she says she's been taking it for the past ten years for >>> these pictures coming to us from nbc chicago. we know at least one person has been rescued. we are hearing others could be trapped. this is happening in the west humble park neighborhood. >>> today's money report, after months of falling gas prices, unfortunately we're hearing they may be on their way back up. >> that story and a check on the markets at this hour, let's check in with bill griffith. >> let me tell you what's happening on wall street first. slightly down day right now, but we've seen this before the last week or so. you start lower and then generally the market moves higher in the afternoon. i'm not saying that's going to know. we've had three consecutive weeks of gains for the market, points. if you purchased an e-book in the last five years or so, you may be in line for a partial refund after the supreme court that apple conspired with five publishers to artificially inflate the price of certain electronic books. a charge that apple continues to deny. amazon says it's ready to start distributing its share of tho

joining the first lady on the panel will be missy elliott, nbc chicago star sophia bush and diane warren> 4:50, your time right now, we want to get you up to speed on the morning commute as we slowly get things started. melissa. >> going to be slow for sure on the roadways. that is because the entire metrorail system, again, we're shut down. 270 live look at montrose road showing you 270. talking about the hov lanes, hov will be as normal this morning. restrictions not lifted this morning. 66 into town, out of town, you're just fine. fairfax county and the beltway going to take you eight minutes. remember to listen to wtop 105 this morning. very important for all of the people expected on the roads, again, because of the metrorail closure today. prince george's county overall, we have very little construction to talk about this morning. nothing to worry about too much this morning. taking a look up top. no major problems, bw parkway looking quite good. for marc, extra trains on brunswick and camden to help with the overflow. vre running on schedule. chuck, it's going to be a busy one tod

. >> narrator: nbc chicago's charlie husky watched in amazen't as reginald turns speedy justice into something else all together. >> he hired lawyers, he fired lawyers, he tried to act as his own attorney. at each step of the trial, the trial had to be reset. >> in the fourth half of the year, indiana had apolished capital punishment, so that was off the table. still reginald's actions forced delays. just as nailah's family had reginald potts tried to launch a p.r. campaign from behind bars. >> his family reached out trying to convince me that there may besome way that he was not associated with this crime, that it might be associated with someone else. >> narrator: every delay, every manipulation was slow torture. >> i very much believe that everyone should have a fair and just trial and that too often people who are poor or people of color do not -- or most often, they don't get proper representation, and they don't get a fair shake in our court system. but this was not that. >> narrator: and then finally, on october 28, 2015, on a crisp, fall day in chicago, the trial of reginald

blake mccoy, nbc news, chicago. >>> this will's late word that the world's busiest subway system will reopen at 5:00 a.m. in an unprecedented move the d.c. metro was shut down for emergency inspections and repairs. as nbc's tom costello plains is it's just a symptom of our crumbling infrastructure. >> reporter: a stressful commute in the nation's capital today. >> a drastically different day for commuters who normally ride the rails. >> reporter: has hundreds of thousands of subway riders turned to car pools or buses or teleworked from home. the entire system shut down. safety crews today found two dozen frayed and charred power lines after an monday and a smoke one. nine dead in a 2009 crash. >> none of us have in good conscience could send the trains out even with full knowledge of the participants of what the situation was knowing the risks that we had. transportation experts say d.c. is symptomatic of systems nationwide with backlogged maintenance now totaling $86 billion. >> the 40-year-old system is a worn out system unless you invest in it >> reporter: not just subways, a quart

blake mccoy, nbc news, chicago. >>> when we come back, remembering a legendary baseball player and broadcaster, and longtime member of the nbc family. ===terrvo= the legatns heorcedclasates exe inveigate ===js/vo= safe. butheir ther now undearr ===js/next ose==the ws isext. "how didh >>> finally tonight, we remember someone close to us, a legend who was the voice of baseball for decades right here on nbc. joe gar a ji ola, the big-leaguer catcher who west on to a long career as a broadcaster has died at 90. ron mott looks back at his incredible career. >> i grew up in st. louis. >> reporter: joe and baseball were as connected a pair as baseball and apple pie. >> what number press conference is this for you? >> reporter: after a nine-year run as a catcher in the '40s and '50s, the st. louis native made a turn toward pra broadcasting and found success. his folksy midwestern ways and quick smile a hit with the nationwide audience. in a statement, bon costa said joe gar a ji ol la led a legendary life. >> you're going to have to watch that infield and outfield. >> reporter: he called games for nbc

