kristen dahlgren, nbc news, norwalk, connecticut >> the man who pleaded guilty to throwing a 5-year-old 30 feet at the ml of america was sentenced to 19 years s in fridayon the little boy has made a miraculous recovery and in a statement read in court, his mother said i reo be full of anger and hatred. i refuse to let you take my joy. >> vice-president mike pence is traveling to tulsa, oklahoma "today's special value today. this will be his second trip he will visit a food ban areas devastated by the recent flooding they shared these images after touring the impacted areas there have been 28 reports of levee breaches across missouri meanwhile many areas aroun arkansas, the only way to travel is by boat there's more rain on the wray. the river is expected to keep rising >> let's bring in nbc meteorologist bill karins tracking all that of for us this morning. good morning >> good morning. arkansas seeing thrlgz crest finally. like tsa, it's taken a long time for that water to get down the arkansas river thlinois river and crest in f the st. louis and mississippi which looks like shoulurbe

kristen dahlgren, nbc news, boston >> so interesting. >>> that is "nbc nightly news" for a sunday night lester holt will be back with you tomorrow i'm kate snow. for all of us at nbc news, have a great night. sarah's last tuition payment, sent off. feeling good? oh yeah. now i'm ready to focus on my project. ♪ ♪ this is why we plan. ♪ ♪ you never cease to amaze me, maya. see how investing with a j.p. morgan advisor can help you. visit your local chase branch. almost everyone looking to take president trump )s job in >>> right now, closing out the convention. almost everyone looking to take president trump's job in 2020 made a stop here in the bay area. the news at 6:00 starts right now. good evening. thank you for joining us. >> the state democratic convention ended with plenty o excitement. the president a king jabs at biden. >> we have more from the final day of the state democratic convention. >> thank you all very much. >> reporter: bernie sanders got the final day of the california state democratic convention off to a rousing start, firing up delegates eager to take back the white

kristen dahlgren, nbc news, new york >>> up next, we will tell you about the broadway star making historyt the tony's. >>> in tonight's "inspiring america," the broadway star who accepted her tony award last thiet with an emotional speech that touched a lot of folks. here is joe fryer with more on how she never gave up. >> reporter: in the musical "oklahoma"ali stroker plays annie, a character best defined by her trademark song. ♪ i'm a girl that can't say no ♪ >> reporter: turns out tony voters couldn't say no either. >> and the tony award goes toali stroker. >> reporter: she became the first performer using a wheelchair to win a tony, spurring this response back home in new jersey. >> this award is for every kid who is watching tonight who has a disability, who has a limitation or a challenge, who has been waiting to see themselves represented in this arena. you are. >> reporter: those kids were watching jillian smith posted this photo of daughter sydney who said she is talking to me, mommy a similar reaction -- >> that's me. >> reporter: -- from 6-year-old henry hen son who some day ho

a family tonight facing the unthinkable as the search for a mother continues kristen dahlgren, nbc news, new canaan, connecticut. >>> there are new developments tonight in the aftermath of that massive college admissions cheating scandal. new insight into the possible defense from parents who say they did nothing wrong. here is steve patterson. >> reporter: for the first time, a defense from parents in the nation's biggest college cheating scandal, they were being charitable in federal court this week, defense attorneys told thedge the mills their clients paid were meant as donations for college athletic programs and charitable organizations, not bribes to get their kids into college. >> this defense may work because for nearly 100 years, people have been giving large sums of money in terms of donations and buildings to colleges in order to get their children accepted. >> reporter: of the 33 parents charged in the scam, 13 have taken plea deals, including actress felicity huffman. but 19 are still fighting >> lori, pay for my tuition! lori >> reporter: including actress lori loughlin, h

