with the accusations being led by joy, read of miss nbc. why not the same media attention when people of color go missing? well, the answer actually has a name missing white woman syndrome isn't saying that gabby, bettina is not important. what it is saying is that there's an over representation in media when white women go missing. i told you this would happen. somebody was going to play the race card on the gabby petite story, and most likely it would be joy read. i don't feel it was appropriate of jewelry to inject race into the conversation about gabby potato. the parents grieving that their daughter, very insensitive to turn it into political discourse. a big question should be, how do we prevent these crimes from happening? potato, an avid blogger, been traveling around the u. s. in a van with a 23 year old fiance, brian laundry body was found in wyoming. national park, suspicions of focused on laundry, returned home to florida, reloads and disappeared. authorities are asking the public for information about his whereabouts today. well

attention to other cases that have gone unsolved and unpunished, particularly stories of missing women of color. nbc'silton reports. >> reporter: as the search for brian laundrie intensifies and the loss of gabby petito is mourned, there is growing outrage. >> we don't get the same level of urgency. >> reporter: david robinson's daniel is a 24-year-old geologist who disappeared after work one day this past june in arizona. police found his car in a ravine, but three months have passed and there is no sign of im. robinson said police are making little progress and he had to hire a private investigator. >> reporter: why do you think cases like yours go unheard. >> as much as i hate to say this, sometimes i think race is a factor. >> reporter: in 2020 more than 500,000 people reported missing. and they're disappearing at disproportionate rates. while black americans make up 13% of the population, they account for 35% of missing persons cases. >> automatically law enforcement assume that these children, they're runaways. these adults that they are involved in some sort of criminal activity. so they're bas

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our friend, missing today, wrote the nbc news think piece that says pence's enabling of trump was worsewe thought. has this new reporting changed your perspective of pence's role in all of this? >> not so much. we saw what he did on january 6th. he went ahead and did the right thing and certified the election results. it made me think highly of former vice president dan quayle for stating the obvious and telling mike pence he had to do this, it was his duty, there was no way around it. but really it's far for the course with what we've seen for mike pence and you see a rare display like january 6th and he does what he's supposed to do, but then you see plenty of other episodes over the course of the trump presidency where he pandered and made sure to stay in donald trump's good graces. so with that kind of wishy washiness, it is not what i like to see in someone who is going to be vying for the 2024 gop nomination. >> zelina, this may all be in the past, trump may just be a private citizen now. but at the end of the day, he is still the leader of the republican party and he could very m

look, our team here at nbc has invested in stories about missing and murdered women, i recently got thepportunity to cover school children who were abused in a system of boarding schools around the united states and taken out of native-american tribes. i think it's important that we keep pushing forward on this. look, in my conversations with black and indigenous community leaders right now in prepping for this story, what i hear is we have been trying to talk to you about this for decades and now that gabby petito's case is out there and this national outcry and conversation has started, okay, let's point out these disparities, now let's do better. and that's on us, all of us here at nbc, everywhere, activists, advocates and i know i want to keep pushing on this story. >> all right, then. you've always got a place to do it right here. antonia hilton, great to have you here in person. >> so exciting to be here in-person. >>> now we go ahead to the border where the number of haitian migrants camped out in south texas is shrinking by the day for now. the focus now shifting to their fate g

nbc's francis riviera >> the case of missing gabby petito the autopsy confirms that it is the body ofo the search continues tore brian laundrie he's been missing a week >> amazon launches a match your vax. chances include a chance to win cars, paid time off, $12,000 winning package. so far warehouse workers and a whole foods employee were awarded cars last week, workers given $100,000 in cash rewards >>> soccer legend pele is continuing recovery. he said, quote, i'm surrounded by affection and encouragement hospitalized after surgery to remove a tumor in his colon. >>> it is official, fugees announce reunion celebrating the 25th an verse of their album score. tickets go on sale tonight they did it quick. announced it tickets go on sale and that tour heads your way those are your headlines >> tomorrow, i'm making a promise, we'll show the average ticket cost for those shows? what do you think, $700 on average? >> on average, at least. >> we'll do that tomorrow. s scour the sites. send your guesses in. >>> now to this morning's top trending story this is a statement. maybe the most idio

