we will bring in ron mott. g it carefully, because in the last five or six hours tlshg was much action in the very location that you were at and we believe that perhaps they may be able to give us some information about what that raid or series of raids may have been involved in, and all of that activity that is behind you. can you give us a time line, and the background to what brought us to this hour? >> well, tonight, richard, there was several blocks from where we were going live for much of the evening, a lot of the police started to respond a few blocks away. we are in the area called the grand place area of downtown brussels, and so we scrambled over there, and the police had cordoned off several blocks there, and now we have since learned that one tof the suspecs arrested was wounded in that area. now i have just gotten a note handed to me as the prosecutor continues his press conference that 16 people, 1-6 #, 16 people are arrested tonight, and apparently a car attempted to run over the police allegedly

let's go to ron mott in belgium. have more of the hands on the ground -- boots on the ground knowledge of what's going on in brussels. you've seen evidence of this, ron, just emptied town, people somewhat weary. give me a sense as we watch the belgium prime minister michel wrap up his media event. >> a lot of people relieved the government is doing its best to keep them safe. i spoke earlier about a waiter we interviewed last night who was watching his livelihood essentially be affected by all of this. very thin crowd. he says if it keeps people alive here across this country, then they will accept that. so this is probably going to be difficult for parents who may have to work tomorrow. their children will not be going to school tomorrow. the mass transit system will remain shut down. the trains, rail system will remain shut down tomorrow. they're sending the word out that they believe the folks who may be plotting something here in broussels are looking to mimc the attack in paris. i can tell you in the center part

ron mott, nbc news, brussels. >>> new threats tonight in yet another isis propaganda video. it's actually the fourth in as many days. in this one, militants threaten france again. meanwhile, in turkey, police arrested three men with alleged links to isis. police believe one of the men scouted the locations of the paris massacres and we now know the ringleader of the attacks took the metro to escape the murders he directed on the ground. >>> in mali, fears tonight that three gunmen in that deadly hotel siege are still on the run. two jihadi groups have jointly claimed responsibility for this attack, including one linked to al qaeda. 19 people were killed when at least five gunman stormed a luxury hotel in mali's capital. a guard at the hotel says they struck just as security teams were switching their shifts. and that caught those teams by surprise. a man from florida was there. he witnessed all of this go down while hiding beneath a breakfast table. >> i heard three terrorists come in. they started shooting in the room. they were standing right next to me. they never seen me

ron mott, nbc news, chicago. >>> we are back in a moment with the birth control mix-up that more than 100 women found out about after it was too late. >>> we are back with a big lawsuit over birth control. over 100 women are suing a drug company because they say a mix-up in the packaging of their test test. test. >>> finally, before tonight, only nine living veterans of our nation's longest war received the medal of honor. that number rose to ten today in a moving ceremony at the white house. nbc's jim miklazewski has the harrowing tale of an american hero awarded the nation's highest military honor. >> reporter: it was three years ago first lieutenant florent groberg led his team on a deadly mission that changed their lives forever. >> always would be the worst day of my life. >> reporter: it was supposed to be a routine operation in afghanistan. he and his six-man security team guarding a group of high-ranking u.s. and afghan commanders. suddenly two men on motorcycles come speeding around a corner, a clear diversion. out of nowhere a third man walked backwards toward the formation.

as ron mott explains. that only addresses part of the danger. >> in soccer, keeping your head in the game is more than mental. but now, in resolving a lawsuit that saw rules changes, the u.s. soccer federation announced headers are out of bounds for players 10 and younger and limited during practices for kids 11 to 13. a doctor from boston university is one of the country's leading authorities on athlete concussions and their long term consequences. >> the youngsters have very weak necks, that bobblehead doll motion is a problem for them. they're undergoing changes at 10 and 12, if you injure the brain at that age, you're not going to have what your genetic potential gave you. >> nearly 80% of high school boys concussions were caused while attempting headers. >> they hit heads or an elbow to the head. that's how a majority of these concussions are occurring. the soccer ball is one of the softest thing on the field. >> reporter: reigning in rough play will have a greater impact on concussions. brandy chasta

