overnight reports of shots fired brought l.a.x. to a standstill with some passengers even running out onto the tarmac. this morning police are giving the all clear, but the problems and delays are far from over. >>> also happening right now, tracking the tropics. with several storms on the move right now, the new tropical storm watch just issued by the national weather service and heavy rain elsewhere creating all sorts of problems. >>> it was a close call for passengers on board this flight after the engine seemed to just blow apart. oxygen masks deployed as the pilot safely completed an emergency landing. hear what the airline is now saying about the incident. >>> and it was ladies night at beyonce, britney spears taking the stage, their performances and some wild fashion ahead. >>> a good monday morning to you all. we begin with that breaking news from los angeles. it was a travel nightmare at l.a.x. >> several terminals evacuated. incoming flights were also stopped and traffic into that airport a standstill. all this as a preca

flying out of l.a.x. is a concern. it is open.he wait to hear donald trump talk about immigration policy may be over or not. trump tweeted this. i will make a speech on illegal immigration on wednesday in the great state of arizona. trump's speech comes after a week of vesication after the questions of if he was backing off a central campaign promise. neither his running mate nor his campaign manager would or could give a definite answer on what trump plans to do with the millions of people now in the u.s. illegally. >> let's be very clear. nothing has changed about trump's position on dealing with illegal immigration. he put this at the center of the campaign in the republican primaries. his position and his principles have been consistent. >> the one issue you did not address is whether or not the 11 or 12 undocumented immigrants will be removed by the deportation force as you heard mr. trump say from the clip in november. is that policy still operative? >> what you heard him describe there in his usual plain spoken american way

the scare at l.a.x.used widespread chaos at new york's jfk airport. both incidents highlighting how on edge travelers are following recent terror attacks abroad. and just where did this start? l.a.x. is shaped like a large horseshoe. at the end of one of those horseshoes, this would be terminal eight, gate 82. they say a passenger who had made it through tsa said that he had heard this loud noise that sounded like gunfire. back to you. >> and paul, in an unrelated story, police found a man in a zorro outfit that they thought might have been connected to this. >> reporter: not connected as of

i've been to l.a.x. so many of our viewers are familiar with the airport, having 36 million passengers every year. to see that loop empty is striking. >> reporter: absolutely. and illuminated by the flashing lights of police cars and seeing bomb-sniffing dogs and other officers jogging here and there, it's a harrowing sight. i've never seen it like this either. it shows how on edge people are. and police, too. there's a serious concern that something could happen at airports like this, and there is a certain sense of vulnerability at places like this, and especially now. it's very early on the east this is primetime flying hours for the west coast. everybody is taking red eyes. there are people standing with me flying to new york, sydney, all over the world at this hour. this is one of the busiest times here at the airport even though it's in the middle of the night in the east coast. >> glad to hear for now it appears to be a false alarm, and happy to hear the passengers around you can still manage to l

. >> what's really causing this backup at l.a.x. after reports of shots fired we have an update. >> news3 starts right now. >> tomorrow morning marks a new school year for the nation's fifth largest school district. clark county school district many charter and private schools will also welcome students back. nathan o'neil is on the back to school beat he joins us live from rancho high school. >> we have all been there, those back to school jitters for the first day of school and guess what? teachers go through the exact same thing. in fact, thousands of across southern nevada have been working this their classrooms to make sure they're ready for day 1. >> annette day owens making last minute adjustments. >> i've put out different things on the students' desks for them to experiment and play with and enjoy when they come to school. >> just one of many prepping for the new school year. >> we're lucky to git these duet thes chromebooks on the desks. >> even more motorists and pedestrians are staying to the roads. prepping to droll sch

one man heading to san jose from l.a.x. told us what the scene was like. >> i just heard screaming and saw hundreds and hundreds of people running just like a black friday stampede but screaming at the same time, dropping, falling leaving their luggage. everybody cleared the seats and ran to the back of the terminal. >> things are getting back to normal after all of this chaos here. there are reports that a loud noise triggered the scare. the investigation is underway right now at l.a.x. >>> they say they don't have a fighting chance to get better. we are digging at a system that workers say unfairly denies their medical claims. >> reporter: our investigation found most of the time reviewers agree people don't need the medical treatment they requested. critics say this proves the deck is stacked against injury workers and it can lead to devastating consequences. >> she was just such a humorous person. >> reporter: laurie maize was always up for a laugh. just ask her mom. joan says her daughter wore her sense of humor. >> i

