freeze warning for much of the area tonight. >> for glenn and all of us here at nbc 10, the news continues with "nbc nightly news." on this friday night, high alert. 50 million people in the path of potentially very violent storms tonight, carrying the high risk of spawning tornados. stage fright, students performing at their high school. >> and the stage plummets below them. serious errors in handling a suspect who later died with the biggest protest in the streets. > authorities break down doors on a suspected terror ring and reveal stunning plans to kill the pope himself. and the boy who can fly. the photos making spirits soar across the country and helping a dad connect with his son. nightly news begins

now. from nbc news world headquarters in new york this is nbc nightly news reporting tonight, lester holt. good evening. as we begin here tonight, severe weather is breaking out in several states across the south. tornado wa are up within a big swath, including the dallas ft. worth metroplex as well as southeast louisiana where a strong storm blue 8 wheelers on their sides. americans across 13 states are entering what is expected to be a multi-day outbreak of storms bringing hail lightning, and as many as two dozen tornados. al roker is watching the storms right now. >> we are seeing a very volatile situation. wat storms approaching louisiana. 8,000 lightning strikes in less than ten minutes.

we're also seeing very strong storms. the areas in yellow are tornado watches, red tornado warnings. especially in kansas right now. a very dangerous situation. for tonight, hutchenson kansas. we're looking at the risk of severe storms. dallas shreveport 32 million people at rick. this danger continues into saturday. charlotte, atlanta st. louis. knoxville. damaging winds, torrential downpours and tornados. and this moves into sunday as well. again, the same area. oklahoma city dallas on into san antonio. 16 million folks at risk. and we've got flash flooding possibilities anywhere from three to five inches of rain throughout parts of arkansas kansas and on down into louisiana, lester. and the danger is this is going to continue on right into next week. so flooding and a lot of damage expected this weekend. >> all right, al

thanks very much. now to a terrifying scene on camera. dozens of students on stage, dancing and singing outside indianapolis when the e collapsed, sending the students plummeting into the orchestra pit below. we have the report from westfield, indiana. >> reporter: it baents the big finish to the show of '80s music the students had planned. singing turned into screams as performers plunged 12 feet to the concrete floor of an empty okay spra pit, when a temporary stage gave way in front of a packed auditorium. >> thought it was planned. but it wasn't. and you hear the screams. >> people were running up to the stage trying to help people out. >> reporter: 16 were treated for broken bones, torn ligaments and possible concussions. today the last one was released. >> i'm sure no one in a million years

thought this would ever happen. >> reporter: the singer, nicole grish had just stepped off moments before it collapsed. when you looked down what did you see? >> i don't remember francely because i immediately started crying. i remember hearing them screaming, which and hearing people say help me which was just terrible to hear. >> reporter: musician omar sants yaw goe was the one in the spotlight. >> one minute i'm celebrating. i'm in the hole. >> reporter: officials are investigating, looking at the school's maintenance records. >> we all want the same answers. we want to make sure this never happens against here or anywhere. >> r classes were held today but attendance was optional. taylor knight was one of many cast members who fell and returned to school. >> we all just kind of hugged. and it was good to be with each other again. >> reporter: after a night that few will

soon forget. john yang nbc news, westfield, indiana. tonight baltimore's mayor and y leaders are calling for calm a might be the most massive protest yet af the death of a man who suffered serious injury while in police custody. nbc's tom costello continues to follow the story for us. >> reporter: today, confirmation from baltimore police that once freddie gray was aroasted and placed into a police van arresting officers failed to put a seat belt on him. >> we know he was not buckled in the transportation wagon as he should have been. no excuses for that period. >> rep also today, police said gray appeared to be talking and moving in the van until the third stop. among the questions, was gray given what's known as a rough ride? jarring stops and starts that might have caused his fatal injury?

>> we're going to have to prosecute them. so giving too much information to you on the front here may jeopardize that prosecution. >> rep the six days since gray died of a spinal cord injury demonstrators have demanded answers. among the protesters this week entire families including 11-year-old david . i'm worried about me dying. and i'm thinking about my neighborhood stretched out with crack and i don't want to die. >> reporter: now they are ratcheting up the pressure. an end to the cycle of black men being shot down having their spines broken and their backs broken. the people of baltimore are deg this. >> reporter: but today, surrounded by civic leaders, the mayor urged all protesters to remain peaceful. >> this community and whole community is a community seeking justice for mr. gray. so if you're going to come here come to help us, not to hurt

us. >> r baltimore please are also asking witnesses to come baltimore sun reports that over the past decades, two suspects have won court cases against the city for being paralyzed while riding in those police vans. >> tom costello, in baltimore. y seas a stark reminder of the growing terror threat that hangs over so many european countries. today a highly coordinated series of raids in italy resulted in the arrest of terror suspects in a network that had once plotted an attack on the vatican and the previous pope himself. richard engle has the details. the target of terror reportedly pope benedict himself. a plot to target the vatican, italian prosecutors say, by a major al qaeda-linked cell spanning italy a cell broken up today with police raids in

seven areas, recorded on police video. 18 arrest warrants nine suspects detained nine others still at large. the suspects are pakistanis and afghans. a key figure prosecutors say, this preacher arrested outside milan. it was a fund-raising cell for al qaeda in pakistan investigators say, in direct contact with osama bin laden's inner circle. italy has been following this group for years, recording thousands of their phone calls. one investigator said that's how that 2010 plot against the pope was finally uncovered. >> this is a series of guys who are involved from sometime back. in some ways we're seeing a historical network being disrupted now. >> r italy days is on edge, and it's not alone. since the paris terror attacks in january, there have been dozens of police raids across europe. in france germany,

belgium, great britain and italy. with fears of terrorism, anger and anti-immigration set are growing. and now in italy, there's more concern than ever with migrants arriving by the thousands every week on boats from libya, italian politicians warn that among them could be militants from sois which has repeatedly threatened to attack rome. >> rep the vatican is the risk saying there was no specific of cause for harm. and a cardinal says pope francis is calm and serene about his security. there are new revelations about the cia drone strike that mistakenly killed two hostages one, an american while president obam reassessing the botched operation. senior correspondent chris jansing has more.

