nbc's rehema ellis has our report. >> reporter: diagnosed with lung cancer four years ago, mary susan sabini knew something was wrong when training for a marathon. a nonsmoker, she had a cough she couldn't get rid of. >> it's very scary when you hear that you have a diagnosis. >> reporter: even scarier wondering if her chemotherapy is working or should doctors try something else. now this 55-year-old elementary school teacher benefits from an extraordinary new blood test that some are calling a liquid biopsy. >> because it's noninvasive, you can do it every three weeks, and you get confirmation that your treatment is working. >> reporter: how does it actually work? >> when tumors are in a patient's body, they -- small amounts of them die and they shed dna into the bloodstream. and we now have very sensitive techniques for detecting those shards of dna. >> reporter: the studies so far have been small and limited to particular cancers, including lung, colon and blood cancer. still, doctors are encouraged. a new study published this month involved only 126 lymphoma patients, but it found

our rehema ellis has that part of the story. >> reporter: police say this is one mother's furry unlishd on her son. spotted in the middle of a protest, she forces him back tries to rip off his mask while screaming at him. >> get over here now! >> reporter: baltimore's police chief commended her. >> if you saw on one scene, you had one mother who grabbed their child who had a hood on his head and started smacking him on the head because she was embarrassed. i wish i had more parents that took charge of the kids out there tonight >> reporter: video has gone viral, and on the streets of baltimore today many are calling her a hero. do you think she was right or was she wrong? >> i think she was right. >> reporter: if your son were old enough to be out in the street rioting and you saw him, what would you do? >> the same thing that mother did. go find my son and take him home because his life could have been saved. >> my mother probably would have did the same thing. >> wow. >> reporter: others disagree? >> i mean, you know, they said go and get the children, but, i mean, they didn't say go

and as nbc's rehema ellis reports, an incident over the weekend is igniting their fight all over again. >> reporter: the meitiv family is battling child protective services again. their two children were taken into custody sunday afternoon after a report that they were walking alone blocks from their home in silver spring, maryland. 10-year-old rafi says they were kept from their parents for hours. >> i thought i was going to be taken away from my parents. >> they wouldn't even let my 6-year-old go to the bathroom. what did they think she was going to do? >> reporter: last december danielle and alexander were accused of neglect for what's been described as their free-range parenting style, which they say teaches independence. >> they're healthy, they're well behaved, clearly well-fed, well dressed, articulate, confident, there's nothing in that list that suggests neglect. that's our new safety plan. >> reporter: to get their kids back, the meitivs signed a safety plan which prohibits them from letting their children go outside by themselves. the state's department of human resources, w

rehema ellis, nbc news, new york. >>> elsewhere on wall street today, a great day for etsy, but a down day for the market overall. all three major indexes finished slightly in the red. >>> a lot more news still ahead on a busy thursday evening including the new warning tonight from doctors about the risks of snoring and sleep apnea. do they contribute to memory loss and possibly even dementia? >>> also a warning that will warm your heart. a brave little boy and a loving father asking for help to wipe away his tears. you won't believe the response they got. >>> we have some news tonight that you need to hear if you snore or you're one of the long-suffering people who lives with someone who does. new evidence is out showing that snoring and sleep apnea have apparent links to something that scares us all -- memory loss. nbc's stephanie gosk has more. >> reporter: snoring can be maddening. often more for the people who have to listen to it than the people who actually do it. but new research suggests heavy snoring and the more serious condition, sleep apnea, could also have significant hea

both the teen and his father spoke with our rehema ellis. >> reporter: when baltimore streets erupted in flames earlier this week carlos brooks couldn't believe what he was seeing. >> i was sitting in the house looking at the tv and was just shocked that it was going on. >> reporter: he immediately thought of his second oldest child, his 16-year-old son. >> my dad called me and told me don't go out there. don't go out there. >> reporter: but what did you do? >> i went out there at nighttime. thought i was slick. >> reporter: for the first time ever with no previous record carlos jr. was arrested. his dad says for looting. being in police custody was beyond expectations. with chain ainin kles. >> yes, ma'am. >> reporter: what wa that like? hard? >> yeah kind of hard to walk. thought i was going to fall. caged animal. that's whey felt like. a aged animal. >> reporter: you felt like a caged animal. >> me and his mother might not be together but he was still raised with morals and god. >> reporter: learning his son was arrested brooks' next thought was freddie gray and wondered what happe

