tom costello in washington. back to you. >> president trump's personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, is denying he had anything -- or did anything wrong in the new borat film. giuliani talks to a young fake female reporter in a bedroom. during that prank, sasha baron cohen calls him his teenage daughter. he said he was only adjusting his clothing after taking off a microphone. he also calls the video a fabrication and says he was never inappropriate. [ bell tolls ] >> there you have the opening bell of the new york stock exchange. the dow is up aspell owesy signals progress on that stimulus deal. jobless numbers are released and 787,000 people applied for first-time claims. that's less than what analysts expected. more than 8 million people are still receiving continuous jobless benefits. on top of those jobless numbers, california not doing well when it comes to unemployment. federal numbers last month put the state's unemployment at 11%, third highest in the nation. hawaii, nevada round out the top three. mercury new

the most since the pandemic grounded passengers last spring tom costello, nbc news, washington. >>> up next for us tonight, how to get your holiday gifts on time >>> in "the price you pay," what you need to know and do now to get those holiday gifts on time here's jo ling kent. >> reporter: with online shopping already surging in the pandemic, there's new pressure on shippers like fedex, u.p.s. and the post office to deliver this holiday season new data showed there could be an estimated 7 million more packages than shipping companies are able to handle between thanksgiving and christmas alone. shipping giants have already seen holiday level volume for most of the year. >> this will be an unprecedented peak season. >> reporter: fedex, which has already hired 70,000 new workers, predicts the bottleneck will hit the week after thanksgiving. >> i think during cyber week there will be a couple o days where the industry will be overcapacity and you can expect delayed transit. >> reporter: do you think that the shipping deadlines will be earlier this year as a result of this surge in shippin

costello, thanks. >>> when we come back, i'll share some final thoughts >>> before we go, by now we have all stiffened our spines through the shocks and surprises of 2020, the news that the president and first lady have been infected with covid is unfortunate, and it's alarming but news of their sickness is hardly a wakeup call. 7 million americans who have been infected by this virus certainly don't need a wakeup call nor do the families of the 210,000 who have died. if this virus has taught us anything it's that this is not a hoax privilege is a special status of even the president of the united states, offers no immunity. we know what the top experts say are the best defenses of covid, avoiding crowds and covering our faces. but i told you so only serves to take us right back down the political rabbit hole that has cost us time and far too many lives. if there is a wakeup call here, let it be an awakening of common sense to do what we have to do to beat this thing that's "nightly news," thank you for watching, everyone, i'm lester holt, please continue to take care of yourself an

tom costello, nbc news, washington >>> while some americans have grown more skeptical about the safety of a covid vaccine, an aggressive and controversial approach to testing vaccines has just been announced. here's richard engel with that. >> reporter: scientists at this london hospital are preparing to deliberately infect volunteers with the coronavirus to test the effectiveness of vaccines and treatments the so-called challenge trial is much faster than what's happening now with volunteers around the world who live normally at home and may or may not ever become infected. in a challenge trial infection is guaranteed sophie rose, a student at johns hopkins university studying in the uk, wants to take part >> the best way to tackle this problem is to start with these trials in a young healthy population where the risk is lower. >> what happens if one of these volunteers dies >> so when these sorts of trials are designed, they are definitely informed and it is acknowledged that there is a risk of death >> reporter: the first step infect 90 volunteers 18 to 30 years old with the minimum

lester >> tom costello with that tonight, thank you. >>> the nfl is postponing a game for the first time this season after a covid outbreak among the tennessee titans now the teams could end up playing on a tuesday, for just the second time in 70 years. here's sam brock. >> he's in, touchdown, titans. >> reporter: the nfl's highly anticipated return just collided with its first covid related reality chececk. >>>> nobody's s to blame we're in a pandemic. >> reporter: the tennessee titans reacting to news their sunday showdown with the pittsburgh steelers will be postponed until monday or tuesday. >> obviously we didn't choose to be in this situation but it's the hand we're dealt. >> reporter: the move coming after a fourth titans player tested positive for the virus this week, bringing the organization's total to nine. the nfl tweeting the delay will allow additional time for further daily covid-19 testing and to ensure the health and safety of players, coaches and game day personnel. how significant is any stoppage to the nfl? >> well, it's huge because you want to try as best you can to

