i'm john fryer i'm savanna sellers. thanks for joining us. "nbc news daily" starts right now. it's thursday, march 30th, 2023 breaking news, black hawk

tragedy, a pair of army helicopters crash during a training exercise leaving nine soldiers dead. new details we're learning about how it happened. also breaking right now, american detained. a "wall street journal" reporter arrested in russia on spy charges. where he's now being held and when he's expected to get his day in court toxic threat another train hauling hazardous materials derails, this time in minnesota. the growing health concerns for people living nearby are forced to evacuate. and play ball, baseball fans packing stadiums from coast to coast. the major shift striking a fever pitch on opening day we begin this hour with breaking news out of kentucky. nine army soldiers are dead after an army helicopter crash overnight. >> the soldiers were aboard two black hawk helicopters this happened overnight just miles away from a nearby army base investigators are heading to the scene right now to figure out how exactly these choppers went down let's get to nbc news correspondent jay gray, in

kentucky for us. what are officials with the army saying about this investigation so far >> reporter: well, it's in the very early stages right now, joe, savanna they've deployed an army aircraft safety team to take the lead on this investigation, and they're currently focused on finding the black box-style data recorders. they believe that will provide some very key information into what went terribly wrong during this overnight training mission. it appears that the choppers were in flight at the time things went wrong. two hh-60 medevac choppers, they were not at the time doing any type of evacuation drills, any type of extraction drills, so they were in flight. those in the rural area who saw is crash say the choppers seemed to be unusually low at the time. >> two helicopters disappeared out of t sky and there was a

large flash. we ran outside and started seeing another helicopter that circled at area where i thought the impact was for probably 30 minutes. and we saw ambulances and sirens >> reporter: local law enforcement on the ground as well working along with that army aircraft safety team at this point to, again, just try and figure out what went wrong >> so heartbreaking, and of course the families. have we heard anything from the pentagon yet >> reporter: yeah. look, the pentagon has deferred the specifics of all of this to the army what they have said is that they don't believe the problem is with the chopper remember that there was a crash just a few weeks ago, a deadly black hawk crash, that involved the tennessee national guard, two guard members died doing training missions in alabama at this point, they don't anticipate grounding the choppers but do say that the

army will be in charge of seeing everything that's going on here and has that prerogative if they think it's necessary. >> jay gray in kentucky. thank you so much. overseas now, we're also tracking breaking news this is in russia. u.s. officials are scrambling after russia suddenly announced it arrested an american journalist, charging him with espionage. this is him. his name is evan gershkovich he's a reporter for the "wall street journal." let's bring in nbc news foreign correspondent josh lederman. what do we know about the circumstances surrounding his arrest >> we know he was arrested in a city about 900 miles east of moscow, the fsb, the russian intelligence agency saying that he was committing espionage on behalf of the u.s. and was collecting state secrets about russia's military industrial sector now, that's about all that we know other than the kremlin had says he was caught red-handed.

the "wall street journal" is obviously disputing that he was conducting any kind of espionage. they have released a statement saying they vehemently deny the allegations and are seeking his immediate release. but in the meantime, we know that he had an initial court appearance all the way out in moscow today where his detention was extended for another two months while he is going to face legal proceedings and up to 20 years in prison he could face on these espionage charges. i have to tell you, these charges, people charged with espionage in russia almost never find themselves evading conviction >> josh, what have we heard from the biden administration on this >> well, president biden was briefed last night about this. we heard from the white house today saying that they are in touch not only with the russian authorities but also with the "wall street journal," with his family, and we also are hearing from secretary of state blinken in a statement saying whenever a u.s. citizen is detained abroad we immediately seek consular access and seek to provide all

appropriate suppt. the white house and the state department say they condemn his detention in the strongest possible terms and as far as the allegation he was committing espionage, white house press secretary says that claim is ridiculous. >> josh lederman, thank you very much we are now hearing some of the 911 calls made as the nashville school shooting was unfolding. take a listen. >> i hear another shot >> you did. >> i'm hearing more shots. >> okay. >> there's a bunch in the hallway. >> you're upstairs by what hallway? >> in the art room >> art room. >> yes please hurry >> they're coming. they're coming >> hard to hear those statements earlier today, parents, children, and students gathered at the tennessee state capitol they are calling for changes to the state's firearm laws for an end to gun violence. six people, including three 9-year-olds, were shot to death.