rehema ellis there spending time today at the juvenile court. these are important numbers.'s saying of the 35 to 40 juveniles who have been arrested in the protests and the rioting this week, she's told that 21 of those kids have no prior criminal records whatsoever. this is their first contact with the criminal justice system and they are getting into the criminal justice system at these the sharp end-it, kids held overnight, in shackles, in difficult conditions of confinement, facing serious charges including burglary, disorderly conduct and a lot of other things that have been charged en masse among these hundreds of arrests that have resulted from these protests and from the violence. more ahead tonight. some of it from baltimore, some not. ds >>> couple things going on right now. in a moment we may have the first information we've yet had about the investigation into the death of freddie gray. we're working to confirm that information right now, but we may have that for you in just a moment. so stay with us for that. this is a live shot of times square in new york city

rehema ellis, nbc news baltimore. we want to turn to another major story we're following tonight, the desperate search for survivors of the devastating earthquake in nepal which is now claimed more than 5,000 lives. every minute that passes diminishing the chances of finding people alive in the rubble but rescuers are not ready to give up not yet. miguel almaguer has the story from nepal. >> reporter: a new at the devastating quake. e pictures taken but neighboring nepal remains hardest hit. finding survivors here has become a r. late tonight this 28-year-old pulled alive from the rubble more than 80 hours after the quake. but the desperate search doesn't scenes like this have been happening all day long. anothe body recovered from the rubble. now rushed to the hospital. moments later volunteers are back at work. wh are you here? to help. >> reporter: 62-year-old canadian ross trent has been digging 12 hours a day since the quake struck. >> here i am. in one crazy way i'm probably in a better place now doing something

rehema ellis has our report. >> reporter: bill and his wife started their company making cheeseboards in the shd selling them online. >> there's a bit of nostalgia and it's a useful item. it becomes a conversation piece. >> repor and the personal touch is a moneymaker. up to $45,000 a month, double that during the holidays. >> it's important that we have a lot of control over the quality of things and what kind of materials are being used. >> reporter: their small business is taking off with the help of etsy the online marketplace founded ten years ago caters to artists selling vicinity ang hand-made arts and crafts from leg warmers to glass-blown ornaments. now with a wide reach. etsy has more than 1.4 million sellers, attracting more than 20 million buyers with sales close to $2 billion last year. today the company that prides itself on having a majority of its sellers work from home made a big business move and went public. sellers are excited. >> they're hoping that it brings more eyeballs to their site and even wider, more global reach than they had before. >> reporter: fashion d

rehema ellis, nbc news, baltimore. >>> some other stories we're following today, california governorhe ante on efforts to combat the state's crippling drought. the governor is proposing $10,000 fines for residents and businesses that waste the most water. >>> when sea lions attack. a san diego man says he was bitten on the hand and dragged off the side of a boat by a hungry sea lion earlier this month. the fisherman was posing with his catch when the animal tried to steal it away. he pulled the man under water. when he finally got himself free the sea lion bit his foot. he was treated for both wounds. >> a mean sea line. >> that was a mean sea lion and a hungry one. >>> take a look at this, a barefoot man captured on video chasing a camel down a busy highway. it happened in the united arab emirates. we don't know if he caught up with it. >> that man running down the highway that fast is unbelievable. >> what did the camel do to get chased like that. >> the bionic man? >> he's fast of the camel has his stride on. >> they can run about 30 miles an hour. the guy was not even close. >> d

rehema ellis has that part of the story. >> reporter: police y this is one mother's fury unleashed on her son. spotted in the middle of a protest, she forces him tryies to rip uf his mask while screaming at him. get over here now! >> reporter: baltimore's police f comme her. >> if you saw in one scene you had one mother who grab their child who had a hood on his head and started smacking him on the head because she was so embarrassed. wis i had more parents that took of their kids out there tonight. ts gone viral. on the streets of baltimore today many e calling her a hero. do you think she was rit or was she wrong? i think she was right. if your son were old enough to be out in the street rioting and you d do? the same thing that mother did find my son and take him home. because his n saved. >> my mother probably would have did the same thing. >> reporter: but others disagree. >> wow, i mean you know they said go and get their children but i mean they didn't say go and cuss them out and beat them up. >> r tonight, in a community torn apart, neighbors hold on to each other praying for