tom costello takes us inside the u.s.'s command center and their effort to prevent interference. >> reporter: u.s. sources say the russian military intelligence hackers known as fancy bea that targeted the clinton campaign in 2016 are at it again this time targeting democratic state party email accounts in california and indiana, and u.s. think tanks. at homeland security's cyber security election command center in virginia, analysts coordinate with the fbi, the military and 8,800 election officials nationwide. >> i'm concerned about everything i'm a bit paranoid and so until this thing is gets put to bed i'm, you know, hair on my neck is standing up. >> reporter: last week the dhs unit said a russian state sponsored attacker had conducted campaign, stealing data from at least two servers though the fbi says it has no evidence to date that integrity of elections data has been compromised. cyber intrusion detention sensors sit on every state election network looking for hackers. >> we are looking for any kind of tremor in t

here's tom costello. >> reporter: the deadline for a deal passed eight days ago pushing 32,000 airline employees on to the unemployment line. while the president now says he'd support targeted aid for the airlines, house democrats are insisting on a much bigger package that also helps small businesses and families >> there is no standalone bill without a bigger bill. >> reporter: airline ceos are growing frustrated. >> that can't happen before the election that's going to have a seriously detrimental impact on our abilit to continue to provide essential service to the country to help it come out of this coronavirus. >> reporter: united flight attendant david fears the savings won't last. >> at the end of the day we're not sure to make rent or go and buy groceries. that is a very, very real challenge. >> reporter: hoping to encourage travelers to return, the world's airlines and airline manufacturers have new research suggesting the risk of infection inside a fully loaded plane is very low. air inside a plane flows from top to bottom, pulled down by gravity, researchers say the air wash

with all 50 states running their own elections, it's pretty daunting challenge tom costello reports >> reporter: 25 days until election day with 8 million having already voted under the threat of foreign interference outside albany, new york, nbc news was given exclusive access to a national security operation center coordinating cyber defenses against foreign and criminal hack attempts. >> we see a lot of cyber threats impacting elections as well as other state and local and business organizations, as well >> reporter: election defense became a top homeland security priority after the russian hacks of 2016. now massive collaboration with the military, the fbi, and nsa. >> reporter: this week homeland security warned cyber threats from both nation states and nonstate actors will remain acute and likely grow. singling out threats from russia, china, and iran to disrupt election infrastructure how often do you see a probe or an attempt at an attack. >> every single second >> reporter: every second >> the internet is a wild place >> reporter: chris kreps is the director he vows this year

here is nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: this morning, hospitals, already battling the coronavirus, are facing a new threat. three government agencies, including the fbi, are warning they have credible information of an increased and imminent cyber crime threat. health care providers and hospitals here in the u.s. cyber criminals are using ransomware, a tool that in this case could block hospitals from accessing their own data and freeze critical operating systems until a ransom is paid. >> this ransomware is almost impossible to stop, because all it takes is for one employee to click on a malicious link, and that injects the malware into the system, and they've locked up the data. >> reporter: overnight sky lakes confirmed a ransomware attack compromised its systems though it says no patient information has been compromised. in three different states hospitals have reported issues just this week. it's not clear if it's connected to the latest warning. universal health services, major computer failure with hospitals forced to use pen and paper to file patient information. the company sa

