adrienne broaddus starts us off tonight from burnsville. >> we need that ambulance to 33rd avenue >> reporter: tonight, a family's call for help >> medic two is taking two rigs two patients medic 1 is taking one. critical >> reporter: resulting in the death of three first responders >> words can't express how hard today has been. >> reporter: the call came sunday before sunrise. it happened in the minneapolis suburb of burnsville connor noonan heard shots less than two blocks away. >> like loud bangs, like boom, boom, boom, and then rapid fire after that like an automatic weapon, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop. >> reporter: officials confirming two police officers and one firefighter paramedic were killed and they were responding to a domestic abuse 911 call reporting a family in danger. >> when officers got to the scene the individual was barricaded at one point during the barricaded situation the subject opened fire on the officers in the home >> reporter: the suspected shooter now dead same video shows a s.w.a.t. vehicle that appeared to be riddled with bullet holes. >> a lot of people o

lester >> adrienne broaddus, thank you. >>> now to ukraine as we approach two years since russia invaded, there are growing concerns that the largest nuclear power plant in europe, in southeastern ukraine, may be on the brink of disaster. richard engel is there. >> reporter: it's midnight on march 4th, 2022 cctv cameras capture russian troops as they attack europe's biggest nuclear power plant near the ukrainian city of zaporizhzhia petro kotin, the ceo of ukraine's nuclear power company, watched the attack from kyiv >> it's just a terrifying video watching fire spread and an attack at an active nuclear facility >> right and the units are with nuclear materials right here >> reporter: the ukrainians broadcast warnings telling russian troops to stop shelling at the risk of a nuclear disaster. the warnings went unheeded russian troops occupied the plant and the territory around it ukrainian forces held on to the far bank of the dnipro river, leaving the nuclear power station right on the front line two years on, the international atomic energy agency, which has inspectors at the plant, is

>> adrienne broaddus, thank you. >>> now to ukraine. as we approach two years since russia invaded, there are growing concerns that the largest nuclear power plant in europe, in southeastern ukraine, may be on the brink of disaster. richard engel is there. >> reporter: it's midnight on march 4th, 2022. cctv cameras capture russian troops as they attack europe's biggest nuclear power plant near the ukrainian city of zaporizhzhia. pietro koton, the ceo of ukraine's nuclear power company, watched the attack from kyiv. >> it's just a terrifying video. watching fire surprise and an attack at an active nuclear facility. >> right. and the units are with nuclear materials right here. >> reporter: the ukrainians broadcast warnings telling russian troops to stop shelling at the risk of a nuclear disaster. the warnings went unheeded. russian troops occupied the plant and the territory around it. ukrainian forces held on to the far bank of the dnipro river, leaving the nuclear power station right on the front line. two years on the international at

adrienne broaddus joins me now. what more do we know about all this violence over the weekend?: we know investigators are searching for two people in one of those shootings. that's the shooting that happened in a home in a neighborhood. a 14-year-old was killed and others were injured. not only was there a shooting at that home, but there was a shooting earlier in the day that left a 19-year-old woman dead according to police. four people were standing in this park when someone walked up and started shooting. the ask now is if anyone has any information to contact members of authority. kate? >> a year and a half ago i spent a saturday in chicago following pastor donovan price. he helps families of people who die. he visited the site of both shootings and wrote on x he's tired and heart broken. what is being done to try to stop this from continuing? >> reporter: so many feel the way this pastor does. people are tired and heart broken. aside from people in the community stepping up, we've seen the biden/harris administration do their part. i'm talking about the federal government

adrienne broaddus, thank you so very much.ay the names of the four lives lost on november 30th, 2021. show their pictures. they were lost lives, oxford high school, because it is important that we never forget them, that we remember them. 14-year-old hana st. juliana, 16-year-old tate myre, 17-year-old madisyn baldwin, and 17-year-old justin shilling. joining us this morning is the father of justin, craig shilling. craig, thank you, thank you so much for being with us this morning. i just want to start by asking how are you and your family doing today? >> i tell you what, i'm pretty tired today. i was up pretty late last night. and just kind of taking it all in. a deep breath for sure. so, you know, that's where i'm at today. just kind of -- just kind of recouping and just going over everything in my mind again and just trying to regain my composure and get back to normalcy. >> yeah. did this verdict in any way help? >> i mean, it does help a little bit. it gives us some clarity, it gives us, you know -- it gives us the unders

adrienne broaddus, thank you. >>> want to turn to colorado.ere found shot and killed in a dorm room at the yutsz of colorado in colorado springs. police have not released any information about a potential suspect. i want to bring in emilie ikeda who is fogh this for us. what are we hearing from investigators? >> a lot of unanswered questions. it's still under investigation. the double homicide rocking this close-knit community. the victims include a 24-year-old and 26-year-old. there's still lingering questions with little to no insight around who did this and why. this morning students at the university of colorado colorado springs are waking up on edge. >> uccs alpine village for gunshot victims. >> reporter: police say two people were gunned down inside a campus dorm room early friday morning sending the school into an hours' long lockdown. >> i'm not sure if the scene is safe yet. >> reporter: police identifying the victims as 26-year-old celie montgomery and samuel knopp, a 24-year-old student. his mom posting on facebook, there were repo

