Two earthquakes rattled Riverside and San Bernardino Counties Monday evening, prompting responses from as far as San Diego, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

More than 2,200 people said they felt the first 3.6-magnitude Loma Linda temblor, which hit at 10:06 p.m. 

Palm Springs residents and those even as far as Oceanside in the San Diego area recorded feeling the quake. 

Another slightly smaller quake rocked Banning about 27 miles away two minutes after the first quake hit. It had a preliminary magnitude of 3.0, and nearly 100 residents reported feeling the temblor.

There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. 

An American was abducted while working as a United Nations official in central Africa, his father told NBC News on Tuesday.

Michael Sharp, 34, was among a team traveling by motorcycle through the Democratic Republic of Congo when they were kidnapped by "an unidentified militia group," according to his dad, John Sharp.

Officials confirmed Monday that the team had disappeared in the country's Kasai Central province — although it was unclear when exactly the incident took place.

Michael Sharp was abducted along with a Swedish U.N. worker named Zahida Katalan, three local drivers and a translator, Congo's government and a U.N. official told The Associated Press. 

The U.S. Embassy in Kinshasa said it was aware of the reports and added that the State Department said it was monitoring the situation, the AP reported.

Imaging Healthcare Specialists has agreed to offer a new form of advanced brain diagnostics at its facility in Encinitas.

The outpatient diagnostic imaging company said it will perform functional brain imaging and analytical services developed by Denver-based CereScan. The services will be available at Imaging Healthcare Specialists’ location at the North Coast Health Center.

CereScan said the service combines clinical history, neuropsychological evaluations, data analytics and other indicators to evaluate brain conditions.

“The addition of IHS expands CereScan’s national functional brain imaging network to provide services to those individuals suffering from a variety of complex, brain-based disorders, ranging from chronic traumatic brain injuries to Alzheimer’s and other dementias to toxic exposure,” CereScan said in a news release.

IHS’s services include diagnostic imaging and radiology. The company has eight locations, from Murrieta to Chula Vista.

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The late-season snowstorm pummeling the Northeast Tuesday brought some eye-catching snow.

New York City, New Jersey and Connecticut saw big, puffy white stuff that almost looked like ticker tape Tuesday morning. But they aren't giant individual snowflakes, but a phenomenon caused by warming temperature and mid-air clumping.

Snowflakes can only form in below-freezing temperatures, of course, but when they fall into warmer air lower down, they can start to melt, according to NBC New York meteorologist Erica Grow. That makes them sticky enough to clump together when caught in updrafts, which is fast-rising air typical of thunderstorms.

"When you see those huge snowflakes, don't be surprised if you also hear a clap of thunder or see a flash of lightning!" Grow said.

Those clumps can, very rarely, grow as big as a dinner plate in very calm conditions, according to a website run by Caltech snowflake expert Kenneth G. Libbrecht.

The biggest individual snow crystal ever photographed was only 10.1 mm, or 0.4 inches, across he says.

The mega-snowflakes caught plenty of attention throughout the Northeast on social media Tuesday.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson used an alias email address to send and receive information related to climate change and other matters while he was chairman and CEO of Exxon Mobil, Reuters reported.

The office of New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said in a letter to a New York state judge on Monday that it found Tillerson used the alias email Wayne.Tracker@exxonmobil.com for at least seven years.

An Exxon spokesman said the company had provided 2.5 million pages of documents in response to a subpoena from Schneiderman's office, which is investigating whether the company misled shareholders and the public about climate change, and would respond to the claims in the letter in court filings.

A State Department spokeswoman declined to comment on the matter. The letter, seen by Reuters, said Exxon had not previously disclosed the alias account.

While officials across the tri-state area urged everyone to stay off the roads Tuesday as a powerful nor'easter pummeled the region with strong winds, whiteout conditions and flooding, some New York City residents simply said "neigh."

Two runaway ponies took to the streets of Staten Island, amusing people who snapped photos of the animals prancing in snow-covered intersections near Hylan Boulevard and Richmond Avenue.

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One photo posted on Community Education Council President's Mike Reilly's Facebook page showed the duo calmly crossing the street in front of an MTA bus. NYPD officers eventually corralled the ponies.

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They were safely returned to their owners.   

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Tuesday is Pi Day, a national celebration of the mathematical concept, which is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter and equals 3.14... Two years ago, 3-14-15, was the only day this century that matched pi, commonly approximated as 3.14159. 