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msnbc's rehema ellis is at baltimore city hall. rehema, what is happening now? the shot you're seeing on camera is about 20 national guard humvees moving through the streets of baltimore to go into position. rehema. >> reporter: yeah reaction from today, tonight and tomorrow. people want to know what's going to happen tomorrow and their futures will look like because they know what today was like. they want to know what's going to happen tomorrow. and they know what happened yesterday. you got to be a future man. >> i live in the future. >> we're going to take a break and be back with more of our live coverage two-hour coverage of the enforcement of the curfew now one hour and 16 minutes old. there are no current violations of that curfew. there are no reports of any arrests for violating that curfew. be right back. (music) boys? stop less. go more. the passat tdi clean diesel with up to 814 hwy miles per tank. just one reason volkswagen is the #1 selling diesel car brand in america. >>> we're back with our live coverage of the curfew in baltimore which is now 1

msnbc's rehema ellis is at baltimore city hall. rehema, what is happening now? the shot you're seeing on camera is about 20 national guard humvees moving through the streets of baltimore to go into position. rehema. >> reporter: yeah, reaction from today, tonight and tomorrow. people want to know what's going to happen tomorrow and their futures will look like because they know what today was like. they want to know what's going to happen tomorrow. and they know what happened yesterday. you got to be a future man. >> i live in the future. >> we're going to take a break and be back with more of our live coverage, two-hour coverage of the enforcement of the curfew now one hour and 16 minutes old. there are no current violations of that curfew. there are no reports of any arrests for violating that curfew. be right back. >>> we're back with our live coverage of the curfew in baltimore which is now 1 hour and 18 minutes old. there have been no arrests. there was one police action to disperse one crowd at the corner of pennsylvania avenue and north avenue, the spot e

rehema ellis there spending time today at the juvenile court. these are important numbers. she's saying of the 35 to 40 juveniles who have been arrested in the protests and the rioting this week, she's told that 21 of those kids have no prior criminal records whatsoever. this is their first contact with the criminal justice system and they are getting into the criminal justice system at these the sharp end-it, kids held overnight, in shackles, in difficult conditions of confinement, facing serious charges including burglary, disorderly conduct and a lot of other things that have been charged en masse among these hundreds of arrests that have resulted from these protests and from the violence. more ahead tonight. some of it from baltimore, some not. boys? stop less. go more. the passat tdi clean diesel with up to 814 hwy miles per tank. just one reason volkswagen is the #1 selling diesel car brand in america. taxi. vo: after years of being treated like she was invisible it occurred to mindy she might actually be invisible. ♪♪ but mindy was actually not invisible. ooh, what a

rehema ellis there spending time today at the juvenile court. these are important numbers.aying of the 35 to 40 juveniles who have been arrested in the protests and the rioting this week, she's told that 21 of those kids have no prior criminal records whatsoever. this is their first contact with the criminal justice system and they are getting into the criminal justice system at these the sharp end-it kids held overnight, in shackles, in difficult conditions of confinement, facing serious charges including burglary disorderly conduct and a lot of other things that have been charged en masse among these hundreds of arrests that have resulted from these protests and from the violence. more ahead tonight. some of priit baltimore some not, but we're about 29 minutes away from the curfew. stay with us stp listen up... i'm reworking the menu. veggies you're cool... mayo, corn dogs... you are so out of here! ahh... the complete balanced nutrition of great tasting ensure. with nine grams of protein... and 26 vitamins and minerals. and now with... ...twice as much vitamin d ...which

