. >>> and as small-town papers disappear, harry smith takes us to maine, where local news is getting a lifeline. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening and welcome. tonight, we are getting our closest look yet at the precarious remains of baltimore's francis scott key bridge and the out-of-control container ship that toppled it. our team out with the army corps of engineers today as they prepare for the formidable challenge of clearing the blocked channel. tonight, special equipment is on the way to begin the work, while the search for the bodies of four missing workers continued. the wife of a surviving worker telling nbc news, "my husband doesn't know how to swim. it is a miracle he survived." authorities also revealing they have begun interviews with the captain and crew of the container ship. but the ntsb saying its final report detailing a probable cause of the accident may be two years away. and in baltimore, a city still in shock. oriole fans took part in a moment of silence at the team's home opener. tom costello has late developments from

for sharing that story. >>> all right, a heartfelt good-bye to harry smith from all of us. person to do it than harry. we pwish him the best. 50uck scarborough is celebrating right there. more nbc news now on the way. ew. >>> this morning in baltimore, the white house releasing $60 million in aid, as the city and the nation brace for the economic ripple effect from this week's deadly collapse. the one-time king of crypto headed to prison. how long sam bankman-fried will spend behind bars for his role in defrauding ftx investors. >>>

for those of us who for years have looked up to harry smith as a writer, a storyteller and a man, then all ours. harry's next stop is at his alma mater central college in iowa where he will teach a class about, what else, curiosity. in the meantime, harry, i'll see you and andrea at the lake. >>> this week we highlight "another life well lived." in may of 1996 a filmmaker named david led an audacious trek to the summit of mount everest while lugging an imax camera and packs full of film. >> on top of the world where the wind is fiercest, desolate place, where humans cannot live. >> breashears documented the climb in "everest" narrated by liam neeson, which was the highest grossing imax of all time with $128 at the box office. that 1996 season on the world's tallest mountain is remembered for the blizzard that struck on may 10, killing eight people, an ordeal chronicled in the best-selling book "into thin air" by jon krakauer. he rushed to help stranded hikers offering up his oxygen, food and supplies. braeshears grew up in colorado dreaming of being a climber. he made the first of his

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course, this has a direct impact on the situation, the in gaza, us vice president, some of the harris smith with many guns on monday in washington. now benny guns is a member of israel's war cabinet, but he's also prime minister benjamin. that's in yas whose political arrival, how is that meeting between guns and harris being seen in israel? tanya? well, it has been a lot of talk about this visit of the many guns in washington. and a lot of the talk about the reaction of the prime minister benjamin netanyahu was said to be very unhappy about this visit. there's a sense here that you know, i've been, you mean that to me, y'all should not be a so critical off. he's a colleague who's also in the war a cabin that because no one ever relations to all with is votes, closest ally, it's very important for any government officials to be received in washington. and that domestic issues should arise as stand behind. no, of course the background to all of this is that these 2 men up, any guns used to be a defense minister and also prime minister benjamin netanyahu are the political rivals. and you know

so after 12 years at nbc news, this man down here at the end of the couch, harry smith, is moving on.oice and harry just being an amazing friend to us. we love you, harry. please don't leave. >> i woke up as a sophomore in college and there i was. we hope you will remember some we hope you will remember some of the many people who shared their stories with us, people who enriched their communities, people who made us laugh and cry, made us proud. people who helped us remember that there is more that unites us than divides us. of the many people who shared if you dance with them, you get along. >> you kind of have to get along. >> yeah. >> we were excited for the students in pennsylvania when they connected with the international space station. wow! we met a lot of eye witnesses to history, aaron krell had been imprisoned in auschwitz during the holocaust. one of the little rock 9. did you know how courageous you were? >> we were just doing what we were supposed to do. we were going to school. >> you have it upside down. i'm sorry. does that look better now? >> thank you. >> michael co

today we say farewell and thank you to our beloved nbc calling harry smith.n in denver back in local news in 1986. he joined cbs news where he spent 17 years, but for the last 12 years, he has been part of our family at nbc news, delivering heartfelt stories about everyday people, historical figures, and even a- list celebrities. the main thing he says he has learned over all these years -- there is more that unites us than divides us. on the today show today, this morning, harry took a look back at some of the stories over the past several years. take a look. >> oh, how lucky the kids in bynum, montana were who started each morning with dancing, then singing. do you think dancing helps you get along with people? >> yeah, if you dance with them, you get along. >> we were so psyched that the students in harbor creek, pennsylvania connected with the international space station. we traveled the world with nbc, the 66 big radio telescopes high in chili's desert are so powerful they can almost reach the edge of the universe. we fell in love with elephants in kenya

