>> reporter: joe fryer, nbc news, dallas. >>> that's going to do for us on a wednesday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and goodnight. do you recognize ese poce say th terrorized aarmy ver old daughter. ==raj/2-t== thanks for jning us.. >>> do you recognize these men. they terrorized an army veteran and her 1-year-old daughter. the news at 6:00 starts right now. >> that mother and her baby daughter came face to face with two gunmen in a parking garage. i want to show you the video of the carjackers inside the san francisco parking garage. the most fright ming moment of the robbery, when one of the suspects yanked the baby right out of her car seat. do they have any pictures of the two men?

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joe fryer, red woodcity, california, nbc news. >> wonder if you have to tip. >>> we're back with a heated moment during a fiery defense that left a courtroom completely shocked. it's beautiful. was it a hard place to get to? (laughs) it wasn't too bad. with the chase mobile app, jimmy chin can master depositing his hard earned checks in a snap. easy to use chase technology for whatever you're trying to master. >>> we're back with severe weather wreaking havoc across the nation. powerful winds up to 60 miles an hour blamed for two deaths in michigan where half a million customers remain without power. colorado also experiencing winds strong enough to knock a tractor-trailer over. in north dakota an amtrak train got stuck in a snowbank 25 feet high and 200 feet long. tonight we're also tracking a storm expected to bring up to six inches of snow to the northeast. >>> a big change in the american diet to note tonight. one industry tracker said today that bottled water has finally overtaken soda as the number one drink in the u.s. by sales volume. americans drank an average of about 39 and a h

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joe fryer reports how many are callingç the dress code sexist. >> reporter: the outrage began sundayrls were denied entry on to a flight by the gate agent. the reason, they were wearing spandex lein she's forcing them to change or put dresses on or they can't board. when does united policewomen's clothing? united responded we do have the right to refuse transport for passenger who is are barefoot or not properly clothed. lots who witnessed the incident said they were traveling with an adult man wearing short asks he wasn't stopped. the reaction on social immedime fast and furious. since when are leggings inappropriate? is united airlines fashion police? even patricia arquette weighed in it. it looks like we can't fly. ewe thieted later clarified the girls were traveling on the pass program which provides free flights for relatives and friends of united employees. the airline told us it has stricter dress code requirements for these nonrevenue passengers because they are considered representatives of united.ç the restrictions for them, no spandex, mini securit, or tear its. >> the dr

nbc's joe fryer has our "inspiring america" report. >> reporter: of all the positions at this idaho hospital, it's easy to see why one is attracting so many applications. >> what's your title here? >> cuddler. >> volunteer in the cuddler program. >> i'm a cuddle volunteer. >> reporter: that's right. the neonatal intensive care unit is filled with cuddlers. >> this is cuddling. this is heaven. >> reporter: their task was spending quiet quality time holding preemies like the johnson twins that were born ten weeks early. so early one was born in the parking lot. the parents live an hour away. when they are gone the cuddlers serve as sn snuggling surrogates. especially babies so fragile. >> all our cuddlers have extensive training in the classroom and bedside. >> reporter: volunteers learn how to hold the babies and ways to calm them down. the hospital says consistent cuddling can help with brain development and social skills and helps the volunteers too. >> just being able to go in and hold the baby that might not get -- sorry, it makes me tear up a little. >> reporter: 22 years ago elena short

here's nbc's joe fryer. >> reporter: july 16th, 1999. jfk jr. martha's vineyard. but the late president's son, his wife, caroline bissett kennedy, and his sister, lauren, never made their destination. now, it's examined in a new series, "how it really happened" on hln. >> i'm in a cast. i break my ankle first weekend of the summer. i'm laid up for a couple weeks. >> he's seen boarding the plane on the night, the friday night, with crutches. and it immediately raises the question, was he in a fit state to manipulate the rudder controls on the plane? that turns the plane and turns the plane right. >> there was an automatic system which misgauged the weather and led forecasters to say nine miles visibility. in aviation terms, the weather forecast that jfk jr. got was just plain wrong. and it's that forecast that accounted for his death. >> reporter: "real housewives of new york city" star was close to the couple and married a kennedy's best friend and cousin. >> we were quite the foursome there for little while. >> reporter: she was one of the last

here's nbc's joe fryer. >> reporter: july 16th, 1999. jfk jr. a trip he had taken dozens of times. but he, his wife and her sister never made it to their final destination. >> the u.s. coast guard is conducting a search. >> reporter: now details surrounding the tragic final flight are examined in the new series "how it really happened" airing friday. >> yeah, i broke my ankle the first weekend of the summer and am laid up for a couple of weeks. >> he's seen boarding the plane on the night, the friday night, with crutches. and it immediately raises the question, was he in a fit state to manipulate the rudder controls on the plane. that turns the plane left and turns the plane right. >> there was an automatic system which misgauged the weather and led forecasters to say 9 miles visibility. in aviation terms, the weather forecast that jfk jr. got was just plain wrong, and it's that forecast that accounted for his death. >> reporter: "real housewives of new york city" star carol raswell was close to the couple. >> we were quite the foursome there fo

