that was kerry sanders reporting. is might give you new respect for the jingle jangle of th ins that you carryme around. somes in a plastic bag like i do. >>> national fans may ms bryce harper's home runs but we don't miss hisemper. philly fans saw it fre-up as he was ejected against the mets. he was angry about a call thela home p ump made and told him about it. then a few battered later he led the dugout and returneo the plate and fought again. harper has been ejected before. 12 times in hisr. car but it is a new sight for philly fans. they haven't had a player ejected in nearly four years. harper did apologize to fans after the game. >>> keeping kids focused in the classroom i't always easy for a teacher. but one local professor is combining educati with his passion for hip-hop. news4 cole jacobs reports from the university of the district oflu combia. >> reporter: dr. peter ford, aka professor lyric has a unique way with words. he t started dabble with that in grade school. >> a friend and i had a two-man group an

she and her parents sat down with kerry sanders to talk about the terrifying ordeal. >> reporter: it's hard to believe six days ago 9-year-old laderihanna holmes, who loves sponge bob and writing stories, was in her front ride when a car ran a stop sign running into her. what do you say to the people that call you a miracle? >> thank you so much. >> from what happened to her, i'm surprised she's alive. >> reporter: the accident fractured her skull and crushed her pelvis. she's learning to use a walker. >> tell me about the walker. >> i've taken a few steps on the walker. >> reporter: i heard ten. that's good. >> reporter: and doctors don't want her to talk about what she remembers, which they say is little. the video so shocking, the family heard from strangers as far away as denmark. >> it's wonderful and overwhelming they are helping me and praying for me. >> reporter: the unsung hero that day, her 12-year-old if >> he was hysterical. something just came over him. he start pumping her chest. >> reporter: cpr he learned watching youtube. the driver 28-year-old gabriel fordom says he l

nbc's kerry sanders has what you need to know before you board. >> reporter: john and lisa gale in happier times. now, lisa struggles. >> who do i love? >> me. >> reporter: the victim of a stroke on a cruise ship last year. >> all of a sudden she put her hand and was struck. >> reporter: the ship diverted to freeport where they rushed to a local hospital. >> they dumped her like luggage. >> reporter: there were no neurosurge neurosurgeons there and they didn't have a functioning cat scanner. they paid $15,000 out of pocket for an air ambulance back to florida. while rare, it's a cautionary tale with doctors on board as long as man navigated the seas, it's been up to the captain to make the choice of the best course to take. a decision the captain makes in the best interest of the entire vessel. spencer aaronfeld represents people suing cruise lines. >> people have an unreasonable expectation as to what these cruise ships can provide. >> reporter: while there are guidelines for medical care on cruise ships, there are no requirements what must be on board. >> they self-monitor and crue ships

kerry sanders, nbc news, gainsboro, ten tennessee. >> what a remarkable rescue. they say it was his previous experience that helped save his own life. that's "nightly news" for this thursday. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. n because of a man claiming to have a gun. hear from the nurse who police >>> right now at 6:00, a san jose hospital on lockdown because of a man claiming to have a gun. tonight the nurse who police say is the real hero. plus. >>> i'm scott budman a tech ipo. what it's like on the very first trade when all these people get rich. >>> also a brawl at a kids' indoor playground, and what this video shows one of the teenagers doing that made matters even worse. >>> the news at 6:00 starts right now. we begin with breaking news. the search for a missing teen in the waters near half moon bay, the coast guard, firefighters and chp all on site. we are live at poplar beach with the late-breaking details. >> reporter: unfortunately, we don't have good news. as we were arriving there were rescue crews alr

the weather moving east and nbc's kerry sanders is in the storm zone. >> reporter: here is what is left today in san augustine, texas after a tornado barrelled through overnight. one of two that hit the state since yesterday. this one flattening homes and buildings, toppling buildings, toppling 100-year-old trees including the pine that destroyed the mayor's home. >> i heard a roaring and when it hit the house, it was like zoom and you still -- when it hit, you could still hear the winds. >> reporter: were you afraid? >> i didn't have time to be afraid. >> reporter: the mayor and his wife were in bed when their ceiling imploded, a 2 x 4 striking his wife. >> that board there is the one that hit her across the back. >> reporter: she's sore but okay. the twister knocked him off his feet. >> i just -- >> reporter: it forced you down like that? the wind was that strong? >> that strong. >> reporter: forecasters predicted the tornados in texas and louisiana and a powerful tornado in rusten with winds estimated at at least 135 miles an hour. a mother and son killed. the governor has declared a

