and we do know we have a suspect that is in custody. >> is tom costello still with us? tom, i heard you report you have one confirmed account of someone being taken to a hospital. is that uncommon that we have only been able to track one victim being treated for injuries? >> well, i would make the following point. we are only aware of one transport to shock trauma in baltimore which is really the premiere trauma center in maryland. that doesn't mean that others weren't also transported to other area hospitals. if you go to shock trauma, chances are your injuries are quite serious. that's why they run there. it is entirely possible we'd have individual timz who have gone to other hospitals and i just don't have that information for you. >> joyce, are you processing this the way so many people in this country seem to process it, another mass shooting? to hear the word "another" before mass shooting is tragic. >> we've become desensitized. we've seen it so many times and it's important in each of these cases to focus on the individual victims, less so on the perpetrator, bu

tom costello, nbc news, washington. >>> still to come here tonight, a big score for the u.s. one of the world's biggest sporting events is coming to america. >>> and his military dreams were cut short, but it's only making his determination to serve his country even stronger. >>> if you've been anywhere near the internet over the past 24 hours, you've no doubt heard about the raccoon and captured international attention after scaling the side of a tall office tower in minnesota,t tim taking breaks for grooming and a little snooze. onlookers holding their breath that gravity wouldn't eventually get the upper hand. nbc's ron mott picks up the wild climb. >> reporter: move over, spider-man. meet the world's latest daredevil. minnesota, capturing the attention of worrdfans. >> poor little guy. >> reporter: mak afor grooming nap. because when you scale a 300-foot building on a windy day, everybody's watching. >> oh, god, oh, god! >> reporter: minnesota public radio started trailing her public journey. soon the raccoon was a worldwide force of unity. she reached the roof safely at

here is nbc's tom costello. >>eporr: with sirens blaring, it was a 75-mile chas the getaway vehicle, an armored personnel carrier stolen from ft. pickett, virginia, and going 40 miles per hour. as witnesses did a double take, inside the unarmed apc, say police, the first lieutenant had his gun but no ammo. taking to twitt during the two-hour trip, he posted photos of him driving and tweeted, man, am i thirsty. any station on this net, do you read me? to which someone replied, you are coming in broken and stupid. a few minutes later, where is this damn water buffalo, a reference to a military trailer? he is an afghan war vet his yearly routine training whee suddenly drove away in the apc, leading police uusy i-95. finally, just before 10:00 p.m. in downtown richmond, the apc came to a stop. he was tased and surrender surrendered, tonight charged with driving under the influence of drugs and eluding police. the apc turned back over to the national guard undamaged. tom costello, nbc news, washington. >>> we will ta

nbc's tom costello has that story. >> reporter: the fuel for today's 219-point rally on wall street, that robust jobs report. >> we've reached yet one more historic milestone with 3.8% unemployment announced. >> reporter: wall street got advanced notice when at 7:21 a.m., and told tcohe itted to moving the markets. >> this is very important, no one revealed the numbers to the public. meanwhile, the growing concern from democrats and americans will pay the price for a looming trade war with china, mexico, europe and canada. paying more for everything from smart phones to computers to cars to beer. >> if you head down a path toward a trade war, it tends to be an environment that is higher in inflation, so higher costs for lives. >> reporter: as u.s. farmers are targeted in retaliation includes exports of orange juice, peanut butter and alcohol. the cleveland whisky and canada and europe may dry up. >> it's not about bluster, it's not about bullying. it's not about striking out. it's about doing good business and having worldwide relationships. that's important. >> the president today -

as nbc's tom costello explains, it was a false alarm. codede jetblue pilot to air traffic control: hijacking in progress. >> we're going to check out the aircraft right here. copy. >> reporter: within minutes, police had the plane surrounded. stunned passengers told to put their hands up. >> everybody had their hands up, made a pretty dominant presence. >> reporter: while the pilot assured passengers it was all a miscommunication, a heavily armed s.w.a.t. team boarded the plane to make sure. >> it was scary, because it's never happened to me before. >> reporter: one passenger taking to twitter, my worst nightmare. honestly thought we were going to die. i'm alive. it all started with jetblue flight 1623 lost contact with the tower while taxiing for takeoff. >> everybody's waiting for you. >> reporter: unable to -- the pilot accidentally typed in the four-digit code for "hijack." >> it's a keypad entry into a small rectangular box. it's a four-digit code. the pilots inadvertently entered one wrong digit. >> reporter: false alarm. no hijack