sposlight on the disparities of coverage of missing person cases overall, especially missing people of color. here's nbc'sr: as the search for brian laundri yes, intensifies and the loss of gabby petito is mourned nationwide, there is growing outrage that the attention being paid to her case isn't being given to missing people of color. >> not given the same urgentsy. >> reporter: this man's son is a 22-year-old who disappeared after work this past june in arizona. police found his car in a ravine. three months passed and there has been no sign of him. robinson says police are making little progress and he has had to hire an independent investigator. why do you think it is, that cases like your son's go unheard? >> as far as i -- as much as i hate to say this, sometimes i think vase a factor. >> >> reporter: in 2020, more than 500,000 people were reported missing. nearly 40% of them, people of color. and they are disappearing a disproportionate rates. while black americans make up 13% of the population they account for 35% of missing persons cases. >> automatically, law enforcement assumes that these chil

rehab, but his legal woes are likely far from over catie beck, nbc news >>> and in another deepening mystery, new body cam shows a missing 22-year-old woman weeks before she vanished on a cross-country trip with her fiance. the video shows a distraught gabby petito telling utah officers she and fiance brian laundrie had been fighting that morning. a witness had reported the two had been arguing. petito's family lost contact with her in late august. laundrie has been named a person of interest his attorney says he has been advised not to speak on the matter >>> now to the record migrant surge, and another baby and toddler found abandoned at the border, just as the texas governor tonight is demanding president biden shut down border crossings. nbc's julia ainsley has more. >> reporter: the image is heartbreaking two children abandoned at the u.s. border a 2-year-old girl from honduras and her 3-month-old baby brother, spotted by border patrol agents along the rio grande river. >> the 3-month-old was still in his baby car seat the simple color caught their eye and we were able to rescue these children. >> reporter: it's jus

pushed in some cases by political or religious leaders, and fears about missing work due to side effects, among other things. nbcon a texas suburb combatting exactly those challenges. >> reporter: just outside austin, texas, snappy snacks is known for supplying food truck operators with ingredients, ice, and now vaccines. paul saldania leads the latino coordination, a grassroots group of operators that join with snappy snacks to meet high-risk latinos where they are. >> we have parts that have no infrastructure, no health clinics, no pharmacies. it's been quite a challenge for our people to get access to the vaccine. >> reporter: latinos make up just under 50% of covid-related deaths here, even though they're only about a third of the population of austin. are they the type of workers who can afford to miss a couple of days of work after they get the vaccine shot? >> no, and that's another reason why people have been most hesitant. >> reporter: what has you hesitant to take the vaccine? >> my father, for example, he took both shots and got real bad with covid a month later. i'm waiting to see it out. >> reporter

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missing persons whose stories never get told. the majority of untold stories involve indigenous people and people of color. here is a report from nbc'so hilton. >> reporter: as gabby petito's case grips the nation families of color with missing loved ones remind the nation they are hurting, too. >> for the first 24, 48 hours it is the most important and critical. >> reporter: david robinson's son tan yell is a 24-year-old geologist who disappeared after work in buckeye, arizona this july. police found his car in a ravine but three months have passed with no sign of him or his body. why do you think cases like your son's go unheard? >> as much as i hate to say this sometimes i think race is a factor. they think that it is not as urgent for us. >> reporter: david had to hire his own private investigator. >> he is my son, a person, a geologist. >> reporter: in 2020 more than 500,000 people were reported missing. nearly 40% of them were people of color. hundreds of black and brown families who are waiting to get word of their loved one, waiting for a news story, a moment to step into the spotlight and shine some light on their story. >>

miss. >> "today" will be live from levi stadium monday morning. hope you can join us right here on nbc bay area. >>> switching gears now for you this morning. vallejo police are investigating a deadly shooting on corcoran avenue. this morning police are telling us the victim is a 33-year-old man from vallejo. they're still not providing his name and it's not clear if they know what led up to that shooting or if investigators have any leads. >>> the trial of disgraced theranos founder elizabeth holmes is back under way today in san jose. jurors got a break following testimony on wednesday when 12,000 text messages were entered into evidence. experts say that it revealed the intimacy between holmes and her former partner, theranos' former ceo balwani. they also lay out knowledge of how the company was operating. others argue there's too much ambiguity in many of those texts. one-time theranos board member james mattis also testified that holmes was clearly in charge of the doomed company. >>> stick with nbc bay area for coverage on the elizabeth holmes trial. we continue to cover that as