lindsey reiser, start with the 911 calls. what are we learning from them >> reporter: they are so tough to hear, you guys. just a snippet here of just the horror that was unfolding in that classroom as people were hiding in fear for their lives an adult woman calling 911 saying she heard gunshots, and you can hear during that call her voice go to a whisper. you can hear the fire alarm turn on we heard and we saw that fire alarm in the body cam video. you can hear her telling kids to be quiet she says try and lower your voice, try and be quiet. she says they're hiding in a closet of an upper-level art room just heartbreaking you hear her saying we're hearing more shots, we're hiding you hear the dispatcher saying help is on the way another gentleman calling said

there was an active shooter situation at the school next to the church obviously, we've seen the body cam footage. we know how hard it is to see and now to listen to it's just another layer. >> and, lindsey, throughout today you have been covering the protests at the capitol behind you there. what was the main message you heard from the protesters that they want to send to state lawmakers? >> reporter: some 1,500 people came today they gathered here in front of the capitol here and marched up the steps toward the capitol to confront lawmakers on their way in to the general assembly and we heard people definitely feel very frustrated that time and again we're seeing this in our country and nothing is being done in fact, there are laws right now in a tennessee state legislature on pause for this week but that would expand gun access i talked to a mother and a father about why they wanted to come out they brought their 20-month-old. this is what she told me. >> i came here today to let our lawmakers know that they also

have a responsibility to protect our children by enacting sensible gun reform so that you can go to kindergarten and not have to be afraid of getting shot or be afraid one of his teachers is going to get shot. >> reporter: democratic lawmakers tell me the caucus is working on a gun reform package that would include red-flag laws, include an assault rifle ban, but it's unclear where that will go in the state of tennessee. >> thank you so much it's not just tennessee. the debate over how to deter school shootings is igniting high emotions on capitol hill. >> they're freaking cowards! they're gutless! i'm talking about gun violence i'm talking about gun violence [ inaudible ] more guns lead to more deaths. are you listening to what i'm saying

our children are dying 9-year-old children! the solution is -- have you ever worked in the schools? >> that is new york democratic congressman jamaal bowman on the right and kentucky republican congressman thomas massi on the left bowman is a former middle school principle. lawmakers have not advanced any new gun bills on the federal level since the shooting pope francis is, quote, progressively improving. he remains in the hospital as he deals with a respiratory infection. claudio is in rome with the latest >> reporter: on thursday the vatican sent out an update saying pope francis spent the afternoon in the hospital devoting himself to rest, prayer, and some work duties they gave more details about the respiratory infection pope francis was suffering from they say the holy father was found to have bronchitis

it was required antibiotic therapy on an infusion basis, but the pope was responding well to treatment and his condition was improving as a consequence according to the vatican, he will be discharged in the coming days, so maybe not for palm sunday but a chance the other holy week events leading up to easter if you've been to the grocery store lately, it's crazy. and guess who is the highest paid entertainer working right now? >> hey, morgan >> good afternoon to you both. egg prices jumped about 60% in the past year, still remain high so it's maybe no surprise that the largest egg producer in the u.s. is reporting its revenue doled for the first quarter of 2023 and that profit surged 718%

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jurors are set to begin deliberating in the gwyneth paltrow ski collision trial. she's accused of slamming into a skier at a utah resort but she's countersuing claiming the other skier is at fault. dana griffin is following this for us what are the main points the attorneys are trying to make in closing arguments? >> reporter: this boils down to

who the jury believes. we just heard from the plaintiff's team they say their client, terry sanderson, has these life-sustaining brain injuries that we will have until he dies, and they estimate he's only got about ten years left so they're trying to pull on the heart strings of the jury here the defense is still at the moment going through their closing arguments, but they said it's not fair that sanderson can allegedly hit paltrow and then ask her for damages. they also alluded that there was a go procamera he wore during g that skiing tripened it may have been deleted because i it could potentially hurt his case. the judge has given instructions to the jury. they will have to decide who was atat fault and how much in damages, if any, t to award. we've already gone through the jury instructions, so once the defense ends their closing arguments, the jury will have the case and they could have a verdict as early as this afternoon.