nbc's tom costello has the story. >> reporter: it's been a fixture on america's roads since 1903 but today harley davidson said it will move a piece of its americana and the jobs that come with it overseas to avoid a retaliation from europe after the u.s. imposed tarfsif on steel and aluminum. >> harley-davidson is an american icon and americans don't want an american icon built overseas. >> reporter: harley executives were welcomed to the white house as a symbol of >> made in america, harley-davidson. made in america. >> reporter: but earlier this year the company said it would move much of the kansas city plant operations to thailand. harley says a 25% increase in european tariffs would add $2,200 to the cost of a motorcycle shipped to europe. its second biggest market. late today president trump tweeted surprised harley-davidson would be the first to wave the white flag. i fought hard for them and ultimately they will not pay tariffs selling into the e.u. the wall street slide today harley stock lost 6%. it's not just harley affected by the tariffs and counter tariffs it's cheese

nbc's tom costello has the consumer alert. >> reporter: the latest crash tests dsizsuvs. the insurance institute for highway safety looking at how well the passenger side holds up when the front corner hits a car, a tree or a pole at 40 miles per hour. two of the most popular suvs scored poorly, the 2018 jeep grand cherokee. >> the structure didn't hold up well, which probably contributed to the dummy's head pushing through thair bag and hitting the dashboard hard. >> and the 2018 ford explorer. >> this portion collapsed more than a foot toward the passenger. severely compromising the survival space. >> in an accident researchers say both passengers in front suvs could be seriously injured. chrysler tells nbc news its vehicles are engineered to address real world driving situations. no single test measures overall vehicle safety and the grand cherokee marks on four other institute tests. ile ford insists explorer is a safe vehicle and has earned the highest five-star overall government ratings, promising the new 2020 model will perform even better. meanwhile, the toyota h

tom costello, nbc news, washington. >>> in a late development this evening, the u.s. withdrew from the united nations human rights council. announcing the move, ambassador nikki haley called the council a "cesspool of political bias." this did not come as a surprise. haley threatened to do it last year, citing u.s. complaints that the council is anti-israel. >>> say good-bye to extended warranties and price protection. a look at why credit cards are cutting back on your perks and how to make sure you're shopping with the best card for you. >>> also, the nba player going an offense against a city and a police force over an arrest caught on body cam. >>> we're back now with a consumer alert and something you may not have noticed about your credit cards, if you haven't tried to use any of those perks in a while. they are changing. and in some cases, they are disappearing altogether. business correspondent jo ling kent has more. >> reporter: tonight the seemingly endless perks touted by credit card companies are slowing down. major banks are rolling back benefits they off

tom costello, nbc news, washington. >>> we'll take another break here. when we come back, making history, the world leader celebrating something that hasn't happened in decades. >>> and the headline tonight about one of the world's most famous animals, beloved by millions. >>> some sad news to tell you about tonight. koko the gorilla who amazed the world by mastering sign language has died at a nature preserve in california. she was 46 years old. beloved by millions, koko had a vocabulary layer of a thousand words and was known for her great affection for kittens. she was a big star paling around with leonardo dicaprio. >>> it's a girl for new zealand prime minister. we have been following her story as she's just the second elected world leader to give birth while holding office. she plans to take six weeks of maternity leave before returning to work. in the meantime the deputy prime minister has taken over, still no word on the baby's name. >>> and with summer blockbuster season in high gear, the nation's largest movie theater chain, amc, is launching a

here's nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: in a city notorious for traffic congestion and gridlock, elon musk's boring company got the mayoral nod to dig deep. a tunnel for high speed trip from chicago to o'hare airport called the express loop, the design is similar for musk's plan for los angeles. using electric pods built by tesla to carry 16 people at up to 150 miles per hour. travel time, 12 minutes. four times faster than the current 17-mile trip. ticket price, 25 bucks. >> we're super excited to do what i think is going to be a groundbreaking technology in one of the greatest cities of the cost to the city. maintain and run it. >> this to me city council and regulatory agencies would have to agree. musk has a track record of success. his tesla car brand has been revolutionary though struggled recently laying off 9% of the work force. now chicago is wondering whether musk's boring company can bore its way through obstacles above ground and below. tom costello, nbc news. >> as the world focuses this week on north korea and president trump's meeting with kim jong-un, a major new milit

