nbc's tom costello has details. >> reporter: at washington dulles today, the first flight from brussels since the attacks two weeks ago. brussels airlines flight 515 met with a water canon salute on the ramp and belgian flags for arriving passengers. the terror threat overseas driven home by the fbi in new jersey. this week urging bomb technicians, firefighters, police and chemical retailers to be watching for anyone gathering the ingredients for a homemade bomb. >> you can get them at the hardware store, you can get them at the supermarket, and they can be quite destructive. >> reporter: among the concern that someone with easy access to a u.s. airport might try to recreate the brussels attacks. on capitol hill today -- >> the only person that's going to get the airports off their duff is going to be you. >> reporter: lawmakers were demanding the tsa chief ramp up security checks for airport employees, and improve perimeter security at all airports. >> we have greatly enhanced our oversight of cargo screening facilities of the catering facilities. >> reporter: family video just release

here's nbc's tom costello with more. >> reporter: it was 12:50 p.m., final approach into london heathrow, when the crew of ba flight 727, an airbus a-320 arriving from geneva with 137 people on board reported it had been hit by an unmanned drone. the plane landed safely. in the u.s., 2.5 million commercial and hobby drones are expected to crowd the skies by the end of the year. if operators fail to steer clear of airports and planes, aviation experts warn there's a potentially serious threat to passenger planes. >> there is obviously a core of people breaking the law. they don't know they're risking a prison sentence or they don't care. >> one of those radio-controlled helicopter things went right over the top of us at 4,000. >> over the top of you at 4,000? >> roger that. >> reporter: in 2015, the faa reported more than three close calls each day between planes and drones. 1,400 for the year. researchers at virginia tech have created a computer simulation of an 8-pound drone striking a jet engine. the result? the total loss of the engine and potential crash. >> if they impact an airline

tom costello. tom, thank you. >>> we turn our attention now to the severe threats for tens of millions as we head into this weekend. we have new tornadoes already tonight firing up, and hail the size of softballs. it is a dangerous mix. miguel almaguer is in one of the target areas for us tonight in dallas. >> reporter: battered. and tonight in oklahoma, yet another round. lightning, hail, and possible tornadoes. 25 million people in the plains facing a severe weather warning. parts of oklahoma, louisiana, texas, and arkansas on the alert for flash flooding. tonight in northern texas, a series of storms developing. the forecast predicting even more this weekend. >> severe storms today could bring hail, damaging wind and tornadoes. tomorrow we watch a lot of the same areas and heavy rain could bring flooding. >> reporter: in houston, where earlier this month more than 1,000 homes were flooded, tonight they're getting ready for more water rescues. and in colorado, they're not done with the snow. six

tom costello has our report. >> reporter: it happens every 45 minutes. an urgent call to poison control for a child who has gotten into highly concentrated laundry pods. >> it's beyond comprehension that something like this could happen so quickly and so fast. >> reporter: unresponsive jill's 8-month-old daughter kate nearly died after ingesting a pod. >> holding her hand, in her small seemingly lifeless body, pumped with drugs, and literally pressing the bag to breathe for her. >> reporter: today new research published in pediatrics shows a 17% increase in the number of kids 6 and under exposed to laundry pods in just two years. according to national poison control centers, nearly 12,600 last year. >> these children have come in in coma, they've stopped breathing. we've even had two deaths in the last two years. >> reporter: the danger isn't just to putting them in the mouth. >> the child gets it in their eye, they can have severe burns. >> reporter: it makes it easy to do the wash. but because so many of these are brightly colored, kids often mistake t