tom costello, nbc news, washington. >>> up next, we sneak with the officer who jumped into action to rescue a driver. eeak with the officer who jumped into action to rescue a driver. peak with the officer who jumped into action to rescue a driver. i can't do another four years of this. i can't. there's never been more divisiveness in this country. it's frightening and sad. that was trump's whole thing, you know, take the politics out of it and run it like one of his businesses. i know people were looking for that kind of change, but it's not working. you know, we've only gotten more in debt, we have this virus now out of control, people out of work, no healthcare. how is that helping people? we need someone that knows what they're doing, and i think it's biden. i know he will listen to the experts. that's what we need. i trust him 100% to get this under control. he has the capability to bring us back together. i'm joe biden, and i approve this message. >>> all right. we are back now with a hero officer in the dramatic rescue from a burning car caught on camera. he spoke to gabe gutie

tom costello, i'll tell you, has the best seat in the house. we'll join us right up inside there, 500 feet up. the sunrise, like, this is all happening. >> that's a pretty shot. we'll get to that in a moment. >>> let's start with politics. 33 days now until election day. >> early voting is already taking place in 30 states. if you live in washington, d.c., absentee ballots are starting to be mailed out today. >> also this morning, the presidential debate commission is weighing in on what happened in cleveland tuesday night, and promising changes to the debates moving forward. >> nbc's peter alexander joins us from the white house with more on this. peter, good morning. >> reporter: hoda and savannah, good morning to both of you. the senate's top republican, mitch mcconnell, called it unacceptable not to condemn white supremacists. lindsey graham said the president should make it clear, the proud boys organization is a racist one. but president trump remains reluctant to unequivocally condemn white supremacists and other far right groups by name

. >>> a big announcement today from nasa and tom costello tells us how it could change the future of space travel. >> reporter: today's announcement is a stunner, water molecules in the lunar soil right there in a sunlit crater. we have known for years that water exists in ice form on the moon's dark polar caps but to find traces of water in sunlit areas could mean a potential water source for future astronauts. >> we now know that water is not just constrained to these cold, dark places and that it's actually possibly more widespread than we originally thought. >> reporter: the water molecules are thought to come from micro meteorites that bombard the lunar surface. the question now, is there enough water for humans and how accessible is it after a 50-year absence, the next astronauts are set to return to the moon in 2024 tom costello, nbc news, washington. >>> that's "nightly news" for this monday from las vegas thank you for watching, everyone i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night ♪there was a time ♪when i was so broken hearted ♪love wasn't

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nbc news correspondent tom costello has our important update tonight from inside the u.s. elections security command center. >> reporter: u.s. sources say the russian military intelligence hackers known as fancy bear that targeted the clinton campaign in 2016 are at it again. this time targeting democratic state party e-mail accounts in california and indiana and u.s. think tanks. at homeland security's cyber security election command center in virginia analysts coordinate with the fbi, the military and 8,800 election officials nationwide. >> i'm concerned about everything. i'm a bit paranoid and so until this thing gets put to bed i'm, you know -- hair on my neck standing up. >> reporter: last week dhs said a russian state sponsored attacker conducted a campaign against various targets, stealing data from at least two servers though the fbi says it has no evidence to date that integrity of elections data has been compromised. cyber intrusion detection censors now sit on every state election network looking for hackers. >> so we're looking for any kind of tremor in the for

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>> correspondent tom costello, thank you for that reporting tonight. coming up for us, the words spoken on this day a long time ago that continue to move us and motivate us. the story when we come back. us. the story when we come back. >>> last thing before we go tonight, as we mentioned, the president's reality tv return to the white house tonight won him an honorable mention from sean hannity, who promptly compared him to fdr. who, to be fair, never ripped off his mask while walking into the white house while contagious with a virulent virus during a pandemic. for the record, fdr did lead our nation out o deep financial depression and defeated global tyranny in world war ii. fdr also said this on this very day in 1944. >> the right to vote must be open to our citizens irrespective of race, color, or creed. without tax or artificial restriction of any kind. and the sooner we get to that basis of political equality, the better it'll be for the country as a whole. >> fdr, 1944, on the solemn right to vote without restriction of any kind. which brings us