Schools and museums often plan events to celebrate the concept, which has fascinated humans for centuries.

In the spirit of the holiday, here are 3.14 things you may not know about pi:

1. No one is certain who discovered pi as we know it today

But we do have some ideas. It seems that the Egyptians used pi in the construction of the Great Pyramid because when the perimeter is divided by its height, one gets a close approximation to 2π. It’s the same result if one divides the circumference of a circle by its radius.

But the most significant pi research might have come from the astronomer, Archimedes, around 250 B.C.

His mathematical calculation showed that pi was "between three and one seventh and three and 10 seventy firsts,” Steven Strogatz, an applied mathematics professor at Cornell University, told NBC in a 2015 interview. “He approached that putting a six sided figure into a circle, then made it 12 sided, and went all the way up to a 96-sided polygon.”

He proved that pi was found somewhere between these two numbers, which applied to all circles.

2. You can find your identity in pi

One myth is that since pi is a continuation of numbers, people’s identities can be found in the pattern: like social security numbers or birthdays.

This theory, which had circulated around Reddit for years before getting a popularity jolt from a George Takei Facebook post (that post appears to have been taken down), posits that all number combinations can be found within the digits of pi. 

A version of this theory posted on Reddit says of pi: "Converted into a bitmap, somewhere in that infinite string of digits is a pixel-perfect representation of the first thing you saw on this earth, the last thing you will see before your life leaves you, and all the moments, momentous and mundane, that will occur between those two points."

But Professor Strogatz stressed that the meme is misleading.  Even if it is true (which is not yet known), the digits in pi would tell us nothing about a person's life or identity, because along with correct social security numbers and birthdays, there will also be wrong social security numbers and birthdays.

3. Proving pi with matches

You can prove pi exists with matches, toothpicks, a pen, or anything else that is the same length, explained Johnny Ball, the author of “Why Pi? (Big Questions).”

“There’s a wonderful way to find pi for yourself. You find a floor with parallel lines; you find matches, pins, pens, exactly the same length. If you drop a hundred of them at random on the floor, the points touching a line will equal pi,” Ball said.

The matches' length must be equal to the distance of the two parallel lines. After the matches are dropped, you multiply the number of matches thrown down by two and divide it by the total number of matches that touched a line, which will equal pi.

This problem was discovered in the 18th century by French mathematician Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon.

Check out this video on Dr. Tony Padilla's YouTube channel Numberphile where he demonstrates Buffon's Needle Problem:

3.14...Legislating against pi

In 1897, Indiana state legislators tried passing a Pi Bill that legally defined pi as 3.2. Edward J. Goodwin, a physician, convinced a well-known mathematical monthly newspaper that he had solved what mathematicians had tried to do for generations: squaring the circle. Simply put, squaring the circle is the impossible task of finding the area of a circle by finding the area of a square around it. Goodwin claimed that pi was 3.2 instead of a continuous number. The bill never became a law thanks to Professor C. A. Waldo who convinced the Indiana Senate that Goodwin’s discovery was not possible.

The trick to balancing on slick sidewalks is to "walk like a penguin."

Instinct tells us to do the opposite and center our weight mid-stride, which works on dry walkways.

But this tactic forces legs to split your body weight in half and rely on both feet to maintain balance — not the best idea for icy streets.

A couple years ago, Little Baby’s Ice Cream in Philadelphia's Northern Liberties neighborhood shared a simple infographic on their blog to remind everyone to think of gravity and mimic penguins. Shifting one’s weight onto the front leg keeps people – and penguins – from slipping.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention backs up the penguin waddle claim, reminding people to also spread feet slightly to fortify the center of gravity.

With sidewalks freezing over, remember to stay smart and give yourself extra time to waddle to and fro.

One more tip, keep your hands out of your pockets and wear a puffy coat…so if you do fall, at least you can catch yourself and cushion your buns.

A new 911 dispatch system has raised concerns with San Diego lifeguards and may have caused confusion on Sunday when a toddler needed rescue near Mission Bay Park.

Sgt. Ed Harris, leader of the lifeguards union and former candidate for San Diego mayor, spoke Tuesday flanked by lifeguards and some members of the community from Pacific Beach and Ocean Beach.

It’s the second time in two weeks the union is calling on San Diego Fire-Rescue Chief Brian Fennessy to address concerns about the new dispatch system.

