keir simmons starting us off. keir, thanks. here in this country in new york in fact there is late word about the preliminary cause of the rough landing and the runway scare at la guardia airport monday. the ntsb preliminary report reveals instead of flaring out and landing and setting down rear gear first, the southwest airlines boeing 737 landed nose gear first. because of the metal strain on the struts the front landing gear then collapsed. the plane skidded down the runway for 19 seconds before coming to a stop. there were, as you may know, several minor injuries. >> now to what the feds are telling us is the largest data breach in our nation's history. the private information of millions of americans has been stolen from places where they have swiped debit and credit card. it happened when some big name stores were hit by hackers. prosecutors say it went on for years without anyone noticing. our report tonight from our senior investigative correspondent lisa myers. >> reporter: the hackers allegedly penetrated the computer

keir simmons, nbc news, london. >>> back on this side of the atlantic, that's our broadcast on a tuesday thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. and we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. >> nbc bay area news begins with breaking news. >>> this was the first time that he and the flying pilot that he was instructing had flown together. >> right now at 6:00, an inexperienced instructor accompanying the pilot. we have new information about the flight crew that landed at sfo. >> so what happened inside the cockpit? investigators are on the scene of the 214 crash. they continued their interviews with the crew today, attempting to nail down what they were doing in the final moments of that flight. the ntsb released new information today, including the fact that the two flight attendants were ejected from the plane on impact. we have a close look at what might have went wrong. and some passengers say first responders moved too slowly following the crash, but we begin with cheryl herd and that ntsb briefing. >> reporter: a lot of ground covered at the briefing. the ch

>> keir simmons, live report for us tonight from paris. keir, thanks. >>> a defiant edward snowden briefly emerged from hiding today in moscow. the fugitive former intelligence contractor met with human rights groups, said he hopes to remain in russia, at least for now. our report tonight from nbc's jim maceda in moscow. >> reporter: the world hadn't seen edward snowden for three weeks. but there he was, meeting with human rights lawyers and russian officials inside the transit zone of the moscow airport, his temporary home. "he looked perfectly well to me," he said. "he seemed a bit pale but very neat." he came out swinging, attacking the u.s. and its allies for what he called unlawful actions, preventing him from traveling to asylum in latin america. >> i did not seek to enrich myself. i did not seek to sell u.s. secrets. i did not partner with any foreign government to guarantee my safety. >> reporter: he now says he wants to stay in russia temporarily until he can travel safely to venezuela, nicaragua, or bolivia. >> i do intend to ask

nbc's keir simmons is at the scene with more. >> reporter: at high speed, the train turns into a bendand derails. its cars thrown from the track. 247 people were on board. one passenger said it sudden lynn twisted at 9 p.m. local time, carriages piled up. smoke pouring from the wreckage. a deadly fire, as people tried to escape. casualties were lifted through windows, carried away by first responders as through the night, paramedics battled to help injured. the bodies of those who didn't make it covered with blankets. relatives left in tears by the crash site. the train from the country's capital urge madrid, coming off the rails i don't you the side the satiago de cuba compostela in northern spain, eeft of a local festival. all events canceled, instead, people geared donate blood. according to witnesses at local hospitals, many of the dead were yet to be identified. some reports say the train was traveling at twice the speed limit you its cars derailing on a bend. so far, officials believe it was an accident, one of europe's worst ever train disasters. >> that was keir simmons report

keir simmons, nbc news, london. >>> that is our broadcast on this tuesday night.hank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams and we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. >>> nbc bay area news starts now. >>> good tuesday evening, everyone. >> blurred lines. a gentleman's club says it's opening soon right in the heart of the business district in downtown san jose, just blocks from the cathedral and city hall. but one person says he is not rolling out the welcome mat. >> reporter: this historic building behind me has housed nightclubs before and has an operating and existing liquor license. so there was really no need for any public comment where people could have voiced their concerns, but as you can imagine, there are people that are not too happy to hear that a gentleman's club is coming to town. and the owners of that club are not quite ready to persuade them otherwise. the building holds a promise of something forbidden, naked, dancing girls. the rules are clear, but so is the zoning for this downtown area. the club is operating i

