miguel almaguer has the latest. >> reporter: tonight, defense secretary mark esper says the order came from the president, do not remove embattled navy s.e.a.l. edward gallagher from the unit a clear directive from the commander in chief who became entangled in the review>n i said no. you're not going to take it away he was a great fighter one of the ultimate fighters. >> reporter: with gallagher keeping the try trident pin, signifying being a s.e.a.l., the navy secretary was forced to resign richard spencer who publicly disagreed with the decision resignation letter reading, i no longer share the same understanding with the commander in chief who appointed me in regards to the key principle of good order and discipline. i cannot in good conscience obey an order i believe violates the sacred oath i took earlier this year, gallagher was acquitted of shooting iraqi civilians and killing a captive enemy fighter with a knife but he was convicted of posing with a dead isis soldier gallagher on fox sunday. >> this is all about ego and retaliation. this has nothing to do with good order and d

here is nbc's miguel almaguer >> reporter: the president intervening again to defend eddie gallagher, saying he will not let the navy strip him of his status as an s.e.a.l th president tweeting today, the navy will not be taking away war fighter and navy s.e.a.l. eddie gallagher's trident pin. this case was handled very badly from the beginning. gallagher's brother today. >> any time i see the president tweet or take action on our behalf, the gratitude that comes out can't really truly be expressed accurately we're just so thankful >> reporter: a u.s. aware of thewe after he was demoted, fo-covined trial and war crimes but found guilty of posing with a corpse of a teenaged isis fighter. >> he told me that he wanted to, uh, instill confidence back into the, uh, war fighters of our community >> reporter: a move widely reported to have created a rift with the navy, which is referring inquiries to the white house as the commander in chief has made his orders clear in a tweet miguel almaguer, nbc news >>> new fallout tonight in the scandal involving britain's prince andrew and his ties to

miguel almaguer, nbc news >>> and a terrifying day in southern oklahoma today where a gunman opened fire at a walmart parking lot killing two people in a car. witnesses said that as an armed bystander approached the gunman took his own life schools in the area t i time, president trump is suggesting he might be willing to testify in the house impeachment investigation, though, there are questions if it would really happen this comes as public hearings resume tomorrow hallie jackson has the latest. >> reporter: president trump may be tiptoeing towards testifying tonight suggesting he'll strongly consider answering questions in the house impeachment investigation after this invitation from nancy pelosi. >> the president could come before the committee and talk he could do it in writing. he has ever opportunity to present his case. >> reporter: it's not whether th will cooperate considering his white blocking key officials from talking to investigators. democratic officials tell nbc news tonight that's why they are not taking the president's offers seriously, believing it's unlikely he will

first to complete her sentence, but the script is still unwritten for the other hollywood star miguel almaguer, nbc news, los angeles. >>> today the autopsy results were released for the granddaughter of robert f. kennedy. the medical examiner ruling kennedy hill's death in august was an accidenov here's nbc's anne thompson >> reporter: three months after the shocking death of the 22-year-old at the family's historic hyannis compound, the answer >> marchant avenue for overdose request a supervisor >> reporter: an accidental overdose ruled the medical examiner of alcohol and five prescription drugs including methadone used to treat opioid addiction and drugs for depression and anxiety while in high school, kennedy hill wrote frankly about her depression i suffered bouts of deep sadness that felt like a heavy boulder on my chest, imploring her classmates to be open about mental illness and help end the stigma more than 17 million american adults have depression, anxiety is even more common affect40 million adults every year. her mother's cousin, former congressman patrick kennedy, an advocate fo

were the families tag targeted by a drug cartel here's miguel almaguer >> reporter: police investigate the massacre that left three american mothers and their six children dead after a savage shooting with 200 rounds fired >> this is devastating. >> i keep thinking i'm going to wake up >> reporter: today investigators announced the arrest of one man who may be connected. the mexican president saying the u.s. can help in the investigation. military officials adding, the ambush may have been a case of mistaken identity between rival cartels. the five siblings who escaped the bloodshed are recovering in tucson the youngest victim, 8-month-old brixten, was shot in the chest. kylie was shot in the foot 13-year-old devin walked 14 miles to get help >> he hid the rest of his siblings in bushes, covered them in branches to hide while he went for help >> reporter: shock has now spread across the mexican compound where the families lived, descendants of mormons who settled here decades ago. >> they'll stop and surround our vehicle, then they'll see who it is and they recognize who we are because