. >> this morning, joe fryer tells us to california santa cruz mountains, deep in the woods, where youa different pace from being in the city. >> reporter: and dan estrada hit the reset pbutton on his stressful life. did you know the woods would be this therapeutic for you? >> i had no idea. >> reporter: and he had no idea that on a recent hike, he would find something unexpected. >> i look over. and i see what i thought was a trash bag. and at second glance, i knew it was sage. that's when my heart sank. >> reporter: sage, a blind 12-year-old labrador retriever that belonged to dan's neighbors. eight days earlier, she had gone missing in the predator-infested woods, where hours of searching turned up nothing. then, tucked along a stream, dan spotted the dog's body, lying motionless. that's when sage lifted her head. >> i was like, praise god. just wrapped my arms around her, gave her a hug. and petted her. she was happy. she lifted up her head, smiling. >> reporter: after losing seven pounds, she was weak. so, dan did what firemen do, he rescued sage, carrying the dog on his shoulders

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joe fryer has the story here. >> reporter: this one has a lot of people up in arms. were trying to board a united flight in denver when a gate agent stopped them deeming their span decksdex leggings were inappropriate. the outrage began at denver airport, w denied entry by thereason they were >> she's forcing them to dressing over leggings or they can't board. when does united policewomen's e the right torefuse transport for passengers that are properly clothed. the girls were with an adult man wearing sreaction on social media, fast and furious. since when areate? is united airlines winner women and girls are land about appropriate attire.he girls were friends and employs. they have str representatives of united. the restrictions for them noskirts mid drifs and att >> the dress requirements for common among all airlines. >> reporter: henonrevenue passengers barred from flights all the time b of their clothing. but -- >> united's sexist. they restrict mostly clothing that women are wear. and men are free to goflip-flops. >> reporter: united says this stricter dress c

here is nbc's joe fryer. >>> brian cullen, a partner at pricewaterhouse coopers now blamed for givinge. >> there's a mistake. moonlight, you guys won best picture. >> minutes before the mix up, this tweet had been tweeted. >> what our sources tell us he was told ahead of time it would not be appropriate to be using social media back stage at the oscars. >> cullen has not commented since the blunder, his oscar tweeting is not year. >> it's very clear he was told he had a specific job to do. >> price water house coopers says it's deeply sorry, and had no comment about the tweets. warren beatty spoke out on tuesday. he said he wants the president of the academy to publicly clarify what happened as soon as possible. >> it was so gracious and generous of them. >> as for the creators of moonlight and lala land. they're appearing side by side in a variety cover story obtained exclusively by today. the moonlight director calls the flub messy but kind of gorgeous. my first thought was to get to the stage to give lala land producer a hug as quickly as possible. lala land writer/director adding

joe fryer has the story here. >> reporter: this one has a lot of people up in arms. girls were trying to board a united flight in denver, when a gate agent stopped them deeming their span decdex leggings were inappropriate. the outrage began at denver airport, when two girls were denied entry by the gate agent. the reason, they were wearing spandex leggings. >> she's forcing them to change or put dressing over leggings or they can't board. when does united policewomen's clothing. united responded, we have the right to refuse transport for passengers that are barefoot or not properly clothed. the girls were with an adult man wearing shorts and he wasn't stopped. the reaction on social media, fast and furious. since when are leggings inappropriate? is united airlines fashion police? even mom and oscar winner, patricia arquette weighed in. women and girls are in a no man's land about appropriate attire. united clarified the girls were on the pass program, which provides free airline for friends and employs. they have strict requirements because they're considered repres

joe fryer has the story. >> reporter: two girls were stopped them deeming their spandex leggings wereppropriate. critics lined up as the news spread online but this morning the airline is fighting back. the outrage began at denver airport when two girls were denied entry on to a united flight by the gate agent. the reason, they were wearing spandex leggings. passenger shannon watts tweeting "she's forcing them to change or put dresses on over leggings or they can't board. since when does united policewomen's clothing." united immediately responded "we have the right to refuse transport for passengers who are barefoot or not properly clothed." watts, who witnessed the incident, said the girls were traveling with an adult man wearing shorts and he wasn't stopped. the reaction on social media fast and furious. "since when are leggings inappropriate? is united airlines fashion police or misobstruction of justices now." even mom and oscar wimmer patricia arquette weighed in "women and girls are in a no-man's-land about appropriate attire so looks li united later clarified the girls were tr