tom costello, nbc news, dallas >> we can't let our guard down anywhere >>> up next the golfer who's overcome so much to inspire america. >>> bay area billionaires on a secret spending spree. what they're quietly buying up on the peninsula next. >>> finally tonight the emotional victory for an underdog who had almost given up but for love of the game and his family came back to win. >> reporter: this weekend, nate lashley taught us what can happen when you never give up, not because he was an alternate who wasn't even supposed to play in the rocket mortgage classic or because just five years ago he was selling real estate the 36-year-old rookie entered the tournament ranked 353rd in the world. but this isn't just about fighting through adversity on the golf course. >> i would give anything for my parents to be able to be here and share this with me >> reporter: when lashley was in college, his parents and then girlfriend were killed when their plane crashed in a snow squall they were flying home after watching him play. >> for a lot of years it was just tough you know, it was tough mentally t

our tom costello has more on the increasing questions about safety in the tourist industry reporter: it was a beautiful chopper ride over the alps that suddenly turned deadly a tourist plane carrying three pilots learning alpine flying crashing mid-air into the helicopter that had just lifted off. the chopper coming apart and crashing to the ground, five on board the chopper dead, two on board the plain also killed the is video just released by the search and rescue team it comes in a string of accidents involving tour craft two tour planes collided in alaska two chopper crashes in hawaii three dead five tourists killed in new york when the chopper went down in the east river >> this is really buyer beware you as the customer have to do your research to determine the safety level of this company because they don't operate at the same more consistent robust standards as a major airline. >> reporter: search google or the faa and ntsb websites is the operator certified as an air taxi are the pilots licensed to the minimum standard or required to have more experience have there been acci

tom costello, nbc news at the kennedy space center. >> a lot to explore out there. >>> that's "nightly news" for this thursday. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news thank you for watching and good night. >>> right now packing up and moving on. bay area residents are getting sick and tired of shelling out thousands of dollars on rent. but is there a way around sky-high prices? >>> plus, a local family demanding justice. what exactly happened on a southwest plane that left their father dead? >>> but first, threats of i.c.e. raids still sending fear throughout the bay area. but now it is businesses that are feeling the impact. >>> the news at 6:00 starts right now. thank you so much for joining us. i'm garvin thomas. >> and i'm anoushah rasta. raj and jess have the night off. first the fear, now the fallout. tens of thousands of undocumented immigrants have essentially gone into hiding. a result of a threat of ice sweeps coming from the trump administration. while there are no confirmed reports of i.c.e. arrests in the bay area the fear alone has been enough to hit the bottom line f

tom costello, nbc news, washington >>> coming up, she's done it again.he american teen taking wimbledon by storm. ♪ ♪ ♪ this is how driving should feel. the tech-advanced nissan leaf. the best selling electric vehicle of all time. this is nissan intelligent mobility. ♪ >>> look at these jaw-dropping images tonight. this is off the italian coast. a volcano erupting on the tiny island of stromboli, sending people running for their lives. at least one person was killed while hiking on the volcano. >>> today at wimbledon, another stunning victory for 15-year-old american tennis phenom coco gauff who advances to the third round just days after beating her idol, venus williams nbc's blayne alexander has all the excitement >> reporter: she's done it again. 15 years and now two winning wimbledon matches under her belt, coco gauff has served up another stunning victory, beating slovenia's magdalena rybarikova and barrelling ahead to round 3 >> her composure she looked like she was locked in. >> reporter: around wimbledon, everyone has coco fever >> she's the futu

if you get a call, report it at ftc.gov tom costello, nbc news, washington >>> up next for us tonighterican stars who have taken europe by storm at wimbledon. next at 6:00, why it will be a record year for roadwork. >> we're tracking a team of seismologists rushing to the epicenter of that earthquake in california. the valuable information they want to bring back to the bay area. >>> finally, joy and heartbreak at wimbledon. 15-year-old coco gauff's magical run coming to an end while a fellow american shocked the world's number one player. here is blayne alexander. >> reporter: it was the wimbledon run that kept world watching. coco gauff, a 15-year-old rookie, toppling tennis giants >> i'm a fighter and anything is possible if you work hard >> reporter: but even after her fourth round loss here at wimbledon, for so many people cheering her on, coco is still a winner on social media, a celebrity cheering section. >> snoop dogg posted me, joelle posted me, beyonce's mother this teenager into a fit of giggles. another american, alison riske, upset the number one seed today, taking on se