santa barbara, california, thousands evacuated after a raging wildfire exploded overnight our miguel almaguer is in the fire zone >> reporter: exploding before sunrise, the mountains above santa barbara turned into a fireball >> oh my god >> reporter: some making the harrowing escape to safety as flames surrounded neighborhoods. more than 6,000 people forced to evacuate for those who refused to leave, a hose no mah for th re-igniting by daybreak these are the wall of flames racing through this area. they are jumping from ridge top to ridge top, and firefighters are losing ground. with santa barbara choking in smoke, the so-called cave fire threatening transmission lines firefighters undermanned and overmatched. >> the cave fire is burning under some of the toughest firefighting conditions anywhere in the world. >> reporter: battling fire today, crews here could face flooding tomorrow a winter storm will douse the very hill up in flames now. last year in nearby montecito, a mudslide after a fire killed 23 and buried neighborhoods in debris when the sun goes down, the air attack here will event

miguel almaguer, nbc news. >>> that is brave. next, some of the best shopping deals and strategies heading into black friday. >>> back now with the price you pay. why wait for black friday or cyber monday nbc's jo ling kent has the big deals you can score now. >> reporter: tonight, the holiday dash for deals is on consumers on average estimated to shell out more than $1,000 each this season with tech and toys in high demand, retailers aren't waiting until friday amazon is offering $125 off this samsung gear sport smart watch and $50 off fi samsung 70-inch 4k smart-t coming in at $550 starting thanksgiving and 'tis the season for toys geoffrey the giraffe making a comeback today. >> we've been waiting. he's been on facebook asking for them to come back. >> reporter: after the chain liquidated all stores last year, 200 now are opening in new jersey and texas and the toy brand is partnering with target, to sell the hottest toys online, offering buy two frozen toys, get one free. that sale ends tonight with so many price cuts, one in

miguel almaguer, nbc news, tucson >>> there is an urgent search for a missing 5-year-old girl in florida under way tonight. police issuing an amber alert after the family discovered her missing from her room. here is nbc's steve patterson. >> reporter: tonight a frantic search in jacksonville for a little girl who vanished from her bed. an amber alert spurring hundreds to search for 5-year-old taylor williams. police going door to door, knocking on hundreds of homes, still no sign of the little girl. >> she's obviously in and at 5 years old we know it's very urgent that we find her as quickly as possible. >> reporter: a wasulast seen around midnight with the back door of the home unlocked. >> our officers are going door to door on foot we have homicide detectives, missing persons detectives, patrol officers. we've everyone out here to do everything that we ca to locate taylor >> reporter: she's three feet tall, weighing 50 pounds, with brown eyes and brown hair, last seen wearing purple and pink pajamas police say the parents are cooperating with authorities. >> please help to us get her

miguel almaguer, nbc news, california. >>> just a day after another deadly school shooting, we are talking to one of the 2020 candidates about something that democratic voters told us is important to them -- gun control. senator kamala harris tells harry smith how she'd tighten gun laws as part of our series "what matters. >> at our gathering of democratic voters, ron schueler is an air force veteran and retired police officer. we showed senator kamala harris what matters to him. >> would you support moving assault weapon into the class 3 weapon category which requires a more enhanced background check and greater hurdles to overcome to own those >> what did you think of what ron had to say >> i get it. i get it what he is saying is that, you know, reject the false choice which suggests you're either in favor of the second amendment or you want to take everyone's guns away it's a false choice. there are certain types of weapons that should not be on the streets of a civil society. >> reporter: harris agrees she wants universal background checks and a renewal of the assault weapons ban. she

