tom costello spent his day in the crowds. >> reporter: on a perfect sun-drenched day, pope francis emerged from the papal tour to the cheers of the faithful and the

tom costello, nbc news, washington. >>> we're back in a moment with serena williams. will her quest for one of the most amazing feats in all of sports be derailed by her own sister? >>> after wins this weekend the next chapter in one of the greatest sibling rivalries in all of sports will be written tomorrow, when serena and venus williams face off once again. they'll meet in the quarterfinals of the u.s. open. serena is going for a calendar year grand slam, which hasn't been done in 27 years. serena leads venus in all-time matches against each other, 15-11. >>> now to an incredible find overseas. an elaborate series of stone monuments believed to have been hidden for thousands of years not far from the famous site of stonehenge. and it suggests that mysteries that shroud this region are bigger than many of us even thought. nbc's jacob rascon has our story. >> reporter: the mystery of stonehenge has fascinated the world for centuries. every year more than 1 million tourists visit the site in southwest england that dates back more than 4,000 years. >> the whole area he

and joining us from the nunciature now awaiting the departure, tom costello. tom, there's still a crowd outside. >> a little bit of a crowd here, kate. you know, he's been on the ground for about 48 hours here in washington, d.c., now. we're told that, no, he will not have to brave the tsa lines and the indignities at reagan national airport. he's going straight to joint base andrews here where american airlines will ferry him from joint base andrews up to new york city. i think it's fair to say behind me as you look at essentially what is the vatican's embassy here in washington, d.c., and you see the motorcade has now moved into position. they're awaiting the pope's -- they're awaiting the pope, i should say, to emerge from this particular embassy. i think what's important to say here is that we have seen literally tens of thousands of people here in the washington, d.c., area affected by and witnessing pope francis. but beyond that, hundreds of thousands of people, probably millions across the country have watched the coverage of this pope and his address to

tom costello, nbc news, washington. >>> amid the excitement there is controversy. during the first mass he led the first canonization ever to take place in america but some say the figure he just elevated to sainthood isn't worthy of it. joe fryar explains. >> reporter: up and down california's majestic coast you find a series of catholic missions steeped in faith and controversy. today pope francis canonized the man who founded many of the missions, father junipero serra. but to many native americans, they think he is no saint. >> it is painful that our lives don't matter. >> reporter: starting in 1769 serra and his fellow missionaries came here to what is now known as california. they established nine of the states 21 missions, including this one in carmel, where serra is now buried. at time tens of thousands were converted to catholicism and worked at the missions. but vincent medina said some of his ancestors were beaten and many died of disease. their culture nearly erased. >> people went beyond their era of their time to be super human and i don't think junip

tom costello, nbc news, washington. >>> when we come back, the moment caught on camera that made the crowd go wild. >>> there is troubling news tonight about the long-term dangers of head injuries while playing football. pbs frontline is reporting that new numbers from the v.a. in boston university showed the brains of 87 out of 91 deceased former nfl players tested positive for cte in the latest study of traumatic brain injuries. that is 96% of deceased nfl players examined. and they've founded cte in the brains of 79% of all deceased football players tested, including those who played in high school and college. the nfl said it is dedicated to making the sport safer. >>> nasa has released remarkable new images of pluto that have come from the new horizon spacecraft. it travels nine years and three billion miles to get there. nasa said it sheds new light on pluto's mountains, glaciers and plains. you can see why the top scientists say the new pictures make you feel you are there. >>> pictures from the crowd last night at turner field in atlanta. it wasn't because of the score. the h

nbc's tom costello has details. >> reporter: it's a significant contributor to two leading causes of death -- heart attacks and strokes. as many as 1 in 3 adults has high blood pressure. the systolic, or top number in the b.p. measures the pressure on the blood vessels when the heart contracts. up until now the target for anyone 50 and older was 140 or less. but today's study suggests getting that number below 120 could cut the risk of death by 25% and cut by a third the risk of cardiovascular events, heart attacks, heart failure and stroke. researchers say it will change the way doctors treat hypertension. >> this is huge. i mean, 25% less deaths and a third -- you know, 33% less heart attacks, strokes, and heart failure? that's huge. you don't get that lowering cholesterol. >> reporter: at brigham & women's hospital in boston jim mcgrath was seeing his doc today. with medication his bp has gone from 150 to 130. now it may need to go even lower. >> we've had a history in our family of having high blood pressure. nothing that would be critical or possibly terminal but you never know.

