program in new orleans called cari. it stands for criminal alien removal initiative. cari, ice says, is focused on immigrants who, quote, "pose a serious threat to the community." >> it's a small terrifying effect. they'll go into a grocery store and take 3 people >> jacinta gonzalez has been piecing together the impact of cari on immigrant families. >> is there a suspicion of what these poeole are doing? this isn't associated with any other crime? >> what we've heard from the testimonies we've been gathering is that literally people, the ice agents will go into apartment complexes, bible studies, stop anyone who looks latino. sometimes they ask questions sometimes they handcuff people fingerprint them, and if they have any sort of minor criminal record or any previous immigration history, they immediately take them into custody. >> this type of enforcement represents a shift for new orleans. >> after hurricane katrina a lot of day laborers and reconstruction workers came to help rebuild the city, to help do roofing wor

jean casarez live in new orleans. i think it's important to play a larger chunk of the documentary so you can hear durst's damning comments in full context. i can't promise that u they're coherent but i can promise you the context. at this point in the documentary he's undergone many hours of on camera interviews. robert durst was off camera but still had his mike phone on. listen to what he said to himself in the bathroom. >> i'm going to go use the rest room which is right here. or maybe this is the bathroom. you're right. this is the bathroom. there it is. you're caught. you're right, of course, but you can't imagine. what's in the house. i want this. what a disaster. he was right. i was wrong. and the burden of proving. i'm having difficulty with the questions. what the hell? i killed them all. of course. >> killed them all, of course. really key words. the judge who presided over robert durst's acquittal in that killing of his neighbor in texas in 2001 was a guest on "new day" this morning. durst admitted that he

in new orleans on the phone and here with me, joey jackson and former prosecutor dan shore. jean, what exactly did the investigators find in his hotel room? >> well they found a lot of things. i'm right outside the courtroom. there's a short morning break and i may at any time have to go back in. this is a lengthy complex and we're learning a lot of new information. as far as what they found in his room, it involved everything from a lot of cash money, 47 $100 bills, adding up to over $47,000 in cash. they also found several books which they did not list in court. they found a mask for the face and neck. we learned today salt and pepper hair was attached to that mask. but i think the most important thing that we're learning today is the defense stood up saying that a prosecutor and a detective from los angeles drove to new orleans and the morning after robert durst was arrested,

breaking her nose from new orleans. a men gonna die at the security checkpoint at our shop airport after attacking of the melt csa agent. and in the south bay this there is a gruesome discovery this morning and high school swimming pool. we got an hour of prime time news. >> pam: breaking those tonight at eight a man shot three times after violently attacking the as a officers with a machete at an enormous airport police say a taxi driver identified as 62 year-old richard white walked into the security checkpoint area of loss of law was armstrong international airport the night. he walked down the tea as a pre line where he encountered an officer checking boarding passes. when the officer challenge why he spray the officer in the face with what ross the sprite then what to the next check point. he met with two more officers and one male officer and one female officer and the spray the mayoralty as a officer in the face with this prang and then pulled out a machete and struck the woman of officer and our time. the male o

randall. >> thank you jonathan martin in new orleans. and coming up, a debate in florida says that climate change won't make a difference. and a volcano. >> in florida rising seas threaten a third of the state's beaches, but lawmakers are not allowed to even talk about that. and jonathan betz has more from miami. >> from south florida shores, christina prada has watched the seas change. on the surface, the oceans are riding and beneath nature is dying. >> i cannot believe that everything is gone. >> so you're surprised? >> yes absolutely. >> warmer water is killing florida's coral reefs. where color and life once bloomed, now emptiness exists. >> people who say that climate change is not real, you say what? >> climate change is absolutely real. and people are absolutely changing the environment. >> but in florida state government the words "climate change" are not to be spoken. >> ultimately, we're the government agency, and we'll portray the message that the governor wants. >> rick scott has been sceptical. >> i'm not a scientist. >> an