tom costello, nbc news, houston. >> what an amazing look back >>> we're going to have much more on this historic anniversary all this week on "nightly news. we hope you will join us >>> and that is "nbc nightly news" for this monday. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching have a great night, everyone >>> right now at 6:00, a helicopter flips at an airport in the east bay. the new details we're learning about this deadly crash. >>> plus preparing for a backup plan. the reason a major local water agency is putting emergency equipment in strategic spots this fire season. >>> but first -- >> kind of frightened me maybe one day they won't be there. >> afraid to go out in public. how bay area families are responding to president trump's immigration sweep. >>> the news at 6:00 starts right now. good evening and thanks for being with us on this monday. i'm raj mathai. >> and i'm jessica aguirre. in fear and panic. that's how many bay area families say they spent the weekend. the threat of the widespread deportations hung over their head. immigration raids were suppos

tom costello, nbc news, washington >> lawyers for jeffrey epstein said today they will appeal a judge's decision to deny him bail while he awaits trial on sex trafficking charges. tonight we're learning more about epstein's lavish and odd life-style at his secluded compound in the u.s. virgin islands. stephanie gosk is there with a firsthand look >> reporter: at jeffrey epstein's private caribbean get away in the u.s. virgin islands, grounds workers still go about their jobs, reluctant to talk. >> excuse me can i just talk to you for a second >> reporter: epstein pleaded not guilty to federal charges. he's accused of recruiting a network of young girls he sexually abused at his mansions in florida and new york. no mention of this island, but authorities say he declared it his primary residence, with a massive main house, eccentric statues and manicured lines of palm trees epstein bought little saint james in 1998, and he built a sprawling compound here. for years he looked across the water at this other island, great saint james. he bought that one in 2016 now his attorneys say the two

tom costello, nbc news, washington >>> we will be back in a moment with a new warning about a danger in the water. >>> in north carolina, health officials say a man has died after contracting a rare brain eating amoeba after visiting a water park gabe gutierrez has details on the alarming danger. >> reporter: tonight this brain eating amoeba is being blamed for the death of a north carolina man eddie gray was swimming at this water park near fayetteville earlier this month >> we're not closing yet because the amoeba that causes this tape of illness is naturally occurring in fresh water bodies of water >> reporter: the single celled organism is usually found in shallow fresh water when it gets hot. the amoeba can cause severe headaches, fever, nausea, and vomiting which can progress to stiff neck, seizures, and a coma it is not infectious when the water is swallowed, only when forced up the nose during activities such as diving and water skiing >> if you're in warm, we water . in 57 years there have only been 145 known infections in the u.s. with only 4 survivors. three years ago seba

tom costello tonight on what to watch for. >> reporter: the scam often starts with a robo call. >> weve received sis suspicious trails of information in your name. >> reporter: when julianne stafford googled the number, it came back at social security, so she called. the person on the other end already knew nder social security numberddress, then said fraudulent bank accounts had been opened in her name. >> you're so scared in that moment that they're saying you're going to go to federal prison. you're like oh, my god, no, how do i stop this from happening? i will tell you everything. >> reporter: the scammer said she shou act quickly to safeguard her money, transfer into a digital wallet using google play gift cards d and he staye on the phone as she drove to a nearby store where thankfully an a manager recognized she was in trouble. >> she said you are being scammed, i cannot sell this to you in good conscience. >> reporter: the federal trade commissions says the scams are exploding. 200,000 complaints of calls so far this year. most people hang up and never report the scam, buose w

here's nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: it' for the giant of social media. $5 billion for failing toect the personal information of 2.3 billion users worldwide even after facebook's ceo mark zuckerberg promised it would >> facebook betrayed the trust of users and deceived them about the ability to control their personal information >> reporter: the government accuses facebook of sharing personal information with third party apps, including phone numbers and whether they liked certain postings some shared with cambridge an it will ka, a firm that worked for the trump campaign and faceechn tology turned on by default. facebook is not admitting guilt, though it's agreeing to government oversight for 20 years. and a new independent privacy committee. and mark zuckerberg himself will have to certify that the company is adhering to the agreements every quarter. >> we're going to change the way we operate from the leadership down, and the ground up. we're goin then we're going to be it >> reporter: facebook now the first silicon valley company to have privacy requirements imposed on it. >>