joe? >> we'll see how long it takes dana griffin, thank you so much. a trial of grammy-winning musician praz michelle is under way. the former star is charged with conspiracy, witness tampering and failing to register as an agent of china prosecutors allege a billionaire fugitive accused of embezzlement gave him millions to pull favor with the u.s. government the witness list includes stars like leonardo dicaprio and steve bannon quite a list there michelle has denied any wrongdoing and is pleading not guilty sam bankman-fried is back inside a federal courtroom today. he pleaded not guilty to five additional charges related to the collapse of hisformer crypto exchange. the new charges include conspiring to violate campaign finance laws as well as bribe chinese authorities. he had already pleaded not guilty to fraud and conspiracy charges for allegedly stealing billions in ftx customer funds

the trial is set to begin in october. there are new developments today in the university of idaho murder case that captivated the country. prosecutors revealed that one of the officers involved is under investigation. nbc news's gadi schwartz explains how that could benefit the accused killer's defense >> reporter: as investigators continue to build their case against accused killer brian kohberger, there are potentially troubling allegations about one of the police officers involved. prosecutors disclosed that one of the officers on the case has been the subject of an internal affairs investigation. still unknown, whether the probe involves the officer's conduct on this case or in the past, but the information could potentially impeach the officer's credibility as a witness at trial for example, if an officer is found to have falsified time sheets, that may have nothing to do with this case, but it does bear on the officer's capability, and that must be disclosed. under federal law, prosecutors are required to share this

information with the defense, but in this case, the specifics remain comfornfidential and sea under court order. >> it's not likely this disclosure will destroy the state's case it will give ammunition to use in cross-examination of a particular officer >> bryan, did you do it? >> this comes as the 28-year-old prepares to stand trial for the murders of kaylee goncalves, madison logan, ethan chapin, and another. authorities sacco berger is being held in isolation in an idaho jail his family has not visited but has been in contact by phone according to a source. the source says his family is facing financial hardships because of the expense of the case, and his two sisters were both fired from his jobs since his arrest sill, his family appear s to be standing by him, saying in their only statement, "we will continue to let the legal

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to her home. she distributed by mail to other states. her phone number is linked to an alabama man who died of an overdose in 2022. the union president says this is a sad example of what drugs do to a person. although, it's unclear whether she was using the drugs that she was accused of trafficking. she will be in court on friday at 1:00 in san jose. chris sanchez. pittsburgh police arrested a woman in connection with a homicide. people have to cut back on water consumption. a standoff in san jose. a woman barricades herself in an apartment. this happened yesterday afternoon. the woman apparentlythrow ing objects and used liquid irritant. how she used it isn't clear. eventually, police had to use

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them she had been abducted by another whom wo had just fled. police searched the area and found the suspect in an suv. after she displayed a gun, police shut down the road and. after 36 hours of negotiations, the woman left the vehicle and was taken into custody at least 31 people are dead after a fire on the ferry in the southern philippines officials said the flames raged for eight hours and forced more than 200 people on board to jump into the water trying to flee the flames the coast guard, navy, and nearby fishermen rescued people from the water at least receive reason still missing. more than 50 years after she was captured in the pacific ocean, a miami seaquarium announced their orca rail, low lee to, will be returned to her home walters the 57-year-old whale was captured off the coast of washington state back in 1970 when she was around 4 years old and performed for decades before

falling ill in recent years. no word on when exactly the 7,000-pound orca will be moved breaking news out of minnesota. evacuation orders have been lifted after a freight train derailed and caught fire some cars were carrying ethanol. it happened in raymond it's about two hours outside of minneapolis. nbc news correspondent maggie vespa is following for us. people are thinking another train derailment why does this keep happening what have we learned about this one? >> reporter: exactly this happened around 1:00 a.m. 22 cars going off the tracks we're told some of them carried ethanol, a highly, as you can see, flammable material the secretary of transportation did describe it as hazardous in the air, it can lead to burning of the eyes, dizziness, nausea, that kind of thing no reports of injuries, which

great news the ntsb and others are working with local authorities to contain the spill. here's part of what was said at a press conference >> you see a tanker car burning, your first thought is that's a big bomb waiting to explode. i hope you know the safe guards in place, the regulations and things that the railroad does is to make sure they don't explode. they are punctured and leaking the good nuz is with the relatively frozen ground that the ethanol will burn off. >> the rail company also working with authorities that rail company is b nnff. we don't to ne what caused the derailment but another example in a troubling pattern >> what do we know about the cleanup, how long it might take, is there concern for contamination? >> reporter: there is concern, definitely no one's put a time line on cleanup at this point. they were concerned that more ethanol than was already spilled could spill from additional cars that are on the tracks or have