harry smith is leaving? i didn't know that.e geist and stick here for local news with us on "today in the bay" at 7:00. >>> back here locally, a quick look at the top stories we're following this saturday morning. new this morning, roughly nine people are displaced following a massive three-alarm fire in san francisco. it happened just before 2:00 this morning in the mission district. firefighters responded to several cars on fire. this is between 15th and 16th. the car fire, though, quickly spread to nearby homes, as you can see, between wiese and julian avenue. two people injured. just yesterday morning there was another fire nearby on 15th street at episcopal church at st. john the evangelist on good friday. firefighters are investigating the cause of both fires. >>> seen a lot of off and on rain in the last weeks. are many rearranging easter weekend plans? spans across the bay area heavy winds, and they brought down this large oak tree on a senior center in sonoma county. everyone evacuated. no injuries. the rain is expecte

our own mar harry smith headed up to the fwarnd to speak with mike as he gets ready to make his finalw, a friend of mine, been doing the same job for 43 years. >> off the bounce, pull-up three. got it. >> it's rarely dull, and sometimes downright exciting. >> so cool. >> reporter: mike gor man is the tv play-by-play man for the boston celtics, he grew up a couple of bus stops from the garden. >> 12 rks 13, 14 years old. >> sneaking up. >> never paid in my life. >> into bird, larry, a runner. got it. ball game's over, boston wins. >> reporter: his style inspired by former celtic player and coach -- >> i'm mike gor man. >> they worked together for 39 seasons. gorman brought a pile of notes. hein zen dumped them in the trash. we're going to talk about what we see, not what's on some piece of paper. >> after college gorman served as a naval aviator, flying over the atlantic, searching for soviet submarines he dreamt of a career in sports broadcasting, with no experience, he had no shot. >> huge point in my life. >> every radio and tv station said no way, his last hope, maybe boston sports

. >>> after 12 years of nbc news, this man down here, harry smith, is moving on.ces that stay with us forever, writing stories with such elegance, and just beauty, that thankfully no one can match, and of course delivering them in that unforgettable voice and just being an amazing time for us. we love you, please don't leave. >> there i was. i can take no credit. >> last thing before we go tonight, wild about harry, today we say farewell and a thank you to our beloved nbc colleague, harry smith, his reporting career began in denver, back in local news in 1986, he joined cbs news where he spent 17 years, for the last 12 years, he has been part of our family at nbc news delivering holder heartfelt stories about everyday people. historical figures and even a- list celebrities. the main thing he says he's learned over all these years, there is more that unites us than divides us. on the today show today, this morning, harry took a look back at some of those stories over the past several years. take a look. >> how lucky the kids in montana were who started each morning

smith. >> reporter: authorities say officer justin harris stopped to help smith with a flat tire on fridayrning when smith allegedly shot and killed him police say smith pushed harris' body into the passenger seat before taking off in his patrol car which was later found abandon. >> the last words the officer uttered on this earth was to offer help to a man who was about to kill him. >> reporter: police when say when officer hair first approached smith, he was driving a car that belonged to felici friday her body was found and smita machado, a south carolina medic who was reported missing by her family thursday friday her body was found and smith is a person of interest in her death. >> we want to extend our heartfelt condolences to that community for their loss of a fellow first responder. >> reporter: tonight, tributes from across the country are pouring in for the two victims. machado is remembered as a loving mother, grandmother and dedicated first responder and 35-year-old justin hair, a devoted father of two girls who had another baby on the way. >> we'll spend our time focusing on h

sandra smith is in for harris on "the faulkner focus." hearing underway on capitol hill. >> sandra: fox news alert top of a new hour testifying on capitol hill right now the man who says joe biden was the brand that powered interest in his family's foreign business dealings. tony bobulinski is the main witness in the house gop's ongoing impeachment inquiry into president biden. absent on the hill hunter biden. this is "the faulkner focus." i'm sandra smith in for harris today. hunter and devon archer denied the committee's invitation. his lawyer writing to oversiecht chair. hunter biden declines your invitation to the carnival side show. it is not a proper proceeding but an obvious attempt to throw a hail mary pass after the game has ended. chairman comer just this morning. >> hunter biden demanded a public hearing. i've given him one. maybe he will show up. he has said he isn't but he loves saying one thing and doing another. at some point it begins to reflect poorly on his afwoilt tell the truth at all. this hearing is not about hunter