as nbc's tom costello reports, that would mean roughly one out of every three cars on the road could be affected. >> reporter: at car dealerships across the country, a full-time, all-out push to replace tens of millions of potentially dangerous air bags. exploding air bag inflators can fire shrapnel into the front seat of a car. today the nation's top safety regulator was on capitol hill. >> that's the difficulty of the situation. a piece of safety equipment is putting people at risk. >> reporter: the tenth and most recent air bag death, was driving on a texas highway last month when she hit the car in front of her. her air bag exploded on impact. >> when this fragment punctured and severed her jugular and carotid artery, she was dead in an amount of seconds. >> reporter: honda insists it mailed the family multiple recall notices, but records indicate the repairs were never completed. the family, not the original buyers, insist they never received the notices. takata says it has no comment. while roughly 75% of recall notices do lead to repairs, that means millions of vehicles go unr

tom costello, nbc news, washington. >>> u.s. officials now blame the syrian government for a deadly air strike on a pediatric hospital. at least 27 people were killed in the attack in the doctors without borders hospital in aleppo, which the u.s. says was targeted. among the victims, many children and vital medical personnel. we get more from nbc's bill neely. >> reporter: amid the rubble of what was a children's hospital, terrible scenes. the desperate trying to save lives, the distraught knowing their loved ones were lost. dozens died, children, doctors, nurses. that's my family he screams. i lost my family. among the dead, one of the last pediatricians in syria's biggest city. dozens were injured in what the u.s. called deliberate air strikes on a known hospital tied to the aid group doctors without borders. >> we obviously find this attack reprehensible. >> reporter: missiles targeted the innocent as they slept, a war crime under international law. >> it is impossible that none of the courses fighting in aleppo didn't know t

tom costello, nbc news, washington. >>> president obama is in saudi arabia tonight for a summit at a time of growing tensions between the two countries. families of 9/11 victims are fighting for the right to sue saudi arabia for alleged connections to the attacks. but president obama warns that could have unintended consequences. we get more on this from nbc's andrea mitchell. >> reporter: president obama arriving in saudi arabia, but snubbed at the airport by the king. instead, a private meeting later. all happening as new questions arise in the u.s. over alleged saudi government support for the 9/11 hijackers. which saudi arabia has always denied. 15 of the 19 terrorists were saudi. and many families of 9/11 victims are outraged u.s. law won't allow them to sue saudi arabia for damages. like terry strada, whose husband, thomas, died in tower one. >> why in the world does saudi arabia have so much influence on our country. >> reporter: now powerful senate leaders are pushing to permit them to sue. but president obama is against it. >> if we open up the possibility that individuals i

tom costello, nbc news, washington. >>> still ahead tonight, surviving a stroke. the revolutionary new treatment that's been shown to eliminate life-altering complications if patients get it quickly. we'll tell you more on that. >>> also, a mother off to an early-morning workout found murdered inside a church. now the hunt is on for a suspect caught on camera, dressed in what is described as s.w.a.t. style gear. # >>> we're back now with an amazing advance in treating the most common form of stroke. every year, nearly 700,000 americans suffer a stroke caused by a blood clot. survivors can be left with severely debilitating after-effects. but nbc's rehema ellis looks at a new treatment that can leave stroke patients with little or no complications. >> reporter: steffan was driving to work one day when he started losing feeling on his left side. >> i rubbed my neck and i felt like i had a bruise. within seconds, i felt like i was going to pass out. that's when i had my stroke. >> reporter: the 43-year-old was rushed to the hospital, where doctors gave him a clot-bus

nbc's tom costello has the latest. >> reporter: south of philly today, a slow ride down the same tracks that were the scene of yesterday's deadly crash. the ntsb said this afternoon cameras on the amtrak train showed maintenance equipment sitting on two sets of tracks just before the crash. >> the video shows that there was construction equipment on the track and work train equipment on the track immediately adjacent to the amtrak train's track. >> reporter: investigators say they don't know why the equipment was there and whether there was some breakdown in communication. palmetto train 89 from new york was headed south to georgia and had just passed philly. as it went through chester, p.a., the amtrak backhoe was sitting right in the train's path. the impact was sudden and violent. an amtrak worker and supervisor on the backhoe were killed instantly. the train's passengers went flying. on board the train, a doctor from pennsylvania who took these photographs. >> the damage on the train was unbelievable. there was metal. there was broken glass. there was plastic. it looked horrific. >>