kerry sanders, nbc news, san salvador. >> reporter: there's more to tell you about tonight. still ahead, why prince harry declared war on one of the world's most popular video games. >>> also, the powerful message about equality from a top coach in college basketball. >>> and the magic of the queen of soul as we have never seen or heard before. >>> next, one of the most popular video games on the planet is under royal fire. nbc's morgan chesky explains why prince harry is calling to ban fortnite. >> reporter: with his first child just weeks away prince harry in full-on parent mode. the former fun-loving royal now playing protective father saying the video game fortnite should be banned. the aim of the game, simple, survive by taking out other players. if eliminated, there is always a new round waiting. the prince telling the london ymca it is created to addict. an addiction to keep you in front of a computer for as long as possible. it's so irresponsible. since last year, it doubled its number of users, topping 250 million in march. >> my experience even as a clinician and a

kerry sanders, nbc news, south carolina. >>> there's a mystery unfolding tonight in north dakota. police searching for answers after they say four people were found dead in a multiple homicide inside a business. nbc's mor day chesky is following developments for us. morgan, what can you tell us? >> just devastating news for the quiet north dakota town. police got a call around 7:30 this morning asking for medical help at a family-owned business. when they arrived, they found four bodies dead inside. right now investigators aren't sharing the cause of death but are treating this as a homicide investigation. a nearby business owner told nbc news police looked at his surveillance footage recorded between 7:00 and 7:10 a.m. we do know the suspect is still at large tonight and police chief says they're following all leads and are looking for more videos that could provide additional information. lester? >> all right. morgan chesky, thank you. >>> this evening the cdc says the number of measles cases has surpassed the count for all of 2018 and it's only april. a highly contagious virus

nbc's kerry sanders is covering the story. >> reporter: it's the video robert kraft wants nobody to see. police surveillance fuj recorded with hidden cameras at the orchids of asia day spa, where police allege 25 customers including the owner of the new england patriots, robert kraft, paid for sexual favors. a florida judge issued a temporary protective order stopping the release of the video from those private rooms until the end of the month. >> every single person -- >> reporter: for weeks, kraft's lawyers have argued that the footage was gathered illegally, is a violation of privacy, and would be prejudicial to the potential jury pool. but prosecutors filed the state's notice of intent to comply with the florida sunshine law, which says evidence of an alleged crime is a public record. court documents reveal how police obtained a sneak and peek warrant. jupiter police called a false suspicious package warning to be issued for the spa. once the mall was evacuated, police entered and insta video monitoring equipment. the police investigation at the spa began as a human trafficking case

kerry sander nbc news, tennessee. >> what a remarkable rescue.us experience ped save his own life. that's "nightly news" for this thursday. i'm lester holt. > i think by nature we are all addictive. >> demy more ore is ready to tel

. >> we begin with kerry sanders, who has interviewed both nicolas maduro and juan guaido. what are you hearing now? >> we have those protesters who have taken to the street, some of them violently meeting with the armed forces and being pushed back. the armed forces very much armed and very much using those arms, firing weapons as well as driving their armored personnel carriers in at least one case right over the top of at least a dozen people, who we are told were injured. this ongoing back and forth has reached a point where it's unclear how it's going to end, but as there is such a strong demonstration of military power on the streets, it certainly seems like it's going to take something unexpected to happen for juan guaido's supporters to make some sort of achievement today other than the visual demonstration of the numbers who have taken to the streets who are demanding change. but we have seen them take to the streets peacefully before. juan guaido, as far as we know, within the last two hours has been free, he has not been taken into custody by the nicolas maduro g

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>> all right, kerry sanders, thank you. just moments ago i asked secretary of state mike pompeo about u.s. support for guaido, and he revealed some stunning developments about venezuelan president nicolas madu's status. have you or anyone in the administration that you're aware of spoken to mr. guaido in the last 24, 48 hours? >> we're talking lots of folks on the ground, lester. o i don't want tt into who all we've had a chance to speak with today, but we've continually spoken with juan guaido all throughout this. you see, too, you see in the strt, and we've not seen mr. maduro since this morning. we did see his airplane. w itas parked at the airport. we understand that he was actually getting ready, contemplating leavg the country, and the russians told him to stay, not to depart for havana. >> all right. let me bring in andrea mitchell now. andrea, that is a surprise, russia telling maduro not to flee. how might the u.s. react? >> what mike pompeo just told you makes this a much more direct confrontation between the u.s.