blake mccoy, nbc news, chicago. >>> an american who traveled overseas to allegedly fight for isis has been captured in iraq. kurdish fighters say he was trying to flee isis when he stumbled into kurdish-held territory. it was all news to the man's family back here in the states who say they were shocked when they learned what he had been up to. we get more from nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard >> reporter: this, according to kurdish fighters, is video. moment after an isis deserter surrendered himself to them, when they asked him where he was from, he said simply united states. >> where are you from? >> united states. >> reporter: the kurds say they found this virginia driver's license on 26-year-old mohammed jamal quase. his uncle told nbc news they thought he was on vacation in europe. he crossed the turkish border a few months ago and joined isis and when the kurds asked where he had been he answered -- >> mosul. >> reporter: mosul, now an isis stronghold in iraq. last week, this man who said he's an isis defector, provided nbc news with a cache of documents he claimed

blake mccoy, nbc news, chicago. >>> and still ahead here tonight, a growing epidemic that kills dozens every day. the unprecedented action the cdc is taking to combat a danger that americans too often find into. >>> also, heads of state. behind this surreal >>> we're back now with what the centers for disease control call an emdeckic of growing pain pill addiction. people getting pain bills after an injury or surgery, millions getting hooked and on average a million people are dying every day from overdoses. nbc's tom costello has the health alert every family should hear. >> reporter: from the cdc today a nationwide health alert. the country, it says, is in the midst of an endickic of pain killer abuse, strong opiates with names percocet, oxycodone and oxycontin and now the cdc is urging doctors to reconsider whether the opiates they prescribe are really necessary. >> reporter: these painkillers are very addictive. they are opiod medications and have the same chemical properties in it as heroin. >> reporter: in jacksonville, sarah willons, a mother of four was taking up to 35 hydrocod

kevin tibbles, nbc news, chicago. >>> that's going to do it for us on this friday night. i'm thomas roberts. for all of us here at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. outcue: al shk t: >>> tax evasion this time of year. or drugs maybe. but not this. this is a real shock. >> right now at 6:00, new details about an accused child molester in the south bay and concerns of more victims as officers reveal the suspect was involved in youth sports and the boy scouts. thanks for joining us. i'm terry mcsweeney. >> and i'm jessica aguirre. that assistant little league coach has been arrested. he's accused of molesting four children related to him. did he also cross the line with children he had contact with in sports or through the boy scouts. nbc bay area's damian trujillo, i understand the suspect sometimes volunteered at that very complex. >> reporter: he did for several years. his name is antonio garcia but he went by tony. he's in jail tonight while detectives maker sure no one else on these fields was a possible victim. police say tony garcia was an assistant coac

kevin tibbles, nbc news, chicago. >> and that's going to do it for us on a friday night. a quick program note. originate from cuba beginning sunday as president obama becomes the first president in more than 80 years to visit that country. we'll see you from there. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for >> announcer: the following is a paid commercial program proudly brought to you be prosvent. do you make frequent trips to the bathroom... suffer from urgency... do you get up more than once a night? can you even sit through a movie? or, worse, have a diminished sex drive? if so, chances are you have an enlarged prostate. fact -- 30 million men now suffer from an enlarged prostate. fact -- every other man now watching this show will someday face the same painful problems. until now, you had three with potentially serious side effects, face painful and bloody surgery, or try and live with the pain and embarrassment. fact -- you don't have to live with it anymore. introducing prosvent, the all- natural solution so good it's guaranteed to give you relief in

