stephanie gosk, nbc news. ow >>> let's turno that head snapping new repo raising fresh questions about paul manafort, president trump's former campaign chairman and wikileaks founder julian assange. it's a story manafort stronglyenies, and it comes as his legal troubles have grown worse. we get details from justice correspondent pete williams. >> reporter: from his jail cell, paul manafort is pushing back against a report in london's guardian newspaper that he mere e times with wikileaks founder julian assge living in ecuador's london embassy, the paper citing unnamed sources said they met in 2013 and 2015 while manafort was helping thpro russian government of ukraine, and in march 2016, the moh the trump campaign chose him to manage the republican convention. the guardian says it has no ideal what they talked abo assange's lawyer says no such meetings happened, total fabrication. and manafort calls the story totally false and deliberately libelous, saying i have never met julian assange or anyo connected to h

stephanie gosk, nbc news. >>> now to an acknowledgement of a new reality. with so many mass shootings in america, in addition to reading, writing, and arithmetic, american students and others are now being taught how to stop the bleed and save the lives of their friends after an active shooter. dr. john torres has >> reporter: it looks like an ordinary day for these high schoolers. >> it's g tngbeo less than zero. >> reporter: except after math class. >> the blood should be stopped. >> reporter: they're training for today's terrible reality. a possible school shooting and how to survive. >> i'm bleeding, save me, jeffrey. >> reporter: bleeding is the leading cause of death at a mass shooting. but one-third of victims can survive if treated within five minutes. and these kids are learning how to do it. are you preparing these kids for the next parkland, the next las vegas, the next sandy hook? >> i hope not. but in hindsight, yes. >> i want you to turn oreis until no m >> reporter: the teenagers are practicing the same technique i teach combat medics to use

stephanie gosk, nbc news, new york. >>> we're going to take a turn to the growing controversy swirling over an nfl player dumped by one team after a domestic violence arrest and quickly picked up by another team, the move sparking plenty of negative reaction. nbc's miguel almaguer has details. >>eared on the field investigating allegations of violence against nfl linebacker ruben foster. >> your ex-boyfriend did what? >> took my phone and broke it and slapped me in my face. >> reporter: over the weekend, foster's ex-girlfriend who recanted an earlier claim of domestic violence, accused the former 49 of attacking her. foster, who couldn't be reached for comment, was released by the team, but was picked up by waivers by the washington redskins. >> i think the move by washington is at best tone deaf and at worst an insult to every female fan that roots for the team. >> reporter: facing a fan of criticism on social media, beat a woman, get a job in the nfl, have to go through numerous steps including the full investigation and discipline by the biggest issue for the league right now is hol

>> all right, stephanie gosk tonight in new york. >>> this evening, new video has emerged of passengers boarding that doomed jet liner that went down off the coast of indonesia, killing all 189 people on board. it comes as investigators have made a big discovery while searching for the black boxes. nbc's bill neely has details. >> reporter: they found more debris. but still no answers. more bags and shoes from passengers on board. but for families, few clues to how their loved ones died. one missing passenger sent this haunting video to his wife as he walked the jetway, his boarding pass for seat 24b. for search teams, a break through, finding what they believe is a part of the fuselage, using sonar ships and underwater drones, they detected a hundred feet down on the sea bed an object 72 feet long. underwater microphones have heard pings they say are from the flight recorders. the two black boxes divers will now try to recover for clues as to why a brand-new plane suddenly plunged minutes after takeoff. as more body bags were brought ashore, the airline's technical director has been fi