nbc nightly news" with lester holt >> good evening. i'm tom llamas in for lester tonight more deaths. and more missing ida's trail of damage growing deeper president biden today surveying hard-hit new orleans, where hurricane ida made landfall as a monster category 4 storm. plus, the state's attorney general investigating deaths of nursing home residents packed into this warehouse tens of thousands of people still without power as we head into labor day weekend. and in the northeast, this new video showing how a wall of water tore through a basement apartment in new jersey unprecedented flash flooding and tornadoes now responsible for the growing death toll and a new crisis unfolding. explosions and fires breaking out in swamped homes and businesses gabe gutierrez leads us off tonight from manville, new jersey and gabe, we see one of those explosions there right behind you. that building still smoking tonight. >> yeah, tom, that's right. this building is still smoldering it used to be a banquet hall it explode during the flooding because of an apparent gas leak. luckily no one was inside but across th

while the search for his missing fiancÉe or i should say hiding fiancÉe is heating up. nbc's beck is in north port, florida, where officials are still looking for that boyfriend brian laundrie while miguel almaguer is in wyoming where officials believe they have found the remains of gabby petito. miguel, what's the latest where you are? >> reporter: well, stephanie, that body was found not far from here. investigators have all but confirmed that body is gabby petito. they have to still conduct some forensic tests today before they can positively confirm it is her body, but her family has been notified, as you know. we are also unclear on the cause of death, that's something investigators here on the ground are also said to be working on. of course, gabby was last seen in this area about a month ago with her fiancÉe brian laundrie. the two were in this area as they were headed from new york over to oregon. gabby was not seen after that. so this was her last known whereabouts and investigators did find a body that is likely going to be gabby late yesterday, stephanie. >> my goo

missing. and later, we'll tell you about millions more americans facing extreme weather from the gulf coast to fire out west nbc's tom costello starts us off tonight from annapolis, maryland. >> reporter: touching down in and around annapolis, maryland this afternoon tornadoes on the ground for many miles, after spinning off from hurricane ida that slammed louisiana. >> please make sure you're inside. please make sure you're in your lowest level of your house. >> reporter: in downtown annapolis, power lines and signs ripped down in front of businesses. in nearby neighborhoods, roofs torn off and trees uprooted meanwhile, in frederick, maryland, flash flooding caught a bus driver offguard. 11 school kids rescued as the bus was submerged. throughout the day, ida unleashing blinding lightning and torrential rain on the nation's capital the d.c. metro area under flood warnings and a tornado watch well into the evening. overnight, 3 inches of flash rain swamped the region, tearing down trees, flooding intersections and trapping drivers in their cars in rockville, maryland, hundreds were forced to flee their apartments

miss. >> we'll be live from levi's stadium. we hope you can join us right here on nbc bay area. >>> live look in san jose right now. we are expecting to see cloudy conditions. temperatures out the door in the 50s for san jose. now, let's get to the air quality because and there is an air quality advisory extended. air quality management district, these are current sensors that picks up the current air quality. we are doing okay. because of drifting smoke from central and southern california into our area. as we head into monday and tuesday, we'll get some wind that's going to push some of that out. as far as a drifting smoke, what can we expect over the next couple of days? well, by monday we'll see a lot of that pushing out east. that's going to leavendion. you will see smoke pushing out of the area thanks to winds. any time we see wind is an area of concern. temperatures will be cooler and we are talking about a chance for rain right near the area. forecast for today, cool day, we got 60s and 70s on the map. 70 degrees in concord. san jose, 76. i do want to show you

nbc bay area for coverage on the trial. we're following the latest on-air online. >>> the search continues for the woman that went missing in wyoming. what we are learning about the couple's encounter with officers weeks before she was declared missing. >>> plus, one of the conventions coming back to san francisco. >>> and kim jong sits down with kelly clarkson. he says this is one reveal that is his favorite. hands down. you can find out who and why that is such a joy for him on "the kelly clarkson show," on nbc bay area, this afternoon at 3:00. >>> police in san rafael is hoping that can help solve a shooting that left people dead and several others injured. images of a gunman exiting the back of a getaway car. the victims were shot in a nearby parking garage on third street, the 9th of july. four others were injured, none from san rafael. they attended a concert nearby. >>> a man whose new video sent shock waves through the nation 30 years ago died. george holiday filmed the beating of rodney king in 1991. he was a plumber that saw the traffic stop out of his home and started filming the lapd beating king. his friends sa

