kate snow: that's universal. craig melvin: she survived a harrowing ordeal in one of the most dangerous places on earth. amanda lindhout: tonight, they have brought me out to kill me. craig melvin: then, from across the world, her kidnapper found her again. he reached out to me on facebook. did your heart stop? it was so scary that he could find me. craig melvin: for the first time, she shares her dramatic story-- how she helped secret agents hunt down her captor. this all plays like a tom clancy thriller. absolutely. craig melvin: the setting? a perfect island paradise. the plot? a daring undercover sting. you were supposed to get-- yes. - --some money. - yes. what did they give you? 10,000. we didn't think it would work. craig melvin: face-to-face with her kidnapper at last-- i just broke down. it's still hard for you. this isn't real life, like, pain. craig melvin: --would she get justice? i got the courage in that moment. then i said, i'm ready. [music playing] hello, and welcome to "dateline." amanda lindhou

. >> and i'm kate snow. "nbc news daily" starts right now. >>> today, monday, october 28th, 2024. >>> hot on the trail. jam packed final week of campaigning for former president donald trump and vice president kamala harris, both are crisscrossing the nation focusing on must-win battleground states. >>> threatening the vote, u.s. intelligence agencies issue a new warning focusing on domestic violence extremists ahead of election day, who they're potentially targeting >>> one year later, matthew perry's family opens up to nbc news exactly one year after the friends star death. >>> and happy halloween, the big night is just three days away but for some pets all that spooky fun can be scary, how to make sure they get no tricks and only treats. >>> and yes we'll have some pets on site. >>> we'll start this hour with the final full week of the presidential campaign, election day is now just eight days away. >> both candidates are in battleground state yet again today. kamala harris is in michigan. former presiden

i'm zinhle essamuah and and i'm kate snow. "nbc news daily" starts right now. >>> today, wednesday, october 30th, 2024. >>> time running out. both candidates vie for votes in must-win battleground states. overshadowing it all is a gaffe from president joe biden. >>> high alert law enforcement agencies nationwide are bracing for a barrage of security threats. the biggest concerns from the u.s. and from abroad. >>> tears and fears. the excitement is brewing ahead of halloween night but sometimes the scares can be a bit too real, the steps all parents can take to keep their kids safe. >>> the empire state strikes back, the new york yankees crushed the l.a. dodgers avoiding a world series sweep, what you can expect from pivotal game five tonight, plus the action in the stands that has fans crying foul. >>> but we'll start with a busy day on campaign trail, with just six days to go until election day. >> we'll start with vice president kamala harris, the vice president campaigned in battleground state of north carolina today, she h

. >> i'm kate snow. "nbc news daily" starts right now. >> today, tuesday october 15th, 2024, three weeks left, the race for the white house is in it final sprint. how both campaigns are trying to win over voters as one ramps up its media blitz. >>> rising violence. israel's military launches a series of deadly strikes in the gaza strip, one sparking a devastating fire, housing displaced palestinians. we're on the ground. >>> a troubling new trend, dentists getting veneers from those who are not qualified. how to keep it from happening to you. >>> and a pair of pandas who just arrived from china, how they're settling in and how long before you can get your first peek. see that fedex plane and truck? that's how they got here. >> they arrive in style every time. stick around for that. we're going to start this hour with the presidential election exactly three weeks from today. >> and now another battleground state is opening up early voting. take a look at the long lines. these are voters in georgia, castin

nbc news senior national correspondent kate snow is here with more on this.y talked to a lot of them afterward. what they're saying is they are stressed out. a lot of them are thinking that they have to have their entire life plan already worked out as teenagers, and bottom line, it's a grind. from coast to coast, america's teenagers say they're tired of trying to make good grades, look good, get into college, and have the perfect social life. the study from common sense media and the center for digital thriving finds 81% of american teens are feeling negative pressure in at least one key area of their lives. >> a lot of kids are feeling burned out. >> there is such a focus on productivity, on this idea that you should always be performing or doing something productive, grind, grind, grind. >> emily weinstein is the cofounder of harvard's center for digital thriving. she and other researchers found grind culture is leading to burnout in more than a quarter of teenagers. 56% of teens say they feel pressure to have a set game plan for their lives. 51% feel pres

