ron allen is there for us. a lot going on, ron. we were just hearing sort of an impromptu press conference in the rain. what's happening now? >> well we were just talking to see if we can get an interview for you. yes. it's a crazy scene out here. a lot of emotion. it's a driving rainstorm. it adds to the craziness of this moment. but it's a joyful moment as well for a lot of the women who have accused bill cosby over the years. they have been here day in and day out for the first trial that ended in a hung jury, the second trial in convictions and now for the sentencing. they've held press conferences. some of them have said they wish he got 30 years. that was the maximum sentence possible before the judge consolidated all three felonies. there seems to be a feeling of relief and closure. this is the only criminal case that can be prosecuted because of the statute of limitations. there are a number of activists around the country trying to change the laws so there's not as one person put it, as many have, an arbitrary deadline for

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ron allen, nbc news. >>> still ahead, a plane lands short of the runway and plunges into the water. how everyone on board made it out alive. >>> and terror plot foiled. the dramatic takedown caught on camera. >>> we're back now with a miracle on the pacific. a plane crash landing, water flowing in the cabin, and passengers scrambling to get out alive. amazingly, all of them did. nbc's miguel almaguer. >> reporter: with the belly in the water, the boeing 737 was sinking as rescue boats ration -- raced in. waiting on wings, all 47 aboard the flight survived the crash, landing short of the runway and right into the lagoon. >> i'm alive. that's a good thing. >> reporter: american bill james was aboard flight 73 flying between two small islands before its leg to new guinea. the pilots reporting heavy rain and reduced visibility before attempting to touch down at this narrow landing strip seen here in better weather. >> just surreal. i thought we landed hard, but until i looked over and saw a hole in the side of the plane and water coming in. >> reporter: like the miracle on the hudson, e

nbc's ron allen has more. good morning to you. is the death toll expected to rise there?it's almost certain to, dara. it's about 24 hours since this devastation happened, and it was a day when there were actually as many as ten foreshocks and aftershocks surrounding the earthquake and then the tsunami hit. it hit at a time when there were hundreds of people attendinging a beach party in that area. it's affected two significantly sized communities. the rescuers are still having difficulty getting to the other big city. that's why it's almost certainly expected to go up. you're right. it happened in an area of the world known as the ring of fire. indonesia is very prone to quakes. there was one last month that killed 500 people. as they try to get through the debris and the missing, the death toll rises. it's becoming night there, again, which complicates things even further. very difficult situation there, dara. >> ron allen, thank you so much for that. >>> we're going to go back to judge kavanaugh. this is a holdup. president trump is ordering an fbi investigation at the

nbc's ron allen has the latest. >> reporter: the grim aftermath of a house explosion that killed an 18-year-old, killed by a falling chimney the same day he got his driver's license. >> he'll be remembered as a deejay, always in school. >> reporter: today the governor declaring a state of emergency. the gas company responsible blasted for its handling of the disaster tearing through three towns. >> when we first got word of this incident, the least informed and the last to act has been columbia gas. >> reporter: late today, the gas company responding. >> i don't think that anybody else managing this would have been further down the road than we are at the moment. >> was it a mistake, was it an error? what happened? >> the national transportation safety board is doing the investigation. they will make that determination. >> reporter: still no gas service for more than 8,000 homes. and 18,000 without electricity. a precaution against more explosions. do you still smell gas in your house? >> just a little. >> reporter: just a little? today some residents were allowed to return briefly. >>

ron allen, nbc news. >> frightening situation. >>> we are going to take a break. what's coming up -- coming up with the secret info. a top democrat gave the fbi about president trump's supreme court pick. >>> now to the secret, new information one top democratic senator has about supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. republicans firing back calling it a last-minute delay tactic. nbc's peter alexander has details. >> reporter: tonight the mysterious new twist about supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh comes from top democrat dianne feinstein revealing little saying she received information from an individual concerning kavanaugh. that individual feinstein says strongly requested confidentiality, decleaned to come forward or press the matter further and i've honor that decision referring it to federal investigative authorities. the fbi confirming they included the information in the background file. >> the court and the supreme court upheld -- >> let me interrupt you because -- >> reporter: s move is after democrats attacked kavanaugh in contentious hearings and o