kerry sanders is monitoring all of this from miami. he's been to venezuela to cover this tension as well. kerry, i'll come to you in a moment. vanessa, what can you tell us about what's happening on the ground right now? >> reporter: well, more and more people are gathering in the streets of caracas as we speak responding to the call that juan guaido made earlier. he called people to take to the streets again to force nicholas maduro out of power. this is something people have been waiting for since january when juan guaido declared himself president in front of hundreds of thousands who supported him. just when we thought guaido was losing his momentum, this happens. this happens in the context where he -- at least he's showing he has military support to take the next step. since the beginning, juan guaido has been careful about any military action because he acknowledged he didn't have enough support. we saw juan guaido with the former -- right now former -- a political prisoner says a lot of what may be coming in the next days, hours

here is kerry sanders. >> reporter: sholy ter this video was taken 4 month old seeder disappeared.apped. so when she was gone, heartbreaking? >> heartbreaking r orter: it was even harder for chase and chloe who only had pictures to remember her by. >> i was angry but i was pretty sad, too. ut >> reporter: something remarkable just happened. nearly two yea to the day that cedar ceisappeared, a police offir 2,000 miles away in colorado found her shiver iome a snowy ditch. tracing her back to the peterson family in florida. >> it's almost like the day i found out i was pregnant after five years. [ laughter ] >> surprise. >> reporter: it was that big of a moment. >> it was big of a moment. >> reporter: cedar not only reuniwith her human family but her sister cece, too. if only cedar could tell the story of where she's been. >> i wish she could tell us. >> reporter: kerry sanders, nbc news. >> cedar recognized .the whole family right away alright boys, time for bed. listen to your mom, knuckleheads. hand em over. hand what over? video games, whatever you got. let'dego. you can watch vi

kerry sanders, nbc news, columbia, south carolina. >>> a case of road rage by new york's finest aftern officer turned a queens street into a demolition derby. surveillance video captured the officer intentionally ramming his cruiser into two cars, barreling into one car in reverse, then driving forward until he breaks free, only to ram two more cars. police say a traffic supervisor was behind the wheel, and they have launched an internal investigation. >>> let's turn to the weather now. some storms for some of us. here's nbc meteorologist bill karins. good morning. >> good morning. worse weather by far today is going to be along the southeast coastal areas of georgia, south carolina, eventually north carolina, and the rain is just beginning in areas of the carolinas. we're going to see maybe one to two inches. isolated problems with flooding. a soaking rain through the carolinas throughout much of the day. of course you have those travel slowdowns. then on top of that, gusty winds with this too. hurricane-force winds just offshore along the coast, 35 to 40, maybe as much as 50-mile-pe

nbc's kerry sanders just back from a trip to el salvador. one of the most dangerous countries in the world. there he took part in an exclusive ride-along on a u.s. navy aircraft witnessed a drug boat interception from 7,000 feet above the eastern pacific coast of central america, part of the ongoing war on drugs which began decades ago. kerry sanders reports from el salvad salvador. >> go, go! move, move! >> search warrant! art 50 years ago president nixon declared a war on drugs. and the front lines today are everywhere. >> we are in the sunny eastern pacific, conducting a counterdrug patrol. >> reporter: in a few moments, we'll be airborne with combat air mission six. >> this isn't just a u.s. problem. these organizations are based all throughout central and south america. >> reporter: we're with the u.s. navy on base in el salvador. two pa poseidons stationed here scramble every day to catch traffickers. >> we are like 911 for, for the -- >> reporter: cocaine passed to panga boats sitting low to the water making them hard to detect. >> wh

