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for the adrian: quick check of the weather. eric: a moist set up tomorrow, but look at monday. chilly weather returns. adrian: 68 looks good. and this looks good on this saturday night, charged with murder. the dramatic new details tonight on how the suspect in the deadly paris bombing attacks was finally tracked down and captured as the french try to bring him back to face trial. deadly crash. searching for answers in russia after a boeing 737 crashes and breaks apart on landing in bad weather killing all 62 people on board. arizona battleground. ahead of tuesday's primary, we are out with the protesters who are blocking traffic and chaining themselves to cars in the ground war to try to stop trump. road less
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why so many teenagers are deciding to wait before getting a driver's license. putting off a rite of passage. "nightly news" begins now. from nbc news world headquarters -- good evening, he was europe's most wanted man. today one day after his capture after a four-month service, salah about salah abdeslam was charged with murder. french officials say he played a central role in the planning and logistics but backed out before the first shots were fired. at the same time, new details emerged of how authorities tracked him down and how he got away one last time before he was finally caught. the latest. >> reporter: police are standing guard
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where abdeslam was captured yesterday. it's along the street there. today, the police have been questioning him. officials say he has been providing answers. charged with participating in terrorist murder, salah abdeslam was transferred in a convoy escorted by a police chopper to a high security prison today. shot in the leg in last night's raid, abdeslam is cooperating, his lawyer says. admitting driving some attackers to paris according to a french prosecutor. claiming he planned to blow himself up then backtracked. victims of the attack taking it in tonight. >> i wouldn't say it's a relief that he has been arrested. i felt numb. >> reporter: they want to see him under trial. he is vowing a legal fight. >> refuse extradition to france. >> reporter: his
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nbc news has new details. tuesday under a house raid that led to a shootout, one was killed. abdeslam escaped across a roof according to a terrorism expert. on thursday, at a funeral for abdeslam's brother, police confiscated cell phones from friends and family, a move that may have helped them track him friday. his capture potentially helping police hunt down more isis jihadists who traveled to europe last year. >> isis infiltrated at least between 25, 30 to 50, 60 people in europe during the last summer and the last fall. >> reporter: yesterday we won an important battle belgian's prime minister telling europeans. we have not won the war. >> the most that the family wants to ask salah abdeslam is why. why have you done that? with who?
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important question. >> reporter: tonight, 24 hours after these dramatic raids, borders across europe are on alert for accomplices who may be on the run. tonight, the french prosecutor says abdeslam's first account of what happened here should be treated with caution. if he really did leave here to head to paris to take part in the attacks, then that could have seen more killed. >> thank you. officials in southern russia are trying to figure out what caused a boeing 737 to crash on the weather is among the issues being considered. the plane had flown to russia electric dubai. >> reporter: the impact sudden. the fireball all consume consuming. the final moments caught on this obtained by television. officials say the plane exploded trying
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severe storm. at dawn, emergency crews searched the wreckage sorting through debris and charred luggage. there were no survivors. the crash killed all 62 people on board. inside the airport, 600 miles south of moscow, crews tried to comfort devastated family. the 737 jet was carrying 55 passengers, including four children and seven crew members. most russian citizens. the plane flying in from the united arab emirates tried to land but was forced to abort because of weather, circling for two hours before trying to land again. this relative saying, it's terrible. they flew so many miles to die so close to home. investigators say they have recovered both flight data recorders. the cause is not known. investigators say weather could be a factor. they are looking into whether a mechanical malfunction or pilot error may be to blame. the ntsb sending a team out as well.
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express the devastation we all feel. >> reporter: the carrier is a newer budget airline with no history a catastrophic crash. russians are paying their respects with roses. s s as families grieve. u.s. military officials say an american marine was killed in an isis rocket attack in northern iraq. three others were injured in the attack south of mosul. it was fired at a small outpost. iraqi troops are preparing for an assault on mosul, a large city that has been held by isis for almost two years. two americans were killed, at least among the four people in a suicide bomb attack in turkey today. it happened in istanbul in the middle of a shopping district. last week, another attack left 35 people dead in the capital. three dozen people were injured in today's explosion.
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campaign heated up today in arizona as the republican front runner campaigned in that state which holds its primary tuesday. immigration is a key issue. the latest tonight in hallie jackson in arizona. >> reporter: stopping traffic, hoping to stop trump, protesters filled this phoenix street. and arrests, arguments. again, after these angry scenes in salt lake city last night. his supporters line up for trump's rallies in arizona, ground zero for the political immigration. today, trump appearing with the governor and and a sheriff. >> this country has a big, big problem with illegal immigration. >> reporter: he is ramping up attacks on mitt romney after he said he would vote for ted cruz. >> he is a total stiff. did he let us down? this guy is a loser.