. >> new orleans is the most exciting city in the united states. when i land here, i feel like i'm home. it's going to be all about pink and black tonight. >> before antonia heads to the club, she invites me to join her in a ritual. >> so what is this place? >> it's a candle shop. >> it's not like a candle shop i've ever seen. >> it's a magic candle shop. the spirit of new orleans has to bless you in order to do well here. usually i get this one. >> he's good for luck. he's also good for money, but i think that you might want to go towards one of his girlfriends. it's the spirit that rolls over love and beauty and abundance. >> she sounds like the lady i need. >> yeah, she's a beauty. >> this is something i can only do in new orleans. >> why is it something you like to do here? >> strippers particularly, we have our beliefs, and it's so much about bringing attitude and luck and attention. and you're going into a really, really dark, seedy place, and you have to bring light. i can use all the help i can get. >> when you go out there sometimes, do yo

union forces are down here in port hudson, henry, and new orleans -- baton rouge, and new orleans. the armies are not in contact and the confederates will do what they want to do without union troops to oversee things. general kirby smith does not want to surrender even though he is getting news about other events that are going on. but the situation is deteriorating rapidly because his men are starting to desert and become disorderly. the confederate troops are from four primary states, texas arkansas, louisiana, and missouri. and it is the louisiana troops that are deserting in droves because that is where they are and they can get home easily. it seems that the missouri troops are the most loyal or most reliable. on may 21, we are going to have a large private -- riot breakout in shreveport and troops break into warehouses and civilians joined in, plundering and looting and a large amount of drunkenness, very disorderly. general smith realizes that his army is falling apart so what he wants to do was move his army further to the west where he can we organize it and keep it out o

orleans, with a new concern in the airport attacker's arsenal. police are crediting both luck and training for limiting the danger. but should tsa agents be arme kendis gibson tonight. >> reporter: 40 seconds is all it took for richard white to cause terror in the new orleans airport, the jefferson parish sheriff says tonight, triggering concerns over airport safety. >> he was shot up here. i'm looking at him. >> reporter: the 63-year-old allegedly storming security friday attacking tsa officers with poisonous spray and a machete. agent carol richel, shouting at passengers to run. white, charging toward her. >> i was calling run, run to get away from him. >> reporter: a lieutenant reacting quickly, shooting the suspect three times. >> officer sylve is my hero. she saved my life. the man was within inches of whacking me with a machete. >> reporter: white later died from his injuries. in 2013 a gunman shot and killed a tsa officer and injured three others at los angeles airport. the violent incidents leading some to question whether tsa agents shou

they were able to track him to new orleans but couldn't find out where he was. but he called his voice mail on his phone from his new orleans hotel, and that's how they knew he was staying at the j.w. marriott. fbi went to his hotel. they couldn't find a durst or an alias that he goes by registered at that hotel. but they saw him near the elevators. they move in, talked to him, asking for identification. he said i don't have any. but i have my passport in my room. they went to his room, he showed them his true and honest passport, and that's when they started to do an inventory, randi, of everything that you just mentioned. >> all right, jean. i'll let you get back to court and pick up the conversation here with joey and dan. it sound like this guy is clearly on the move within right? prosecutors make a pretty good case for keeping him locked up. what's your argument? >> what the defense is going to attack is the sufficiency of the arrest in the first instance. they're going to argue something that dan and i talk about a lot, and that is fruit of the poisonous t

