kristen dahlgren, nbc news, rochester, new york. >>> we're back in a moment with something you don'tee every day during the commute to the nation's capital. >>> a scare on the ground at o'hare airport in chicago. take a look. a maintenance team was working on a plane parked at the gate when suddenly the engine burst into flames. it's unclear whether there was an explosion. no passengers on board and no injuries. the airline is investigating the cause. >>> there's a new sheriff in town at the u.s. department of interior. the department's new secretary ryan zinke saddled up this morning and rode to his first day of work in the nation's capitol on horseback. he hails from montana and is an avid outdoorsman. he was sworn in yesterday and is in charge of 500 million acres of public land, including national parks. >>> a pair of best buddies in kentucky have gone viral but pretending to us that true friendship is color blind. when 4-year-old jax needed a haircut on the left, he asked for a buzz cut like his friend on the right because they thought it would make them seem identical. they had

kristen dahlgren, nbc news, new york. >> that's going to do it for us on a tuesday night. i'm lester holt, for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. hiarylinn'sirsaparae icalorn >>> right now at 6:00, back in the bay area. hillary clinton's first appearance in california since the election. what she now has to say about her future plans. the news at 6:00 starts right now. good evening. thanks for joining us. i'm jessica aguirre. >> and i'm janelle wang. speak to a sold-out crowd hillary clinton talked about women's right, wage equality, the campaign for presidency and offered a hint for her political future. peggy bunker joins us with more. >> reporter: janelle and jessica, certainly that moment was one that got people to their feet. but there were several moments that had people standing up and applauding. he was also critical kaof the current administration. >> i'm thrilled to be out of the woods. >> reporter: hillary clinton back in san francisco for the first time today since the election. and telling a sold-out crowd of 6,000 there's no place s

kristen dahlgren, nbc news. >>> still ahead, the storm chaser tragedy, when most are running away from a tornado, they are running towards it risking their lives in one of the world's most dangerous jobs. this time it all took a deadly turn. >>> remember that best picture fiasco. the academy deciding the fate of those blamed for the biggest blunder in oscar history. test test. >>> we're back now with a closer look at the dangerous job behind that tornado tragedy that took the lives of three storm chasers. so many of the pictures you see of storms as they are tearing across the country are captured by storm chasers. take a look at this map. all the storm chasers out there on the hunt right now. police say this accident was preventable but while the job is perilous, many say their information saves lives. miguel almaguer explains risks and benefits. >> oh, my gosh, look at that. >> reporter: by definition, the job is dangerous. storm chasers driving into trouble while others run away. some say their pictures and weather warnings can save lives. but in texas tuesday, three storm chasers w

al roker will have the forecast for us, but first, to nbc's kristen dahlgren with the latest. >> in new york's central park today, weather whiplash. for the second time this season, spring-like to snowy in the span of 24 hours. >> i could do without it. >> up and down the east coast, temperatures plummeting. from a high of 74 in washington today, to 37 degrees this morning. pittsburgh saw a swing of 25 degrees, and philly dropped 35. more than 2,000 flights delayed nationwide. accidents in pennsylvania shutting the interstate in both directions. in connecticut, rescue crews pulled a great dane from an icy river after it slipped down a snowy bank. it's the latest hit in a week of wild weather. on mount washington, gusts topped 100 miles per hour. and this 4-year-old got more than she bargained for when the front door caught in a gust. this weekend parts of the northeast could see record low temperatures. while millions are now bracing for another blow. a nor'easter forecast to hit monday night. >> supposed to snow and we're all very stressed out about it. >> it's too soon to say what nex

now he's opening up to nbc's kristen dahlgren about how his life is forever changed. >> reporter: this is how cason earlbeck saw the world, until this moment. >> open your eyes. i could see his lips start to curl a little bit and i knew that it had worked. >> reporter: captured on video, the colorblind fourth grader seeing the world in full color for the first time. >> the sky. it was blue. >> reporter: thanks to special glasses made by california company nchroma. they don't work for everybody but optical filters allow many with color deficiencies to see a more normal spectrum. what color shirt do i have on now? >> a little bit of a lighter brown. >> reporter: put the glasses on. >> pink. that's easy. >> blue. darker blue. >> reporter: the earlbecks first saw the glasses a few years ago. cason even started saving in his piggy bank for the $300 price tag. >> he was relentless, and i mean relentless. >> reporter: then his parents surprised him. >> i just didn't really understand what people actually saw, and that day was amazing. >> reporter: now others are sharing their colorful moments

