breaking tonight federal agents raid sha Diddy comes' homes in Los Angeles and Miami law enforcement with guns drawn swarming his mansions on both coasts The Raid stemming from a search warrant out of New York linked to a sex trafficking investigation it comes after numerous sexual assault lawsuits were filed against Diddy in recent months the new details just coming in also tonight former president Trump's first criminal trial now said a judge denying Trump's attempts to further delay the case
that decision capping a consequential legal day for the Republican Presidential nominee an appeals court handing him a victory as they cut down his nearly half billion dollar bond in a civil fraud case what's at stake for Trump as we draw closer to the November election storm strike a dangerous storm system takes a at millions in the South tornadoes destructive winds and hail threatening the region in the Midwest blizzard conditions causing spin outs shutting down highways and forcing schools to
close and more snow is on the way Bill Ken is in the house he'll time it out for us Haiti and Chaos the nation spiraling as gang violence escalates Carnage on the streets plunging the country further into turmoil we hear from aen on his desperate search for food as hunger hits record high levels plus fighting endometriosis the incredibly painful disease impacting one in 10 women it can take years to diagnose we hear from several women on the toll it takes on their lives every day and the new tr
ial giving them hope for the future and finally Lost in Translation LA Dodger star Sho Otani speaking out for the first time since theft allegations against his former interpreter came to light The Interpreter accused of stealing his money to place illegal Sports bets overshadowing the star's Dodgers debut Otani in his own words on what he did and didn't know about the Scandal top story starts right [Music] now and good Monday evening to you we start with that breaking news tonight federal agent
s raiding two homes of rapper sha Diddy combes the search is stemming from a warrant out of the southern district of New York dozens of Law Enforcement Officers some as you can see with their guns drawn swarming Diddy's Los Angeles mansion at the same time over on the east coast his Miami home was also searched Homeland Security confirming to NBC they raided the properties as part of an ongoing investigation in New York that federal investigation looking into allegations of sex trafficking sexua
l assault and the solicitation and distribution of illegal narcotics and guns Diddy has been the subject of several sexual assault lawsuits in recent months in November the rapper settling a suit brought forth by his former girlfriend and singer Cassie accusing Diddy of sexual abuse NBC Steve Patterson's tracking all the breaking news tonight for us and he starts us off tonight the multiple homes of Shawn Diddy comes from coast to coast raided by federal law enforcement heavily armed and armored
tactical teams sweeping through comes' Posh Los Angeles property this afternoon guns drawn clearing roomto room people in handcuffs as agents made their way through the property a similar scene playing out in Diddy's homes more than 2,000 M away on Miami Star Island where several celebrities including Gloria and Emilo Stefan and Jennifer Lopez also have homes the fact that Diddy's home was raided means that agents for Homeland Security were able to show probable cause that a crime was committed
and that evidence of that alleged crime would be found at these homes com's whereabouts right now unknown he was in Los Angeles as recently as last week sources close to the investig ation say the raids are part of a sex trafficking warrant being executed by Homeland Security in New York's southern district NBC News has learned multiple Witnesses have been interviewed by prosecutors and investigators in connection with the case the speed at which it appears these raids were conducted suggests t
hat agents were concerned that they needed to secure evidence quickly and prevent anyone from destroying evidence before they got there it's the latest in illegal Firestorm surrounding the 54-year-old music mogul with multiple lawsuits alleging sexual assault abuse harassment forced drugging and the distribution of illegal firearms and narcotics the allegations began last year with com's ex- partner R&B singer Cassie filing a lawsuit in New York she was seeking $30 million alleging physical and
sexual abuse as well as sex trafficking they settled for an undisclosed amount several other women came for with similar accusations representatives for Combs did not immediately respond to NBC's request for comment all right Steve Patterson joins us tonight live outside of Los Angeles outside of Diddy's home we can see that police tape just behind you Steve walk our viewers through what you're seeing there yeah hours after all this started Tom still an incredibly active scene police activity st
arting at this barrier stretching really as deep as I can see beyond this police line with police carrying out boxes of evidence combing through the properties in this what has become a quiet affluent neighborhood a home to the stars in fact what the most bizarre things we keep seeing are these busloads of Star Tours of people trying to get a glimpse of the media and this what is now a sprawling law enforcement investigation that's just here in Los Angeles as well as what's happening in Miami an
d then and then Steve I know there's been images put out there uh on different publications of what looks like people possibly being arrested or at least one person being detained do we know do we have any information about that yeah you can see very clearly the people visible with handcuffs obviously there are there has been some reporting there has been some speculation based on familial ties and who the homes are registered to but as far as identifying who is in those handcuffs we don't have
that information at this time all right Steve Patterson on that breaking news there's so much to talk about here so let's continue this conversation for more on the investigation and these latest searches by law enforcement I'm joined Now by NBC News National Security analyst Frank figy he's also the former assistant director for Counter Intelligence at the FBI Frank I know there's a lot that we don't know but obviously have those stunning pictures tell our viewers you what what you think is hap
