morgan chesky joins us with more. morgan >> reporter: >> caller: good evening. the high-flying encounter highly reckless, saying the venezuelan jet caught on camera not only acted aggressively, but jeopardized the entire safety of that american crew. tonight the u.s. military says there's no mistaking the mission of this venezuelan su-30 fighter. the video captured high above the caribbean shows what officials call an aggressive shadowing of a u.s. surveillance plane. the encounter so close, southern command said the russian-made jet endangered the american crew with an unsafe maneuver. notice r now the crossing of paths only raises tensions. russia backing venezuelan president nicolas maduro as the u.s. actively supports the man trying to replace him, juan guaido >> the are obviously lashing out against their protagonists they see as the united states >> reporter: thelita support toe maduro's regime underscores his

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kate >> morgan chesky in miami for us morgan, thank you. new audio is revealing moments what happened before iran seized a british oil tanker in the straight of hormuz on friday. u.k. forces can be heard warning iran that attempting to board would violate international law, as that confrontation escalated. matt bradley has late details. >> reporter: tonight, fresh audio from a standoff on the high seas >> if you obey, you will be safe alter your course. 236 zero degrees immediately. over >> this is british war ship >> reporter: it records british sailors trying to stop iran's revolutionary guard from seizing a u.k. flag tanker in the straight of hormuz >> you must not impair, impede, or instruct, or hamper the passage of the mv stellar imperial >> reporter: iranian sailors took the ship anyway iran released this footage yesterday showing mass commandos repelling from helicopters. today iran releasing video of the ship held in port, now topped with an iranian flag from teheran's perspective, the publicity is part of the plan nbc's ali a arus

the mystery over what caused th shopping mall and injured more than 20 people morgan chesky is live on the scene. what's the latest on those injured? >> reporter: rescuers found 23 people wounded from hundreds of yards in every direction all but two are out near by hospitals as investigators are trying to zero in on what caused this blast >> reporter: new images capturing the after math a blast made could not believe they survived. >> the windows are shattering and falling and a lot of dusts all over the place the sprinklers are coming on and fire alarms going off. people are running everywhere. >> reporter: fire crew arrived to find the wounded walking through a massive debris field a scary deja vu for deputy chief joe gordon >> reporter: when thank you roll up on this, did you have any fear >> i had a few flash books. >> reporter: the explosion centered around the pizza shop where it was closed for months >> i told the manager. he came over and didn't smell gas. >> reporter: despite finding rupture gas lines, investigators say the cause is still unknown crew spent today coming throug

who was discovered dead in the trunk of a car morgan chesky with that story tonight. >> reporter: tonighthe city of baton rouge reeling from the loss sadie roberts joseph, a civil rights activist, killed in a suspected homicide police say they don't have a suspect, much less motive. >> it's taken a lot of us back, because she was a jewel for this community. everybody knew her. >> reporter: roberts joseph a community leader for decades she founded the african-american museum, the city even spotlighted her work, featuring her in a campaign to visit baton rouge, which makes what happened last week even more disturbing police say a call came friday, suspicious vehicle parked on this dead end. although when officers arrived, they found the body of the beloved 75-year-old inside the trunk of that car. they dedicated a team to track down leads the news of her loss hitting the city hard. >> she never showed up without smiling and saying here's a positive way to deal with something. >> reporter: the local naacp branch calling her an icon, writing, we lost a cultural legend yesterday rest in peace

morgan chesky, nbc news. >>> there is outrage tonight in mississippi and beyond after a photo emerged of three college students, two of them with guns posing in front of a bullet riddled plaque honoring emmett till the murdered african-american teen who became a civil rights martyr. blaine alexander has more. >> the picture is controversial, three smiling university of mississippi students, two with guns posing in front of a memorial to slain civil rights icon emmett till, the sign riddled with bullets it's not clear whether the students vandalized it, but for many it's drudging up memories of a painful past. emmett till was 14 when he was brutally murdered by a group of white men more than 60 years ago in mississippi his killers went free. >> it is not surprising but disturbing >> reporter: nbc news has not been able to identify one of the students in the photo and could not reach the other two for comment. all three were suspended from their fraternity kappa alpha which called the picture unacceptable ole' miss calls it offensive but says the students' actions did not violate its co

