Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. After a relatively safe period for air travel, tonight, we are covering a tragedy in wichita, kansas, where a twinengine aircraft full of fuel went down on takeoff into a flight instruction building right there on the airport grounds. While the pilot was believed to have been killed instantly, the search all day and the rising death toll had to do with the people in the building where the explosion took place. Its where we begin tonight with nbcs ron mott. Ron, good evening. Reporter brian, good evening to you. Officials say the pilot was believed to be the only person aboard that small airplane which lost power shortly after takeoff. They say the pilot then tried to turn back to the runway, culminating seconds later in a fiery crash. Thick clouds of black smoke billowed high into the sky, fueled by a raging fire, a harrowing scene this morning for those at wichitas midcontinent airport, moments after a twinengine turboprop slammed into a Flight Training facility filled with dozens of people. It was horrific. There was heavy smoke on the horizon as you approached the airport for miles. Reporter emergency crews rushed to the scene, the aircrafts nose gear visible among the flames. Air Traffic Control transmissions captured the crash. Declaring an emergency, we just lost an aircraft. We just lost an aircraft. Reporter witnessess say the king air 200, a popular small airplane built by beechcraft, headquartered here, encountered trouble shortly after takeoff, that an engine appeared to quit, leaving the pilot struggling to regain control. The plane veered from the runway and into the Flight Safety International Building where pilots were busy practicing maneuvers on simulators. Hours after the crash, smoke can still be seen rising from the top of this building. As you can see, that black column of soot outlines the height and the width of this fire. Officials say that king air landed on four flight simulators inside. We are grateful at this point that a large number of people appeared to have gotten out of the building, but certainly saddened by the loss of life and anybody that might have been hurt. These families and these people in your thoughts and your prayers and certainly a tragic moment for our community. Reporter now, Officials Say three of those killed were killed in a flight simulator. The fourth, according to the mayor, was the pilot. We spoke to a gentleman just across the street here. He says he knew that pilot, the pilot was well liked and well regarded here and this community is quite shaken tonight, brian. Ron mott after a terrible day in wichita, kansas, thanks. We have breaking news tonight in the manhunt in pocono mountains peaft. Authorities have been scouring those woods for over a month trying to find a man described as a trained survivalist. Hes accused of opening fire on state troopers in a deadly ambush. Tonight the manhunt, nbcs ron allen has our late details. Finally, 48 days later, Pennsylvania Police have captured eric frein, who they claim shot and killed one state trooper and wounded another outside their barracks on september 12th. Were here for vietnam Remembrance Day frein is a survivalist, marksman, avid war reen act are who had a grudge against law enforcement. His motivation, unknown. With his name added to the fbis ten most wanted list, considered armed and dangerous, he had alluded police. The intense manhunt putting residents on edge. Are you concerned about going in there . Yes. Even at times forcing schools to close for days. But tonight, police say the relentless search is over and theyve caught the man who allegedly killed one of their own. Ron allen, nbc news, washington. A warning tonight from one of the humanitarian groups battling the ebola epidemic in west africa. Doctors without borders says that mandatory quarantines in some states here are, in fact, having a Chilling Effect on american doctors and nurses willing to go over there to help. The group says its thinking about cutting assignments short. It adds that some workers are waiting out their 21 days in europe before coming home to avoid the stigma. And tonight, a nurse in maine remains in a hardtobelieve standoff with officials over her quarantine rules. Nbcs Stephanie Gosk has our report from fort kent, northern maine. Is it worth all this, kaci . It is definitely worth it. Reporter this morning, kaci hickox took her usual morning bike ride, with the state trooper and the media not far behind, there was nothing usual about it. You talk about taking a step last night . This morning, chad and i said we wanted to go for a bike ride. Reporter maines governor didnt seem overly concerned, even though just yesterday, his own Health Officials said she had to stay at home. As long as she is not touching other people or, you know, staying a distance from other people, then i dont see the harm. Reporter but in a statement, the governor said negotiations with hickox failed and she wouldnt agree to all of maines guidelines for people at some risk of developing ebola. So far, hickox has agreed to daily checkups and has not left the fort kent area. How are you doing . Im okay. Reporter but last night, she said she is worried Health Workers are being stigmatized. When we let stigmatization win, we all lose. So, i think this is something we have to fight from the beginning. You know, i have been told that if friends come to my house, they cant hug me. They have to stay three feet away from me. Reporter hickoxs favorite pizza place, the moose shack, the owner, becky long, has been getting calls from other customers. Weve been receiving phone calls, has she been here . Is she here . You know, people wanting to come have lunch but are not coming because of the possibility she may be here. Reporter she wants to send over a pizza, but she is waiting to see if the police will let her. While other lunchgoers criticized hickox. I dont think shes spreading anything, but why take the chance . Why make an uproar in the community when theres no need of it . Reporter at hickoxs house late today, there was little sign of an uproar, just a Health Worker coming for a checkup and some pizza finally being delivered. The standoff in the ebola battle goes on. Hickox and her team have not responded to the governors Statement Today and theres still no court order forcing her to stay in the house, which means that the state trooper who has been here the last few days cant arrest her when she leaves. Brian . Stephanie gosk outside what is the most famous farmhouse right now in the state of maine. Stephanie, thanks. Now to the announcement a lot of us woke up to this morning from the ceo of apple, tim cook. Easily, one of the most powerful Business Leaders in this country and around the world, for that matter, publicly acknowledging he is gay, while delivering a powerful message about equality and making history in the process. Our report tonight from nbcs cynthia mcfadden. Reporter today, tim cook did what no other fortune 500 ceo has ever done, came out as gay. In a written statement in business week the apple ceo said, while i have never denied my sexuality, i havent publicly acknowledged it either, until now. So, let me be clear. I am proud to be gay. And i consider being gay among the greatest gifts god has given me. Why does this matter today, or does it . Yeah, its sad that it matters, cause it shouldnt matter. You never have anybody saying oh, im heterosexual. But it matters because its still not accepted all over the place. And now we have a major player saying im gay, which opens the door to many other things to come. Reporter cooks sexuality has long been the topic of speculation. He told brian in a 2012 interview, he values his privacy. Im a private person. And, you know, i like being anonymous. Reporter he also appeared in an apple video, promoting gay pride, but didnt speak. Just a couple of days ago in his home state of alabama, cook seemed to edge closer to making a personal statement. There is little, if anything, that matters more in our country than our basic tenets of equality and human rights. I have long promised myself to never be silent in my beliefs in regard to these tenets. Reporter today, cook made good on that promise. Its been tough and uncomfortable at times, but its also given me the skin of a rhinoceros, which comes in handy when youre the ceo of apple. Apple is gonna be apple, but i think now the leadership of apple will be a stronger leader. He is now totally honest with who he is. So, when you have stronger leader, you have a stronger company. Reporter well, much has changed for gay people in the past few years. More than half the states in this country have laws permitting employers to fire workers if theyre gay. Furthermore, in more than 70 countries around the world, many of them where apple does business, being gay can land you in prison. And five countries, brian, gays are subjected to the death penalty. Cynthia mcfadden on the story with us here in the studio tonight. Cynthia, thank you, as always. Lets go all the way west to hawaii tonight. Its not difficult to outrun the lava flow there, but it is impossible to stop it. The National Guard today deployed 83 troops to a community in the path of that lava flow on the big island. They will set up road blocks and patrols now to keep people away. Beyond that, there is little else anyone can do. And as it stands right now tonight, 40 to 50 homes stand threatened. We are down to the wire, five days left for candidates to win your love, or at least your vote in the midterm elections. Chuck todd, our political director, moderator of meet the press, has been on the road covering the races that could shift the balance of power. Seven battleground stays in the all. 3,153 miles traveled. And tonight, chuck brings the trip to an end in the state of louisiana, where a sitting democratic senator is fighting for her political life. Hey, chuck, good evening. Reporter good evening, brian. You know, one thing i learned about this trip is that the most omnipresent person on the campaign trail is somebody you dont see on the campaign trail, and thats the president of the united states, barack obama. He clearly is the issue that republicans hope will get them control of the u. S. Senate. But while president obamas unpopular