nbc's kerry sanders has more on the deadly error. >> reporter: overnigdreds attending a vigil at the university of south carolina to remember samantha josephson. >> she h a personality and a presence that lit up a room. >> reporter: police say the 21-year-old senior was leaving a college bar early friday morning en she mistakenly got into this black chevy thinking it was her uber ride. a surveillance camera capturing her final moments. >> she opened thindoor and got it and departed with the suspect driving. >>eporter: wen t body was found in a wooded area, she had numerous wounds to hernd head body. man was arrested, charged with kidnapping andmurder. early saturday police spotted the car blocks fro where josephson was first picked up. inside his vevecle, detec found what they say is compelling evidence. josephson's blood. her cell phone. eandow cleaner and a container of blch. and they revealed one other chilling deta. > the child safety locks were tivated on the door that would not allow someone to -- the means of escape. >> reporter: the girl's grievint mother spoke the suspect's

kerry sanders.s, miami. >>> today students at georgetown university are voting on a ferendum so have a slavery reparation ff de 272 slaves the university sold in 38. it calls for the establishment of a new fee of $27.20. whether or not the referendum passes, theve uity will take the vote into consideration. the university has acknowledged it's ties to slavery and has taken steps at reconciliation. >>> new this morning, we've learned prince harry and his very pregnantif w meghan say they'veeeecided to kp plans around their baby arrival private. tay, good luck withhis. the duke and duchess of sussex announce they are grateful for all of the good will they have received from everyone but they nt to keep the baby's birth private, folks. they will share the news with the world once they have time to enjoy that specialoment together. this news comes one day after prince harry announced a partnership with oprah and nbcs keir sreports. >> reporter: this morning a powerful newream team is taking on mental he

kerry sanders, nbc news, san augustine, texas. >>> developing this morning, a major health alert. the centers for disease control said this is the worst year for measles in the u.s. since it was eradicated nearly two decades ago. there aea ny 700 cases across 22 states and most cases are in new york and whinhongwero in other states. [ inaudible ] health experts say the disease infects 90% of unvaccinated people exposed to it. >>> everybody knows the jingle, my bologna has a first name it's o.s.c.a.r. when we continue, we'll show you how college kids are spending their spring break and in one of the most famous -- what do you call that thing? the hot dog mobile? the wiener mobil >>> i'm jen mcfland and i'm a third grader. today is take your son and daughter to work today and you're watching tnbc4. >> gett kid a job. and maybe a few extra folks around your office today. that is because as you heard scott's mcfarland son just a chip off the old block there said it is take your son and daughter to work day. so we'll be sharing more photos and videos of our guests throughout the day ri

here's kerry sanders. >> reporter: shortly after this video was taken 4 month old seeder disappeared. the family convinced she has been dog napped. so when she was gone, heartbreaking? >> heartbreaking. >> reporter: it was even harder for chase and chloe who only had pictures to remember her by. >> i was angry but i was pretty sad, too. >> reporter: but something remarkable just happened. nearly two years to the day that cedar disappeared, a police officer 2,000 miles away in colorado found her shiveringn the local vet discovered she was microchipped, tracing her back to the peterson family in florida. >> it's almost like the day i found out i was pregnant after five years. [ laughter ] surprise. >> reporter: it was that big of a moment? >> it was that big of a moment. >> reporter: cedar not only reunited with her human family but her sister cece, too. if only cedar could tell the story of where she's been. cedi definitely wish recognized the whole family right away. they are making up for lost time. great endingthe attack that le guard with brain damage and how . >>> right now at 6:0

. >>> but, first, nbc's kerry sanders is in hard-hit st. augustine, texas, this morning. , kerry, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. residents say it was slightly after 11:00 p.m. when their phones started going off, alerting them that there was a tornado on the ground. now with the light up, they're beginning to get an assessment of the damage. you can see it here, power is out, so many people have left their homes. now there's a lot of traffic. there are some injuries, but fortunately it appears no one was killed. >> reporter: overnight a severe storm system triggering dangerous weather across is south, torrential rains and possible tornadoes touching down in louisiana and parts of texas. in st. augustine, emergency crews assessing the damage after a tornado slammed the area, wrecking homes and businesses. leroy hughes, the mayor says a tornado ripped through his neighborhood, destroying his living room and kitchen, trapping hughes and his wife in their bedroom before they were able to free themselves. >> all of a sudden when it hit the house it was just like, whoo

