lucky. >> she could practice at the olympics in pyeongchang. >> lester holt joins us next. tonight -- the major new storm threat. another nor'easter taking aim as the east coast digs out from this weekend's deadly winter blast. tens of thousands still without power. tonight, the race against time before round two hits. a massive teachers strike now entering its eighth day. [ chanting ] schools shut down ain for nearly 300,000 students with no end in sight. refusing to testify. the wild interview with the former trump campaign aide who says he will not comply with a subpoena from robert mueller. practically daring mueller to arrest him, but also suggesting the special counsel may have something on the president. hacking your taxes. >> it's literally a one-stop shop for criminals.

>> the new warning about criminals targeting your money through your accountant. an oscar plot twist. making off with the academy award belonging to one of the night's biggest winners. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. good evening and welcome to our viewers in the west. talk about your bad timing, up and down the northeast coast right now utility crews are racing the clock to turn the lights back on for tens of thousands still in the dark after friday's damping nor'easter, because the next round is coming. a major snowstorm expected to barrel through the same region beginning early wednesday. potentially dumping heavy snow from philadelphia to portland, maine, and tonight airlines are once again warning customers of disruptions that could impact travel across the country. we'll get the latest forecast in a moment, but first, kristen dahlgren on damaged communities bracing for more. >> reporter: the race is on in massachusetts.

water pouring into this coast's community after a break in the seawall this afternoon. >> a barrier beach. lose the sea wall, start losing houses. >> reporter: this house teetering over the ocean. after the bruising nor'easter damaged towns up and down the east coast, trees are still falling. >> another storm on the way and still haven't been able to restore the power for the residents we have now. our concerns are, we want to get their power back as soon as possible, definitely before the next storm hits. >> reporter: new york battling the clock as well. crews desperately trying to get lights and heat back on. >> all of this is ruined. >> reporter: stephon has been without power three days. >> two small kids. trying to figure out what to do. so we called friends, luckily, just too cold to stay home. >> may have to stay another night in the hotel. >> reporter: across the street, steve is in the same boat. 46 degrees and dropping every day. >> reporter: did you stay here? >> no.

>> reporter: almost 200,000 customers from virginia to massachusetts are still in the dark. and as so many struggle to recover -- that other storm is looming. snow in the midwest today forecast to move east to a region that tonight seems far from ready for another blow. with so many scenes like this still to deal with power companies are worried the heavy, wet snow forecast is to fall later this week could bring down nor trees and power lines. so many of the crews here to help from as far away from texas could be staying for what could be round two, lester. >> thank you. heavy snow. the latest on the new storm threat, turning to dylan dreyer, meteorologist, tracking it and break it down for us. >> already 44 million people at risk under this winter storm watch across the northeast. it's back in the northern plains, sees blizzard conditions. it will move through the midwest tuesday and on wednesday developing into a powerful nor'easter. there are major differences

between this storm and the storm last week. first thing is that it's much faster moving. we're not going to look at as much of a threat of coastal flooding like we saw with friday's storm. it's also going to produce, instead of winds up to 70 and 90 miles per hour. winds closer to 30 to 50 miles per hour. however, we are going to see much more snow out of this storm. we're look the at a widespread at least eight inches of snow across the northeast. if the storm tracks a little farther to the west, we could see lesser amounts in the major city, but if it tracks a little farther east which is a possibility, we could see higher amounts from boston to new york right down into philadelphia. >> busy week. all right. dylan, thanks very much. for an eighth day, no school for nearly 300,000 public school students as a massive state-wide teacher strike in west virginia stretched into a second week. after a deal to end it fell apart, it looks like there's no end in sight. tonight nbc's ron allen is there with the latest. >> reporter: it looked like most