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tom costello has details. >> reporter: it's good news if you have an adjustable rate mortgage, credit card debt or thinking about buying a car. no rate hike at least not for now. the fed has kept interest rates low to pull the economy out of the great recession. the economy has since rebounded. unemployment rate down to 5.1%. economic growth, a very robust 3.7%. fed chairman janet yellen said today there is too much global economic volatility, especially in china for the u.s. to raise rates now. the dow jones industrial average lost 65 points today but is down more than 1,000 points from its high this year, largely because of china. since u.s. inflation is in check right now, the fed doesn't seem to see a need to raise rates now, but it could in the coming months. >> tom costello, thank you. >>> now to the disaster in chile. a deadly 8.3 magnitude earthquake rocking the south american country last night. so strong it raised tsunami fears here in the u.s., a hemisphere away. nbc's gabe gutierrez is among the destruction tonight in chile. >> reporter: tonight chile is assessing the dama

tom costello spent his day in the crowds. >> reporter: on a perfect sun-drenched day, pope francis emerged from the papal tour to the cheers of the faithful and the delight of catholic school kids. >> it was really cool. >> yeah, we got to touch him and stuff and. >> and shake his hand. it was awesome. >> reporter: to those who had revenue early for this day it was awesome. he blessed the crowd and stopped to take selfies. this 16-year-old selfie quickly went viral. >> it was a once in a lifetime experience. it felt great. it was amazing. >> reporter: but the request. >> pray for me. >> i will. i promise. every day. >> reporter: tens of thousands poured on to the streets of washington. francis riding down constitution avenue and smiling and waving and blessing the crowd. so many came with stories of sadness and loss. this family lost their twin sons named after two previous popes. they came to get their daughter closer to francis. >> it was a very joyful experience for the family. >> tears of joy, absolutely. he is just amazing. >> reporter: of the many images today, this one. 5-year-old s

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nbc's tom costello reports. >> reporter: on a perfect sun-drenched day, pope francis emerged from the papal tour to the cheers of the faithful and the delight of catholic schoolkids. >> it was really cool. >> we got to touch him and stuff. it was so -- >> shook his hand. it was really awesome. >> reporter: to those who'd risen early for this day it was awesome. francis blessed a crowd, even stopped to take selfies. this 16-year-old's selfie quickly went viral. >> it was a once in a lifetime experience. it felt great. it was amazing. >> reporter: but the pope himself had a special request. >> i will. >> i promise. i promise. every day. >> reporter: tens of thousands poured onto the streets of washington, francis riding down constitution avenue, smiling, waving, blessing the crowd. so many came with heartwrenching stories of sadness and loss. this family from virginia lost their twin sons who'd been named after two previous popes. they came to get their daughter close to francis. >> it was a very joyful experience for the family. >> yes. tears of joy. absolutely. he's just amazing. >> r

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tom costello tells us about the most malicious hot spots. >> reporter: you touchdown in a new city and the first thing many of us do, look for a wifi network and log on. but beware, that's what cybercrooks are hoping we'll do. >> your videos, your social security number, your insurance information, your credit card information. mobile payment. they're off that informationinf >> reporter: skycure just released a list of top tourist attractions surrounded by malicious cybernetworks. first up is times square. in a two-block area you have ten suspicious wifi. one big warning sign is the word free. if you see free wifi advertised, be wary. we asked tourists in times square how they pick a wifi. >> i'm not too picky. i choose one, if it works, whew. >> if i'm desperate, i would risk it. >> reporter: to prove how easily hackers can gain access to phones, mine was hacked in less than a minute. i have access to your password to your bank information, i have access to your e-mail. >> you can see all of this? >> can i see all of that. >> reporter: 92% of people who use free wifi never read the di

nbc's tom costello has the story. >> reporter: happens 24/7 round the clock, round the globe. posting every moment of our l e lives in real-time. every second, 2.5 e-mails transminuted, 10,000 tweets, 2600 intake zbram photos, facebook, linked in. a social media bread crumb trail with the right software anyone can follow. >> this is an aerial view of the statue of liberty, posting last 24 hours on social media, exposing privacy. you go into the collage view, you can see every individual post in the last 24 hours. >> look at that. a wall of selfies and privacy potentially compromised. if theresa can pull this up, so can hackers. she's a former white house chief information officer, now running her own cybersecurity firm. that phone we carry in our pockets is also a tracking device. >> every cell phone tower you talk to, every text you make, every post that you make on social media, you're giving clues away not only where you might be in the future but entire past. >> reporter: from instagram, theresa pulled up a crazy selfie i took at the atlanta airport. >> in seconds we can f

