nearly a dozen passengers passed through an unguard the checkpoint and got on to the plane. and how the tsa waited up to two hours to sound the alarm on that. >>> and the ground law after the deadly movie theater shooting. rikki klieman in our green room with the ruling of an arguments over text messaging. >>> "the washington post" says investigators still don't know what killed the estranged half brother of north korea's dictator in malaysia. autopsy shows no evidence of a heart attack or puncture wounds. airport camera footage apparently shows a woman assaulting kim jong-nam last week. police believe that he was poisoned. >>> "usa today" said men outnumber women so far in top aides to president trump. 23% of trump staffers are women. the white house claims it's really 31%. but would not release the names of the titles of the new hires. in previous administrations, 28% to 52% were in top white house jobs. under president bill clinton, 52%. under president george w. bush, 28%. >>> "time" reports on the cancellation of a conserve writer's reported deal. simon and schuster end

hundreds of people have crossed the largely unguarded border between the two countries in the last nine months making the trip in bitterly cold winter weather as you see here. cold enough, in fact, that some have lost fingers to frostbite. the cbc's cameron macintosh has this story. >> reporter: he's loading up with clothes, blankets and food. j.p.vanegas has made the trip many times picking up people walking across the border. >> i did this several times. >> reporter: a former refugee for chile, he's a senior official. he's taking supplies to emerson to help deal with a flood of asylum seekers. >> 15 years ago i was in the same shoes coming to canada for a better life. >> reporter: one hour south of winnipeg he's seen hundreds of aftrican asylum seekers particularly since the fall. under international convention, someone who walks over the border can legally make a refugee dplam canada. last weekend in bitter cold, 22 people did forcing volunteers in town to open an emergency center. today the town made a new deal with border services and rcmp. >> they assured us that they will have th

it's donald trump's id at most emotional and unguarded. in many ways his followers like that, the people who voted for him like that, i'm not sure it does much good in terms of governing, helping him stay on message. >> and people who follow him, they should know shouldn't be talking about donald trump and his business practices. clear conflict of interest. nordstrom's issued a statement defending their decision to drop iva ivana's line. made this decision based on the performance, over the past year and particularly the last half of 2016 sales declined to the point where it didn't make good business sense for us to continue with the line for now. again that's what most businesses do, if it doesn't make good business sense you get rid of the product or tamp it down a little bit. the white house says it was personal. here is sean spicer today. >> i think less about family business and attack on his daughter. for someone to take out their concern on his policies on family member of his is not acceptable. the president has every right as her

a metal detector at jfk left unguarded as passengers walked through. some setting it off. then apparently boarding flights. why didn't the tsa alert police for two hours? >>> the replacement pick. president trump's new national security adviser revealed. as the vice president tries to calm a anxious allies overseas. >>> a new wave of bomb threats. evacuations at nearly a dozen jewish community centers across the country. tonight, parents alarmed. >>> scandal rocks uber. an urgent investigation as a former employee makes explosive allegations of sexual harassment against women. >>> dentist alternative. the new trend in getting your teeth taken care of. >>> dress for success. suit make the man. "nightly news" begins right now. >>> good evening. police were alerted to a serious security breach at a tsa screening checkpoint at new york's jfk airport this morning. the only problem, they were alerted two hours after nearly a dozen passengers walked through what we've learned was an unattended metal detector. nbc news has learned surveillance video shows some of those passengers

a metal detector at jfk left unguarded as passengers walked through. some setting it off. then apparently boarding flights. why didn't the tsa alert police for two hours? >>> the replacement pick. president trump's new national security adviser revealed. as the vice president tries to calm a anxious allies overseas. >>> a new wave of bomb threats. evacuations at nearly a dozen jewish community centers across the country. tonight, parents alarmed. >>> scandal rocks uber. an urgent investigation as a former employee makes explosive allegations of sexual harassment against women. >>> dentist alternative. the new trend in getting your teeth taken care of. >>> dress for success.