here is nbc's stephanie gosk. >> reporter: university of south carolina student samantha josephson got into a car she thought she ordered from uber. it wasn't. the driver pretending to work for the ride share allegedly killed her. in the wake of that tragedy, the university and uber announcing a new partnership focused on safety. >> every time someone use as ride share service, they should stop before entering the vehicle and ask the driver plainly, what's my name? >> reporter: on uber's app, a is w these safety features work. you open up the app as you normally would and right away there is a reminder, a banner at the bottom that says check your ride every time. that means three things, the license plate, the car details and the picture of your driver. two more safety reminders before the car arrives. hi, who are you here to pick up? >> uber for stephanie. >> reporter: there are stories around the country for years about fake uber drivers. should uber been more proactive sooner? >> you'll never hear me say we did enough on safety. it the commitment of the entire company. >> reporter:

nbc's stephanie gosk has details. tget its 737 max fixed and back in the air after two deadly accidents. now the company is under fire over a different plane, the 787 dreamliner. a "new york times" investigation said boeing pushed its work force to quickly turn out dreamliners at times ignoring issues raised by employees. the paper reviewed hundreds of documents and interviewed more than a dozen employees. the complaints all out of boeing's plant in south carolina. the company pushed back strongly. the article it says paints a skewed and inaccurate picture of the program and our team. john barnett who retired in 2017 after working as a safety manager for more than 30 years claims he was retaliated against when he raised production issues internally. >> from day one, it's just all been about schedule and hurry up and just get it done, push the planes out, we're behind schedule. you know we don't have time to worry about issues that y'all bring up. >> reporter: his chief concern, foreign objects being left behind in the

stephanie gosk, nbc news, new york. >>> all right, let's turn to new developments now. an nbc news investigation about facilities where troubled teens are sent to get help. there are 22 states sending kids to clarinda academy in iowa. and after our report with thre from more former students and a nurse who says she wishes she had spoken up sooner. here is kate snow. >> reporter: jesus lopez still struggles to talk about what happened to him one night at clarinda academy. >> i told them, you know, whatever you do right here, right then, i forgive you guys. you don't have to do this. i told them, i'm not going to tell on you. >> reporter: he went there voluntarily at 17 from washington state after being in and out of more than two dozen foster homes since he was 4. he had been at the facility in rural iowaless tha he tried to run away. staff caught him and took him to his room. >> i said i want to go. wasocial worker. and they said, no, you're not calling nobody. >> reporter: jesus harsh physical restraints repeatedly even though he says he wasn't posing a threat. >> and

stephanie gosk, nbc news, new york. >> now to new developments in the college admissions scandal. lori loughlin and her fashion designer husband pleaded not guilty. they were charged last month with the conspiracy to commit mail fraud for allegedly paying $500,000 in bribes to get their daughters into the university of southern california. last week money laundering charges were added for the couple and 14 other defendants. they are both free on bail and waived their right to appear in court allowing defense lawyers to enter a not guilty plea on all charges. >> caught oncara, an explosive close call for a new jersey utility worker who had to run for his life after a live power line he had been working on fell to the ground, as you see right there. immediately setting off sparks and fire, the incident happened monday morning and was captured on dashcam by a police officer who was on the scene. ted greenberg from our nbc affiliate in philadelphia, wcau, reports. >> reporter: once the line came in contact with the ground, it erupted into a fire ball real quick. >> a lineman forced to

with more, here's stephanie gosk. >> you know, we live in a world of see something, say something. i'm really glad we do. >> reporter: tonight "inside edition" anchor deborah norville reveals a fan may have saved her life. >> a long time ago a viewer reached out to say something she saw on my neck. it was a lump. >> reporter: norville told her doctor and they watched it closely. >> for years it was nothing until recently. it was something. >> reporter: the lump turned into thyroid cancer, a form that can be treated with surgery. >> there will be no chemo, i'm told no radiation, but i will have surgery and i'll be away for a bit. >> reporter: a similar thing happened to tarik in 2018, the host of "flip or flop" on hgtv. a viewer spotted this growth on his neck. >> we looked at each other and said it's not something might be wrong. something is wrong. >> reporter: he was diagnosed with stage two thyroid cancer. treatable with surgery and radiation. this year it is estimated more than 52,000 americans will be diagnosed with the disease. women are three times more likely to develop thy