nbc's tom costello has one family's warning. >> reporter: it happened at a camp ground with friends, the kids were gorging on s'mores when a 6-year-old lost his balanced and tumbled backwards in the open fire pit. his parents looked away for just a minute. >> i hear him scream and turn around and he's rolling through the fire pit and i ran and i grabbed his arm and yanked him up out of there. >> and then he just started screaming i'm dying. >> reporter: he was saying i'm dying? >> he was screaming i'm dying. >> reporter: jackson's scan was already peeling away. >> i was afraid. i didn't know what to do. >> reporter: rushed to john hopkins hospital in baltimore, jackson spent eight days in the burn unit. >> he had burns to about 10% of his body and they were all over in spots. they were bad. some were full thickness, meaning the skin was burned all the way through. >> reporter: jackson's story is not unusual. in 2008, there was 1900 injuries associated with backyard heaters or fire pits. by last year, that had skyrocketed to nearly 5300. a quarter of the patients under the age of 5. >

tom costello, nbc news, washington. >>> still to come here tonight, a big scorefo r the u.s.of the world's biggest sportingev ts is coming to america and military dreams cut short but it's only making his determination to serve his country that much stronger, >>> if you've been anywhere near the internet today, you probably heard about the raccoon scaling the tall office tower tower in minnesota at time s taking breaks fo grooming and a snooze. onlookers holding their breath gravity wouldn't get them. ron mott picks up the wild climb. >> move away spiderman, step aside tom cruise. meet the world's newest daredevil, mpr raccoon, no stunt devil needed. the furry super hero climbed the tower capturing the attention of worried d fans, making a 23r floor pit stop for e rooming and a nap becausen you scale a 300-foot building on a windy da everybody is watching. minnesota public radio started trailing her journey, soon the tiny mpr raccoon was a force. l she reached the roof safetyt 2:30 in the morning. >> a daredevil raccoon is an internet sensation. >> reporter: instant stdom. sh

tom costello, nbc news, washington. >>> still ahead here tonight, roller coaster nightmare. riders plunge 30 feet to the ground when it suddenly derails. the troubling details about the ride's safety record coming up. >>> also, not one but two salmonella outbreaks. the warning you need to watch out for. >>> we're back with the horrifying moments on a roller coaster in florida. the ride suddenly derailing and sending riders plunging 30 feet to the ground. when so many are heading to amusement parks for summer fun, it raises troubling questions. nbc's gabe gutierrez has more on the rng signs that may have been missed. >> reporter: just hours before this roller coaster went off the rails, state inspectors gave it the all clear after shutting it down last month. a fun night at daytona beach's boardwalk turned into a nightmare. >> i heard metal grinding and then heard a boom like something -- i thought it was a car accident. >> reporter: panicked screams. two riders falling out, another desperately clinging to the ride. >> there's a couple people on the ground, and the girl is ha

here's nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: it happened on a red eye from l.a.x. to chicago. dana larue fellnasleep, t awoke as a fellow passenger was assaulting her. >> one of his f hands wasling around on my chest and moving down toward my belt. and the other one was high up on the inner thigh. >> reporter: the fbi says she's part of an alarming trend. from 2014 to 2017, the number of ederal sexual assau investigations jumped 66%. but investigators say many cases go unreported because victims are reluctant to speak u on a plane. >> many of the victims are i seat middle or window seats, are covered by a blanket or a jacket, and oftentimes are asleep. >> reporter: the fbi says it happens most often on overnight flights. sometimes the victim has taken a sleeping pill. one in five flight attendants reports being aware of an assault, even assaulted es themse sarah nelson was attacked while flying as a passenger asleep at e window. >> this person who was attacking me was right there over me. i was afraid that if i spoke up right then, it was going to cause the attack to become mo