our own tom costello is there. and tom, obviously the security issue in washington, d.c., here in new york, there's one as well, but in washington, they have shut down a huge thoroughfare, unprecedented security. how they doing? >> massachusetts avenue, anybody who's ever come through washington, driven up embassy row, you know that mass avenue is a major thoroughfare, and it's essentially shut down for all northbound traffic. just to give you a sense, this is, right now, the nunciature behind me. this is essentially the vatican embassy here in washington. on this side, you have the norwegian embassy. on that side, you have the swedish embassy, and across the street, the vice president's residence. he has a very good neighborhood to spend the night in and tremendous security here. we had probably, i would guess, 500 to 600 people here. on the other side of the street, when the pope arrived, mostly hispanics, spanish-speaking people, who are very excited that the pope was here. they were singing and they were praying

and our man at that location is nbc's tom costello, hey, tom. >> reporter: hi, brian.it is the building with the yellow flag. he's in good company here on embassy row here in washington, d.c. one side, the finnish embassy. on the other side, norwegian embassy. they have closed down the major artery here, massachusetts avenue, to essentially all traffic. that's going to really create a bit of a mess in the evening rush. but let me show you we have got probably i'm guessing 60 people or so who have gathered here. we have had some music a little while ago. lots of kids from the catholic schools who have gotten out and starting to sing and clap and artwork and also with me, a lady who's from bolivia and lives in virginia. why are you here, outside of where the pope is going to be in a few hours. your're not even sure if you're gong to see him. >> i hope i can see him. i'm very excited. i'm hoping that i'm going to see him. i know his presence means a lot for him. it's a dream for me. i hope dream comes true and very happy. >> reporter: most of the people in the crowd are s

i wonder if he's speak in english or spanish. >> tom costello, i understand you're about 100 yards awayncis. what can you see and hear? >> reporter: i want you to meet one of them. this is casey mar tee knees. he's been here since 4:00. you are one of so many young people that's here. why? what does the pope mean to you? >> the pope symbolizes -- he's really inspiring was he doesn't care about one race or religion. he cares about all races and religions not just cat lick. >> for a young person to have an older man, a pope speak to you is really something. >> it is. >> how many of your friends came today? >> a lot. everybody that i've known since i was little. >> they're all here? >> they're all here. >> thank you, casey. si singing and celebrating, hoping he would come over here. i don't think he's going to make it to this side of the street but you're still excited nonetheless? >> yes. >> the crowd has been so enthusiastic, the scene here in the early morning hours hoping to get a glimpse of pope francis when he emerges and emerged from the none ka chur and they got just that. they wou

nbc's tom costello joins us from washington, d.c. tom, what more can you tell us about the study?ir researchers say their findings were so conclusive, they ended the study two years early. now cardiologists are saying this could be a game changer in the way they treat people with hypertension. it's a significant contributor to two leading causes of death, heart attacks and strokes. as many as one in three adults has high blood pressure. the cyst tollic or top number pressures the pressure on the blood vessels when the heart contracts. the target was 140 or less. but today's study suggests getting this number below 120 could cut the risk of death by 25%. and cut by a third the risk of cardiovascular events, heart attack, heart failure and stroke. researchers say it will change the way doctors treat hypertension. >> this is huge. i mean, 25% less deaths and a third, you know, 33% less heart attack, strokes and heart failure, that's huge. you don't get that lowering cholesterol. >> at brigham and women's hospital in boston, jim mcgrath was seeing his doc today with medication his bp

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." >> lots on the pope tonight and tom costello with a story your viewers are certainly familiar with. train versus vehicle accidents. tragic and high-profile cases here in the new york metro area. believe it or not, the problem is as bad or worse across the country as we're going to show you tonight. >> we have seen some awful, awful crashes in this area. but is it getting better? >> doesn't seem to be. you would think every time there is a crash people would be more cautious. but the number of wrecks and fatalities are rising. drivers could still get around a lot of the places. so large and the speed will fool you, but it can be on you like that. >> thanks. >>> well, now to a shocking incident. road rage on long island. >> according to witnesses, a man in a red lexus forced another car off the road exited his car and punched the other driver. tonight an arrest. news 4 greg cergal has the latest from baldwin. >> the victim in this road rage incident is home tonight here in injuries. comment thus far. but in these court documents, he does tell state police of a heroing tale that turne