here is stephanie gosk. >> we don't have enough female role models. we don't have enough visible women leaders. don't have enough women in power. >> reporter: moffitt mcgraw says she's sick of it. the notre dame women's basketball coach making an impassioned case for gender equality. >> i am getting tired of the novelty of the first female governor of this state, the first female african-american mayor of this city. when is it going to become the norm instead of the exception? >> reporter: mcgraw has more than 900 career wins. she had had an all female staff since 2012 and says she never plans to hire a male assistant coach again. >> men run the world. when these girls are coming out, who are they looking up to to tell them that's not the way it has to be? >> reporter: in 1972, 90% of women's teams in all sports had female coaches. today it is down to just over 40%. >> when you look at men's basketball and 99% of the jobs go to men, why shouldn't 100% or 99% of the jobs in women's basketball go to women? >> reporter: tonight mcgraw's fighting irish lo

nbc's stephanie gosk has details. ♪ every kiss begins with k ♪ and sexual harassment allegations in "new york times" magazine. >> how could this be going on to so many people in so many different parts of the country who didn't know each other? >> reporter: a pay discrimination case first filed in 2008 now involving thousands of women has yet to be resolved. the details kept out of the court because sterling made employees sign an arbitration clause. but in 2017, some allegations of sexual harassment were made public. heather ballew told nbc news she was propositioned by a manager. >> he offered me that any time i wanted to come back to his district, which was near my family, he would do it if i went back to his hotel with him and had sex with him. >> reporter: "the times" article reveals new accusations. one woman says her boss raped her at a 2004 company meeting after inviting him into her hotel room. a vice president said it was better to hire female employees because the company did not have to pay them as much. in response to the report, parent company signet writes "we're disapp

nbc's stephanie gosk reports on what the company is doing now. >> reporter: university of south carolina student samantha josephson made a mistake most people who use uber can relate one. the driver who did not work for uber allegedly killed the 21-year-old. now uber says it is taking action. how did her murder affect policy here? >> i can tell you, we are heart broken about what has happened. for us, it is a reminder that we have to constantly do everything we can to raise the bar on safety. >> reporter: today, uber is announcing the new technology together in partnership with the university of south carolina to improve passenger safety. tony west, uber's chief legal and security officer, spoke with nbc exclusively at the company's headquarters in san francisco. >> in the app, when you ordered your uber, it is on the way, you'll get more persistent, more frequent push notifications to your phone that remind you to check your ride. >> reporter: uber giving us a preview of the new alert system that begins rolling out today. here is how the new safety features work. you open up the app, as

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disney heiress has a message getting a lot of attention and we're getting details from nbc's stephanie gosk. >> reporter: abigail disney is taking aim at the company that shares her name. >> i knew my grandfather and i worship the ground he walked on and i knew that was never the company he wanted to start. >> reporter: her grandfather was wallet disney's brother and a founder of the company. o she said i had speak out about the naked indecency of robert's bay pointing out he made $65 million in 2018, more than 1400 times the median pay of a disney worker. cithe 59-year-old so activist that has no controlling stake in the company said she met with disney employees in california. some said they he to choose between paying rent and paying medical bills. >> if your ceo never made more money and people at the bottom have to ration, something is terribly, terribly. >> reporter: she says thproblem is hardly disney's alone siting statistics. since 1978 ceo pay has grown 937% while the pay of aaverage worker grew just 11.2%. that fueled progressive movements from occupy wall street. >> we're middle