yet to be punctured, so they're taking this seriously. at this point, no time line on cleanup. they have lifted the evacuation order, so hopefully that's to a good sign for people in this area who had a frightening morn morning. >> definitely. maggie, thank you very much. the deadly fire at a migrant center along the u.s.-mexico boarder is now being investigated as a possible homicide case. it comes after the release of new video from inside the center that shows the moments the fire started. dozens of people were killed nbc news national correspondent gabe gutierrez has been following this story from the beginning. that surveillance video is hard to watch but what are we learning about who could potentially face charges? >> reporter: joe, as you mentioned, up to eight people could face charges at this point according to mexican prosecutors. that includes two federal agents, a state migration officer, and five members of a private security firm. as you see in that video, there

were several uniformed officials that walked away from those locked doors as the smoke quickly spread witnesses say that several men were trapped inside that detention center, and at least 39 of them were killed just an awful video to watch but it's also raising questions about what the government has said actually happened there mexico's president says that the migrants actually started the fire intentionally by setting several of those small mattresses on fire in order to protest what they thought -- what they had just been told, that they'd be deported. but human rights advocates are questioning the government's narrative and say even if it were true, joe, that those uniformed officers should not have left them there to die. >> what is u.s. customs and border protection saying about this >> reporter: they have released a statement saying that it's sapdenned by this awful tragedy

but it's also saying that it's standing by to offer humanitarian parole on a case-by-case basis for any of the injured migrants, a dozen of them, who might need medical procedures and medical help in the u.s. joe? >> gabe gutierrez, thank you so much the former fox news producer who is soo v suing the network claiming she was to coarsed and intimidated by fox lawyers into making misleading statements in the dominion voting deaf nation suit against the cable network is speaking out. >> as i understand ya mcfadden sat down with abby gross berg, who says he was set up to be a scap scapegoat. >> you were widely criticized. >> yeah. >> how did that feel people said you were a lousy journalist, that your behavior was shameful because, among other things yoshgs, had said in reply to a question that you did not believe that it was your

responsibility to fact check whether or not what someone was going to say on the broadcast was telling the truth. >> it felt awful i mean, it felt terrible because i knew that i was bullied, intimidated, and coerced into saying that just to keep my job and stay at the company. and the question a lot of people would have is, why would you do that >> reporter: why would you do that >> because i made the decision to keep my job to keep paying my bills. it seemed a safer decision for me at the time >> so, in an attempt to keep your job, what ends up happening is your reputation as a producer is really destroyed in public. >> yeah. they destroy people. i realize that the answers that they wanted me to say were putting me in a very vulnerable position to be the company's

scapegoat. >> cynthia joins us now. tell us more about this conversation what else is she saying about her experiences? >> really interesting conversation with her. you know, she goes on to say that she's been in the rooms as they make fun of politicians on the show, and, you know, when it's women, you know, staff talks about which one they would like to have sex with. >> wow >> the c-word is used repeatedly it's so horrific, especially when you realize all that fox has publicly gone through in the last many years that, at least according to her, this is quite shocking she said it all relates to dominion and how they tried to use her and maria bartiromo to take the fall for the rest of the company. they fought to have the fox executive side separated from the lawsuit. this all may go to court many the next few weeks fascinating conversation of course fox denies it and says her allegations are riddled with

falsities. this is far from over. >> wow you'll have more on this, is that right >> tonight on "nightly news. we'll also have stuff from nicolle wallace. i am everywhere this afternoon >> powerful interview. >> what are the fox people saying >> fox fired her on friday they fired her through the press. they didn't call her she says i want to know about my health insurance anyway, they said she would be a company secret her lawyer says this is preposterous the lawyer/client relationship, that confident ti is held by the client, not the lawyer and fox says it's not true, that they didn't coach her to put her in harm's way. they deny all of the -- the lawyers said oh, no, she was welcome to have her own lawyer this is a real dust-up this is not going to be pretty >> if this goes to trial, will she likely be a witness this >> both dominion and fox said they want to call her as a