kristen dahlgren, nbc news, new york. >>> and we'll be watching them. that's going to do it for us on this wednesday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thanks for watching and good night. the police chief of t bay lsuiv. ea's biggescity -- mee w/ the >>> we can't be operating in the dark. >> right now at 6:00, an nbc bay area exclusive. the police chief of the biggest city meets with the feds about immigration. what agents told him that they will and won't do. good evening, and thanks for being with us. >> tonight mounting fear and anxiety in the south bay. community panic over rumors of ice raids has sent some undocumented families into hiding. san jose's police chief sat down with details of ice agents and what it could mean for people fearful being deported. the police chief is frank about what he'd like to see happen. >> the chief told me the main takeaway from this, he knows there's an open line of communication between the local ice office and san jose police. other than that, ice has a main jurisdiction to act in the streets of sa

kristen dahlgren, nbc news, new york. >>> and we'll be watching them.or us on this wednesday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. . news, thank you for watching and good night. night. watching and good night. watching and good night. >> steve harvey gets the last laugh. >> why the man who familiar mussily aflouns nounsed the wrong mississippi yooun un jerusalem was celebrating during are the grammy debacle now on extra. >> extra. extra. >> a year after his own live tv blunder, steve march i have sounds off today on the big oscar mix-up. >> i actually lit a cigar and got a glass of scotch. >> taking aim at faye dawn way. >>and the question i asked that left them laughing. >> now details on katy perry's surprise split from orlando after he was caught drinking with many mystery brunette? and brad pit and an necessary ston talk again. angelina strips down for her new perfume line. bachelorette corrine is here. bachelor nick doing dancing we're with the surprise new cast today. >> i dig your style, mario.

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kristen dahlgren, nbc news, brentwood, new york. >> that's going to do it for us on a friday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. weekd. righn at: wre amioclater a storm is on the way and how that could kbekt your weekend. >>> thanks for joining us. >> at this point we're used to this, but this rain is causing problems. we have multiple reports this evening. let's begin with rob. a solid soaking today. what comes next? >> reporter: we've deployed the storm ranger across the bay area. we'll show you the view. we have temperatures in the 50 and some rain falling around the area of the mountains. that's where storm ranger is right now. cloudy as that radar beam is scanning across the bay area. the peninsula looking at the radar data shows you light rain up towards san francisco. notice the showers focused here into san jose where we're seeing temperatures of about 56 degrees and light rain falling and still light rain over towards san francisco. we'll see this system move out. this is the break we'll see early saturday, but then the

kristen dahlgren has details. >> reporter: mother of three was stunned when at just 32 a doctor told she has colon cancer. >> it's considered to be an older man's disease. i think i'm here to tell you otherwise. >> reporter: researchers report someone born in 1990 now has double the risk of early colon cancer and quadruple the risk of early rectal cancer compared to someone born in 1950. >> an important part of the studies is doctors have to recognize that younger patients could have colorectal cancer. >> reporter: researchers aren't sure what is causing the spike but theories include poor diet, increased obesity or inactivity. another problem, colonoscopies aren't recommended until age 50, but this study is prompting discussion. >> even though you had symptoms? >> i had symptoms but it wasn't covered because ofy you need this test? >> reporter: her pain got so bad that she ended up in the e.r. it was confirmed she had stage two cancer. >> if it's caught early enough, you can get treatment the and survive. >> reporter: symptoms include unexplained weight loss. ♪ happy birthday to you

