meagan fitzgerald is there. >> i'm going to confirm the name of the suspect this one time only during this press conference and it's ethan crumbley, age 15. >> reporter: authorities say the 15-year-old suspect opened fire in michigan yesterday, killing four and injuring seven others. >> charging this person as an adult is necessary. >> reporter: he's been charged with one count of terrorism causing death, four counts of first degree murder, seven counts of assault with intent to murder, 12 counts of possession of a firearm. his father allegedly purchased the gun. prosecutors say they're considering charging crumbly's parents. the victims being remembered, 17-year-old justin shilling was a member of the bowling and golf teams hana st. juliana was just 14 years old. she was on the volleyball team 17-year-old madisyn baldwin wanted to be an artist, set to graduate this spring and 16-year-old tate myre, a high school running back. >> four kids are gone. four kids don't get to go home tonight and see their parents. four kids don't get to take that math test that they dread. >> we don't kno

meagan fitzgerald has late details. >> reporter: tonight, horror in the hallways of another american school >> it is a very tragic situation. >> reporter: the shooting happening inside oxford high school just outside of detroit. authorities in a press conference saying the first 911 call coming in at 12:51 p.m. they received over 100 calls. a 15-year-old sophomore opening fire with a semi-automatic handgun, killing three students, injuring eight others including a teacher. investigators say the suspect shooting some 20 rounds. an officer already on campus, quickly moving in. >> deputies responded and within five minutes had the suspect in custody he did not cause any problems he gave the weapon up. >> reporter: authorities say the suspect is not cooperating, and it is too soon to know the motive parents in this tight-knit community visibly shaken and holding their children close. >> so emotional because you never think it is going to happen here, and the kids just are all a big part of this community, and i'm so scared for them. >> reporter: fear gripping this town as president biden

lester. >> meagan fitzgerald in michigan, thank you. >>> in 60 seconds, a deadly encounter, a suspect in a wheelchair shot to death by a police officer. >>> let's get to the stunning new revelation about former president trump. nbc news confirming he tested positive for covid just three days before his first debate with joe biden last fall, though another test that same day was negative peter alexander has details. >> reporter: it was an explosive presidential showdown. >> why won't you answer that question >> the question is the question is -- >> radical left. >> will you shut up, man. >> reporter: tonight the new revelations from president trump's former chief of staff mark meadows that mr. trump first tested positive for covid three days before the debate against then candidate joe biden. in his upcoming book, according to "the guardian," meadows writes nothing was going to stop trump from going out there meadows adds that mr. trump received a negative test three hours later. and tonight three sources familiar with the matter confirmed that timeline to nbc news after those results,

joining me right now is nbc's meagan fitzgerald. what can we expect to hear at this conference? >> reporter: there are a lot of questions surrounding last night's apprehension. police are confirming that someone let the suspects in so the question being, who is that person, and will they face charges? we talked to some legal analysts who say the answer is a resounding yes, but we are expecting to get more detailed information at that press conference within the next hour here. the sheriff saying that he's going to give facts about the arrest. what we know, though, from yesterday, is that the attorneys for the couple saying that they were heading back to town to turn themselves in and police are saying that they were found hiding inside a room in that warehouse miles away in detroit. in court this morning, even, we heard from the defense, defending these two suspects, saying that this is a logistical issue. they were trying to contact the prosecution, saying that their clients wanted to get in touch with them so that they could coordinate turning themselves in, but they were not

nbc's meagan fitzgerald is live in edwardsville, illinois, where a tornado hit an amazon facility meteorologist bill karins with what we know about these storms. first, perry russ som is live i mayfield, kentucky. >> we have seen cars tipped over and homes cut in half and a bus that got here. this is the fire station or was a fire station the bus depot, two blocks away there are front steps leading nowhere. homes tilting towards collapse >> on one to ten, it was a 30. >> steven beasley and his grandmother joyce were laying in their hallway under couch cushions praying. >> steven was holding my hand so tightly. god was listening because we still here, you know. >> joyce knows a woman who died at the hill. steven's friend's son was killed he was 3 >> i just know her house was real old she said it was real old and it just collapsed. >> their church is a pile of bricks. >> this is the area that i grew up in. this is obviously my church that i grew up in. >> in fair view, that's his front yard ricky murphy is giving away food and clothes. >> i don't think people understanding what we seeing and what