morgan chesky, nbc news >>> still ahead tonight, it's payback time for those caughy equifax. more than half of all americans are owed money right now. we'll show you how to claim it >>> also, the new fears in some military families over the change being considered by the trump administration >>> tonight, there is more than a 50% chance that you were affected by that massive data breach by equifax, the credit reporting agency, and that you may be entitled to cash as part of the settlement announced this week. correspondent jo ling kent has the details >> reporter: this week more americans discovering for the first time if they were hacked in a massive equifax data breach >> it's really easy. you just put your last name in here >> reporter: we hit the streets to help people find out if they were affected >> it's extremely easy you want to do it right now? >> sure. >> it's pretty shocking to be honest with you >> we didn't know. >> i guess i was impacted >> are you surprised >> i am. >> reporter: the federal trade commission making it easy to check if you were hacked with the la

lester >> morgan chesky, thank you. >>> severe weather pattern in the northeast with the report of a rare tornado on cape cod the weather system even ripping the roof right off an inn as terrified families scramble for cover. morgan radford has more on that for us tonight >> there it is, there it is. >> reporter: a suspected tornado touching down today in massachusetts on cape cod. >> oh! >> reporter: shocking families and local hotels >> all of a sudden our ceiling lift up and back down. >> reporter: the storm system whipping up winds, toppling trees, and leaving thousands without power. similar scenes played out in new york and in new jersey crews are cleaning up after heavy rain and flooding overnight. >> it was a miserable experience for everyone >> reporter: in new york, normally busy streets turned into flooded rivers. and in new jersey, a tree split this home in half. >> this was sudden >> reporter: the severe weather causing chaos for travelers up and down the eastern seaboard. with flight cancellations creating a ripple effect throughout the country >> we're very frustrated,

morgan chesky, nbc news, new orleans. >> we are keeping a close eye on this developing threat. dylan, what are you seeing? >> reporter: the heavy rain is already starting to make its way along the sth coast of louisiana. right now it is a tropical cyclone number two, but tomorrow it could a tropical storm. on friday there's a chance it could become a category one hurricane. we need to closely watch the track as t takes that turn to the north. east way we should see at least 10 inches of rain especially along south western louisiana. so, that is why we have to focus so much on the flooding potential. lester. >> thank. >>> under fire for his lenient handling of the jeffrey epstein sex trafficking case, yingx acosta is d calls for his head. acosta held a news conferencehis afternoon where he defended the plea deal he made with epstein 11 years ago. >> we did what we did because we wanted to see epstein go to jail. the billionaire who has pleaded not guilty. she says epstein raped her whe she was in high school. if you have young children in the room, some of th scriptions are grap

here's nbc's morgan chesky. >> reporter: in baton rouge, it's the growing question in a disturbing crime -- who would target the beloved community leader sadie roberts-joseph >> it's horrible that somebody would actually come to sadie and kill her and put her in her own trunk. >> reporter: her family tells nbc the 75-year-old was last seen 11:30 friday morning dropping off a batch of cornbread at her sister's home she wasn't seen again until two hours later when police found her body in the trunk of her own car. the coroner listing the cause of death as traumatic asphyxia, including suffocation. >> our detectives are working overtime they're exhausting every investigative lead and i know that this community will step up >> reporter: the smiling face of roberts-joseph known for decades.erf two fought for civil rights, founded the city's african-american museum, and was even the face of baton rouge in a recent tourism campaign. >> she indeed has been a trailblazer and a pioneer for this community >> reporter: tonight police say there are no suspects in her homicide and for the person or pe