pening right now in this investigation yeah a couple of insights Tom that that might be helpful first uh some people might not be completely familiar with HSI that's Homeland Security investigations and sometimes not always that means there's some kind of International Nexus it's not required and sometimes that International Nexus could be simply uh computer traffic perhaps trafficking in images or other internet communications but when you add in the guns and the drugs it it may well be that th
ere's an international connection here and and drug trafficking uh uh child sex trafficking as we see in one of the allegations that his victims have done in Civil Court they alleged that they were teenagers um when they were victimized and and so the other so that's HSI the other thing that comes to mind here is what's required for a search warrant and it's been alluded to already in this coverage but I I want to emphasize that it's not enough for a victim to say I uh I had sex underage in this
home or I saw this happen here it needs to go more specific and that means that you need to have reason to believe that that evidence is still there not stale but fresh is the term used by lawyers and investigators and there's specificity to it I saw this here I have reason to believe it's still there that would be what an agent attests to a magistrate who approves that Frank talk to me about the coordination here right because you have massive raids happening in two major cities on a celebrity
at the same time yeah this appears to be coming out of New York HSI New York and that may well be that the victims and I do see a New York Nexus to some of the victims in the civil lawsuit were interviewed in New York and they took charge of it and then they did what's called a collateral request to their Miami and Los Angeles offices very big offices we're talking about the three largest offices in HSI um who are familiar with doing this but I do also like you note the size of these residences
this is big you don't do this easily um you may see and I don't know if there have been reports but sometimes when you're looking for thumb drives for example or weapons you will use specialized dogs who are actually trained to sniff out electronic devices thumb drives and um and uh and key in on on weapons as well and then Frank I I do have to ask you is this a modern phenomenon that we've seen sort of in law enforcement where there are civil litigations or Congressional investigations and I'm
talking about former president Trump here I'm talking about the me to movement that they started Civil litigations and they move into criminal investigations or has that sort of always been part of of law enforcement in America great point I think um under the Trump uh Administration what we saw and subsequently what we've been seeing happen is the the fact that ndas are not holding ndas are not holding when there's a criminal complaint when there's a complaint one's been sexually trafficked or
victimized and so while maybe there was a settlement as has been reported with uh with Mr Colmes and at least one of his victims that does not mean that she necessarily could not speak to criminal authorities and file a criminal complaint Frank figy always a pleasure to have you on top story we thank you for your analysis another major headline tonight a massive Victory and a setback for former president Trump after a consequential legal day for the presumptive Republican nominee two of Trump's
legal battles colliding on the same day one civil the other criminal first in a civil fraud case in appeals court cutting his nearly half billion dollar Bond check this out to $175 million the ruling of relief for the former president after his attorney said coming up with that larger Bond was nearly impossible possible also today a judge denying Trump's defense to further delay his hush money trial setting the date for April 15 the former president facing serious legal headwinds and aaack sche
dule ahead of the November election all of this as he navigates four criminal cases three of which remain in limbo we'll have a full breakdown of what's at stake let's start with NBC's Laura Jarrett tonight a win for former president Trump at the last minute and appeals court reducing the bond in his civil fraud case by more than half to $175 million the trial judge had set it at more than $450 million Mr Trump praising the ruling what they do is they do election interference which is court case
s and let's try and tie them up and let's take as much of his money as possible I respect the appell division for substantially reducing that ridiculous amount of money with no lenders willing to cover the Staggering penalty while he appeals Mr Trump was facing the prospect effect of New York's attorney general seizing his iconic properties and bank accounts as soon as today but now has 10 days to come up with the far smaller Bond Mr Trump saying he has the cash and was pressed by NBC's Garrett
H Andy now the Bond's been reduced are you going to start putting money into your campaign well first of all it's none of your business I mean frankly but uh I might the court found Mr Trump falsely inflated the value of his properties to get Banks to give better loan terms his attorneys are appealing saying there were no victims that the banks were repaid but today New York attorney general Leticia James highlighted the former president is still on the hook should he ultimately lose his appeal
saying Donald Trump is still facing accountability for his staggering fraud the $464 million judgment plus interest against Donald Trump and other defendants still stands meanwhile the presumptive GOP nominee sat stone-faced in a different courtroom today receiving a serious setback a judge in Manhattan setting a new date of April 15th for the first ever criminal trial of a former president facing charges of doctoring his company's records to cover up an alleged Affair before the 2016 election M