in the plan to withdraw forces but now she's totally of missing in action nowhere to be found still in her absence she is deeply popular and nbc news show in lowest poll number 70 vice president since gore. it says a lot. we have all the leverage sake has been for the center during most of this afghanistan debacl some of your old tweets coming back to her. 2019ac circle back and a big fa of ukrainian impeachment hoax tweeting quote is not just the call transcript the hearsay whistleblower the room whistleblower would likely have more details we need bothh and not just the call of. >> to speak about the phone cal between guardian bided leaked b a whistleblower sake replied ar not going to get to private diplomatic conversations with the transcript from calls footage of heart always jen circle back you need to own you online cailee mcenaney along with fox news contributor laura trump. >> they were the first question that you got was are you going to write to us i would stage of sake like us. >> there is doubt that she did. her janky hard question but you need other reporters to axe questions to the hard-hitting questions you ask

but we've talked a lot about it here on nbc, but it's about a lot of pretty white women. >> pretty white women missing was a video because she was doing a vlog. this is more than your typical run-of-the-mill story. >> everything we do is intense and always complicated and it always has scenes like the one you're seeing there. they just aren't normally followed by the press from around the world. >> do they help or do they hurt when you have all these folks online? on one hand they've been aa personally providing some information. on the other hand, i read in one of the articles that the vast majority of these clues turn out to be absolutely nothing and it's a wild goose chase. >> it's true. and quite often it adds expo anyone dhally to what the police have do. there are some times when groups of sleuths are organized enough to work with the police department to solve a particular crime, perhaps a cold case going back 40, 50 years using familial dna. the real skill is to get on their computers and look for connections between, you know, a missing person and somebody, you know, several generations remov

nbc news, the capitol. >>> demands for answers tonight by the family of a young woman from new york's long island, missing since she went on a trip across the country with her fiance, who returned home without her erin mclaughlin now with late details. >>> tonight police and protesters at the florida home of brian laundrie, the fiance of missing woman gabby petito police say laundrie is a person of interest in the case but is refusing to help authorities find the 22-year-old. >> two people went on a trip one person returned. and that person that returned isn't providing us any information. >> reporter: gabby's family outraged at brian, who arrived home from their months' long cross-country van trip on september 1 gabby wasn't reported missile until september 11th he hasn't told you anything >> no. he told us that he is going to remain in the background, you know, and this is hard on their family too that's a bunch of [ bleep ]. you need to help you were the last person to see her. >> reporter: brian is staying silent on the advice of his lawyer, who says the warning that any statement made will be used ag

isn't vaccinated could risk missing all home games and docked pay by management for some players getting shots on the court means getting shots off of it, too sam brock, nbcews. >>> another sport superstar is also speaking out simone biles casting doubt about her future in gymnastics saying she wished she quit before her difficult time at the tokyo olympics here is kristen dahlgren >> reporter: it was a moment that stunned the world. >> simone biles is out of the competition tonight. >> reporter: simone biles now telling "new york magazine," it's like i jumped out of a moving train after withdrawing from competition the star spoke openly >> i was like, no, mental is not there so i just need to let the girls do it and focus on myself. >> reporter: but she now says it was a long time coming. i should have quit way before tokyo when larry nassar was in the media for two years, it was too much nassar is the former team doctor sentenced to life in prison after being accused of sexually abusing hundreds of young gymnasts including biles. in an exclusive interview before the games biles spoke the nbc news about being an abuse survivor. >> even though i compartme

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but now she's totally mia, missing in action, nowhere to be filled still, in her absence, kamala is deeply unpopular. nbcews showing the lowest numbers for any vice-president since al gore. meantime press secretary, circle back we have all the leverage sake who has been front and certain during most of this afghanistan debacle but now some of her old tweets coming back to haunt er had. 2019, that's right, circle back jen was a big fan of the ukrainian impeachment hoax, it's not just the call transcript, the whistle blower complaint, the hearsay whistle blower not the real whistle blower, the hearsay whistle blower would likely have more details. we need more not just the call. this week when asked about the phone call between biden and ghani by a whistle blower saying i'm not going to get into private conversations or leaked transcripts of phone calls. sudden change of heart from circle back. and always the honest and forthright press secretary, jen circle back, yeah, you need to own your own lie. here with reaction, cohost of outnumbered and former press secretary kayleigh mcenany along with fox news tr