nbc's tom costello >> reporter: enjoying a pop revival, 200 years after his death, the man who created the nation's financial system today got a reprieve. his image will stay on the $10 bill. but andrew jackson, a slave-holding ex-president is getting the boot. replaced by abolitionist icon harriet tubman on the face of the 20. what does she mean to this country? >> it's a great american story about how if you care about our democracy, it doesn't matter where you come from, and it doesn't matter what you started out with. you can change our country. >> reporter: she did that, an escaped slave, and member of the underground railroad, harriet tubman becomes the first woman to appear on american currency in 100 years. >> it makes me proud as a black woman. makes me very proud. >> that's the first black person on the $20 bill. >> reporter: the government has been under pressure to add women to the nation's currency. 9-year-old sophia even wrote the president. are there no girls on dollars and coins for the united states? so i went home and wrote the letter. >> reporter: the plan had been t

tom costello. nbc news, washington. >>> we turn now to the causing shock waves around the world, the so-called panama papers believed to be the biggest data leak in history, are exposing how some of the world's wealthiest and most powerful people, including leaders like vladimir putin, may be hiding billions offshore. nbc's andrea mitchell has details. >> reporter: vladimir putin, investigators say, at the center of a star-studded list of 12 current and former heads of state, like the king of saudi arabia, even celebrities like jackie chan, connected to controversial offshore bank accounts and companies set up by a secretive law firm headquartered in this building in panama, but no one more tantalizing than putin. so the trails all the lead and circle around to one person. >> right. >> in this case vladimir putin. >> i don't think we'll ever see vladimir putin's name on an offshore company or an offshore bank account, but i think this is probably as close as you'll ever get. >> reporter: putin is b

tom costello, nbc news, washington. >>> still ahead tonight, surviving a stroke. the revolutionary new treatment that's been shown to eliminate life-altering complications if patients get it quickly. we'll tell you more on that. >>> also, a mother off to an early-morning workout found murdered inside a church. now the hunt is on for a suspect caught on camera, dressed in what is described as s.w.a.t. style gear. a deluge of digital records. x-rays, mris. all on account...of penelope. on-demand, this hospital can be ready. giving them the agility to be flexible & reliable. because no one knows & like at&t. flea bites can mean misery for your cat. advantage® ii monthly topical kills fleas through contact. fleas do not have to bite your cat to die. advantage® ii. fight the misery of biting fleas. proof of less joint pain.his is a body of proof. and clearer skin. this is my body of proof that i can fight psoriatic arthritis ...with humira. humira works by targeting and helping to block that contributes to

here's nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: pick your airport, atlanta, minneapolis, newark. the tsa's security checkpoints are looking more like choke points. lines closed because there aren't enough screeners. pay mock the worst in the country seattle, waits as long as 90 minutes. >> better be there an hour and a half before your flight because, you know in, some instances that's barely going to get you there in time. >> reporter: sea tack says the tsa has staffing of 19 of the 32 lanes so the airport is hiring private contractors to help load bins and guide passengers. >> the security officers will now have time to focus on actually screening and x-raying bags. >> reporter: mitch brennan was waiting at newark. >> i'm really hoping that i can even make my flight at this point. can you see the line behind me >> reporter: tsa admits it's simply struggling with attrition and understaffed having underestimated the sudden surge in passenger volume nationwide. passenger volume now averaging 2.2 billion a day. on sundays 3 million. the choke points are causing passengers to miss f