. >> nbc's adrienne broaddus is outside the courthouse for us in pontiac, michigan. bit i was able to see and hear, it sounds like she took a bit of a grilling. the stakes here are tremendously high, not just for her but for future cases including her husband's. tell us what you saw and heard today. >> reporter: the stakes are high, and at the start of her closing argument just moments ago, the prosecuting attorney acknowledged that, and she told members of the jury as she makes the case it's their last opportunity to make a case in front of members of this jury that she does not want to sanitize the truth. she doesn't want to sanitize what happened on november 30th, 2021, at oxford high school. now, the prosecutor's saying and reminding members of the jury that the gun ethan crumbley used was a gift given to him by his parents for christmas, that jennifer crumbley, the prosecutor says taught him to shoot and even bragged about it on social media. and during that cross examination, chris, what you talked about, there was more discussion about that gun because yesterd

let's bring in nbc news correspondent adrienne broaddus capturing all of this.it has been a roller coaster. >> reporter: it has, a few minutes ago it was snowing here, and this time yesterday we saw people swimming in lake michigan, so in a 24-hour period, we've seen multiple seasons. overnight strong winds and destructive tornados really hammering parts of the midwest, and in other parts of the country, fire is the threat. this morning, a fire raging near a nuclear weapons plant as out of control wildfires swept through the texas panhandle. >> let's pull out, we got too many spots. pulling out, pull out, everybody pull out. >> reporter: and the state's governor issuing a disaster declaration, concerns growing about the pantex plant near amarillo with an uncontained fire nearby, the plant suspending operations overnight. workers back on site this morning. >> we are continuing and will continue on through the night to ensure that the plant is protected and safe. >> reporter: strong winds and dry conditions fueling widespread blazes throughout the state. meanwhile

i want to bring back adrienne broaddus, paul butler, lisa rubin. lisa, it was interesting to me when we looked at this jury, of the 17, 11 said they were parents, more than half had experiences with guns or had been exposed to guns. this was a verdict, given by people who know what it is to be a mom or dad, who know what it is to be around guns, and they found unanimously that she is guilty on all counts. >> and given two options by the prosecutors, and they didn't have to all agree on the theory of her guilt for involuntary manslaughter, they could find she was grossly negligent in the storage of the guns that were used to commit the murder, or they could find that she failed to exercise reasonable care as a parent with respect to failing to prevent the shooting.options. i think one thing that also struck me, chris, was as they were reading the verdict and each of them took responsibility for saying it was their verdict, i heard a fairly even distribution of men and women in that jury too. so, this is the jury of her peers, to which jennifer crumb

. >> right there, funnel, funnel >> reporter: i'm adrienne broaddus in the midwest where at least 11 reported tornadoes ripped through indiana, michigan and illinois on tuesday >> the skies got purple >> you can see it through the window >> reporter: at chicago o'hare, hundreds huddled in the airport's emergency shelters 40 miles outside the city, a confirmed tornado destroyed this apartment complex. more than 50 people now homeless. >> one of the residents did state that when they were laying in bed, they actually did see the roof raise up and come back down. >> reporter: incredibly, no fatalities. >> it was just going in a circle. everything was flying around with it, and then all of a sudden peace. >> reporter: residents and first responders getting a true scope of nature's wrath. the dangerous storm also dumping heavy rain, golf ball-sized hail, and winds across the region >> it was howling. the winds were like going really fast. >> reporter: the unforgiving conditions now moving east, all part of a wild weather week for millions nationwide more than 100 cities hitting daily reco

. >> nbc news correspondent adrienne broaddus is outside that courtroom. adrienne, what kind of reaction are hearing after today's verdict? >> reporter: relief, i just spoke with the father of hana st. juliana and we heard from the father of justin schilling, those parents who lost their children in that shooting say today is a step toward accountability but also looking forward to what is next. hear more right now. >> reporter: >> the cries have been heard and i feel that it's going to echo throughout every household in the country and i feel it's necessary and i'm happy with the verdict. >> reporter: jennifer crumbley found by this jury guilty on all four counts of involuntary manslaughter. one parent telling me it's not a matter of if he is going to happen again but when. and he was referring to mass shootings taking place at schools. >> let me turn to danny now, this is an unpress debited verdict, you have to wonder, will this inspire other prosecutors in other places to maybe charge parents? >> probably. there's not automatic liability for parents for