all the commotion shut down l.a.x. for more than an hour, gridlock on the road, over 300 flights would be delayed, diverted or cancelled. >> i'm literally trying to sleep on these uncomfortable chairs. >> reporter: the incident, the second scare in just two weeks. officers at jfk stormed a terminal there after false reports of gun fire. >> we don't want people to hesitate, we want them to call us if they believe there is something suspicious. >> reporter: tonight at l.a.x., business as usual. but only after a scene many here will never forget. airport police say they are still investigating what that loud bang was that was heard by so many people late yesterday. savannah? >> miguel almaguer at the airport, thank you. >>> tonight, florida is bracing for impact as a tropical threat we have been telling you about closes in. there are concerns about a flooding nightmare and meteorologist dylan right now. we have hurricane gaston which is a category 2 storm that's moved out to sea, so we want to focus on tropical depression

. >> reporter: the sprint to the exit nearly became a stampede, thousands of passengers at l.a.x., racing into the streets, even rushing the tarmac after reports of shots fired. the panic and fear second busiest airport. just before 9:00 p.m., a loud noise mistaken for gun fire inside terminal 8. then terminals 4 and 7, more 911 calls, with guns drawn, police swept the airport. >> reports of shots fired. >> reporter: traveling on vacation, lester was at l.a.x. reporting live on facebook as the drama unfolded. >> people started flooding out, security people were saying coming down the taxi way at a very, very high rate of speed. >> reporter: in an unrelated incident, just before the reported gun fire, officers took a man dressed in zoro into custody, fearing his plastic sword was real, shutting down l.a.x. for more than an hour, gridlock on the road, more than 300 flights were cancelled. the incident, the second scare in just two weeks. officers at jfk stormed a terminal there after false reports of gun fire. >> we don't want people to hesitate, we want them to call us if they believe ther

. >> dana: people freaked out at l.a.x. last night. this is a strange scene as you see people that were at l.a.x. were filtering on to the tarmac last night which is normally a big no no. reports of shots days, they are bound to freak out a little bit and you can understand why. people were not only going on the tarmac but hiding in bathrooms as well. lapd came into the terminal last night. they had to shut down a none of the terminals and flights as well. they could not find an active shooter but they did find a man dressed as screaming my sword is not real. he was headed to las vegas. we don't believe he was in any way associated with this active shooter situation which turned out to be a false alarm. >> kim: don't travel in costume unless you want to be detained and questioned in face something goes arye. some people making it on to the tarmac. wasn't long ago we were talking about a similar incident that freaked everybody outlaw of new york city where people watching the olympics and during one of the track and field events a gun s

you can see traffic backed up there leading into l.a.x. airport. according to our affiliate knbc out there, there were shots that were fired at l.a.x. apparently it was in one of the terminals. at least one terminal has been evacuated there and flights as flights that are coming here to mccarren airport. we are in touch with our affiliate, knbc and we are monitoring the situation here at mccarren as well. stay with us for more developments on this story. >>> meantime, we want to check in with jerry brown. we have an important forecast today, talking back to school. >> yeah, and we are ending a beautiful weekend. how about it? 80s yesterday. we were in the 90s today. unfortunately for the first day of school it is traditionally kind of hot and digits. let's look at our day in motion and i will put this in from a little after sunrise. and you can see looking to the west our skies clear and some clouds are building over the mountains. a nice flush of color at sunset. you can see skies are dark looking out to the northwest and the southeast valley. the

abc's kayna whitworth is at l.a.x. tonight with what brought that giant airport to a virtual standstill. >> get on the ground! >> reporter: sunday night, at l.a.x., police first responding to reports of a man dressed in black, wearing a mask and carrying a sword. >> it's a plastic sword. >> reporter: officers quickly surround the man, ordering him to the ground. but at the next terminal -- gunfire. >> shooting in progress, l.a.x. unknown number or shots. >> reporter: police with guns drawn, searching the airport while hundreds of passengers raced outside, some past security checkpoints. panic spreading quickly through social media. a ground stop ordered through all flights. >> all of a sudden, there was a flood of people saying there was a shooter. >> reporter: abc's matt gutman was at the airport. >> everywhere, people having to hoof it to try to get where they're going. even out of this airport. et scary here. >> reporter: actor josh gad there, as well, with his family, tweeting, "got my kids and ran for dear life."