joining me now from edwardsville is nbc news correspondent meagan fitzgerald. meagan, the same question i had to kathy, to autumn, to the lieutenant governor, what in the world were those workers doing inside that factory when there were tornadoes forecast. >> reporter: it's a good question. amazon just held a press conference moments ago with the governor here of illinois. they were told about this osha investigation. they said they welcome it. amazon says they're investigating, the state of illinois is also investigating. what they're telling us is in the minutes leading up to this tornado, alarms were going off. sirens were blasting. they told folks to stay inside, they didn't want folks leaving, thinking it would be better if they sheltered inside. so they had them in the north end of the structure which is just behind me here and in the south end, unfortunately, friday at 8:30, that tornado just ripped through the south end of the structure, killing six people, critically injuring another person. we now know among those six employees who lost their lives, t

meagan fitzgerald has the details. >> reporter: horror in the hallways of another american school. >> it's a very tragic incident. >> reporter: the shooting happening just outside of detroit. authorities say the first 911 coming in at 12:51 p.m. they received over 100 calls. a 15-year-old sophomore opening fire with a semi-automatic handgun, killing three students, injuring eight others including a teacher. shooting 20 rounds an officer on campus quickly moving in. >> deputies responded within five minute has the suspect in custody. he did not cause any problems. he gave the weapon up. >> reporter: authorities say the suspect is not cooperating and it's too soon to know the motive. parents in this tight-knit community visibly shaken and holding their kids close. >> you never think this would happen here. >> the kids just -- it's i'm so scared for them. >> reporter: fear gripping the town as president biden tries comforting those mourning. >> as we learn the full details, my heart goes out to the families during the unimaginable grief of losing a loved one. >> i think this is every par

. >> reporter: joining me now is nbc news correspondent meagan fitzgerald.t's happening there. >> reporter: they're wondering if amazon followed the guidelines that osha has in place to try and ensure the health and safety of employees at the workplace. they'll be looking at things, for example, like the structural integrity of that building. was it built to code? they'll look at things that led up to this horrific tragedy. we know this investigation will last up to six months, and if they find violations, they could cite amazon and amazon could be forced to pay some hefty fines. amazon says they're aware of this investigation, they welcome it, they will be cooperating, but they also say they did everything right. i want to read to you two of the statements they released to us. first they said osha investigates all workplace fatalities and we are supporting them. the other one a little longer. it says, we are deeply saddened by the news that members of amazon passed away as a result of the storm in edwardsville, illinois. our thoughts and prayers are with th

nbc's meagan fitzgerald has been covering this, is live in chicago outside the courthouse. the last couple of minutes here, the jury foreman reading off those six counts that jussie smollett has been facing. this jury found that he was guilty on five counts. not guilty on six counts. so i want to break this down for you. the first five counts are connected to that incident in january of 2019. a statement that jussie smollett made to police officers. so jurors found that he lied to police officers on those five counts. but on another day, a separate day weeks later is when he was charged with that six count and found not guilty. jurors have been deliberating the last two days, more than six hours deliberating. we know from covering trials throughout the years, jurors will usually go to the judge and ask questions, but this jury has been very quiet, only asking one question. this was the prosecution's case to prove. they showed evidence trying to make the point that in january of 2019, jussie smollett staged this entire attack where he says that he was attacked by two people

meagan fitzgerald joins us from michigan with more on the latest in the investigate.g and savannah, good morning to you. the parents of the suspected shooter have joined their son here at the oakland county jail. their bond set at $500,000 bond each. the sheriff says the crumbleys are in their own individual cells, they're segregated. this morning, we are learning new details about what happened in the hours leading up to this attack. troubling new details emerging about the hours leading up to last week's oxford high school shooting. in a letter released by the superintendent. the morning of the attack, a teacher discovered a concerning drawing by the suspect, 15-year-old ethan crumbly. the image so disturbing, prosecutors say, she took a picture. >> between the drawing of the gun and the bullet is the drawing of a person who has been shot twice and bleeding. below that figure is the lawing of a laughing emoji. >> reporter: the drawing was immediately reported to counselors. the suspect saying it was part of a video game he was designing. the parents were called into