our stephanie gosk has late details on what went wrong. >> reporter: the news spread like wildfire. >> reports of shots fired over there. [ sirens ] >> reporter: this time at walter reed national military medical center, the preeminent hospital for servicemen and women wounded in combat. >> your first instinct is that it's real and to act that it is. >> i was really scared, though. >> reporter: congressman dutch roethlisberger was there and posted we were told there's an active shooter. it triggered a massive police response. security teams closed off roads and started clearing building number 19, where they believed there was a shooter. but in the end, they found nothing. the time it took from the first call of a shooter to the all clear was roughly an hour and a half. >> we're doing it much better than we used to, but sadly, that's because of experience across the board. >> reporter: there may not have been a gunman, but there was certainly fear and anger when at first the u.s. navy said it was an ad hoc drill by tenant command. someone writing "ad hoc drill during which we all thou

nbc's stephanie gosk is skipping the line getting an inside look. >> reporter: smoke it, eat it, vape it. starting tomorrow in massachusetts anyone over 21 can buy it for fun. >> what a moment. we're so excited to be here today. >> reporter: the state voted to legalize marijuana for recreational use two years ago. since then a commission has been working out details. >> it's not going to be in every city and town and state and every street corner but it's going to be accessible. >> reporter: the store is one of two licensed to sell so far. more will be approved in the coming weeks but there are rules. >> the number is 28 on the scale here. >> reporter: and that's the massachusetts law, that you can buy 28 grams in a single day for recreational use? >> correct. >> reporter: jake is a veteran with ptsd. his connection to pot is personal. >> with the cannabis, i'm able to kind of take a deep breatout without looking over my shoulder. >> reporter: the business will be a wind fall, a $215 million increase in tax revenue in the first two years and sales in the billions. even as marijuana re

stephanie gosk, nbc news, new rk. > amazon has made it official. the online giant announced it's litting the new headquarters into two islandons, long city in new york and arlington, virginia. but as jo ling kent reports not everyone is happy that amazon is coming to town. >> reporter: tonight the celebrations have zoegun. >> a has found its next home. >> reporter: after a much hypedompetition taking bids from 238 cities, amazon announci second headquarters will now be split between the washington suburb of arlington, virginia, and long island city in queens, new york. each location promised 25,000 jobs. >> i think it's awesome. >> reporter: but now critics are questioning whether the cities are giving up tmuch. the tech giant led by jeff bezos, the es ri man in the world will receive $1.5 billion in corporate subsidies inyo ne. and more than half a billion dollars worth in virginia new york congresswoman elect ocasio-cortez tweeted the idea that it will receive hundreds o millions of dollars in tax breaks at a time when our subway is crumbling and

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stephanie gosk, nbc news. >>> on all of our minds tonight. there is more breaking news happening here in the west as we're on the air tonight. a massive wildfire just absolutely exploding in northern california. people trapped in homes and cars, 911 overwhelmed and emergency routes blocked. with more, here is s nbdi schwartz. >> reporter: in paradise, california, a massive wildfire turning day to night. >> there are embers blowing under my car. >> rorter: this video taken by one of ndhe many families surrou by flames as they try to escape. >> we have got to get out of here. >> reporter: all around homes burning and cars trapped in on blackout condi >> now we're only going barely above zero. >> reporter: these images in darkness incredibly taken around 9 the morning on the outskirts of the evacuation zone, a cloud spreads as this father waits for word of his children. >> i he a 2-year-old and 1.5-year-old that home to. ge >> reporter: drivers stuck in gridlock as flames close in. the infernoding to 18,000 in a matter of hours. it's dramatic gr

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here's nbc's stephanie gosk. >> reporter: a career as a hollywood sturnt man left corbiy with debilitatingi had to keep a flafrk of jack daniels and pact of oxy to keep me going. >> reporter: but today he can tend to his horses thanks to a device called a spinal cord stimulator. >> it saved my life, literally. >> reporter: the device is implanted under the skin, send a mild electrical current to the spinal cord to relieve chronic pain. spinal cord stimulators are being touted by the medical device as a safe non-opioid option for some patients. >> they kept pushing it, you know what i mean. >> reporter: jim taft had high hopes when he met representatives from a company that manufacturers the device at a doctor's visit. >> you're going to see a dramatic decrease in your pain medicine. i was like that's great. >> reporter: but it didn't work out that way, he says. >> it was a sensation of being electrocuted. it was very painful. >> reporter: and he says it left him worse off than before. >> i walked with a cane before this, i was able to go do things, and now i'm stuck in a bed. >> reporter:

nbc's stephanie gosk explains. >> reporter: it's tough to tell th he was ever ase there at all. after an expsion late tuesday night. thankfully, no one was home at the time. the jolt shook people three towns over. flying debris damoced the high school and landeds afar as two miles away. >>d this big l crash. >> i first thought it was an eartteuake. >> rep so far the gas company says there's no reason to believe natural gas is to blame. which is what officials suspe caused this explosion in minnesota last week, damaging the entire block. gas was also to blame for dozens of elosions and fires in massachusetts in september. for now officials in september are investigating. the cause tonight remains a mystery. stephanie gosk, nbc news, new york. >>> now to the growing controversy swirling over an nfl player dropped from a team after a domestic violence arrest and quickly picked up by other. the move is sparking plenty of negative reaction. nbc's miguel almaguer has details. >> reporter: feared on the field for his brutal blows, it's off the field where police are investigatingllegat

our stephanie gosk explains. >> reporter: this morning defense attorneys ready to kick off their case. >> opening statements. >> reporter: instead a surprising delay in the trial of joaquin "el chapo" guzman. two jurors replaced. one suffering from anxiety. the judge is keeping the jurors anonymous. fears their lives could be at risk. el chapo has pleaded not guilty. in the opening statement, prosecutors said he controlled a vast narcotics empire. the defense argued there's another side to this story. and an american law enforcement officials can be corrupt. to get him to the courthouse, police have been shutng down the brooklyn bridge. law enforcement officials tell nbc news one possibility is housing el chapo here at the brooklyn federal courthouse monday to friday. limit the time on the road, limit the risk. of el chapo's prison breaks in mexico. there are worries he might try again. stephanie gosk, nbc news, new york. >>> amazon has made it official, the online giant announced it's splitting the new headquarters into two locations. long island city in new york and arlington, virgi

nbc's stephanie gosk is getting an inside look. >> reporter: smoke it, eat it, vape it.assachusetts, anyone over 21 can buy it, just for fun. >> what a moment. we areo excited to finally be here today. >> reporter: the state voted to legalize marijuana for recreational use two years ago. since then a commission has been working out the detail. >> it's not going to be in every city and town. but it's going to be accessible. >> reporter: the store is one of two licensed to sell so far. more will be approved in the coming weeks. but there are rules. >> the number we're looking at is 28 on the scale here. >> reporter: and that's the massachusetts law that you can buy 28 grams in a single day for recreational use? >> correct. >> reporter: jake moriarty is a veteran with ptsd. his connection to pot is personal. >> with the cannabis, i'm able to kind of take a deep breath, calm down, go about my day without looking over my shoulder. >> reporter: the business will be a windfall. a $215 million increase in tax revenue in the first two years and sales in the billions. even as mari

stephanie gosk reports on this grim new. normal >> reporter: the scenes look ael so familiar. the police run in while terrified students, concertgoers, regular people run out. >> he was shooting everybody and there was dead people everywhere. >> i w hoping we could get o and looking for all of our friends. >> reporter: this year alone parkland, santa fe, pittsburgh, and now thousand oaks. and thaust skims the surface. there have been 307 mass moreings with four or people shot, 328 people killed, and the year's not er. many ameriadns woke up h the same thought. oh, no. not again. because theynew what to expect. the phrases we use had become part of a grim lexicon. makeshift memorials, candlelight vigils, thoughts and prayers. for moment we reflect on the victims. for their famil s that moment lasts the rest of their lives. the challenge f the country is this. how do we not grow numb? some of the young people at the borderline bar & grill also survived the concert in las vegas. thatt f alone should shatter this mass shooting routine. we may not agree on how to stop the gun viole