nbc's tom costello has the story. >> reporter: out of a job this evening, jeff smisek. >> at united we take great pride in our global network. we're constantly exploring new routes for our customers. >> reporter: the man who until today ran the nation's third largest airline. smisek and two other top executives at united forced to step down amid a federal investigation into whether the airline tried to influence the head of the port authority of new york and new jersey, david samson, by adding twice weekly flights from newark to columbia, south carolina where samson owned a vacation home. cnbc's phil lebeau covers the airline business. >> the question is whether united added flights between newark, new jersey and columbia, south carolina as some sort of quid pro quo as part of the negotiation for extending its lease at newark airport. >> reporter: in a statement united airlines says the departures announced today are in connection with the company's previously disclosed internal investigation related to the federal investigation associated with the port authority of new york and new je

nbc's tom costello is at the apostolic nunciature here in washington where the pope is staying. tom, what's the mood like there? >> reporter: i'll tell you, the energy in the crowd is so -- well, it's exciting, and it's also really contagious. behind me is the nunciature. you can see the concrete blocks for the security. massachusetts avenue, the main thoroughfare through washington, d.c. now let's pan over here because we're being serenaded or more precisely the pope is being serenaded this morning. we've had music and crowds gathering. they started about 4:00, 4:30 this morning and just a sense of perspective. behind that metal fence right there, that's the vice president's residence so as you can see he's in good company. this pope has been greeted by crowds very excited about his message since he arrived yesterday and more about that fiat because that really spoke to i think this message of humility, and as you know this pope has really talked about his views of the excesses of capitalism. his fiat was really dwarfed by the security details, suvs, so really this message has r

. >> that was tom costello reporting. security experts also warn your information could be used to track down a loved one around you. go to settings on your phone, turn off location services for all of your apps or at least some of them. however, just remember that doing so could impact how well your gps is working. if you've already done this, do it again. updates can sometimes reset your privacy settings. >>> right now, just some clouds around. might get a little glimpse of sun here over the next couple of hours. then the rain will be getting closer to us. right now, moderate downpours in southwestern virginia. those will be tracking well west of the metro area over the next several hours and move into the mountains and central shenandoah valley. later today, some of those showers, maybe some flashes of lightning moving in, probably not until after 4:00 or 5:00 p.m. into the metro area. this evening, some heavy downpours with thunder and lightning are possible in the metro area, ending by around dawn. then sun back tomo

tom costello reports. >> reporter: you do a little online window shopping, maybe looking at clothes, car shopping or vacation hunting, then for weeks you're hounded by ads for those same products. >> you have thighs ads following you wherever you go. >> i hate it. >> they're really annoying. >> it fweeks me out how they can take what you've already searched for. >> disable your cookies and turn on ad blocker software, but that can make it impossible to visit certain sites. with the cookies, it's almost as if big brother is tracking your every move. >> on one hand there's a convenience there that suddenly you're being offered ads that maybe will give you discounts on the item you want. on the other hand it's creepy that it seems everyone and their brother knows what you're looking for. >> waiting for all of those ads to low can slow internet speeds. 45 million of us block ads usually on desktop computers. apple is in talks to make it easier to block ads on iphones as well. >> this is great, because it allows you to have a better experience from advertisers perspectives, it makes it a

tom costello joins me with the very latest.line, i saw it last night, i couldn't believe what i was reading that a route could have been added here as this favor. >> reporter: that's right. law enforcement sources are telling nbc news that this investigation actually grew out of the bridgegate scandal in new jersey where port authority managers allegedly created a traffic mess on the george washington bridge to punish one of chris christie's political opponents. now the ceo and two others are out of a job at united. federal investigators and united airlines have both been looking into whether united added these twice weekly flights from newark to columbia, south carolina, to curry favor with the chairman of the port authority, as you mentioned, david samson. united wanted port authority dollars to expand united's hub at newark. at the time samson owned a vacation home in columbia. he allegedly called those flights the chairman's flights, referring to himself. he was forced out as part of the bridgegate scandal. united canceled