nbc's ron mott is in brussels tonight and has our report. >> reporter: armed soldiers, armored vehicles streets largely cleared of locals, mostly tourists. belgian's capital is a fortified shadow of a city usually bustling on a saturday night after the government raised the terror alert in brussels to its highest level. signaling an attack. fearing a paris-style attack in brussels, prime minister charles michel said, we recommend the population to respect the security measures and a substantial reinforcement of police and military have been deployed. he urged people to avoid gathering in large numbers, mass transit, shopping malls, ordered shut down until sunday. we must remain calm he cautioned. we take the situation seriously. and will continue to do that over the next couple hours. meantime, the intense man hunt for the suspected terror accomplice, salah abdeslam continued, last seen crossing the border into belgium continues. the molenbeek district where his family lives and what's become a hot bed for recruiting jihadis. several of the paris attacks had ties to belgium. the earn ce

for more, let's bring in nbc's ron mott from london. ron, what else are you hearing? >> hi, chris, good morning. it was a bomb. that's what russian president vladimir putin told -- was told today rather that brought down that passenger plane over egypt's sinai peninsula killing all 224 people aboard. also nbc news has learned that egyptian authorities have detained and are questioning two employees who work at the airport in sharm el sheikh where the plane took off before vanishing from radar and crashing. president putin promised to go after those responsible and said, quote, we will search for them everywhere, wherever they are hiding, we will find them in any spot on the planet and punish them. russia is offering a $50 million reward and putin said he would increase airstrikes on targets in syria. the chief of russian's fsb security service said traces of explosives were found in the wreckage hating a homemade bomb was smuggled onto that metrojet flight, with the explosive charge of about two pounds of tnt and he said that's why the plane broke apart in the air. in

nbc's ron mott joining us from london with the latest. thank you, ron. >>> a lot of other developments to tell you about, including the highly controversial plan by president -- presidential candidate donald trump for dealing with muslims in america. the republican front-runner is suggesting that he would create a database that would require american muslims to register and possibly give them special identification. one jewish group responded by saying registering everyone of a certain religion to a list. we've seen that. it doesn't end well. >>> more on mr. trump coming up, but first we want to bring you up to speed on the latest with the paris terror attack. we're learning more about the female who detonated a suicide vest during this week's raid in saint-denis. including this picture of her that local belgian media says she posted to social media back in june. and this audio of an exchange with police during the raid. now we should warn you, some viewers may find it disturbing. [ gunfire ] >>> meanwhile belgium is conducting more raids

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ron mott, nbc news, london. >>> at least 27 people are dead and dozens injured after a fire rips through a nightclub in romania. it happened during a pyrotech c pyrotechnical show last night. they sparked the flames and hundreds fled in panic as they tried to get out of the club's only exit door. witnesses described the scene as a scene of terror. police are questioning the building owners to see if safety rules were ig nored. >>> next at 5:00, how an american hero is getting more honors for stopping a french terror attack. >>> plus, chi poet lel lovers, a warning tonight about the fast food you love. the illness that's been traced to some of the restaurants. >>> and can't forget about another holiday happening today. how parts of the bay area are killed by a gunman. >>> we are following developing news out of colorado springs tonight, where three people have been killed by a gunman. the shooting spree started about 8:30 this morning. police rushed to the scene, where the gunman allegedly fired at them before being killed by the officers. authorities are releasing very little information

ron mott, nbc news, london. >>> if you want to buy a gun, you won't be able to do it in san francisco much longer. the city's last gun store going out of business this weekend. the owner of high bridge arms has said he is uncomfortable complying with new mandates from the city. the city now requires gun stores to record purchases and give police weekly updates on customers and sales. reaction to the store's closing is mix. >> i don't understand the gun laws at all. so i think this is a fantastic step for the city. >> this is a family store. this is just sad to see this happen. this is part of in my opinion san francisco history. >> olympic shooter bob chow opened high bridge arms back in 1952. >>> an american hero getting top honors. spencer stone, the u.s. airman who helped stop a french terror attack, has been promoted in the air force. stone was promoted from airman first class to staff sergeant during a ceremony yesterday. air force officials say the 23-year-old earned that distinction for his leadership and courage during the attack back in august. stone and two friends subdued a

nbc's ron mott is in chicago with more... yesterdays storms hit one day memorable november storm. this storm, hit the small town of stratford... leaving a path of destruction and one person dead. according to the national weather it wrecked 27 houses... and damaged a dozen more. the aftermath... took months to clean up. emergency responders on scene that day... say it's something the town will never forget. "seeing everyone lives destroyed. the neatest thing about it was in an small town pulled together... we had meals coming in as far as waterloo" the town will hold a remembrance tonight. it's from 5 to 9 at the high school. hundreds spoke up to fight both for and against the bakken oil pipeline today in boone county... more than 260 people signed up for public comment in front of the iowa utilities board. it's meeting inside the community building in boone. the speakers alternated between those in favor and those opposed of the pipeline. it would cross 18 iowa counties carrying nearly half a million gallons of crude oil a day. many in favor pointed to the potential disaster a cr