r Trump's legal team today failed to convince the judge from delaying the trial any further I don't know how you can have a trial that's going on right in the middle of an election not fair they're all trying to damage Trump as much as possible it's having the reverse effect Laura joins us now here in studio so Laura the Manhattan hush money trial gets started in about 3 weeks and Trump was asked if he would testify and he says he will testify Tom he says he's done nothing wrong and he did testi
fy when it came to his civil fraud trial we know how that turned out but a criminal trial has different risk and he might make a different calculation at the end of the day we'll see so April 15th is when we start do we know how long this case will go the judge has expected everyone to be there for at least 6 to eight weeks he's not going to hear the case on Wednesday so might take a little bit longer he's not going to meet during Passover so this might drag out a little bit longer but the forme
r president has to be there every single day all right Laura Jer for Laura we always appreciate that for more on the major developments tonight's former president Trump's legal troubles I want to bring in criminal defense attorney Bernarda viona Berard there were a few heated exchanges right between the judge and Trump's legal team how do you think the atmosphere is going to be in this trial well it was very concerning for them to have heated conversations because remember in the end this is the
same judge that if Donald Trump is found guilty is going to be sentencing Donald Trump but I think it was good of Judge Merchant to set the stream this the scene in the sense of look I'm not going to take any nonsense from anyone I'm going to call you out if I need to call you out are you making arguments based on the law because that's what we're going to deal with in this courtroom the law and when we're going to leave politics outside of the courtroom I know you're a former prosecutor but ta
ke a step back for a second and and act as if you were a criminal defense attorney in this case for Trump how strong do you think this case is against the former president I know there were some legal Jiu-Jitsu they were putting together to sort of put this case together um I think it's one of the first cases of its kind being tried like this does the Manhattan da have a case the Manhattan da Alvin bag does have a strong case against Donald Trump you got to think one it's already been indicted b
y a grand jury so we've already had a first preview of what general citizens in New York County would do granted it's a different burden because it's probable cause more likely than not as comp compared to Beyond A Reasonable Doubt in a criminal case in terms of Donald Trump's defense team their chance of trying to beat this case is really going after the credibility of the witnesses and their star Witnesses is Michael Cohen unfortunately it's Michael Cohen who's already plad guilty to perjury h
owever we already know a judge has already said that just because you pleaded guilty to perjury or have a perjury conviction doesn't mean that you're beyond being believed he's got a problem with the truth he has a vendetta against the former president that may hurt him yes yes it's going to hurt him it's going to hurt him the question would be can the prosecution overcome that credibility issue and the way they overcome that credibility issue is by trying to find as much corroboration as they c
an so that's how the documents come into play that's how you have other Witnesses coming into play to try to cor corroborate Michael cohan's testimony as much as you can so in the end when it comes to closing argument the prosecutor can get up there and argue look we've proven our case Beyond Reasonable Doubt you may not like Michael Cohen you may not like this witness the question is can you believe what they say have we met out these elements the adult film star producer director Stormy Daniel
s is obviously at the heart of this case will she have a role in this trial you think she is going to have a role in this trial her name is going to be mentioned throughout the trial because remember the hush money the purpose of these payments to Michael Cohen is to repay him for the $130,000 that he paid to Stormy Daniels so at the very least you're going to hear about stormmy Daniel's involvement what her mode of employment was what the story was did she get paid how much she got paid how she
got paid by who she got paid and the timing of those payments so yes she is going to have a role in this drw finally last question do you think he can get a fair trial in Manhattan and what role two two last questions what role will the timing in this play this this happened before the 2016 election it's been a long time almost a decade will that affect this case and can he get a fair trial here he's going to get a fair trial in New York so it's not like there hasn't been a jury trial against u
h Donald Trump already remember when we had ejane Carol this Civil Trial that was a New York jury granted it was different counties that was involved as opposed to here in this criminal case it's just going to be jurors that are based and live in New York County he's going to get a fair trial the judge is going to ensure he gets a fair trial in terms of timing yes this took place in 2016 and we're in 2024 memories fade however a jury can see past that if there is enough evidence that's put forth
that can show the reliability of the witnesses testimony and again when we come to the documents the documents haven't faded those are in black and white Bernardo viona one of the great legal Minds here at top story Bernardo we always appreciate you great to have you on thank you we're also following some dangerous weather across the country up north you may know this blizzard-like conditions dumping up to a foot of snow in parts of Wisconsin while further south the same storm system is threate
ning the to spin up dangerous winds and even tornadoes NBC's Jesse Kish has been tracking it all through the weather from coast to coast this dramatic water rescue playing out in California and tonight the weather headaches are not done yet across the plains cars stranded in white out conditions from Kansas to Texas tornadoes carving a destructive path parts of Colorado Wisconsin and Minnesota all seeing more than a foot of snow today alone in the Twin Cities the work week starting in a slushy r