it worked today. >> nbc's rehema ellis is at baltimore city hall. she is joined by community activist michael scott. rehema. >> lawrence, i should tell you we're three miles from the area of penn and north where you saw a lot of that smoke rise up that police had cleared and here it has been calm all night and michael scott, community activity, your reaction of what you've seen over the last couple of nights in your city. >> i have seen the amazing resolve and will of citizens and baltimore youth initiative high school kids out talking to the mayor and youth all over the city. i've seen the development corporation making sure that the senior center behind the burned out cvs had food that meals on wheels could be delivered and more food than they need right now and i've seen them make sure that the doors were open so youth had a place to go. >> seen your community respond in a positive way. >> extraordinary and even clean up. you couldn't even tell it happened the morning after. >> some are asking tonight they're going to say what about tomorrow? so m

thank you so much, rehema ellis out there at baltimore at city hall. we're now waiting for the news conference from baltimore police. this is going to be a hot news conference. it's coming up here any minute now. we're also going to take a look at this extraordinary scene today at baltimore's camden yards, one of the most baseball fields in the country, empty today. empty because they didn't trust the people to come in and have a reasonable time watching a ball game. this is pretty scary. first time in the history of organized baseball since it began in the 19th century they haven't had a time where they played a game with nobody allowed to watch. by the way, incidental news, the o's won 8-2. >> yay. >> we'll be back. >>> welcome back to "hardball." watching two different scenes in two different cities. on the left you see police in new york in union square making arrests at a protests there in union square, arrests at an occasion which is a combination of what happened with garner and what's happened with freddie gray, both dead. on the right you see

rehema ellis has the story. >> reporter: it was a stunning verdict. >> we the jury find the defendantors found guilty of racketeering, in an unprecedented case of teachers and administrators charged with fixing test scores and changing answers on standardized tests. >> we've been fighting for the children in our community, particularly those children who were deprived by this scandal. >> reporter: a major victory for the prosecution. 11 of the 12 defendants convicted. >> this is the most appalling decision i've ever seen. i don't see how you send educators to prison. >> reporter: the verdict came after months of testimony from more than 150 witnesses, students, teachers, and parents about manipulation of test scores, while some teachers received bonuses to improve test results throughout the district. this 16-year-old, not shown because she's a minor, testified a teacher instructed her to change her answer. one former teacher described a cheating party at her home. >> reporter: the alleged ringleader, former superintendent beverly hall was never tried. she died of cancer last month an

nbc's chief education correspondent rehema ellis. >> reporter: it was a stunning verdict. >> we the jury find the defendant guilty. >> reporter: former educators found guilty of racketeering in an unprecedented case of teachers and administrators charged with fixing test scores and changing answers on standardized tests. >> we've been fighting for the children in our community, particularly those children who are deprived by this cheating scandal. >> reporter: a major victory for the prosecution. 11 of the 12 defendants convicted on charges typically reserved for mobsters and organized crime. >> this is the most appalling decision i've ever seen. i don't see how you send educators to prison. >> reporter: the verdict came after months of testimony from more than 150 witnesses, students, teachers and parents about widespread manipulation of test scores while some teachers received bonuses to improve test results throughout the district. the 16-year-old not shown because she's a minor, testified that a teacher instructed her to change her answers. >> they would tell us to erase it and put t

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our chief education correspondent, rehema ellis, shows us how it all played out. >> this thing was pervasive, it's like the sickest thing that's ever happened to this town. >> the judge imposed harsh sentences on eight former atlanta public school educators, convicted of racketeering, conspiring to fix standardized test scores to improve results. >> there were thousands of children that were harmed in this thing, this is not a victimless crime. >> reporter: three disgraced educators were sentenced to 20 years, serving seven in prison, the rest on probation. the others were sentenced to five years, serving one to two of them behind bars. emotions ran high -- as the sentences came down. >> you sit down, i'm going to put you in jail. if you yell at me, point at me. >> reporter: it was painful for everyone, including the judge. >> i consider you a wonderful educator, and that's what makes it so sad. you were under so much pressure. >> reporter: yesterday, the judge heard from dozens of character witnesses pleading for leniency. >> have mercy on me, please. >> reporter: i'm giving you some opport