overall in many of these battlegrounds, its more acute here in the south and it was something that democratic senator Mary Landrieu told me has more to do than his policies. Take a listen. To be very, very honest with you, the south has not always the friendliest place for africanamericans. Its been a difficult time for the president to present himself in a very positive light as a leader. Reporter you know, whats interesting there is other democratic folks that i talked to in the south, they use different language. Mark pryor told me, the president just doesnt understand rural america. But heres one larger bottom line about come tuesday night, no matter the result, brian, is that the Democratic Party is going to be leaving barack obama behind and is about to become the party of the clintons again, because thats who all of these democrats are running toward this election year, bill clinton and hillary clinton. Chuck todd in louisiana, we will see the latest sunday on meet the press. We will see you up here Election Night next tuesday. Chuck, thanks. Tom menino has died. He was mayor of boston for 20 years, longer than any other and the closest thing that city has ever come to a mayor for life. Menino transformed the city in the modern era, from the gleaming skyline to the cleaner streets below. He was a neighborhood guy in a neighborhood town. Thats how he operated. A boston globe poll back in 08 found that half the people in the city had met him personally, some still thought that number was too low. Two days before the Boston Marathon bombings, he twisted his ankle and fell. He needed surgery to install a plate with screws in his leg, but he checked himself out of the hospital. After the bombing, he refused pain medication, so he could be a visible leader during that crisis. Three days later, he famously got up from his wheelchair at the Church Service with the president , something he later told me he just had to do. No adversity. Some people suggest i stay in the chair. And i said, i have to get up. I have to send a message out there, were strong, resilient and were going to get through this. And i stood up and i hope i was my message was strong. And thats who i am. Tom menino was diagnosed with cancer just this year after leaving office. He was 71 years old. Still ahead for us this evening, caught on camera, like something out of oceans 11, an fbi sting inside a vegas casino, targeting a bigmoney operation, but some are questioning how the feds pulled this off. And later, making a difference for the man who invented the game operation, now struggling to pay for one of his own. We will hear from him tonight with some very good news. One of the most successful poker players is accusing the fbi of illegally gathering evidence against him in a vegas hotel by having agents pretend to be internet repair people and all of it was caught on video. His lawyer says if the courts approve this way of gathering evidence, police could use all kinds of trickery to enter private places. We get the tale of the tape tonight from our justice correspondent, pete williams. Reporter after getting a tip that Illegal Betting was going on, fbi agents wired themselves up with hidden cameras at las vegas Caesars Palace in july to get a peek inside a complex of rooms for high rollers, where a champion poker player, paul phua, was staying. One of the worlds richest gamblers, he had flown to the u. S. On his private jet after making bail in macao, where he was accused of taking in millions from illegal sports betting. Good luck. Thank you. Reporter what happened next unfolded in the opulent settings of the vegas strip, like something from the movie oceans eleven. The fbi suspected phua and others in his entourage from running an illegal operation in their vegas suite to take bets on the soccer world cup. But his lawyers say fbi agents, to get a closer look, cut off Internet Service to the room, then claimed to be the repairmen summoned to fix it, recording it all on this video obtained by nbc news. Is the wifi down too . Both hardline and wifi . Reporter once inside, the agents glanced at the screens of computers in the rooms, later claiming they saw evidence of Illegal Betting. I got the url for the site that they are wagering on. Reporter after coming back with a search warrant, the fbi arrested phua and his son, accusing him and six others of taking millions in bets on the world cup. Now, he and his lawyers are asking the judge to throw the case out, saying the fbis ruse was illegal. If the government can do this, it can also cut off your cable television, your electricity, your phone service and when you call for help, you always have to worry that the person who shows up at your door is actually an undercover agent with a hidden camera. Reporter he says police cannot trick their way into a house or hotel room unless they have something more solid than a tip to indicate a crime is being committed. Prosecutors in las vegas declined to comment. Their response is due in court in two weeks. But for phua and his codefendants, these stakes couldnt be higher. Pete williams, nbc news, washington. And we are back in a moment with a medical