ainy mess well it's beautiful because I'm working from home I'm glad I don't have to drive in it so everybody be safe make good decisions on Sunday Minneapolis hit a daily record 8.2 in of snow and there's more on the way tomorrow but for some locals this spring snowfall is business as usual literally well it's normal Minnesota yeah all I see is money falling from the the sky that's all I see so it works for me meanwhile to the South communities like Garden City Kansas are recovering from Twiste
rs debris just flying everywhere hitting the window you can hear it hitting the wall and and tonight there's more severe weather and potentially more tornadoes on the way all of this after a weekend bringing almost 3 ft of snow to the Northeast and flooding around Philadelphia after a winter that is not going away quietly and Beyond snow standing water here in the Twin Cities could turn to ice overnight bringing its own hazards Tom all right Jesse kers there in the elements for more on these spr
ing storms striking across the country NBC News meteorologist Bill Ken joins us now live in studio so Bill what what are you watching tonight and where's this thing headed we've been concerned if we get severe storms and if we get any spin-ups of tornadoes that's been the concern all day long and we're that time of year where we get severe storms almost every single day and it only peaks in through April and into may this was the area of concern especially this orange region here from Alexandria
up here to Monroe and then into areas of central Mississippi this is where the storms will head later on this evening and we have this hatched area from the Storm Prediction Center they said if we can get thunderstorms to form that are strong enough we could even get a few strong tornadoes that gets everyone's attention you know the big tornadoes are the ones that can just take out towns so that's what we're trying to avoid and up to this point fantastic we haven't had any tornadoes we haven't
even even had any tornado warnings and we have a line of thunderstorms when you get that usually you don't get strong tornadoes you're looking for those individual we call supercell thunderstorms that are out ahead of the line so we watch for stuff like this developing and we'll wait and see if they issue a new tornado watch but right now we only have one we only have one severe thunderstorm warning this is Interstate 20 in Louisiana south of Lake Providence you can see all the lightning strikes
here they're wor about 60 m per hour winds and that will head towards yzu City here in about the next 15 to 30 minutes but that's really the only story out there as far as severe storms goes the blizzard is continuing it's a treacherous Drive in Interstate 70 heading through Western Kansas also from about Kerney to Grand Isle North Plat central Nebraska still getting some snow now Minneapolis was snow over the weekend rainy day today and then the snow returns toor tomorrow and we do expect a ch
ance there's going to be another Heavy band 6 to 10 in as possible in some areas outside the Twin Cities Tom so yeah it's been quite an up and down roller coaster R in the Northern Plains spring can't come soon enough all right Bill we appreciate that next to the worst looking crisis in Haiti where evacuations are ramping up for those trapped as the country descends deeper and deeper into Anarchy but despite the chaos some Americans are some some reason choosing to stay including a pastor who ru
ns an orphanage in PTO Prince our Ellison Barber is in the neighboring Dominican Republic right on the border tonight and spoke to that Pastor about why he's refusing to leave as Porto Prince Falls further into chaos evacuations in Haiti are expanding Haiti Sunrise Airway is now selling tickets on flights from Cape Haitian to Miami France's foreign minister says their government is organizing chartered flights out for French Nationals and the US State Department continues to evacuate Americans b
ut some Welcome to our cafeteria our dining room like Florida Pastor David Wine are choosing not to leave well I come to Haiti uh three months uh and then go back to the US for one month for me this is my family here he's run an orphanage about 35 minutes outside of PTO Prince since 2012 say hello I have people knocking on my gate you know day and night Pastor David we need food we can't feed our families our families are hungry now get down I know how dangerous it is because we had to evacuate
in August I had to load 855 people in the back of a big truck and we had to literally flee from here guns blasting and um I just can't imagine not being here a sitting next to him is Fritz he's 18 years old and was primarily raised by David I love where I am and the other place where I came from it's G area have you ever thought maybe I'll just leave Haiti and I'll go start a life work somewhere else I thought about it but it's difficult I want to see change in my country what is your hope for H
aiti's future for your future for my future I want to graduate from school first and that would only be possible if the gangs let the school function in PTO Prince many schools are closed because of the escalating violence in other parts of Haiti schools are open but some parents are scared to send their kids or they're so desperate for food they need them to work this boy is just 13 years [Music] old he told us he skipped school and walked crossing the border to sell candles along the bridge in
the habon Dominican Republic he told us his mom and younger brother and sister are waiting for him on the Haitian side of the Border most Haitians cross the border temporarily trying to find food toilet paper and work others cross hoping to stay and build a new life in the Dominican Republic only to realize they're not wanted and the dr's president has vowed to increase ation as we were driving making our way towards the border with Haiti we were behind for about an hour this immigration truck