miguel almaguer, nbc news, tucson. >>> coming up, your data potentially shared by the dmv. the government agency might have had improper access to your personal information. >>> plus a shocker in kentucky. the democratic challenger is claiming victory in the governor's race. the reason a visit from president trump may not have helped. >> announcer: coming up after nbc bay area news at 11:00, "california live," followed by "access daily "and then "days of our lives" at 1:00. >>> welcome back to decision 2019. in kentucky a stunner. the governor's race called for the democrat -- is called for the democrat in one of the red estates in the country. the president's last-minute visit apparently not enough to salvage the race. in virginia the democrats swept both state houses. hallie jackson has more. >> thank you, kentucky. >> reporter: the top office in a deep red state turning blue overnight. >> after tonight, this election is over. after tonight we move forward with every other kentucky citizen as team kentucky. >> reporter: democrat andy beshear declaring victory as kentucky'

citizen, attacked in his own country miguel almaguer, nbc news. >>> there's a new warning about those voice assistant devices g. >> reporter: with the mayor calling the attack a hate crime. >> what i saw was like amazon alexa that so many of us have in our homes. it turns out they can be hacked quite easily and wait until you hear how nbc's jo ling kent explains. >> reporter: tonight, the smart speaker in your home may not be as secure as you think researchers discovering amazon's alexa, apple siri and google home can be hacked by laser pointers and flashlights. >> the light is impersonating the voice of a person. >> reporter: hacked quite easily and wait until you scientists from the university of michigan say by mimicking sound waves, they were able to hijack the voice controlled asanaragdoors and front doors linked to the smart speakers by shining a laser at the devices. waves, t to hijack the voice controlled assistance >> we need to be aware that these voice control assistants are not just listening to us. >> reporter: they can control a google home device from as far away as the

miguel almaguer, nbc news >> we've got more ahead. up next as the democratic candidates debate tonight, we'll hear from a rising star about what matters. >>> it is debate night. ten democratic presidential hopefuls facing off on msnbc. among them entrepreneur andrew yang who speaks to our harry smith about the soaring cost of health care in "what matters. >> reporter: at this new hampshire home, all-in for andrew yang we showed the tech entrepreneur what these democratic voters told us over and over. >> our deductible is still $10,000. >> reporter: they're worried about health care >> i have this pain in my back. i'm thinking i only have so much money to take care of my kids i work three jobs. i work more than 40 hours a week, and i still don't have any insurance. >> it's because we have a system that's designed not to maximize our health and well-being it's a system designed to maximize revenue on the part of private insurers, device companies, drug manufacturers. >> reporter: andrew yang proposes setting prices for medical services

here is miguel almaguer report tonight, a tragic end for american rock climber brad gobright who fellnearly a thou fo. gobright and his climbing partner aiden jacobson were rappelling down the cliff with a rope when they plu plummet, jacobson who sur vived the fall told outside magazine they hadn't tied potentially life-saving stopper knots on the roep when all of a sudden i felt a pop and we started dropping, i screamed, he dream screamed and all of a sudden i is his blue shirt bounce over the edge gobright one of the world's best so low climbers was featured in a 2017 short film safety third, which chronicles his daring climbs without rope. >> i'm not going to deny it is a dangerous activity it is. >> i love climbing >> and support pouring in. a famed climber alex writing in part, i suppose there is something to be said about being safe out there and the inherent risks in climbing but i don't really care about that right now. i'm just sad for brad and his family >> it comes just days after another climber,sete's el capit. tonight the climbing community is still in shock, after losin