tom costello, nbc news, dallas >> another reminder this world is the mine field. >> i'm going to turn my phone. >> for hackers, they never get hacked, never. something to consider. prince charles has kicked off a summer long tour of wales. his investiture in wales he greeted parishioners.years o still first in line to the british throne >> he looks like a kid >> he is >> he is a kid, right. >> seems like it wa g ys thanks for wching "earatly >>> a very good tuesday morning to you. taking a live look outside this morning at the s curve. looks like folks are up and out the door. good morning to you and thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. let's head over to meteorologist kari hall. kari, what are we looking at today? >> nice weather still in the forecast today. >> i love it. >> we are starting out with mostly clear skies, a live look outside in san jose, upper 50s, you can see that in the corner of the screen and that's where we will stay as we head through about 7:00 to 8:00 and we start to see temperatures warming up. a lot of sun in the forecast toda

not been apologies to the families. >> reporter: among victims' families, disgust and distrust tom costello, nbc news, washington >>> the nation is in mourning the passing of john paul stevens, one of the longest serving supreme court justices in u.s. history, and tonight his friends and former clerks are honoring his legacy here's pete williams >> reporter: president gerald ford put john paul stevens, a midwestern conservative on the supreme court in 1975 but by the early 1990s, stevens was the court's most powerful liberal and his retirement in 2010 marked a turning in, althe court's conservatives were appointed by republican presidents with all the liberals appointed by democrats. a former clerk says justice stevens was seldom predictable >> there is nobody who exemplifies better the idea of an independent supreme court, a supreme court following the law and the facts in each case without preconception. >> reporter: he voted to support abortion rights and to let prisoners at guantanamo bay challenge their detention. justice stevens insisted he didn't change and said it was the court that

ladies, back to you. >> tom costello, thanks, tom. see more of his reporting coming p on nbc nightly news wi lester holt right after this broadcast. >>> the 50th anniversary of woodstock music festival is coming to maryland. right now howard county executive is holding a news nference to announce the last-minute change. woodstock 50 was supposed to happen next month in upstate new ace that the ple p original festival was held in 1969, but bloomberg reportswa there a lack of financial support and permit trouble for that location, too, so it's moving to merriweather post . pavilion look for an update on tonight's announcement tonight at 11:00. ♪ >> let's go back to doug one st time for backyard weather duty at the stonegate swim club in silver spring hing too much fun. >> right. >> so, doug, the people have spoken. what are you doing off the high dive? >> oh, wendy, o yeah, guys, i'll tell you, we have a lot of votes out there on twitter, on my facebook page and it'sall me down to this. three hours of voting, and, sah, we're going to ge

tom costello, nbc news, washington. >> one of the more colorful characters ever to run for president of the united states has died. ross perot, the seflt-made texas billionaire who tried to reach the white house twice as a plain-talking independent. n american orind it's time for the clean-up crew. >> reporter: a quirky brash country boy from texas born into poverty who built a computer services empire, launched daring missions to vietnam and iran and turned the 1992 presidential race upside down with his self-financed independent run. at one point he was leading president bush 41 and democratic challenger bill clinton in a three-way race. >> you don't care about anything but making money, there will be a job-sucking sound going south. >> reporter: with a nasal twang that was instant fodder snl. >> i can't deal with a problem unless i can feel it, touch it, taste a it amore. >> reporter: always combative on tv. >> may i finish? >> may i finish. it was a question. >> you've already finished. >> reporter: using the soviet as an idea to fix the deficit. abruptly quitting and reentering

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tom costello has late details on this story tom, what do we know here? >> reporter: lester, good afternoon be or good evening this happened this morning when the delta pilot showed up to fly the route from minneapolis on to san diego. when he went to the tsa checkpoint, the officers there thought that he looked or acted as if he was under the influence. minneapolis airport police do a they had minneapolis airport police do a sobriety check and, in fact, he was found to be under the influence. we can tell you delta a short t. in it delta said time ago released a statement. in it delta said its alcohol policy is among the strictest in the industry and it has no tolerance for a violation. the airline said it is cooperating with minneapolis authorities. the faa has a zero tolerance on anybody who is showing signs of being under the influence. those passengers on a plane, found another pilot and flew to san diego. lester >> all right, tom, with that breaking news, thank you >>> we're tracking a double threat in the tropics right now. two hurricanes with hawai

