Huffman and Lori Loughlin. Tonight a member of the full house family is speaking to nbc about that College Cheating scandal. Shocking allegations about an american hospital. Women who say they were secretly filmed during surgery, even child birth. I was shocked. I was honestly shocked. I have never been so exposed in my life. Tonight why the hospital says the hidden cameras were there. And the price you pay for groceries. A new salvo tonight in the supermarket wars. How you can save. This is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening and welcome to our viewers in the west. There is late word that the har chinese woman following an alarming security incident at President Trumps maralago resort over the weekend. Restricted areas carrying electronic items, including a thumb drive containing malicious software, all as the president was golfing nearby. Our Pete Williams has the breaking details. Reporter on saturday, the secret service says a chinese woman walked up to a security checkpoint at President Trumps maralago resort in florida and said she was there to go to the swimming pool. The secret service says she presented two chinese passports in the name of yujing zhang. Maralago security says zhang was the name of a club member and allowed her to enter the compound. But when a shuttle picked her up, she didnt know where she wanted to go. So she was taken to a reception area. According to investigators, she changed her story and said she was there for a u. N. Chinese American Association meeting. But no such meeting was scheduled and she was promptly arrested. But charging documents say she claimed a chinese friend named charles sent her there to speak with a member of the president s family about american policy towards china. But the secret service could not find any record of that. And tonight investigators want to know if it was a spy mission. She was carrying four cell phones, a laptop computer, an external hard drive and a thumb drive that contained malware. They also note although she said she was there to go to the pool, she was not carrying a swimsuit. And while all this was happening, President Trump was playing golf at his separate course nearby. Zhang has been charged with making false statements and entering a restricted area. Lester . All right, Pete Williams tonight, thank you. For the second time in two weeks a major chemical fire erupted outside houston. A different plant, and this time it turned deadly. Authorities have warned residents remain indoors. Our Morgan Chesky has the latest. Reporter for the second time in two weeks, dark smoke from a chemical fire is filling the sky in houston. Our whole house shook. It scared me to death. Reporter the call came in at 11 00 a. M. We got multiple injured employees. They will be at the kmco refinery. There are still explosions at this time. Reporter an explosion and fire at the kmco plant in crosby, texas that produces and stores chemicals, including antifreeze and brake fluid. One person was killed, two others airlifted in critical condition. We dont know the extent of this. And so were trying to contain it right now. Reporter schools went into lockdown. Look at this, right behind my house. Reporter environmental teams say so far the air is safe. The epa has been onsite assisting in monitoring and found no actionable detectable items in the air as of right now. Reporter todays fire in the same county just 20 miles north of this massive blaze just two weeks ago at a chemical storage plant where flames sent clouds of cancercausing benzene into the air. Both incidents raising concerns kmco facing dozens of osha violations since a 2010 explosion. The company saying tonight the wellbeing of our people, neighbors and the environment remain our top priorities. Morgan chesky, nbc news. There are late developments tonight in california where police say a suspected killer is in custody after the murder of rap star Nipsey Hussle. Our Gadi Schwartz is there live tonight. Gadi, what more can you tell us about this . Yeah, good evening, lester. Mourners out here are reacting to the news of that arrest. In fact, many of them are sharing some Instagram Video that shows the arrest of that suspected killer, eric holder. That video shows him being taken into custody about ten miles away from here. Now lapd hoping that with this arrest they may be able to decrease some of the tension thats been felt here in south l. A. This is where that shooting happened, where they believe eric holder approached Nipsey Hussle right in front of his store, opened fire, shooting him in the head. This was also the scene of violence last night when mourners gathered together, a fight broke out. Somebody pulled out a gun and there was a stampede. For now lapd allowing about 25 mourners in at a time to pay their respects. Lester . Gadi schwartz in los angeles with our update, thanks. Now to the investigation into the air disasters involving the boeing 737 max jets and new concerns raised about safety and the inspectors responsible for certifying the planes for flight. Our tom costello has details. Reporter tonight amid multiple investigations into how the faa approved and certified boeings 737 max, a Senate Committee has sent this letter to the acting head of the faa, saying the committee has received information from multiple whistleblowers alleging insufficient training and improper certification of faa safety inspectors. The concern, that poorly trained inspectors may have led to an improper evaluation of the mcas antistall system suspected in those two fatal max crashes. Jeff guzzetti is the former chief of faa accident investigations. You would hope the pilots for the faa that evaluated the airplane had already been experienced in 737 operations, had already been type rated in a 737. Reporter meanwhile, the max fleet is likely