nbc's ron mott is following developments from london. ron, good morning. what can you tell us. >> reporter: good morning to you, tamron. dramatic scenes inside and outside this radisson hotel in the capital city of bamaco. we can tell you that it is still ongoing and the information coming in is still rather conflicting. what we know is there are at least three people who have been killed. there are reports that that number may be at this hour three times as many. we can tell you also that the hostages may have come in one vehicle, that they may only number between two and four people and that they may have breached security at this hotel by driving a vehicle bearing diplomatic plates and once inside witnesses say they were screaming allahu akbar and then ran into the hotel and started collecting hostages. at one point the hotel confirmed there were 270 people taken hostage and then a number of them were let go after the gunmen asked if they could rekritd a muslim islamic declaration and a number of people were able to escape the hotel. we can tell you an

nbc's ron mott has more. >> armed soldiers and armored vehicles, and after the government raised the terror alert to its highest level signaling an attack. prime minister said we recommend the population to respect the security measures and that a substantial reinforcement of police and military has been deployed. he urged people to avoid gathering in large numbers. mass transit shut down until sunday afternoon. we must be saw rein, cool-headed and remain calm. meantime, the intense manhunt for the suspected terror accomplice last seen crossing the border in belgium. several of the paris attackers had ties to belgium, still defiance, and this group sang its opposition to daesh. >> it's sad to see this city like this, like that, not brussels, it's not the way we are. >> joining a few friends for a night of fun. >> that was nbc's ron mott reporting. >>> now to the latest in paris. we are following new threats from isis after the islamic militants released another propaganda video as more suspects were arrested for their acts. and police are trying to find the suicide bomber, and more s

nbc's ron mott is live in brussels, and, ron, i know this is just starting, fast developing, but what can you tell us about this police activity there? >> reporter: there's quite a bit of police activity here, chris. i don't know how well you can see or how far down this block behind me, but for the past two hours or so police have cordoned off this area. we don't know exactly what's going on beyond two or three blocks down this way. they have pushed us back another half a block here in the past 30 minutes or so, and we don't know what they're looking for, if they've got a building surrounded, but the guidance we've been given is folks who are in restaurants and businesses and in their homes along this perimeter were told to stay inside and away from windows. that's about all the detail we can perhaps provide to you. there are some people we've encountered here in the downtown area trying to get back home. i met a gentleman who was walking up to us and wondering what was going on. he said he got locked out of his neighborhood so he has to figure out where to go until this activity is

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ron mott, nbc news, london. >>> president obama was briefed on this mali attack while he was in malaysia said he was monitoring the situation there in malaysia and it's the last stop on the president's nine-day trip overseas. >>> during a college town hall the president encouraged young people in that predominantly muslim nation to reject the vision of the militants who carry out acts of terror. >> you can set an example and not just to stand up to violent extremism, but to build interfaith dialogue, promote tolerance and to combine an appreciation of your own culture and traditions with the modern world. >> obama praised malaysia as a muslim nation that promotes peace and tolerance. >>> critics are blasting presidential hopeful donald trump. [ inaudible question ] >> there should be a lot of systems. today you can do it, but right now we have to have a border. we have to have strength and we have to have a wall and we cannot let what's happening in this country. >> i would certainly implement that. >> absolutely. >> what do you think the effect of that would be? how does that work? >> i

the east, high winds and heavy rains stalled traffic and caused numerous flight cancelations nbc's ron mott has more from chicago. << the so-called late fall storm is called the witch of november is appropriately named because of all the howling winds coming across the midwest ands especially here in the chicago overnight. we saw, look at this, last night thunder and lightning over downtown chicago, just to our west in iowa there were confirmed nine tornados that touched down there. fortunately they were in less populated areas, rural area where there was minimal damage to property. now going forward today the story is wind, wind wind wind today here in chicago and to our east. we are expecting wind gust in the chicago area of 50-55 miles per hour. obviously that is going to have an impact on air travel in the chicago area. already we are staring to see cancelations at o'hare and as we get into the afternoon hours and these winds continue to whip up today we expect to see even more delays and cancelations. so if you have travel plans check with your airlines before heading out. that's the l

