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vaccinations for their kids. ♪ this is nbc "nightly news" with kate snow. >> good evening. the president has made no secret of how he feels about people entering the country illegally, but tonight there's evidence that another of his golf clubs, this one just 30 miles north of manhattan, was employing house keepers, maintenance workers and other staff who presented phony documents when they were given the job. the story first reported by "the washington post." it's not unusual to find workers, and it's still owned by the president and managed by his sons. >> for 14 years gab ryll cedano worked in at the trump hotel club in westchester, new york. >> painting, plumbing, with everything we have to fix? he showed us his uniforms and years of pay stubs. >> maria was a seasonal housekeeper both from but ebb well, mexico, they crossed the border on foot. >> why did you come here illegally? >> to give them a better life. >> you wanted to work. >> yeah. do i want to work. >> maria and gabriel both say they presented forged green cards and social security cards when hired. >> they didn't ask any questions? >> no questions, no nothing. >> did anyone at the trump golf club direct you to get false documents. >> gabriel said he thinks people at the highest levels of the trump organization knew they were hiring undocumented workers to save money, payingbenefits. club that your documents were false? >> that's, like, what i think because they needed employees and they don't chkeec real >> our jobs are being stripped from our country like we're babies. >> gabriel says president trump spoke with him during his years at the club and suspects the president also knew there were undocumented workers on staff. >> i cannot be sure about that, but, like, he got to know. >> you think the president must have known. >> he must have known. >> we spoke with six former club workers on camera and others who didn't want their faces shown. a dozen say they were fired on january 18th. margarita cruz recorded her meeting. >> the club must end its employment relationship with you today. >> in a statement with nbc news, the trump organization's eric trump says we have tens of thousands of employees across our propers and have strict hiring practices. if any employees submitted false documentation they will be terminated immediately. we take this issue very seriously. this is one of the reasons my father is fighting so hard for immigration reform. the system is broken. now the workers' attorney is taking some of them to capitol hill to meet with democrats. >> the trump organization is a criminal enterprise. there is a federal crime here and these people who were fired are materiel witnesses to a federal crime. >> that attorney is calling for a federal and state investigation. the white house had no comment on the suggestion that the president knew about undocumented workers. eric trump did also tell "the washington post" this situation is one of the reasons his father is fighting so hard for immigration reform. parts of the federal government were back online today, two days after the shutdown came to an end and lawmakers from both parties seem to be more optimistic that an agreement could be reached to avert another shut shutdown in three weeks. white house correspondent kelly o'donnell has that. >> handmade signs at one national park service visitors' center showed the federal government is not fully back in business, but at some landmarks and monuments -- >> martin luther king. >> park rangers returned to duty. >> this was the first day of restored operations. tomorrow we'll see entire staffs back in. also on the job today, the message makers shaping the next round of the border funding battle. they gave a chance to the democrats to prove whether or not they really do believe in border security and are willing to go to nancy pelosi and the leadership that they're never going to vote for the barrier on the southern border. today, a noteworthy signal from house democratic leadership. maybe yes to offense. >> in the past we have supported, as you know, enhanced fencing, and i think that's something that's reasonable that should be on the table, but i don't want to get out ahead of the process. >> that process belongs to a bipartisan negotiating team that includes missouri republican roy blunt. >> let's find solutions. let's not continue to disappoint the people we work for by not showing the ability to work together. >> republican marco rubio says president trump should not resort to declaring a national emergency to build the wall. >> you could very well wind up in a that teatric victory and n getting it done and the law pass that funds border security so we know what's going to happen. >> declaring a national emergency does carry a risk like a court challenge and have lawmakers oppose it. the president would prefer not to use that power, with ybut hi defenders say he should be judged at the end of the process and not while negotiations are under way. >> kelly o'donnell. thanks. following a multi-state manhunt. authorities announce the arrest of a man suspected of killing five people in louisiana yesterday including his own parents. nbc's tammy lightner has new details tonight. >> reporter: this is the man police believe led them on a multi-state man hunt following a louisiana shooting spree. >> we do not have a motive. >> and they're now investigating why 21-year-old dakot theriot might have killed five people yesterday. >> all units be advised, possible three deceased. >> i lost my baby brother. i lost my niece and my nephew. my heart is so pained. >> the three members of one family. this woman summer earnest was reportedly dating the suspect. her aunt says the family had recently met theriot and did not approve. >> something was desperately wrong with this boy. >> but police say theriot's shooting spree did not end there. he drove to a neighboring county where he allegedly shot and killed his mother and father. >> only enough information to let us know it was his son that committed this act. >> a manhunt followed before theriot was 1,000 meals away in virginia, but heartbreak and questions remain. >> i don't want