to remain grounded for weeks, even months. Boeing was expected to release a Software Update for the mcas Software System this week, but now says it will take several more weeks. The faa says additional time is needed to ensure that boeing has identified and appropriately addressed all pertinent issues. But a former ntsb chairman says the relationship between boeing and the faa is now front and center. The aviation system, just like our government, is built on checks and balances. Thats why this certification issue is so important. And tom joins us now. Tom, the letter says the faa was notified inspectors may have had inadequate training as recently as last august. What is the agency saying about this . Yeah, thats right. The faa is only reiterating previous comments that it welcomes external revir ane faa those concerns lau lester . It found, and what if any action now to a dramatic scene it actually took. About to play out in a federal courtroom in boston. Felicity huffman and Lori Loughlin among the parents caught up in that College Admission scandal. Here is miguel almaguer. Reporter Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman will soon trade in the red carpet for the steps of federal court, charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud, both actresses, seen this weekend, out on bail. Lori, do you regret the way you handle your kids educations . Reporter accused of paying top dollar to cheat their childrens way into prestigious universities. Loughlin and her Fashion Designer husband accused of shelling out more than half a Million Dollars in bribes so their daughters could attend usc. Loughlins future with full speaks out. We stand by each other and pray for each other, and well always be there for each other. Reporter the alleged mastermind behind the scandal rick singer, telling investigators he took massive payouts to guarantee admission into at least eight elite universities. In the typical white collar fraud case, if a defendant pleads early and waives their preliminary hearing, theyve got a shot at a probation only sentence. Reporter a cheating scandal making its way to boston, as many await the next hollywood twist. Neither of the actresses has entered a plea. Legal experts believe that if the actresses work out a plea deal, they could avoid prison time, but many of these parents could get lengthy prison sentences if they decided to go to trial. Lester . Mue w e versal for President Trump. After taking heat from his own party for calling on republicans to revive the fight over obamacare, the president has backed down, at least for now. Hallie jackson has details. Reporter promise made we are going to fix health care. Reporter promise punted as the president pushes off a plan to replace obamacare until after 2020. I wanted to delay it myself. I want to put it in after the election because we dont have the house. So when the plan comes out, youll see it. Reporter top aides promised Something Different just last week. The president will be putting forward plans this year that we hope to introduce into congress. Reporter why the reversal . The president s under pressure to drop his renewed Health Care Push from Republican Leaders like senator mitch mcconnell. I made it clear to him we were not going to be doing that in the senate. Reporter after all, the republicans controlled both chambers of congress up until this year and still didnt have the votes to overhaul obamacare. Ending the law without a replacement would leave tens of millions of people without coverage. People like angie settle sees at the free clinic she runs in west virginia. Im not here to say its perfect. We cant afford to repeal that part where they expanded medicaid. I know for this state it would be catastrophic. And hallie, the president also talking about his threat to shut down the border, acknowledging the economic sure, its going to have a negative impact on the economy. But to me, trading is very important. Important to me. I have to have security. So hallie, how close are we to a possible shutdown . Well, lester, the president says he is still totally prepared to shut down that southern border, and ready to do it if he feels he has to. But now some of his top aides describe new talks to try to mitigate any of those economic effects, like by keeping some truck lanes open for shipping, for example. Lester . Hallie, thanks very much. For the first time were hearing from the white house whistleblower raising red flags about two dozen Trump Administration officials she says got security clearances overruling objections of career staffers. She spoke exclusively with nbcs peter alexander. Reporter the stunning charge comes from tricia newbold, an 18year career White House Security specialist, who told congress 25 officials in the Trump Administration had their top secret security clearances granted by the white house, even though she and her colleagues recommended they be denied. Why is this issue so important that you felt the need to speak out . The protection of National Security is not a democratic issue or a republican issue. Its an american issue. Reporter newbold, who has filed a discrimination complaint against her white house superior told lawmakers about those officials serious disqualifying issues including foreign influence and conflict of interest. Today her explosive allegations sparking a showdown on capitol hill. Issue a press release, handpicked, cherry picked parts of her testimony. I will protect whistleblowers, period. Reporter nbc first reported that Jared Kushner was among those whose security denial was overruled. And according to the new york legally, he has the powe grant clearances to anyone he chooses. Overnight kushner on fox news dismissed newbolds concerns. Ive been accused of all different types of things, and all those things have turned