of west virginia's 20,000 striking teachers converged on the capital. so many protesters the fire marshal wouldn't let more in. teachers tired of being 48th in the nation in pay. >> we are professionals and not being treated professionally. >> i believe that everyone needs to stand up for what's right. >> reporter: they thought they had a pay raise, about $2,000 last week. senators agreed. then blocked by those saying they could only afford 4%. you are the villain in all this now. how do you solve this? >> it's difficult to be labeled a villain when there's the largest pay raise in 28 years. we want to provide everything we can, but there is just simply limits to money. >> reporter: so 270,000 students hurt in a state where more than two-thirds qualify for subsidize or free breakfast and lunch at school. communities centers opening doors. striking teachers now delivering

school lunches. >> they get better food at school than sometimes at home. >> absolutely. >> reporter: really? >> yes. >> reporter: there's that much need here? >> correct. >> sometimes there's no food at home. >> reporter: this woman has six kids. >> very grateful. >> at the capital, little sign of progress. the governor today. >> we've got to get the kids back in school. absolutely crazy for our kids to be out of school, but -- everybody's working hard on it. we're going to get it done. >> reporter: with all sides dug in for now, the strike goes on. and this evening here at the capitol, lawmakers are meeting behind closed doors debating how much the state can afford to pay its teachers. schools close the yet another day tomorrow. >> ron allen in charleston, thank you. a fascinating twist in the russia investigation tonight, and it comes from a man who worked on president trump's campaign. he is refusing to comply with a subpoena from special counsel

robert mueller and speaking out about the investigation. let's get more from white house correspondent kristen welker. >> reporter: tonight, defiant and digging in. sam nunberg, a former trump campaign aide turned trump antagonist, dropping a bombshell becoming the first adviser to suggest candidate trump may have done something wrong. >> do you think that they have something on the president? >> i think they may. >> what? >> i think he may have done something during the election, but i don't know about it, for sure. >> why do you think that? >> i can't explain it unless you were in there. >> reporter: in the same interview at times siding with the president. >> i mean, mr. trump is right. the president's right. it's a witch-hunt and i'm not going to cooperate. >> reporter: the white house firing back noting nunberg only served on the campaign in the early days. >> your reaction? >> i definitely think he doesn't know that for sure because he's incorrect. as we've said many times before there was no collusion. >> reporter: and nunberg was fired in 2015 after racist social media posts and then the

president later sued him for violating a confidential contract. he says he won't appear before a grand jury. >> it was ridiculous to me. the subpoena is absolutely ridiculous. >> reporter: so is nunberg prepared to go to jail over the issue? >> it would be really, really funny if they wanted to arrest me because i don't want to spend 80 hours looking over e-mails. >> reporter: the latest development in the intensifying russia probe. nunberg is among those who was subpoenaed for e-mails, texts and other documents related to the campaign. >> this is a little bit of bravado. >> a little bit of drama, but in the end, the grand jury is entitled to every person's evidence, and i'm quite certain they will get it. >> reporter: witnesses can refuse to answer questions by pleading the fifth amendment, but if for some other reason simply refuse to answers questions they can be thrown in jail until they cooperate or until the grand jury expires. >> kristen welker, thank you.

a new warning tonight in the west where there is a serious risk for avalanches after five people were killed in washington state in just a week. and with more snow expected, some mountain ranges are being closed off to the public. one near-death experience was caught on camera. nbc news national correspondent miguel almaguer has details now. >> reporter: screams for help following a cascading sheet of snow. scrambling to find avalanche survivors. >> that snowboard sticking out. good job. >> reporter: rescuers using bare hands digging out this snowboarder. evan hawk. >> looked back over my shoulder and saw about a ten-foot wall of snow barreling towards me at 60 or 70 miles an hour. >> reporter: he was buried alive as the mountain crumbled. >> at that point tried to slow down my breathing, conserve air. >> reporter: five swallowed by a wall of white at northern

california's squaw valley key resort. fortunately, everyone survived. but in washington state, the mountains were deadly. >> okay. hike's over. >> i'm shaking. >> reporter: this avalanche caught on camera by those luck toy get out of the way in time. >> listen up -- the people in front of us disappeared. >> reporter: in just one week were, five people have been killed in avalanches here. the state normally averages five deaths every two years. police officer james larson among the victims. throughout the west, where whiteout conditions are still possible, the threat continues to rise as fast as the snow falls. miguel almaguer, nbc news. from britain tonight we have a story of intrigue involving a former russian spy part of a high-profile spy s.w.a.t. with a u.s. a few years ago and what may have been an attempt to assassinate him.