nbc's kristen dahlgren has more. >> reporter: jennifer dulos's estranged husband and girlfriend wereckled and standing before a judge >> $100,000 cash surety. >> reporter: ten days after the mother of five was seen dropping her kids at school, the two were charged with tampering with or hampering physical evidence and hindering prosecution. they paint a grim picture citing multiple blood spatter in jennifer's house and taemts to clean the crime scene. investigators came to the consensus that a serious physical assault h and jennifer dulos was the suspected of the warrant, i, ty have searched for dulos's mansion and connected to his real estate development company. the affidavit says they have video of dulos discarding items that appeared to be blood stained and they have now recovered jennifer's bloody clothes. for the past two years the estranged couple has been in a contentious divorce and custody battle jennifer once telling the court, i'm afraid for my safety they had no comment outside of court while jennifer's shocked community comes together to pray as the search for answers i

kristen dahlgren, nbc news, norwalk, connecticut. >>> an alarming revelation tonight for the giant blood testing chain quest diagnostics. personal information of nearly 12 million patients may have been exposed including financial and medical data. quest says the breach happened through a billing collections vendor. lab results were not part of the breach. >>> tonight, repairs are underway on a massive cruise ship after the heart-stopping moment caught on camera when it crashed into a smaller boat at a pier in venice. our kelly kocobiella is there tonight. >> reporter: tonight work crews are patching up the boat after a terrifying collision. sirens blaring as the 66,000 ton luxury cruise ship unable to stop slammed into a tiny tourist river boat sunday morning in venice. panicked tourists ran for safety escaping the river boat just before impact. at least four were injured. the river boats bow crushed and the concrete pier badly damaged. the river boat passengers were having breakfast on that top deck in the sun when they saw the cruise ship closing in. >> the staff was yelling get off t

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with more, here is nbc's kristen dahlgren. >> reporter: with heavy equipment and w search dogs,kers today sifting through a hartford trash dump, trying to find any sign of jennifer dulos, an urgent call going out to her neighbors. >> we seek video surveillance from homes orb businesses which have cameras that captured vehicular activity on roadways. >> if i have anything they could use, absolutely, they're >> reporter: the mother of five disappeared after dropping her kids at school may 24th. that night arrest warrant, cell phones tracked her husband fotis dulos and his iend michelle troconis to over 30 locations in hartford, where surveillance video captured a couple resembliing them placing multiple garbage backs into various trash recei receptac receptacles. as well as a license plate that had been altered with tape. fotis dulos and troconis are with fabricating evidence. neither of their attorneys wou mment while jennifer's mother has petitioned the court for temporary custody of the former couple's five thirn.mi a tonight facing the unthinkable as the search for a mother continues. k

. >> here's nbc's kristen dahlgren. >> reporter: when you think harvard med school, this is probablyind. >> her heart looks good. >> reporter: but it turns out, you can learn a lot from a lemur. which is why one class partners students of human medicine to veterinarians to treat animals. >> it's unlike any experience i've ever had. but just getting to know these animals beyond what we can see here, and knowing them inside and out. >> reporter: today, these frogs are getting a routine physical. and while eye exams aren't much difference -- >> you noticed the cataracts. >> reporter: animals can't describe what they're feeling. >> it's super important of what we learned in medical school, especially when a patient can't communicate with you. >> reporter: it gives students an opportunity to work with every animal at the zoo, like this pygmy hippo getting an ultrasound. or a dwarf goat. dr. roney was the first student to go through the program. >> it was an experiment, and none of us knew what to expect. >> reporter: he now uses what he learns as he researches undiagnosed diseases. >> you

kristen dahlgren is at the memorial near in new york this morning. good morning. eporter: good morning, craig. well, later today a house judiciary committee will vote on a bill to permantly fundhe 9/11 victims compensation fund. a fund that is currently in danger of running out.00 some 20,0 people have now gotten sick here from breathing the air here on 9/11. jon stewart was joined by some of them and he did not hold back. shameful. it's an embarrassment to the country and it is a stain on this institution. >> reporter: a powerful tear-filled tirade by comedian jon stewart calling out an absent congress. testifying at a subcommittee meeting to reauthize funding for sick 9/11 first responders, stewart berated the mostly empty chamber. >> sick and dying, theytd braou themselves down here to speak. to no one. >> reporter: a federalca health re fund for 9/11 victims was esblished in 2010. but only authorized in five-year increments. stewart and dozens of first responders were in d.c. to lobby for permanent funding and an end to consistent congressional d