and we get details from nbc's stephanie gosk. >> reporter: abigail disney is taking aim at the company that shares her name. >> my grandfather and i worshipped the ground he walked on and i know that was never the company he wanted to start. >> reporter: i had to speak out, she writes in today's "washington post," but the naked indecency of chief executive robert iger's pay, pointing out that iger made $65 million in 2018, more than 1,400 times the median pay of a disney worker. the 59-year-old social activist, who says she has no controlling stake in the company, met with officials from the company. some told her they had to choose between paying rent and paying medical bills. has any made more money and people at the bottom have to ration insulin, something is terribly, terribly wrong. >> reporter: the problem, she says, is hardly disney's alone. since 1978, ceo pay has grown by 937% while the pay of an average worker grew just 11.2%. in the last decade, that inequality has fueled progressive movements from occupy wall street -- >> we're middle class and we're mad at hell. >> reporte

stephanie gosk, nbc news, new york. >> now that's a fascinating debate. that "nightly news.". that "nightly news." 's z35k8z z16fz y35k8y y16fy >>> lights, camera, "access." >> i just know him so differently. john was always --o >> close for so long, gabrielle union's very personal

nbc's stephanie gosk reports. >> reporter: this morning the 5-year-old known as landon is still in intensive care. but healing. his parents releasing a statement through their attorney in a phone call. >> our son remains in intensive care under sedation and under close monitoring as we stay patient to allow him to heal. >> reporter: landon was thrown over a third floor railing at mall of america plunging nearly 40 feet to the floor below. 24-year-old emmanuel deshaun aronda is in jail charged with attempted murder. he has not yet entered a plea. >> it was a miracle he wasn't killed. >> reporter: the family pastor sharing the good news on easter sunday after visiting landon and his parents in the hospital. >> there was zero evidence of brain damage, not just brain damage. there wasn't even any swelling in the brain. one of his attending physicians said this. this is truly a miracle. >> reporter: as landon heals, nearly $1 million has been raised for his family online. something their lawyer says they are incredibly grateful for. >> we remain stead fast in our faith and praise god for his mira

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nbc stephanie gosk reporting there.he state department says in addition to the four americans killed in the bombings, several more were seriously hurt. their names have not been released. given how many lives were lost, so many more stories to tell. devastated family and friends now left to grieve. >>> we're going to stay on top of that story and also staying on top of something else right now. the biggest case of the supreme court's term being argued before the justices at this moment. whether or not the administration can add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. so, you might hear that and think, so what. think again. we are live outside court with the protests and how this could affect your life soon. kraft for the win win. ♪ ahhhh! ♪ we're here. ♪ ♪ >>> we want to take you live now to the supreme court where right now justices are hearing arguments on their highest profile and most controversial case of this entire term. this is a big deal that could affect how much of your tax money could come back to your to

here is stephanie gosk. >> reporter: students say climbing the stairs of fordham university's clock towers a rite of passage but earlier sunday it turned tragic. 22-year-old journalism major sydney fell to her death. the senior from portland, oregon, just weeks away from graduation. the university president writing, there are no words to describe the loss of someone so young and full of promise. she was climbing up the tower with friends and reportedly posting video on social media. police say she fell through a staircase landing and dropped 30 feet. in the school newspaper, students described their own experiences in the tower. there was a huge spiral staircase going up and we couldn't see the top, one said. fordham said the tower is normally locked and it is investigating. while students mourn, one friend describing her as the sweetest soul she had ever met. news, new yorkcome.ck for the ages. scientists say our wer could soon mimic southern california. the tools south bay firefighters say they )ll use to keep an eye out for wildfires. and a hiker was lost on a bay area trail for hours.