for more here's nbc's miguel almaguer >> reporter: relatives of the victims gathered at the horrific crime scene in snora, mexico, that left three american mothers and their six children dead after a savage shooting with 200 rounds fired >> this is devastating >> i keep thinking i'm going to wake up. >> reporter: the mexican president saying the u.s. can help in the investigation. military officials adding the ambush may have been a case of mistaken identity between rival cartels. the five siblings who escaped the blood shed are recovering in tucson the youngest victim, 8 month old brixen, was shot in the chest. the oldest survivor, 14-year-old kylie, was shot in the foot. 13-year-old devin walked 14 miles to get help. >> he hid the rest of his six siblings in the bushes, covered them with branches to hide while he went for help >> reporter: shock has now spread across the mexican compound where the families live the descend ants of mormons who settled here decades ago relatives say the cartel likely knew who the victims were. >> they'll stop and surround our vehicle, but then they'l

a teenage survivor, now describing his ordeal here's miguel almaguer >> reporter: tonight as mexican authorities announce the arrest of those who might be involved in the murders of nine americans in mexico, 13-year-old devin lankford said his mother donna yelled "take cover" as her suv was riddled by gunfire in mexico. police say a drug cartel fired more than 200 rounds into a caravan, killing some occupants, including devin's mother and brothers, trevor and rogan. >> my grandchildren were burnt >> reporter: speaking to nbc news, devin, who was miraculously unarmed, gathered his siblings when the gunfire ended. >> walked until i couldn't carry them no more and put them in a bush gauze i wasn't hit or nothing so i started walking because i was bleeding really bad >> reporter: today the fbi confirming they will assist the mexican government but with the funerals over for the nine americans killed, many descendents from a mormon community that moved to mexico decades ago have now driven back to the u.s. for good. >> no one needs to live in a place they don't feel safe, their families d

here's nbc's miguel almaguer >> reporter: the attack was captured on security camera. the victim on the left says the man in the hood asked him why he invaded this country, just before battery acid was thrown in his face. >> he was talking to me really angry, really -- back to your country, you come invade my country. you respect -- >> reporter: he suffered second-degree burns in what milwaukee officials are calling a hate crime >> as far as screaming, because it was bore said he was first confronted by a white man about how he parked his truck outside a mexican restaurant and was then accused of being in the country illegally. police later arresting a 61-year-old suspect. >> there are people that are willing to hurt another one for no reason. just for the color of your skin, how you talk i'm a u.s. citizen i have my rights, too. >> reporter: with the mayor calling the attack a hate crime -- >> what i saw was horrific >> reporter: fbi statistics note hate crimes are more frequent with a 17% increase in 2017. he said he's more than a number. >> in america, you have righ

here's nbc's miguel almaguer >> reporter: president trump intervening again to defend embattled navy s.e.a.l. chief eddy gallagher saying he will not legality the navy strip gallagher as his status as a seal he tweeted the navy will not be taking away war fighter and eddie gallagher' take action on beha navy is aware of the tweet and has requested further guidance it comes days after president trump ordered gallagher's rank restored after he was demoted following a widely covered trial in which gallagher was acquitted of murder and war crimes, but found guilty of posing with a corpse of a teenage isis fighter. >> he told me he wanted to instill confidence back into the war fighters of our community. >> reporter: a move widely to have created a rift with the navy, which is referring inquiries to the white house as the commander in chief has made his orders clear in a tweet. miguel almaguer, nbc news. >> an nfl star will remain off the field until further notice cleveland brown myles garrett lost an appeal to overturn his indefinite nist suspension for a violent attack in a game last w

say it was ignited when suspects abandoned a stolen vehicle in a field for more here's nbc's miguel almaguer >> reporter: the early morning fires exploded while most were home asleep. from ridge tops to rooftops, the infernos, leaping across hillside communities, nearly taking lives >> you guys need help? >> reporter: as mandatory evacuations were ordered >> we just panicked we had to go it was life or death and get out. >> reporter: in a race to save homes and horses, the fires surrounding los angeles come as exhausted crews work around the clock. >> it's difficult to predict what's going on, you know? >> reporter: with new fires erupting every day, families like the vergers are on edge scrambling to safety as the fire closes n. >> i'm scared to lose my house i'm scared of the whole situation. >> reporter: after a quiet start to fire season, the golden state has turned red, mostly because of powerful winds. >> there was no stopping the wind was just uncontrollable >> reporter: like rain to a flood, wind in a fire is the perfect fuel while homeowners in these hills see soaring views, firefig

