anne thompson, st. clair, michigan. >>> you heard about the game, uconn going down to defeat in women's basketball winning 111 straight games. a look at the stunning upset and what's to come. >> reporter: one of the greatest winning streaks in history shattered at the buzzer. the uconn huskies were stunned by mississippi state losing their first game losing the first game after winning 110 in a row. uconn blocked a potential game winning shot. not from oregon junior nicknamed itty-bitty. >> uconn is an incredible team and for me to make this shot against them is unbelievable. i'm still in shock. >> reporter: it was sweet revenge for the lady bull dogs. uconn's phenomenal streak is amazing. but give it the old college try. to match and beat them an nfl would have to go undefeated for six years. a major league team winning every game in spring and much of summer, april through july just to get close. after a night of celebrations, mississippi state now goes up against south carolina for the title sunday,

anne thompson with the new fallout. >> reporter: bill o'reilly is rarely at a loss for words. >> hi. i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. >> reporter: so far he said nothing on his show about the growing controversy of off screen allegations of sexual harassment. but tonight is advertisers are speaking with their wallets, bmw, mitsubishi motors and drug maker glaxo smithkline are pulling their ads from "the o'reilly factor". allstate saying in a statement inclusivity and support for women are important allstate values. we have suspended our advertising. they found fox news or o'reilly paid five women $13 million to settle harassment and inappropriate behavior claims against the star anchor. >> you're seeing companies speak about their values and their convictions. if they're not aligned with fox news they're supporting with their dollars they will take those dollars away. >> reporter: late today, fox news said in a statement we value our partners and are working with them to address their current concerns. earlier this week in a statement, o'reilly said his fame made hi

ann thompson, nbc news, massachusetts. >>> up next here tonight, the family business shutting down after six decades part of an alarming nationwide trend that we'll tell you about. >>> we're back now with trouble in store for a big part of the american economy. the new jobs report showed some continuing promising signs, a drop in unemployment to 4.5%. employers added just 98,000 new jobs last month. that's half the number economists expected. but perhaps the biggest trouble spot is in retail. nbc's tom costello has details. >> reporter: in virginia the faces of disappearing retail jobs up close and very personal as eric stern is forced to close his family's outdoor store after 61 years. >> you cry a little, laugh a little and hug it out a little bit. >> reporter: the end of an era coming in large part because of online competition. today news that in february alone, retailers cut 30,000 jobs. some of the biggest names in america are slashing jobs and closing stores. payless shoes, j.c. penney, macy's and sears, walmart, even polo. with so many big-name anchor stores cutting back or shutt

anne thompson, nbc news, new york. >>> now to the president's schedule. this afternoon he'll head to his mar-a-lago resort to host the chinese president. irt will be the first face-to-face meeting between the two world leaders. it comes as mr. trump lays down the gauntlet with respect to north korea, vowing to take on the rogue nation alone if necessary. he admits he can use china's help. past comments from candidate trump could make for a tense two days after he used china as a political punching bag on the campaign trail. >> we can't continue to allow china to rape our country, and that's what they're doing. it's the great eflt theft in the history of the world. >>> another major topic on the agenda, trade, the president blaming china for the country's massive trade deficits and job losses. the chinese leader looks to maintain his country's growth, solidifying his own power there. >> the high stakes international diplomacy playing out at mar-a-lago can take a back seat to the political controversy currently engulfing the white house. the president, with

anne thompson, nbc news, new i president donald trump now says u.s. action after the carried out in syria are now his respone rsibilie garden alongside king abdullah of jordan, he declared the horrific chemical attack as an affront to humanity, saying the attack has changed his mind about syria an >> these hateful actions cannot be tolerated. when you kill innt children, innocent babies, little babies, with awas so lethal, people were shocked to hear what gas it wassses a red line, many, many lines. many, manyell you it's already happened that my attitude toward ha will assad.y what, if any, action he despite cautioning against action himself in 2013,upside. still, mr. trump's new stance and the first real tesis america first doctrine comes as u.s. officials confirm it was, in fact,agent, quite u.n. ly sarin. ambassador nikki haley came out with rebuke and also blaat tse pictures. we cannot close ourlose our mine responsibility to act. cannot e responsibility for this. time and time again, without any factual basis, russia attempts to place blame on o