your bucks. >> reporter: through summer, making memories with get away deals easy on the wallet morgan cheskyws >> up next, superstar serena williams opening up about one of her toughest moments ever >>> finally tonight, serena williams advancing at wimbledon today, and also opening up about a tough loss last year that sparked a lot of controversy. we've got more from nbc's blayne alexander. >> reporter: serena williams is headed to the semi finals after another wimbledon win. >> game, set, match. >> reporter: but it's her thoughts on a different match that are getting attention. in a new cover article for harpers bazaar, serena recalls last year's u.s. open during an emotional confrontation with the umpire, serena was penalized for slamming her racket, losing a point and ultimately the match to naomi osaka. >>> i was hurt, cut deeply, she writes, for herself and her opponent serena said afterwards she couldn't sleep and started seeing a therapist. finally, she wrote to osaka. i am truly sorry i thought i was doing the right thing in sticking up for myself i am, was, and will always be happy

morgan chesky, nbc news, new orleans. >> we are keeping a close eye on this developing threat. dylan, what are you seeing? >> reporter: the heavy rain is already starting to make its way along the south coast of louisiana. right now it is a tropical cyclone number two, but tomorrow it could become a tropical storm. on friday there's a chance it could become a category one hurricane. we need to closely watch the track as it takes that turn to the north. east way we should see at least 10 inches of rain especially along south western louisiana. so, that is why we have to focus so much on the flooding potential. lester. >> thank you. >>> under fire for his lenient handling of the jefey epstein calls for his head. acosta held a news conference this afternoon where he defended the plea deal he made with epstein 11 years ago. >> we did what we did because we wanted to see epstein go to jail. he needed to go to jail. >> reporter: today labor secretary alex acosta, former u.s. attorney in florida, says accused sex trafficker jeffrey epstein wouldn't have served time in jail over a deca

morgan chesky, nbc news, miami >>> up next in search of health care solutions, one country has been able to cover everyone while lowering drug prices, but what does it cost their taxpayers? >>> frightening moments right after a dock collapsed at a south carolina restaurant last night. 20 people fell into the water when the wood cracked beneath them during a birthday party people inside that restaurant rushed out to help the guests who fell fortunately, no one was seriously hurt. >>> tonight a stampede followed a fireworks show just after the show ended hundreds ran for their lives some trying to take cover near the stage. one person was shot but is expected to recover. a police officer was also hurt during the stampede. authorities believe the shooter or shooters may have known one another but so far they have made no arrests. >>> it is certain to be among the defining issues of the 2020 campaign, affordable health care a priority for so many americans, already a major talking point for candidates as well we sent our medical correspondent in search of s takes use solutions. to germany to

here's morgan chesky >> mvp, best player of the year. >> reporter: tonight the nfl cleared one of its rising stars. chiefs wide receiver tyreek hill won't be suspended or fined after being accused of breaking his son's arm. today the league saying, "based on the evidence presently available, the nfl cannot conclude that mr. hill violated the personal conduct policy. hill and former fiancee crystal espinal had been investigated earlier this year for child abuse, but prosecutors stopped short of pressing charges. >> we believe that a crime has occurred, however, the evidence in this case does not conclusively establish who committed this crime >> reporter: in an audio recording, espinal accused hill of child abuse. >> he is terrified [ bleep ] of you. >> you need to be terrified of me, too. [ bleep ]. >> reporter: espinal even saying he'll punch the boy. >> kept saying daddy punches me, which you do, when he starts crying, what do you do you make him open up his arms and you punch him in the chest. >> reporter: hill has denied all accusations of child abuse meanwhile, the kansas departm

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sadie roberts josef founded the baton rouge african-american history museum in 2001 morgan chesky investigates her mysterious death >> the city of baton rouge reeling from the loss of one of their own. sadie roberts josef, a civil rights activist, killed in a suspected homicide police say they don't have a suspect, much less motive. >> it's taken a lot of us back because she was, she was a jewel for thisyb cy knew her >> reporter: roberts josef, a community leader for decades, she founded the city's african-american museum. the city even spotlighted her work featuring her in a campaign to visit baton rouge, which is what makes what happened last week even more disturbing. police say the call came friday, a suspicious vehicle parked on this dead end, only when officers arrived, they found ar inside the trunk of that car in response, police dedicated a team of detectives to track down leads. the news of her loss hitting the city hard. >> she never showed up without smiling and saying, here's a positive way to deal with something. >> reporter: the local naacp branch calling her an icon writing, w