breaking news, panic at l.a.x., all from a false alarm. passengers run on to the tarmac after mistaken reports of an active shooter. chaos, confusion and massive delays. it slow your travels today? we're there live. bracing for the storm. hurricane gaston gains strength in the atlantic as a separate system moves toward florida and a new concern that all that water could make the zika outbreak worse. >>> just seconds to spare. a police officer puts his life on the line to save a stranger in the path of an oncoming train.

you're looking at a live picture coming out of l.a.x. los angeles international airport where a terminal is shut down at the moment for police activity. police have been evacuated -- people have been evacuated but so far, fire crews as well as the airport's twitter account are saying there are no active shooters shooter threat they can verify but there was alarm for sure. people have been posting video online of masses of people rushing out of this terminal. this video is from elaine. she was at lack -- l.a.x. airport and we were talking about how jittery people are these days. we got information from the official twitter account. he is the commanding officer of lapd media relations. this will clarify what happened there. it says report of shooting at l.a.x. proven to be loud noises only, no shots fired, no injuries. the investigation continues to locate source. they have said it is not an active shooter. it is a loud noise. they are trying to figure out wh c the largest airports in the country. we're working to get more information on t

. >> reporter: traveling on vacation, lester was at l.a.x. reporting live on facebook as the drama unfolded. >> people started flooding out, security people were saying shots fired when we sa coming down the taxi way at a very, very high rate of speed. >> reporter: in an unrelated incident, just before the reported gun fire, officers took a man dressed in zoro into custody, fearing his plastic sword was real, shutting down l.a.x. for more than an hour, gridlock on the road, more than the incident, the second scare in just two weeks. officers at jfk stormed a terminal there after false reports of gun fire. >> we don't want people to hesitate, we want them to call us if they believe there is something suspicious. >> reporter: tonight at l.a.x., business as usual. but only after a scene many here will never forget. airport police say they are still investigating what that loud bang was that was heard by so many people late yesterday. >>> tonight, florida is bracing for impact as a tropical threat we have been telling you about closes in. there a

again, it's unconfirmed what is going on but l.a.x.ll precaution at this hour, we understand there is a search going on to be sure. we'll keep you updated and bring you facts as they become available. this has been a fox news alert. we take you back now to justice with judge jeanine pirro. achie? >> i think people recognize what's going on in the black kmubltd. again, if you look at the statistics h e talked about how many blacks that are employed and great thing. they can't do that when they're trying to address all the issues and subtly everything is rosy. we've lost more businesses and homes under obama. >> so when he make a big speech and calls hillary clinton a bigot. why do they get chases? which is a fantastic point potato he called her a bit bach. bod big ott. is it more appropriate to have people they know and carry the same plejs someone who's of color and has lilled in the kmubts. >> sewer. unfortunately they've been train trained. >> really? sheriff clark? dook do look, it's not like these people are treeling to get us in.

. >> reporter: the sprint to the exit nearly became a stampede, thousands of passengers at l.a.x., racing into the streets, even rushing the tarmac after reports of shots fired. the panic and fear second busiest airport. just before 9:00 p.m., a loud noise mistaken for gun fire inside terminal 8. then terminals 4 and 7, more 911 calls, with guns drawn, police swept the airport. >> reports of shots fired. >> reporter: traveling on vacation, lester was at l.a.x. reporting live on facebook as the drama unfolded. >> people started flooding out, security people were saying shots fired when we sa coming down the taxi way at a very, very high rate of speed. >> reporter: in an unrelated incident, just before the reported gun fire, officers took a man dressed in zoro into custody, fearing his plastic sword was real, shutting down l.a.x. for more than an hour, gridlock on the road, more than

. >>> and a false alarm prompts panic at l.a.x. we'll look into how it still could be impacting travel nationwide. >>> nbc 10 breaking news. >> right now at 11:00, breaking news. a fire at a local church reaches four alarms. this is a live look from sky force 10, where smoke could be seen for miles. good morning. this fire broke out around 9:00 a.m. this morning and it quickly burned through the roof of the building. nbc 10's monique braxton is live there. i know you spoke with the minister of the church. what are you learning? >> reporter: that's right. in just a few moments, the deputy fire commissioner jesse williams is going to update us on their status of battling the blaze. let me get out of the way while i show you what's going on. as many as 150 firefighters are here on the scene at the good shepherd presbyterian church at lands down and 65th. we just learned that 47 pieces of apparatus are fighting the blaze from above, including the fire trucks, the ladder trucks that you see here in the distance. i see 41 and i also see