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>> reporter: trump not mentioning romney's faith today in arizona but taking aim in utah. >> are you sure he is a mormon? are we sure? >> reporter: it could backfire. >> mitt romney is known as the mormon jfk. you don't go to a state dominated by a religion and question one of the heros of that religion. >> reporter: trump raised eyebrows by raising questions about his rival's religion before. cruz discovered himself. >> not too many evangelicals come out of cuba. okay? >> reporter: now cruz is calling on trump to in his words stop going to the gutter. >> that has no place in politics. that's wrong. it's disgreat aceful to call into faith the another. >> reporter: cruz backing up the man giving him begrudging endorsement. cruz campaigned with mike lee today. >> for mike, the
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>> reporter: he is cruz's only endorser. a sign the establishment doesn't know who they want. protesters know who they don't want. outside trump tower in manhattan, staging this. late tonight in the midst of near constant interruption here, a violent ings cident. someone kicking a protester then taking out by police. disgrace. >> thank you very much. as the protest movement heats up, we wanted to get a sense of what it is about. here is our report. >> when i say stop, you say trump. >> reporter: it happened as they planned it. the at rested. the clashes with police. and bystanders. are you worried you will be arrested?
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are willing to take if donald trump continues to become president and the rhetoric continues, more of our families will be hurt. >> reporter: they met in secret making signs, preparing maps. then their moment of truth. >> we're here to end it and shut that down. >> reporter: we tagged along at a human rights organization, which fights for the rights of local undocumented immigrants shut down the main road to the trump event for hours, trapping hundreds of cars. they were ready for the deputies. they chained themselves to their cars. they were arrested. all part of the plan. in salt lake city last night, hundreds of protesters. mostly bernie sanders supporters supporters. you want donald trump to know he is not welcome here? >> absolutely. >> reporter: rallying they say against hate. but clashing with hundreds of trump
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and then with police. the grass-roots effort to silence the front runner more organized, bold and urgent than ever before. the billionaire business mogul never more popular. never more hated. much more on the campaign tomorrow morning on "meet the press." governor john kasich will be among the guests. officials in new jersey began testing water for lead today in the faucets and fountains of all of the public schools. newark deals with what could be a threat to children exposed to elevated levels of lead. >> reporter: anger and frustration as parents drop their kids off at school. this week, water was shut off at 30 public schools with unsafe levels of lead. >> the moment that they knew something was wrong with the water, the school should have been
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>> reporter: 17,000 students are being offered free blood tests. >> we are putting lead in our bodies. >> hoping the kids will be all right. >> reporter: they released data that showed lead levels were at or over the federal limit in 12% of samples dating back to 2012. the new school super continue dent superintendent is demanding tests at each of the 67 schools. what do you say to concerned parents? >> i understand that sentiment. you are more likely to get inappropriate levels of lead from a chip of paint that has lead or dust that has lead in homes. >> reporter: the dad ta data shows it is nowhere near as high as flint. that still doesn't give them peace of mind. >> where are you? with all of this going on, christie? >> reporter: he says officials have been monitoring the situation but districts weren't required to report to
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levels before. they worked on remediation. >> reporter: the mayor officials not reporting information is part of the problem. by keeping it a secret, they stripped power? >> you strip the people of the city of their authority to make a decision about what they think is right for themselves and their families. that's where the problem really lies. >> reporter: a problem in need of a solution to protect its most precious natural resource. >> if we don't have the will to do it for ourselves, do it for our children. as you have probably heard by now, there's snow in the forecast tomorrow for many people in the northeast on the first day of spring. how much snow? dylan dreyer has been busy studying the forecast models. >> good evening. it looks like this storm is going to stay out to sea, which the american model ironically has been
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we have been hedging our bets because the european model had this developing as a strong nor'easter closer to the coast. it's still organizing. it will strengthen throughout the day on sunday. we have winter storm watches in rhode island and southeastern massachusetts because as it stays to the southeast of nantucket, they're our area where we could see our best chance of accumulate ing snow, especially the arm of cape cod. into sunday morning, this area of low pressure develops off north carolina. that's when we will see wind start to increase, scattered rain showers through virginia and north carolina. then as we go into sunday night, the storm intensifies off southeastern massachusetts. eastern long, southeastern massachusetts and rhode island have the best chance of seeing accumulating snow with cape cod seeing as snow. the european model hanging on to two to four in boston, one to two in new york. the american model really doesn't have a lot of accumulating snow for the cities.