morgan chesky with details. r >>orter: tonight investigators believe this canadian highway may hold answers in hay murder mystery. north carolina native china on a road trip with her boyfriend lucas fowler when their 1986 chevy van broke down. >> it's not yet clear whether lucas and china were targeted or e if this was a crim opportunity. >> reporter: police say sunday the couple pulled over at hot springs, a popular tourist stop, but nearly 16 hours from the nearest major city, juneau, alaska. monday morning their bodies were found on the side of the road shot to death. reports of missing teenagers on another remote canadian road, their car found on fire. police were asked if the cases are connected. >> it's ssible. >> it's possible? >> it's possible. >> reporter: the canadian police urging anyoneith a dash c who travelled that highway to come forward in hopes of getting answers as families remembe a young couple full of life exploring canada's national parks. >> for shing like that to happen, it must have real

here is morgan chesky. >> reporter: inside a tsa work area in the miami international airport, a displayt tonight has two agents under investigation. a noose with two stuffed gorillas, the intended message reportedly a joke. highly racist. tsa union representative linda jones. >> this work force is very verys diverse, so i felt like that person must have some kind of psychological issues >> reporter: three officers stumbled upon it last week near a work space where agents screened checked luggage a response tsa called it unacceptable, saying it doesn't tolerate racist or offensive behavior and those responsible will be held accountable for their actions. pro publica uncovered a border patrol facebook group. inside they joked about migrant deaths and posted vulgar comments about latino members of congress miami dade mayor carlos jimenez. miami dade mayor thanked those who identified it, adding our county has zero tolerance for racism. >>> the tsa workers will remain on paid administrative leave until this investigation is complete lester >> morgan chesky, thanks still ahead as we continue

nbc's morgan chesky now with the latest. >> reporter: it's the newly released video capturing a couple's final hours alive. american chynna deese and her australian boyfriend lucas fowler in an embrace at a gas station. tonight authorities have launched an urge search for the suspects responsible for their murder. a pair of teenagers who in a wild twist just yesterday were thought to be possible victims, too. >> kam and bryer are no longer considered missing. the rcnp arering kam mcleod and bryer schmegelsky suspects. >> reporter: their bodies were found outside their broken down van shot to death. police say the break came nearly 300 miles from where the couple was found in british columbia. officers found a truck set on fire, but no sign of its occupants. the childhood friends who are now suspects. tonight investigators say they're likely armed, may be disguised, and on the run. >> we're asking for the public, if you spot bryer or kam, consider them dangerous. do not approach. >> reporter: and tonight police believe those two teens are also tied to another death in that same remote are

here's morgan chesky. >> reporter: tonight canadian police converging on a small town, crews setting up check points as heavily armed officers search nearby woods, searching door to door for two teens turned murder suspects. >> it is possible someone may not have been aware of who they were providing assistance to. >> reporter: they have been on the run for two weeks. his father feels his son will end his life in a blaze of glory. >> he's going to be dead today or tomorrow. i know that. >> reporter: police believe the childhood friends killed three including american chynna deese on a road trip with boyfriend lucas fowler, both shot to death outside their broken down van. police then found the body of professor leonard dyck near a burnt up pick up truck the teens had been driving. they weren't spotted again until more than 1,200 miles away. the next day, another burned vehicle, more than 800 miles east near the town of gillam in northern manitoba, a town in fear with alleged killers on the loose. morgan chesky, nbc news. >>> there is outrage tonight in mississippi and beyond after a