. >> kate snow spoke to wynn kelleher in september after the trump and harris debate.ppy with either candidate. >> we spoke to lynn again this week. the lifelong republican is weighing pocketbook issues and her conscience. she still considers herself up decided, but -- >> if you had, had, had to make a decision right this moment with what you know right now with what do you do? >> i'd have to vote for kamala. while i think that she's misguided as is her party, i don't think that she's an awful human being, and i think that donald is. >> hannah reed told us after the debate that vice president harris still had to win her vote. >> she has a lot of questions she needs to answer -- >> hannah also remains undecided, but is leaning toward vice president harris. >> policy wise i would vote for kamala. >> some of the undecided voters we spoke to earlier in the election didn't want to share where they stand now. others didn't respond to our request for an interview. this is what denise lewis of arizona told jacob soboroff after the debate. >> it seemed like a was formed between

. >> reporter: kate snow spoke to lynn kelleher back in september after the trump-harris debate.ughts then -- >> i'm not happy with either candidate. >> reporter: we spoke to lynn again. she is weighing pocketbook issues and her conscience. she still considers herself undecided, but -- >> if you had to make a decision right this moment, with what you know right now, what do you do? >> i'd have to vote for kamala. while i think that she's misguided, as is her party, i don't think she is an awful human being. and i think that donald is. >> reporter: hannah reed told us after the debate that vice president harris still had to win her vote. >> she has a lot of questions she needs to answer. >> reporter: hannah also remains undecided but is leaning toward vice president harris. >> policy wise, i would vote for kamala. >> reporter: some of the undecided voters we spoke to earlier this election didn't want to share where they stand now. others didn't respond to our request for an interview. this is what denise lewis of arizona told jacob soboroff after the debate. >> it seemed like a co

i'm kate snow. zinhle essamuah is off today. "nbc news daily" starts right now. >>> today, tuesday, october 8th, 2024. >>> breaking news. the rush to escape. millions across florida are trying to get out before hurricane milton makes landfall, it could be one of the most destructive hurricanes in decades. our crews are on the ground. al roker is here tracking the time line. >>> also breaking, taking on tiktok, 14 states file suits against the social media platform, claiming that it's preying on children. the case they're laying out and how tiktok is now responding. >>> thinking bigger! have you noticed that box of cereal or bag of chips isn't quite lasts as long as it used to. >>> and a turn for the better, are you one of millions of americans, an expert will walk us through the moves you can do to get relief. >>> the breaking news, evacuations under way right now ahead of direct impact in florida from hurricane milton, right now it's a category 4 storm out in the gulf, it's gaining strength ahead of expected landfall tomorrow n

. >> reporter: kate snow spoke to lynn in pennsylvania in kept september after the harris and trump debate>> reporter: she is weighing pocketbook issues and her conscience and undecided. if you had, had, had, to make a decision right at this moment with what you know right now, what do you do? >> i'd have to vote for kamala. while i think that she is misguided, as is her party, i don't think that she is an awful human being, and i think that donald is. >> reporter: hanna reed told us after the debate that vice president harris still had to win her vote. >> she has a lot of questions she needs to answer. >> reporter: hanna also remained undecided is but is leaning toward vice president harris. >> policy wise, i would vote for kamala. >> reporter: some of the undecided voters we spoke to earlier this election didn't want to share where they stand now. others didn't respond to our question for an interview. what denise lewis said after the debate. >> i feel a connection between you vice president harris that wasn't there the other night. >> absolutely. >> reporter: she is still leaning uncert