nbc's anne thompson with details. >> at trump university, we teach success. that's what it's all about. >> reporter: what the ads promised thousands of unhappy students say trump university didn't deliver. today walking away with a $25 million settlement approved by a federal judge ending the seven-year legal fight claiming the university used high pressure sales tactics and never taught real estate success. engineer george heinous talking to nbc news last year. >> i was highly deceived. >> reporter: free at first and then students were sold packages that ran 1500 to $35,000. they make 90% of what they spent back. the judge called it a significant and immediate recovery. the same judge, then candidate trump accused of being bias because of his heritage. >> the judge that happens to be, we believe, mexican, which is great. what the judge is doing is a total disgrace. >> reporter: for months on the trail, trump made this promise. >> i don't want to settle cases when we're right. i don't believe in it. >> reporter: as president elect he reversed course and satur

anne thompson has more. >> and the o'reilly factor begins now. >> reporter: as advertisers continue to flee, 35 and counting tonight, accusations the fox news star actually harassed female colleagues. coming to his side, president donald trump. in an interview with "the new york times", trump called o'reilly a good person. o'reilly and fox news settled claims from five women for $13 million according to the times but trump said, i think he shouldn't have settled adding i don't think bill did anything wrong. that defense of o'reilly who trump knows well infuriated attorney lisa bloom. >> i've been flooded by calls from fox news women all week. >> reporter: now representing wendy walsh, a former fox contributor who claims o'reilly harassed her. >> i simply said, i'm sorry, i can't do that. >> reporter: trump has been accused of unwanted sexual misconduct in the past and denied it. his comments to an actress during his "access hollywood" taping almost derailed his presidential campaign. trump apologized but no new words from o'reilly. a statement earlier this week his fame made him vulner

anne thompson, nbc news, new york. >>> now to a legal twist of fate that has a lot of people talking as the trump administration moves aggressively to stop illegal immigration. it's caught up in a legal dispute over a so-called dreamer from california who was deported. his lawyers say for no reason. now it's in front of a federal judge who has a history with donald trump that may ring familiar. we get details from our justice correspondent pete williams. >> reporter: a legal fight with the trump administration over the deportation of a man from mexico has landed in the lap of a california federal judge gone zol low curio. candidate trump said the judge born in indiana hated him. >> i believe he happens to be spanish, which is fine. he's hispanic, which is fine. we haven't asked for recusal. which we may do. now we have a judge who is hostile. he should have been thrown out. >> reporter: lawyers for a 23-year-old man are telling the judge homeland security isn't turning over all the records about the case. juan manuel is a dreamer in the u.s. since he was 9. one of thousands who came

nbc's anne thompson has more for us tonight. >> reporter: 26 years after anita hill ignited a conversation on sexual harassment. >> i took that to mean we ought to have sex. >> reporter: the man she accused, clearance thomas is the second longest serving justice on the u.s. supreme court. donald trump said this in 2005 during an ""access hollywood"" taping -- >> grab them by the [ bleep ]. >> reporter: is president. two weeks ago he defended his friend bill o'reilly against sexual harassment claims and bill o'reilly before vacation saw his ratings go up after the new accusations were revealed. what does this tell us about how america perceives the issue of sexual harassment in 2017? >> rich and famous men get away with a lot including sexual harassment. and we have to stop that. and i think we just did, in some respects. >> reporter: nancy erica smith representing gretchen in her suit against fox news roger ailes. >> women can have hope now that we are -- we've had enough. >> reporter: a red book reader survey finds in 40 years, little has changed. in 1976 92% of women said sexual harassme