stephanie gosk has this ex-ch exclusive. >> reporter: university of south carolina student samantha josephson into a car she thought she ordered from uber. it wasn't. the driver, pretending to work for the rideshare company, allegedly killed her. in the wake of that tragedy, the university and uber announcing a new partnership, focused on safety. >> every time someone uses a rideshare service, they should stop before entering the voke and ask the driver plainly what's my name? >> and on uber's app, a new alert system. this is how it works. you open up the app as you normally would, and right away, there's a reminder, a banner at the bottom that says check your ride every time that. means the license plate, the car details, and the picture of your driver. two more safety reminders before the car arrives. hi, who are you here to pick up? >> stephanie. >> reporter: there have been stories around the country for years about fake uber drivers. should uber have been more proactive sooner? >> you'll never hear me say that we have done enough on safety. it's my commitment, it is the commitment of the

stephanie gosk is here with details. >> reporter: facebook under new scrutiny this morning. more than 4,000 documents obtained by nbc news from a court case against the company lift the curtain on facebook's business practices between 2011 and 2015. one employee even comparing the company to villains in "game of thrones"s as the social media giant looked for ways to grow its business and cut losses. top executives at the company, including ceo mark zuckerberg and coo sheryl sandberg discussed ways to sell user data. in 2012, documents showed zuckerberg wanted to figure out the real market value of user data to set a public rate, a plan seemingly at odds with zuckerberg's public message. >> we offer these extremely robust privacy controls where, i mean, literally any piece of information that you share, you control exactly who sees it. >> reporter: ultimately facebook said it never sold data but it did trade information with other companies. >> facebook is being strategic in terms of trading user data on -- in order to get, you know, stuff in return. >> reporter: the document

stephanie gosk spoke to the ceo about what you should look out for before donating. >> reporter: at go fund me, the search for fraud is an around the clock operation. for what the crowd funding company calls its trust in safety team. >> some of them come from the military, law enforcement. we even have a philosopher. >> reporter: among the biggest problems, copycats. fraudsters rip all real come pains, sometimes word for word. >> we're able to shut them down before they get shared or any donations. >> reporter: like this one that popped up after the mosque shooting in new zealand. the one on the left is legit. >> it never got a single donation or shared. >> reporter: go fund me launched in 2010 and since then has raised $5 billion for all kinds of causes from medical expenses to education to disaster relief. >> there are only a few charities larger than us. we have to have the most trusted brand in the space. >> reporter: faith in the company was shaken last year when a new jersey couple launched a campaign to help a homeless veteran. caitlyn mcclure said johnny bobbit jr. gave her his

nbc's stephanie gosk joins us with their stories. steph, good morning. one of these stories is a heart breaking story about a young boy. is.yeah, it really it does break your heart. te impact of these bombings is being felt aroun world including several communities here in the u.s. one of the youngest victims a student from an elite washington, d.a clinton and the daughters attended. karen stafforded disoso had decided to be a scientist. the 11-year-old who took time off from t sidwl friends school lanka. now one of the youngest killed by the bombings.he >> s he was very special. >> reporter: a suicide bomber blew himself up at the buffet. kierein texted his dad jt minutes before the attack. >> now he's never going to be a teenager. he was going to do great things for the world and the terrorists have taken something from this world. >> reporter: most of those killed on sunday were sri lankans attending easter services. but the capital columbo is an international hub for business and tourism. the lobbies of t luxury hotels were packed with foreigners. pe

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nbc's stephanie gosk has the story. >> we liven see something, say something, and i'm really glad wede edition anchor deborah norville revealed a fan may have saved her life. >> a viewer reached out to say she'd seen something on my neck. it was a lump. >> reporter: norville told her doctor and they watched it closely. >> for years i nothing until recently it was something. >> reporter: the lump turned into thyroid cancer. a localized form that can be treated with surgery. >> there will be no chemo. i'm told no radiation, but i will have surgery and i'll be away for a bit. >> reporter: a similar thing hamoussa. a viewer spotted this growth on his neck. >> we seriously looked at each other and we're like, it's not something might be wrong. something is wrong. >> he was diagnosed with stage 2 thyroid cancer, treated with surgery and radiation. this year it is estimated more than 52,000 americans will be diagnosed with the disease. women are three times more likely to develop thyroid cancer than men. catching it early is key. and sometimes public scrutiny may not be a bad thing. news, n