movement considered a domestic terror threat by the fbi but has now grown into a political movement tom costello with our report we need to warn you these baseless theories are pretty disturbing. >> reporter: at trump rallies nationwide the "q" pops up in a sea of campaign signs. it stands for qanon, and a long list of false, outlandish and anti semitic conspiracy theories, that big-name democrats, celebrities and the megarich are child trafficking pedophiles who kill children and drink their blood in a satanic ritual joe biden himself a frequent target. all of it, they say, exposed in coded messages by someone deep inside the government named "q." >> you believe there's a ring of high profile politicians kidnapping and sacrificing children >> i do believe that. >> who's behind it the digital evidence shows k shows it's hosted by a pig warmer in the philippines. investigative reporter brandy -- says the movement exploded with millions of members when the pandemic hit, upending lives and livelihoods. >> qanon movement and the membership has grown probably tenfold since march so we're tal

tom costello has more. >> reporter: even the president's doctors corn creed they have taken a fast track to treating the president. >> we are in a bit of unchartered territory coming to a patient that received the therapies he has so early in the course. >> reporter: at walter president given the highest dose of an experimental antibody cocktail designed to kick start the body's defenses mr. trump received that antibody treatment under a compassionate use agreement with the company. >> i can assure you that there was nothing to the notion that any special relationships or anything like this. we have reached out certainly to the biden team to offer our antibody cocktail to them. >> reporter: on friday mr. trump received the first dose of remdesivir under emergency fda approval to treat severe covid cases. but most surprising say outside experts is that the president's doctors also administered dexamethasone, a steroid used t keep the immune system from going into a dangerous overreaction it is shown to cut the mortality rate of covid by 20% it's only meant for patients with severe covid,

. >>> a study shows more water has been found on the surface of the moon here's nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: water molecules in the lunar soil right there in a sun-lit crater we've known for years that water exists in ice form in the moon's dark polar caps, but to find traces of water in sun-lit areas could mean a potential water source for future astronauts. >> we now know that water isn't just constrained to these cold dark places and that it's possibly more widespread than we originally thought. >> reporter: the water molecules are thought to come from micrometeorites that bombard the surface. the question now is there enough water for humans and how accessible is it astronauts are set to return to the moon in 2024 >>> that's really cool i love all these new developments. >> yeah. it seems like there are so many developments at least with our world at a standstill, it's happening in the outer space. >>> twain tdwayne "the rock" jo injured himself while working out at a gym on monday he shared this video of a bloody face he received in the gym. he said oftentimes things get inte

. >>> many leading doctors say th president's treatment leaves questions in their minds our tom costello has more. >> reporter: even the president's own doctors can see they've taken a fast track approach in treating the president, involving higher-risk medications. >> we're in a bit of uncharted territory with the therapies he's had in so early the course. >> reporter: he was given an antibody cocktail designed to kick the body's defenses so far there are only 275 trial patients president trump received that treatment under a compassionate use agreement with the company. >> i can assure you there's nothing to the notion that any special relationships or anything like this we've reached out certainly to the biden team to offer our ath antibody treatment to him. >> it's used to treat severe covid cases. most surprising is the president's doctors also administered dex a meamethasond. all has been shown to cut the mortality rate by 20%. it's only meant for patients with severe co-virkd vid or a ventilator why you would add dexamethasone to tamp things down where there's a hint that using it