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morgan chesky, nbc news. >> we're still cooling down from that hot, hot weekend. let's see what is ahead of us. janessa webb, good morning >> good morning. i feel like people got a good night rest tonight here. more breathable air. you can see the clearing that happened for the upper midwest the cloud coverage and showers, they will continue for the northeast, mid-atlantic and the southeast. we also have this development of this tropical depression three we think it's going to veer mostly off the coast here, but it could cause some heavier downpours across the carolinas into the northern panhandle of florida. now, temperatures i feel like you're going to need a coat this afternoon with daytime highs, they're still going to be in the 70s, but we'll watch this rain from raleigh to wilmingtont the hours. highs in florida in the mid 90s. >>> so we're watching this development of a tropical depression, but really going to fade away pretty quickly >> we have those comfortable temperatures back. all right, janessa, thank you. >> a rough day on the job, check this out the

here's nbc's morgan chesky >> reporter: it's the newly released video capturing a couple's final hours chynna deese and her australian boyfriend lucas fowler in an embrace at a gas station. authorities have launched an urgent manhunt for the suspects allegedly responsible for their murder a pair of teenagers who in a wild twist were thought to be possible victims too >> kam and rai bryer are no lon considered missing the rcmp are now considering kam mcleod and bryer schmegelsky as suspects >> deese and fowler were on a romantic road trip when their bodies were found outside their broken down van shot to death police say the break came 300 miles from where the couple was found in british columbia. officers found a truck set on fire but no sign of its occupants. the childhood friends who are now suspects investigators say they're likely armed, maybe disguised, and on the run. >> we're asking for the public if you spot bryer or kam consider them dangerous. do not approach. >> reporter: police believe those two teens are also tied to another death in that same remote area. a man's body fou

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our own morgan cheski has arrived on the scene which is roughly 20 minutes west of ft. lauderdale. morgan, what do you know? >> yeah, kendis, we just arrived here on the scene a few moments ago. they have established a safe perimeter around where this explosion took place at 11:28 this morning, including several hundred yards in every direction around the shopping center. for right now remains closed indefinitely as fire crews make their way through this damage area and try to find the origin of this explosion. we do know, as you mentioned, they found the ruptured gas lines in the rubble and we're also told when they responded to this explosion, there were people also trapped inside. some of these buildings unable to get out because of that massive amount of damage that happened when this blast not only rocked this shopping center here, but people could feel it from blocks even up to potentially a mile away from this area. we did have a chance to hear directly from fire officials just a short time ago who told us up to 15 to 20 people were injured. they are thankful after witnessing

morgan chesky from plantation, florida. thank you, sir. >>> let's turn it over to evan hoffman who's with us on the phone. he was there at the gym just adjacent to the fountains mall when the explosion occurred. evan, thanks for being with us. >> thank you. >> you okay, first of all? >> caller: yeah. a little ringing in the ears and a little bit of a headache. it could have been a lot worse. >> did you go to seek assistance? did you go into any medical facility to make sure that your hearing, your head's okay? >> caller: no. i'll give it a day or so to see if it subsides. i mean, there was people with a lot worse than i was. my concern was after the initial explosion, you know, there was concern for my wife who was also at the gym, just making sure i was able to get my wife out safely and myself out safely. it was quite an experience. >> absolutely. and she's okay? >> caller: she is fine, yeah. yeah. she is fine. >> evan, there's always that question, what was the lead up to the event, right? and often it's difficult to rem

morgan chesky, nbc news, miami. >>> ten people are dead following this fiery plane crash in addison,ust outside of dallas. the beechcraft twin-engine plane slammed into an unoccupied hangar as it was taking off. the ntsb is on-site, trying to figure out what happened there. that plane, which had two crewmembers and eight passengers was heading to st. petersburg, florida. >>> the 2020 candidates were out in force today, defending senator kamala harris. the president's son shared a controversial tweet questioning her race. here is nbc's with that story. >> reporter: riding a fresh wave of popularity, senator kamala harris rallied supporters today at a gay pride parade in san francisco, but didn't directly address the latest issue surrounding her campaign. a racist tweet about her from a right wing fringe figure. kamala harris is not an american black. she's half indian and half jamaican. i'm so sick of people robbing american blacks like myself of our history. it's disgusting. the tweet then retweeted by t the's son, donald trump jr., who added is this true? wow. harris' father is blac