sandra smith in for harris. the president's team says he is unable to secure a bond of that size, enormous mag any tut calling it unprecedented. a practical impossibility and grossly disproportion nall. the former president has asked a court for a pause on monday's due date or accept a portion of the tab, $1 hundred million. constitutional law attorney jonathan turley with this. >> basically his position is in order to get a any other judge look at what i've done to you you have to come up with a half billion dollars to appeal. a judge saying we'll take your house away. appeal my decision but sell your house in order to do it. many people look at this as a type of almost mob justice. >> sandra: if the court doesn't accept trump's appeal by deadline date james can start going after his properties. the former president owns new york city's most iconic also and big concern over the harm it could do to the city's economy. the word play there it is, high seas. eric shawn has more for us now. hi. >> that deadline, as

sandra smith is in for harris on "the faulkner focus."> sandra: fox news alert top of a new hour testifying on capitol hill r

smith pushed officer hare into the passenger seat and drove away, and officer harris patrol unit.th officer harris still inside, new mexico state police chief emotional recounting. >> officer harris final moments, the last words officer hare uttered on this earth was to offer help to a man who was about to kill him, new mexico state police say smith has an extensive criminal history dating back decades in south carolina, and he has ties to the albuquerque area. johny fernandez, abc news, new york. >> a multi-state crime spree has come to an end after a man accused of killing three family members was arrested. the suspect, 26 year old andre gordon, allegedly began the crime spree in trenton, new jersey. that's where he reportedly a woman at gunpoint. police say he then drove to a home in pennsylvania, where he broke in and killed his 52 year old stepmother and 13 year old sister. gordon drove by to another home and then broke in, after which he shot and killed 25 year old taylor taylor daniel, with whom he has two children. >> at the time of the shooting, there were four other indi

smith pushed officer hare into the passenger seat and drove away, and officer harris patrol unit. emotional recounting. >> officer harris final moments, the last words officer hare uttered on this earth was to offer help to a man who was about to kill him, new mexico state police say smith has an extensive criminal history dating back decades in south carolina, and he has ties to the albuquerque area. johny fernandez, abc news, new york. >> a multi-state crime spree has come to an end after a man accused of killing three family members was arrested. the suspect, 26 year old andre gordon, allegedly became the crime spree in trenton, new jersey. that's where he reportedly a woman at gunpoint. police say he then drove to a home in pennsylvania, where he broke in and killed his 52 year old stepmother and 13 year old sister. gordon drove to another nearby home and broke in, after which he shot and killed 25 year old taylor taylor. >> daniel, with whom he has two children. at the time of the shooting, there were four other individuals present inside that home, one of which was injured a

as some of you may not remember him but i know aaron peskin remembers him, daniel smith, our vice president kamala harris, george gascon and jesse beaudin. from my experience, this is standard procedure for high ranking lawyer, usually a homicide manager or similar to pin any and all police questioning of homicides suspects. the d.a.'s office should not say as in this case, that it is not our case jurisdiction and to police formerly presents it to us with a charging recommendation. this may be technically true but the d.a. certainly has the legal authority to seek an arrest warrant or grand jury indictment or otherwise move forward with a case. the district attorney should have taken a proactive role from the very beginning. after all involved, this involves another elderly woman that died amid asian hate crimes. the district attorney cannot -- ~>> thank you. >> thank you, your honor. next speaker. >> clerk: can we hear from our next caller beinger please. >> speaker: hello, okay, we are ready. yeah. [speaking foreign language] >> translator: i'm the president of the community association hoe land, i hav

as some of you may not remember him but i know aaron peskin remembers him, daniel smith, our vice president kamala harris, george gascon and jesse beaudin. from my experience, this is standard procedure for high ranking lawyer, usually a homicide manager or similar to pin any and all police questioning of homicides suspects. the d.a.'s office should not say as in this case, that it is not our case jurisdiction and to police formerly presents it to us with a charging recommendation. this may be technically true but the d.a. certainly has the legal authority to seek an arrest warrant or grand jury indictment or otherwise move forward with a case. the district attorney should have taken a proactive role from the very beginning. after all involved, this involves another elderly woman that died amid asian hate crimes. the district attorney cannot -- ~>> thank you. >> thank you, your honor. next speaker. >> clerk: can we hear from our next caller beinger please. >> speaker: hello, okay, we are ready. yeah. [speaking foreign language] >> translator: i'm the president of the community association hoe land, i hav