here's tom costello. >> reporter: it was one of the most defining moments in human history -- >> the> reporter: with houston mission control at the center of the action. >> rocket tranquility, we copy you on the ground. you got a bunch of guys about to turn blue. we're breathing again. thanks a lot. r >>orter: gene krantz was just 36 years old and the flight director in charge. is was your seat. >> yes. is was my seat. >> reporter: 50 years later, he's back in mission control, restored to the way it looked on that day, july 20th, 1969. does this look the way it did 50 years ago? >> it's overwhelming, frankly. >> reporter: his kent cigarettes are here, but no ashes. researchers poured over film and countless photos before precisely placing each chair, , ach cofe cup, pencil cola, ash tray, and slide rule. much of it found sitting in nasa st age rooms. a few vintage pieces including a corner coffee pot they found on ebay, an $8 million fund-raising effort to turn this national historic landmark into a museum. >> it's probably one of the most important and historic places on earth. and

minimum standard or required to nt if so, what happened and if it doesn't sound safe, don't go tom costello, nbc news, washington >>> the gulf coast is bracing for a possible tropical storm that could make landfall this week louisiana is at risk and the state is stocking up on sandbags and implementing emergency pumps in areas that are already prone to flooding. this storm could become dangerous over the next 48 hours. >> here's nbc meteorologist bill karins he's tracking it and telling us more about the threat here >> we have about three days to watch this storm system. every hour that goes by that it doesn't get more organized is better because that gives it less time over the water to get stronger right now it's still disorganized but there is a cluster of thunderstorms near that red x and that's where the hurricane center's kind of saying where the center's going to try to consolidate. i want to show our european computer model from the overnight. this actually has it developing during the day today, becoming a tropical depression, maybe a storm by tomorrow morning at this time. you can

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here's nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: from a passing bus in lagos, the ground view of a passenger jet stuck in place. >> thank you, lord. no tire. >> reporter: landing on a rain soaked runway, the air p 737 with 139 people on board came down hard. then as the plane exited the runway, two tires blew, the nose gear collapsed, the strut punching through the pavement. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: no one was injured. once off the plane, a first glimpse of the damage. >> i'm thankful to the pilot. >> he kept talking to us. >> reporter: founded six years ago it flies mostly on the twitter page the airline pledges no short cuts, safety first. in a statement claiming today after land being safely and rolling to the runway exit, the nose gear developed a problem and partially collapsed. a nigerian accident team now investigating. tom costello, nbc news, washington. >> lawyers for jeffrey epstein said today they will appeal a judge's decision to deny him bail while he awaits trial on sex trafficking charges. and tonight we are learning more about epstein's lavish and odd life-style at his seclude

so, lower interest tes may hel >>> tom costello, thanks. a dangerous night ahead for people with severe storms on the move. and we're moniring a double tropical threat in the pacific. al roker is here. al, where are the threats headed tonight? >> in the northeast delays.or airport we've got 11 states, 51 million people at risk for severe weather. we've got hail, winds, and isolated tornado possible. category three storm with erik. probably won't be a problem for hawaii flossie will cause problems the beginning of next week. in the atlantic, 10% chance of this wave developing, not a big problem. however, this wa just come off rica, 60% chance of developing in the next five days. this one bears wahing. lester. >> al, thank you. >>> it is the final night of the second democratic debate and all eyes are on joe biden who is hoping for a stronger showing as he faces a field that includes kamala harris again along with eight other rivals, a it after the fireworks on the first night put a democratic divide on full display. kristen welker is in detr

the mounted gopro cameracas ptut killed seven people overt italian alps tom costello has more on the growing concerns over safety in the tourist industry >> reporter: it was a beautiful chopper ride over the alps that suddenly turned deadly a tourist plane carrying three pilots learning alpine flying crashing midir into the helicopter that had just lifted off. the chopper coming apart and crashing to the ground fi on board the chopper dead two on board the plane also killed the video just released by the search and rescue team it comes amid a string of accides involving tourist aircraft six passengers killed when two tour planes collided in alaska two chopper crashes in hawaii, three dead five tourists killed in new york when their chopper went down in the east river >> this is really buyer beware you as the customer have to do your research to determine the safety level of this company because they don't operate at the same more consistent robust standards as a major sirline >> reporter:rch google or the faa and the nt websites. is the operator certified as an r taxi e the pilots li

tom costello looks ou >> reporter: it was 47 years ago when the last astronauts left the lunar surfaceven't ventured th beyond the ear orbiting space station, but with the discovery of ice and water the moon is hot again. on>> this is blue mo >> reporter: billionaire jeff bezos unveiling a spaceship he hopes will land assi t astronauts onhe moon. elon musk's spacex also working on a moon mission. wh e nasa itself powers ahead with project mess. americans back on the moon in five years, bill bill build a houstlunar s.base and head to m former space shutting commander eileen collins. has walkedn on mars. who is going to be the first person on mars? will it be an american? >> reporter: but a omanned mission tars is likely 20 years or more away. the future now isn't just about nasa. it's about other countries and commercial space business. china wants to put its own people on the meanwhile, spacex and boeing will soon fly astronauts to the ace station, taking over from russia. >> it's a very sensitive joystick. >> it is. >> reporter: boeing chief assist now chris ferguson showing me the st