. >> reports of l.a.x. to a stand still. >> there was a flood of people in the bathroom saying there is a shooter and everybody was in a huge panic. reporter: sending people running for cover even on to the tarmac. >> we went through an emergency exit close to a gate and ran down on to the runway. reporter: according to police, a false alarm that started costumessed and believed to be armed with ta sword that police later determined was plastic. >> they let me go. they didn't arrest me. they said crazy stuff happens in the airport. reporter: the mannish wished to remain anonymous and the noise was nothing more than loud noises. another scare prompted by celebrations. now they are calling for a federal investigation into emergency responses. >> in a sense this was a blessing. without anybody getting hurt we saw the weaknesses in our response to a would be terrorist incident. but we have to learn from it. >> one person was hurt in los angeles and they are trying to determine the source of the loud noises. >>

panic at l.a.x. all from a false alarm. passengers run onto the tarmac after mistaken reports of an active shooter. chaos, confusion and massive delays. what triggered it all and will s we're there live. > bracing for the storm. hurricane gaston gains strength in the atlantic as a separate storm system moves toward florida. a concern that all of the water could make the zika outbreak even worse. >>> a police officer puts his life on the line to save a stranger in the path of an oncoming train. >> i was bracing for the worst but hoping for the best. dramatic rescue. >>> and starry, starry night. the biggest names in music terms out for mtv's music awards from beyonce, to britney, to jimmy fallon as ryan lochte. >> is it too late now to say sorry? >> we've got the biggest moments today, monday, august 29th, 2016. >> announcer: from nbc this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning, everybody. welcome to "today." it's monday morning. matt is off. carson is back.

sword and shots at l.a.x. sent people running. the reports of the shooting came shortly after officers through their guns. reports of shots fired led to evacuations and a ground stop even. a lot of people running there. l.a.x. was getting back to normal this morning, we can tell you. the plan with the plastic sword told officers he often performs on hollywood boulevard and takes pictures with tourists. >>> two american planes for united airlines appeared in a courtroom of scotland accused of flying back to the u.s. drunk. the two pilots were arrested saturday morning as they were getting this flight ready to take off from scotland and newark. they are charged with carrying out pilot functions while exceeding the prescribed limit of alcohol. united said both pilots have been suspended. version of the drug. erica edwards explains the new product. >> reporter: after enduring sharp criticism for dramatically raising its prices, mylan has announced they are launching their own version of the epi pen. the generic will be us -- will be l

the false report that had thousands of passengers ducking for cover at l.a.x. running from the terminals and onto the tarmac. what really started the panic. >>> tropical threats closing in. the dangerous weather we're tracking. plus, the system building steam as it moves into the gulf. >>> and grounded. two pilots pulled from their flight and hauled into court. >>> good evening. i'm tom llamas, in for david tonight. and we begin with the death of gene wilder. his passing today, an occasion to remember how much he made us laugh. the reactions pouring in from coast to coast, as we learn more about his final moments. wilder was a genius comic actor, and a very talented writer, director and producer. but he became a star playing the mad scientist in the 1974 spoof, and then, there is gene wilder, the willy wonka for all time. abc's david wright starts us off with a look back. >> will you get ahold of yourself? >> don't touch me! don't touch me! >> reporter: he was hysterically funny. >> i'm wet! i'm wet! i'm hysterical and i'm wet. i'm in pain and i'm wet -- and i'

also breaking overnight a false report of shots fired causing panic at l.a.x. hundreds of travelers were sent running outside as police searched the terminals. a loud noise spurred the reports. no word on what that noise was. >>> a similar incident two weeks ago at jfk airport. people cheering while watching the olympics prompted reports of shots fired there. >>> and breaking overnight, crews battling a fire in lawrence. the flames broke out at the home on lafayette avenue around 1:30. three residents got out of the home safely. they are looking for another place to stay. the fire has been knocked down. officials are what caused it. >>> another duck boat crash in boston. >> the company revealing new details about the incident and the driver. anna meiler is live in boston. this caused a headache for a lot of people on storrow. >> reporter: no one on board was hurt but what was supposed to be a fun tour of the city turned into a chaotic day when it struck the overpass on storrow drive. >> duck boat. storrow drive how do you not as they pass a disabled duck boat o