a look back tonight from nbc's keir simmons in london. >> reporter: william is at kate's bedside tonight. the family is celebrating. but there is someone missing, diana. >> there will be that moment when the baby is safely born. there will be a tinge of sadness that she is not there. >> reporter: she has been a presence from the beginning. kate's engagement ring belonged to diana. >> i would loved to have met her. she would have been an amazing woman to look up to. >> this is my way of keeping her so close. >> reporter: she would have been 52 now. >> i think she would be thinking, i'm going to be a grandmother. that's always a bit of a shock. and i think she will think i hope this baby has as much fun as i had with william and harry. >> reporter: diana was fun. she loved being a mother. when royal duty called, she found it hard to be away. >> i love coming back to them. >> the greatest picture of diana with those boys is when she's been on a trip and they are on a boat and her arms are as wide as the world. and she says, this is where you feel safe. >> reporter: she was fiercely protecti

keir simmons at buckingham palace and keir simmons, how will the announcement take place? >> first of all, william will phone from the hospital where jim is, the queen. that will be the first message that's sent out of the hospital, that the baby has been born. the queen here at buckingham palace. then we think we may hear word from the palace that there's been a royal birth. but importantly, a royal declaration will be carried through the streets of london here to the gates of buckingham palace and put up on an easel as it was when william was born. so we expect to see it here. there are people here, by the way, gathered. some of them say they'd like to wait until the notice is here but obviously we may have to wait a little while for that. andrea, one point you were making earlier, which is interesting, the queen of course said that she hoped the baby was born before she went on vacation this week. clearly her word is her command. this baby, though not born yet, clearly knows who the boss is. >> clearly cooperating. to you, jim maceda, at the hospital, there is not a lon

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nbc's keir simmons joins me now. do they have any notion of the cause?know it was reportedly at least going at a very dangerous speed on a sharp curve. >> reporter: yeah, andrea. good afternoon. that is what they think may well have caused this. this piece of track behind me -- you can see the bend. quite a bend where the accident happened. this piece of track is a 50 limit. the train may have been going 80, maybe more. the driver, as you say, radioed there seems to have been a suggestion in what he said that he was going too fast. that is absolutely what they're working on and then you have that really shocking footage because there was a fixed camera down on the line behind me here and you see the train come around the bend. a train, by the way, that in spain is used all of the time, a high-speed train, cross-country train, it comes around the bend and the carriages are flung from the line as if it really was going too fast. the effect then was that carriages were piled on top of each other, people were trapped, and then there was a fire and so a despe

nbc's keir simmons is live for us in london. what do we know? >> reporter: well, we understand that kate and william have left where kate has been for the last few days with her mother. that's her family home that they have left there and that they appear to be heading towards london. we don't know where exactly they are heading for. this we think is around about the due date, mid-july. we heard from camilla that she hinted that perhaps the baby might be due by the end of this week. of course we also heard from the queen suggesting she'd like to see the baby born by the end of next week. so this appears to be around about the time but what we don't know is where kate and william are heading to. are they heading to the hospital or are they heading to kensington palace where it has been widely believed they will spend the last few days waiting for kate to go into labor. those two places are very close to each other. where they are coming from now, it is about an hour from london. if they are going to kensington palace, perhaps to be closer to the

thank you so much, keir simmons. there is this excitement here wanting to know when they are going to be able to see the future king, the brand-new baby. in the meantime, they really are as ma tern its wards go gin the lap of luxury. yesterday i talked to a mom who delivered both of her children in lindo. here is what she told me about what it's like in there. >> when you walk in there it's like walking into a very five-star hotel. >> quite posh? >> absolutely. security guards on the door. very important people rushing around looking after you. and the room that you go into, again, you have your own bed with a duvet rather than the ordinary sheets and blankets. it has curtains and a television and fridge and freezer and bathroom and your hand soaps and bathrooms and towels. it is great and it's luxury. when i had mine, my consultant said you can go home now. i said, you know what? can i say an extra couple of nights? i didn't want to leave. >> but they? >> insurance company did. enough is enough. you can go. >> i pre