nbc stephanie gosk has more. stephanie, walk us through this and is it illegal what facebook did?accused of doing anything illegal and nobody charged with anything, but this has really shining a window on to its business practices. we know facebook gathers information on us and our shares, our likes and our friends. what these documents show is how during a specific period of time when they were looking how to monetize their business how they used or plan to use that information with very little discussion about users' privacy. facebook under new scrutiny this morning. four documents obtained from a court case against the company lift the curtain on facebook's business practices between 2011 and 2015. one employee even comparing the company to villains in "game of thrones." as the social media giant looked for ways to grow its business and cut losses. top executives at the company including ceo mark zuckerberg and coo cheryl sandburg discussed ways to sell user data. in 2012, documents show zuckerberg wanted to figure out the real market value of user data to set a public rate, a

stephanie gosk, nbc news, san francisco. >>> all imght. it is te to do a little spring cleaning. it is national clean out your c mediinet day. and dr. johnoliday is here to explain why a little bit of lives.work could save good morning and thank you for joining us. talk to me about first of how unused medicine isg contributin to the opioid epidemic here in the united states. > to the amazing statistics, 70,000 people died of drug i overdoses 2017. most of them from opioids. so you have surgeryupnd you end with a few pills and you leave in yourab medicine cet and the kids and family members and looking at your house through real estate agents get the drugs and 70% p of theple that get drugs become addicted to the opioids because they misuse them and they are diverted and then they can't afford to git pills and they go on the street andet heroin and get overdosend die. it is a sad story and a lot of statistics. >> and a serious problem. >> in addition to the numbers, if you'v lost a son or a daughter or whomo ever t drug overdoses and deaths, even more so it is important to clean o

stephanie gosk will have more tonight on nbc nightlyws >>> maryland's governor signed a new law today inspired by a news 4 i-teaminvestigation. the law will better protect schoolchildren by requiring stricter background che s for public school teachers. >> scott macfarlane and the i-team are working for you tonight. scott joins us with his story today. scott. >> jim and erika, under this new law, when they hire a teacher, they must do a background check with all prior employers, not just the most recent. maryland legislators say they were inspired by an investigation by the news 4 i-team last year. e report showed a teacher who lost his job inlorida for sexually laced t mtsages to a student. later managed to land two public school teaching jobs in maryland. both of those local school districts told the i-team they were unaware of the man's past, in part because both school systems acknowledged they never called florida. under the bill signed into law by goverr hogan, school districts must check with every prior employer before heing. thill sponsored by charles county delegate c.t. wil

nbc's stephanie gosk is here to explain. fascinating story. many layers. >> reporter: it is.rt about his extramarital affair in the national enquirer. kwkly afterwards jeff bezos hired a private investigator who looked into it and came out over the weekend with an article that lays it all in the lap of saudi arabia. he says he turned over the evidence he discovered to federal officials. this morning, an explosive new claim that amazon ceo jeff bezos was targeted in an alleged phone hacking scheme conducted by saudi arabia. bezos launched his own private investigation in an effort to determine who leaked the intimate text messages and racy photos published in a bombshell national enquirer story about the billionaire's extramarital affair with girlfriend lauren sanchez. our investigators and several experts concluded with high confidence that the saudis had access to bezos's phone and gained private information. debecker accusing the saudi government of seeking restrenge on bezos because he owns the "washington post." the paper has aggressively reported on the murder of one of