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>> reporter: kristen dahlgren, nbc news, jo johnston iowa. >> a whole new world for him.ter holt from all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. >>> the giant "this is us" finale cliffhanger. the mystery of jack's death still unanswered. milo ventimiglia is here today taking on every question. >>> this is "extra." ♪ extra, extra ♪ extra, extra >>> "this is us" goes out with a bang. >> your life is -- >> i have no life! >> we still don't know how jack died, but today it's dead man talking. >> you know how jack dies, right? >> i do. >> milo ventimiglia opening up to renee about the emotional finale and dropping clues about next season. >> will jack come home? >>> plus, our surprise video flashback for milo. >> ready for the lost interviews? >> and how chrissy metz found real-life love on the set. >> i'm, like, hi! >>> ben affleck's secret stint in rehab. breaking new details on his battle to get sober 16 years after his first time in treatment. >> why he's going public for his kids and who else in his family battled alcoholism. >>> mischa barton breaking

nbc's kristen dahlgren has his story in our inspiring america report. >> for mattias ferreira, becomingolice officer is a dream come true. >> since i was little i was always out playing cops and robbers. >> he was always one of the good guys, after 9/11 the immigrant became a u.s. citizen so he could join the marines. it was in afghanistan that all of his dreams almost ended. >> i landed on a 30-pound ied, which amputated my legs below the knees. >> lost his legs, but never his spirit. >> before you know it it was a year later and i was running a half-marathon. >> he started playing for the wounded warrior softball team and on the way home from his wedding rehearsal, he saved a baby in a smoking car in 2015. it seemed serving is still something he was meant to do. so today he became one of the country's first double-amputee police officers. no specials passes, as a recruit, he had to run a mile and a half in 12 minutes. he did better. >> a mile and a half in 11 minutes, yes, ma'am. >> and starting monday, he'll be on the streets. serving and protecting. he doesn't consider himself a her

>> reporter: kristen dahlgren, nbc news, johnston, hiiowa. >> one more check on our ten-day forecast, it is going to be chilly and breezy around here today. temperatures only in the upper 30s to maybe near 40 degrees. a little milder tomorrow but there will be a chance for a rain drop, no accumulations are expected as warmer air comes in. light rain on saturday, sunday mostly cloudy and breezy, little better weather for monday and chillier weather returns. >> wre at 4:00. >> you can get news and weather updatesith the w >>> stand by everyone, we're live in five, four, three, two, one. ♪ certain as the sunrising in the east, tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme, beauty and the beast ♪ >> forget la la land, we have beauty and the beast. that was josh gad and luke evans with him. >> that

kristen dahlgren, nbc news. >>> the university of maryland has a high profile march madness today. the terps women's basketball team is playing oregon. the game starts at morning. >> any time you get to a sweet 16, that's the great teams left in the bracket. both teams will ball it out for 40 minutes. >> if maryland wins, they will likely play the number one team in the country, uconn. uconn has won more than a hundred games in a row including the last four national championships. maybe a little bit of a challenge that lies ahead, but i think they can do it. >> a lot of excitement behind that. >> oh, yeah. >>> a lot of excitement behind this too. happening this morning, it's the nbc 4 all state community shred. >> and you can safely get rid of any of the sensitive documents you have lying around your house. this is all happening at the northern virginia community college in annaannandale. we are joined by kathy johnson. >> and also recycling coordinator erica carter. you see them there. erica, we'll start with you. i'm always surprised -- i don't know why i am -- by the long line o

kristen dahlgren, nbc news, new york. >> i love that story. >> love that story, talk about inspiration no kidding. >> determination, good for them. >> let's get one final check of the weather. you have your work cut out for you, ma'am, we're talking snow. >> first time all winter we're talking about snow. we have blustery conditions and i do want to mention, we'll see a few snow showers passing on through tomorrow. you may blink and miss them real quick. we're not expecting much. a lot of people asking any accumulation, nothing like that. a little rain can mix it but it's going to be breezy tomorrow as well. snow showers going to kind of ride on the coat tails of the northeast wind. temperatures only in the 40s this weekend. say good-bye to warm weather. yesterday we were at 80 degrees in d.c. and broke a record from 1972. no 80's or 70s. we keep the 60s on wednesday but we're back in the upper 50s on thursday better than today into next week in terms of temperature. >> this is what we get for running around in sleeveless dresses and thinking this was spring already. there you go. >> w