we get details from nbc's ann thompson. >> reporter: bill o'reilly leaves with a $25 million check say sources with knowledge of his contact. the severance amounts to a year's salary of the four year-deal he signed. o'reilly learned he was out while riding to the airport in rome returning home from a vacation and that included meeting pope francis. gabrielle sherman reported about fox news for several years. did the sexual harassment claims end with o'reilly's firing? >> i'm hearing from my sources that the company is continuing to hear from women. this is a culture that long predated bill o'reilly. >> reporter: sherman says there are new claims of racial discrimination. she went on the view with her story of what o'reilly said when she was a temp. >> he walks past and says hey hot chocolate. >> reporter: a fox news spokesperson says they are unaware of any new claims. o'reilly's fire is less than a year after ceo ronl roger ailes was ousted. o'reilly and ailes were paid $65 million to leave, the women that accused them so far, $33 million. today the board of 21st century fox, the pare

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anne thompsons that new fallout. >> reporter: bill o'reilly is rarely at a loss for words. >> i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. >> reporter: so far he said nothing on the show about the growing controversy over off-screen allegations of sexual harassment. but his advertisers are speaking with their wallets. an exodus of companies including bmw, mitsubishi motors and drugmaker glaxosmithkline all pulling ads from the o'reilly factor. allstate saying in a statement inclusivity and support for women are important allstate values. we are concerned about the issues surrounding the program and we have suspended our advertising. issues detailed in a "new york times" report that found fox news or o'reilly paid five women $13 million to settle harassment and inappropriate behavior claims against the star anchor. fox news said in a statement we value our partners and are working with them to address their current concerns. earlier this week in a statement o'reilly said his fame made him vulnerable to suits and he acted quickly to put to rest any controversies to spare his childr

we get the latest details from anne thompson. >> reporter: bill o'reilly, the pugnacious face of fox news leaves with a $25 million check, say sources of knowledge of his his contract. the severance amounts to a year's salary to the four-year deal he just signed. o'reilly learned he was out riding to the airport in rome, returning home from a vacation that included meeting pope francis. gabriel sherman has reported about fox nutritiews for severa years. do the claims end with the firing of o'reilly? >> i'm learn the company is continuing to hear from women. >> reporter: sherman says there are new claims of racial discrimination. perquita burgess went on "the view" that o'reilly said when she was a temp. >> he walks past and says, hey hot chocolate. >> reporter: a fox news spokesperson says they're unaware of any new claims. o'reilly's firing comes less than a year after ceo roger ailes was ousted for sexual harassment. they were paid $65 million to leave. the women who accused them so far, $30 million. 21st century fox, the parent company of fox news, met in new york. 21st century fo

nbc's anne thompson, thank you for that report. appreciate it. >>> coming up, will kim jong-un mark his country's most pornl national holiday with a sixth nuclear test? as tensions grow, vice president mike pence is headed to region tomorrow. i'll ask the vice president's press secretary about the goals and timing of the vice president's trip. you don't want to miss that interview. that's when we come right back. stay with us. replace one meal or snack a day. glucerna products have up to 15 grams of protein to help manage hunger and carbsteady, unique blends of slow release carbs to help minimize blood sugar spikes. every meal every craving. it's the choices you make when managing blood sugar that are the real victories. glucerna. everyday progress. can make any occasion feel more special.ie so she makes her pie crust from scratch. and sprinkles on brown sugar streusel. so that you can spend more time making special moments with your family. marie callender's it's time to savor hi, i'm frank. i take movantik for oic, opioid-induced

nbc's ann thompson has our keeping you healthy report. >> reporter: the temptation of trans fats, enhancing fried foods, chips, cookies and cakes to the delight of consumers and bane of doctors. empty calories increasing the risk of heart attacks and strokes and curbing trans fats improves health. a new study finds, three years after new york counties banned trans fats, people hospitalized for heart attacks and strokes dropped by more than 6%. >> there is no recommended daily allowance for a safe trans fat consumption. study haves shown just a couple grams of intake can increase your risk for heart attack and stroke. >> reporter: how do trans fats do that? by raising your bad cholesterol levels and lowering the good leading to plaque buildup in your arteries that can lead to heart attacks and stroke. cardiovascular disease is responsible for one-third of the deaths in the u.s. and cost the nation almost $1 billion a day in lost productivity and health care expenses. when new york city banned trans fats in restaurant the ten years ago, critics cried nanny state. next year the fda will ban it