>> john roberts is live at the courthouse in new orleans. what is the latest? >> shannon bream, good afternoon to you. about 2 1/2 hours ago robert durst appeared in court in an orange jumpsuit wearing handcuffs and leg irons. he was held in isolation for a while where he appeared to be either meditating or asleep. he finally said that this was a precooked deal with the prosecution, that he would waive an extradition hearing, that he was willing to go back to los angeles immediately to face whatever charges might await him there. but it could be a while before he goes out. right after the hearing his high-powered defense attorney from houston emerged to say that prosecutors in new orleans may not be done with robert durst just yet. >> we came here to waive jurisdiction and to go back to california and to get it on. bob durst didn't kill susan berman. he's ready to end all the rumor and speculation and have a trial. but we're frustrated because the localre considering filing charges on him here and holding him here. we're ready to go to california and have a tri

officials say he is in serious condition at a local new orleans hospital. will carr is following the story. i was at the new orleans airport last night, strict, tight security, then to have this happen. >> reporter: that's right. some very dramatic chaotic moments for everybody, including yourself at this airport. we just learned authorities say that richard white not only had a bag filled with molotov cocktails, he was also armed with smoke bombs as he stormed security and then pulled out a can of wasp spray, sprayed one tsa agent in the face. that agent alertly threw a bag at white, slowed him down for just a couple seconds and that's when he pulled out that machete and started chasing another tsa agent. that's when lieutenant heather slee with the local sheriff's office shot white three times, grazing that fleeing tsa agent once in the arm in the process. listen to that agent a short time ago at a press conference. >> the officer is my hero. she saved my life. the man was within inches of whacking me with the machete. she did save my life and saved proba

orleans and i want. >>> new jersey police officer is under investigation after a deadly wrong-way crash. >>> first though, chris sowers joins us with the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. not too many people happy with mother nature. >> reporter: it's funny sunny skies, green grass 65 degrees, christmas day, first day of spring, snow all over the place and # 3 degrees. let's get you outside, on a positive note it's technically spring at this point. you can only imagine it will get better from this point on. there's the view live from penns landing. we have some issues out there this morning, there are slick spots, we have black ice in parts of the area. there's a winter weather advisory up for south jersey because of freezing drizzle. take it slow and get to your destination safely. we have frozen slush expect slippery back roads parking lots, you know the drill right now. anything untreated it will be slick. everybody is below freezing with the exception of areas that saw rain dover # -- 33, wildwood, 34. everybody else ask 32 degrees or below the freezing mark. there's the rem

new details of those terrifying moments in new orleans. the man with the machete, also had explosives with him and we hear from the tsa agent he attacked. >>> terror alert. the new threat. what appears to be a hit list against u.s. servicemen and women calling for attacks here in the united states. >>> off the force a racially charged video made by a florida police officer, and offensive text messages three others shared. it's not the only department tonight taking action over racist texts. >>> durst documents. investigators search the home of a friend of the millionaire murder suspect. the treasure trove reported to have been taken away. >>> panic on the slopes.

one week ago in new orleans. he has a history with that town? >> yes, ma'am. he also had rented a room the same way he did in galveston. he did that also in new orleans as a mute female. >> interesting. all right. i'm going to ask you one last question. i've always felt that the way that the jury ended up acquitting robert durst, that something actually, you know, was awry. sources tell me that one of the jurors, the most vocal one, actually was in mexico with durst after the trial. does that sound like it's kosher? >> i don't believe it passes a smell test. i received the same information and had seen some pictures. i think him and his wife were in mexico. >> and when you say him and his wife, you mean chris lovell, correct? >> yes, ma'am. >> okay i'm sorry. go ahead. >> yes. and so does it pass the smell test? i don't think it does. but at the same time, i believe that it's my understanding that it happened after the trial, that he supposedly became friends with bob durst and, you know, i -- it is what it is. >

acting administrator caraway went to new orleans on saturday to show support. he was inspired by the resilience of all involved. i'm confident i speak for all of tsa when i say thank you to the enforcement in new orleans for their swift response to the attack. since its creation tsa has focused on building and enhancing a multilayered screening system including a well trained work technologies intelligence and information sharing, explosive canine detection teams in the federal air marshal service. from nearly a decade tsa applied this and a one-size-fits-all approach. the philosophy changed in late 2011 when tsa implemented and intelligence driven approach to aviation security. commercial aviation remains the target of terrorist groups who have proven to be intelligent and adaptive. as demonstrated by the development of nonmetallic explosives. one of the most serious threats to aviation. one request is to implement more security measures for every passenger and another is risk based policy. the idea of a risk-based aviation security is not novel. a trusted tra