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tom costello, nbc news, washington. >>> a beloved toy story pulled from being the shelves.disney is recalling forky. he has eyes that can detachnd ose a choking hazard to young children. it was sold for about $20 at disneyes through june of this year. so far there have been no injuries. >>> exactly one week from today will mark 50 years since the apollo 11 rocket blasted offfr the kennedy space center. this morning, rear getting a look at a piece of art work that nasa commissioned to helermark this ary. >> take a look at this, an artist in tennessee created it out of wood, it includes so-called moon wood. if you don't know what tha is, apollo 14 took seeds to space and brought those seeds back to see if they could affect the trees growth. thni ed product took a lot of pieces of wood and time to create. >> 150 hours in designing, just making the pattern, we figured over 1,000 shop hours.i ece will hang at the kennedy space center on permanent display. >>> america's got talent returns tonight with the late of its audition episodes. judge cuts begin next week right after agt t

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nbc new's tom costello who covers the aviation industry for us joins me now from washington on this. n this. what more do we know about southwest's decision to stop flying out of newark? >> well, listen. their problem is that they had hoped to have 75 max planes in their fleet by the end of december. and at this point every one of their planes is grounded. they've already had to take 34 of the planes that are currently in their fleet out of service. and so they have been struggling all summer. in this record-breaking summer they've had to cancel 20,000 flights already. so the idea that they're going to go all the way into the rest of the year and by the way that means thanksgiving and christmas without any clarity on when they're going to be able to fly their planes. they simply said we cannot operate like that. we need to start rebalancing, reallocate access. so cutting flights to newark as of the 1st or 3rd of november and then now not going to fly the max until january 2020. this is very big news. we've been hearing for some time this was a possibility, and now this is the first ai

tom costello, you cover space for us.. >> i'll tell you i would love to. one of my earliest memories, i'm going to date myself. my dad woke me up 50 years ago, he sat me down in front of the tv and it was one of my earliest moments. >> thank you. enjoy the weekend. >>> ahead, much more on the escalations with iran as the united states continues to insist that we shot down that drone. iran is saying not so much. my colleague andrea mitchell will talk about it with a member of the senate foreign relations committee. of the senate foreign committee. prevagen is the number one pharmacist recommended memory support brand. you can find it in the vitamin aisle in stores everywhere. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. mno kidding.rd. but moving your internet and tv? that's easy. easy?! easy? easy. because now xfinity lets you transfer your service online in just about a minute with a few simple steps. really? really. that was easy. yup. plus, with two-hour appointment windows, it's all on your schedule. awesome. now all you h

for "today," tom costello, nbc news, washington. >> i feel like that navigation gets overwhelming for time >> oh, yeah. >> so you can see, you know, if you're not used to dealing with an iphone every minute of every day, it's even more confusing. >> 10 and 2. >> that's right. >> let's get to the morning boost. a big wish came true when this little boy's parents surprised him on his birthday and they could not have asked for a sweeter reaction than this one. >> why are you crying? >> my very own puppy. >> happy hdbirt. that's your birthday present. >> thank you, daddy. >> why are you crying? >> tears of sweet joy. that ltle boy had been wanting a puppy for a long time. and it looks like the start of a beautiful friendship, doesn't it? >> it sure does. just precious. i love that he appreciates it. that's what's great about that video. >>> coming up next, a warning for women with breast implants. implants ar brand of that's being recalled because of a lin to cancer. you want to hear this. >>> also, al sits down with sir paul mccartn and finds out if he can remember all 1,000 songs that h

holidays here's tom costello. >> reporter: no airline in the world owns more boeing 737 max's, all of them grounded, forced to cancel 20,000 flights this year. southwest said it's cutting service to newark airport and doesn't expect to fly the max until january 5th at the earliest >> we're unhappy that it's taking so long we're in the dark on a number of technical matters. >> reporter: grounded since march 14th, no plane has been grounded so long southwest hoped to have 75 maxes in its fleet by year's end american 40, united 30 but if they can't fly it during the winter holidays, that could impact holiday travel. >> we're likely to see fewer seats av popular but frequently travelled during the holiday season. >> with new planes stacking up in seattle, boeing is warning it could cut production if faa recertification is delayed until the fall or winter >> this is a bad situation that keeps getting worse for boeing and for the airlines that fly the max. >> reporter: boeing tells nbc news the safe return of service is the company's top priority. the advice is start looking for air fares f