to be here no more. i can't take the pain. >> as loved ones try to find the why behind this tragedy, tammy lightner, nbc news. in oregon tonight new evidence in a custody dispute that ended with the police killing a parent at a school. nbc's morgan chessky reports on that chaotic encounter recorded on police body cam and we do want to warn you the video you're about to see is disturbing. >> you're under arrest. >> reporter: tonight this police body cam video is a deadly confrontation in an oregon middle school. it happened january 11th when they were escorting charlie landross outside. he wouldn't leave the school amid a custody battle with the mother. it shows landross resisting, yelling at police as officers try to make an arrest. >> you are under arrest! >> watch closely. the struggle between landross and the officer goes to the ground. that's when police say the 30-year-old pulls out a handgun and fires twice, missing an officer by inches. police return fire, killing the parent. landross' own daughter witnessing the final moments. investigators say the gun was fully loaded with almost two dozen rounds and landross had even more ammo. the family's attorney says they're now seeking an independent investigation, calling the encounter a complex situation that resulted in the tragic death of their loved one. tonight the district attorney says just last year the fbi investigated landross over violent anti-government posts on social media. agents concluding there wasn't enough evidence to prove any crime. kate? >> morgan chessky, thank you. overseas, ice sis claiming responsibility tonight for a deadly attack on a catholic cathedral in the southern philippines. two bombings went off during mass and tonight pope francis is condemning the attack. nbc's sarah harmon has that story. >> reporter: this roman catholic cathedral still standing after twin bombing sunday mass. nearby, bodies line the streets. at least 20 people were killed. another 82 were wounded. philippine counter terror officials say the first blast went off inside the cathedral just after 8:00 a.m. a second explosion outside soon followed, detonated as congregants rushed out to safety and security forces raced to help. isis claimed responsibility for the attack, but did not provide any evidence. the government of the majority catholic country has been fighting islamic extremist groups for years. in 2017 isis-linked groups clashed with security forces and besieged the southern city of a marawi for months. today pope francis condemned the violence and that god would convert those responsible. a troubling sign the violence may not be over. sarah harmon, nbc news. now to the political crisis in venezuela where the embattled president nick on lolas maduro off his demand. they will keep their embassies open for the next month to downplay their dip the maic relations. today israel became the latest country to recognize opposition leader juan guaido as the interim president. the super bowl is one week from today and for the nfl pressure is mounting why . . . . majority of head coaches who were let go this past season were african-american and more pressing, why is everyone hired to replace them so far white? nbc's ron mott has our report. >> reporter: for years, the nfl has worked on an issue that's prompted difficult questions. why is a league when 70% of its players african-american led by head coaches who have been predominantly white? when teams began making coaching changes at the end of the 2018 season the black and white issue came into stark contrast. five of the eight fired coaches were black and so far none of the coaches hired to replace them is black. steve wilkes was fired in arizona after just one season winning only three of 16 game, replaced by a white college coach who was fired after earning aos record after six seasons. >> the league's kind of going backwards. each year league officials talk about the need for improving diversity, increasing opportunities for people of color, a lot of them former players. >> fritz pollard was the first black nfl head coach in 1921, just two black coaches are on rosters today. pittsburgh's mike tomlin and anthony lynn of the los angeles rj chaers and it's something the league addressed in 2003 creating the rooney rule under the threat of a lawsuit. it requires teams to at least interview a minority candidate for each head coach opening. over relations move. the group that works with the nfl to address minority of work to be done. >> we feel good about where we're going in the long run even though we can say we feel disappointed in what happened in the last hiring circle. >> in a statement the nfl said it has made great strides in effort to promote diversity throughout the league including at the head coaching position. one week before the super bowl and race is once again an nfl headlines as its sidelines have turned whiter. ron mott, nbc news. still ahead tonight, a surge in medical exemptions for vaccines many required for kids. up next, fear some doctors may be doing more harm than good by granting them. also what 97-year-old prince philip had to say today about his recent car crash. >> this month the world health organization called the anti-vaccine movement against public health. with 349 cases in 26 states in the past year. in california, health officials are now focusing on how children are skipping mandatory shots. our medical correspondent dr. john torres reports on the role doctors may be playing in helping some parents get away with not vaccinating their kids. >> after a major measles outbreak in disneyland four years ago, california changed its vaccination law to rid of the personal belief exemption. now the only way for a child to start school without being vaccinate side with a doctor's note and in just three years the number of these medical exemptions has trimmed, setting off alarm bells. >> we should some schools with medical exemption rates as high as 20% or more. >> and that 20% breaks through the immunity and that's when problems can happen. >> exactly. >> what's behind the trend? dr. erica ban works at the health department reviewing these exemptions. she says many given for medical issues that have nothing