kristen dahlgren tells us more >> reporter: new questions tonight. is the government not telling you about dangerous products in your home. >> was cpse aware of the instant fatalities involving the fisher price rock and play product "c published its data >> absolutely, sir we were aware of deaths since 2009 >> 32 infant deaths were tied to the product. >> i think we failed the american public on this one. >> reporter: but those deaths only became public after the cpse mistakenly released information to "consumer reports. >> part of the problem is section 6b. >> reporter: 6 b, a little known statute gives manufacturers control over negative information released by the cpsc crystal ellis knows the debate all too well her son camden died after a dresser tipped on to him two days before his second birthday. >> i still can hear the sound of my husband screaming >> reporter: she had no idea at least six other kids had been killed by that same manufacturer's dresser which was eventually recalled. >> if you knew other kids were dying, would your son still be

be something that everybody buys into so that we can really do the right thing >> reporter: kristen dahlgren, nbc news, miami. >>> breaking news about the boeing 737 max. the faa revealing a potential flaw with software fix after two deadly crashes. >>> also, the investigation into whether the price you pay is too high for a dinnertime staple. hope you can stay with us >>> back now with breaking news. potential new trouble for boeing and its grounded 737 max this time, it involves the software fix that boeing hopes the faa will soon approve. tom costello covers aviation for us. what can crow tell you tell us? >> reporter: they've found a problem with the new software that's supposed to address a potentially deadly flaw with the max. the problem tied to the plane's flight computer, affected the faa pilot's ability to quickly recover from the kind of emergency that caused those two fatal crashes overseas this new issue described as potentially very serious, boeing tells nbc news it believes another software fix can address the problem and safety remains the highest priority but sources say boe

kristen dahlgren, nbc news, frederick, maryland. >> got a funny feeling she's going to realize those dreams that's "nightly news" for this thursday. i'm lester holt. for all of us at >>> rite now at 6:00. tired of being a victim. one man into. and how it landed him in jail. >> we talk to the man accused of impersonating a cop. several times in the bay area. >> calling in back up. the big hotel dealing with power problems during this the hottest week of the year. >> the news at 6:00 starts now. good evening. >> nightmare stay at the high priced hotel in downtown san jose. the marriott without power and air-conditioning for 36 hours during the peek of the record breaking heat. average rate about $500 a night. do they get a refund? >> the power is back on. presumably thanks to this big thing. a huge generator. this is not arrive until about 36 hours after what guests describe as unbearable heat. and darkness. >> it happened during the hottest day and recent memory. 104 for concord. so the they are checking out. it was tuesday at 3:30 when they say things got crazy. >> i was sitting in m

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kristen dahlgren, nbc news. >>> just six days and counting until the first democratic debate here onbc and tonight our our series "my big idea" massachusetts senator elizabeth warren shares her goal of ending crippling student loan debt. >> what is your big idea? >> it's to cancel about 95% of student loan debt and to make college, technical school, two-year, four-year all fee free and tuition free. >> it was perfect day for a little retail politicking when we spoke with elizabeth new en in hampshire. >> i can tell you're into politics. >> warren's plan would cancel up to $50,000 of student debt for 42 million americans. she wants free college at public institutions. she ay for it, would tax welt, two cents on every dollar on fortunes greater than $50 million. >> let me be cynical for a minute and say this is a play for millennials. >> for me this is personal. i'm somebody who's daddy ended up as a janitor. had a dream to be a public schoolteacher. i wasn't going to be able to do that without a four year college. i thought i'd completely lost it until i found a commuter college that co