nbc's stephanie gosk with the details. >> good morning.e likes and shares, photos and friends. now documents obtained by nbc news reveal in new detail how the company used and planned to use that data. with very little discussion of people's privacy. facebook under new scrutiny this morning. more than 4,000 documents obtained by nbc news from a court case against the company lift the curtain on facebook's business practices between 2011 and 2015. one employee even comparing the company to villains in "game of thrones" as the social media giant looked for ways to grow its business and cut losses. top executives at the company including ceo mark zuckerberg and coo sheryl sandberg discussed ways to sell user data. in 2012, documents show zuckerberg wanted to figure out the real market value of user data to set up public rate. a plan seemingly at odds with zuckerberg's public message. >> we offer these extremely robust privacy controls where, i mean, literally any piece of information that you share, you control exactly who sees it. >> reporte

nbc news' stephanie gosk is there. good morning. >> hey, willie, good morning. sis ish a sad story.mbing the clock at fordham university is somewhat of a rite of paffage. it's limits, students go up to take a view and photos, in the early hours of sunday mornin t rather,t trip to the t turned tragic. a college tradition turned tragic. >> top of the br.l to a female fell from a high location. neck and head injuries. >> 22-year-old sydney monfried fell to her deat a university spokesperson says the college senior and her friend somehow got into the locked clock tower building and climbed the staircase to take in the view. they say sa around 3:00 a.m. she fell through an opening in a landing. first responders rushed her to hospital where she later died.gh overni a shocked campus is mourning. >> it's really haunting to hear the bells ring every time. >> i feel for the family. it's veryt sad,s a tragic incident. >> rep fordham unriersity's presidentng in a letter to students, there are no words sufficient tohe describe loss of someone so young and number of promise -- and mere weeks from

nbc news' stephanie gosk is following this story.od morning. >> reporter: you know, as the country waitss leveling egexplosive aions against the ncaa, nike and the best coege player in the country zion williamson. michael avenatti refusing to go down without a fight, dumping dozens of pages of documents over the weekend and accusing nike, duke university and the collegefame in basketball zion williamson of beg involved in a widespread payment scandal. avenatti alleging that the mother of the de star received illegal paymts from nike during her son's recruitment before williamson exited to for the nike-sponsored school. avenatti tweeting at duke men's basketball, can you please a zion williamson's mother sharonda sampson, whether she was paid by nike for consulting services in 2016 already '17 as a part of a bribe to get him to go to duke. avenatti released 41 pages of documents to twitter, material he claims sh nike dished out big moneyo families of top recruits to try to lure them to play at nike portfolio sponsored schools. the files consisted of what appeared to be text exchanges, red

stephanie gosk has her stlly. it's r inspiring. good morning. >> yeah, it really is. you're right.e risks. it's why the sport is so exciting to watch. but also sodangerous. samantha cerio was doing a floor routine she had done before many times. but this time, it went horribly this morning a college gymnast is recovering from surgery after an injury brought her gymnastics career to an end. auburn senioramtha cerio was competing friday night. >> let's see how high she flies here. >> reporter:ighile during a flying floor routine she'd performountless times, she landed badly dislocating both her knees. the video t graphic and disturbing. >> she is obviously in some pain. >> reporter: the 22-year-old in agony. it was one of the toughest nights of my life. >> reporter: even though she was severely inred, she still wanted her teammates to win. >> i tolder i loved her and was with her. she said to go back and get the girls ready to finish this thing. >> reporter: the team decided not to quit the competition. >> we're not goie sad later.e we'r going to do what she wanted us to do. she woul

stephanie gosk has the story ane why's this suspicion about this whale. >> it's a weird one.red to be harassing boats in the arctic. now there's speculation it may have been trained by the russian military. this morning there something fishy going on off the coast of norway. this beluga whale was wearing a harness that appears to be a camera mound. it read in english equipment st. petersburg. without tv belie much evidence that this beluga could be part of a russian navy project to use whales f reconnaissance. >> you can write this stuff. it's just completely bizarre. >> reporter: according to local norwegian reports, the fishermen say the beluga seemed tame as it nudg their boats. >> this whale did not seem to have hostile intent at all, was eager to interact with humansth and whe that was food o relatedr just part of its social makeup andinteraction, natural curiosit beluga whales are known for this. >> reporter:f russia was training deep sea mammals to work as bies, it woulde the first time. the soviet union had a program to trail sales and dolphins to detect underwater we