. >> and i'm kate snow. "nbc news daily" starts right now. >>> today, wednesday, october, 2nd, 2024. >>> firsthand look, president biden and vice president harris are surveying hurricane helene's sweeping destruction today. at least 175 people have died. hundreds more are still missing. their message as millions across the region try to pick up the pieces. >>> and on the brink. how israel is planning to respond and iran's warning if it does. >>> wi-fi revolution. inside the major push by airlines to deliver faster, more reliable internet to millions of passengers. >> yesterday. >>> and happy feet. meet pesto, the baby penguin taking over tiktok, what zookeepers say is behind his chubby charm. >> if you haven't seen pesto, you'll want to. >>> we'll start though with politics, the president and vice president seeing the devastation of hurricane helene firsthand. >> president biden is in the carolinas today, he got an aerial tour of the damage earlier, the president also ordered 1,000 active duty troops to help

. >> and i'm kate snow. "nbc news daily" starts right now. >>> today, thursday, october 17th, 2024. >>> breaking news, hamas leader dead. israel confirms it's killed the master mind behind the deadly october 7th terror attack. >>> the final sprint, just 19 days until election day and both vice president harris and former president trump are racing to court voters. the comments raising eyebrows today after their dueling interviews last night. >>> left behind. millions across florida are back home after being forced to flee two deadly hurricanes, the growing concern the incarceration could turn fatal in face of. >>> what you can do today to save big for it's too late. >> hard to believe holidays are fast approaching. >> nice to think about travel. >>> we begin this hour with the big breaking news in the middle east. >> israel's foreign minister said the leader of hamas has been killed. the israeli military said yahya sinwar was killed inside gaza. the architect behind the october 7th terror attack on israel it

. >> and i'm kate snow. "nbc news daily" starts right n now. >>> today, wednesday, october 23rd, 2024. >>> taking aim. major fallout today after donald trump's longest serving chief of staff john kelly says the former president privately praised the nazi dictator hitler and his generals. vice president harris slamming trump over the reported remarks. >>> contaminated. an outbreak of e. coli linked to mcdonald's leaves at least one person dead and multiple others sick. how the company's president is responding. >>> electoral college explained. my breakdown of how america elects its president, why the country still uses it. >>> and talking about loss. maybe you have seen this, elmo and actor andrew garfield talking about losing a loved one. >>> we'll start this hour with that race to the white house. election day now just 13 days away. >> vice president kamala harris is in pennsylvania for a town hall. donald trump is campaigning in georgia. vice president harris' running mate walz has voted early today. >> it

. >> and i'm kate snow. "nbc news daily" starts right now. >>> today, thursday, october 3rd, 2024. >>> unsealed. explosive new details about former president donald trump's alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election, why the documents were unsealed now and how trump is firing back. >>> surveying the damage, president biden is spending a second day touring hurricane helene's devastation in the deadliest storm in the u.s. since katrina, how president biden is promising to help communities across the region rebuild. >>> beyond grounded. a group of teenagers caught on video surveillance ransacking convenience stores across los angeles. how their own parents teamed up with law enforcement. >>> roll call, chronic absentism has more than doubled since the pandemic. >> an important story, as the school year is under way. >> you've been working on that for a while. >>> we begin with the political and legal impact of the new court filing in the federal election interference case against former president donald trum

. >> and i'm kate snow. "nbc news daily" starts right now. >>> today, thursday, october 31st, 2024. >>> hot on the trail. vice president kamala harris and former president donald trump are setting their sights on the southwest, how both campaigns are focusing on battleground states like arizona and nevada with just five days left until election day. >>> new evidence. major development in the case against sean "diddy" combs, the new testimony coming from a witness and what it could mean for the music mogul. the exclusive reporting from nbc news. >>> california dreamin', the los angeles dodgers are world series champions, how they came back to take home the trophy and how l.a. is planning a massive victory parade. >>> and scary expensive. from the candy to the costumes americans are shelling out a lot of money to celebrate halloween the hottest costumes and candy trends across the nation. we'll get into all of that. >> i like candy. >> i do, too. >> especially on halloween. >> yes, happy halloween. we did our