our stephanie gosk has more on this seemingly endless cycle. >> reporter: the scenes look and feel so familiar. the police run in while terrified students, concert goers, regular people run out. >> he was shooting everybody, and there was dead people everywhere. >> just hoping that we could get out and looking for all of our friends. >> reporter: this yea san fe, pittsburgh, and now thousand oaks. and that just skims the surface. there have been 307 mass shootings with four or more people shot, 328 people killed, and the year's not only. many americans woke up this morning and had the same thought -- oh, no, not again -- because they knew what to expect. the phrases we use have become a grim lexicon -- makeshift memorials, candlelight vigils, thoughts and prayers. for a moment, we reflect on the victims. for their families, that moment lasts the rest of their lives. the challenge for the country is this -- how do we not grow numb? some of the young people at the borderline bar and grill also survived the concert in las vegas. that fact alone should shatter this mass shooting routine.

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craig, back to you. >> stephanie gosk in brooklyn.ation about a potentially dangerous change to new boeing aircraft.hat mputers in last month's deadly crash of a lion air jet in indonesia. boeing says it's working to fully understand all aspects of that incident. >>> the monday night football game scheduled for mexico city next week has been moved to los angeles becaus pitio at the stas as well as significant rainfall has left a mess on the field. fearing injury, players from the l.a. rams and kansas city chiefs were considering not playing if the game did stay in mexico city. the nfl decided to change venues out of caution. >>> this next story out of florida is a yabba dabba doozy. the sheriff's office posted these facebook photos of an unusual traffic stop. a driver dressed as fred flinstone pulled over in a smar? >> well, don't tell wilma but elly you hba in a hectic place like new york, it's not easy to make people new just sit and enjoy a momentr how to do it. ♪ i never want to hear you say ♪ i want it that way >> that was office

nbc's stephanie gosk has our report tonight on this tragic sameness in our american life. >> reporter: the scenes look and feel so familiar. the police run in while terrified students, concert goers, regular people run out. >> he was shooting everybody, and there was dead people everywhere. >> i was hoping that we could get out and looking for all of our friends. >> reporter: this year alone, parkland, santa fe, pittsburgh, and now thousand oaks. and that just skims the surface. there have been 307 mass shootings with four or more people shot. 328 people killed, and the year is not over. many americans woke up this morning and had the same thought. oh, no, not again. because they knew what to expect. the phrases we use had become part of a grim lexicon. makeshift memorials, candle light individual ills, thoughts and prayers. for a moment we reflect on the victims. for their families, that moment lasts the rest of their lives. the challenge for the country is this. how do we not grow numb? some of the young people at the borderline bar and grill also survived the concert in las vegas.

stephanie gosk has been all over the story. >> after months of out cry handling of olympic team doctor larry nasser, they are taking control of the olympic program away from usa gymnastics saying in a letter usa gymnastics struggled to change the culture, rebuild the leadership and effectively serve the membership. carefully reviewing the contents, usag is evaluating the best path forward for our athletes. tonight, lester, simon biles had a simple tweet. she wrote, quote, i have the biggest headache. and you can imagine why. >> i can imagine why. thank you. >>> multiple surprises tonight from amazon as we get set for the big holiday rush amid a fierce competition for the second headquarters and tens of thousands of jobs, there is word that not one but two cities could win. and there is also news about your holiday shopping. here is nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: tonight, nbc news has confirmed that amazon.com plans to spl two cities splitting 50,000 jobs and billions of dollars in economic activity. though ceo jeff bezos isn't saying which. >> the decision will be made after gatherin