nbc news north port, florida. >>> the intense and heavily followed effort to find gabby petito finds a sharp contrast the families of so many of those missingn this country, many people of color feel forgotten. antonio hilton has that story. >> reporter: as gabby petito's case grips the nation, families of color with missing loved ones remind the nation they're hurting too. >> the first 24 to 48 hours are the most important and critical >> reporter: david robinson's son daniel is a 24-year-old geologist who disappeared after work one day this past july in buckeye, arizona police found his car in a ravine, but three months have passed no sign of him or his body why do you they that is that cases like your son's go unheard. >> as much as i really hate to say this, sometimes i think racism is a factor they say that it is not an urgency for us >> reporter: david had to hire his own private investigator. >> he's my son he's a person. >> reporter: in 2020, more than 500,000 people were reported missing. nearly 40% of them people of color. hundreds of black and brown families waiting to get word of their loved ones, waiting for a news story, who a

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missing children. in fact, petito's father writing no one should have to find their child on their own. nbcnews correspondent -- reporting from venice, florida on, the very latest on the investigation. stephanie, good morning. do you have -- totaling $30,000 or being offered for information on laundrie's whereabouts. what's the latest on the search for laundry? >>,. . . -- although it has been a bit of a skill down. search but all week long they have done 75 personnel out here at the reserve, battling the elements. the heat, the humidity, this is swampland. it is very thick brush. 25,000 acres. and still, no sign of brian laundrie. as you said, well all of this is going on here, 1000 miles away, that petito family is planning for gabby's funerals. that is set to take place beginning at noon today. that is on long island. that is in holbrooke, your. so, obviously, a very emotional time for that family as well. her father joseph posting on twitter about the memorial, as you mentioned. the family as you also said, announced the creation of the gaby petito foundation. they say that they created

nbc meteorologist bill karins with more on what we can expect for the weekend. >> hey, and much credit to tracie she never once ever looked tired. she was always happy, and you'll be missed. so let's get into this forecast. tracking the tropics we've had larry in the atlantic, mindy we dealt with yesterday. olaf made landfall in cabo san lucas. there is an area of interest that's going to be heading into the southern gulf of mexico. and that could bring some rainfall into texas possibly sunday so for today's forecast, beautiful on the eastern seaboard, very hot in the middle of the country record-high possible in denver today. more record highs possible in kansas and oklahoma. and tropical rainfall down along the texas coast. it's a pretty to end frances, yesterday it was 111 in phoenix. so these crazy, hot temperatures continue >> that hurts to hear. i'm sure it hurts to even feel it thank you, bill. >>> for the first time a major tennis final will be played between two unseated players >>> it's the first major final between two teams since the 1999 u.s. open. fernandez and raducanu duke it out tomorrow >>> a steep price for turbulent passenger who's act unruly on fligh

missing days like that are tough. some even are battling flames. >> to get everybody home safely so they can spend time with their family and get ready for the next big incident. >> reporter: cheryl hurd. nbc bay area news. >> and the long term impact in terms of respiratory problems. with all the smoke. it will be really interesting to see the days to come. >>> smoke is something we'll to have watch over the next few days, and heat. we've lost the red flag warnings. the temperatures will be climbing up all the way through the holiday weekend. 60 in san jose. it is a pleasant evening around the bay area. comfortably cool. you don't need to run your air conditioning in the inland valleys with 59 degrees. we'll see some patchy clouds brought in by the winds at 15 miles per hour. and numbers by the morning, feeling more like fall. mid 50s, closer to san jose. low 50s into morgan hill. for the afternoon, the upward climb. the temperatures, not so much bay side. we'll still stay in the upper 60s to 70s in oakland and hayward. near 90 tomorrow. san jose, close to 80 degrees. the air quality will be moderate for most of the bay area. though i think in the hills, above 2,000 feet for the north bay