kerry sanders now with the latest. >> reporter: it's the video robert kraft wants nobody to see, police surveillance footage recorded with hidden cameras at the orchids of asia day spa where police allege 25 customers including the owner of the new england patriots robert kraft paid for sexual favors. today a florida judge issued a temporary protective order stopping the release of the video of the private rooms until the end of the month. for weeks kraft's lawyers have argued that the footage was and would be prejudice to the jury pool but prosecutors filed the state's notice of intent to comply with the florida sunshine law that says evidence of an alleged crime is a public record. court documents reveal how police obtained a sneak and peek warrant jupiter police caused a false suspicious package warning to be issued for the spa.ip ml was evacuated, police entered and installed video monitoring equipment. the police investigation at the spa began as a human trafficking case but prosecutors never filed charges saying there was not enough evidence that the masseuses who are now charged

savannah, she could face other charges as well. >> kerry sanders at mar-a-lago.unded after two deadly crashes overseas. the head of the senate transportation committee says whistleblowers raised concerns about the training of inspectors who checked the anti-stall system suspected in those crashes. meantime, "the wall street journal" reports the pilots of the doomed ethiopian flight followed emergency procedures laid out by boeing but still failed to regain control of the aircraft. >>> a follow-up to a story we told you about earlier this week. a suspect is under arrest in the hit-and-run that injured two girls who were playing in a front yard near atlanta. you remember this dramatic video of friday's crash. 28-year-old gabriel fordham turned himself in tuesday night. police say he was speeding when he hit a pair of mailboxes and struck the girls leaving a 9-year-old girl seriously injured. his attorney says fordham was fighting off an armed carjacker who allegedly ran away. >>> two women have reportedly come forward to accuse former vice president joe biden of ph

kerry sanders has the latest. >> reporter: good morning.rtunity to assess how bad the damage is. you n see some of it over my shoulder. we've been able to launch the drone to take a look overhead here. this is a community ofbout 2100 people. the mayor says that so far it appears from the early assessments while there have been some injuries and there is serious damage, especially even appears wn house, it that there have been no deaths hooer. power is out. people are out in their cars. traffic is backingup. it's going to take awhile to do a full assessment here. shortlyroun after local time when residents say that their cell phones alerted them there was a tornado on the ground. some people scramblingn their homes to get into safe spots, to make sure they could survive this. the mayor leroy hughes' wife was in her bed. she got out as he was scrambling and a two by four came down, hit her in the shoulder. she's at the hospital. yes, there have been some injurime. time, in louisiana, in doston near louisiana tech university, a tor touched dow

nbc's kerry sanders has just returned from one of the most dangerous countries in the world, el salvadornbc got an exclusive ride along on a u.s. navyrv sueillance aircraft, witnessing a sus drug boat interception from 7,000 feee abhe coast of central america. it's all part of the ongoing war on drugs which began decad ago. >> seah warrant. >> reporter: 50 years ago, president nixon declared a war on drugs. and the front lines todayre everywhere. >> reporter: we are in the sunny, eastern pacific, conductier a courug patrol. >> reporter: in a few moments we'll be airborn with combat ssion 6. >> this isn't just a u.s. problem. these organizations arel based hroughout central and south america. >> reporter: we're with the u.s. navy on base in el salvador. two p 8 pau side on scramble almost every day to catch traffickers. >> we are like 911 for the counter mission out here. >> reporter: cocaines passed from cargo ships toso-called panga boats that sit low to the water making them hard to detect. the navy posaidon. they have no idea they've just become an acquired target. >> they can look up

nbc news' kerry sanders is in florida to explain. oh. oh look. this is how you figure most people are looking for that treasure with a metal detector on the beach. but this morning as you noted, coin dealers tell everyone to lo in their pockets because they have quietly slipped all the valuable coins likein these to circulation. quarters, nickels, dimes, even like this gold one an indian eagle, a gold one worth up to $500. pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, coin collectors believe it makes no sense how we never inspect our change so this morning they're out to changeer amica's habits with a game. the great american coin hunt. >> there is aoi national c hunt going on across the country where 250 national dealers are distributing more than a million u.s. rare coins, just so collectors can go on the hunt and find them. >> reporter: coin dealers slippe valuable rare coins into circulion, put them into tip jars like the 1881 $5 liberty half eagle gold piece worth $500. the game's nooot >> the game's iwe'll see what happens. >> it's all designed to pro