meanwhile five children are recovering in an arizona hospital here's nbc's miguel almaguer >> reporter: in mexico, families shattered by unimaginable blood shed gathering for the first funerals for nine americans. laid to rest dawna langford with her sons 11-year-old trevor and 2-year-old rogan rhonita miller also killed trying to protect her four children howard 12, crystal 10, and 8 month old twins titus and tiana. in a road side ambush, their bod isz left to burn inside the suv. a drug cartel spraying with so many rounds of ammunition, the gas tank exploding with christina langford johnson set to be buried saturday, her baby faith was miraculously found alive in her bullet-riddled suv the funerals held under a military presence. >> i feel angry. i'm pretty sure most of the community feels angry. >> reporter: with no suspects and no arrests, three children still remain hospitalized, including brixton langford, who was shot in the chest. this video sent to his father. >> say hi to daddy >> reporter: the youngest of the injured has lost his mother and two brothers, as they bury the dea

keeping his trident at the order of the president and the cost of the navy secretary miguel almaguer, nbc news. >> it is beginning to look a lot like christmas the white house, first lady melania trump, welcomed the delivery of the 23-foot douglas fir. the tree from valley farms arrived with horse and carriage. it will be the center piece of this year's white house decorations in the blue room no word yet on what this year's theme will be. >> this week's theme will be i think chaotic i guess a little bit outside, bill. >> hard to believe we have severe weather to deal with, snowstorm to deal with a classic storm brewing in the middle of the country. we have 22 million people under winter weather advisory watches, warning, from california right through the central plains the heaviest snow throughout the day is colorado, nebraska the northern half of iowa. then northern portions of wisconsin. minneapolis could pick up 6 inches of snow with he have a risk of severe storms later today we gohave to watch this in throughout the day today if you want good travel weather, stay on the east coa

high-powered rifle and 100 rounds of ammo and a list of potential victims and his middle school miguel almaguer has the chilling details. >> reporter: investigators say the bloodshed was planned for today at this middle school in los angeles, county. a mass shooting plot foiled after a 13-year-old student with access to this weapon allegedly threatened to open fire on classmates before deputies made a chilling discovet hime >> we recovered that firearm and some other things that are important part of our investigation. >> reporter: after officers obtained a search warrant, investigators say they recovered an a.r. 15 rifle, a high capacity magazine, 100 rounds of ammunition, a list of intended victims and a drawing of the school layout. >> never thought it could happen here. that's terrifying. >> reporter: multiple students overheard the threat on campus and teachers emailed administration about concerns raised by the students. >> reporter: with the 13-year-old boy taken into custody for making criminal threats, the arrest comes a week after a 16-year-old high school student in by w to respond.

miguel almaguer. nbc news simi valley. >>> there is a threat of violent storms for millions in the east. al roker is tracking the threat. >> we have snow in chicago. they pick up an inch or two. along the eastern seaboard we have 18 million people under tornado watches. this line of storms racing east, high winds, isolated tornadoes and a lot of damaging problems, because we've got 11 states and 40 million people at risk for brief tornadoes, damaging winds with gusts up to 75 miles per hour. if that's not enough, temperatures dropped between 10 to 20 degrees below average from texas into the northeast with frost and freeze warnings. a lot of tricks, but very few treats in our weather. >> five days after the u.s. commanded raid on the world's most wanted terrorist, isis broke its silence about its future and issued a warning to the u.s. our courtney cuby is in baghdad. >> tonight, for the first time, isis is confirming the death of its leader, abu bakr al-baghdadi. and naming his successor his name, ab