nbc's ron mott is live in brussels. ron, what's the very latest? >> hi there, chris. reason why the authorities are asking the media and others on social media not to list their positions because obviously they think this will endanger the lives of their members, of s.w.a.t. members and the like. so the head of operation here and they did not give us any details on what happened and sufficients tef ral hours of some of the residents that got locked out of their homes while they figured out something was going on and police asked us to not say specifically what they're doing and where they are. we have heard reports about gun fire elsewhere in the city and there were reports of helicopters, police helicopters in the air. we spoke to a spokesperson tonight and they said they can give us nothing specific about these operations that have been ongoing tonight. we can tell you that this is more of a normal scene that we saw last night in brussels because of this threat level being at its highest level. the prime minister announced that it will remain four going into the fir

for more on belgium's role and response, let me bring in ron mott from the london bureau. more can you tell us on that, ron? >> well, hey there, chris. this is the molenbeek yarea, a suburb of belgium people have been worried about. they think it's a jihadist training ground so there's going to be a lot of attention paid to this neighborhood. we have seven people who have been detained for questioning. authorities there in belgium have not yet made a positive link between those seven individuals and what took place in paris on friday. suffice it to say there's worldwide concern about what's been going on in that neighborhood. there's a high concentration of people who have gone to places like syria and returned. in the uk there's going to be increased scrutiny of some britons who have traveled to syria and come back. the government has identified about 750 folks in all, about 450 of them have returned from syria and there is going to be some concern and some surveillance we suspect going forward about whether there are any sort of plans taking place here in the uk with res

for more, let's bring in nbc's ron mott from london. ron, what else are you hearing?d morning. it was a bomb. that's what russian president vladimir putin told -- was told today rather that brought down that passenger plane over egypt's sinai peninsula killing all 224 people aboard. also nbc news has learned that egyptian authorities have detained and are questioning two employees who work at the airport in sharm el sheikh where the plane took off before vanishing from radar and crashing. president putin promised to go after those responsible and said, quote, we will search for them everywhere, wherever they are hiding, we will find them in any spot on the planet and punish them. russia is offering a $50 million reward and putin said he would increase airstrikes on targets in

for the very latest, i'm joined by nbc's ron mott, who is in london, msnbc's ayman mohyeldin in brussels, nbc's jim miklaszewski is at the pentagon and laura haim, washington bureau chief for france's canal plus, is in washington. ron, let me start with you. i know this remains a very fluid situation but what do we know? >> as you know, good day, first of all. as you know, the numbers of dead and wounded are likely to fluctuate greatly in the aftermath of a crisis like this and so we can tell you we just reported off the top of the hour here that it was at least three confirmed dead. now one of the french press agencies is reporting that the death toll is now at least 18 and what we can tell you is the hostage crisis itself is over. there are no more hostages being held at this hotel but teams are going through room by room, looking for more victims in the hotel. we can also report that two alleged terrorists have been killed in this operation to rescue these folks out of this hotel and they may be the only two who were involved in all of this. there were some wild numbers earlier in the

nbc's ron mott is in brussels and has our report. >> reporter: armed soldiers armored vehicle. streets cleared of tourists. the government raised the terror alert in brussels to its highest level. signaling an imminent attack. fearing a paris style attack in brussels. the prime minister said we recommend the population to respect the measures. he urged people to avoid gathering in large numbers, stadiums, shopping malls, mass trants ordered shut down. we must remain calm he cautioned. we take the situation seriously and will continue a to do that over the next couple hours. meanwhile, the intense manhunt for a sudospected terror accomplice last seen crossing the border into belgium last sat continues. the molenbeek district. the uncertainty of what's coming next meant les take home pay for this waiter. >> life is like that. that's it. if itahad to be like that to save our life, so it's better to be like that. >> reporter: still, defiance. this group sang its opposition to daesh. a name isis considered a put down. carol wasn't going to let terror take her >> it's bad to see the

ron mott continues with us from london. back to kate snow in paris in a moment and wanted to bring you the translated german press conference. ron, the soccer game in london at wembley between england and france under way without any incident. >> under way without incident. i have been following social media, brian, watching some reaction from fans who are taking in the match and one that struck me particularly was a fan saying if you thought this was going to be a docile match you would be mistaken. the two teams, nations put their best foot forward in front of a world audience to let the world know that they're going to play this match with all their heart and the fans will enjoy it with their spirit and seems to be taking place at wembley tonight and concern of when's going on in hannover tonight, brian, with that investigation. we came in on that news conference with the german interior minister a little late. i was not able to glean what specifically authorities there found on site on the premises there at the hdi aren