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tom costello, nbc news. >>> as the world focused on north koreapr anident trump's meeting with kim r jong-un a ma military offensive launched in one of the world's poorest countries. n this escalatin yemen's civil war could make a humanitarian crimus worse and put millions of people at greater risk of starvation and death. richard engel has more for us. >> reporter: what may be the world's worst and least known humanitarian crisis tonight is on the verge of becoming catastrophe. at least 2,000 fighters backed by saudi arabia are advancing on the ground and from the sea and air on the port city. this is day two of a long-planned and potentially decisive battle afterhree s of civil war. an estimated 8 million people are at risk of starving and 70% of humanitarian supplies come in through this now nearly impassable war zone. >> 8 million people, even before this morning were already at risk of starvation. if the port is closed even for a day, thme s these people will die. >> reporter: food and water are in chronic ilhort supply, more than 1on people have been struck by cholera. one of t

tom costello, nbc news, washington. >> all's well that ends well. it is a race against time as fresh flooding temporarily halted the search for 12 missing boys and their soccer coach. they have been trapped in an extensive cave complex in thailand for six days now. thai navy divers have been working their way through six miles of pitch black underground caverns. an onslaught of water level rises 6 inches every hour in some areas. now a u.s. military team and british cave experts areoi gove efforts to find those young boys. as worried parents continue to wait. >> turning now to some extreme summer weather, clean-up is underway in eureka, kansas after a tornado touched down on tuesday injuring at least eight people. the twister wiped out ten homes and destroyed dozens of others, littering the streets with debris, downed trees and power lines. more than a thousand residents still remain without power. >>> and a dangerous heat wave is expected to broil the central and eastern u.s. into the first week of july bringing temperatures topping well over the 9

in the tom costello, nbc news, washington. >>> in a late devepment this evening, the u.s. withdrew from the united nations human rights councilno cing the move ambassador nikki haley called the council a ote, cesspool for political bias. this did not come as a turprise. sheeatened to do plt last year citing u.s. cnts that the council is anti-israel. >>> still ahead tonight, say good-bye to extendedie warra and price protection. a look at why credit cards are cutting back on yr perks and how to make sure you're opping with the best card for you. >>> also the nba player going on offense against the city and police force ghover an arrest on body cam. but maybe not for people with rheumatoid arthritis. because there are options. like an "unjection™". xeljanz xr. a once-daily pill for adults with moderate to severe ra for whom methotrexate did not work well enough. xeljanz xr can reduce pain, swelling and further joint damage, even without methotrexate. xeljanz xr can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections, lymphoma a

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. >> nbc tom costello is following the latest now. tom, good morning. >> hi, ladies. good morning. few brandsr con up made in the usa more than harley davidson.ym really al of american culture around the world. the company now says it cannot afford to pay europe's retaliatory tariffs after thep trdministration imposed tariffs on european steel and aluminum. despite a big corporate tax cut, harley closed its kansas city plant this year, movin many of those jobs to thailand. now it says europe's retaliatory tariffs would add t$2,200 to cost of a motorcycle that it ships to europe, its second biggest market. so it's going to build motorcycles there.ea unionrs suggest this is a big move and one more excuse to take the harley brand overseas to cut cost buturing the presidential campaign in 2016, trthen candidate donalp promised harley would benefit from his economic policies m onday mr. trump tweeted that he was surprised harley davidson would be "the first to wave the white flag and he says the taxes are just a harley excuse. we'll see how this plays out and whether other companies aff

as a threatened trade war is blamed for american job cuts. >> tom costello reporting there.he fact check on jobs, while 3.4 million jobs were added in the 18 months since the election, actually a bit less than the final 18 months of the obama administration. >>> coming up here, we have more for you, including a look at what you can expect weather wise. kari talking about a warm-up today. >> yeah. so we're enjoying the pleasantly warm weather before it gets uncomfortably hot. heading into the weekend, today in con court, into the l-- in c we'll talk about what is ahead for the weekend coming up next. >>> we're starting out with pleasant weather for the day. it will warm up and we need tone joy what we have right now because it is going to be hotter. >> it is going to be hot into the weekend and making it hard to enjoy your time outside, especially for the south bay. as we take a live look outside in woodside, we could see the fog has rolled back off shore and we're getting sunshine there as well. that is not the case yesterday at this time. we're also seeing all clear skies,

tom costello has the latest details on this cominup on the "today" show later this >>> among the contestants will be someone from leesburg. take a look. ♪ f this is lucas. he is competing a $1 million prize. e competition is not easy, so in.ned really amazing dancers, and all dance.of the hip-hop dancers are amazing. ballroom. op troops.ung hip i mean, the whole thing. i love the dancing, by the way. i don't know why it is. i wish i could do it. >> they make it look so easy. >> it's the rhythm and the clicking noise that ili . it lox way easier than it is. >> j. lo, neo, and derek t houg. t's a dood -- >> yeah. >> good luck, lucas. >> can he come in here and tap dance tore us? > we should. we should lookinme. it's local. maybe as the weather gets better. >> yes, then he will gladly come bay. yesterday was hot in the shade. >> did you move around? >> not that bad. >> remember we had that conversation yesterday. >> e on, i remember. >> today will be another hot humid one. a little bit of rain relief as storms are going to hp to drop our temperatures where the storms are because they'll little