fairness to the public, because here there's an important public interest. >> harry, i want to read a little more from the jack smithash illegal. trump has provided additional evidence of his knowing that the possession of the documents and willful retention publicly claiming that he took the documents with him, quote, openly and transparently and that he was, quote, right to do so because he made sure to, quote, keep secured documents in a secure place. if he in these declassification claims, that, too, would provide additional evidence that he knowingly possessed the documents. >> we've all dangerously become experts in intent, and it seems this goes a long way toward illustrating that they have plenty of evidence that trump intended to do what he's accused of doing. >> and there's a lot more where that came from. remember the conversation where he says, i couldn't do that now. he knows the difference. it's just patent in the law. even his claim that he could have done it then recognizes that the charges -- this is smith's big point. the charge has nothing to do with whether he somehow magically tried to make them

jack smith's case can't start until the court rules, and they could stretch that out until june. >> harry i were discussing this just last night. trump's strategy is delay and deny. really, he's been very effective at getting these cases delayed. it's become something of a joke, that trump's preferred trial date in all of these cases is never. he does not want to go to trial because the evidence against him is very strong for different reasons in each of these criminal cases. but as you say, andrea, the supreme court hearing that is set for april 22nd is something of an all-encompassing hearing. because trump has tried this gambit of arguing that as a former president, he is immune from essentially any allegations of criminal conduct that were committed while he was in office, at least if they can be characterized as official acts. and as i think we all understand at this point, that argument, too, is simply a delay tactic. it's a real nonstarter. because if presidents can do anything, the full panel of options would be open to joe biden. he could interfere with the results of an election

smith. thank you so much. really appreciate your time. reactions are starting to foreign prince harry and meghan, the duke and duchess of sussex moments ago to at least a statement saying, quote, we wish health and healing for k1, the family and hope they are able to do so privately and in peace this hours other big breaking news story and attack on a concert hall just outside moscow, just two weeks before this incident, the us state department and warned of extremist plans to target large gatherings the russian capital, we'll have more about that part of the story >> the situation wolf blitzer didn't, knighted six once cnn >> it's a new day. >> one. we're are shared values propel us towards a more secure future through august of partnership built upon cutting-edge american australian, and british technologies we will develop state-of-the-art next generation submarines, build something stronger together security, dickey of peace and prosperity for and our allies we are going forward and staying forward together >> you've founded your kayak company because you love the ocean, not sprea

grande in eagle pass was even wearing a biden-harris shirt telling our team he has it on so they will let him in. [laughter] kinney county attorney brent smith says the numbers are staggering. >> we have prosecuted over 5,000 people for just criminal trespass, let alone kinney county only has 3200 people in the entire county. so we have prosecuted more people that actually even live here. >> smith says images like the ones captured by this branch camera in his county are the norm now. can you see what appears to be a group of people dressed in camouflage crossing through private property. the smuggling often leads to property damage or worse. this is the aftermath of a deadly crash involving a suspected smuggler who was trying to get away from texas dps. >> we see the security threat but, yet, we are not doing anything about it. and i don't think american people are going to put up with that. >> when we spoke with folks who near u. near the u.s.-mexico border, they say it's the lawmakers who aren't doing enough at all levels and all affiliation. >> all it is too much politics and not enough work in both houses. >> come together, you know, bo

. >> harris: if it is so important, jonathan, why does it come up now? >> i am less confident on the immunity issue. i think jack smith has the advantage. i expect the court is most likely to support the lower court decision, but that doesn't mean they are going to support the same rationale. there are some major questions here that are probably giving some discomfort to the justices. yes, in the earlier argument, the trump team was asked whether the president could kill his political opponents and not be criminally charged. president obama didn't kill his opponents, certainly, but he did vaporize an american citizen without any trial or criminal charge. the question is, cannot also be subject to criminal liability? those are the types of questions that some of the justices may want to see answered. they may be trying to look for a greater delineation of this question. the more important case for trump may actually not be the immunity case. the more important case may be something of a sleeper on the docket, a challenge not by trump but have a january 6th defendant over the use of the obstruction statute against him f