stephanie gosk has the latest on this. >> reporter: good morning.hotos, and friends. now document in new detail how the comndny used a planned to use that data. with very little discu. facebook under new scrutiny this morning. more than 4,000 documents obtained by nbc news from court case against the company lifted the curtain on facebook's business practices between1 201 and 2015. one employee evenng compari the company to villains in "game of thrones." as the social media giant looked for ways to grow business. executivesncluding mark zuckerberg discussed ways to sell user data. in 2012 documents show zuckerberg wanted to figure out the real market value of user data to set a public rate. a plan seemingly at odds with his public message. >> we offer these extremely robust privacy controls. where, i mean, literally any piece ofinformation, you control who sees it. >> reporter: ultimely facebook says it never sold data but did trade information with other companies. >> facebook is being strategic in terms orading user data in order to get stuff in r

stephanie gosk picked up the story. >> you said it. cbd is everywhere.t they see with their own eyes is what matters most. >> reporter: cbd is all the rage. the compound extracted from cannabis doesn't get you high like thc, but those who take it say it does a whole lot more. like lower stress, reduce inflammation, help you sleep. some even claim it cures cancer. but there is virtually no research to back up the claims. >> hudson. >> reporter: for mom alison rogers that doesn't matter. she says cbd is a breakthrough for her sunday hudson, who has autism. >> it's gotten him closer to a quality of life than most of us get to take for granted. >> reporter: for years the mom of five from texas struggled to find a treatment for his behavioral issues like wandering. a common symptom of autism. >> you talk about your kids being a piece of your heart walking around outside your body. i thought i'd lost him. i did lose him. it's an actual life-or-death situation. >> reporter: she says prescription drugs made the 9-year-old aggressive. >> he actually attacked one

stephanie gosk is looking into it and has what we need toknow. >> good morning, guys.lol it a serious global health threat. we've heard of drug resistant bacteria like mrsa, but this is arug resistant fungus. it's difficult to treat and the e st vulnerable arose who are alread in hospitals around the country, a growingerco a fungus that has already infected at least 587 people in the u.s. more than 300 in new york state including some at brooklyn's mt. sinai. when did you first see it at >>is hospital? e saw a cluster of patients develop in 2016. and that's really when the outbreak began particularly in new york and brooklyn region. >> reporter: theungus is a form of the very common candida which is easily treated. but this strand called candida is stub bonn. 30% are resistant to two or more. >> a patient died with it and we did culres all over the room. we found it was everywhere. >> reporter: when you say everywhere, what do you mean? >> we found it fromo top t bottom. from the ceiling to the wall monitors to the artificial rest praters to the pump to the beds to the

stephanie gosk is here with the latest on his road to recovery. we have been wondering about him, steph. >> a shocking story. good news this morning. the boy is still in the hospital in intensive care. we are not showing his picture at the family's request. this morning they are speaking out revealing details about his condition. the family pastor calls the boy's recovery a miracle. >> reporter: this morning the 5-year-old known as landon is still in intensive care but healing. his parents releasing a statement through their attorney in a phone call. >> our son remains in intensive care under sedation and under close monitoring as we stay patient to allow him to heal. >> reporter: landon was thrown over a third floor railing at mall of america plunging nearly 40 feet to the floor before. 24-year-old emanuel ronda is in jail. he has not entered a plea. the family pastor sharing the good news or easter sunday after visiting landon and his parents in the hospital. >> there was zero evidence of brain damage. not just brain damage. there wasn't even an

stephanie gosk joins us with th more on . it's hard to understate how big, how much of a spectacle this thing has become. >> yeah. and so quickly,u craig. yoow, the first nfl draft was held in 1936 behind closed doors at a ritz-carlton. the players' names on a piece of paper taped to the wall. let's just say things have changed a bit since then. reporter: the nfl season kicking off toy insh nalle. music city playing host to the2 nfl draft. the one-time smoke-filled back room deal machine that has now become one of the most p ular events in the nfl. behind only the super bowl and opening weekend. >> there's so much going on. it's going to be exciting. >> rep and at the most high profile job fair in the u.s., these candidates are trying to put their best foot forward. with life-changing paydays on the line, many have been cleaning up their social media profiles ahead of the big draft night to avoid any lurking controversies. former ohio state defensive lineman nick bosa expecd to be a top pick. >> pressure again. bosa's got it.