tom costello? >> i was just as we were looking at these scenes and trying to gain more information -- it is striking that you now have the parent company of this particular newspaper reporting there has been a shooting apparently in their newsroom offices. it caused me ali to harken back to we have had reporters targeted as you know in recent months and years. and it hasn't just been on the campaign trail. although as you know, the vitriol really did reach fever pitch on the campaign trail as reporters were trying to cover the trump campaign. we also had during, in pairs, you may recall, islamic extremists back in 2015 killed 12 people at the "charlie hebdo" newspaper in paris. in virginia, you may recall a reporter and her photographer were gunned down live as they were on the air back in 2015 as well, allison parker, and adam ward. that was not related to any sort of islamic extremist, but rather it appears it was an individual who was suffering some severe mental illness. but this has been a the

here's tom costello. >> reporter: it happened on a red eye from lax to chicago.a la rue fell asleep, then awoke as a fellow passenger was assaulting hers. >> one of his hands was feeling around toward my chest and moving around toward the belt and the other one was high on the inner thigh. >> reporter: she's part of an alarming trends. from 2014 to 2017, the number of federal sexual assault investigations jumped 66 but investigators say many cases go anreported because victim reluctant to speak up on a plane. >> many of theictims are seated in middle or window seats, are covered by a blaet or jacket and often times are asleep. >> reporter: the fbi says it happens most often on overnight flights, sometimes the victim has taken a sleeping pill. one in five flights attendants reports being aware of an assault even assaulted themselves. sarah nelson was attacked while flying as a passenger asleep at the window. >> this person who was attacking me was right there over me. t i was afraid t if i spoke up right then it was going to cause the attack to become more violent

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. >> tom costello reporti there. new numbers reporting how expensive it is to live in our area.al residents need to earn more than $34 an hour to afford modest two-bedroom rental. not just talki about d.c. this includes arlington and alexandria. d.c. residents would have to work more than two full-time minimum-way jobs.>> if you call 911 from your iphone, emergen services will soon be able to see exactly where you are locathd. is new feature is part of the next iphone operating system that's set to come out this fall. the feature will not giv out more information than your phone already has in it. now, apple simply claims the location will be more accurate. >> one criticism of tre fea is that the information will only go to the 911 call center, not to the individual reooonders. >> s may be out for the summer but some universities want to make surede ss aren't mining in their dorm rooms when they get back ton campuse fall. we're talking about crypto currency mining. andreaade explains howt works. >> i had fans running, the window open.ay >> one at penn state and there was a crypt

tom costello covers aviation for us. tom, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we should stress, this is one of american's regional carriers, psa, not the main line carrier. psa accounts for 12% of americans' daily operations. as of this morning, 2,600 flights have been canceled since last thursday, stemming from 2 computer glitches. it's been almost a week and the ripple effect is ongoing. for tens of thousands of psa airline passengers, it's been almost a week of going nowhere fast. >> aggravated. i'm ready to get home. and they don't tell you nothing. i can't tell my wife when to pick me up because i don't know. >> reporter: at charlotte douglas international airport, american airlines' second largest hub, passengers have been stuck in long lines, sleeping on the floor. luggage piling up since last thursday, when a technical issue with psa's schedule system grounded hundreds of flights. one angry passenger even reportedly smashing a window in frustration. >> there's a lot of people here that are in trouble. >> i was very frustrated. you know, i was trying to

. >>> nbc's tom costello has been looking into the police investigation. tom, good morning. what more do we know about this suspect's ongoing feud with the newspaper that craig laid out just a minute ago? >> this all began six years ago when ramos filed a lawsuit against the paper. the paper reported about stalking charges against him. these were brought by a woman he met on facebook. the judge threw out the lawsuit, saying the newspaper's reporting was accurate and factual, based on court records and he had pled guilty to the charges. but it escalated until the retired editor called police in 2013 and considered filing a restraining order, so concerned about the possibility of violence. a twitter page with ramos' name on it is filled with profanity-laced tweets against the paper. he commented several times about the attack on charlie hebdo that left 20 people dead. in one tweet, ramos said it would nice to see "the gazette" stop publishing but better to see two people stop breathing. none of the editors were killed in the attack. >> the article that enraged this man was pub