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nbc's tom costello is at reagan national this morning. we've seen research indicating the virus may not spread as easily on a plane as some may have feared. >> reporter: that's right. we heard from the airlines we've seen research from them, from the military, from the aircraft manufacturers working with independent researchers, as well all of them looking at this issue. now, this new research involves spreading a live virus throughout a plane on board an empty 737, researchers in full protective gear spread live virus droplets on high-touch surfaces from the seats and seat backs to tray tables, the galley, lavatory and cockpit the virus is not harmful to humans but more contagious than covid. >> we can kill it effectively using the tools we provided in the airline environment on board. >> reporter: researchers tested the same products airlines already use. applying chemical disinfectants, using an electro-static sprayer, uv light wand, and a micro coating. a professor led the study. results, all four airline techniques work on their own,

is laying off 13,000 both airlines say they will reverse that decision, if a deal is reached nbc's tom costello is at reagan national airport with more >> reporter: pilots, flight attendants, ticket counter, and ramp workers, united flight attendant amanda has already received a furlough notice. >> how are you going to make it if you are furloughed and presumably without a paycheck? >> i'm going to be in unemployment line like so many other people. >> the airlines promised to preserve jobs through september, in exchange for $25 billion in taxpayer help. but airline travel is still down a staggering 70% delta and southwest say they can avoid job cuts, for now. but united and americans are among the carriers who say they'll be forced to cut jobs, without another 25 billion as house speaker pelosi and treasury secretary mnuchin negotiate a much bigger economic aid package, american's ceo says he will put furloughs on hold if a deal looks close. >> look. the last thing we want to do is furlough employees that's why we've been fighting so hard there to come to an agreement. >> reporter: the

nbc's tom costello is joining us from maryland where the early voting started this morning. hey, tom, good morning. >> hoda, good morning. we are in gaithersburg, maryland, where they started to vote, and at 6:00 a.m., they started to line up around the building and down the block, and started to process the first surge of people, and no problem here. very peaceful, but in some areas of the country, we are seeing the people showing up with flags and honking and yelling and screaming and some people showing up with guns. is that voter intimidation? we talked to the police chiefs across the country, and they say they won't stand for any intimidation. >> reporter: in the final days before the election, president trump is, again, raising suspicions about the integrity of the vote. >> these ballots are turning out exactly what i said, who is sending them? where are they going? who is sending them back. >> reporter: with nearly 70 million early votes already cast, the president is calling for the winner to be declared quickly. >> it would be very, very proper and nice if a winner

government agencies that cyber criminals could be targeting them tom costello has the details on this tom, good morning. >> reporter: yeah, good morning. we're already getting reports of four to six hospitals that have been attacked, and some cybersecurity experts say there appears to be a link with russia this could be the most serious cyber attack to hit the united states ever. this morning, hospitals already battling the coronavirus are facing a new threat. three government agencies, including the fbi, are warning they have credible information of an increased and imminent cyber crime threat the target, hospitals and health care providers here in the u.s those agencies say cyber criminals are using ransomware, a tool that, in this case, could block hospitals from accessing their own data, and freeze critical operating systems until a ransom is paid. >> this ransomware is almost impossible to stop because all it takes is for one employee to click on a malicious link, and that injects the malware into the system they've locked up the data. >> reporter: overnight, sky lakes medical ce

tom costello, thank you, thanks for that. hoda, over to you guys. >>> it is now 7:14. what do you say we check out the weather with mr. roker? >> who is ready for a little winter? >> winter? >> yes. >> no! >> we've got 7 million people under winter weather advisories, watches and warnings from great falls all the way to iron mountain and we are looking at snow, a mix of rain, snow and ice pushing from great falls all the way into parts of northern iowa. this cold front will enter the upper midwest today, rain and snow stretching from the dakotas all the way to wisconsin. as we move into tomorrow, the storm will move into the northeast and bring chilly rain from new york into maine as that pushes through. snowfall amounts, we're talking this is through friday morning, anywhere from 3 to 6 inches of snow. in fact, minneapolis may see 3 to 5 inches, fargo up to 12. billings looking at 12 to 18 inches of snow. they're on track for their snowiest october ever. bismarck on track for the third snowiest. fargo more snow in this october than they have in the last nine. and minn