i don't have any control at all over any of this. >> nbc's stephanie gosk reporting there. of failed properties has gone up because they've been doing tougher inspections. it doesn't explain why these landlords are allowed it keep these multimillion dollars contracts. let's met bring in donna edwards, white house reporter for bloomberg news who's covered with me the ins and outs of this administration. we're sort of all watching that with our jaws on the set here. >> you see people living in the most deplorable conditions, and you know, hud actually has the tools to stop this. they can sanction and penalize, fine the landlord. they can revoke the contract. there are a lot of tools that they have, and instead what they've done is pass off one inspection to the next inspection, and what you have as a result is people living with roaches, rodents, and mold. mold growing up on furniture, and with kids with asthma. this is really disgusting, and this is where an important democratic congress comes into play because in the house of representatives they can call ben carson forward

stephanie gosk, nbc news, evert, michigan. >>> still ahead tonight, the sales, the steals, the deals.se black friday deep discounts are already here. we'll show you who's got them. >>> christmas is 52 many holiday shopper rethe tailerscounts they previously saved for black friday. correspondent joe lee kent reports on why the deals are coming earlier than ever. >> 3, 2, 1. >> reporter: the crowds rushing in on black friday may soon be a ghost of christmas past. because the biggest retailers are already hocking some of their big discounts right now. >> when it comes to black friday, there's a lot of deals happening already. a lot of them will be the best deal you're going to find. >> reporter: kohl's looking to kick off the season with a 20% discount now until tuesday. walmart is slashing prices on electronics and toys. amazon already cutting prices on its popular echo speakers and fire tablets. with toys "r" us gone, other retailers are competing to fill that void. adding new toy sections in stores and more selection online. it's all in anticipation of a record-breaking holiday season

stephanie gosk reports on the experience of one woman who believes those payments affected her quality of care. >> reporter: in 2016, wendy connect got the news every woman fears. she tested positive for the breast cancer gene. >> i felt like if i had it, i would eliminate my risk as much as possible. hat meant a double mastectomy followed by breast reconstruction. she turned to this plastic surgeon. but almost immediately after the surgery, connect grew worried. >> i was in excruciating pain. i felt something was wrong. >> reporter: what she didn't know was that the critical support device the doctor used for the reconstruction, something called the seri scaffold, had failed. >> apparently all the seri had just dispersed inside my body. >> reporter: wendy has now had a total of six procedures. the nerve damage so bad, she may never be pain-free. the seri scaffold used in her first surgery was made by medical device manufacturer allergan. it is fda-approved but not specifically for breast reconstruction. >> i was shocked. and i thought, well, you know, obviously i should have been told

but we begin with stephanie gosk here in new york. >> reporter: this year the macy's thanksgiving day parade will be for the brave and the bundled. >> we saw it was going to be very cold and went and got longjohns before we came. i hope we're ready. >> reporter: there's a chance balloons, even the six brand-new ones, will have to sit it out all togethtogether. the last time that happened was in 1961. in 1977, the wind blue the cat in the hat into a lamppost. four people were injured. after that, the nypd created a new rule: lower or remove balloons if winds reach 34 miles per hour. >> we'll know what the wind conditions are at parade route. >> reporter: the nypd will closely monitor wind meters along the way. together with the winds, potentially historic cold. here in new york the temperature will feel like the teens. >> really, really cold weather can present a life-threatening situation. so everyone's got to take the cold weather seriously. >> reporter: and boston could have a high of just 21, which would break a record set in 1901. >> make sure you cover your face. make sure you co

nbc's stephanie gosk isn the parade route with more. hey, stephanie. >> reporter: hey, marlie. well, parade organizers certainly hope the weather is going to be aet little bitr than this. the wind is the issue, and the fe is that if theind is blowing strong enough, these balloons might not make it into the parade. >>> this year the macy's thanksgiving day parade will be for the brave and the bundled. >>ase saw it going to be very cold and went and got long johns and everything before we ready. i hope we're >> reporter: there's a chance the balloons, even the six brand-new ones, will have to sit it out altogether. last timehat happened was 1971. in 1997, wind blew the cat in the hat onto ap post. four peoplju were inred. after that, the niep.y.p.d. cred a new rule. lower or remove thealons if winds reach 23 miles an hour with 34 mile an hour gusts. >> based on the wind conditions, we have different levels that the balloons will fly. >> reporter: the n.y.p.d.ill closely monitor wind meters along the way. together with the wind, potentially historic cold. here in new york, the tem

