's brackets last night when they beat number 3 ranked new mexico. because cinderella stories are supposed to be what march madness is all about. by the way the ncaa continues to offer the boss button for those who are trying to enjoy the game at work when the boss shows up and ruins it. one button makes your computer screen look like you're working. enjoy the game. >>> this is just plain sad. the houston astrodome billed as the 8th wonder of the world when it opened when lbj was president in 1965 now abandoned. it hosted its last major league game in 1999. it is now referred to as the lonely landmark. the pro

"today" national investigative correspondent jeff rossen is here with more.. >> it affects a lot of people, not just parents but any of us who have young kids who come over the house, the most common medications we all have in our homes we assume the safety caps on top of the bottle also keep our kids out. after all, even adults if you're like me have a hard time with it, sometimes you have to push down and twist. so you wonder how could a little kid open it? as you're about to see even for preschoolers it can be child's play. >> look at. >> reporter: this 4-year-old just opened a bottle of cough seyrup syrup, potentially lethal. this boy just got into powerful pain killers. >> got it. >> reporter: how'd they do that? all the bottles are sealed with child safety caps. that's scary for a lot of parents. >> it should be scary. whatever they've got here could kill your child. >> reporter: kate carr is with the watchdog group safe kids. these caps may be part of a bigger problem. the nthe new report shows a stu 30% spike over the past decade in young kids acciden

hi, jeff rossen from nbc news.ou know there is an open recall on this car, potentially dangerous one? >> i didn't know that. >> reporter: you didn't know? >> no. if i did, i would have it fixed. >> reporter: that's your job. you're selling this to customers and telling them outwardly this car is safe and there's an open safety recall on this. >> i apologize for that. i do the best i can and i can't look up every make and model car there is. >> reporter: experts say that's outrageous. it takes just minutes to look up a recall. he didn't want to talk anymore. >> reporter: at this next dealer, we're checking out this popular honda minivan. looks great. but we know it has an open recall for the brakes. they may not work well. listen to what the dealer tells us. >> no safety defects? >> no. i can show you the carfax and drive. >> reporter: anything on it i need to worry about? >> no. i'm willing to show it to you. if there's nothing on it, i ain't going to show it to you. >> reporter: he shows us another report that doe

jeff rossen is here with no pun intended an alarming report. >> it's eye opening and surprised us. through that loud, high-pitched wail of a smoke alarm but as we all know we're parents, kids can sleep through anything. are the loud beeps enough to wake them up in a fire? this morning we're putting smoke alarms and kids to the test and what we found will take every parents' breath away. it's a terrifying thought, your house is on fire, and you can't reach your kid. the smoke alarm is going off, wailing, but believe it or not, experts say in many cases, young children will sleep right through it. could that be true? we set up a test at this house in the connecticut suburbs, home to the hollander family, parents michelle and josh, and their three boys, 9-year-old duncan, 8-year-old hudson and 4-year-old sawyer. first we installed infrared cameras in the kids' bedrooms, then we tell the boys what we're doing, a story about sleeping and smoke detectors. >> boys, this is captain lynch. >> reporter: we even have a local fire captain give them a safety lesson. >> what would you do if you

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