kerry sanders is in florida to explain. oh, and look. is how you figure most people are looking for that treasure, with a metal detector on the beach. but this morning, as you tnoted coin dealers tell everyone to look in their pockets because they have quietly slipped old valuable coins like these into circulation. quarters, nickels, dimes, an indian eagle, a gold one worth up to $500. pennies, nick els, dimes, quarters. how we never inspect our change, this morning they are out to change america's habits with a game. the great american coin hunt. >> there is a national coin hunt going on across the country. 250 national dealers are distributing more than a million u.s. rare coins just so collect collecto ers can find them. >> reporter: coin dealers have slipped valuable rare coins into circulation. put them into tip jars like the 1881 $5 liberty half dollar gold piece worthy $500. >> we will see what happens. >> reporter: it's dezwliend to promote a hobby that is losing an audience as americans use credit cards. >> study the art of rare

nbc's kerry sanders is in florida with that part of the story. y, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. here at this temple in south florida and at houses of worship across the country, craig, leaders are meeting to assess their security and once again adjust to what is a rise in religious hatred and violence. this morning, fear but also fortitude among the faithful. houses of worship across the country being forced to ramp up security after the deadly shooting at a packed california synagogue saturday on the final day of passover. it is the second major attack on a u.s. synagogue in just six months, after a gunman opened fire at the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh, killing 11 people in october. it comes on the heels of violence against christians in sri lanka, where more than 250 people were killed in a series of bombings on easter sunday. and muslims in new zealand where last month an australian man opened fire on worshippers at two mosques, killing 50 people. the message of hate this weekend again prompting some communities to take acti

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kerry sanders is at west palm beach with the very latest on this stor it's alarming, kerry.n he's here. the president has spent close to 90 days at mar-a-lago. this morning investigators are trying to determine if a chinese woman w visited president ump's mar-a-lago resort last weekend was there on a spy mission. that woman now facing after the secret service says she lied to get onto the. armed with four cell phones, a laptop, external hard drive, and a thumb drive with malware. zhang went to the so-called summer white house there telling secret service she was there to go to the pool. she was allowed in after the security believed she was a relate club member with the last name. according to documents pointed to a potential language barrier issue. the documen o gos to say she was take ton the main reception after telling shutter driver she didn't know where she wanted to go. her conveation with the receptionist raising a red flag with zhang allegedly changed her story about why she wa she said she was attending a friendship event between china and the united states. there

kerry sanders, thank you. >>> we're going to switch gears now.ad way, way up north to mr. roker. he's u way in alaska. hey, al. >> hey, guys. good morning. it is a chilly morning here. but that's -- they're actually happy about that. because theact is march was a tough month as far as temperatures. in fact, temperatures goinghe wrong way. as wew s talk about climate change. well, the fact is we saw for utqiagv utqiagvik, alaska, 12 degrees. that was theiratverage high. 18 degrees above normal. they had six days of record highs during the month o march. and in fact, they weren't alone. you look ross alaska, these cities having their warmest march on record or top five warmest marches. the good news, it's going back to normal for the next few days. closer to the lower 48, a coastal storm will bring hea rain and snow back through the southeast. strong winds through the southwest. sierra snow out west. some rain getting itself together around the great lakes. plenty of sunshine from texas on into the gulf coast. that's what's going on around y.e coun

kerry sanders is in columbia this morning with the very latest. rning, willie. as a national campaign gets underway to prevent rideshare passengers from ever getting into the wrong car again, the victim, samantha josephson's family and friends, are now gathering in her home state of new jersey for her funeral tomorrow. this morning college students on edge. their classet mate samantha josephson brutally killed after mistakenly getting into what she thought was her uber. >> i don't plan on taking one any time soon. >> reporter: autopsy reports show she died due to multiple sharp force injuries. the fake drive nathaniel dalen arrested on charges of kidnapping and murder. university of south carolina president harris paidi announcing a new national campaign called what's my name. >> there could be nothing simpler than making sure by taking a pledge that you will never get into the back seat of a vehicle without asking, what's my name? >> reporter: uber drivers know their passengers's names because it's displayed on their phones before pickups. >> this