and morgan chesky in baton rouge. marianna, how has the day changed in the last hour? >> reporter: the day has changed considerably. if you look at the scene behind me, i was here at 6:00 in the morning and this was a field, and i'll step out for the audience to see what it looks like now. it is completely flooded. these areas here in plaquemines parish southeast of new orleans, so the storm hit as a category 1 to our left in morgan city. but just look at the consequences of this category 1 hurricane here in terms of the storm surge, in term of the flooding. when you have the governor of louisiana in that presser that we just heard a couple hours ago saying this is now a flood event, do not let your guard down, this is what he was referring to. locals do not want to be driving around with this kinld of flooding. and the fear is that the water is moving rather quickly toward the highway, highway 23. almost touching the highway now. it is the only way in and out of these communities. so if this floods the highway, these people are essentially going to be consult off. and

nbc's morgan chesky is taking a brave, closer look at what's happening. >> reporter: on the las vegass from the mirage is this. in sin city it's the insect invasion putting on a show no one can escape. >> they popped up out of nowhere. >> a 24/7 onslaught of grasshoppers that really sticks with you. >> what the heck, you're all covered in locusts. >> i know. >> you're covered in them, dude. >> reporter: for many, the first impression felt down like biblical, a migrating horde of bugs so big you could see them from space. experts say a soggy winter plus a mild spring made conditions perfect for the winged grasshopper a migratory species that could be gone in a few weeks but until then. >> one thing they're known to do is mate. >> reporter: to make matters worse, they're attracted to bright, specially white lights. finding their match made in heaven on the las vegas strip. >> i have seen people running around away from the grasshoppers. >> reporter: scientists say the invasions only happened a few times over the past 30 years and the grasshoppers pose more of a nuisance than a threat. e

morgan chesky, nbc news, bat baton rouge. >>> such a loss. we will take a turn now.t was a record-breaking day when novak djokovic defeated swiss player roger federer in a marathon match. >> reporter: it was perhaps the most am dric singles final ever, and certainly the longest. four hours, 57 minutes. it just kept going. and going. and going. in the end, it came down t a thrilling final set tiebreak. novak djokovic er defeating rog federer and getting that trophy from duchess kate mileton. >> they used to make the trophies out of the different materials in my room and imagining one day i would be standing here. >> reporter: this is th instituted the tiebreaker designed to avoid marathons like the 2010 match that lasted 11 hours over three days. >> i gave it all i had, i still feel all right. >> reporter: for players and fans, a wimbledon final to remember. sarah harm, nbc news, london. >>> just ahead, amazon prime day kicks off in a few hos, a warning about the customer ndeviews you rely on. >>> a rare look -keep it down there. i have a system. -keith used to be gre

morgan chesky, nbc news >>> an update now on a mystery we've been tracking on this broadcast. set of bones located under the vatican found after following a cryptic clue were resumed today. experts are no determine if th here's sarah harman. >> reporter: new clues in a decades-old mystery.tican recovering two sets of bones. possible clues in one of italy's most famous cold cases 15-year-old emmanuela orlandi, the daughter of a vatican bank employee, vanished in 1983 after attending a music lesson her disappearance was never solved and captivated the country, sparking conspiracy theories and even a film. her family has never stopped pressing investigators. her brother pietro orlandi says we will never take a step back earlier this year, emmanuela's family received an anonymous tip telling them on search where an angel is looking on. that led investigators to the tomb of the angel, meant to held to remains of two 19th century princesses emmanuela's br open. but in a shocking twist, they were princesses two days later this vatican said it had discovered two more sets of bones nea

in new orleans, triggering a flash flood emergency and leaving neighborhoods underwater our morgan chesky is in new orleans tonight. >> reporter: tonight, louisiana under a state of emergency, after a fast-moving storm. >> whoa! >> reporter: threw water spouts and flash flooding that brought new orleans to a soggy standstill in some areas, nearly ten inches of rain in just two hours >> disabled cars all over the road. it's like a hurricane. it's actually like a hurricane. >> reporter: canal street living up to its name >> i'm stuck, i'm stranded out here. i don't know what to do >> reporter: when it comes to keeping the city dry, these drainage cancals are crucial. only problem, they can only handle so much water, leaving low-lying neighborhoods at risk with nothing more than a few inches of rain the tropical stormcasting a shadow as far as texas. >> be prepared for this particular storm. this is the time to start getting prepared >> we need to get things together before this hurricane that has no name comes here >> reporter: with the storm system only getting stronger, that name may come

