. >> reporter: denis thompson lives across the street. he said randall's wife warned him. >> she looked at me. she said, denis, gets back in your house, he's got a gun. >> reporter: detectives say moore shot his friend once in the chest. >> i didn't know him. he came over here and add beer >> reporter: he suffered a stroke a few years ago and was partially paralyzed. apparently the two guys played music together back in the day. >> it was the holiday season and we have a family suffering and two lives ruined over an argument. senseless violence. >> reporter: detectives say they plan to update us as soon as johnny moore is backed into jail. at that point we should find out what kind of charge or charges he may face in investigation. >>> a federal drug order striking pilots back to work which is good news for your package delivery. 250 pilots went on strike citing poor working conditions and no time off. the pilots fly cargo for amazon and dhl. amazon went to court. >>> we have learned a sixth child has died from injuries received that in sc

denied saying. he said civil rights groups could rightfully be called un-american when they involve themselves in promoting un-american conditions. larry thompsonaid sessions was a good man and an honest man, untainted by prejudice. jeff sessions is in the spotlight today. chip, big picture question. 30,000 feet. when you see these reports coming out, reading more and more about sessions, you know him personally. what's he like behind the scenes? >> i know more as his time as majority leader. he is a good man. he's a man that is very thoughtful. i think the hearings are going to be more about his four terms in the united states senate than something said in 1986 this was 30 years ago. >> at the top of the hour, we broke some news they are coming out with real concerns about what they describe as racism on the part of senator sessions. so it is still affecting him currently to this day. >> congressional black caucus said some things about donald trump as well. they're going to continue to say things about other members pointed to the cabinet. at the end of the day, the senate is the one that confirms this. the colleagues in the united states sen

thompson, nbc news, new york. >>> a blow to governor chris christie. one of trump's most important surrogates. two top aides were convicted in conspiracy and fraud in the bridgegate scandal. christie has repeatedly deniedge of the scheme was supposed to campaign for trump today, but it was canceled after the verdict. >>> two workers recovering from a nightmare accident in a water tower. they were working in pontiac, michigan, friday when they became trapped. rescuers don't know if the men fell or the scaffolding collapsed. it took an hour to free the trapped men. the men were in bad shape and no word on the medical condition. >>> a heartwarming survivor story. twins born in shanghai a month ago were reunited for the first time friday. zoo officials separated them because the panda mother would choose the stronger cub over the weaker. the mom fed the boy in a successful experiment. zookeepers fed the girl. in five days, switched the babies. now the brother and sister get to know one another in the panda bear crib. >> cute. >> adorable. >>> dylan is here with the check of the forecast. >> we had nasty storms movie through texas yesterday. look at what we saw in el paso. size of dimes to the size of baseb