nbc's tom costello has the details. >> reporter: it's ground zero in america's fight against zika. now the first death reported in puerto rico. a 70-year-old man who died of internal bleeding. zika is most commonly connected to guillain-barre syndrome. since november, 707 confirmed zika cases in puerto rico, 89 of them pregnant women. thousands more are expected to become infected there, and potentially on the u.s. mainland. but in congress, republicans still aren't approving emergency zika funding. >> if you look at the continental united states, we're still getting more and more what we call travel related cases, people who are infected elsewhere, south america, central america, or the caribbean, who get infected there and then come back to the united states. >> reporter: babies born with microselfy have unusually small heads and brains. in seattle, stephanie and andre silva decided not to take a chance, after becoming pregnant while living in brazil, they returned home, then waited for weeks for a zika blood test to come back from the cdc. >> it was very scary. it was very scary

the more and more you get concerned about what the scope of what the virus is doing. >> nbc's tom costello reporting. >>> doctors from the cdc and nih are asking congress for $2 billion in emergency funding to fight the virus. >>> well today is national equal pay day. april 12th. represents the number of extra days since the start of last year that a woman working full time has to work to earn the same amount as a man in a year. in honor of female equality, president obama will designate a new national monument later today, in washington, d.c. the historic site houses an extensive collection documenting the history, tactics and accomplishments of the women's movement in the u.s. >>> co-captain of the u.s. women's soccer team, carly lloyd continues to speak up about the pay gap in soccer. in an essay published by "the new york times," she said the team is sick of being treated like second-class citizens. >>> equal pay day is prompting some tech companies to release their figures, facebook, microsoft, godaddy and amazon say they provide equal pay with women making 99 cents to a man's dollar.

as tom costello reports, investigators hope this discovery can fill in critical blanks about a risky voyage. a risky voyage. >> reporter: there on the ocean floor, el faro's missing data recorder. sitting amid the wreckage 41 miles northeast of the bahamas. el faro was sailing from jacksonville to san juan, puerto rico, in a tropical storm when it suddenly lost power. dead in the water as the tropical storm turned into hurricane joaquin. >> el faro had lost propulsion, had taken on water, and was listing at 15 degrees. days of searching, teams found debris floating on the surface, but none of the 33 crew members survived. meanwhile, in jacksonville last october, outraged that the crew ever left port in the face of a monster storm. >> you have got to be kidding. you on a suicide mission. you never should sail through those waters, period. >> reporter: a month later using underwater cameras, the wreckage was finally confirmed in 15,000 feet of water, three miles down. the ship's owner tote marine said it would never endanger a crew to meet a schedule. but tote is now facing multiple la

it looked horrific. >> that was tom costello reporting. >>> five people are dead after a helicopter crashtennessee. the sight-seeing chopper went down yesterday afternoon. the faa has not released the names of those on board. investigators are trying to figure out the cause of that crash. >>> let's check in again with tom kiran with the weather. >> we're not done with the cold yet. after we get to the upper foerts this afternoon, a hard freeze, all the counties in purple, all of virginia and maryland, freeze. 11:00 p.m. tonight through 9:00 a.m. tomorrow, the freeze effect, bring in the plants you have outside in. right near freezing in the metro area. and likely some frost as well. by dawn tomorrow, temperatures down into the low and mid-20s from the mountains all the way to near the bay. right on the bay waters it will be bottoming out by mid-30s by dawn and a little near freezing in downtown. fairfax counties in the mid to upper 20s by dawn tomorrow. >>> a pastor is recovering after being stabbed at his home. dave januariy was stabbed yesterday. they say it was a domestic-related incid

as nbc's tom costello shows us, this is the scenario that authorities have been worried about. >> ithappened near the busiest airport in europe. just after noon sunday a british airways jet reported a far too close encounter with an unmanned drone, so close the pilot reported that it collided in air. it had 135 passengers and it landed safely. engineers on the ground found no damage to the plane and returned it to service. if confirmed, it would be among the first known collisions involving a passenger plane and an unmanned drone. other authorities have been warning you. we have the interaction between an unmanned aircraft. >> last year alone the faa reported more than 1400 close calls between drones and planes in the u.s. >> we just had something fly over us. i don't know if it was a drone or a balloon. it came quick. >> the fear, a drone could take out an engine just as a flock of geese went into the hudson river seven years ago. at virginia tech university researchers simulated a situation. the result, a catastrophic failure that could damage the engine and bring down a plane. the