tom costello is working the story. this study is loaded with troubling news. >> this is ithe journey of the medical association. they looked at 200 dications and found that they had a connection or possible connectiono depression or even suicidal symptoms. we are not talking about names you haven't heard of. we are talking about common name prednisone acid reflux medications in addition to antidepressants and ba blockers. we know those potentially had links to sidepr. the much longer list of meds which 38% of u.s. adultsre on at least one of these medications. about 23% of u.s. adults are on medication linked to possible thoughts. so this is really an eye opener here and the concern is that of course as we have been hearing for years w are an overmedicated society and many people are onne more than medication and very often for reasonable reasons, in other words they hav some iss that they need help with or they are dealing with chronic but the more medications you are on the more difficult it is to determine if thereo

nbc's tom costello will have a live update on the cancellations coming up today.tips giving them a boost of pay. initiative 77 passed 4 to 77. all workers are earning $15 an hour. >>> a voteai today could the price of your daily commute. if approvedri the hike will take effect as soon as january. you can look for updates on the nbc washington app. >> president trump will meet with lawmars again today to discuss immigrationreform. lawmakers are debating two measures that could end the separation of undocumented children from their parents at the border. more on what's in those bills coming up next on "today." >>> here is a check of your five-day forecast. improvement from yesterday. showers are likely for you evening plans so keep that in mind. tomorrow looks like a relatively dry day. lower humidity. sunday, the second hal of your weekend is our next shot at 90. >>> taking a look at the roads, boroughs avenue is showing you the delays here this afternoon. slow there headed in bound. no other real problems. >> thank yo that is the broadcast this morning. we appreci

tom costello joins us now. k us through for the average american out there, what's the impact? >> think the everything that comes to you over the internet. streaming movies, fix-it videos, skype chats with the grandparents, all of that it all takes up bandwidth sort of like congested super highways and the fast lane's taken up by the big fat trucks, in this case ham zon, hul low, netflix. the net neutrality rules prohibited internet service providers from giving big internet giants a priority to use those fast lanes and also it prohibited them from blocking web sites or blacking your access to web sites. now the trump administration has killed those rules. consumer advocates warned that internet freedom is at stake, that you should not be prohibited from going to a gay rights website or a gun rights web site. the fcc said essentially they thought the rules were too restrictive and that these big telecom companies, comcast among them, the owner of nbc, that they were not allowed continue to investigate in technol

nbc's tom costello explains the ripple effect felt in others paf the country. >> reporter: for tens of thousands of psa airline passengers, it's beena almos week of going nowhere fast. >> aggravated. i'm ready to get home, and they don't tell you nothing. i can't tell m wife when to co pick me up because i don't know. >> reporter: at charlotte dougs international airport, passengers have been stuck in long lines, sleeping on the floor, luggage piling up ever since last thursday whe technical issue with psa'sdu scng system grounded hundreds of flights. oneng angry pas even reportedly smashing a window in frustration. >> there's an awful lot of people here that are in trouble. >> i was very frustrated, you know, i was trying to get back to ohio and nobody was kmubting with us. >> reporter: psa thought it had fixed the glitch but ongoing f issuesced the airline to cancel all of its flights ntuesday and e more today. >> we're having issues getting the crews assigned to the plane correctly. >> reporter: whiletharlotte was ardest, travelers at airports in washington and philadelphia were als

>> scammers are tryinto trick you to think your calls are coming from a neighbor or even polic tom costelloble for blions ofcalls, and the number of robocalls are through theoo averaging 1,300 calls per second. e scammers are using sophisticated software to make it looe the calls are coming from somebody you might know. how often does it happen to you? those robocalls? >> eight to 12 robocalls t tay. s year more than ever -- >> it exploded in the last four months, may more than i ever got. >> 16 billion calls since january 1st. >> it'sarsment and bullying and intimidation. >> robocal about insurancecto ag arrest. >> the reason this calls to inform you the irs -- >> spoofedumbers to make it looks like it's coming from the fbi or the irs, or bank. >> their goal is to separate you from your money. >> i had one at 12:40, and 10:58 p.m. >> he gs so many calls he is struggling to steady for the bar exam he has to take. >> my main strategy is to let the call go to voicemail, and block the number and delete the voicemail. there's also an app f at, software that recognizes and blocks, robocal among