They say the system is confusing dispatchers and adding to response times.

They point to an incident that happened over the weekend in which a child was rescued from the Model Yacht Pond.

Harris said a 911 call came in and firefighters were initially dispatched. One minute later, he said, another 911 call came and lifeguards were dispatched. Lifeguards arrived within two minutes, before firefighters according to Harris.

NBC 7 has asked Fennessy to talk about Sunday’s incident but he's not available until this afternoon.

Last week, he responded to questions about a discussion among lifeguards possibly breaking away from the fire department and creating its own agency.

“We are going to continue to respond as one department and not let politics get in the way of doing the right thing for the public we are sworn to serve,” he said.

Still, the lifeguard union wants the mayor to respond to the dispatch issue.

“Once we get a response from the mayor, if the mayor upholds our grievance and reverses things and he does not support our position then it will move to city council sometime in April or May,” Harris said.

The union says they want to make sure this issue is addressed as soon as possible as Spring Break is just around the corner and water rescues usually increase during that time.

Harris served for District 2 on the San Diego City Council from April to December 2014 to serve out Mayor Kevin Faulconer’s term after he was elected mayor.

Harris ran for the seat in 2016 but was defeated in the primary.

The San Diego Fire-Rescue Department includes more than 1300 firefighters, lifeguards, paramedics and civilian personnel with a budget just over $237,000,000, according to the city’s website.

A man was taken into custody, accused of breaking into homes in the Rancho Penasquitos area, San Diego Police (SDPD) confirmed.

The incident was reported around 4:30 p.m. on Del Diablo Lane, in a neighborhood west of Interstate 15, just north of State Route 56.

A mother and her daughter had just returned home, police said. They left the garage door open and went upstairs. 

When the mother came back downstairs, she spotted a man wearing a bright blue shirt climbing through a window on the first floor, police said.

She yelled at the man and then went back upstairs to call 911, police said.

There were no injuries.

Police said the man left the home with a laptop walking through the garage, closing the door behind him.

Just minutes later, a man was taken into custody less than half a mile away near Penasquitos Drive and Del Diablo Way, San Diego police said.

A man wearing a bright blue shirt entered a home through a broken garage window, police said.

He entered the laundry area where he confronted the resident and demanded money.

The victim and a roommate called 911 and reported they believed the suspect to be a neighbor.

Police said the man allegedly threatened to stab the victims but left without money or any stolen items.

The man was taken into custody, police said. They have not released his identity.

No other information was available.

Federal standards for how much a Section 8 landlord in San Diego can charge for rent have increased but the amount of money provided to San Diego Section 8 tenants hasn’t changed since 2009, according to documents and data reviewed by NBC 7 Investigates. 

According to San Diego Housing Commission records, over 15,000 residents in the City of San Diego rely on government assistance to help pay their rent every month. The Housing Commission is the agency responsible for distributing federal housing assistance funds in the City of San Diego. This includes assistance to low-income residents, provided through Section 8 funding, also known as the Housing Choice Voucher Program. 

Anthony Zinga moved to the Mount Hope neighborhood of San Diego four years ago and relies on Section 8 housing. 

“It’s just all around better for me to live here in San Diego,” he said. 

Zinga is disabled and has relied on Section 8 housing assistance for over a decade. 

“I have never had an issue with the program, it’s always worked and everybody works with you until I moved to San Diego,” he said. “Now I’m having issues.” 

Last year, Zinga said his landlord told him his rent would be increasing due to new federal rental rates determined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The agency is responsible for setting the bar for how much a Section 8 landlord can charge when renting a property through the Section 8 program. 

HUD releases these rate standards, called “Fair Market Rents”, each fiscal year. According to Eduardo Cabrera, a spokesperson for HUD, the rental rates are calculated using United States Census Bureau data and can change each year. 

To see HUD’s Fair Market Rents for the last five years, click here or look below.

When a Section 8 landlord wishes to increase monthly rents, a federal mandate requires the landlord’s increase be approved by the San Diego Housing Commission. 

In an email, Azucena Valladolid, Senior Vice President of the Rental Assistance Division for the San Diego Housing Commission told NBC 7 Investigates, “Property owners are required to notify the public housing agency of any changes in the amount of the rent at least 60 days before any such change can take effect. Changes in the rent shall be subject to rent reasonableness requirements and may only take place after the initial term of the lease.” 