nbc's miguel almaguer has more. >> reporter: andrea, good news in tucson.old by a family relative that many of the survivors of that mass shooting are recovering but they have lost their three mothers. >> four of my grandchildren are burnt, shot up. >> reporter: a shocking crime scene south of the border. evidence of a cold-blooded assault on an innocent american family. three mothers and six children ruthlessly gunned down in northern mexico, one of the vehicles to find with babies trapped inside. the attackers, believed to be part of a local cartel, still at large. >> it's really hard to look at those charred skeletons and to see that -- or to even think that that's my family inadvertent. >> reporter: kendra miller's brother lost their life rhonita and four of their children. >> she walked in a room grinning ear to ear. that's how she always was. >> reporter: eight children survived the attack including and-year-old devon langford who walked 14 miles to get help after hiding his younger siblings in the bushes. >> they were beautiful and did not deserve th

miguel almaguer is there tonight. >> reporter: just as the school day began in santa clarita, erupted at saugus high school >> we need all units to respond. >> reporter: police and paramedics swarming campus as students raced to safety under the cover of heavily armed officers. >> i will never forget the look of kids' faces running out and looking behind them fearing for their lives. >> reporter: the first shot fired at 7:38 a.m. >> all of a sudden we hear boom, boom, boom. >> reporter: authorities say surveillance video shows the suspect pulling the handgun from his backpack in the court yard and then firing on five fellow students before shooting himself in the head >> we heard multiple shots in order we kind of like -- we didn't really say anything to react. we just kind of ran towards the s hill and escaped as fast as possible. >> reporter: before the victims could be rushed to the hospital, the campus broke into chaos. >> i couldn't believe something like this would happen at our school >> reporter: teresa called her mom as shots were fired. >> i heard a shot in the background, j

referring inquiries to the white house as the commander in chief has made his orders clear in a tweet miguel almaguer, nbc news >>> new fallout tonight in the scandal involving britain's prince andrew and his ties to convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein. his royal salary cut off as more charities cut times toime andrew seen in public for the first time since his dratic withdrawal from royal duties, as his lawyers urged him to speak to u.s. authorities in a calamitous television interview denying sexual relations with epstein's teenaged victims, andrew said he would be willing to testify to his innocent >> would you be willing to testify like everybody else? >> i'm like everybody else i would have to take all the legal advice that there was before i was to do that sort of thing but if push came to shove and the legal advice was to do so, then i would be duty-bound to do so. >> reporter: the prince stepping down from public life for the foreseeable future after consultation with the queen and prince charles and the shock waves from his interview continuing after his failure to show sympathy for jeffr

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miguel almaguer has the latest on this tragic story. >> we've got an active shooter at sau ugus high school. >> right before the first school bell, the first shot was fired. heavily armeded officers in cal gear giving cover to students. victims rusheded to local hospitals. >> kid is were just running b a crying. >> the shooting happened in the school's quad. police say on his 16th birthday, nathaniel pulled a gun from his backpack unloading on five classmates before shooting himself in the head. >> we all raced on and while we were racing out, we heard three more gun shots behind gun to t shooter. >> 45 caliber, semiautomatic pistol which had no more rounds in >> all of the victim, teens.wou screaming. there's a shooter. run, run, run. >> soon after,rs swarmed the this age of school shootings, many have been bracing for a trangedy like thi one. >> we've trained for this before so bayically, we just got underneath the desk. just a really scary experience. >> an update on the big break in the deadly halloween party shooting. authorities yesterday revealing five arrests in four counties

capitan tonight the climbing community is still in shock, after losing one of its mosd climbers miguel almaguer, nbc news. >>> up next for us tonight, the shrinking size of airline seats. is it putting your life at risk? we will be back with that. the faa is investigating a potential safety threat on the planes we fly tonight. could emergency evacuations be delayed by the much smaller seats now used by airlines and putting you and your family at risk here is nbc's tom costello >> move, move, move. >> reporter: the faa tests are designed to replicate the real life panic of an onboard emergency. smoke fills the cabin as the lights suddenly go out now, under order from congress, to set minimum seat size standards, the faa is looking at whether smaller seats actually pose a threat. >> we want to see if it has any influence or effect on the time it takes to evacuate an aircraft. >> reporter: critics say the tests up until now have been flawed no one grabbed for an overhead bag. there are no or disabled participants and verymma? ighte out of four americans er yet the airlines have been shrinking seat

