and theyjust sit here completely unguarded. look at it, this isjust like the actual desert. these nubian pyramids are over 4000 years old and are a unesco world heritage site. despite that, though, they are completely deserted. visitor numbers are tiny, about 15,000 a year compared to the millions who go to the pyramids in egypt. and due to being completely unprotected, the pyramids and the history here have been damaged and vandalised. clearly not many have respected it. still, it was like nothing i had ever seen. the door is even unlocked to one of the pyramids. mazin gave me a bit of a history lesson on what i was seeing. there are more pyramids in this section alone than in egypt. there are about 220 pyramids. you can notice that most of the heads of the pyramids are chopped off. that is an italian explorer. he came here in the 1830s and he chopped off like 14 pyramids searching for gold and we still don't know what he found. do you know what they were used for? yes, they were actually tombs for the black pharaohs and queens back in the days. they buried them here with t

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 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. inspiring america by helping the suit make the man. "nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening to our viewers in the west. 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 ne

a metal detector at jfk left unguarded as passengers walked through. some setting it off. then apparently boarding flights. why didn't a tsa alert police for two hours? >>> the replacement pick. president trump's new national security adviser revealed. as the vice president tries to calm 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.

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.

a major city completely unguarded. look at it, this isjust like the actual desert. these nubian pyramids are over 4000 years old and are a unesco world heritage site. despite that, though, they are completely deserted. visitor numbers are tiny, about 15,000 a year compared to the millions who go to the pyramids in egypt. and due to being completely unprotected, the pyramids and the history here have been damaged and vandalised. clearly not many have respected it. still, it was like nothing i had ever seen. the door is even unlocked to one of the pyramids. mazin gave me a bit of a history lesson on what i was seeing. there are more pyramids in this section alone than in egypt. there are about 220 pyramids. you can notice that most of the heads of the pyramids are chopped off. that is an italian explorer. he came here in the 1830s and he chopped off like a0 pyramids searching for gold and we still don't know what he found. do you know what they were used for? yes, they were actually tombs for the black pharaohs and their queens back in the days. they buried them here