we've got it all covered from the forecast to the travel frenzy but we gin th stephanie gosk here in new york. >> reporter: this year, the macy's thanksgiving day para will be for the brave and the bundled. >> we saw itas going to be very cold and went and got longjohns and everything before we came. i hore ready. >> reporter: there is a chance the balloons, even the six brand-new ones will have to sit it out all together. last time that happened was 1971. in 1997, wind blew the cat in the hat into a lamp post. four people were injured. after that, the nypd created a new rule, lower or remove balloons if the winds reach 23 miles an hour n with 34 mile aur gusts. >> we'll know what the wind conditions are on the paraderoute. we have different levels the balloons will fly. >> reporter: the nypd will closely monitor wind meters along the way. together with the winds, potentially historic cold. here in new york, the mp ature will feel like the teens. >> really, really cold weather can present a lifehreatening situation. so everyone has to take the cold weather seriously. >> reporter: and

nbc's stephanie gosk has the latest from the scene. stephanie, what can you tell us?> reporter: frances, the gruesome discovery of these sisterst happen the j here on the hudson river. there was a passer-by who noticed their body and called the police. that was a week ago. still today the are many unanswered questions. new york city police want the public's help. anything anyone may know about two young sisters from saudi arabia. the bodies yies were found last in the hudson river just off of manhattaer, bound together by duct tape around their ankles and waists. they were dressed in similar clothes, black leggings and fur-lined black coats. the youngerister had been reported missing. their deaths remain a mystery. according to multiple sources briefed on the investigation, there are no signs of foul play. suicide is a leading theory, but thing has been ruled out. >> there has been i iill call significant progress trying to get the complete picture of what ultimately led to the two young ladies being discovered. >> reporter: according to the saudi embassy, the young w

stephanie gosk, nbc news. >>> with so many mass shootings in america, in addition to reading, writing, students are beita ht how to stop the bleed and save the lives of their friends after an active shooter. dr. john torres has details. ok>> reporter: it lo like an ordinary day for these high schoolers, except for aftermath class they are training for today's terrible reality, a possible school shooting and how to survive. >> i'm bleeding. save me, jeffrey. >> reporter: bleeding is the leading cause of death at a mass shooting, but one-third of victims can survive if treated within five minutes learning how to do it. are you preparing these kids for the next park land, sandland, sandk >> i hope not but in hindsight, yes. >> i want you to turn this until no more blood comes out. >>eporter: the students are being taught the same thing medics are learning on the battle field. how to apply a tourniquet. she gets cut here, you put the tourniquet down here? he was a trama surgeon on duty the day of too ng. >> i saw them all. they all came to us with multiple gunshot wounds. >> reporter: he

stephanie gosk reports on the experience of one woman who believes cthose payments affeed her quality of care. >> reporter: in 2016, wendy got the news every woman fears, she r tested positive the breast cancer gene. >> i felt like if i had it, i would eliminate my risk as much as possible. >> reporter: tt meant a double mastectomy followed by breast reconstruction. she turned to plastic she turned to plastic surgeon. device he usedor the reconstruction, something called the series failed. she had a total of six procedures, the nerve never be pain free.y the seri scaffold was made by medical device manufaurer allergan. it's fda approved but not specifically for breast reconstruction. >> i was shocked and felt i should have been told. r eporter: connect says she wasn't told and thinks money may be to blame. the doctor is a paid researcher and spokesperson for them and owns stock. by the time connect was treated in 2016, the doctor earned $470,000 from the company doing consulting and research. something she says she only later learned online. >> in one way, it mede eel like oh, that's