tom costello >>> tonight a rare look inside china and how that country is using artificial intelligence not only to boost its economy but also to keep an eye on its own people chief foreign correspondent richard engel shows us how. >> reporter: tonight china is sparing no expense to dominate the world of artificial intelligence though much of the technology was developed in the united states, president xi jinping wants china to be the world's ai leader by 2030 officials showed up this sprawling port where, thanks to ai, human workers are being replaced >> these automatic cranes are dropping off containers on to driverless cars. >> yes those little blue trucks >> reporter: and while americans encounter ai every day, with companies like amazon and and watched, china is now using there are an estimated 200 million surveillance cameras in china and now they not only know where you are, they know who you are. many of the surveillance cameras feed into an ai system which can not only recognize your face but bring up your name, your social media activity, financial status, and criminal record

fighting tool, but critics say they're also putting entire neighborhoods under surveillance here's tom costello. >> get away from the door. >> reporter: from catching thieves in the act to cute kids on the front porch to solving kidnappings, doorbell cameras have gone viral. now some cities are partnering with amazon to distribute its ring cameras at a discount to deter crime. the police department says the cameras have already solved three burglaries >> whether it's inner city, whether it's a rural area, people want to be safe in their own homes. >> reporter: police have no access to watch the cameras live remains in the cloud for two months controlled by the homeowner who remains anonymous. if a crime occurs, police ask ring to ask homeowners if they'll share videos some privacy advocates warn more surveillance will unfairly impact minorities. >> we've seen a lot of high profile instances of people policing black folks and brown folks who they don't think belong in their neighborhood >> reporter: still washington, d.c. offers rebate checks to homeowners to register their cameras. >> these are

to make big changes how it operates but some critics say the move doesn't go far enough here is tom costello. >> reporter: it is a giant fine for the giant of social media. $5 billion for failing to protect the personal information of 2.3 billion users worldwide. even after ceo mark zuckerberg promised it would. >> facebook betrayed the trust of its users and deceived them about their ability to control their personal information. >> the government accuses facebook of sharing users' personal information with third party app, including phone numbers and whether they liked certain posts. some shared with cambridge analytica, a political consulting firm that worked for the trump campaign and optional faigs facial recognition technology turned on by default facebook is not admitting guilt. though it is agreeing for government oversight for 20 years. and a new independent privacy committee. and mark zuckerberg himself will have to certify every quarter that the company is adhering to its privacy agreement. zuckerberg today. >> we're going change the way that we operate across the whole company. f

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criminal charges and he's preparing to deliver a strong message to congress tomorrow as he tells our tom costello sath his pain remains hs since unbearable his wife carol, his three children ryan, kelly and ruby, and his mother-in-law ann, all died paul, a canadian, is now all alone. >> they took my life away because without my family, i don't have a life. >> reporter: the ethiopian crash came months after another 737-max crashed in indonesia in all, 346 people killed. he blames boeing and the faa he plans to tell congress the max should never fly again, and boeing execs should face criminal charges though that's unlikely >> for the sake of human life safety, the 737-max should be scrapped >> reporter: meanwhile, the 737-max remains grounded worldwide. boeing expects to submit a package of software fixes in september, but under intense scrutiny, faa approval could take time. u.s. airlines that fly the max are taking it out of service until early november at the earliest but aviation experts believe it could take longer than that. >> it's going to go out to the end of the year at least, in my view

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ethiopian airliner and now he is calling on boeing to scrap t 737 max planes for good here's nbc's tom costelloths s a 737 max crashed in ethiopia, killing everyone on board. paul jeroge says his pain remains feunbearable carol, his three children, ryan, kelly, and ruby, and his mother-in-law ann all died paul, a canadian, is now all alone. >> they ok my life away. because without my family i don't have a life. >> reporter: the ethiopian cmesh ca just months after another 737 max crashed in indonesia he blames boeing and the faa max should never fly again and boeing execs should face criminal charges, though that's unlikely >> for the sake of human life th safety, e 737 max should be scrapped >> reporter: meanwhile, the 737 max remains grounded worldwide boeing expects to submit a package of software fixes in septembebut under intense scrutiny faa approval could take time u.s. airlines that fly the max are taking it out of service until early november at the earliest but aviation experts believe it could take longer than that. >> it's going to go out to the end of the year at least in my viewec