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ron allen, nbc news, lawrence, massachusetts. k>>> more than a w after a dallas police officer shot and killed one of her neighbors in his own apartment, there were new protests over the shooting and critical dallas mayor who said, shame on you to those who have questioned the reputatio of the dead man. kathy park has the details. >> hands up, don't shoot. >> reporter: overnight, tension in dallas, as demonstrators marched protestrain to the fatal shooting of the 26-year-old businessman shot and killed in his own apartment by an offduty police officer. anger reaching a new leveer the release of a search warrant showing several items seized from his apartments, including 10.4 grams of marijuana, about third of an ounce. >> it was a warrant searching for drugs for seone that a law enforcement officer just killed. ey should have never been seeking that information in the first place. >> the mayor of daisas utraged. man.he was a great and i am disturbed today at those that tried to besmirch his reputation. shame on you. >> the office

nbc's ron allen has the latest. h > reporter: the grim afterm the house explosion that killed 18-year-old leo, crushed in his car by a falling chiey the me day he got his driver's license. >> he'll be remembered as a d.j. always in school. >> reporter: today the governor declaring a state of emergency. responsible blasted for its handling of the disaster tearing through three downs. >> when we first got word of the incident the least informed and the last to act has been colombia gas. >> reporter: late today the gas company responding. >> i don't think that an anybody elseing this would have been further down the road than we are at the moment. >> was it a mistake?n itror? >> the national safety board is making the te dermination. >> reporter: still no gas service for 8,000 homes and 18,000 without electricity. you still smell gas in your house? >> just a little. >> reporter: just a little? today residents were n allowed to ret briefly. >> they are giving us an opportunity to come and pick up important things. bi>>

ron allen has more. >> reporter: good evening. today the ntsb revealed a central focus of its investigation. we knew there was a build up of gas pressure in the pipes that caused the explosions and fires. the ntsb now saying that problem was detected before happened at a monitoring station in columbus, ohio. investigators looking into how the local gas company responded to what sounds like a warning of a potential problem as residents here continue dealing with this disaster. it was the only house in the entire neighborhood that exploded and burned, and it belongs the lawrence police, who was eerily at the center of the tragic events that unfolded all over the boston suburbs this week. >> surreal. to me it's not even reel. file like it's a dream. >> reporter: on duty when the gas fires erupted he was amongst the first to respond to calls for help. he was there with leo rondon, the teenager crushed to death in his car by a fallen chimney. >> we tried to take the chimney off. >> reporter: and while helping others the tragedy engulfe

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ron allen, nbc news. >>> hot car tragedies are back in the news tonight after a 4-year-old boy and a baby girl only 1-year-old died in separate incidents in florida just hours apart. already this year, 48 children have died in hot cars, making this one of the deadliest years ever. you may think cooler temperatures in the fall decrease the threat. but as tammy leitner reports, parents need to be an alert all year long. >> reporter: a florida mother is facing negligent manslaughter charges after leaving her 1-year-old daughter in the car all day. >> cardiac arrest at the wawa. >> kalan polar told police she usually drops her daughter at day care before work. but friday she forgot. she left her daughter in her car seat for about seven hours while she went to work and picked up dinner. medics pronounced her dead at the scene. polar's attorney says it was just an accident. a terrible accident. >> do you have any patient information? >> reporter: just hours earlier, police found a 4-year-old boy locked inside a hot car about a half hour away in orlando. where temperatures soured to 94 degr