our stephanie gosk takes us inside. >> reporter: in 2015, a brazen escape, two convicted killers, richarddavid sweat broke free from a maximum-security prison in upstate new york. >> the daring and sophisticated breakout. >> reporter: their accomplice, prison employee joyce mitchell that had an affair with both while behind bars. a true story a dramatic series on show time. >> i'm down there every night. >> reporter: escape.st beler is the director. >> i was just fascinated by it, the geographical setting of the prison, this prison dominates the town. >> reporter: the wall of the prison looms right over the main street. >> yeah. r orter: it's right there. >> yeah. >> reporter: stiller spent a year researching including multiple visits. >> i learned how stressful and scary it was when the manhunt was happening, especially for the families and the people in law enforcement out there looking for them. >> reporter: he also poured over the news reports, including ours. >> told me there were reports your mother was somehow involved in the escape of these two fugitives. how did you get ready emo

here is stephanie gosk. ar> reporter: these wallthe only thing standing between walter thomas, his wife sarah and homelessness but the entire apa complex in hartford, connecticut is falling apart leaving families to deal with mold, roaches, rodents and a collapsed ceiling. erica pierre is e getting her colleg degree and lives here h wi daughter. last february, this property failed a federal inspection by hud. the landlord was supposed to make repairs but in the months sine city of hartford found dozens more violations, yet every month a check for $1,120 for each three-bedroom unit, most of it paid by oe u.s. taxpayersto a company run by this man, elih fish. in the past two years, nearly a million and a half dollars. the problem is nationwide and growing. ws analysis of records found more th an 1,000 properties currently with failing gres. that's more than 40,000 families living in substandard conditions. and then there are propertiesthis one, which passed hud inspection, even though it was infested withice.

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let me bring in stephanie gosk who is outside that courthouse where michael cohen pled guilty just a couple of hours ago. what more do we know about what went down inside the courtroom there? >> reporter: craig, well, you know, if you think about this, this week started off with everyone focused on paul manafort taking this sudden turn. you can't help but be struck by how the mueller investigation is able to keep the developments of his investigation under wraps. this morning was another example of that. you have basically this surprise appearance by michael cohen where he pleads guilty to these misstatements to congress, and as you know, it comes two weeks before he is to be sentence instead a separate case in federal court where he pleaded guilty to six felonies, and you heard the president talking about them earlier. he mentioned the tax evasion. he mentioned the misstatements to banks. what he did not mention was the campaign finance infractions, and that's what cohen said when he pleaded guilty. he had made these payments that he understood to be done to influence the election o

here's stephanie gosk. >> reporter: the rain's coming from the roof down through here, dripping and into these buckets. these walls are the only thing standing between walter thomas, his wife, sarah, and homelessness, but the entire apartment complex in hartford, connecticut, is falling apart, leaving families to deal with mold, roaches, rodents, even a collapsed ceiling. erica pierre is getting her college degree and lives here with her daughter. >> i don't want her to become an adult and live her life like this. >> reporter: last february, this property failed a federal inspection by hud. the landlord was supposed to make repairs. but in the months since, the city of hartford has found dozens more violations. yet, every month, a check for $1,120 for each three-bedroom unit, most of it paid by u.s. taxpayers, goes to a company run by this man, eli fish. in the past two years, nearly $1.5 million. the problem is nationwide and growing. nbc news analysis of hud records has found more than 1,000 properties currently with failing grades. that's more than 40,000 families living in substandar

stephanie gosk is at the courthouse in brooklyn.opening statements were supposed to wrap up on day one. instead that unexpected delay. two jurors had to be replaced, one telling the judgehe was suffering from anxiety. el chapo was in thst courtroom day dressed in a suit for the first time. his wife seated about ten feet away from him in a show ofsu ort. now, el chapo has pleaded not guilty to 17 pountcounts in thi case. prosecutors told the jury that he had essentially carved out a narcotics e ire, running his own private army and having his own personal arsenal that included a diamond-encrued handgun and a cold-plated ak-47. but the defense team said there is another side to this story. an uglier side. iaey allege that american law enforcement off can be corrupted and they said this long line of witnesses that are expected to come forward and estify are made up of drug dealers, killers, and. thieves craig, back to you. >> all right. stephanie angosk, . >>> airline pilots unions are sharing urgent information about oepotentially dan