we have late details. >> reporter: tonight british authorities are trying to unravel a mystery. what unknown substance sent this russian spy to the hospital critically ill? officials say the man and a woman he was with were found unconscious on a shopping mall bench on sunday. know visible injuries. >> they looked so out of it. i thought even if i stepped in i wasn't sure how i could help. >> reporter: the hospital emergency room closed for decontamination. >> treated for suspected exposure to an unknown substance in critical condition in intensive care. >> reporter: the british press identified the man as a 66-year-old former russian intelligence agent convicted of high tres son in russia for working with british intelligence. he was freed in 2010 as part of a cold war-style u.s./russian spy exchange. similar to the russian that died

after drinking tea poisoned. british officials say was likely approved by putin. a charge the kremlin denies. in this case tonight, police still don't know if a crime took place. for nbc news, london. back home a florida teacher has been removed from the classroom after she was accused of secretly hosting a podcast that promotes white nationalist views. her alleged double life now under investigation by the school. nbc's stephanie gosk has more on that and what the teacher is now saying in her own defense. >> reporter: tonight social studies teacher die jana volitich is suspended from this florida middle school after it was revealed he secretly hosted a podcast embracing white supremacist ideas. >> so many other researchers have already looked into this, and that's just the way it is.

there are races with higher iqs. >> reporter: first reported in the "huffington post" the 25-year-old use a pseudonym, often discussing what she sees as a the failings of the education system. on her podcast called "unapologetic." meredith blakely the daughter is in volitich's class. >> talking about segregation in a civil rights type of capacity, and the teacher somewhat alluded that segregation might possible be okay. >> reporter: when her podcast volitich says the principal asked her about sharing political bias with students. >> the principal came to me, i'm not worried. should i be worried? i'm like, no. she believed me and backed off. >> reporter: in a statement from her lawyer, volitich denies being a white nationalist and promoting her political beliefs in class. adding about her podcast, i employed political satire and exaggeration mainly to the end of attracting listeners and followers. >> is this a freedom of speech issue?

>> i think things like segregation against african-americans during the jim crow era was okay. that's not okay. it's a public education issue. >> reporter: the school district is investigating. volitich could lose her teaching license altogether. stephanie gosk for nbc news. there's a lot more ahead. still ahead, the new warnings about your personal information. how hackers are now targeting tax preparers to steal social security numbers and a lot more. also, glory at the oscars, but then something sinister took place. it's the case of the stolen statue. we'll tell you how it turned out.

back now with a new warning from the irs. cyber thieves are attacking cpa firms and tax professionals stealing sensitive taxpayer information by the thousands. turns out many of the firms you trust may be dangerously unprepared to protect your data. nbc news national investigative correspondent jeff rossen has the story in tonight's "rossen

reports." >> reporter: it's a treasure-trove of sensitive information. names, social security numbers. income information and addresses. all stored here inside a cpa's computer network. now the new target for hackers. >> criminals are targeting cpa firms, because it's literally a one-stop shop for criminals. all the information they need is housed in one location. >> reporter: so now the irs issues multiple warnings urging all tax preparers to be on high alert and step up security. it's so serious, cpa firms are now hiring this cyber security expert to hack into their systems to expose vulnerabilities. >> what are you doing? >> a phishing e-mail. >> reporter: how often do they take the bait and click it? >> almost all the time. >> reporter: when they do, the hacker has everything. as we were here he gets a hit. >> wow. >> reporter: a tax firm in louisiana. >> fell for it. >> reporter: we go to tell them. certainly a little let down, but

the cyber criminals are always moving. you always have to be moving trying to keep up with them. >> what we found at your firm. will you take a look? >> a meeting this afternoon with cyber security. >> reporter: we're the good guys so no sensitive information was taken but our expert is about to show us the scariest attack of all. >> we're parked outside here. what are you doing? >> close to the cpa's wi-fi is exploit an inherent vulnerability they have. >> reporter: you're on it right now? able to break in. >> yes, i am. >> reporter: and hit cpa firm after cpa firm and hit thousands of taxpayers all day every day. >> all day. >> reporter: urging tax firms to encrypt all sensitive client data, password protect wi-fi networks and install anti-virus software before blatant thieves strike again. when we come back a moment of awe for a 2-year-old girl and

a famous portrait of michelle obama and now this famous photograph. and the very close call after part of the roof collapses at a busy airport.