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i think this is going to be a near miss. most of it is going to stay offshore. southeast earn mass has the best chance of snow. when "nightly news" continues this saturday, why growing numbers of teenagers are deciding they don't need a driver's license right away. later, bring on the air dancers. their role in trying to keep unwanted visitors off the look, the wolf was huffing and puffing. like you do sometimes, grandpa? well, when you have copd, it can be hard to breathe. it can be hard to get air out, which can make it hard to get air in. so i talked to my doctor. she said... symbicort could help you breathe better, starting within 5 minutes. symbicort doesn't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. symbicort helps provide significant improvement of your lung function. symbicort is for copd, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema. it should not be taken more than twice a day. symbicort contains formoterol. medicines like formoterol increase the risk of death from asthma problems. symbicort may increase
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and their parents know, it's a rite of passage getting a driver's license and enjoying freedom. you know that more and more teenagers are saying, no thank you, at least not for now. >> reporter: when the school day comes to an end, this is where the rubber meets the road for many students. even though millie is nearly 18, she walks just about everywhere because she doesn't have a driver's license. >> i don't know. i don't feel like i'm missing out on that much by not having a car. >> reporter: at this high school in seattle, she's far from alone. show of hands, who doesn't have their driver's license? everyone in this group relies on the city bus or their own two feet. >> i have friends that drive and a lot that don't. it's like 50/50. >> reporter: it's a national trend. fewer teens are rushing to the dmv when they turn 16. a report by the university of michigan
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18-year-olds had a license. by 2014, that number dropped to 60%. why? >> i can't afford it. >> insurance. we don't have the money for insurance. >> mainly because i think my mom is scared for me to get one. >> reporter: researchers say teens today are too busy and surprisingly can rely on the family. >> there's a recent phenomenon with children driving their kids to school. >> reporter: uber and lyft offer a way to get around. like this group, you can call your friends. >> even though it's be annoying to ask people, it works. >> reporter: for students who are getting a license, many must now pay commercial companies like defensive driving schools because fewer public schools are offering driver's ed. as for millie -- >> i feel okay. >> reporter: she's in no rush. life is fast enough
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the right moves. some cheetah cubs with getting special attention at the cincinnati zoo. they were born after a rare c-section performed by vets. they are undergoing critical care at the nursery. cheetah's are endangered with a worldwide population estimated at 9 to 12,000. he is a social media star on facebook and twitter. now pope francis is on instagram. the pope's first post captioned, pray for me, in nine languages, racked up more than 120,000 likes in the first few hours online. it comes on the third anniversary of the pope's inauguration. in case you missed it, confirmation that march madness is well under way. texas brings it down the court, ties it up. watch this. with less than three seconds to go, northern iowa with one final heave.
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northern iowa wins it in stunning fashion, 75-72. week back in a moment with the sounds of cuba and dreams of
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medicines like formoterol increase the risk of death from asthma problems. symbicort may increase your risk of lung infections, osteoporosis, and some eye problems. you should tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure before taking it. symbicort could mean a day with better breathing. watch out, piggies! (children giggle) symbicort. breathe better starting within 5 minutes. call or go online to learn more about a free trial offer. if you can't afford your medication, astrazeneca may be able to help. finally tonight, when president obama travels to cuba tomorrow, it will be most symbolic action yet as the two countries normalize relations. so many people are anticipating the
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era will bring. including musicians. both here and there. this woman has arrived and is living her dream. >> when you try to be a jazz singer, to be is to be in the place. >> the music soulful. the rhythms race through her veins. >> my blood is like the sea. it can go like so calm. but at the same time can get like crazy. >> much she admits like her caribbean homeland. >> can it can become -- in one moment everything can change. >> change seen by the warming relations between the u.s. and cuban government, now opening the door to a new era of young cuban musicians. that change cannot come soon enough for this miami musician.
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years ago. in his song, he longs to return. >> i got a big problem in cuba. i talk bad about the government. >> for speaking out, he was detained. threatened with a long jail sentence. uncertain of his fate if he returns, he left behind his mother, daughter and has a grandson he has never met. >> i spend all my life without my family. it's very sad. very, very sad. sorry. >> he recognize s s there are new opportunity ies outside of cuba. he dreams of bringing his music home. >> it's okay. >> both believe change will take time. >> i hope. i hope they have a good future for cuba. i hope. >> i'm hoping because
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both. lester holt will report from havana tomorrow. that's nbc newt "nbc nightly news." for all of us here at nbc news, thanks for watching.
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