. >> nbc's stephanie gosk has more. >> i kind of have to laugh at my younger self, but that was whenky unfiltered. speaking out inew n released dlips for the upcoming a & e documentary "the clinton affair" premiering this sunday. >> i was struck in a way that he had this ability to hold everybody who was there, not just young women, not just older women, but young men, older men, gay, straight, everybody was sort of starry-eyed in his presence. >> reporter: lewinsky starry-eyed herself talked about how she intentionally tried to get the president's attention, in a green outfit he had noticed before. >> and noticed me he did, over the course of the rest of august and september and october and into november we had a number of these flirtatious encounters. there was really no sense for me of anything beyond i have this crush and this person i have a crush on is actually paying attention to me. >> reporter: the president showering her with gifts. >> bill gave me this box which had a hat pin he said because, you know, you always look so cute in hats or you and your hats, something like th

>> i just got stephanie gosk -- i'm sorry.nna. >> jenna. myself. nna >> we're getting off to a great >>art here on this thursday morning. 'm natalie. i'm visiting. >> i love when carson comes in to host. fantastic. >> willie, this has been good. >> all morning. >> we've been talking about the ike to play. we'll get to that in a moment. that's why we were

craig melvin here, joined by hallie jackson, sheinelle jones, and stephanie gosk, of course.iness. fueled by female candidate, democrats took back the house. they fell short in the senate. we're going to talk about what that means. but first, peter alexander, with aoo

as nbc's stephanie gosk found, hud staffing cuts are part of the problem. >> reporter: when residentsd building complained about holes in the ceilings, hud officials agreed to meet. then vented their own frustrations. the tenants recorded it. >> the system is broken. we just don't have the staff for it. >> there are 423 properties in connecticut alone and i have five staff. >> reporter: under housing secretary ben carson, hud has shed more than 480 staff out of 8,000. >> there's no accountability in the process. >> reporter: local activists say hud does not have a firm grip on what's happening on the ground. >> for an unethical landlord, this is a boondoggle. you're going to get that check every month and hud's not there to stop you. >> it's not only legal, but it's considered acceptable and passable by hud. >> secretary carson declined to be interviewed, but a spokesperson says a review of the inspection process has been ordered and that, quote, the secretary believes very deeply that families should not be forced to live in housing that's unsafe and taxpayers shouldn't be subsidizin

stephanie gosk is on the scene in north hampton, mass. i'm guessing the news has to be positive.nstead of pumpkin pie this year for thanksgiving? >> reporter: maybe, or maybe they're just adding it to pie. new englanders are pretty hardy, but this weather is brutal, it is cold, sleeting, but still they have come here. this is one of only two shops opening today to sell pot recreational. they expect more to open in the coming weeks. we've been chatting with a lot of people here, who tell us it was important to be here to mark history this is what a veteran from vietnam had to say. how has marijuana specifically helped? >> i have ptsd, okay? it puts my mind in neutral. ptsd is like running a tape over in your head, over and over. this stops that for a while. >> reporter: there are now ten states that have legalized marijuana for recreational use. that number is likely to grow. it is still against the law, cord to the federal government, but, steph, 63% of americans say they want it legalized nationwide. >> well, it's a big, big business. stephanie, thank you so much. go inside. not

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>> i just got stephanie gosk -- i'm sorry.a. >> jenna. >> i'm jenna myself. >> we're getting off to a great start here on this thursday morning. >> i'm natalie. i'm visiting. >> i love when carson comes in to host. fantastic. >> willie, this has been good. >> all morning. e'