tom costello, washington. >>> developing across the south, severe storms wreaking havoc, golf ball-sized hail in arkansas. cars and roofs damaged. strong thunderstorms reported and caused thousands to lose power. that system is moving across the region now. >> couldn't be more different in the bay area. we had a nice bit of rain but now things look clear. >> yes, and drier, too. that only lasts for a while. there will be rain in the forecast before the end of the week. and then we warm it up in time for the weekend. let's take a look outside now at woodsi woodside. looking at all of the clouds we have yet to get rid of. still spots that are getting peaks of sun but cloud cover is thick and holding on tight. feeling temperatures at 57 degrees in san francisco in the east bay. as we drop in on the north bay now, up to 60 degrees. so feeling a little bit more comfortable compared to the morning. also in petaluma and navato 59 degrees. as we break it down for palo alto, low 60s for the next couple of hours. more sunshine through the afternoon. at 5:00, during that main evening commute, 62 de

nbc's tom costello reports. >> reporter: she's one of the giants of american history.approval for harriet tubman becoming the new face of the $20 bill. >> i feel really proud about it. >> reporter: harriet tubman was an escaped slave. on the $20 bill, she'll replace president andrew jackson, an 1812 war hero but also a devout slave owner. but it's not just the 20 that's changing. ♪ with a hit play on broadway, the man who created the nation's financial system will stay on the 10. ♪ >> should be honored. >> reporter: and more women on the back of the 10 will soon appear and on the back of the 5, civil rights leaders at the lincoln memorial. oprah winfrey said, "i love it," giving a thumb's up anded aing that it was her first choice. but #harriettubman, hundreds of thousands of tweets from hillary clinton to john legend. a year ago, 9-year-old sophia wrote president obama asking why there aren't any women on coins and bills. she even suggested harriet tubman. you might call it girl power. >> some people think that since they are a kid and they can't vote, they won't be a

for "today" tom costello, nbc news, washington. >>> millions are under weather warnings right now with historic heat in the west ab cold in the east, and tornadoes in the south. dangerous winds are fueling nine massive wildfires. the largest one is burning out of control near freedom, oklahoma. that fire scorched more than 80 square miles. with no end in sight. this morning 8 million people are under a red flag fire warning for extreme fire conditions. >>> well, kari hall has been watching the forecast. we've been cycling through spring breaks. it doesn't feel like spring just yet. >> this week if your kids were on spring breaking with it would have been a perfect day a couple days to go to the beach. but now it definitely feels like winter. it's hard to figure out what to do with the kids when you have rain off and on. you can see those low clouds over the top of the mountain. we are seeing low clouds, spot ji showers. at times it does take a break. it is chilly though. close look at san francisco as the rain starts to move over the golden gate bridge and over towards san rafael. much

here's nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: overnight, the wreckage cleared after yet another tragedy on the tracks. >> we now have our second doa located at the impact site of the backhoe. >> reporter: two amtrak construction workers dead after a southbound amtrak passenger train slammed into their backhoe sitting on the tracks of the of the 330 passengers and crew members on the train, 30 were taken to area hospitals, none of the injuries life threatening. passengers described a harrowing crash and explosion. >> there was some people that were pretty bloody because it was an explosion. we got off track and there was a big explosion. then there was a fire. >> reporter: it happened just before 8:00 a.m. sunday. palmetto train 89 from new york to savannah, georgia, had just passed philly. as it approached kmestchester, the amtrak backhoe was sitting right in its path. the impact was sudden and violent, throwing some passengers from its seats. >> it was such a harsh thud. >> reporter: now ntsb rail investigators are on the scene looking for clues. >> we will be looking at mechanical operat