out to be false. Reporter newbold now fears losing her job. Im always concerned, but its important we stand up to do the right thing, no matter what. Peter alexander, nbc news, the white house. Now to the Ripple Effect of the opioid effect in america and one crisis that may be causing another for the 50 million americans living with chronic pain. Here is our Senior National correspondent kate snow. This is the hardware, the nuts and the bolts that came out of my spine. Reporter all this was in your back . Yeah. Reporter Maria Higginbotham has had 13 back surgeries. She is in so much pain, her bodys own immune system is destroying her connective tissue. This is probably five times worse than childbirth. Reporter five times worse . Uhhuh. Reporter every day . Every day, all day. Reporter for more than a dozen years, high doses of opioid medications through an implanted pump, patches and pills kept the pain at bay. Her doctors say she never abused them. But two years ago, they tapered down the strength of her opioid patch and pills to less than half what it used to be. I could go outside and plant a flower. I could walk my dogs. All those things i cant do anymore. Reporter she has tried everything, from medical marijuana to steroid injections. Nothing else works. You feel like youre given three choices. You either live in agonizing intractable pain that doesnt ever go away, or you go to the street and get the drugs off the street, which can kill you, or you commit suicide. Reporter she understands why the cdc issued new guidelines in 2016 encouraging doctors to consider tapering patients off high doses. Too many lives have been destroyed by abuse of opioids. But maria and many other chronic pain patients feel theyre being punished when theyve done nothing wrong. While i think there have been some good aspects that have come out of the cdc guidelines, there has been incredibly detrimental unintended consequences. Reporter dr. Sean mackey, chief of Pain Medicine at stanford, says those cdc guidelines have made a lot of physicians worried theyll be in trouble if they dont reduce prescriptions. The fear is incredibly real. I am on the phone on a regular basis with docs who are being told just get people off opioids or get rid of those patients. Just get them out of the practice, because everybody is running scared. Reporter mackey, and 300 other experts sent a letter to the cdc last month urging it to clarify the guidelines for patients like maria. Im not involved in my life anymore, and i want my life back. I want to be able to function. Lester, the cdc says doctors were never mandated to reduce or discontinue drugs. Theyre now studying the impact of those new guidelines. It is complicated. Doctors want to help those in real chronic pain without facilitating substance abuse. Lester . Kate snow, thank you. Just ahead, outrage at a hospital accused of secretly recording nearly 2,000 women during surgeries, even during childbirth. Then where prices are coming down as the grocery wars heat up. Well tell you how you can save. Stay with us. [phone ringing] remember the way we used to do things . Hey man. Like connect with friends . Dig it or sell a house and t a a g commission. [crash] at redfin, we charge you a 1 listing fee. And because redfin. Com is americas 1 brokerage site our agents get more eyes on your home so you sell for thousands more than the one next door. Dont get stuck in the past. Sell with a redfin agent. Next tonight, dozens of women accusing a hospital of a shocking invasion of privacy. Nbcs Steve Patterson now with the disturbing details. Reporter the expectation of privacy is core to every doctors visit. I was shocked. I was honestly shocked. Reporter Jessica Lincoln joins 80 other women in a lawsuit alleging hidden motionactivated cameras at Sharp Grossmont Hospital near san diego recorded patients without their knowledge, claiming as many as 1800 patients at the Womens Health care center were captured on video between july 2012 and june carla jones was one of them undergoing an emergency csection. I have never been so exposed in my life. I dont know who saw these videos. I dont know where they are rowe or where they landed or what will happen to them. Reporter the hospital says three cameras were set up in operating rooms. According to the suit, it recorded births, hysterectomies and other medical procedures and the recordings were stored on desktop computers, without password protection, accessible to multiple users. In a statement, Sharp Health Care says these surveillance methods ended in 2013, adding we sincerely regret that our efforts to ensure medication security may have caused any distress to those we serve. Little comfort for some. Is there a video of me and my body naked, exposed, vulnerable floating around on the internet somewhere . Reporter allegations of negligence stoking fears that our most private moments could become public. Steve patterson, nbc news. All right. Were going to take a break. Coming up, how you can save money in the big war between supermarket chains. Were back now with the price you pay for groceries and the new salvo in the fight for your money at the supermarket. Here is kristen dahlgren. Reporter at whole foods Stores Across the country, expect cuts on things like meat and produce, including lettuce, tomatoes and tropical fruits. Two months after raising prices, the company now saying customers will save about 20 on hundreds of items starting tomorrow. We always thought of whole foods as whole paycheck. So what theyre trying to do now is really rebrand themselves. Reporter whole foods is touting its third price cut since being acquired by amazon in 2017. The grocer also doubling the number of exclusive deals for amazon prime customers who already save 10 on many sale items. Its the type of D Partnership other stores