>> rep preside got a standing ovation today from members of the intelligence community and a hawg from james clapper, one day after revealing that a cia drone strike in pakistan accidentl warre weinstein. >> we all bleed when we lose an american life. we all grieve when any innocent life is taken. >> reporte nbc news has confirm thad when u.s. drones struck an al qaeda compound they expected to hit four terrorists but found six bodies. it would be weeks before they could confirm that weinstein and an italian hostage were the two. the italian prime minister didn't mention a phone call from president obama. she called some of the contacts inconsistent and disappointing. there has been call

for a hostage czar. >> i don't think we're being as smart as we could be. >> reporte it's not an academic exercise. while the state department won't release exact numbers, it's believed six americans are held oversea heaeeas overseas. including kaitlyn who was pregnant. including th matt . the white house is considering something simir to a hostage czar but won't change the policy of not negotiating with terrorists. a third y is used in these situations. and late today, sources told nbc news that's how officials were able to get medicine and warm clothes to weinstein during his captivity. >> thank you. a somber 1 hundreth anniversary being marked around the world today, remembering what pope francis recently called the first genoci of the 20th century, the massacre

of 1.5 million armenians during turks in world war i. observances here at home and elsewhere people marched through little armenia, waving signs and flags making sure the world never forgets. and angelina jolie brought her star power to call attention to the crisis in syria. she did not mince words about not doing enough for helping the millions displaced. >> we cannot look at syria and the evil that has arisen from the ashes of indecision and think this is not the lowest point in the world's inability to present and defend the innocent. >> jolie is a special envoy from the u.n. when asked about her briefing syria's ambassador is quoted as saying, she's

beautiful. there is an alert tonight about a growing outbreak of bird flu ripping through the u.s. poultry industry. now in 16 states with minnesota the latest to declare a state of emergency. 7 million chickens and turkeys affected since march. and the government is scrambling to figure out how to stop it. janet shamablien has our report. >> reporter: the most significant outbreak in 30 years. minnesota the latest to declare a state of emergency. tonigh more pr measures disineffecting ve and farms. some of these chickens are sick. >> i know what a healthy bird looks like. and these looked a little bit sick. >> reporter: his farm now under quarantine and a complete lockdown at sun rise farms in iowa. one of the largest egg-producing farms. more than 1% of the egg-laying hens in the u.s. will be lost.

>> it's a pretty significant number. >> reporter: the flu has fled to 16 states. it's called the biggest outbreak ever. it's spread through e droppings of birds. maryann runs blue star ranch in texas. among the poultry farmers across the country whose birds for now are healthy. >> the avian flu is definitely somethie concerned about. so we do our absolute best. >> reporter: the cdc says the risk is low, but the cost i skyrocketing o countries refuse poultry from states. our food supply is safe. the fda says there has been no ineffected eggs or poultry sold to consumers.

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our final story is about a little boy and his father. a little boy is proving the sky is the limit thanks to his dad. amazing feeties of him flying have gone viral, inspiring so many people. >> look right there. >> reporter: photographer alan lawrence takes hundreds of pictures of his kids. but one of them is not like the others. because of all the lawrence children only will flies. >> will has always wanted to fly, ever since he learned to roll over on his stomach. >> r so one day, dad made it happen. sending the photos to friends and family a change from whens first and alan didn't share any pictures. >> when the doctor said he had down syndrome i didn't want people to see him and know that he had

down syndrome. >> reporte it took a wake up call from his wife to see beyond the diagnosis. >> i had to say, bud eye, we will deal with what comes our way. but right he's happy. he's beautiful. >> reporter: and he's special, because wh he's eating breakfast or a midnight snack, on the farm with his friends his head in the clouds or his head in the game. will can fly. and he can dunk. >> mostly kids just look at the pictures. they'll turn and look at m can he really fly? >> repor it's magic, mostly. >> i'm simply holding him and go to photo shop and brush myself out. >> repor on his blog thousands of parents who appreciate th perspective. >> really trying to illustrate how he hasn't placed limits on our family. people with down syndrome have so much to offer the world. >> it might be a harder journey for him, but he can do anything he wants to do. he can fly. >> reporter: and when will flies, he lifts

all of us with him. alley jackson, paradise utah. >> will and his pop giving us all a lift to end the week. i'm lester holt. thank you for watching and go kim kardashian speaks out about bruce jenner's tall-tall. >> did it spark a family feud? now on "extra." kim kardashian today. her first interview about

bruce's diane sawyer interview. >> i see things on online. it's all ridiculous and rumors. >>mors. >> will she be watching? why bruce will watch it twice. >> are you going to be okay? plus -- >> there's nobody more loving than bruce. >> our lost interviews packed with clues like this. >> i live two lives. real life tragedy. breaking new details on the suicide of a "everybody loves raymond" star. >> why ray's tv son took his own life and heartbroken romano's first words today. dr. my killed off "grey's anatomy." did an ugly behind the scenes war get him fired? a 10-year-old dynamo at "the voice." >> it's okay. we're good. we're good. >> okay. >> now on "extra" from universal studios hollywood, the entertainment capital of l.a.