caught on camera. scary moments today as a major international airport. the video shows powerful winds blowing away part of a roof over an airport entrance in china. the debris falling on cars but no reports of injuries. flights were briefly suspended. the airport is reportedly operating normally again. in this country, a moment of sheer delight captured by a photographer at the national portrait gallery. there was 2-year-old parker curry staring at the new official portrait of michelle obama. and here's what she had to say when we asked her who she saw. >> a queen. >> a queen?

>> yes. >> do you know her name? >> michelle obama. >> michelle obama. so you do know who the queen is? >> yes. >> the photo taken by another museum visitor became an instant hit on the internet. and on hollywood's biggest night, the "the shape of water" won best picture at the 90th american academy awards. and allison janney took best supporting actress for "i, tonya," gary oldman, best actor for "darkest hour" and frances mcdormand won best actress for "three billboards," but in a twist, her oscar was stolen at an after-party. the statue was recovered and returned and the man faces a grand theft charge. up next, inspiring america with an innovative idea to deal with a serious problem at school. the new legal action jus

taken against troubled football

star aldon smith plus, bay area science students have their dreams crushed... because of foul play involving their robot. next at 6. right now at 6: breaking news: finally tonight, an innovative way to help kids improve behavior in school, even when their violence and fighting all around them. in exchange for doing the right thing, a big reward, and it's working. rehema ellis with tonight's "inspiring america" report. >> reporter: in southwest philadelphia, life can be rough. even in school. >> there's, like, run the hallways and fighting, cutting classes and. just terrible. >> re are excited to be on day 80. >> reporter: as mitchell this elementary, the principle had an idea. give each eighth grader money if they don't fight the entire year.

>> people say, you're just bribing these kids. what do you say? >> i say it's not much of a bribe. it's something that gets kids motivated to do something very great for our school. >> reporter: suspensions down, grades up and so is morale. >> a lot of younger kids look up to me. if i do good they're going to do good. i'm pretty much a leader. >> reporter: it's now more cool to be good than to be tough. >> they are getting that status as a peer group with peaceful problem-solving. you flip the switch. >> reporter: patti barnes sees a difference for her daughter. >> last year fighting. a phone call every day. every day. this year, nothing. i'm so proud of her this year. >> reporter: students proud of themselves and counting on each other. money well spent. rehema ellis, nbc news, philadelphia. we appreciate you spending part of your evening with us. that is "nightly news" for this monday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. r

aldon smith. the latest on the search for t right now at 6:00, breaking ne news, an arrest warrant for aldon smith. the news at 6:00 starts right now. good evening. i'm jessica aguirre. >> and i'm raj mathai. within the past hour we've learned the sfpd has an arrest warrant for aldon smith. he was involved in a domestic violence incident over the weekend with his fiancee. sfpd is working with attorneys to arachg -- arrange a time for his sur epder. police were called about a report of a man attacking a

woman. today smith's fiancee told tmz he chhas checked into rehab wit the help of her parents and she said he will treat what she called his substance abuse problem. the 28-year-old posted this cryptic photo on his instagram page of a sidewalk and the caption read, you are all wrong. smith has had several run-ins with the law since being drafted bit 49ers into 2011. today the raiders released him. le likely never play again in the nfl. police have solved a cold case murder. two women killed in fremont years ago. david misch is accused of killing michelle xavier and michelle due yu. the bodies shot and strapped and left along mill creek road in fremont in 1986. xavier's car was found at the mission valley shopping center. investigators say dna and