decades ago tonight five wounded children are back in the u.s., being treated in arizona our miguel almaguer is there. >> rhonita and four of my grandchildren are burnt, shot up >> reporter: it was a bloodbath south of the border at least nine americans, including six children slaughtered in the mexican state of sonora. >> right on the road out of la mora >> reporter: the family, traveling in three vehicles was ambushed by gunmen believed to be local cartel, but it's unclear if the attack was targeted or a case of mistaken identity five were injured, several airlifted to arizona. witnesses describe a terrifying scene, a child shot in the back, babies trapped in a burning car among the dead, 30-year-old rhonita miller and her four children, including 8-month-old twins. 13-year-old devon langford survived the attack and then walked 14 miles to get help. >> it was awful seeing the babies' little skulls just sitting there on the floor of the car burnt and broken. >> reporter: the victims are all american citizens living in northern mexico, descendants of mormon settlers that moved to the area de

here's nbc's miguel almaguer >> nita and four of my grandchildren are burnt and shot up >> reporter: it was a bloodbath south of the border. at least nine americans including six children slaughtered in the mexican state of sonora. >> on the road out of la mora. >> reporter: the family traveling in three vehicles was ambushed by gunmen believed to be local cartel. but it's unclear if the attack was targeted or a case of mistaken identity. five were injured, several airlifted to arizona witnesses describe a terrifying scene, a child shot in the back, babies trapped in a burning car. among the dead, 30-year-old juanita miller and her four children including 8-month-old twins. 13-year-old devon langford survived the attack, then walked 14 miles to get help >> it was awful seeing the babe bays' little skulls just sitting there on the floor of the car burnt and broken >> reporter: the victims are all american citizens living in northern mexico, descendants of mormon settlers that moved to the area decades ago >> this is a whole new level of cartel violence. >> reporter: the brutal attack

for more on the investigation, here's nbc's miguel almaguer >> reporter: just as the school day began in santa clarita, california -- >> multiple shots fired. >> reporter: gunfire erupted at saugus high school >> we need all units to respond. >> reporter: police and paramedics swarming campus as students raced to safety under the cover of heal never forget,s were looking behind and fearing for their lives. >> reporter: the first shots fired at 7:38 a.m. >> you hear boom, boom, boom >> reporter: authorities say surveillance video shows the suspect pulling the hand gun from his back pack in the courtyard, then firing on five fellow students before shooting himself in the head. >> we heard multiple shots, like in order, and we kind of like -- we didn't really say anything to react. we just kind of ran towards and escaped as fast as possible. >> reporter: before the victims could be rushed to the hospital, the campus broke into chaos. >> i never thought anything like this would happen at our school. >> reporter: teresa called her mom as shots were fired. >> i heard a shot in the backgroun

savannah. >> miguel almaguer, thank you, miguel. >>> the former u.s.sador to ukraine testifies today as public hearings resume in the house impeachment inquiry. marie yovanovitch has already told investigators that she was forced out through a smear campaign led by president trump's personal lawyer rudy giuliani meanwhile, house speaker nancy pelosi is now using the word bribery to describe white house pressure on ukraine to conduct political investigations president trump said thursday that the impeachment process has been unfair and very hard on his family we'll have live coverage of today's hearings on most of these nbc stations starting at 9:00 eastern >>> still no word on punishment this morning after that ugly fight during last night's game between the pittsburgh steelers and cleveland browns in the closing seconds, steelers quarterback mason rudolph is tackled by the browns myles garrett. they start to wrestle on the ground and then as the two steelers try to pry them apart, garrett tears off rudolph's helmet, swings it, hits the quarterback in