According to the San Diego Housing Commission, since HUD’s Fair Market Rent standards for FY2017 were published last October, it has approved 1,982 rent increases for Section 8 households as of February 24. 

“I was furious but I can’t blame it on my landlord because he’s within his right to raise the rent,” Zinga said. 

With his rent increase coming in April, the amount of money Zinga pays out of pocket for rent will nearly double, going from $335 a month to $645. 

“By the time I take out the rent and utilities, and my personal bills, I’m left with maybe $40 a month for food,” he said. 

Zinga’s out of pocket rent expenses will nearly double because the amount of money he receives each month towards rent from the San Diego Housing Commission has not increased in correlation with the federal rental rate standards. 

According to HUD, in the City of San Diego, federal dollars are distributed as a lump sum payment to the San Diego Housing Commission. The Housing Commission is responsible for determining how that money is spent, including how much money a Section 8 renter receives each month. 

In 2009, HUD gave the San Diego Housing Commission a “Moving to Work” designation. 

According to HUD, this means the local agency has more freedom to spend federal dollars the way local leaders see fit. San Diego is one of 39 public housing agencies nationwide to receive the designation. 

“MTW [Moving to Work designation] gives Public Housing Authorities exemptions from many existing public housing and voucher rules and more flexibility with how they use their Federal funds,” Cabrera wrote in an email to NBC 7 Investigates. The designation, according to Cabrera, also means less reporting requirements for how the local agency spends federal dollars. 

NBC 7 Investigates compared HUD’s Fair Market Rents to the amount of money the San Diego Housing Commission provides Section 8 renters. According to the Housing Commission, the amount of money paid to Section 8 renters hasn’t changed since 2009. 

Meanwhile, HUD’s federal rental rate for a one-bedroom apartment like Zinga’s has increased by more than 27% since 2013. 

“Each year, SDHC’s payment standards have been within the range of 90 to 110 percent of Fair Market Rents since 2009, until 2016, when SDHC began its analysis of Fair Market Rents and payment standards,” Valladolid wrote in an email to NBC 7 Investigates. 

Valladolid said the San Diego Housing Commission is currently evaluating whether or not they should increase the amount paid to Section 8 renters, an evaluation that is expected to take three-to-four months to complete. 

When asked why the Housing Commission has approved rent increases without providing more money to renters, NBC 7 Investigates was referred back to the evaluation taking place. 

“It’s important to know that the increases in the rental payment amount mean less funding would be available to assist additional low-income families on our waiting list,” Valladolid told NBC 7 Investigates in an interview by phone. “So the question is do we assist more families with less payment standards or do we assist less families with a higher payment standard amount.” 

In San Diego, the Housing Commission said the wait list for the number of families hoping to receive federal rental assistance is approximately 78,000. 

For residents like Zinga, dealing with the inevitability of rent increases, the options are slim: pay the higher cost or move. 

“How am I going to pay the rent? And am I going to have to move? How am I going to move?” Zinga said. 

The San Diego Housing Commission added that for some renters with disabilities, extra assistance may be available, as well as vouchers for veterans through the local VASH program. Renters facing a move can also apply for help through the San Diego Housing Commission’s security deposit loan program.

Rattlesnake reports surface in San Diego year-round, but the volume of reports increases in the spring and summer.

There are three types of rattlesnakes living in the coastal and mountain areas:  the Southern Pacific Rattlesnake, the Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake and the Red Diamond Rattlesnake.

In the desert, you may also find the Colorado Desert Sidewinder.

If you were face-to-face with a rattlesnake, would you know what not to do?

“Don’t panic,” is the first thing Valley Center Fire Dept. Fire Marshal, Battalion Chief George E. Lucia Sr. suggests in his list of things not to do when faced with a rattlesnake.

• Don’t stick hands/feet where you can’t see (over/under rocks)
• Don't wander around in the dark
• Don’t walk around barefoot or in open-toed shoes
• Don’t step over a rock or log in your path, walk around it
• Don’t run in rocky or bushy places, you may surprise a snake
• Don't let your guard down near buildings. Snakes will crawl up under doorsteps
• Don't spend time in specific snake habitats like brush piles, debris mounds, logjams, root systems, and abandoned buildings.
• Don’t try and catch a snake
• Don’t throw rocks at or tease a snake
• Don’t hike alone
• Don’t let your dog run loose
• Don't apply ice
• Don't apply any constricting bands or tourniquets
• Don't use any suction
• Don't use any electric shock to the wound

Lucia said most snake bites occur when a rattlesnake is handled or accidentally touched by someone walking or climbing.