. >> she told nbc's tom costello that while the moment is a bit of a blur, at least she'll have thishoto to always remember her big day. a lot of excitement for a lot of local children and a story they'll be telling for the rest of their lives. tracy wilkins reports on children who met pope francis at the vatican embassy this morning. >> reporter: it's moment that patrick won't forget, and not just because he got a selfie. he and these members of georgetown prep went to the vatican embassy in hopes of just seeing the pope leave this morning. >> when he finally came out, it was incredible to see him. >> reporter: then the experience was taken to a whole other level. >> he came over to me and reached out his hands. i thought to myself, wow, i'm about to shake the holiest person in the entire world's hands. >> his hands were really soft and warm. in the moment i shook his hand, it was so peaceful and warm. >> i've never felt anything like that before. he had this weird glow about him that just is sticking with me right now. i don't see that ever leaving me. >> i haven't washed it yet. i

tom costello covers aviation, joins me from washington.t. american airlines flight 1284 and passengers realized something was wrong. the captain as you mentioned asking passengers to help restrain the passenger who became violent. hitting a flight attendant and a passenger. >> ow! >> reporter: caught on camera by fellow passengers. >> i thought it was a kid crying in the back but ended up being she was kind of being beling rent. drunk on the plane. >> reporter: diverted to indianapolis after a female passenger struck a flight crew member. >> apparently during the disturbance, kicked an airport police officer. >> call my mom. >> most of it was profanity and just -- you know, it just was very disturbing. and you just -- you feel very bad for her. >> reporter: latest incident of passengers behaving badly. this time, the passenger arrested facing a list of charges including battery and two felony charges. >> it was a good decision that they made. they had to do what they had to do. >> well, this flight finally did arrive in chicago about an ho

tom costello is somewhere in this increasingly noisy crowd. this is becoming real, tom. hey, tom?u hear me, brian? >> yes, sir, go ahead. >> all right, well, listen, this has gotten so chaotic in the last few minutes my photographer has gone to one end of this mass of humanity here and i'm on the other side. we've now probably got about 500 to 600, 700 people now outside of the vatican embassy here in northwest washington, d.c. and they are singing and they are clapping and they are waiting for pope francis and they are singing this "alleluia" over and over again and celebrating what they believe is the good news from pope francis and the good news of jesus christ but here in northwest washington, massachusetts avenue has been shut down because of the security perimeter. i want to bring in -- i'll tell you what happened a minute ago. they thought the pope was arriving so this huge mass moved over here and started looking at inunciath rur nunciature. ruben is here. you're from mexico city. why did you bring your children here and why are you here to see the pope? >> it's a joy for

let's go to nbc's tom costello right now at the other end of the pope's motorcade, the nunciature. >> we have several hundred people outside the vatican embassy. it's the nunciature here, behind these folks on the hill is the vice president's residence. it's all behind that steel fence, if you will. we've now got several hundred people gathering over the last few hours and many of them are spanish speaking. they come here because they believe this pope speaks to them. he speaks to their issues, their concerns, and he speaks to their love of faith. i want to bring in a 14-year-old girl i met here in the crowd. 14 years old. why are you here today, noelle? >> i'm here to see the pope, because i really believe in what he's doing with the world right now. that's why i'm here today. >> you told me off camera that his message of love speaks to you. what do you mean by that? >> well, in the way he says loving people isn't the way we normally would think it is, but it's about serving other people, not just being affectionate towards them or giving them everything, but to really serve others.

tom costello caught up with some of those kids and this is what they had to say about this amazing encounteron't see the pope every day. it is very great to have the pope in town. >> reporter: you're shaking a little bit. was it a great experience? >> it was a great experience. yes, it was. >> reporter: what was it like? >> it was so unbelievable. >> yeah, we got to touch him and stuff. and it was -- >> and shake his hand. >> reporter: did you say anything to him? >> i said, god bless. and i just said, pray for us and stuff like that. >> reporter: being around him and in his presence, did he say anything special? >> he gave us a bless. he gave us three a blessing. i don't know, it was just -- it happened so fast, i don't even remember. >> reporter: you see very excited. what was this experience like to you in your life? >> it was a once-in-a-lifetime experience. it felt great. it was amazing. >> reporter: and what kind of a day is this going to go down as for you? >> very memorable day. >> reporter: pretty special? >> yes. >> reporter: did you get a selfie with him? >> no, sadly i didn't get

nbc's tom costello is outside the pope's temporary residence in washington. the scene for me. >> reporter: well, this is the apostolic nunciature, and this is essentially the vatican's embassy here in washington. the police have now moved into position. they've now shut down this massachusetts avenue, this main thorough fair as they prepare for this rolling motorcade for pope francis, and outside, where i am right across the street, we've now got several hundred people who have been singing, gathering through the morning, cheering and praying, waiting for some view of pope francis. right on the driveway where pope francis is, throughout the last couple of days, groups of school children have been escorted up to greet the pope. we presume that is the situation again this morning. although i don't have an identity of who those kids are. but clearly, all of the kids, all of the people who have been gathering in front of the nunciature for the last two days have been waiting for this moment, or the chance for a selfie in some cases, to shake his hand, or to touch