nbc. please welcome simon cowell! [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ i wish i could hug you. i know, i can't hug. i can do this. >> simon: hi, kelly. high matt, everyone. >> kelly: i missedsometimes world. you are right. >> simon: nice to see everybody. >> kelly: it's actually interesting paired with had to be kind of innovative. it's actually cool because we can get people from everywhere. >> simon: i love this. >> kelly: blake has went up and hugged and kissed people. >> simon: i might do that a bit later. yeah. lovely to see you, kelly. >> kelly: i'm good. your good? obviously? >> simon: yeah, absolutely. i literally had the x-ray results two days ago. i've still got this rod in my back. i've got screws. i'm serious. the scar is like that big. >> kelly: you are wearing a rod in your back right now? >> simon: i have titanium in my body, yet. >> kelly: wow. you are like a robot. you are part robot. was his name? the terminator? whatever. what was your son's ration? did he freak out? my kids freak out if i get a needle in my arm to give blood or something. >> simon: you know the movie? the way he is standing up with the tennis ball? how do i explain it? so lauren told hi

nbc news. >>> let's go into a bit more detail about one of the cases antonia mentioned. joining us now for more on the missingrtson, david robinson. you saw him in that report. david, thank you for being with us. it's been three months since your son was last seen. you hired a private investigator to look into your son's disappearance. have you gotten any help from law enforcement, any kind of attention up until now? >> well, very little. at the beginning, you know, the buckeye police department, of course, made a few searches. it was very slow, a total of three searches. the first came three days after my son went missing. that prompted me to get here. from that point the way it was done, i knew i had to do it myself. i seen the last search that buckeye had done for my son. from that point, i haven't heard much from them. i'm at this point where i have to do everything myself. >> you've been doing it -- you live in columbia, south carolina, is that correct? >> that is correct. >> the buckeye police department released a report on the investigation, and they say that daniel was acting a bit strange leading up

he retired from nbc back in 2018 after 65 years with the company. 35 of the years was with the "today" show. he was 87 years old. he will be misseditol riot is now pleading guilty. jacob chansley was dubbed the qanon shaman thanks to his getup during the january 6th violence. he is admitting to one charge of obstruction of an official proceeding, a felony. he faces up to 4 1/2 years in prison when he is sentenced in november. >>> also, representative liz cheney has been tapped as vice chair of the january 6th committee, likely setting off even more hostility inside her own party. a few months ago chaens was the recipient of a high-profile demotion when she was ousted from a leadership position. one -- this week kevin mccarthy went so far as to threaten any telecom company that complies with the committee's recent phone records of which some are his. warning in a statement, this, a republican majority will not forget. sounds like a threat to me. back with me, former u.s. attorney and msnbc legal analyst, joyce vance. good to see you once again. what do you make of kevin mccarthy's threats? >> it is empty. like other legal experts

missing on a trip with her fiance. police in utah are confirming they responded to an incident involving the couple on august 12th. however, they are not providing more details. her family tells nbc news her fiance is refusing to say where he last saw her or why he returned from their trip home alone. the fbi is also now assisting in that search. >>> to the pandemic. blocking the state of new york from forcing medical workers to be vaccinated. this comes after a group of 17 health care workers sued saying their constitutional rights were violated because the state's mandate disallowed religious exceptions. the judge gave new york until september 2nd to respond. >>> now to a follow-up, a hospital in new york state announced expectant mothers will have to deliver their babies elsewhere after workers at the hospital's maternity unit quit rather than get their covid vaccines. lewis general hospital says maternity services will pause september 24th because of those staffing issues. dozens of workers have left and another 150 or so unvaccinated employees have yet to declare their intentions. >>> two florida parents suing the state's governor ron desantis because his current mask ban in

are asking why is it that cases involving missing people of color don't receive the same amount of attention? >> that's a question a lot of folks are asking nbc'sted by the study of the gabby petito case those involving people of color typically don't receive the same focus or resources now their families and advocates are speaking out to bring more attention to this disparity and hopes of finding their loved ones as the search for brian laundrie intensifies and the loss of gabby petito is mourned nationwide, there's growing outrage that the attention being paid to her case isn't being given to those with people of color. david robinson's son, daniel, is a 4-year-old geologist who disappeared in arizona three months have passed and there's been no sign of him. robinson says police are making little progress and he's had to hire an independent investigator >> why do you think that is that cases like your son's go unheard? >> as much as i really hate to say this, and sometimes i think race is a factor >> in 2020, more than 500,000 people were reported missing nearly 40% of them people of color. and they're disappearing at disproportionate rates w