now, the plane landed safely in london, but as nbc's tom costello reports, this scenario is exactly what aviation experts have feared. >> reporter: it happened near the busiest airport in europe. just after noon sunday, a british airways jet flying into london he throw from encounter with an unmanned drone. so close a report it collided in midair. the air bus a320 with 132 passengers and five crew on the board landed safely. engineers found no damage to the plane and returned it to service. if confirmed it would be among the first known collisions involving a passenger plane and an unmanned drone. with so many drones now crowding the skies, it's exactly what u.s. aviation authorities have been warning about. >> this is a situation where you have zero tolerance for any kind of interaction between an unmanned aircraft and an airplane. >> reporter: last year alone the faa reported more than 1,400 close calls between drones and planes in the u.s. >> we just had something fly over. i don't know if it was a drone or a balloon. >> reporter: the fear, a drone could take out an engine just as a f

we're just all looking forward to to being over. >> that was tom costello reporting. the next step is to bring the data recorder back up to the surface and get it to the ntsb labs in washington. many experienced investigators questioned why the ship left jacksonville with a monster storm in the region. the ship's owner said it would never jeopardize a crew to rush a delivery. >> tsa will face the house oversight committee as congress examined tsa leadership. it's part of an ongoing investigation into the tsa. they have requested documents related to executive misconduct, cash bonuses, reassignments. they questions tsa and homeland security about massive security gaps. >> a woman moved to action after finding out her friend is homeless. >> i went to visit him and everything he owns is a shopping cart. >> the work she's doing right now to build him a home. it's a story to make you bay area proud. >> and some of those showers, even a few thunderstorms, moving off to the east, and still a chance of some rain early afternoon. i'll detail that and look aedto warmer temperat

here's nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: whatever airport you call home, if you haven't yet been caught in a security checkpoint choke point, you probably will soon. take a look at chicago o'hare terminal three. >> i think there's not enough people up front maybe helping us. >> are you going to make your flight? >> i hope so. >> if everyone would look at your boarding passes -- >> reporter: not to be outdone, this is atlanta. >> you shouldn't have to be in line for an hour. this is ridiculous. >> reporter: same story in minneapolis, newark, dallas, even nashville. with passengers sharing their pain on social media. in charlotte, the airport director just september this letter to the tsa chief complaining of three-hour lines recently. 600 passengers missing their flights. a detrimental effect on customer wait times and a negative economic impact to the airport and airlines. but the worst may be seattle where the tsa can only staff 19 of 32 security lanes. >> i do fly out relatively often and it's an all-day event most of the time. >> reporter: now sea-tac is adding its own staff action e

but if you do have young kids, you really shouldn't have them. >> that was tom costello reporting. that study concludes that exposure to laundry pods is more dangerous than the traditional deterge detergents. >> if you do have them, keep them locked and out of sight. but in the meantime, just don't use them if you have small kids. we'll be right back. if a denture were to be put under a microscope, we can see all the bacteria that still exists. polident's unique micro clean formula works in just 3 minutes, killing 99.99% of odor causing bacteria. for a cleaner, fresher, brighter denture every day. ==scott/vo== maybe yo >>> looks like the bubble has burst for a man across the caribbean. >> you're asking yourself, what's a hydrobubble? that's a hydrobubble. an ultra marathoner launched his custom made inflatable bubble boat. the plan was to go 3,500 miles from florida to puerto rico, but the coast guard stopped him yesterday. they say he defied orders not to take the trip in the first place. theed ed adventurer may be faci $45,000 fine, and i suppose that's because they would have to

and that's for domestic flights. >> that was nbc's tom costello reporting.ow, the tsa is also bringing more dog teams to bigger airports. the agency is urging the public and large companies to sign up for precheck to get things moving, but it costs about $85 to join. >>> happening today, travelers at philly international airport will have a few more destinations to choose from. frontier airlines begins flying to new orleans, indianapolis and raleigh, durham. these are just three of the new batch adding this spring. tomorrow frontier will fly to nashville, cleveland and st. augustine. >>> each year close to 160 police officers are killed in the line of duty nationwide. in the last several years departments from across the country have started going the extra mile to increase awareness about lives lost. and the families left behind when an officer is killed at work. nbc 10's deanna durante shows us how one department is gearing up for a major ride to send a strong message. >> reporter: it was in 2012 when plymouth township lost one of their own. officer shot a