but so much collected, that some of it fell out enter take two from nasa nbc's tom costello is here a successful mission this time around >> i don't think nasa wants to call it dirt, but absolutely these are samples collected off of an asteroid an amazing feat, 200 million miles away and the probe had to drop down, six seconds to collect the samples, come back up, put it in the container, but the container lid got stuck. a rock got in the way. so some of the samples were flying out and as only nasa can do, it came up with a fix very quickly, ordering the fix remotely, they got the seal contained, so now they city think they've got good samples. they say they think 10 grams came out, but they think they have a good pound or so of the actual samples off of this kor b carb carbon-rich asteroids. this could give clues as to the origins of life on the planet. it will be back on earth, they hope, september 2023 mark your calendars. >>> "full house" star lori loughlin spent her first night behind bars at a federal prison in dublin, california, just east of san francisco she'll be there for t

tom costello joins us know with the latest. how likely is this bailout and what are you hearing from people in the industry? >> so, listen, we have been getting mixed messages all week as you know from the president because earlier in the week he pulled the plug on negotiations, then the next day he came back and said he would be in for targeted negotiations, targeted sectors like the airline sector, then they suggested no way would they go for a big package and then early this morning we hear, okay, they are in for the potential for a big package. if that is confusing, imagine what it's like to be in the airline industry, whether you're an employee, 32,000 of them furloughed or one of the ceos begging for help. and to be clear, the ceos are saying, if we can get government aid, then we could hopefully bring back those furloughed employees. but you can't wait forever, right? they've been furloughed since october 1st. 32,000 as we mentioned. the issue also for the airlines is their revenues, revenues are down up to 85%. it's not

costello has been looking into the movement. tom, this is an extraordinary step by facebook. >> yeah. this is a very big deal. back in august, facebook removed 1500 accounts associated with qanon. now it says it's moving all accounts on facebook and instagram because it needs to limit the ability of qanon and militarized social movements from organizing on their platforms. qanon the last few months has exploded with outlandish, outlandish conspiracy theories and disinformation campaigns aimed at influencing the election it's a serious blow to the qanon internet conspiracy campaign that most americans would say sounds completely crazy. big-named democrats, hollywood stars and the mega rich are actually child trafficking pedophiles who kill children in satanic rituals. in recent weeks they've targeted joe biden and suggested president trump doesn't really have covid now facebook says it's taking down all qanon accounts, saying our dangerous organizations operations team will continue to enforce this policy and proactively detect c

nbc's tom costello joins us with that part of the story tom, good morning. >> reporter: hoda, good morning to you white house says that this trip was, in fact, approved by the president's own doctors. top physicians we've talked to, including one of them here at walter reed, who also teaches at gw, says in effect that by pulling this, quote, political stunt, he has put his own secret service detail and, by extension, their families' lives, at risk could president trump's brief drive-by outside walter reed have jeopardized the health of those inside his vehicle, including secret service agents? the photo-op intended to surprise supporters gathered outside of the military hospital. >> they've been out there for a long time. they've got trump flags and they love our country. >> the move also defies cdc guidelines that state transport and movement of a patient outside of their room should be limited to medically essential purposes the president, wearing what appeared to be a cloth mask with at least two secret service agents in their own protective gear. >> they were in this vehicle that is ti

nbc's tom costello covers aviation this is well beyond airline employees. tell us about it >> it is, and it's confusing because earlier in the week, the president suggested he was opposed to any big plan. in fact, he was pulling the plug on all negotiations. the next day, he came back and said he was open to a targeted relief plan for the airline industry and now, this morning, senior administration officials say they are in fact open to the idea of a big plan but for the families involved, not just airline families, but families all across the country, this isn't just a news story this is their lives. for millions of americans, the pandemic, the weak economy, and gridlock in washington have created a very personal financial emergency. no paycheck, savings running low, with the rent, mortgage, and grocery bills coming due forced to furlough 32,000 workers, airline ceos are pleading for washington to act so they can bring employees back >> what happens once airline employees, particularly pilots, are furloughed or out of work for any significant period of ti

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