at a new orleans airport. chaos as a man storms past security and goes on a rampage. tonight, what authorities found in a bag he left behind that could have made it much worse. >>> evacuated. u.s. special forces leave one of the most dangerous places in the world after a series of deadly attacks. what it means for the fight against violent extremists. >>> spring fever. news for millions of americans who suffer from allergies. why this season could be one of the worst yet and what you can do to get some relief. >>> and flying high with the thunderbirds. our incredible bird's eye view from the cockpit. >>> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. substituting tonight, peter alexander. >>> good evening. tonight, investigators are still trying to figure out what caused a man with a machete to go on a rampage at the new orleans airport, a popular destination for millions of americans each year. it happened last night. the 63-year-old attacker targeted travelers and tsa agents alike. tonight we're learning it could have been much worse. we begin with nbc's kerry sanders

at a new orleans airport. chaos as a man storms past security and goes on a rampage. tonight, what authorities found in a bag he left behind that could have made it much worse. >>> evacuated. u.s. special forces leave one of the most dangerous places in the world after a series of deadly attacks. what it means for the fight against violent extremists. >>> spring fever. news for millions of americans who suffer from allergies. why this season could be one of the worst yet and what you can do to get some relief. >>> and flying high with the thunderbirds. our incredible bird's eye view from the cockpit. >>> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. substituting tonight, peter alexan

we expect a news conference any moment to take place at the new orleans airport. we hope for new information on the person accused of attacking a tsa agent last night with a machete and also with spray. we're going to bring you that live as soon as we have it. also the u.s. is evacuating a last american troops station in yemen. we have the lates

he'll face similar hearings in las vegas tomorrow and in new orleans next month. his lawyer said he's expected to serve a little less than nine years and all of his sentences, when they happen will be served at the same time. david? >> ryan smith with us. ryan, thank you. >>> now, to a first in the race for president in 2016. the first major candidate saying he wants the job. republican senator ted cruz of texas, announcing on twitter, tweeting out, "i'm running for president." and today, we heard what he's promising no abortion gay marriage, no gun control. and he told our jon karl today, he will appeal to far more than just conservatives. >> reporter: texas senator ted cruz practiced for his big moment, rehearsing the wave with his kids, even the kiss with his wife. and today, when he took the stage for real cruz made it official with the flair of a televangelist. >> i believe in the power of millions of courageous conservatives rising up to reignite the promise of america, >> reporter: in a twist on the old john lennon song, cruz told the crowd to imagine a pur

big cities, like los angeles, new orleans, we don't have much of a track record of the d.o.j. using small cities outside of east haven connecticut. we can estimate a couple of costs that ferguson is likely to bear. the first is the city of ferguson will likely have to pay for the appointment of an external monitor. something the d.o.j. and city of ferguson will have to agree pon, a team of law enforcement experts. civil rights attorneys, coming together to oversee the implementations of reforms. the cost alone can range up to a million, 2 million a year. that's part of the overall bill. the big part of the bill will come from the reforms that the d.o.j. will demand. >> there are two things that strike me as a cost. they don't have the right training. when you can't amortise it. this is a problem. in a force where you have problems, you can make them effective. secondly you may not pay for the police. this is a big deal. >> i think they are good points. one of the major reforms that are required. is that they require significant changes in training. while you are on the job, as

we have to get to new orleans. a story when the e-mails start to pop up about what was happening we were scratching our head. what is happening in new orleans at the airport right now. a machete attack in the new orleans airport. the suspect was carrying a bag of explosive sfwls police are still looking for a motive but say the man's mental health is being closely monitored, they are looking in it to. kendis gibson is at the airport. >> reporter: 40 seconds is all it took for richard white to cause terror in the new orleans airport according to the jefferson parish sheriff triggering concerns over airport safety. the 63-year-old allegedly storming security attacking tsa officers with poisonous spray and ma shet 2i. shouting at passengers to run, white charging toward her. >> i was calling run run for them to get away from him. >> reporter: a sheriffs lieutenant reacting quickly and shooting him three times. >> she saved my life. the man with him whacking me with a machete. >> richel myth hit by one of the bullets.

