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I have to say it seems bizarre. >> jacob is tracking the fascinating story about news. thanks so much. appreciate it. you can find all the that great reporting on nbc news.com. well be right back after a quick break. where we explore. protecting biodiversity. everywhere we work. defeating malaria. improving energy efficiency. developing more clean burning natural gas. my job? my job at exxonmobil? turning algae into biofuels. reducing energy poverty in the developing world. making cars go furthe...

Behind me. this is clearly not abc news, but its such a good mock-up, it looks real, and the debate continues over how much impact these stories have on the outcome of the 2016 election. jacob soboroff sat down with the creator of a widely shared, fake news story in the lead-up to election day. jacob, tell us about it. >> so justin core is a 40-year-old man who lives in huntington beach, california. lives with his wives and kids and he created one of the most widely shared news stories, it was a...

Why? msnbcs jacob soboroff interviewed the writer behind several fake news stories that went viral and jacob, what did you learn, good sir? >> reporter: the last story was created by a guy named justin koehler. lives with his wife and family not too far from here in southern california. a fake news story who committed murder and suicide because of a reported connection to hillary clinton shared over 500,000 times on facebook. far more than any story ive done for msnbc or many stories weve put ou...

Used another word. >> do we know about the suspect, jacob? >> the suspect himself, we know hes 54 years old, hes from this area. theres one local paper account that says his sister is appalled and doesnt understand how this might have happened. we know hes inside this facility behind us. he was questioned until late last night, still there have been no charges yet. the sheriffs office says those are forthcoming. theyre just not sure which charges they will give him. >> remarkable story. jacob, t...

Hours in the afternoon and night, and at some point overnight, he was released with no charges. i could they going forward, the sheriffs department will only say that the investigation is open. theyre looking for more witnesses to come forward. they say possibilities could be because i asked about this, grand jury could be convened. they could look at the case. the sheriffs department with consult to see if anything more is done. for now after many hours of questioning, they decided that he shou...

Turned over his gun at the scene. they say mcknight didnt have a gun at all. we have msnbcs jacob rascon who is covering the case. chief legal correspondent ari melber looking into it. jacob, what do we know about the suspect? >> reporter: the latest is the sheriff and d.a. are now consulting with each other inside the sheriffs office behind me. ? a half hour they would discuss what charges if any would be brought against ronald gasser, the suspect they say admitted to shooting and killing joe m...

Run to the bathroom. >> about 30 seconds later, kaboom. everything hit. >> alabamas governor set to tour the damage today including the tiny town of rosa lee where an ef-2 tore through the middle of the night between tuesday and wednesday destroying a huge part of the town. three people killed in a mobile home park there. jacob rascon joining me from the site of where that toward struck. jacob. >> reporter: yeah, so as understand, the governor is expected to be out here and several other areas l...

In dallas weve seen as low as $1.66. just a month ago it was higher than that, $2.23 though it is a bit higher than a year ago at $2.08 according to aaa. now, again, with the busiest times to travel, today 3:00 and then the busiest time to come back, saturday at 4:00. stephanie? >> all right. thanks, jacob. lets go from the roads to the skies. heading now to the nations second busiest airport and if youve been there, it can be a natur gnarly one when its crowded. blake mccoy is there. talk us ...

Its becoming less and less rare. you have 58, i believe, now, police officers killed by gunfire in this country this year. thats compared to 36 similar killings in all of last year. so so far, we had a 61% increase, and again, theyre still looking for that person. >> jacob, so lets talk about that shooting that took place in st. louis. the officer shot. hes in the hospital fighting for his life right now. but the police say they killed the suspect. what happened? >> yeah, so there was a shoot-ou...

Assassination. now a manhunt is on to find the suspect who killed an officer who was writing a ticket. that san antonio officer was one of four officers shot over the weekend. two were in missouri and one in the state of florida. jacob rascon is live in san antonio. jacob, does san antonio police know who theyre looking for right now? >> they have a person of interest, and so far, they put out a couple pictures and described this person as a black male, 20s to 30s, and hes somebody who is 57" to...