. >> and i'm kate snow. "nbc news daily" starts right now. >>> today, tuesday, october 29th, 2024. >>> one week to go. both the trump and harris campaigns make their final pitches to voters. the vice president expected to deliver her closing argument tonight at the location with major significance. how former president trump is looking to win back voters after a controversial rally. >>> one nation under stress. one thing we all agree on right now a lot of russ stressed out over the election, tips on how to manage the anxiety. >>> sub par. a new class action lawsuit accuses subway of promising more meats than it actually delivers. >>> hollywood ending, the los angeles dodgers are one win away from the world championship. game four tonight at yankee stadium. >> it's getting tense over here in new york. >> it is. for our california viewers i'm sure you have a lot to cheer for tonight. >>> we'll start with the presidential campaign now in its final week, election day is a mere seven days away. >> vice president

. >> and i'm kate snow. "nbc news daily" starts right now. >>> today, thursday, october 24th, 2024. >>> coast to coast. vice president kamala harris is bringing starpower in the east, former president donald trump rallies in the west. plus, what our brand-new poll reveals where gen-z stands in the race for president >>> political violence, police in arizona arrest a man accused of shooting at the democratic national committee there. what else they say he was planning. >>> off the menu, more restaurants stopped using the onions possibly linked to the mcdonald's e. coli outbreak. >>> major retailers like target and amazon are slashing prices ahead of the holidays. why the best time to stuff your stockings might be right now. >> you have a family to get gifts for, have you started. >> no. it's october. >> there are some deals out there. >>> but we begin with the race to the white house, election day is now 12 days away. >> the candidates are on different coasts today, former president donald trump is campaignin

. >> and i'm kate snow. "nbc news daily" starts right now. >>> today, monday, october 7th, 2024. >>> breaking news. category five. monster hurricane milton gains strength as it barrels toward florida, al roker is tracking when it's expected to make landfall and who's likely to be hit hardest. >>> one year later. sirens wail across israel marking 365 days since the october 7th terror attacks. memorials are being held for the victims and for the hostages, we'll speak to the parents of one of those hostages about their hopes that their son may finally come home. >>> making a list. the holiday shopping season is officially here, the major retailers slashing prices this week and the items you'll want to check twice before you add to cart. >>> and omg. i sit down with suki waterhouse for the drink. >>> so many great stories to get on this monday. >>> breaking news the major hurricane barrelling right now toward florida's gulf coast. >> hurricane milton is now a monster category five storm, at this hour milton is g

. >> and i'm kate snow. "nbc news daily" starts right now. >>> today, monday, october 21st, 2024. >>> making the choice. former president donald trump and vice president kamala harris duke it out over undecided voters, how they're hoping to win them over and who they're calling in to help with just 15 days left to campaign. >>> secrets exposed, an apparent document leak revealed top secret intelligence on israel's plans to strike back at iran, what we're learning about how the leak happened. >>> flooding crisis. historic rainfall triggers deadly flash flooding in new mexico. the scope of the devastation is just coming into focus, we're on the ground in the communities hardest hit. >>> and clash of the coasts, the los angeles dodgers will face off against longtime rivals the new york yankees. being billed as a world series matchup for the ages, the history already being made on and off the field. >> you know with all this political competition i welcome some good old-fashioned sport. >> watching baseball over

. >> and i'm kate snow. "nbc news daily" starts right now. >>> today, tuesday, october 22nd, 2024. >>> breaking news. ceo sex scandal, the former top executive at abercrombie and fitch arrested on federal sex trafficking charges, the disturbing allegations just revealed by prosecutors. >>> two weeks left until election day, how both candidates are working around the clock to try to win those votes in pivotal battleground states. >>> seeing red? a child who rides a bus to school, the new tool designed by artificial intelligence. >>> all patched up. meet the boy who survived a rare form of leukemia and is now spreading hope one patch at a time. today's good news story. i can't wait to introduce you to oliver and their whole team, it's a really inspiring story. >>> we begin this hour with breaking news, the former ceo of abercrombie and fitch. >> arrested this morning in west palm beach, florida, appeared in federal court this afternoon. he and two of his associates are accused of organizing a sprawling sexual