that was tom costello reporting.es will take a few years to roll out. >>> new this morning, philadelphia mayor jimmy and district attorney general seth williams came together for the fifth annual fair for peace breakfast. the second chance foundation hosted the event at the crystal tea room. and center city. the organization works with youth who have made mistakes but have proven that they deserve a second chance. >> god save the queen. the celebration is under way in great britain, as queen elizabeth marks a major milestone in her life. a look at the festivities planned for her 90th birthday. >>> much needed rain is headed our way. the question is, is it going to clear out for the weekend? it all depends on where you live. i'll take a closer look at what you can expect with our neighborhood forecast just ahead. therwe cannot defeatsay a corrupt political system and fix a rigged economy. but i believe we need to lift our vision above the obstacles in place and look to the american horizon. to a nation where every chi

for "today," tom costello, nbc news, washington. >>> unions representing about 40,000 verizon workers say they'll go on strike tomorrow if a new contract is not reached. they've been working without a contract since august. the employees mostly work on land line phone and internet operations on the east coast. the unions say they're trying to improve pension benefits and keep verizon from outsourcing jobs to contractors. in 2011 a strike lasted two weeks. >>> the surge of tourism is causing a beer shortage in cuba. the communist-owned brewery that cranks out the island's two favorite brands is looking for a new plant to keep up with the growing private restaurant sector and demand from, you guessed it, american tourists. cuba saw a record 3.5 million visitors last year. and hundreds of people will step off a cruise ship from miami into havana next month. >>> this is something you've got to see. a father and his daughter out fishing catch more than they expect. take a look. >> be careful. oh, my god! that's a big -- that is a big -- >> yeah, i think we had to beep him out once or twice

tom costello, nbc news, washington. >>> still ahead tonight, surviving a stroke. e revolutionary new treatment that's been shown to elimina life-altering complications if patients get it quickly. we'll tell you more on that. >>> a mother in an early-morning workout found murdered inside a church. caught on the call just came in. she'stab8ut to arrive. potential patientsg a delugegof d to al records. x-rays, mris. all on account...of penelope. but with the help of at&t, and a network that scales up and down on-demand, this hospital can be ready. giving them the agility to be flexible & reliable. because no one knows & like at&t. (cat meows) flea bites can mean misery for your cat. advantage ii monthly topical kills fleas through contact. eas do not have to bite your cat to die. advantage ii. fight the misery of biting fleas. pain. d cl rer in. thisdis my body of proof that i can fight psoriatic arthritis ...with humira. humira works by targeting and helping to block a specific source of inflammation that contributes to both joint and skin symptoms. 's proven to help relieve pain, stop

nbc's tom costello has details. >> reporter: tonight, a stark warning that the haunting images of babies born with microcephaly in brazil, abnormally small heads and brains, are becoming a very real concern in the u.s. >> everything we look at with this virus seems to be scarier than we initially thought. >> reporter: the zika virus is carried by the aedes aegypti mosquito. until recently, researchers believed it was found in just 12 states. the new estimate, 30. further north than first thought, though that doesn't mean they'll carry zika that far. already 346 zika cases are reported all over the country, mostly from travelers who brought the virus home. now pregnant women living along the gulf coast are potentially at risk. tropical disease expert dr. peter hotez is warning microcephaly could ravage the region like hurricane katrina. >> i'm very worried that in the areas of extreme poverty and poor neighborhoods, u.s. gulf coast cities such as houston and new orleans, maybe tampa, that we are highly vulnerable to seeing zika virus transmission, leading to microcephaly cases. >> reporte