harris faulkner and you are in "the faulkner focus." we begin in florida. the judge there considering two motions to dismiss, one on what trump's team says is special counsel jack smith's vagus of the espionage act and the other how he used the presidential record acts. smith claims the motions are trump thinking he is above the law. the hearing comes after special counsel robert hur defended bringing 0 charges against president biden live the this week. biden, of course, illegally retained classified documents. former federal prosecutor andy mccarthy says biden could get rid of the entire issue of a double standard if he pardoned trump. >> if they are saying the difference between the two cases is that trump obstructed and biden didn't, then forgive all of the classified information stuff across the board, treat trump and biden the same way and try trump on obstruction. >> harris: a packed legal calendar for the former president smack dab in the middle of campaign season. his new york hush money trial begins later this month. u.s. supreme court argument on his immunity fight the month after. the date for the classified documents trial scheduled for may as of now could

if jack smith goes forward in september and it seems like it gives him more and more exposure, which is exactly what the dems don't want. so, i think he just keeps winning. >> harriser earned media. i was reading today that potentially nikki haley won't be running more ads at this point, that we won't be seeing as much of her and the pretake form for money. it means potentially that there is less cash to spend. so you want under earned media. she and donald trump have done a ton of interviews. but it is not quite the same thing as every time you decide that you want to do something, you walk out and camera is ready for you. it is one of the reasons he uses his own platform true social to tell everybody, this is when i will be there. you know, he has been president before. he knows how to do that already. biden after 50 years should be a master at it i would think. >> kayleigh: you are right. such an important point you make about earned media, this is a point where the president will stand up and half a ton of eyes. moments like this can move the needle. todd, as we head to november, what an unconventional way for a presidential campaign to take place. moments lik

harry. >> yeah. look, for his whole presidency he woke up lying and lied all day. but this is not about lying. the -- the indictment as smithtell falsehoods, that's not what he's being prosecuted for. it's obstruction and conspiracy and the rico count. you know, when they badger pence to -- with false -- with lies about his powers, it's not that they're false, it's that they're trying to get him to obstruct the election. when they badger election officials with false claims, it's not that it's false, it's that they're trying to obstruct and keep george -- get georgia to overturn the rival results. so it's a very routine, old argument, and judge chutkan in particular sort of word for word including the main case they were using here and demolished it in four pages in her december 1st opinion. it's just -- you know, a very blunt and wrong-headed distinction. it's not about being false, it's about doing crimes which often happen through words. >> harry, it is parts of where the trump defense and the trump politically message intertwine. this is and the trump political messaging intertwine. this is usually his defense against g

smith, highlighting president biden's accomplishments. she did point out the hardships that americans are feeling when it comes to food costs, gas and credit card debt. >> those the the three issues. >> but biden/harrisd to tout his economic achievements in his state of the union address tomorrow. joining us now with charts on those numbers is former treasury official and morning joe economic analyst steve ratner. what you got? good morning. >> reporter: good morning. i think sandra smith could do this as well as i could. >> oh, please. please. boo. >> reporter: this was not a plea for sympathy. let me tell you how i see all of this there is a lot of good news that the president should and will be talking about, i'm sure, tomorrow night. so let's start with jobs. since biden took office, the economy has created 410,000 now jobs a month. some of that is coming out of covid. if you back out covid, 290,000 jobs per month. this is more jobs per month than any other president has created in history. >> i'm sorry. my ear piece just went out. could you repeat that last line again? >> reporter: if you take out the covid recovery, this is more jobs per month than any other president has averaged in history. >

harry styles are. yeah, as he gets older. earlier on the programme we looked at the work of pat smith, also known as action nan, who is helping us an email to let us know that her 7—year—old daughterjessica loves to litter—pick after school, as she thinks that it is destroying the environment. well done, jessica! cathy sent us a message and told us about the work of �*the new brighteners' — a voluntary community group who clean up the beautiful beaches of new brighton in merseyside. lots of bags to fill there. and finally, here's six—year—old alex who was litter picking on barmston beach east yorkshire. 0bviously working very hard, well done, alex. we obviously working very hard, well done. alem— obviously working very hard, well done, alex. we would love to see some more _ done, alex. we would love to see some more pictures _ done, alex. we would love to see some more pictures from - done, alex. we would love to see some more pictures from you - done, alex. we would love to see some more pictures from you this morning, your litter picking heroes, especially as we try to get that national big spring clean under way for the ea