a man wielding a machete taking swipes at tsa officers in new orleans. police opening fire to bring him down. >> everyone in the area as you can imagine started screaming. we all got down on the floor. >> panicked passengers running for safety. why did he do it? >>> highway horror. a shocking case of road rage. a woman shot in the head by an angry driver. the search is on. >> one suv run off the road and shot at her. >> what she did next that may have saved her life. >>> caught on camera. suge knight collapses in court. the former rap kingpin apparently getting sick at a bail hearing in his deadly hit-and-run case. what the judge told him right before he went down.

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. >> pure panic at luis armstrong airport near new orleans. a man attacked one tsa agent with wasp spray and then cut another agent with a machete at a security gate. you can see the machete on the ground. both agents are expected to be okay. the sheriff deputy shot the suspect. another tsa agent was grazed by a bullet in all of the chaos. some passengers suffered minor cuts. the local sheriff identified him as richard white. white didn't pose a national security threat. white was undergoing surgery late tonight. >>> the maker of a controversial lipstick maker is seeing red. some say the name of the lipstick called "underage red" brings to mind statutory rape and the degradation of young women. in a facebook post she said she should be offended because it reminds her of the color she wore when she was 16 and that's why she named it "underage red." >>> if you want to get fit in a hurry, but no time for workouts, one gym may have the solution. >> they have a special room for high altitude training and as i learned firsthand oxygen is your hand.

we have new details about the bizarre of tsa agents at the new orleans airport on friday night. the machete wielding suspect known as richard white died saturday evening result of the injuries he sustained. on friday night, first white first attacked security agents with watch spread and pulled a machete from his waistband and chae chasing a tsa agent. the deputies took him down. at a press conference, rochelle called the policewoman a hero. >> i have to say officer sleet is my hero. the man was inches away from whacking me with a machete and she saved my life and probably a lot of others not to mention a lot of injuries. >> reporter: the sheriff had new details. >> he had a bag in his hand and we didn't know that at first. in fact, all of the witnesses, obviously, so being chased with watch spray and a machete never noticed a bag. what the bag revealed was six half pint mason jars with cloth wicks into a liquid that we now know to be gasoline which you commonly would refer to as a molotov cocktail. had he a barbecue lighter in the bag. he also had a letter opener plastic. >> re

why the new orleans arrest? >> reporter: the arrest is for a murder back in 2000 susan berman is durst's close friend and confident. they obtained new information, didn't specify where it came from. that was ultimately triggered the arrest. the question is did that come from the documentary itself? during the documentary, they did discover a letter written from durst to susan berman and the heading of that letter the address, there was very similar handwriting and misspelling to a letter that was sent to police the day before berman's body was discovered. you put them side by side it looks like the same hand writeing but that is something the court will have to determine. we don't know if that's a key piece of evidence. andrea? >> and he was acquitted. how has he been able to get away with this despite all of the letter and all of these other pieces of evidence. how did he get off in texas for one of those crimes? >> reporter: so he was tried in 2003 for yet a different murder this was his neighbor who was shot