witness. >> there you go. wow. that will be interesting to see. siptd ya mcfadden, great interview. thank you. you can certainly watch the full report tonight on "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. thanks for being here. >> not in the morning. >> we're everywhere. documents show that disney gave itself new powers over that special governing district in orlando just weeks before a new board appointed by governor ron desantis in florida was set to take over. let's bring in nbc news digital reporter maya eagleand on this walk us through the latest feud. >> disney has had a special self-governing body in florida for quite a while now, but just before governor desantis was set to handpick the next set of board members, the previous set of board members created a

declaration that any changes made to the district must benefit disney world the new rules give disney the ability to review and comment on any changes made to the properties in the central florida tourism oversight district even though these rule changes were made back in early february, the new desantis-appointed board members are just finding out about them. take a listen to what one had to say. >> this development agreement, which in my opinion, is void as a legal nullity, was passed the same day the florida house passed the bill creating this board. and it was done to prevent us from doing our jobs. and that is offensive to me. >> the new declaration was set to last 30 years the new board chairman said that challenge would result in protracted legislation and suggested the case could go to the u.s. supreme court

the current board members have hired two outside law firms. >> thank you so much coming up, play ball it's baseball's opening day. we are live outside dodger stadium with a look at the big changes. you are watching "nbc news ilday.

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he received parole, he is a high-profile offender, so there are certain conditions that will be applied to him like wearing gps monitor, he'll have to get a job to support himself, and one of the conditions likely will be he cannot speak to media opening day in major league bas baseball this season is looking different. >> happy opening day >> so excited. >> the league is introducing a set of new rules designed to make the game quicker and more exciting guad joins us to break down everything >> reporter: as you mentioned, this is going to make the games much more exciting, they're going to go quicker and for the fans that attended some of the spring training games, they've seen the changes because they were implemented they experienced what we will be seeing after or as opening day begins and after during the season it's going to be better according to the league for the

fans that watch it on tv and those that go to the stadium ♪ the home of the brave ♪ america's old estime jor professional sport is changing rules this year. >> there will be more action >> reporter: a new clock tells pitchers when they have to throw the ball and new larger bases will encourage players to steal more. but there's another rule expected to make way hits and runs, the new ban on the shift >> the entire ball club of the houston astros is on the right side >> what is the shift before, players could stand essentially anywhere on the field for a play, hit the ball to one part of the field, the team could have moved all the infielders to that side. >> with left-handed hitters, it was really -- >> grounding into the shift. >> the shift making it harder for a ball to go through >> too many people say trying to

hit that way, it's not easy. >> reporter: but the new rule says two infielders have to be on each side of second base before the pitch is thrown infielders can no longer shift to the outfield. which with less players concentrated on one side of the field, batters could see more success at the plate >> it's going to turn more ground balls >> reporter: the new rule has been implimted in spring training and some players are excited about the change >> nasty heater. for me it's much better. you know you can hit a good line drive and nobody going to be there and that can be a base hit. >> reporter: according to the league, there's already been a significant rise in ground ball hits some pitchers are now adjusting to the ban >> we have to adopt and get used to it. that's what spring training is for. >> fans are excite pd. >> i think it makes the game more exciting. everyone wants hits. >> the hits are in there's a 16-point increase for

batting average. it's a new era for america's favorite pastime >> guad, in addition to the shift being banned, talk about that other major change, the addition of the pitch clock. that was a big topic in spring training what are players saying about it >> reporter: the clock is what's really going to speed up the game, right. not just players but also coach, because the games are expected to be played 30 minutes shorter thax means the players will be able to rest a lot longer, with the number of games that happen throughout the season, that's good for the players now, it's not just the pitchers, right. we have this clock, 15 seconds to pitch with no one on base, 20 seconds with a player on base, but the batters have to be in the box before the eight seconds come up. if they're not in the box, that's a strike for the batter, so it affects both all players are happy to adapt to the changes, the ones i've spoke on the, joe. >> that's harsh. the league says there are more

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here is kari hall. >> our temperatures today reach only up to about 60 degrees for our warmest spots inland. expect more of the same weather for tomorrow with mostly sunny skies. we will see clouds coming in on saturday and sunday with a chance of some showers, especially in the north bay. it looks like the rest of the bay area does stay dry. as we go into next week, more cool weather, breezy winds. we will keep the sunshine, at least through the middle of the week. it does look a little warmer heading towards wednesday and beyond that time frame. we are still in for a chilly weekend for san francisco and our inland areas. highs will reach into the mid 50s. those winds will kick up again for monday into tuesday. >> thank you.

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