inside it is full of migrants they were standing all crammed in here they are about to We Believe be let go right here on the border and just told to cross back into Haiti where many of them will not have food and are certainly faced with the threat of violence every single day yeah but with our cameras focused on the van the immigration officials seemed uncomfortable one waving at the other to stop then they drove closer to the Border where cameras could not go and later returned with an empty
van so people they can temporarily come here to get some Goods buy things like this from the market take it across Haiti but there really is not massive amounts of Aid that is Crossing into the Border here just down this way if we keep walking a little we have to watch our step time but we can walk this way and show you some so that is the gate that's where Haiti is on the other side you see the flag there there's just not a lot of help going through you were in Ukraine covering the war in Ukrai
ne remember on the Polish side in the early days when violence started to erupt there Poland and other European nations they were very quick to open their doors and say if you're a refugee come across that is not happening for Haitians by and large in the Dominican Republic's government they have been very clear not only do they plan to continue deporting Asian migrants they also say they will absolutely not open any refugee camps Tom Ellison barbar tonight from the Haiti Dr border Ellison our t
hanks to you we want to turn now to the growing tensions between the US and Israel after the US abstained from a vote issuing a demand for a ceasefire in Gaza prime minister Netanyahu accusing the US of retreating from America's consistent position in the war allowing the vote to pass now Israel has canceled a trip to Washington by the prime ministers top advisers I want to get right over to NBC foreign correspondent rap Sanchez who's been tracking this for us from Tel Aviv rap first I want to a
sk you about the significance of this move by the US what does it mean by abstaining from this vote so Tom the us could have vetoed this resolution stopping it from going through that is what the Israelis wanted to happen instead the US abstaining so it passed it went through and the Israelis are Furious about it prime minister Netanyahu making very clear that he believes the US should have vetoed this resolution the US has vetoed several previous ceasefire resolutions but the official line from
the American ambassador at the United Nations was because this resolution both calls for an immediate ceasefire and demands the immediate and unconditional release of the hostages it is consistent with the American position what it doesn't do though and what the Israelis wanted to see was it explicitly linking the ceasefire to the release of the hostages it's interesting because it comes at the same time when President Biden specifically asked for this trip of netanyahu's top advisers to come t
o Washington when they spoke on the phone last week what do you think the canceling of the meeting means for relations going forward yeah it is a sign of the deep deep strains in the relationship right now as you said this was an explicit request from the president of the United States and the prime minister of Israel in a sign of displeasure cancelling that trip this was a trip to talk about Israel's potential ground offensive into the city of Rafa in southern Gaza now pres President Biden uh i
s still having the Israeli defense minister at the White House today he was meeting with Jake Sullivan he also at the state department meeting with Secretary of State blinkin but it is another indication of the deepening tensions right now between the US and Israel and then Raph before we we let you go here we assume this ceasefire resolution will not materialize in any major way what does this mean for the possibility of a ceasefire hostage release deal and humanitarian Aid deal to Gaza going f
orward yeah it really tells you something about the age we're living in in international relations that the UN Security Council the top un body can call for an immediate ceasefire and we can all safely assume that it probably isn't going to happen but there is no indication it will lead to a ceasefire lead to the release of the hostages the best chance at this point for both the hostages Palestinian civilians suffering in Gaza is some kind of breakthrough at those ceasefire negotiations underway
right now in Doha Tom TR thank you for that still ahead fire on board flames and black smoke billowing out of an exhaust funnel on a Carnival Cruise Ship upcoming sailings now cancelled what may have caused this Plus store owners fighting back against shoplifters posting videos of the suspects online along with her personal information could the store owners face legal repercussions and LA rers Sho hotani breaking his silence after his interpreter was accused of stealing his money toally Place
illegal bets what the MLB star said about allegations that he was also involved in the betting stay with [Music] us all right we're back now with the surge of shoplifting in California and the length some businesses are going to fight back store owners posting videos of alleged thieves online even blasting the suspect's names personal information and more on social media but are now they going too far NBC Steven Romo has a story fed up with thefts these California small businesses are taking mat
ters into their own hands posting videos of the alleged shoplifters on social media and I was just shocked like it happened back to back I was really upset Chandler Tang owner of postcript a gift shop in San Francisco says she posted alleged shoplifters last month after being targeted twice in just one week she posted both incidents hoping her followers could help her identify them though she had no luck we want to alert our community and get support especially knowing that like the police might
not be able to help us kids and clothing stores in La once known as a celebrity hotspot of the 2000s takes it one step further not just using social media for help identifying suspects but posting what the store believes to be their names social Med media accounts and other personal information unrelated to the incident in at least two instances even after getting paid or getting the goods returned a potentially risky move if you imply that somebody committed a crime and that's false uh that wi