adrienne broaddus joins us from burnsville, 20 miles south of minneapolis. >> reporter: the killings of these first responders show the dangers they face not only here in minnesota but across the country when responding to a call. >> we ask for healing. >> reporter: in minnesota, grief and heart ache. >> we are heart broken. >> reporter: after a 911 call for a family in danger led to the deaths of three first responders who came to the rescue. >> when officers got to the scene, the individual was barricaded. >> reporter: it all happened just outside minneapolis in burnsville. police say they were negotiating with a shooter when he started shooting. >> we later learned there were seven young children in the home, ranging from ages 2 to 15. >> reporter: outside the home, a s.w.a.t. vehicle riddled with bullet holes. >> they know they have to give up their life sometimes, and they do it anyways. >> reporter: among the victims, police officer paul elmstrand, who was 27, matthew ruge was also 27, and was part of the crisis negotiating team. adam finseth, a firefighter and paramedic for fi

. >> nbc's adrienne broaddus is following this story for us.e former assistant manhattan district attorney and msnbc legal analyst catherine christian. what's the latest from court? >> reporter: we've seen the defense paint the picture of who jennifer crumbley was as a mom, using images on her facebook page to show her with her son, ethan, and her husband james at a tree farm, purchasing a christmas tree days before the shooting. we have seen photos of them inside their home playing family games, as well as milestone photos of jennifer crumbley documenting ethan's last day of school. we also heard her answer questions about discipline and ethan crumbley's mental health. telling members of the jury her son had moments of anxiety, for example, before a big test, and he also worried about getting into college after high school. wondering if his grades were good enough or if he should take the route of joining the military. she said it was never anything that alarmed her to rise to the level where she believed her son needed a mental health profess

earlier today, our adrienne broaddus on hand and she talked to her grandmother and her granddaughter, they live in the community and were absolutely gutted by what they say on the news. take a listen. >> i just am very sad about the deaths of all three of them. >> i very much appreciate police officers and paramedics and everybody who helps us and i think it's very sad what happened. >> reporter: we should note, we mentioned there was a fourth first responder, a third police officer who was also wounded, he's expected to be okay, but again this loss hitting the community so incredibly hard. one final note, it's only -- it's been less than 24 hours at this point, we've reached out to families of those three first responders who have lost, we haven't heard back. >> maggie, thank you so much. >>> president biden said he's considering additional sanctions against russia after the death of opposition leader navalny. >> navalny was the biggest critic and opponent of russian president vladimir putin. supporters of navalny want his body to be released. his widow out with a new video claiming

joining us now in pontiac, michigan, is nbc news correspondent, adrienne broaddus.ery emotional day in court. what about the moment where she's describing what happened with the text messages, where she was telling her son it's okay to search for things like ammunition, just don't get caught. how did she explain that? >> reporter: you're talking about the text message that authorities who were called by the prosecution have described. jennifer crumbley's response when ethan crumbley was spotted in class looking up bullets and ammunition. she said, lol, you have to learn how not to get caught. she says this surrounds conversations they have had in their home, dating back to her childhood. listen to her explanation. >> he was worried about he was going to get in trouble. i said, next time don't get caught. >> reporter: what did you mean by that? >> there's an ongoing thing in our house. somebody always asks me the trouble i would get into in high school, my friends would do the same thing, and i would always get caught. it was kind of referencing to that. >> that was

joining us now is correspondent adrienne broaddus. i know closing arguments are underway.being said? >> reporter: right now, katy, the defense attorney, shannon smith is delivering her closing argument, and she started by saying this case is a dangerous one for parents out there. in a nutshell, she is making the case that any parent, really trying to appeal to those members of the jury, any parent could be jennifer crumbley saying she had no idea. it wasn't foreseeable what her son was going to do. she's also laying out the case and pointing out that any parent like jennifer crumbley could look bad if their text messages were presented as evidence and taken out of context. now, earlier, for nearly an hour, the prosecution made its case, really starting out by saying that she knows, i'm talking about the prosecuting attorney, karen mcdowell, saying she knows the stakes are high. i want to go back to earlier in the day on cross-examination, that's when the assistant prosecutor really narrowed in on jennifer crumbley's testimony from yesterday saying that she wasn't responsib

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nbc's adrienne broaddus is joining us now from chicago. welcome.m one of those child survivors about what it was like to get shots. >> alex, we are. he's among the injured. according to the chief of police, at least half of the people who are injured are under the age of 16. and including the ten year old, samuel ariana. he said he was walking along the sidewalk with his grandfather. when he realized he was shot. he described feeling as a burning sensation. here is more of that conversation. >> all i hear was three shots, or two, and i hit behind the trash can and tried to hide from him. i put my right arm up and then all -- like, the sun was out. that's when they shot me. my grandpa saved me. because he put me to the ground, wrapped me around his arms. >> and he hit behind the trash can because that's something he learned an active shooter training. today, two teens have been -- or, face, we should say don related charges and resisting arrest. investigators say more charges could come. four people still remain in the hospital. one critical. and pa