kerry sanders for us. >> let's bring in barry mccaffrey, also a former member of the national security counsel and an nbc military analyst. and cnbc's eamon javers from the white house. general, we are seeing members of the military on both sides. from your perspective, how much trickier does that make this situation sm. >> the larger issue is the economies imploezing. he's a ruthless dictatdictator. millions have left the country. it's not recoverable by maduro. so tkey question is l the armed forces stay with them. the answer is more likely yes than no. he's got cumin intelligence operatives at every level of the chain of command. the generals who are incredibly corrupt have been bought to stay loyal to the regime and then finally, he's armed his own michelle. in the short run, unless the armed forces turns on maduro in a substantial way, he's going to sit on this disaster until its collapses. >> aeamon. at some point, the united states imposed greater economic sanctions on stuff going into venezuela, oil coming out of venezuela. but maduro didn't go. so at some point, the u.s. actio

thank you, nbc's kerry sanders. >>> now to president trump who is among those who called to offer condolenceshooting at the synagogue in california. a presidential duty at a time when he is facing a whole lot of heat himself. and the threat of impeachment as he continues to block congressional requests for information, cries of obstruction grow even louder. that brings me to my next guest, a dear friend of mine, jared cohen, a "new york times" best selling author who just released a new book called "accidental prosecutes," profiling eight cases where a u.s. president was replaced either by death or politics. jared the timing of this is amazing. you finish writing this book in late 2018, that was just about the time an anonymous op-ed was published that said cabinet members had been whispering about the idea of the 25th amendment. did you have president trump in mind when you wrote this? >> first of all, i'm happy to be here, stephanie. >> thank you. >> this is a book i've wanted to write since my parents bought me a children's book when i was 8 years old and i started writing it almost six ye

joining us now from miami, correspondent kerry sanders, from the white house, correspondent hans nichols. and also with me, associated press white house reporter and political analyst jonathan lemire. and kato sthcato institute poli analyst. juankcar lowe. kerry, where we expect this to end. >> we're not sure where it will end, but we do know that juan guaido with that image that he put on twitter with those folks who appear to be members of the military in uniform behind him was intended to send a signal that members of venezuela's military have broken ranks with president maduro. but there is no real indication that that is the case in any sort of widespread way. there are some cracks clearly because we have seen some low level members of the military who are in uniform speaking to television cameras saying that they have abandoned their post. not necessarily pledging their allegiance to juan guaido, but just stepping away from the orders from nicolas maduro. but that is a very small fracture, not widespread. and it is unclear whether we're going to see if the military -- venezuela has

even as officials we know in those countries were meeting with an nbc news team, kerry sanders and our whole team in el salvador talking about the effectiveness, part of the funding for the fbi anti-gang funding? >> reporter: right. >> the goal, make life a little better so people stay here instead of joining care vans he -- caravanses. >> we're heading into an area that has a heavy concentration of gang members. ms-13, where residents have been told get out of your houses or we're going to kill you. >> reporter: the problem so pervasive even current gang members say there's no way to control it. former ms-13 member edwin iftel where he's headed once released. >> reporter: that's the united states? >> yes. >> and maybe mike pompeo is going along with it at the top. the fact we're getting rid of the last amount of aid if the president's order is carried out and if congress doesn't object, aid to these countries, el salvador and guatemala and others, that's was saiding to the solution to these problems? >> reporter: right. what led to nielsen's ouster and that the administration is focus

. >> kerry sanders, you can see more of his reporting coming up 7:00. >>> new technology connecting your sm trtphone nearby traffic lights. it's supposed to improve your commute. tell you where it's already in use around here. >>d we'll tell you how much this costs. a few more chilly nights ahead before we start to warm back up. amelia is back with that and a cha ncob >>> you've ly experienced distracted driving either by yourself or by someone near you, but now there's a new app called travel safely. keep your focus on the road. >> transrtation reporter adam tuss is in the passenger seat for a test drive. >> reporter: getting in an >> get ready for green. >> reporter: en the light's about to turn green. going too fast in a school zone? >> speeding in school zone. >> reporter: approaching a red light. >> red light. >> reporter: all t warningsat can be sent straight to your smartphone as intersections and roads become connected to new wireless technology. all of this is essentially making the roads smarter. >> there's a lot oys to make the infrastructure safer by giving alerts in ehool z