ll usually make you liable for defamation the LAPD says it is currently investigating a case involving kidson alleged shoplifting but would not provide details on specific cases owner Frasier Ross says he does it in part to alert other small businesses armed guards we don't have that so all businesses have to be aware of these shoplifters and if they come into your your complex you need to be be on top of them the police can't really help us and um there's a certain law where you know it has to
be a certain amount of items stolen that law known as Prop 47 was passed in 2014 and increased the amount of which shoplifting could be prosecuted as a from $400 to $950 by moving the dollar amount upward for qualifying felonies you make more crimes misdemeanors and misdemeanors alone are often crimes that police simply aren't that interested in investigating the law has many critics including some elected leaders in San Diego currently Gathering signatures to try to reform it Prop 47 has failed
us especially in retail theft where theft Now is really been almost decriminalized as for kitsen and postcript posting about alleged thefts has not helped deter shoplifting we do our year end shrinkage our shrinkage is up I don't know if it's deterred shoplifting but we've had a lot of people come in because of the Tik Tok and because of all the media we've had a ton of people come in Tang saying more than 60 people have been in just over the past few weeks after seeing her posts about the thef
ts did I do the right thing I want to say yes we're representing the business and like are we putting these shop posters you know In Harm's Way and it's just there's there's so many elements all right Stephen Romo joins us now Stephen so that last business owner she seems sort of torn over what she did would she still do it do it again yeah I asked her that question she says she's not really sure she's hesitant she doesn't know the effect this could have on her business as well as the effect she
says that it could have on the shoplifters it is a very different story though with kitson he's actually told us that he's continu to post about someone even after she apologized and paid for the items returned some of the items two very different philosophies here but in both of them they don't seem to be helping out right now and they both sort of feel they have nowhere to go with law enforcement that just police aren't going to help the situation out and they can't afford security guards yea
h exactly that they say for since they're small businesses they can't afford like some of the big box stores having these guards and they don't think police usually they have both called police and they don't seem to be very interested in it since as Danny saalo told us that they're just misdemeanor right right okay Steven Romo great story we appreciate it when we come back a wild Chase in South Florida Mass man on an ATV leading police through multiple counties on highways look at that thing an
d even drove the wrong way at one point how this scary scene finally came to an end all right we're back now with top stories news feed and we begin with the fire breaking out on a Carnival Cruise Ship new video captured by a passenger shows Flame fles and black smoke pouring out of the ship's exhaust funnel no one was hurt but the funnel was damaged and two upcoming sailings have been cancelled no word yet in a cause but passengers reported a lightning strike hitting the funnel it's the second
time in less than 2 years that a fire has broken out on this ship a Florida man arrested after a wild Cross Country police chase while on an ATV new aerial footage video shows the driver in a ski mask riding the ATV on I95 near Miami police were seen leading officers through neighborhoods Crossing intersections even driving in the wrong direction the 18-year-old finally stopped in Lauderdale Lakes he was tackled by officers and arrested nobody was hurt also in Florida Governor Ronda santz signin
g one of the country's most restrictive social media bans for minors the bill makes it illegal for children younger than 14 to have social media accounts 14 and 15 year olds will need a parent permission any company found in violation of the law could face a fine of up to 50,000 bucks the companies are also being instructed to delete the accounts of children under 14 it's set to take effect in January but legal challenges are expected okay now to a major headline out of the Sports World baseball
's biggest star breaking his silence about a scandal that's rocked America's favorite pastime Sho Otani pointing the finger at his now fired interpreter amid allegations of theft and gambling here's LZ CZ tonight baseball's biggest star show Otani speaking for the first time about the theft and gambling allegations swirling around his former interpreter epe muhara uh epe has been stealing money from my account and has told lies I'm very saddened and shocked that someone who I'm trusted has done
this speaking through a new translator Otani addressing reports $4.5 million was allegedly Wired from his account to a bookmaker in Southern California where sports betting is illegal so I never bet on baseball other sports or never have asked somebody to do it on my behalf those remarks come nearly a week after the Dodgers fired Miss uhara who allegedly told conflicting stories about what Otani knew and when the MLB is now investigating they're going to look at the paper trail with respect to C
ommunications between Mr Otani and his interpreter to see exactly uh what it is he understood uh he was authorizing when these substantial transfers of funds were being made according to the LA Times otani's name surfaced in a federal investigation into bookie Matthew Boer his attorney says Boer had no interactions with Otani only miss uhara and no bets were placed on baseball at some point Mr Boer understood that a wire transfer had come through with the name Otani and the subject line said loa