we get more from ann thompson. >> i made them this promise, we will put our miners back to work. >> reporter: president trump's signature campaign promise in today's market may be much harder to keep. 90% of american coal is burned to generate power, but its future in michigan and elsewhere is bleak. jerry anderson is ceo of the state's largest electric utility. >> we've reached a decision, it's time to move to new generation sources. >> reporter: you've done that for business reasons? >> that is for business reasons, yes. >> reporter: natural gas, pollution regulations that remain in place and the multi billion dollar expense of replacing aging plants is why they're turning away from coal. >> we're going to build natural gas and renewables for the foreseeable future. >> reporter: natural gas surpasses coal as the nation's top energy source. to see the changing landscape anderson took us for a ride flying over some 600 mines. >> how often do these turbines make energy? >> a little over 40% of the time they're spinning. >> reporter: with costs dropping 50% wind is competitive. while president

ann thompson, nbc news, new york. >>> we turn new to the shocking discovery inside a prison cell in massachusetts. disgraced nfl star aaron hernandez a convicted killer, behind bars for life. his body found hanging from a bed sheet in what officials say is a suicide. hernandez had just been acquitted in a second shooting incident and said to appeal the first case. as nbc's miguel almaguer reports, his lawyer is raising questions about his death. >> his body was discovered at 3:00 a.m., prison officials say aaron hernandez hanged himself with a bed sheet tied to a window in his maximum security cell. guards believe hernandez tried to jam the cell door from the inside. the former patriots' super star was serving a life sentence for murder but his attorneys were appealing alluding in a statement this was no suicide. determined to find the truth, surrounding his untimely death. >> it's very hard for me to accept the fact he may have committed suicide. >> not guilty. >> reporter: just five days ago, hernandez was acquitted in a deadly 2012 boston shooting wiping back tears as the victim's family also

and then coming up in about an hour, heather ann thompson will recount the attica prison uprising of 1971, "blood in the water," winner of the pulitzer prize for history. >> welcome back. everybody. let's get started.get i'm leyla, i'm your room host for the day. wearing a little weary by this time, but glad to be here. i'm also chair of the brickle avenue literary society. turn your cell phones off, please. thank you all for coming. let's thank our sponsors. we need to do that in every session, because they are soan important to the success of the fair. so big thanks to knight foundation, ohl, the bachelor foundation, the degroot foundation. as always, thank you to all the friends of the book fair. we hope everybody who's in thisr room will be a friend by next year so you can enjoy all thee activities that are available for friends during the year. we thank our volunteers, we thank the staff of the book fair and super big thanks to miami-dade college. [applause] okay, thanks so all. [applause] we have a big crowd, so let me start by introducing our author's introducer. she has been,

ann thompson, nbc news. >> those on capitol hill want to know the comings and goings at the white house and mar-a-lago. new legislation demanding public disclosure of visitor's log to the president's club, the white house or anywhere the president resides. ever since, the white house page publishing the visitors and who's who of visitors has been down. perhaps it is being updated. however, those sponsoring the bill certainly want to mandate its return. that's going to do it for me. thanks so much more watching. don't go anywhere because the ups and downs of donald trump's bank account and real estate empire. why it still matters. i'll seal you at noon eastern. we'll see you then. ibromyalgia, i was a doer. i was active. then the chronic, widespread pain drained my energy. my doctor said moving more helps ease fibromyalgia pain. she also prescribed lyrica. fibromyalgia is thought to be the result of overactive nerves. lyrica is believed to calm these nerves. woman: for some, lyrica can significantly relieve fibromyalgia pain and improve function, so i feel better. lyrica may cause seriou