ron allen is there. ron, what happened? >> reporter: well, katy, he threw the book at him, to use an expression. this was the max sentence, ten years at the upper ends of it. this is what the prosecutors called for. he was facing up to 30 yearsing if aggravated indecent assault, three felonies, and they were combined into one charge, which met a maximum of ten years. we see people filing out of the courtroom right now. that means that bill cosby is going to be handcuffed in the courtroom, taken out and put in a van and taken to a county jail and then off to a state prison later on today, we would expect. this is what a lot of people expected would happen, that he would get a very stiff sentence, that he would go to prison, that he would not walk out of here on house arrest as his lawyers had wanted to. earlier today he was declared a violent sexual predator, which is another designation that means for the rest of his life, he has to report to police his movements, any time he leaves town or tries to go anywhere. again, thre

ron allen, nbc news, new york.ee safe injection sites firsthand.e what we uncovered, go to nbcbayarea.com and click on the investigations tab. >>> still to come at 11:30, our top story tonight. a bay area woman coming forward to recount an alleged sexual assault involving president trump's supreme court nominee. many people living with diabetes monitor their blood glucose every day. which means they have to stop. and stick their fingers. repeatedly. today, life-changing technology from abbott makes it possible to track glucose levels. without drawing a drop of blood, again and again. the most personal technology, is technology with the power to change your life. life. to the fullest. >>> recapping our top story, the woman accusing supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh of sexual assault has identified herself. christine blasey ford lives in palo alto and works as a research psychologist at nearby palo alto university. >> she details her alleged encounter with kavanaugh to "the washington post," describing him as stumbling drunk at a maryland house p

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nbc's ron allen has the latest. he joins us now. ron, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, peter. they are hoping to jump start the investigation and the recovery here. the governor has taken the rare step of declaring a state of emergency because the local gas company in charge of recovery wasn't getting the job done of fixing the system and getting people back safely in homes. now the federal government, the national transportation safety board and the new england power source is taking over the investigation over how something so terrible could happen. some 24 hours after the devastating series of explosions and fires, patience is wearing thin. dozens of homes and businesses gutted. 18-year-old leo rondan was killed when the tree crushed his car. >> -- when the chimney crushed his car. >> his mother is crying. she is going through a tough time. >> reporter: thousands of residents displaced with no idea when it will be safe to go home. >> i hope they are investigating it. this is absurd. >> it sun belieis unbelievable. i cannot

let's go bc n ron allen in lawrence, mass, with the latest. mornin to you. >> reporter: good morning, afy r orkers are going house by house through these three neighborhoods where as many as 150,000 people lima, trying t sure that the gas system is secure. there are at least as many as 8,500 or so custome who are without power and perhaps a wider area because once the s leak started they shut off power to make sure there was no sparking happening that would ignite another explosion. there was an explosion here, ons mi away in some cases. as many as 70 different calls for a fire, of explosions, the godor of. so far we have no idea why this happened. the officials here are frustrated with the gas company becaus they are not offering any explanation for what happened. some reports that the company was going to begin infrastructure work here and otr parts of the state next week, but unclear whether that is linked to the cause of this. the focus now is on safety, on trying to secure these homes, make sure that thes area safe before people can go bac

we have ron allen with the latest this morning. on, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, sheille. let's show you the extraordinary example of the disaster. this home was completely destroyere what is mo it is the only house in the entire neighborhood when you look around that was destroyed at all. nofire, no other damage to be seen. this disaste wasrandom. the news here today is that the governor of the state of massachusetts has declared a state of emergency because the local gas company wasn't getting the job done of repairing the system and getting people back in homes. a neweompany will t over along with federal investigators. there is still no explanation of how sething so terrible could happen. 24 hours after a devastating series of explosions and fires, patience is wearing thin. dozens ofomes and businesses gutted. 18-year-old leo was killed when a falling chiey crushed his car. he was visiting friends. >> the family is broken apart. his mother is crying. she's going through a tough time. >> reporter: thousands of residen