to do with vaccinations. >> gut issues and food sensitivities. nervous ticks and emotional liability. >> somehow they're equating that you can't get vaccines because of the immune system issue. it doesn't make sense. >> nbc news found websites for doctors advertising exemptions including one in sacramento charging $97 for an exclusive program teaching parents to navigate california's law. another in san diego charging $120. in a recent study found doctors charging $300 every three months. in statements to nbc news doctors said they are providing a legitimate service. one doctor added if the doctor is doing their due diligence, seeing patients and reviewing medical records then that is exactly what the california medical board has requested. dr. richard pan, no relation to erica is a california state senator and a pediatrician. he says the real cost of these exemptions comes at the expense of a child's life. every time someone writes a false medical exemption, they're not only putting that child at risk. they're putting other children at risk. >> good job! >> 2-year-old noah hernandez, more vulnerable than most to contagious diseases like measles. he had a liver transplant which prevents him from receiving most vaccinations. his mother outraged that surging medical exemptions could be putting her son at risk. >> i'm angry. i'm scared. i'm mad. i don't get why people don't want to help save other people's lives. >> and dr. john torres joins me now here. a lot of people are wondering is it legal for doctors to do this, to give these exemptions? >> since each state regulates its own vaccine requirements it depends on how the law is written and in california it's not illegal and with other states with declining rates, california is now trying to figure out how to insure medical exemptions and used appropriately. >> bottom line, get the vaccines. >> talk to your doctor if you have concern, work through the concerns and get the ravaccines >> thank you so much. >> making it official as senator kamala harris launches her campaign for president. i stand before you today to announce my candidacy for president of the united states. >> that is democratic senator kamala harris making it official today, launching her campaign for president at a rally in her hometown, oakland, california. not surprisingly, she attacked many of the policies of the trump administration and said she would deliver the largest middle class tax cut in a generation. it took more than a week, but britain's prince philip has finally apologized to a woman who was injured when his land rover crashed into her car. the 97-year-old prince wrote her a letter saying he was deeply sorry. he wished the woman a speedy recovery and said he had failed to see the other car coming. just days after that accident, prince philip was seen driving another land rover without wearing a seatbelt. thousands greeted pope francis as he made his way through the streets of panama city, panama. he took time to visit an aids hospice and marked hol wauft remembrance day urging the world to know from what he called the black pages of history so the world does not make the same mistake again. and a reminder for those who still send things using stamps. the cost of a first-class stamp rose to 55 cents today. the 5-cent increase is the biggest jump in the history of the postal service which points out, however, that it has some of the lowest postage rates in the industrialized world. if you buy the forever stamps you don't have to worry about it. when we come back, we'll meet the trail blazers bringing a deeper meaning to taking a hike. finally tonight, there is a dwroeing movement to colorado. it's a sisterhood of women called black girls hike, a description that they believe goes beyond color. kathy park shows us how they came together to create a healthy community in colorado and beyond. >> on a crisp morning in colorado, the nature, the trees. i love it. >> mother nature's palette is an inspiration for these friends. >> hi! >> reporter: some new and all moving with a purpose. >> hiking has always been a part of our lives. >> avid hikers, jessica newman and portia prescott noticed women of color missing from the trails they love. >> people that look like us. >> they created a social community calling themselves black girls hike, an inclusive movement that goes from inside to outside. >> black girls hike! >> yes, we do! >> why do you think african-american women, women of color have stayed off the hiking trails? >> i think a lot of it has to do with lack of exposure. >> being outdoors wasn't associated with women of color, especially black women. >> blazing a path of diversity their path has grown to 800, people of all ages, personalities, gender and even race. >> it's a neat chance for people to unify and in together over our common interest and focus what we have in common instead of what we have that's different. >> it's also about healthy living. more than half of black women over the age of 20 have heart disease. >> we are changing that concept of what an african woman does and how we maintain fitness and health in our community. >> by taking these steps, they're showing beauty at each turn. >> representation really matters and i'm glad to have a lot of women who look like me. >> here, it's about going the distance together. >> i didn't have anybody to push me to do it. thanks to my daughter. i'm doing it now. it's not too late. >> moving in the same direction from the ground up, for friendship and a healthier future. kathy park, nbc news, connorfor, colorado. >> nothing beats a great hike. that is nbc nightly news on this sunday night. lester holt will be back with you tomorrow. i'm kate snow, for all of us at nbc news, have a great night. ri her campaign officially launched... and her vision for people in power are trying to convince us that the villain in our american story is each other. but that's not our story. >> right now at 6:00, her campaign officially launched and herio americaed to the public. the new at 6:00 starts right now. good evening, thank you so much for joining us, i am vickie nguyen. >> i am terry mcsweeney. in front of heret joins a rapidly field of democrats running for