keir simmons, nbc news, london. >>> and that is our broadcast on a monday night.hank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. we hope to see you back in new york tomorrow evening. good night. >>> nbc bay area news starts now. >>> and good evening, everyone. >> new tonight at 6:00. there's a trial in san jose that could have major implications for homeowners throughout california. ten cities and counties are seeking nearly $1 million from paint manufacturers to remove lead paint from millions of homes. especially here in the bay area, a lot of these older homes. >> reporter: that's very true. today during opening statements, prosecutors are argued that five major paint companies knew about the potentially harmful impact lead paint has on children. but continued to sell the product. but the paint companies argued harmful product. in santa clara county, an estimated 400,000 homes were built before 1978. and experts estimate 70% of those houses contain lead paint. they link exposure to lead to learning disabilities. which is why ten california counties and citi

keir simmons, nbc news, santiago de compostela, spain. >>> in cairo tonight what's been described as perhaps the largest crowd we have seen yet in tahrir square, perhaps over a million people turning out after friday prayers there and in response to a request by egypt's military which is seeking a mandate to crack down on supporters of former president morsi. he was ousted just over three weeks ago now. today a cairo prosecutor ordered morsi oh officially detained, a signal that he may, indeed, face criminal charges. >>> at this hour halfway around the world, it's saturday morning on the korean peninsula. they are marking the 60th anniversary of the end of the korean war. in south korea, modern and prosperous in the years since the war, american veterans of the war paid their respects at the national cemetery in seoul. north korea remains an outlaw state, a nuclear nation, poor and isolated. we don't often get a look inside unless the regime has something it wants to show the wider world. that is the case on this anniversary. nbc's ann curry reports tonight from pyongyang. >> reporte

keir simmons, nbc news, london. >>> and that is our broadcast on a monday night.nk you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. we hope to see you back in new york tomorrow evening. good night. >>> a nation divided. anger across america. storming a hotel. and dead man walking? >> there's no question in my mind his wife is at risk. >> where is george zimmerman? >> he's in hiding and reportedly left the state of florida. >>> and what went wrong for the prosecution? >> we believe that we brought out the truth. >>> then -- the death of glee actor cory monteith. his lost weekend. the last photo. what co-star jane lynch is saying today. >>> and the return of the twinkie, is the new twinkie as good as the old one? >>> plus, after her big breakup with george clooney, stacy kiebler's new gig. now, "inside edition," in high definition, with deborah norville. >>> hello, thank you for joining us. i'm diane mcinerney in today for deborah norville. >>> the george zimmerman trial captivated the entire country, and his acquittal in the shooting death of 17-year-old trayvon mar

keir simmons in is in london with those details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning.as her latest book up until this weekend sold just 1500 copies in the last three months. that's because it contains a very special plot twist. nobody knew she was the one who had written it. >> i may be transformed into a rat. >> fans of the harry potter series know all about j.k. rowlings love for using hidden identities. but with her latest book, the mega author crafted a secret life to intimidate her art. >> we were trying to run all over and find it. >> fans around the globe raced to book shops sunday morning when rowling confirmed that an obscure novel released back in april, the cuckoos calling was pinned by her, not robert galbraith. >> it slipped under our radar i'm afraid. >> the book went from selling 1500 copies in three months to selling out everywhere. almost instantly. >> first thing this morning the stray copies were scooped up as soon as the doors opened. >> to find out that rowling was behind the mystery novel took a little real life detective work by the sunday times

joining me now from the scene is nbc news's keir simmons. l right, keir, give us an idea of what this scene looks like following this crash. >> reporter: well, it really is shocking. good morning, betty. you can see one of the cars overturned behind me. if i just step out of the way to give you a closer look, you can see that it has partially derailed. passengers described it as rocking like a boat, twisting back and forth. further down, there are other carriages that have completely derailed and slammed into a platform of the station that is further back down there. and as we pan up along the train, you can see where passengers had to force the doors in order to escape. others were trapped. others, further down, had to smash windows to get out. many, of course, injured, were medevaced out to local hospitals. but others, betty, just spilled out on to the tracks. where, by the way, there was live electricity, and then just sat by the side of the tracks, in complete shock. and as we pan up the train here, betty, just one incredible story. the c