>> morgan chesky, thank you. pete, help us get a better understanding of what we're looking at here. one thing that makes this unusual is you have the federal government, the department of justice arguing with the plaintiffs. >> yes, even though the government is still enforcing the law, they're also going to argue they think it should be all struck down. 45-minute arguments for each side. 90 minutes total. here's the big issue. when obamacare was passed, you may remember it was challenged, and the supreme court ruled that, yes, the individual mandate part, the part that says every american has to buy health insurance, would be unconstitutional on its own. the government can't force you to buy something but because there was a penalty if you didn't buy insurance, the law could be saved as a legitimate use of congress' taxing power. in 2017, the republican-controlled congress said we'll fix that. we'll just set the tax at zero. texas and the other states sued. the judge agreed with them in their argument that beca

morgan chesky joins us with more. >> good evening, kate. the military flyingn encounter highly reckless saying this wednesday whalen jet not only acted aggressively, but jeopardized the safety of the americancrew. tonight the u.s. military says there's no mistaking the mission of this venezuelan fighter. officials call it an aggressive shado ng of a u.s. subvailance plane, the that the jet endangered the american crew with an unsafe maneuver. this only raises tension. russia macing nicklaolas madu maduro, as the u.s. supports the man trying to replace him, guaido. >> they're lashing out against the united states. >> reporter: they say it demonstrates blrussia's irrespon support of the regime, andunder score the behavior. >> if they ever harmed any u.s. aircraft, they would soon have zero. >> reporr: important to note on the same day this event happened, the trump administration nsnnounced sanctions agai four of the top officials of the intelligence agency. kate? >> morgan, thank you. >>> new audio is reviolation what happened moments before

morgan chesky has the latest >> reporter: dara, marlie, good morning. todathmilitary is calling the high-flying encounter highly reckless saying the venezuelan jest acted not only aggressively, bu the lives of the american crew the u.s. military says there's no mistaking the missionf this venezuelan su-30 fighter the video captured high abov the caribbean shows what officials call an aggressive shadowing of a u.s. surveillance plane. the encounter so close, southern command said the russian-made jet endangered the american crew with an unsafe maneuver. now the crossing of paths only raises tensions. russia backing venezuela president nicolas maduro as the u.s. actively supports the man trying to replace him, juan guaido theenezuelans are obviously lashing out against their principal antagonist which they >> reporter: military leaders say the action demonstrates russia's irresponsible military support to maduro's regime and the irresponsible behavior florida senator marco rubio not mincing words. venezuela only has three fighter jets they can fly. if the

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the city of plantation witnesses say the aftermath looked apocalyptic here with the details is morgan chesky>> reporter: new images c the astounding aftermath a south florida shopping center unrecognizable >> building explodes >> reporter: from a blast many couldn't believe they survived >> the windows are shattering and falling. a lot of dust all over the place. the fire sprinklers are coming on, fire alarm is going off, people are running everywhere. >> reporter: fire crews arrived to find the wounded walking through a massive debris field a scary deja vu for deputy chief joe gordon you're a new york guy. when you rolled up on this, did you have a deeper fear >> i had a few flash backs, i'll admit to that. >> reporter: he said the explosion centered around a pizza shop that's been closed for months, the same area where worker noticed the scent of gas before the blast >> i told the manager about it he said he didn't smell it when he called it in that's whether the explosion. >> reporter: despite unruptured gas lines, the cause is still unknown. crews combing through debris, searching for an