explanation for something we all do every day and now it all makes sense. You have never seen so much blue in your life, royals fans positively glow royals blue for game seven at home, but it was not to be. It came down to the last catch, last out of game seven. The giants were crowned World Series Champions with that grab. And imagine being madison bumgarner, the San Francisco ace, the man with the wild turntable delivery that starts at about second base. He went 30 in the series, his third series, and he is 25 years old. Big night in cleveland tonight, and nike unfurled a big banner to match. Lebron, as you may have heard, is back. All is well once again back in his hometown, where the cavaliers open tonight against the new york knicks. Researchers at Wash U Med School in st. Louis are out with a report that explains a lot. They say scratching an itch can make you itch more because the minor pain of scratching then produces serotonin, the pleasure chemical, which can then make you want to scratch even more. When we come back on a thursday night, he has given us hours of entertainment and now, fans of the board game he created are giving back to him in tonights making a difference report. Beating the buzzer remains the goal of the electric board game operation, which delivers the thrill of actual surgery without any of the responsibility and potential malpractice litigation. As we reported here this week, the inventor of operation now needs one himself. Oral surgery, to be precise. And because he sold the rights to that game for 500 when he was young, he doesnt have the money, until his friends in the Toy Community got together to help him. And so we get our toy story tonight from nbcs kevin tibbles. Reporter generations of american funny bones have been taken out and tickled. I got it. Reporter thanks to a 77yearold chicagoan who had a light go off a half century ago while designing a college project. I got an a. Not bad. They didnt flunk me out. Reporter the result . Its operation, the whacky doctors game where youre the whacky doctor. Reporter these days, John Spinello is in need of an operation, oral surgery in the tune of 25,000 he cant afford. You see, spinello was just a kid when he sold the rights to his invention for just 500. That became operation, a monster seller and family room staple everywhere. Professional game inventers. Reporter when other toymakers heard of his plight, they rallied. We thought the toy industry would respond. We didnt know the world would respond. Reporter they showed they dont have broken hearts but big ones, contributing to a fund to pay for the surgery. Spinello cant get over the letters and emails from well wishers. Ive had people come up to me, youre responsible for operation . I have become a surgeon. Yes what are you going to be when you grow up . A doctor. Ah. Its like more fun when you play it with your family than when you play video games by yourself. Reporter John Spinello says he is not bitter he didnt get rich, hes just happy he made so many people laugh. All the money in the world cant duplicate the feelings that these people are throwing out to me. Reporter and the operation he can now have will give him his smile back, too. Kevin tibbles, nbc news, bloomingdale, illinois. How about that to end our broadcast on a thursday night . Thank you for being here with us. Im brian williams. We, of course, hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. Goodnight. Nbc bay area news starts now. If youre going to come to town and have a good time, come. If its going to be more of the nonsense, please stay home. Right now at 6 00, a warning for revellers in the wake of last nights celebration. The sfpd reveals it is planning to keep the streets safe for tomorrows parade. So be forewarned. Good evening and thanks for joining us. Im jessica aguirre. And im raj mathai. On the field, they win the world series. On to the streets, they celebrate with the fans. The giants are no strangers to these parades. Weve done it in 2010 and 2012. About a Million People showing up two years ago. Thats what the video youre looking at here, coincidentally also on halloween. That was a wednesday. This is going to be a friday. And they dont want anything ghoulish happening. Thats why the city today is making sure they have everything in place for this halloween. We have Team Coverage tonight. Jeff ranieri looking at the possible rain for tomorrow. Christie smith with a sneak peek what fans can expect. But we begin with nbc bay areas Mark Matthews with those security concerns. And the chief is clear. Dont come to town if youre going to make trouble. Thats right. Were right on Market Street across from the Ferry Building at the foot of the parade route. Believe it or not, the estimates were hearing, that a Million People could show up to see the parade tomorrow. The police tasked with keeping everyone safe and Public Transportation with keeping the city moving. Last night the celebration of telephone giants victory degenerated as the night wore on into a street fire, graffititagging, bottlethrowing mess. Its just disgraceful that
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