San Diego’s trauma centers are well-stocked with antivenin, Lucia said. He suggests calling 911 and staying put while keeping the victim calm and quiet.

The Trump administration is moving ahead with plans to make it easier for the CIA and the military to target terrorists with drone strikes, even if it means tolerating more civilian casualties, U.S. officials told NBC News.

The military already has declared that parts of Yemen and Somalia are war zones — "areas of active hostilities" in Pentagon parlance — which means the U.S. has greater latitude to launch strikes even if civilian deaths are possible.

That is part of a broad policy shift underway, U.S. officials say, to grant the CIA and the military more autonomy to target and kill al Qaeda and ISIS militants without presidential sign-off in countries such as Yemen, Somalia, Iraq, Syria, Libya and Afghanistan.

"Some of the Obama administration rules were getting in the way of good strikes," said one U.S. official briefed on the matter.

The guy hired to run what's left of Yahoo after it imploded under Marissa Mayer will get twice her salary, according to a new filing.

The company named board member Thomas McInerney, 52, as the head of its new spinoff company, Altaba, NBC News reported.

McInerney, former CFO at IAC media company - which owns brands such as Tinder, OKCupid, and the Princeton Review - is to get $2 million base pay, the company announced in an SEC filing Monday.

Mayer will get a $23 million golden parachute, as well as around $57 million in stock options.

A San Diego judge has reversed an earlier decision to allow what could be a crucial piece of evidence - video that captured a former U.S. Navy Commander allegedly attempting to rape a colleague - to be seen during the commander's trial. 

Former Commander John M. Neuhart II, 39, now relieved of duty, is facing attempted forced rape, assault with intent to rape, hot prowl burglary and resisting arrest charges. His well-known attorney Kerry Armstrong previously entered a not guilty plea on his behalf. Neuhart is out on bail. 

At a motions hearing Tuesday, attorneys on both sides presented arguments over whether the video could be entered as evidence and seen by a jury during the trial. 

The debate centered around the fact that Neuhart gave officers the password for his Apple iPhone 6 after he had already obtained legal counsel, which violates Neuhart's sixth amendment rights, Defense attorney Armstrong argued.

"That's a huge legal issue because they brought my client onto the base, which we thought was improper," Armstrong said. "They could have come to my office, they could have come to my client's house but they made him go on base which i tried to get on base that day but the military would not let me on."

Armstrong went on to argue that he wanted the video thrown out because a San Diego Police detective did not let him review the warrant before asking his client for the passcode. 

On Tuesday, a judge ruled that the video, which had been recording for 41 minutes and apparently captured at least some of the incident, is admissible.

"This is the first time in California this has ever been done, where a judge signed a warrant to make someone verbally give up his passcode," Armstrong said.

The incident took place Sept. 12 when San Diego police responded to a call of a sexual assault occurring in the city's Valencia Park neighborhood, SDPD Sex Crimes Lt. Paul Phillips said. 

Neuhart and the victim, both members of the Navy, met at a hotel downtown when the victim, with a group of friends, recognized Neuhart, according to Phillips. The group talked for a while until the victim left the bar to go home, with Neuhart going as well.

Neuhart allegedly followed the victim into her house, at which point he allegedly attempted to rape her. 

"The suspect immediately became forceful with her and attempted to sexually assault her," Phillips said.

The victim testified at a preliminary hearing that Neuhart took off her pants without consent.

She testified that she pushed him out of her home, but prosecutors say Neuhart returned through the french doors on her back balcony. 

Neuhart told her to get a condom, then threw her against the stove and kitchen counter, the victim testified. She said her pit bull, Jax, bit Neuhart, in an attempt to protect her from the assault. 

As the victim fought off the suspect, she screamed loudly, Phillips said. A neighbor heard the screams and ran to the front of the house to ask if the victim was okay. When she answered no, the neighbor called 911 and said through the window that the police were on the way. 

Neuhart apparently heard the remark, Phillips said, and escaped through the back door. 

The neighbor flagged down police when they arrived and pointed out Neuhart, who was running down the street and into a nearby canyon. 

Officers apprehended Neuhart in the canyon and took him into custody. 