let's bring in rehema ellis who is at baltimore city hall. we have two cities recovering tonight. hema, thank you for coming on. we're talking. all afternoon i kept saying how can there be this disconnect between what people expect in the streets and the row houses of west baltimore and everywhere else in the country of some big police report on that commission on what happened to freddie gray this friday. now we're told gradually and very unsuccessfully, you're not going to get a report publicized this friday. >> well, what i'm hearing, chris, from people out here who are gathered i want you to get a sense of what the scene look likes. as you can see, you've got law enforcement authorities here behind the bicycle grates. and my cameraman is going to turn a little bit. it's not a pretty shot but we're going to turn. i'm going to show you, there are people who have gather heard in front of city hall. and that is very, very peace. they're out talking about remember freddie gray. remember why we came out. remember all the other freddie grays, not just here in baltimore, but throughout

let me bring in nbc's rehema ellis who is live at the sunshinior center that was burned down. raheema, what are you seeing on the ground tonight? what we're seeing here, reverend al is that it is very quiet. there was a lot of activity earlier. people coming out, actually some residents coming out and praying at this site calling for calm and also praying that they do not see anything like this happen tonight, but it is very quiet here. there's other areas of the city that we traveled to earlier where we saw large pockets of people but they were very peaceful. there was one incident where people said there were some agitators in the crowd. they say that police did spray what they thought was pepper spray, and it scattered the crowd a little bit so people walked away but for the most part as the governor was pointing out there have been no signs of any kind of major incidents and people for the most part have been focused on trying to clean up their community tonight, and it really has been neighbor helping neighbor. we did find that people say that they were glad, as you heard

>> rehema ellis, thank you very much. and lots of of activity in new york yesterday but these solidarity reports seem to pop up everywhere. >> last night we saw as many as a thousand people show up. it started out as a peaceful protest that dissolved into many confrontations with police. we even saw some officers throwing punches, short jabs at the protesters who were defying their orders to stay off of the street. but across the country we saw many acts of solidarity that were largely peaceful. there were rallies outside of the white house last night, there were rallies in boston denver where there were several arrests made but still largely peaceful. it moved on into minneapolis so we're seeing these large swathes of -- acts of solidarity across the country. and i've covered many of these protests particularly here in new york, and i saw many of the group leaders that had shut down the brooklyn bridge and shut down much of lower manhattan and taken over the streets. last night they made it about half a block before they

nbc's rehema ellis has the story. >> we, the jury find the defendant guilty. >> 11 out of 12 defendantscluding a trial that lasted more than six months and featured over 150 witnesses, including some teachers who accepted plea deals. >> it was pressure to get scores by any means necessary. >> reporter: nearly a dozen former teachers and administrators found guilty of manipulating test scores and grades of the young students they taught. in some cases receiving bonuses and additional funding for the inflated high scores at expense of the children's education. >> we've been fighting for the children in our community, particularly those children who are deprived by this cheating scandal. >> reporter: testimony from students themselves helped clinched the verdicts like this teenager whose test scores were altered. >> like i'm not in high school reading. i'm still in middle school reading. i think it's sixth grade reading level. >> reporter: it was a culture of collusion so coordinated that some teachers even spoke of having so-called cheating parties. >> we were changing answers on tests. >

we're going to go to rehema ellis now. nbc news correspondent at city hall. rehema the police have been careful in the last hour to emphasize that this is a script curfew but it will be enforced with some discretion. they left open the possibility that there are possible reasons to be out that they have not considered in the work and/or going to medical treatment exceptions that they've allowed for. but it could be that what we're seeing now is that the discretion includes when to try to move large groups of people who remain on the street at what is now 10:06 p.m. >> yeah i'm getting the impression that police want to temper their actions as much as they can. and they've directed people to do to get off the streets. at the same time they don't want to -- they don't want to incite people or make people as more angry than they already are. to your point the police commissioner said they'll exercise discretion. the governor said earlier that they are going to impose this curfew in a way that is absolutely prudent and they will make exceptions where necessary tha

we're going to go to rehema ellis now, our nbc news correspondent at city hall in baltimore. rehema, the police have been careful in the last hour to emphasize that this is a strict curfew but it will be enforced with some discretion. they left open the possibility that there are possible reasons to be out that they have not considered in the work and/or going to medical treatment exceptions that they've allowed for, but it could be that what we're seeing now is that the discretion includes when to try to move large groups of people who remain on the street at what is now 10:06 p.m. >> yeah, i'm getting the impression that police want to temper their actions as much as they possibly can and stay within the confines of what they have said and they've directed people to do and that is to get off the streets. at the same time they don't want to -- they don't want to incite people. they don't want people to be more angry than they already are. to your point the police commissioner said they'll exercise some discretion. the governor said earlier that they are going to impose this c