. >> nbc's keir simmons. thank you so much for that update from spain. said failure of florida's stand your ground law? a woman so afraid of her husband she got a restraining order and then was convicted after firing a warning shot in his direction. i'll talk to her lawyer about their appeal. that's coming up. [ phil ] when you have joint pain and stiffness... accomplishing even little things can become major victories. i'm phil mickelson, pro golfer. when i was diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis, my rheumatologist prescribed enbrel for my pain and stiffness, and to help stop joint damage. [ male announcer ] enbrel may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal events including infections, tuberculosis, lymphoma, other cancers, nervous system and blood disorders, and allergic reactions have occurred. before starting enbrel, your doctor should test you for tuberculosis and discuss whether you've been to a region where certain fungal infections are common. you should not start enbrel if you have an infection like the flu. tell your do

our keir simmons is actually on the scene. >> reporter: good day to you. one of the worst rail accidents in europe in decades. you can see the track behind me where the trail derailed. a tight bend. the train was going fast. it is a high-speed train but it was going faster it's thought than the speed limit on this particular piece of track. and one very shocking piece of video from a fixed camera on the line shows as it comes around the bend and the cars are thrown from the track, some thrown on top of each other, passengers were trapped. then there was the question of a fire, as first responders came in to try to rescue people, smashing windows to try and pull them from the carriages of the more than 200 people who were on board, almost all were either killed or injured. that is a measure of how devastating this crash was. back to you. >> thank you, keir. >>> attorneys for the man accused of holding three cleveland girls captive for a decade is in plea negotiations with the feds. ariel castro faces nearly 1,000 charges, including kidnapping, rape and aggr

outside buckingham palace, weise have camilla tominy and keir simmons joining us now. camilla, you were one of the first to report news of the birth, were you not? >> i was on my phone, martin. basically kensington palace sent us uk press journalists, the nooup lot, the royal rat pack as we like to be called a miss sieve saying they changed the arrangement slightly. they were going to announce the birth before it went onto the easel. we thought it would go onto the easel and that came out and said an announcement was imminent. usually kensington palace don't try to send out miss sibs is unless they give a hint something is about to happen. it was five-minute warning and it was all systems go. get on twitter, i think sometimes journalism can be a bit too quick fire but in this case, i happened to be right. >> you happened to be right. >> the she's eight months pregnant. so pretty impressive job. >> i was going to raise that and ask her whether she felt nepal patations as a consequence of the excitement today. >> do you know what, martin? i was half hoping at one stage t

keir simmons in london. es to spending your dollars, which companies do you trust the most? brand index, a company that rates brand conception among consumers is out with a new list of brands with the best reputations. the top ten. ten, cheerios. followed by kindle. youtube. walgreen's and v-8. >> number five, lowe's, followed by the history channel. subway, and amazon. coming in at number one, the ford motor company. >> talk about this with donny deutsch, chairman of deutsch incorporated. good morning. this san interesting survey, but i know you think we should take it way bit of a grain of salt. why? >> the way they do it, speak to 600,000 people and say tell me something you've heard positive or negative about the brand, which takes out a lot of brands with passionate points of view like apple. love them, hate them, a huge brand, obviously. middle of road brands but real reasons they're on it. >> what you said is surprising. no apple on list, no google, no coca-cola, which is surprising when you're talking

keir simmons in london this morning with those details. keir, good morning to you. >> imagine your a mom that thinking your son may have stolen famous art work. then you hear the police are coming. do you destroy the masterpieces loved by millions around the world or do you hand the son you love over to justice. that's what this woman appears to have faced and she appears to have decided to burn the art. >> reporter: it was a devastating crime, works by picasso, monet, stolen. from the seven art works taken last year this maybe all that's left. fragments of paint and nails that held the paintings in place. scientists studied and tated these small pieces of evidence and fear it is the stolen art. what's thought to be the remains of the paintings were found here in an abandoned house. the work of a mom trying to save her son. the mother of a suspect in the theft told police she put the paintings in the stove and burnt them. he is one of six who will stand trial next month for the break in at the museum. >> it strikes me as a desperate and ter