In court, defense attorney Armstrong claims the victim flirted and kissed the defendant and the contact was consensual after a night out drinking.

The former commander is married and worked in the military for more than 15 years. Neuhart was the commanding officer of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25, based at Anderson Air Force Base on Guam. 

If convicted, Neuhart could face life in prison. 

Looks like Don Diego’s time at the Del Mar Fairgrounds isn’t up, after all.

The Don Diego Clock Tower – an iconic feature at the Del Mar Fairgrounds – has been relocated. It’s new home, at the O’Brien Gate entrance in front of the fairgrounds, was unveiled Tuesday.

Shawn Feisst, a spokesperson for the fairgrounds, said the historic tower – which stands 27 feet tall and weighs 30,000 pounds – was recently successfully removed from a building at the main entrance of the fairgrounds.

In December 2016, the Del Mar Fairgrounds announced it would demolish the Don Diego Clock Tower building, which had been unusable and in a state of disrepair for nearly 10 years.

The highly-recognizable Don Diego tower was set to be torn down with the building. However, in the end, crews were able to save the tower including three mosaic panels depicting the smiling “Don Diego” character, also known as the fair’s longtime ambassador.

"A little piece of history [was] saved," Feisst told NBC 7.

The tower, which is made of wood, steel, adobe mansonry and ceramic tile, was carefully removed from the building with a 60-foot crane, Feisst said.

The clock tower's second chance at life at the fairgrounds won't end there. Feisst said the tower's clocks have been repaired. Its tiles will also be refurbished and the stucco will be resurfaced.

The Don Diego Clock Tower was built in 1953 and unveiled to the public at the 1954 fair, just in time for the Southern California Exposition.

According to the Del Mar Fairgrounds website, the character was meant to be a symbol of hospitality for the fair – an ambassador of sorts – described as a “dashing caballero,” or gentleman, smiling and welcoming fairgoers.

The character of Don Diego was based on the real-life Don Diego Alvarado, whose family had a large land grant in Del Mar during the late 1800s. He was known as a gracious host of lavish parties.

From 1947 until 1984, an actor, Tom Hernandez, was even hired to portray Don Diego at the fair each summer.

The clock tower has been around for nearly 63 years but, for the last decade or so, had been falling apart. The building that it topped housed bathrooms that were no longer in use. The clock was without hands.

"Unfortunately, Father Time catches up to all of us," said Russ Penniman, president of the 22nd District Agricultural Association (DAA), which oversees the Del Mar Fairgrounds. "And the Don Diego Clock Tower was no exception. It's support base was no longer functional, and it was becoming potentially unsafe."

The 22nd DAA made the decision three months ago to demolish the clock tower but said there would be an effort to save and preserve some parts of it.

Penniman said that for board members and staffers of the 22nd DAA, "preserving the clock tower became a priority."

Ultimately, those efforts paid off.

Now, Don Diego lives on in a new spot, where crowds can still gather around it. The tower is often used as an easy place for families to meet up -- at a certain  time, of course -- when they're at the fair and want to reunite after branching off to do their own thing.

Penniman said the tower's new location is highly-visible, so fairgoers won't have a hard time finding it and can still use it as a meet-up spot.

"What a fitting location it is," he added. "Everyone driving by on Jimmy Durante Boulevard can see the new clock tower's location. Everyone coming to the fair will see the Don Diego Clock Tower."

So, when fairgoers head to Del Mar this summer for the 2017 San Diego County Fair, the familiar, friendly face of Don Diego will be still be there silently saying, “Bienvenidos, Amigos.”

 Some stores across the U.S. are running out of Elmer's liquid glue. But why? NBC 7's Todd Strain explains. 

A Republican congressman from Texas is facing sharp criticism after telling one of his constituents to "shut up" during a fiery exchange at a town hall over his vote against a bill that aims to stop violence against women, NBC News reported. 

A cellphone video obtained by The Dallas Morning News captured Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) losing his composure in Frost, Texas, over the weekend after an attendee questions Barton's decision not to support legislation to combat violence against women. 

Barton responds to the question by saying, "On the first bill that I voted against, that's a true statement, and I voted against it because I think that's a state issue, not a federal issue."

The comment elicited several loud boos and taunts, including those from a man who says: "It's violence against women, that's a national issue. That is an issue that impacts everyone everywhere, not only in this country but everywhere."