coming up, kerry sanders will have the elite diver's rescue. >>> a d.c.oting on t.uthern avenue in the victim was working on a paving job on the road yesterday. policeay there was some kind of dispute between the worker and the suspect, and the suspect shot the man. > and in a few hours, attorney general william barr will hold a news conference and then release special counsel robere mueller's rt. it will be a redacted version of the 400-page document. waovh for live cage of the news conference here on nbc 4 and the nbc warren minneapolis. >>> we'll get to sunshine later. hot, humid, breezy.rr tomoow, showers in the morning, severe thu terstorms in afternoon. into the overnight, showers on saturday. isolated showers on sunday. >> thanks for joining us for "news4 today." the "today" show coming up. 's >>> good morning. countdown. in just hours, the mueller report will be out for all to e. se the attorney general setting a morning news conference before its release. democrats say it's spin. >> attorney barr is not allowing the facts of the mueller report to

nbc kerry sanders, lucky, lucky boy, is in augusta, georgia, with more.e an understatement. serena williams said it was greatness like no other. >> you know, consider this, stephanie. i know you're out there every once in a while on the golf course, too. this was infectious whether you're a golfer, whether you're a fan, whether you don't even care about organized sports because it's a glorious victory, and it just really swept us all in. it's tiger woods' story of redemption, of performance, of longevity. and for all of us, it's a story of never give up. >> the return to glory. >> reporter: a performance for the ages. tiger woods back on the mountaintop winning the masters in style. sealing the deal for his first major championship victory in 11 years. just steps from the 18th green, the 43-year-old hugging his children and his mother in celebration. evoking memories of the warm embrace he shared with his father earl after his first masters win in 1997. >> that hug with his children. if that doesn't bring a tear to your eye, if you're a parent, you're not

first, kerry sanders gets started down there. good morning. g >> reporte weld morning. if you play golf, if you are just a fan or you don't even ca about professionalsports, it doesn't matter, this incredible glorious comeba is one for the history books. it's tiger woods story of redemption, performance, longevity and for all of us a lesson never give up. >> the return to glory. >> reporter: a perfo ance for the ages. tige woods back o the mountaintopinning the masters in style. sealing the deal foris first major championship victory in 11 years. just steps from the 8th green. the 43-year-old hugging his children and his mother in celebration.ok g memories of the warm embrace he shared with his father earl after his first master's win in 1997. >> that hug with his children. if that can't bring a tear to your eye. if you are a parent, you are not human. >> it'sne a sce many even woods himself doubted was possible. >> it's a pretty surreal feeling to be honest. >> with his problems off the course and comeback with debilitating injuries, including four back surgeries was t

. >> kerry sanders joining us with the latest.epor you know, first of all, cave diving is such an incredibly dangerous hobby to have. in this case, the divers were down in a passageway that was so narrow, two divers couldn't swim bast each other. and the water there is so murky you can't see your hrod in f of your mask. lucky in this case the diver has a story with a hpy ending. this was the moment when a missing british cav diver emerged. safe and unhurt after being trapped and lost for some 27 hours in a treacherous watery cave. emergency officials were elated. >> he was awake, alert, and roriented. >>or josh brachly was with four others exploring the remote cave when they somehow gotpa serated. >> five went in the cave. kwhen they came bac out, they realized they were missing an individual. >> they tried for hours to rescue him before finally calling 911. tennessee authoriti immediy calling in the country's top specd r divers. >> it was very dangerous. >> reporter: ed sorenson arrived first. he went into the technically complic

nbc news' kerry sanders is live in colombia with the latest on this, good morning. >> reporter: goodrivers say this is a mistake that passenges make all time. in this case, a 21-year-old university of south carolina student less than a year away from going to law school camene out of of the bars, looked at her app from uber, saw what she saw was a dark car, assumed it was the car she needed to get into, police say it was a deadly error. >> though i walk in the valley of the shadow of death, i willa no eril. >> reporter: overnight, hundreds attending a vigil at the university of south carolina to remember samantha josephson. >> she had a personality. >> reporter: police say the 21-year-old senior was leaving a college bar early friday morning when she mistakenly got into b thisck chevy impala, thinking it was her uber ride. under surveillance camera bptured her final moments. >> weieve she mistakenly gotin this particular car thinking it was an uber ride. she opened the door and got inta it departed with the suspect driving. >> reporter: according to arrt warrant, when josephson's bod