miss as much as the game football food. can i get an amen? >> hallelujah. >> a creative twist on nachos and burgers. but first, this is "today" on nbcth me before we get to the recipes, let's wrap up our tailgating bracket. nachos won the title, took down cheeseburgers and crushed wings in the semifinals. that was welcome news to savannah guthrie who saw her dreaded "bones with sauce" as she refers to wings go down. but i have been on a mission, a mission to convince savannah that wings are actually wonderful. we have a plate of wings for you. you obviously have had bad wings in your life there's buffalo sauce. there's the cheese so, please, smell them, take them all in, savannah. and a quick history lesson, wings were born in 1964 by the co-owner of the anchor bar in buffalo, new york. she accidently ordered chicken wings instead of chicken necks needed to find a way to use them the creation was put on the menu, became a hit, and the rest is history according to the american chicken council, we eat 1.3 billion wings leading up to and during the super bowl alone. savannah, here are five reasons why wings are wonderful. to start, the

company in charge of britney did not respond to nbc's request for comment but their lawye told "the new york times" they're particularly pro of keeping miss the parameters of the authority put upon him by the court. and in a documentary today britney versus spears. >> i just want my life back. it's been 13 years and it's enough. >> reporter: the documentary examining how the conservatorship was established and raising questions as to why it's still in place. >> i represented dozens of conservetees in court not one has had a job. >> reporter: and britney and her supporters hoping the end of her conservatorship will bring in new beginnings. this morning, jamie spears releasing a statement saying that he loves britney unwaveringly and on wants the best for her. meanwhile, legal experts say they do not expect britney to emerge from this hearing a free woman. they do expect it to be a step in that direction and that conservatorship could be over in a month, mika. >> so, erin, obviously, a lot of questions about how this particular conservatorship was run and what they did but might there be a new way forward on how to address her set, if she's

missing out of its -- [ cheers and applause ] >> losing arsenio, yeah. it was -- it was -- it was bad. i mean, he was the lone voice gone. david letterman had the suits at nbcng leno to replace carson over letterman, that that was a big programming mistake. >> it was a shaky start. a really, really shaky, first-season start. >> it's true confessions time for actor hugh grant, who is trying hard to put his recent encounter with a hollywood prostitute behind him. >> when hugh grant was arrested, it was big, live-action news. >> hugh grant was supposed to do "the tonight show" that night. >> what the hell were you thinking? >> it all came together in that moment, and everyone saw it and that's it. we were never number two, again. >> for us, it was the fun experience. hey, we -- we got our own theater. we got an unlimited budget. we have got access to every ststar in the business who wants to do the show. >> somebody, bring me the jaws of life! >> so, i think going to cbs was heaven sent. it really was. >> good night, everybody! intens. neutrogena® hydro boost lightweight. fragrance-free. 48 hour hydration. for that healthy skin glow. neutrogena®. for people wi

missing in wyoming while traveling with her fiancÉe. the fbi believes it has located her body in the grant tee ton national forest and has yet to confirm that. nbcood morning. >> reporter: good morning, willie. yeah, state investigators say that an autopsy is expected later today to potentially determine the identity of that body, as well as a cause of death. this investigation is widening and focusing now on the missing fiancÉe, brian laundrie. this morning a cross-country investigation is under way. authorities searching for evidence in the gabby petito case, while trying to track down her fiancÉe, brian laundrie, who has been missing for a week. on monday fbi agents scoured the florida home of laundrie's parents where gabby and brian also lived, declaring it a crime scene. the family escorted from the house as investigators took photos in the backyard around a storage shed. even towing a vehicle from the driveway. authorities suspended a search in a dense wildlife area where laundrie's family told them brian went for a hike last tuesday. days later a body believed to be petito's was discovered in wyoming. >> we continue to seek information fr

manhattan and a number of nbc news correspondents were trapped, many of them in grave danger, as well as emergency rescue in that area, and there are reports that 200 or 300 firemen are missing time trying to rescue personnel. we heard earlier from dawn fratangelo. she said the firemen were going up in the building and she knows they were lost. let's go to the white house where campbell brown is in washington, if not at the white house, and tomorrow morning the presidents' day will begin earlier after this long and arduous day in which he addressed the nation tonight, campbell. >> reporter: well, tom, he convened a national security meeting after his remarks. meeting has now ended, but i can tell you there are many, many lights still burning here at the white house tonight, and aides do tell us he is expected to begin the day early tomorrow, again, meaning first thing in the morning with his national security team, the focus now shifting, number one, to getting federal aid to thousands who have been touched by these attacks, and number two, finding out who is responsible. the president in his remarks tonight having strong words regarding punishment for the terrorists as well