. >> and i'm kate snow. "nbc news daily" starts right n now. >>> today, wednesday, october 16th, 2024. >>> breaking news. push for freedom. family members of erik and lyle menendez are getting ready to stage a courthouse rally this afternoon. why the convicted kills should be released. >>> must see tv, vice president harris and former trump both set to make dueling television appearances today, the key voters they're hoping to sway. >>> unsubscribe, cancel an online subscription, the new rule set to make that process a whole lot easier. >>> and oh, my gourd. a police officer in ohio kind of squashed by a runaway inflatable pumpkin, he's okay, what it took to rein in this halloween. >> it's getting out of hand. giant skeletons. >> i'm here for the candy. >>> more serious news breaking out of los angeles. >> the family of erik and lyle menendez are set to hold a news conference calling for the brothers to be released from prison, less than two weeks after the los angeles distribute attorney's office was review

. >> and i'm kate snow. we begin this hour with the breaking news in florida the final hours before landfall of hurricane milton. >> this is a major category 4 storm off the west coast of florida right now landfall is expected late tonight, alerts are in place across almost the entire florida peninsula and our new tropical storm watches and warnings for parts of georgia and south carolina. >> the effects from milton are already being felt a tornado outbreak ahead of this storm, one of those tornados that appeared to touch down near interstate 75 in broward county earlier today. emergency officials are making their final preparations for this storm, it's already being called catastrophic and life-threatening. the second major hurricane to hit the sunshine state in just the last two weeks, our nbc news team are fand out across the storm zone. let's go to nbc new york matt brickman. we're getting closer to landfall, though it's still hours away, what's the latest track? >> we're getting updates from the nationa

. >> i'm kate snow. "nbc news daily" starts right now. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ >>> today, monday, october 14, 2024. neck and neck. former president trump and vice president harris are deadlocked less than one month away before the election. steve kornacki walks us through the revealing nbc news poll. >>> breaking news. suing diddy. sean combs hit with a series of new civil suits today. in one the rapper is accused of raping a college student 20 years ago, and what we are now learning. american across the middle east are being forced to evacuate after days of deadly exchanges between hezbollah, why now and how the u.s. is stepping in. >>> next up, jupiter. nasa's first mission to the planet. >> and liftoff. >> what it's hoping to discover and just how many years it will take to get to jupiter. >> it's really incredible how many developments there have been. >> yeah. and the moon that they're studying. we'll get into all of it a little later. >> we'll start this hour with the race to the white house and just 22 days to g

. >> and i'm kate snow. "nbc news daily" starts right now. >>> today, friday, october 25th, 2024, lone star sprint. the presidential race runs straight through texas today. what vice president harris and former president trump hope to accomplish there. plus, what new polling reveals about a stark divide between gen z and their parents. >>> closer to freedom? l.a. county district attorney in l.a. announcing that he backs calls for erik and lyle menendez to be resentenced. they're serving life in prison for the murders of their parents. what's next and how soon could they be out from behind bars? >>> same year, new you. have you set your new year's resolutions yet. we know it's october, so we'll walk you through an emerging trend that says right now is the time to make big changes. >>> and let's get cooking. al roker is here, out with a new cookbook. his tips for all families looking to spice up dinner time. >> the food is good-looking. >> yeah, it is. i've got to try out some of the recipes. >>> we are going