nbc's stephanie gosk has the story and why there is this suspicion about this whale. >> it sounds likehile whale wearing a strange harness appeared to be harassing boats in the arctic. now there is speculation it may have been trained by the russian military. >> reporter: this morning there is something fishy going on off the coast of norway. this white beluga whale was spotted wearing a harness that appears to be a camera mount. the straps on the harness also had a logo reading in english "equipment st. petersburg." a group of scientists that helped remove the harness believe without much evidence that this beluga could be part of a russian navy project to use whales for reconnaissance. >> you can't write this stuff. it's just completely bizarre. >> reporter: according to local norweigian reports, the fisherman that found the beluga said it seemed tame as it repeatedly nudged their boats. >> this whale did not seem to have hostile intent, was eager to interact with humans and whether that was food related or just part of its social makeup and interaction, natural curiosity. beluga wha

the new book, "code name lise," details the heroism of the war's most decorated spy stephanie gosk is books. this is a great book brilliant, beautiful and fearless strengths she used to fight against the nazis. few people have heard her story, but that's about to change headed to new york city's spy escape museum to sit down with the book's author and odette's granddaughter. she is not well-known but should be she was the most highly decorated world war ii spy now her little-known story is brought to vivid life in a new book >> how did your grandmother have that courage >> i think it was instilled in her from a very early age. her grandfather said you must do your duty. and that was throughout her life >> at the time in nazi-occupied france, female spies were raising less suspicion than their male counterparts. fluent in both english and french, sansome was exactly who the allies needed. >> they were saboteurs that was their job they were to blow up the german bridges and ammo dumps and barges and all of those things >> odettte was a courier, the second deadliest job for the allies 42

nbc's stephanie gosk is there. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. a sad story.clock tower here at fordham university something of a rite of passage. it's off limits but students go up anyway to check out the few and take photos. in the early hours of sunday morning that trip to the top turned tragic. a college tradition turned tragic. 22-year-old sydney monfries fell to her death from the iconic and off limits clock and bell tower on fordham university's campus. a university spokesperson says the college senior and her friends somehow got into the locked clock tower building and climbed the staircase too take in the view. police say around 3:00 a.m. sunday/monday frees fell more than 30 feet in an opening in a landing. emergency responders rushed her to a local hospital where she later died. overnight a shocked campus is mourning. >> it's like really haunting to hear the bells ring. >> i feel for the family. that's very sad. it was, you know, just a tragic incident. >> reporter: fordham university's president writing in a letter to students, there are no words s

nbc's stephanie gosk. >> this is troubling.erious global health threat. we heard of drug-resistant bacteria like mrsa. this is a fungus. candida auris is potentially deadly, difficult to treat and the most vulnerable are those who are already sickest. >> reporter: in hospitals around the country, a growing concern. a fungus that has already infected at least 587 people in the u.s. more than 300 in new york state, including some at brooklyn's mount sinai. when did you first see it at this hospital? >> we saw a cluster of patients develop in 2016. that's really when the outbreak began. >> reporter: the fungus is a form of the common candida, which is easily treated. this strand, called candida auris, is stubborn. 90% of cases are resistant to at least one antifungal medication. 30% of resistant to two or more. >> the aha moment was when a patient died with it and we did cultures all over the room. we found that the candida auris was everywhere. >> reporter: when you say everywhere, what do you mean? >> we found it from top to bot