a heightened warning about colo rec tal cancer, it's considered rare in young people but as kristen dahlgrentartling new research finds colon and rec tal increased. >> reporter: mother of three was stunned when it just at 32, a doctor told her she had colon cancer. >> it's considered to be an older man's disease. well, i think i'm here to tell you otherwise. >> reporter: in fact, researchers report someone born in 1990 now has double the risk of early colon cancer and quadruple the risk of early rectal cancer compared to someone born in 1950. >> doctors have to recognize that younger patients can have it. >> reporter: they aren't sure what's causing the spike, the theory is poor diet or increased obesity or inactivity. right now colonoscopies aren't recommended to age 50. but this study is already prompting discussion. >> i had symptoms but because of my age i wasn't covered. that immediately was are you sure >> the pain got so bad he ended up in the er where a colonoscopy finally confirmed stage ii cancer. >> you can get the treatment you need and survive. >> reporter: symptoms include a ch

he's opening up to nbc's kristen dahlgren about his life as forever changed. >> reporter: this is how kay sen saw the world until this moment. >> open your eyes. >> i could see his lips start to quiver a little bit. and i knew it had worked. >> reporter: captured on video, the color blind fourth grader seeing the world in full color for the first time. >> the sky, it was blue. >> reporter: thanks to special glasses made by california company enchrome a. they don't work for everybody, but optical filters allow many with color deficiencies to see a more normal spectrum. >> what color shirt do i have on now? >> a little bit of a lighter brown. >> put the glasses on. >> pink. that's easy. >> blue? >> reporter: they first saw the glasses a few years ago. he started saving in his pig i bank for the $300 price tag. >> he was relentless, and i mean relentless. >> reporter: then his parents surprised him. >> i just didn't really understand what people actually saw, and that day was amazing. >> reporter: now others are sharing their colorful moments online. >> this is blue? >> yeah. >> reporter

kristen dahlgren, nbc news, new york. >>> seven murders across the country are causing great concern in the transgender community. tonight, three happened in louisiana. that's where nbc's tam tammy leitner begins her report. >> reporter: the jazz funeral is a new orleans tradition. family and friends honor the life of china gibson. >> she did it all. she did it all. >> she sang. she loved doing crazy things, dancing. >> reporter: 31-year-old china gibson was a transgender woman. >> i'm waiting for her to come through the door. it's just like disbelief. >> reporter: china is one of three transgender women killed in louisiana over an eight-day stretch. panic followed. >> we are scared, you know. we can't even go nowhere. it's like we prisoners in our own home. >> reporter: she was friends with two of the victims. what is it like being a transgender woman in the deep south? >> they look at us crazy, like we don't exist, like we not normal people. >> reporter: that sentiment is making it nearly impossible to investigate these crimes and prompting new orleans police superintendent to appo

kristen dahlgren, nbc news, new york. >> that's going to do it for us on a tuesday night.r holt, for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. , thank you for watching and good night. >>> oh, come on. really? ♪ >>> discreet romance for brad pitt and sandra bullock? i'm natalie morales. sounds too good to be true. we're breakg

kristen dahlgren, nbc news, new york. >> that's going to do it for us on a tuesday night.r holt, for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. >>> this is growing greater pennsylvania. >> from pennsylvania to new jersey to delaware, there's never been a more exciting time to be living, working, and playing in greater philadelphia. i'm nbc 10's tracy david some. join us as we explore inspiring stories behind the people, places, and projects driving growth across our region. >> greater fiphiladelphia is indeed growing, just look around. from glassboro to newark, over 3 million square feet of major development projects and at least $10 billion had in capital investments have pennsylvania, new jersey, and delaware poised for a very bright future. >> we have all the ingredients, a great location, great transportation infrastructure, a diverse economy, a growing and relatively young workforce, outstanding colleges and universities and, of course, a entrepreneurial spirit

kristen dahlgren, nbc news, brentwood, new york. >> best story. best story of the day by far. awesome. love that. >>> as early as next week, the d.c. council could vote on whether peter newshom will become the new police chief. 80 people weighed in on whether they believe newsham is qualified for the job. the acting chief says he is committed to providing fair policing to everyone. >> i have gone out of my way in my career to be empathetic. nobody wants to see no victims of violent crime in our city more than i do. >> opponents of newsham have called into question accountability. muri muriel bowser supports him. >>> the former president of penn state is appealing a verdict that could send him to prison for the next five years. graham spanier was found guilty of child endangerment in connection to the jerry sandusky case. sandusky is in prison for sexually abusing several children. specifically they said spanier should have called police when he heard of the abuse in 2001. he wasn't arrested until ten years after that. >>> the university of maryland has a high profile march mad