airstrikes. meanwhile, dangerous laser strikes back in the news this morning. there were two incidents in major cities overnight. take a look at this. a man aimed a laser right at the news helicopter of our nbc station in new york. this was clearly alarming. it ended up in his rest. nbc's tom costello covers aviation for us. tom, this is an ever-growing problem. >> it really is. good morning, and it's a federal crime to point a laser at an aircraft. last night in dallas and also in new york as you saw, it happened again. our nbc station there in new york, its chopper was over an assignment, on assignment, rather, over new york when it was targeted. police then moved in and all of this was caught on camera. the incident took place wednesday night when a chopper pilot for our nbc station wnbc was flying 1500 feet above new york city. >> don't look at it. >> reporter: suddenly a bright green beam of light lit up the cockpit. >> he's getting lasered. they just did it again. >> reporter: a laser nearly