kevin tibbles, nbc news, chicago. >> and that's going to do it for us on a friday night. a quick program note. this broadcast will originate from cuba beginning sunday as president obama becomes the first president in more than 80 years to visit that country. we'll see you from for all of us at nbc

blake mccoy, nbc news, chicago. >>> there is late word that the nation's second busiest subway system will reopen tomorrow at 5:00 a.m. in an unprecedented move, the metro was completely shut down for emergency inspection and repairs. as nbc's tom costello explains, it's just the symptom of alarmer problem of our nation's crumbling infrastructure. >> reporter: a crass particularly different day for commuters. hundreds of thousands of subway writers turned to car pools, or buses or teleworked from home. the entire system shut down. two dozen frayed power lines were found. nine dead in a 2000 the crash. >> none of us in good conscience can send those trains out, even with full knowledge of the participants of what the situation was knowing the risks that we had. >> reporter: public transportation experts say d.c. is symptomatic of detained mass transit systems nationwide. >> the 40-year-old system is a worn-out system unless you invest in it continuously. >> reporter: a quarter of the nation's roads are in disrepair. 70,000 bridges structurally deficient. among the most iconic, washingt

kevin tibbles, nbc news, chicago. >> that's going to do it for us on a friday night. a quick program note. this broadcast will originate from cuba beginning sunday as president obama becomes the first president in more than 80 years to visit that country. we'll see you from there. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. he was an all ar swimr at stanfordnow he's trial for sex. >>> right now at 6:00, he was an all-start swimmer at stanford. now he's on trial for sexual assault. and today the woman he's accused of attacking took the stand. thanks for joirning us. i'm terry mcsweeney. >> and i'm jessica aguirre. a dramatic day of testimony in the trial of a former stanford swimmer and student accused of sexual assaulting a woman on campus. that woman delivered tearful testimony today when she told the jurors what she remembers about that night and what she doesn't. nbc bay area's marianne favro joins us live at the santa clara county courthouse with the latest. >> reporter: this is the first time we're hearing directly from the

kevin tibbles, nbc news, chicago. >> that's going to do it for us on this friday night. i'm thomas roberts. for all of us here at nbc news, thank you >>> garry shandling talking about his own funeral in his eerie final interview. >> what i want at my funeral is -- >> from jerry seinfeld to amy schumer, the comedy world reacts today, now on "extra." >> the sudden death of a comedy legend. breaking new details on garry shandling's final hours, his worried trip to the doctor, his emergency call to 911. adam sandler today. an emotional conan o'brien

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blake mccoy, nbc news, chicago. >>> still ahead here tonight, a growing epidemic that kills dozens every day. the unprecedented action the cdc is taking to combat a danger that americans too often find themselves spiraling into. >>> also heads of state. fascinating story behind this surreal gathering of presidents past. >>> we're back now with what the centers for disease control calls a growing epidemic of prescription painkiller abuse in america. people getting pain pills from their doctors after an injury or surgery. millions getting hooked. and on average, a stunning 46 people are dying every single day from overdoses. nbc's tom costello has the health alert every family should hear. >> reporter: from the cdc today, a nationwide health alert. the country, it says, is in the midst of an epidemic of painkiller abuse. strong opiates with names like vicodin, percocet, hydrocodone, oxycontin. now the cdc is urging doctors to reconsider whether the opiates they prescribe are really necessary. >> these painkillers are very addictive. they are opioid medications, and it has the same chemical

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kevin tibbles, nbc news, chicago. >> and that's going to do it for us on a friday night. this broadcast will originate from cuba beginning sunday as president obama becomes the first president in more than 80 years to visit that country. we'll see you from there. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for >>> tonight madonna under fire fo exposing a teenaged girl on stage. her bizarre behavior concerning fans, is she headed for a meltdown? and will the teen fan sue? >>> and did sean penn trick this actress so he could meet with mexican drug lord el chapo? >>> and being candid her divorce. >> her new album out today, we're breaking down the rules, wait until you hear what she's singing about blake and gavin. >>> fighting with her husband on screen and off. >> hear what caused their epic clash. and our sally field flash back. >> i'm coming back for number