for "today," kerry sanders, nbc news new orleans. >>> sheinelle has more on that scary ski accident. >> good morning. state inspectors are trying to learn why a chair lift packed with skiers suddenly began slipping backward. much of the frightening event at sugarloaf mountain in maine saturday was captured on camera. words shouted from the ground to the terrified skiers trapped on the out of control chair lift. >> the lift line was screaming at the people on the chair lift to jump so people were literally just raining down. >> reporter: onlookers could do nothing but watch as the lift rolled back faster and faster. >> it felt like forever but it probably only lasted it 20 seconds. >> reporter: some skiers jumped down. the rest stayed on the lift waiting as rescue es rushed tors rushed to bring them to safety. one person trapped documented the rescues, including his own, on twitter. thankful to be down and safe #kingpinefail. by the time everyone was rescued, more than 200 people had to be taken off the life. sugarloaf officials say the king pine lift is inspected daily. >> we intend

also tonight new information amount the man behind the machete attack in new orleans and new concerns about security. a funeral fit for a king in, immortalized by shakespeare. >> and car dealerships redefine full service to include spa treatments. >> have your nails done for the first time instead of just getting a nail out of your tire. >> captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> good evening, the i am vinita nair. we begin tonight with a new online threat targeting u.s. military servicemen and women. the terror group isis posted a "hit list" it says that includes the names, photos and addresses of 100 u.s. military personnel in the air force navy and army. the group is upperring its followers in the u.s. to hunt them down. julianna goldman has the latest from washington. >> the video comes from the islamic state hacking division it was released on social media and encourages isis supporters to kill those who are listed. >> the terror group claims in the video that the information was obtained by hacking military databases, but the pentagon says it believes the

. >> developing news. a bizarre machete attack on tsa agents in a new orleans airport. the actions that preventeded other travellers from being hurt sl. >> welcome to news 4 today. >> it is saturday march 21 the first full saturday of spring. we are off to a promising start. >> it's a soft spring come back. >> nice looking day ahead. it is ale cool sh cloudy start outside. on your way out the door first thing you will need an ex-eta layer of springtime warmth. but sheddable layers. storm team 4 radar shows not much in the way of a rain or snow threat today. that's already good news compared to yesterday. nothing going on this our fair realm now. it will be a dry weekend. temperatures 22 in gathersburg. 36 in washington. a typical march chill is already in the airful what should you expect for today? plenty of clouds this morning. plenty of sunshine by this afternoon. about a degree imapprovalment over yesterday. yesterday we were in the 30s and 40sment today into the up 50s and low 60s. mid 60s down to the south of washington. your weather headlines, chance to exhale af

candice gibson abk news, new orleans. >>> a skiing resort was a scene of the frightening chair lift accident the chair lift, started sliding backward down the mountain here at sugar loaf resort. one of the east coast biggest ski spots. it prompted frantic ride tours jump off. >> there were people laying on the ground they were definitely more mobile, the ski patrol first responded very. >> very. >> seven were injured when four needing treatment at the hospital. although none of the injuries is considered life threatening. the the accident was a second at sugar loaf in five years. it occurred just days before the resort hosts the u.s. alpine championship. >>> president obama's weighing in on the controversial topic of paying college athletes. he says that doing so would ruin the the sense of college sports. the the president made the comments shortly after attending the princeton women's basketball game, his niece plays for princeton. in the interview obama said he is frustrate that had college coaches and ncaa makes huge amount of money. while an athlete can be banish for something like free

jose back to you. >> stephanie gosk in new orleans. thank you very much. >>> 700 miles to the north to ferguson, missouri, where this morning a man is under arrest and charged with last week's shooting of two police officers. his name williams 20 years old caught after a massive manhunt and charged sunday with two counts of first-degree assault. a prosecutor says he acknowledged firing the shots that sent two police officers to the hospital, but he might have hit them accidentally when targeting others. nbc's sarah dallof is in ferguson. good morning. what do we know about what led to this arrest? >> reporter: well good morning, jose. you'll remember that during the investigation, authorities weren't saying much but they did say they had gotten a number of leads from the public and now we know it was one or more of those tips from the public that led to the arrest of jeffrey williams. officials have now recovered a handgun they say matches the shell casings at the scene and say williams acknowledged he fired the shots. the big question