keith morrison, nbc news, los angeles. >>> that's going to do it for us on this wednesday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for >>> i'm excited. but i'm even more excited for the playoffs. >> right now at 6:00, warrior fandom at fever pitch. the excitement over the chase for the record is gripping the bay area. thank you so much for joining us tonight. i'm garvin thomas. >> and i'm peggy bunker. raj and jess have the night off tonight. we are now just 90 minutes away from tipoff at oracle arena. no nba team has ever won 73 games in a season. hopefully that all changes tonight. we have our own team ready to bring you all of the excitement. we start now with nbc bay area jodi hernandez. tonight's the night they do it. that's what we're thinking, jodi. >> reporter: i'll tell you, there is a real sense of energy and excitement out here as fans gear up to watch what they hope will be a historic game. now, this little boy is holding up a sign that shows what folks are hoping for. a record 73 wins is a stat that would put the team in nba history books. >> i am

keith morrison, nbc news, los angeles. >> that's going to do it for us on this wednesday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc . >>> bradley cooper, will smith, jennifer lawrence and chris pratt. >> hollywood's biggest stars invade las vegas now on "extra"! [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] >>> the vegas strip looking like the 0s car red carpet. bradley cooper's "hangover" reunion. >> that's where ken jeong's balls were around my neck. >> j law and chris pratt's slip-up. >> and we have all the breaking

keith morrison, nbc news, los angeles. >> that's going to do it for us on this wednesday night.r all of us at nbc newsthank you for , . >>> bradley cooper, will smith, jennifer lawrence and chris pratt. >> hollywood's biggest stars invade las vegas now on "extra"! [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] >>> the vegas strip looking like the 0s car red carpet. bradley cooper's "hangover" reunion. >> that's where ken jeong's balls were around my neck. >> j law and chris pratt's slip-up. >> and we have all the breaking news at cinemacon from the next batman to the new tarzan. >> got to show a little skin. >> megyn kelly knocking at trump's door? door? the siding at trump tower, did the warring heavyweights have a secret peace meeting? >>> lindsay lohan celebrating her engagement. the new clues. >>> then why fame gave jlo panic attacks. >> that was the first time i ever had any bouts with anxiety. >> thear getting candid and transforming into a chameleon for "w" magazine. >>> our countdown to kobe's last game. flashing back to our first interview. >> how old are you? >> 17. >

keith morrison, nbc news, los angeles. >> that's going to do it for us on this wednesday night.or all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good nigh t. >>> lights, camera, access. >> a lot of men are disappointed today. >> look at that. isn't that amazing? >> spring has definitely

coming up on nbc "nightly news," keith morrison sits down for an exclusive interview, why he thinks hesucceed where so many others have failed. >> talking to somebody as an entrepreneur has wade into a lot of fields and somehow managed to have a big difference. >> again, you can hear more from keith morrison's exclusive interview with shawn parker at 6:30, nbc "nightly news." >>> right now at 5, one of cape may ferry is in for repairs. the lone ferry making full runs a day back and forth between cape may and lewis. local business owners are disappointed the ferry isn't bringing more tourists to area beaches. the folks with the ferry say they'd rather be safe than sorry. >> we want to make sure we have our boats, like most businesses at shore we do our business during peak summer tourist season. it's important to have all of the vessels operating at peak efficiency during the tourist season. >> second ferry should be up and running by the end of may. >>> delaware lawmakers considering a bill that would mandate all school elections in state be done by mail. legislation limits participati

here's keith morrison with "the hometown hero and the homecoming queen." >> reporter: it was late when it happened, very late, too late. the sky had already fallen. no one saw it coming. no one heard the warning, but now in the night it was done. they work hard here in their homemade garage gym, but it isn't just a gym. it's a kind of shrine. >> i look at the wall and there's pictures. that's what makes it special, i think. >> reporter: these were the moments before they were born when a shot putter named dave laut became his family's superman. >> here we have that spin that is a new technique here. >> i mean, after i just cried. how do you not? how do you not cry when you see your brother up there getting a medal? it's cool. he's my big brother, but he was like my superman. he was my superman. >> reporter: don laut is dave's younger brother by nine and a half years. dave and don inherited a passion for athletics and fitness from their father >> my first milk when i was a kid was a protein powder. >> reporter: this is all just built into your dna and is part of your life? >> yeah, it i

here's keith morrison. >> reporter: grief, like the ocean rolled into their lives in waves. ride the waves or sink, it seemed to say. ride them again and again. >> it's just a shot through the heart. >> reporter: once there were four fast friends four tall men, before it all went down and the waves took on their new meaning. >> it didn't have to end like this. >> reporter: no. except it did. and when it did? >> just felt like someone hit you in the stomach really hard and wanted to cry. >> reporter: what could they do? ride its what harp would have wanted, after all. harp. jason harper, sports loving, outdoors loving california boy. with a childhood best friend named paul severns who, as they grew, became "tall paul." >> we were always together. in the early years, he was always taller than me. but then i caught up to him. we were both the two tallest guys in school. >> reporter: so when they got to high school, there was one sport they were very well-suited to play volleyball. >> harp was a stud, you know. i'm not gonna lie to you. i'm not gonna sugar coat it. he was you kn

here's keith morrison with "tangled." >> you can't put words to that. it was very surreal. >> 911. where is your emergency? >> reporter: it's true the old saying when you marry someone, you marry their family, too. >> we need an ambulance. he looks like he's been shot, he said someone broke in last night, him and his wife both -- >> reporter: mind you, not a bad thing to turn to mom or dad for advice and counsel. >> it's unreal. it's hard. sometimes you think maybe it didn't happen, but yet it really did. >> reporter: it's with their help and support, after all, that true love can deepen and grow and last. >> i watch the crime scene shows on tv, you know. and i never, never ever thought that, oh, that's going to be my life. >> reporter: yes. it really is all about family. the high desert opens up near pueb pueblo, colorado, 100 miles south or so south of denver. among the highest of the nation's deserts. a little closer to heaven, perhaps? this is where shannon palmer's mom and dad set out to create a good, safe and holy life for their daughters far from the risks and temptations o

here's keith morrison with "bad blood." complicated life, a woman can get lucky, which is why you're looking at the sweet little town called conyers, georgia. antique downtown, ringed by gated communities, good schools, a sheen of newness. it was really pure luck that brought nikki whitehead to this house, in this quiet, safe neighborhood. just far enough away from atlanta, that capital of overheated ambition down the highway. he in conyers, she could give her beautiful twin daughters a better life than hers. but of course luck, fortune, fate can go either way. sometimes in ways very hard to comprehend. >> everything about this goes against nature. >> how could somebody do that? >> it was definitely the bloodiest crime scene i've ever been to. >> in the next few minutes, you will know exactly when it happened, where it happened, how it happened. but, of course, the real question is why it happened. and the answer t co that, as you complicated. but that's how nikki whitehead's life was. >> i loved everything about nikki. >> yucca harris grew up with nikki, could see she was a wild chi