kristen dahlgren, thank you so much. >>> now to a mystery in paradise that has the family of a texas couple searching for answers this morning. the pair dying while on vacation in fiji after apparently coming down with an unknown illness. miguel aaguer has that story for us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. david and michelle paul were on aat dream vacn half a world away. but the associated press reports the ft. worth couple suddenly died unexpectedly with authorities saying an unidentified illness was responsible. their family back here in the u.s. now coping withhe tragic loss. family and friends of michelle and david p tl sayhe couple had been planning their dream vacation to fiji for some time. >> we were very excited. they'd never been in this place. >> reporter: michelleme a forr student athlete and david an air force veteran apparently falling ill justne day before they were expected toeturn home to ft. worth, texas. michelle's father mark calinag telling nbc news his daughter contacted him to say the couple wasn't feeling well and planned to go t a local clinic. >> th

people, including her estranged husband, have been arrested in connection with the case nbc's kristen dahlgrenk, connecticut with the very latest. kristen, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, sheinelle. this morning the search is intensifying in just a few hours, jennifer dulos's estranged husband and his girlfriend will appear here in court on charges that include evidence tampering this morning as the search for jennifer dulos intensifies, her estranged husband, fotis dulos, and his girlfriend, michelle troconis, are under arrest for fabricating evidence and hindering prosecution. this video shows the couple interacting with authorities on friday outside the fotises' home he's now being held before he and troconis face a judge this morning. >> just one word: shocked. >> reporter: jennifer dulos was last seen ten days ago after dropping off her kids at school in new contain aew caanas reported missing officers found her empty suv near waveny park in new canaan they scoured the surrounding areas. some handed out fliers to passing motorists. >> it's devastating for all of us >> reporter: t

kristen dahlgren has the latest on this. >> reporter: good morning. the search is expected it continue as this case takes that grim turn. police say they believe the mother of five was a victim of a serious physical assault this morning chilling new details coming to light in the case of a missing mother of five as the search continues for 50-year-old jennifer dulos, her estranged husband fotis dulos and his girlfriend are charged in her disappearance they are accused of tampering with or fabricating physical evidence and hindering prosecution. >> more charges are coming. >> reporter: according to the arrest warrants officers investigating the disappearance searched jennifer dulos' home and observed multiple stains on the garage floor which tested positive for blood multiple areas of blood spatter, an evidence of attempts to clean the crime scene. according to investigators, cell phone tracking data shows that on the night of jennifer's disappearance the defendants traveled together to the state capital hartford stopping at 30 different locations. mul

kristen dahlgren got to st. louis because she wanted to be in on this party. >> repter: that's right. talk about happy tears. people in st. louis have had a long timeo plan this party. 52 years in the making. is is the city's first stanley cup ever. and what a cinderella not just ending a 52-year drought but on january 3rd, this team had the fewest points in the league. they went on, they like to say, from worst to first. they did that with a 4-1 w away game seven in boston. fans that couldn't travel filled the enterprise center here. they watched it on the big screens and ten party w well into the night. the blues not only ending their own drought, but also throwing a wrench intoboston's post season success in multiple sports. so a huge day. the title, the stanley cup already back here in st. louis, guys. >> all right. thank you very much. you stay up late and watch? >> i watched through the second period last night. they were up 2-0 at that point. looked like they had it well in . looks like you might have bee

n nbc's kristen dahlgren joins us with the details. >> we're talking about food allergies. researchers now believe they have the answer, and it turns out there could be a simple way to prevent them. nearly 6 million children in the u.s. now suffer from food allergies. that's equal to two students in every classroom. with a dangerous condition that can easily turn deadly if someone around them is not careful, and doctors say it's only getting worse. >> it's a rise that is an epidemic by definition, and for some countries it's doubling every ten years. >> reporter: such a dramatic increase has been a mystery until now. some of the world's top researchers think the food allergy epidemic is caused by what they say was bad advice given to parents for much of the past 20 years. >> they were seeing a slight uptick in food allergy incidents across the u.s., and so they started a guideline, let's tell parents just to delay the introduction of peanuts, shrimp, egg, milk to some extent, and then all tree nuts. >> so was this advice of delaying some of these potential allergens actuall