n but that was the only knowledge that Mr Boer had and he never asked any questions about it the IRS now investigating Boyer and muhara yeah and they'll likely get to the bottom of it Liz she joins us now from Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles what else did we learn at that press conference hey Tom yeah well Otani somewhat gave a timeline of what he learned and when he said that he only learned about Miss oar's gambling addiction about his debts and about that wire transfer that came from his accou
nt at that game last week in South Korea where the two were seen chatting that he only learned about it after the game he said that's also when suara told him about media inquiries he was starting to get about these wire transfers and Otani said to reporters through this translator that he was shocked by this he was saddened and he insisted repeatedly that he did not pay off Miss Zara's debts that said Tom there's a lot of questions we didn't get answered for instance how it was that muhara was
able to get access to otani's account to send this much money it has been reported that he was somewhat of a gatekeeper for Otani that could be part of it he did not address their relationship in any way and Otani did not take any questions from reporters Tom yeah a lot of questions and gambling has taken down some of the game's best players so we're going to have to wait and see all right Liz we appreciate that coming up outrage in Argentina massive crowds overtaking buenos Idis to commemorate
the victims of the country's former dictatorship why the annual demonstration turned into a protest against Argentina's current leaders who critics say are trying to rewrite history we're going to explain this with guad Vega stay with us back now with top stories Global watch and a check of what else is happening around the world we start with mounting tensions in the disputed South China Sea here's what's happening new video showing Chinese Coast Guard boats launching water cannons at a Philipp
ine Navy operated supply boat over the weekend officials said several crew members were hurt and the boat was heavily damaged you can see why the Philippines is now summoning top Chinese diplomats over the assault but China has warned the country over quote plane with fire the US and other allies vowing to defend the Philippines okay we head to the Vatican the pope noticeably absent from the Palm Sunday homy Pope Francis deciding last minute to skip his homy during Palm Sunday mass and he also d
id not participate in the procession of cardinals in the Piaza at the start of mass his absence coming after recent respiratory infections and knee issues but so far there have been no changes to His Holy Week schedule and an update tonight more than 130 children in Nigeria have been rescued after being being abducted from school 2 weeks ago video shows students returning to a government house in kaduna state after they had been taken by armed gunmen earlier this month at least 17 other school c
hildren in another state were also rescued no group so far has claimed responsibility for the abductions but boa Haram has carried out numerous Mass kidnappings you may remember in the last decade okay time now to head to the Americas where thousands of people in Argentina have taken to the streets to commemorate those killed during the military dictatorship ship of the 70s and 80s but many at this year's demonstration outraged after newly elected president Javier M known for his far-right ideol
ogy is now pushing to change The Narrative of that national holiday NBC's guad Vegas explains tonight argentinians pushing back against an austere new government while honoring their embattled history thousands of protesters flooding the streets over the weekend for the day of rembrance for truth and Justice a demonstration marking the 48th anniversary of the traumatic military coup of 1976 and the 7-year dictatorship that followed known as the Dirty War when 30,000 people were killed or disappe
ared crowds passionately vowing Nas never again reliving the fear and violence that dominated the country for years but human rights groups are now sounding the alarm as they believe President kavier M who was a child during the authoritarian government of the 70s and 80s is attempting to rewrite history the newly elected far-right president posting this video commemorating the other dead referring to the victims of leftist guerillas opposing the coup but not mentioning the tens of thousands kil
led during the military H vice president Victoria viaro echoing the sentiment writing on social media those responsible for these crimes cannot go unpunished it wasn't 30,000 this isn't the first time melay and his party appear to try and change The Narrative of Argentina's history AR during a presidential debate ahead of his election win last while M downplaying and even denying the human rights violations how meaningful is it for him to do this with a holiday that a lot of living argentinians
can remember well I think it's quite dangerous so when you have a president like M who's now in office and saying well you know maybe we misunderstood that period maybe we need to rethink what everyone knows about that period and perhaps the abuses have been blown out of proportion I think it's uh you know kind of poking a finger in that wound or um opening up a crack in that uh kind of consensus uh that so far helped sustain Argentinian democracy just the latest controversy facing the political
newcomer whose first few months in office have been marred by social and political unrest and with that guad Venegas joins us tonight from Miami so guad I'm trying to understand this do we know what exactly is behind the administration's take on Argentina's dirty war if it happened in the past why fight it now with everything else this country has to deal with well Tom it's controversial but not surprising to see meay bring this up remember Argentina had been leaning left for some time now it's
going right now during his campaign melay actually failed to acknowledge a plan of extermination that the military had executed during that dictatorship when he was asked he did not want to acknowledge that now he has been focusing a lot on the economy but also on social issues and issues like this one also his vice president Victoria Vel is the niece and granddaughter of military personnel she has been asking for more attention to be place on who she says where the victims of gorillas or left-