nbc's keir simmons is at the all-england club. eir, good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, matt, good morning. you know the british love sport like wick beldon, but we don't seem to winch, don't play baseball, basketball or football. we invented soccer, but haven't won a world cup for almost 50 years. you can understand why andy murray is the new golden boy. britain's prime minister is saying today he should be sir andy murray. on wimbledon's famous centre court, history was made. a british player winning for the first time in 77 years. in straight sets. >> the great british drought is over. >> andy murray beating world number one novak djokovic. murray, normally self controlled and calm, climbing through the crowd to see his family and girlfriend. >> i just can't believe i managed to do it. >> reporter: the last british man to win was fred perry in 1936. so the british, known for their lack of emotion, went a bit wild. >> 77 years since the last win, no one is going to forget. >> to be there when history is made like that is just

. >> keir simmons, thank you for the report. we'll be following that.hat do you have coming up this sunday on "meet the press"? >> a lot to talk about in termsover the budget. also a debate over these nsa surveillance programs. congressman of michigan who nearly with an amendment was able to overturn the surveillance programs. and mike rogers of the intelligence committee. >> david, thank you so much. eugene, thank you as well. and jeff greenfield, great to see you. >>> up next, has american exceptionalism run its course? new york magazine's benjamin wallace-wells says it's crazy to expect another revolution to break the slump. you're watching "morning joe," brews by starbucks. ever wonder what this costs you as a taxpayer? millions? tens of millions? hundreds of millions? not a single cent. the united states postal service doesn't run on your tax dollars. it's funded solely by stamps and postage. brought to you by the men and women of the american postal worker's union. and you know what i walked out with? [ slurps ] [ dad ] a new passat. [ dad ] 0% ap

keir simmons is live with the story. keir, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning.t even know this little boy's name yet and yet we already know one day all of this will be his. but with all of that privilege comes duty. what the royals themselves describe as the burden of being a royal. making his entry into the world amid great excitement, the youngest member of the royal family will fall in the footstep of a long lined of crowned heads. a life of ancient privilege awaits him and he will enhert everything, palaces, kastles, and stately homes, the world's most precious jewels. all the pomp and glory and will be the most famous baby in the world. cameras already staking out their places ready to follow every step like they did with his father william and his grandmother diana. privacy will be at a premium. a normal life, diana tried to carve that out for her boys at kensington palace but of course as they get older they realize things are different because their own friends don't have four or five houses. >> marrying for love, his parents did it. but it take ace spe

nbc's keir simmons is at the hospital this morning. keir, good morning to you. >> hey, matt, good morning. so many people were injured in that crash they're being treated at a number of hospitals here. one of the at least five americans who was injured are being treated as the investigation gets underway. the driver of the train was lead away by investigators as reports say the train was traveling at more than twice the 50 miles per hour speed limit. so the question today is was the driver to blame or was there some kind of a system failure? >> reporter: is this the man who causederup europe's worst train disaster in decades? he was the driver, now under investigation for driving too fast. on his facebook page, he has boasted about speeding posting pictures of the speedometer, 200 kilometers an hour. that's more than 120 miles per hour. onboard, a mormon missionary, and he describes the crash as a scene from hell. he believes the train was going too fast. for most of the trip it was like 60 miles per hour but toward the end it said 194,

nbc's keir simmons has the latest. >> reporter: good morning.ars left strewn and by the side of the tracks. what you are about to see, a word of warning, is perhaps more shocking. a fixed camera captured the moment that the train derailed as we learn of reports that possibly two passengers on board were from houston. at high speed, the train turns into a bend and derails. its cars thrown from the track. 247 people were on board. one passenger said it suddenly twisted at 9:00 p.m. local time. carriages piled up. smoke pouring from the wreckage. deadly fire, as people tried to escape. casualties were lifted through windows as through the night paramedics battled to help the injured. the bodies of those who didn't make it covered with blankets. relatives left in tears by the crash site. from the capital of madrid, coming off the trails just outside of santiago de compostela in northern spain. it was the eve of a local festival. all celebrations were cancelled. instead, people gathered to donate blood. according to witnesses at local hospitals, many