and the pulitzer prize for history went to heather ann thompson for "blood in the water: the attttica prison uprising of 1971 and its legacy." this is thompson speaking on democracy now! about her investigation into the decades-long cover-up about how armed state troopers raided the prison t to break the standofff, firing more thanan 2000 roroundf ammunition, killlling including9 prisoners and 10 guards. >> for 45 years, the majority of the records for attica remain sealed by the state attorney general's office or at least very difficult to get. and the reason is that for all of the deaths at attica, no member of law enforcemement was ever held responsible. so the book was the journey to figure out who had created so much trauma, what had happened in the governor's office to lead to this retaking, who were the members of law enfnforcement tht not only shot their weapons, but indeed the highest levels of the state police who worked very hard to tamper with evidence, to conceal evidence, and to protect their own. and that was a key journey for finding out -- also to see our full theseie

for "today," ann thompson, nbc news, new york. >>> weapon turn n turn now to i story for united. dr. david dao was forcibly removed from the plane to make room for employees. dr. dao's lawyers filed an emergency court petition for all key pieces of evidence to be preserved. and today, his attorneys are set to hold a press conference where they are expected to reveal whether they will take legal action. >>> now to a battle in the animal kingdom that you do not see every day. its horse versus alligator. a group of onlookers at a state park near gainesville, florida, captured this moment. here we go, the stallion charges at the alligator, stomps and bucks before the gator decides to fight back and takes a bite at the horse's leg. this standoff sent the horse scrambling back to the herd. the gator scrolled off in the other direction. witnesses told authorities about the incident and both animals did not appear to be seriously hurt. but they are going to meet after school and settle this once and for all. >> in the playground, no question. >>> up next, burger king accused of attempted

. >> ann thompson and-in front of you you have a presentation on the health value initiative. we look adit this report several years in a row so in the interest of brevity i'll clip through this. on page 1 a reminder that we cull pair your data against the very large database. there are 9 .3 million participants. your group represents about 1 percent when you compare the employee count between active population and the database. on page 2, we look at several benchmarks so we look at public sector industry which is government and education, organization size over 25 thousand, fortune 500, labor market which is san francisco since your active population is living nearby and a entire database which is the orange bar. looking at page 3 and annually healthcare cost you see you paid about $12, $268 thousand an nually and about 86 percent the total cost of the healthcare versus the benchmark and see for public sector at 5 7 percent all the way down to hvi at 65 percent. when we look at member share which is the pay roll deductions members pay 10.1 percent of premiums compared to 31.4

anne thompson has that. >> reporter: in some of the food we crave fried, sweet and salty lurks a danger, transfats. they keep foods fresher longer but clog up arteries. led by new york city over the past decade, 11 counties in new york state banned transfats in restaurants. even though some complained about government overreach. now a new study is serving up a slice of humble pie to those who oppose the ban. it finds three years after curbing transfats people hospitalized for heart attacks and strokes decreased more than 6%. >> is there any value? >> there is no nutritional value. it's a manufacturing value. >> reporter: next year it will ban transfats in processed foods, inthe ingredients that dr. john torres says are not always apparent. >> do all of these items have transfats? >> that's the problem. you never know. you have to look at the label. and look for that partly hydrogenated. >> even if it says no transfat on the front you must check the back. manufacturers are allowed a half gram or less per soybing. and if you are eating popcorn or chips the half grams can add up quickly. >

. >> ann thompson and-in front of you you have a presentation on the health value initiative. we look adit this report several years in a row so in the interest of brevity i'll clip through this. on page 1 a reminder that we cull pair your data against the very large database. there are 9 .3 million participants. your group represents about 1 percent when you compare the employee count between active population and the database. on page 2, we look at several benchmarks so we look at public sector industry which is government and education, organization size over 25 thousand, fortune 500, labor market which is san francisco since your active population is living nearby and a entire database which is the orange bar. looking at page 3 and annually healthcare cost you see you paid about $12, $268 thousand an nually and about 86 percent the total cost of the healthcare versus the benchmark and see for public sector at 5 7 percent all the way down to hvi at 65 percent. when we look at member share which is the pay roll deductions members pay 10.1 percent of premiums compared to 31.4

and then coming up in about an hour, heather ann thompson will recount the attica prison uprising of 1971, "blood in the water," winner of the pulitzer prize for history. >> welcome back. everybody. let's get started.get i'm leyla, i'm your room host for the day.