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nbc's ron allen is at the courthouse in norristown, pennsylvania. ron, bring us up to date on the day's dramatic events. >> reporter: it has been quite a day, nicolle. i think this day is bigger than bill cosby and we've been talking to a number of the women who have been trying to see this day come for so long. their reaction is more important than anything i can tell you. that's why i want to introduce you to lily bernard. you've been here from almost day one. your history with bill cosby goes back to the '70s, '80s. >> no. >> i'm sorry. >> the 1990s. >> he drugged me, sexually assaulted me, raped me in the 1990s. it's a new day in rape culture, new day in the women's movement, feminism. >> reporter: all that? because he was sent to prison? >> yes. >> reporter: had he not been sent to prison but just been convicted, that was not enough? >> absolutely that was not enough. it's critically important what the judge did here because he really used the law to the maximum of his ability to show that he did care. to show that he does value the life of andr

nbc's ron allen is live at the courthouse in norristown, pennsylvania. ron, we're expecting something very shortly, but there was some very harsh words for bill cosby in court today. >> it means essentially he has to report to the state police here just about all of his movements. certainly if he leaves town or wants to leave the state. that is assuming of course he is not in prison, which is what most observers of this trial think is going to happen when the judge reconvenes the court here at about 1:35 eastern we're hearing now in just a few minutes. it could be a lengthy process. this has been a long time to get here. as you pointed out, the crime was committed in 2004. there was one trial that ended in a hung jury. another trial that ended in three felony convictions. he faces up to ten years in prison. the again, the court reconvenes about 1:35. there's every expectation he is going to get some prison sentence. this will be the first -- this is of course the first conviction of the me too era and there are -- it is the only case of course that we kno

three infants among five people stabbed at a new york city nbc's ron allen i at the scene. ron, what can you tell us? >> rep good mornin guys. this isorlly peaceful and quiet residential neighborhood th this morning is a very ac scene. there haven teams of police here since early this investigg an absolutely horrific the dayca is dowhat street there. there is no sig indicating what may be a privatent resil home. this ms waking up to what sounds like an unthinkable situation. s stabbed or slashed, overnight ed a daycare center after multiple people were stabbed i queens, york. just before 4:00 a.m. details are still coming in this morning. what we know sor, at least six people have been stabbed. includin thr infants. one boy and two girls. one of the girls inerious stabbeon.o adults were also one believed to be the father of one of the children at the daycare center. the other a female who worked there. for the suspect, a 52-yead female now in custody at a local hospital. she was found in the basement of the daycare center with self-infli wounds to her left wrist. agn at this

ron allen is following that investigation for us. rohey, good morning. >> repor good morning, hoda. the destruction is amazing to see. federal investigators believe a build up of g in the lines caused that explosion. investigators are also lookinge at whe some repair work before the blast contributed to the problem as well. with so many questions still an unanswered, residents here have very mixed feelings about returning home. d a warning not to turn the gas back on, thousands of nervous residents returned home after a fiery night player gut the homes and business across three bostonsuburbs. >> it's good to get some normalcy back to our lives. it's been a hellish weekend. >> repor gas service may not be back on for weeks. miles of pipeline may need to be replaced. utility li repairs, trying to find out what happened. >> we don't know whe will happen again. that was the scariest thing in my life. 72 years and i never experienced anything like this. >> rep a fire nearby causi. i don't know how longt was before they made it out before the house went up. >> reporter:ntil there's a clea

nbc's ron allen is following that investigation for us this morning. ron, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, hoda. the destruction here is just amazing to see and federal investigators now believe a buildup of high pressure in the gas system caused the explosions but they are not sure why chapped or what the local gas company did when the problem was first detected. investigators are also looking into whether some repair work before the blast contributed to the problem as well. and with so many questions still unanswered, many residents here have very mixed feelings about returning home. with electrical power restored and a warning not to turn the gas back on, thousands of nervous residents returned home sunday, after a fiery nightmare gutted dozens of homes and businesses across three boston suburbs. >> it feels good to get some normalcy back to our lives. it's been really a hellish weekend. >> reporter: but gas service may not be back on for weeks. 49 miles of pipeline need to be replaced. utility teams swarming the hardest hit communities, mak