. >>> and tom costello looking into the police investigation. tom,in good mo what more do we know about this suspect's ongoing feud with the newspape that craig laid out a minute ago? >> reporter: this all began six years ago when ramos filed a lawsuit against the paper, alleges defamation after the reporter -- the paper, rather, reported on harassment and stalking charges against him. ese were brought by a woman he met on facebook, an old high school classmate. the judge threw out the lawsuit saying the newspaper's reporter was accurate and factual based on records and he pled guilty to charges. the threats against the paper p escalated tooint the retirednd publisher editor called back police andco idered filing a restraining order, so concerned about the possibility of violence. a twitter page with ramos' name on it filled we profanity-laced tweets against the paper and he commente several times about the attack on charlie abdo, newsper reporter in paris and 2015n attack that left 12 dead. he said he would like to see t e publish e publisher go

tom costello the latest on this.ng. >> wenave all b guilty of having our heads stuck in our hen somebody is trying to talk to us. we are affecting potentially tens of thousands of people in the u.s., mostly teenage boys and 20 something guys who are addicted, much like somebody is an alcohol or drug addict. it could bed a car chase in grand theft auto 5, a futurisic reality in over watch. overwatch. survival of thest fitte in fortnight. for all of the warnings, gaming n have the same addictive quality as substance abuse. karen porter had to seeelp for >> he ultimately was willing to sae everything he cared about. his relationship with his family, his academic performance, his esselfct, his self-esteem. >> the world health organizatn says most gamers are not addicts, but 3% are with increasing priority given to gaming over other activities to the extent gaming takes precedent overactive tease. really, what we get addicted to is not the game, but the elevation of dopamine. >> reporter: the gaming industry disagrees, sa

nbc's tom costello has more on that. reporter: good morning. hoda, president trump insisted harley would benefit for this economic policies. now the company says it cannot afford to pay europe's retaliatory tariffs after the trumpio administr imposed tariffs on their steel and aluminum. soon harley's sold in europe will be made in europe. few brands conjured up made in the usa say more than harley davidson. this morning, reaction to news that it's moving some manufacturing and jobs to europe, hoping toavoid the eu's retaliatory taffs. from harley's home state of wisconsin. >> it's going to affect not only production here in wisconsin. it's going to affect families. >> reporter: to southern california. >> harley owners are not happy with it, issure you, but what do you do to compete? i'm not against harley davidson be making thesehoices because they have to compete in the maepetplace. >>ter: despite a big tax cut harley moved many jobs to thailand and now says europe's retaliatory tariffs would add $2,200 to the cost of at motorcycle i ships to

nbc's tom costello has the latest on all this. good morning. >> reporter: good morning.en guilty of having our heads stuck in our phones when somebody is trying to talk to us. but video gaming addiction is at a whole new level, affecting tens of thousands of people in the u.s., mostly teenage boys and 20-something guys who are addicted, much like somebody is an alcoholic or drug addict. it could be a car chase in grand theft auto 5. a futuristic reality in overwatch. survival of the fittest in fortnight. for all of the warnings, gaming can have the same addictive quality as substance abuse. karen porter had to seek help for her teenage son. >> he was willing to sacrifice everything he cared about. his relationship with his family, his academic performance, his self-respect, his self-esteem. >> reporter: the world health organization says most gamers are not addicts. but 3% are, with increasing priority given to gaming over other activities. to the extent that gaming takes precedents over interests and activities. >> video games appears to be very good at elevating that p

and tom costello has a live demonstration of the dangers.: we're with the consumer product safety commission and the active chairman. 13,000 people injured last year. and sparklers, never light more than one at a time, were the most common cause of injury? >> these sparklers burn 2,000 degrees fahrenheit. >> reporter: 1,200 injures last year. a lot of kids injured with sparklers. we're going to run through examples of common fireworks and how they can cause injuries, beginning with the bottle rocket. we have a man knequin. we're going to fire a bottle rocketmannequin. >> we have an egg on the eye of the mannequin. they're going to light that. wait for it. again, a legal firework in the bottle rocket. as you see, the egg or the eye would be destroyed. >> causes injury and harm. >> reporter: we're going to show you a common, legal mortar. something like this. that's surprising that's legal. >> yes. what we're going to demonstrate is legal. it's a reloadable tube. it's lethal. >> people put these in tubes. there was a youtube sensation with peo