nbc national correspondent miguel almaguer has the latest on this. hey, miguel, good morning. >> reporter: hoda, good morning, this is the hospital where the young victims were air lifted to. hospital officials are being guarded over their conditions. a family relative tells nbc news that most of the children are out of surgery. though hospital officials remain tight lipped after three mothers were killed. >> four of my grandchildren are burned and shot up. >> reporter: a shocking crime scene south of the border, evidence of a cold-blooded assault on an innocent american family. three mothers and six children, ruthlessly gunned down in the desert of northern mexico. one of their vehicles torched with babies trapped inside. the attackers believed to be part of a local cartel still at large. >> it's really hard to look at those charred skeletons and to see that or to even think that that's my family in there. >> reporter: tetra miller's brother lost his wife rhonita and four children. >> rhonita walked into a room and she's grinning ear to ear and that'

force so powerful it blew out the windows on homes several miles away nbc national correspondent miguel almaguer has more on this hey, miguel, good morning. >> reporter: hoda, good morning, that explosion happened near a plant along the texas/louisiana border it shook many local residents out of bed in the middle of the night, and it injured three employees. >> my whole house shook. >> reporter: overnight, smoke and fire filling the sky after a chemical explosion at a plant in port neches, texas uniting the fire at the facility which produces chemical and petroleum based products. >> my first immediate response was having living around refineries all these years was there had to have been explosion. >> reporter: the explosion so large and so loud, the intensity captured on home security cameras. many who live in the area say the damage could be seen and felt for miles social media posts showing blown out windows and garage doors residents within half a mile of the plant were evacuated as search and rescue crews were going door to door in surrounding areas. this is just the latest explosion to ro

decision by lori loughlin to fight the additional charge she is facing nbc national correspondent miguel almagueratest on this one miguel, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, lori loughlin and her husband say they are innocent despite mounting evidence released by prosecutors. now the hollywood couple seems to be headed to trial. just spotted in public, actress lori loughlin doubling down, despite the latest pressure from prosecutors. now facing a new charge of conspiracy to commit bribery in new court documents filed friday lawyers for the "full house" star and her designer husband mossimo giannulli say the pair plan to plead not guilty, a legal gamble as the company now faces three felonies which combined could mean a combined prison sentence of 45 years in convicted. >> lori, pay for my tuition. >> reporter: prosecutors allege the pair paid half a million dollars to get their daughters into usc as crew recruits, though neither rode competitively. loughlin allegedly arranging for one of her daughters to be photographed on a rowing machine. in an e-mail in court documents last month, her hu

nbc national correspondent miguel almaguer has the latest from tucson, arizona where some of the youngest victims are still in the hospital this morning. miguel, good morning to you. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. the five children who were shot and survived and recovering out of surgery here in tucson, this as mexican authorities face more pressure to arrest the gunmen. returning to the crime scene of the roadside ambush this morning top military officials in mexico say they believe the three american mothers and their six children, some of them babies, were killed in a case of mistaken identity between rival cartels. that explanation disputed by some family members who say the cartels know everyone in the area, telling nbc news they want the government to tell the truth. out of the incredible carnage a miracle baby. the man narrating this video says we found the baby alive. her mother is dead. 7-month-old faith discovered unharmed. investigators have released few details as families on both sides of the border grieve. >> it's been a nightmare. a tragic nightmare. i keep thinking i

craig. >> miguel almaguer for us this morning. miguel, thank you. >>> now to a heart stopping close call on a train platform in oakland, and this whole thing was caught on camera check it out as a man falls down onto the train tracks, a quick thinking transit employee grabs his hand, pulls him to safety with literally zero time to spare you can see a b.a.r.t. train speed past witnesses say the man was intoxicated. afterwards he thanked the b.a.r.t. supervisor, gave him a big hug. the employee john o'connor says he's not a hero, he was just doing what he is supposed to be doing. >> he's a hero. >> yes, he is. >>> very superstitious very superstitious, that's how new york giants fans have to be feeling this morning big blue leading the cowboys by 6 points last night until an unwelcome visitor ran on to the field. >> now he's at the 5, he's walking to the 3, he's at the 2, now a state trooper has come on the field, and the cat runs into the end zone, that is a touchdown. >> up got to love kevin harlan there. >> i like it >> so that bl