wing groups Who attack members of the military during that dictatorship so again controversial but not surprising Tom and we we can also look at what they've already changed right away melay shut down the women's ministry he also shut down the National Institution against discrimination and now his vice president is talking about you using the military to fight drug violence in Argentina something that's going to raise a lot of alarms because of the history with the military Tom guad Venegas for
us from Miami guad always great to have you on the show when we come back fighting endometriosis our team getting an inside look at a trial working a cut down on the lengthy diagnosis time for the painful disorder that affects so many women plus we speak to three patients who hope their participation could mean one day no one will have to go through what they have done that story next finally tonight March is endometriosis awareness month it's a painful and sometimes debilitating condition that
affects 10% of all women in childbearing age but it can take an average of 8 years to be diagnosed accurately we sit down with researchers who are working tirelessly to change that and patients who hope their work can help future generations of women Aon mcglaughlin has this one I describe it as like giving birth to a broken light bulb over and over again you never know when it will hit it makes you think like oh am I being a baby if I want to call out of work just cuz I'm in so much pain just
being in chronic pain all the time takes a huge mental toll on you so it really affects all aspects of Life Lucia jazzier Justine CCO and Anna dagati are living with endometriosis it affects one in 10 women and it happens when tissue similar to the lining of the uterus grows outside of the uterus often found on the ovaries or Fallopian tubes this tissue can bleed and become inflamed damaging surrounding organs and can cause severe pain heavy and lengthy periods and even infertility for me the on
e thing I want in life is to be a mom and the thought that I might have a hard time achieving that is really scary like many women with endometriosis and a symptoms began at a young age I started experiencing symptoms when I was 14 really heavy periods I would bleed through everything no matter what I used and it just got to a point where I was like I can't live like this anymore for more than a decade and while living with aroundthe clock pain she visited multiple doctors but she often felt ign
ored dismissed and left without answers I just brought up I want to discuss the possibility of me having osis and he looks at me and goes I'm not convinced you have it I walked out of there crying last year she was officially diagnosed getting the official diagnosis was probably one of the best things that have ever happened to me because I felt just like very reassuring that all right this is serious like Anna Justine and Lucia getting that news only after laparoscopic surgery just to see it wr
itten out and what the surgeons did and how long it took and all of that was happening inside of me it definitely made me realize that I am very strong for having lived through all of that pain it's currently the only way for a definitive endomet iosis diagnosis and women can wait an average of 8 years for that confirmation so this looks good when was this plated Dr Christine Mets said northwell's Feinstein institutes for medical research has been working for years to change that the main proble
m with not being diagnosed in a timely manner still rests on dismissal of pain in young people she's now helping lead a team of researchers using women's menstrual blood to help speed up that lengthy d diagnosis time frame without the need for an invasive and painful procedure we believe that there are major alterations in the endometrial lining of the uterus which is shed as menstration and can be detected in those with endometriosis versus healthy controls they've launched a trial called resea
rch outsmarts endometriosis or Rose calling on women Across the Nation to enroll and Supply their own sample for study the sample came refrigerated using an atome collection kit we are enrolling patients who are symptomatic and think they have endometriosis Lucia Justine and Anna answering that call I don't want anyone to have to go through what I went through so to be able to bring more awareness to what so many women go through and hopefully more women can get diagnosed earlier this week Presi
dent Joe Biden signed an executive order to expand research on women's health care and I'm going to assure that women's health is integrated and prioritized across the entire federal government the president pledging $200 million towards the cause funding that Dr Mets says is vital for All Women's Health this is really opening the floodgates to people studying this condition in the past it's been very difficult to obtain funding because so little money is available for Women's Health in general
Anna Lucia and Justine tell us they are still dealing with serious and painful symptoms so they hope their contribution to Rose will help future generations and are urging anyone experiencing symptoms to not give up with more people just coming out with it it starts to improve and it just becomes there's less stigma for it don't take no for an answer keep digging until you find someone or something that's going to help you because chronic pain is not normal tell your friends tell your family tel
l your co-workers about it you might be surprised by the positive response that you get Aaron MLL NBC News and a big thank you to all the women who shared their personal stories if you want more information on the rose trial you can scan the QR code on your screen we've also provided a phone number and an email as well thanks so much for watching top story I'm Tom yamas back here in New York thank you again for watching stay right there more news on the way thanks for watching stay updated about
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