. >> reporter: kate snow spoke to lynn of pennsylvania back in september of the trump and harris debate i'm not happy with either candidate. >> reporter: we spoke to lynn again, the lifelong republican is weighing pocketbook issues and her conscience. she still considers herself undecided. but, if you had to make a decision right this moment with what you know right now, what do you do? >> i'd have to vote for kamala. while i think that she's misguided, as is her party, i don't think that she's an awful human being. and i think donald is. >> reporter: hannah reid told us after the debate that vice president harris still had to win her vote. >> she has a lot of questions she needs to answer. >> reporter: hannah also remains undecided, but is leaning toward vice president harris. >> policy-wise, i would vote for kamala. >> reporter: some of the undecided voters we spoke to earlier in this election, didn't want to share where they are right now, others didn't respond to our request for an interview. this is what denise lewis of arizona told jacob soboroff after the debate. >> it feels like

. >> kate snow is talking to a group of voters in the city of pittsburgh, and the critical commonwealthpennsylvania. kate? >> reporter: yeah, it is critical, isn't it? thank you, lester. i have six voters with me, all of you described yourselves as somewhat moderate, somewhat in the center, some more than others. i want to start with rhona and meryl, we had a lot of news today about israel and about the attack by iran. both of you said you were motivated, you're jewish, you're democrats, both of you, registered democrats, but you're seeing this very differently. rhona, tell me why you're thinking about possibly voting for donald trump. >> today is not a good day to ask me that, i guess, because today i'm really thankful, right, largest barrage of ballistic missiles ever shot at a country in history. and the u.s. supported israel and shot down missiles with jordan and israel. so i'm so incredibly thankful for that. and eye big biden fan today. >> reporter: are you still thinking you might vote republican? >> i am still undecided, yes, absolutely. because i think every day right now is so

kate snow has been talking to a group of voters in battleground pennsylvania.he consensus? what are you hearing?lester, it interesting. we have been chatting. we're in pennsylvania, right, guys? we talked about how you feel the pressure that this is a swing area and you could decide this election. brian, i'll start with you. you were really torn going in before the debate, you talked about not knowing exactly what you want to do. how are you feeling now? >> you know, i feel like walz probably hit it on the head a lot of times. probably 60/40. >> 60/40 for harris? >> for harris, yeah. i feel like vance sort of danced around a lot of questions. it is not really going to -- the vice president debate is really not going to have any kind of meaning on how i vote. but -- >> as you sit here now, do yo have more certainty about how you're going to vote or not really? >> not really, no. but, i do think that walz sort of -- he -- he was really for the people, right? and vance did a lot of deflecting. and a lot of -- he just really wasn't sure. he kind of danced around an

snow in the sierra. >> all right. let's get you rolling out kate slick, take your time. 30 minute ride on the bay bridge. while you're san mateo bridge route 13, they are, which is a bridge and the golden gate. 37, the tells 19 minutes. >> all right. let's get to our big story this morning. the controversy that continues with san jose city council member omar torres, now the santa clara county democratic party is calling for his resignation and we had covers will tran live in with more on that will. >> they have changed their position up until last night. they were saying let's do a full investigation. they did not come out and flat out say they want him to resign. but now they're saying that because they say he's admitted to what he's accused the city council that insult to injury for omar torres last night in a committee, they denied his 30 day leave of absence. so it looks like his support is collapsing on him. omar torres is still technically a city council member, but democratic party that mayor the residents in district 3 which make up about

kate, we're going to forget fall to convert to go right to winter. >> if you're in upstate new york, i mean, this this is the first snow falling from the skies in saranac lake, creating quite a sight and a little light dusting in some of the adirondacks as well. so a beautiful sight, but this cold weather not welcome for everybody. remember there's a lot of relief efforts still taking place in and around western north carolina, particularly asheville. temperatures flirting with a freezing mark there overnight lows and really not giving more out of the middle 50s for the afternoon high temperatures. so it will be cold for the next couple of days for those without electricity just to he's still and without power. so here it is. this is the 60 million americans under some sort of weather alert to that being cold weather alert. and these temperatures are more typical towards mid to end of november so asheville's high today, 57. that is the average for november 23, very similar type weather pattern along the eastern seaboard, new york the way to atlanta, the cold weather is here through the rest of the workweek, but then we see the temperatures moderate to