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nbc's meagan fitzgerald is live in pontiac, michigan, and also joining me, msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos and law enforcement analyst. we also learned of an update from the school district. what can you tell us? >> reporter: that's right. the school superintendent saying that he is asking for a third party investigation to take a look at safety practices and procedures throughout the district, and you'll remember, this is coming because the superintendent really coming under fire here for making statements just the other day saying that this suspect did not need any disciplinary action. disciplinary action was not warranted. and that became a sense of contention and frustration and anger for a lot of people in this community, because then just yesterday, we heard from the prosecutor who said that, you know, the student was able to return back to class even after there were drawings that a teacher found of this suspect allegedly drawing, you know, shooting someone with a semiautomatic gun, with blood coming out of it. warning signs, essentially. and so the prosecutor, very candid

>> meagan fitzgerald, thank you, and thank you for your coverage throughout the trial. >>> in just hourslms will premiere the award-winning documentary "paper & glue" and takes us for a front row seat with french photographer and street artist jr as he collaborates with locals on powerful art installations in places like the u.s. mexican border. a slum in brazil. the high security prison in california. jr has gained an international following for week that defies borders, race rules and upends the status quo. growing up in an immigrant family on the poor outskirts of paris, jr's first foray into art was graffiti. he expanded into photography, after finding a camera left behind at a train station. he eventually combined those two interests with a little inspiration from a friend, on his first oversized installation in france. >> so today, why don't you take a photo of me? >> everybody looked at it. you have a gun? you were there. it's not a gun. it's a camera that's your camera. it's crazy. one day of taking photos. all of these photos, then you don't know what to do with them. i looked a

meagan fitzgerald is live in chchicago with more and all the reaction to that verdict. meagan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. a jury of six men and six women were tasked with combing through evidence over the course of a seven-day trial to figure out if jussie smollett was, in fact, the victim of a hate crime or if this entire thing was a big lie. this morning, former "empi" re star jussie smollett found guilty of lying to police about being the victim of a racist and homophobic attack. jurors deliberating for two days before reading the verdict have in a packed courtroom filled with smollett's fame. the actor showing no emotion. >> mr. smollett had faked the hate crime and lied to the police about it. and then compounded his crimes by lying to the jury. >> reporter: smollett spent two days on the witness stand telling jurors that two masked men attacked him in downtown chicago in january of 2019, yelling racist and homophobic slurs and putting a noose around his neck. >> do you want to take it off or anything. >> yes, i do. >> reporter: but the prosecut

meagan fitzgerald joins us with the latest. meagan, good morning. >> savannah, good morning. police say the suspected teenage shooter is not talking, but they believe he acted alone when he shot and killed three people, injuring eight others, including a teacher. this morning, the biggest >>> the protection protects a woman's right to choose. the court takes up a challenge that says the decisions were all wrong and issues a mississippi law passed in 2018 but blocked by the lower courts that would ban virtually all abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. it was part of a push by red states to get a challenge to roe v. wade before the supreme court. the sponzors say that time changed and more is known now. >> after the point where the unborn child can feel pain, we ought to provide them an extra level of protection from the that states cannot ban abortion before the age of viability, around 2 abortion >> reporter: but the supreme court has consistently ruled that states cannot ban abortion before the age of viability, around 24 weeks into a pregnancy. that's why mississippi's la

nbc's meagan fitzgerald has been covering this story for us.good morning to you. >> reporter: craig, good morning. for the last two days, the oakland county prosecutor has been hinting at the fact that she may brings charges against that 15-year-old suspect's parents. later on today, she's expected to announce that decision. this morning, authorities say they are weighing potential charges for the parents of 15-year-old ethan crumbly, facing multiple charges after the incident that killed four students and wounded seven other people at oxford high school north of detroit. >> in an act tract hypothetical, if they gave the weapon to this person, it's illegal for someone his age to posses or carry a handgun. so if they participated in that, that's clearly a crime. >> reporter: authorities say the weapon used in the attack was purchased legally by the suspect's father four days before the shooting. investigators are trying to figure out how the 15-year-old got the gun. the prosecutor is set to make an announcement about charges friday. >> you have