. >> nbc's rehema ellis with more. and orjorie reed from outside the cvs that had been looted. what is going to happen to these kids? >> reporter: well, it's not clear yet. some of these juveniles will be processed if they have criminal records, they will -- some of them could end up in the juvenile justice system. others will be released to their parent, other may have to post bail to be released to their parents. there are those juveniles. then there's some 200 others who are adults -- >> we're going to show -- >> reporter: excuse me some of those adults may be in the range of 17 or 18-year-olds and might be considered a juvenile. this judge for those adults is going to be reviewing cases what they callview video link. the defendants are being held at a detention center in the center of baltimore. we're about 20 miles south of downtown baltimore. and we're told by the public defender handling almost all of these cases that the public should understand that there is a range and variety of cases, some instances where police may have actually seen people looting freerl material

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. >> reporter: rehema ellis, nbc news, new york. >> want to get you caught up on that breaking news that we're following out of kenya. these are the latest images coming in where police are cornering or have cornered the gunmen responsible for the deadly attack. we just got an update from the kenyan interior minister saying two of the college attackers have been killed. this after a number of individuals forced their way on to a university campus. some 22 confirmed deaths. we're being told that 500 people are unaccounted for so we're working to get the very latest on this breaking news story. i'll take live with an official from the kenyan red cross. they are providing medical services on the ground right now. also developing indiana lawmakers announce a deal to alter that state's religious freedom law. meanwhile, 2016 presidential hopefuls, they are feeling the fallout. the republican party, jeb bush shifts his stance on the issue while other republicans remain silent. nbc's senior political editor mark murray joins us next. >>> and then. >> do 35 or 40 years of comedy and then run for

i want to give the last word tonight to a little bit rehema ellis interviewed last night while they wereleaning up. let's listen to him. >> i want this to look like it never burnt down and i want them to rebuild it and i want it to look the way it was. >>> no end to the trouble. let's play "hardball." >> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. there is more trouble brewing in baltimore tonight. for days now, people in the row houses and the streets have been expecting a report on the death of freddie gray. it was supposed to be out this friday. if there was misconduct, a miscarriage of justice in the death of the 25-year-old, police officers would be held accountable. justice would be coming. in the streets of west baltimore, that beli

it starts today. >> reporter: rehema ellis, nbc news new york. >> that's discouraging. think about teachers cheating. >>> meanwhile, let's turn to natalie. we have news on the overnight plane crash in the alps. >> they have interviewed the parents of the doomed flight that crashed in the alps. katie is in cologne with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, there was a news conference from the traffic minister here saying they will look into the cockpit locking mechanism and decide whether or not they went a little too far with the safety precautions after 9/11. they will look into psychological testing, see where they can improve on that. as you say, german prosecutors say they have interviewed andreas lubitz's parents. they are not sure if they have enough information before the easter holiday break t. ceo of lufthansa went to the incredible state of mourning up there. they say they feel angry they cannot go back to their every day life. meanwhile, in the alps recovery workers are trying to gather what they can of personal effects to give them back to fam

and rehema ellis starts our coverage from outside the courthouse in baltimore where the looters from last two nights are now appearing before judges today on charges. >> reporter: bike 2i'm -- hi thomas. i'm about 20 miles south where the judge is handling all of the adult cases of those arrested over the last couple of days during the violence that erupted in baltimore. there are over 240-some-odd cases. 41 are juflts. they're being processed in another area in the juvenile district. the public defenders are going to be handling the cases of many of the adults. in conversations with public defenders, they say the public needs to understand that all of these cases are not the same. they are varying. it may not be that people were seen looting or destroying property. there might be some of those cases. they also told me of the instance of one man who got caught up in the sweep of people that were being taken into detention. he was coming from work had his work uniform. on next thing he knew he was swept up in the crowd and into a police van. he's been in detention and is seeking bail