>> reporter: good evening, lester. a fifth day of searching has begun here but one korean official says the operation to recover bodies in the ship here could take months. the relatives here are under immense strain. the captain is under arrest and under fire. he lost his ship. now he's lost his freedom. this 69-year-old captain under arrest and charged with criminal negligence admitting he had deliberately delayed an evacuation. >> translator: i was afraid the passengers would drift away in the water he said. he admitted he was in his cabin when the accident happened. with him and also charged, two other crew including the sobbing 26-year-old female officer who had been steering the ship. this was the captain arriving on shore with the first group of survivors. he left behind nearly 300 people trapped. his life raft unused. even his helmsmen now charged and being treated in the hospital was shocked the captain had fled. the families of the children he left behind on the ship are furious. >> translator: our children ar

lester? >> mike seidel, thanks. weather channel meteorologist jim cantore is inside the noaa storm prediction center in norman, oklahoma. what are the next 24 hours look like, jim? >> yeah, lester, the worst of the storms coming in now as the sun is going down. and unfortunately, they are going to be tornado producers throughout the night tonight. a large area, as you can see, that will still be dealing with these severe thunderstorms. large hail, gusty winds, damaging winds in fact, and even tornadoes all the way down into the states of mississippi and into middle tennessee. so a huge concern in addition to the flood risk. a lot of storms have been sitting over places like memphis all day long. we move into monday. cities like birmingham, huntsville, jacksonville and also meridian, mississippi, are facing a similar tornado threat. so a two-day threat for some of these areas. and the storm that is helping to aid these thunderstorms really is not going to move all that much. so look what happe

lester. >> all right.hanks very much. >>> the los angeles clippers will take to the court in a playoff game later today with their owner donald sterling caught in the middle of a firestorm. he is accused of making racist remarks that were caught on tape and posted by gossip site tmz. our joe fryar is live in oakland with this story. joe, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, lester. the clippers will play golden state here in the first round of the playoffs this afternoon, but the nba says owner donald sterling will not be at the game in the wake of this controversy. >> green is ascending tall. >> reporter: as the league's playoffs heat up, a swift investigation into an audiotape of racist comments made allegedly by clippers owner david sterling. >> the audio posted by tmz is truly offensive and disturbing, and we intend to get to the bottom of it as quickly as possible. >> reporter: tmz sports posted what it said is an audio recording of a conversation between sterling and a woman named bea stibiano. i

lester? >> thanks. for more on the weather threat, we turn to nbc meteorologist dylan dreyer, dylan? >> good evening lester. the weather situation will get more serious by sunday. we have warm air, ten to 15 above average ahead of the cold front but back behind it, temperatures are about 15 to 20 degrees below average and it's that clash that could create very strong storms in red from nebraska right down into eastern texas, even stretching into mississippi. it's in orange and encompassing pretty much all of arkansas sunday afternoon where we could see the possibility of a tornado outbreak. into monday, the situation is still the same and it's western tennessee right down into most of mississippi where we could see some of our strongest storms, something we will have to keep an eye on, especially starting sunday afternoon. lester? >> dylan, thanks, we'll see you in the morning on "today". >>> the u.s. military increased presence as they prepare to impose more sanctions on russia this is foreign military

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lester? >> all right. stephanie gosk tonight, thank you. >>> from the vatican to the holy land and across the country, it has been a day filled with joy and hope. and as families gather around the table for easter dinner this sunday night, we get a look at the celebrations from nbc's duncan golestani. >> reporter: st. peter's square was overflowing today, a crowd of more than 150,000 came to celebrate mass and hear pope francis deliver his easter message. christians came to rome from afar and as tradition the pontiff had a message for those around the world. he called for an end to all war and every conflict whether great or small, he said, ancient or recent. as easter masses were held across the holy land, pope francis prayed the middle east peace talks would continue. in gaza, the small palestinian christian community came together for prayers and hymns. and pope francis made another call for peace in syria. that christians today were returning to their battle scarred church in malula. this resident says

lester? >> kristen, thank you. >>> millions of people are flocking to the vatican this weekend for the papal canonization ceremony. pope john paul ii and pope john xxiii will become saints. it is not without controversy. anne thompson is outside the vatican this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica. i spoke to the mayor of the city of rome who says he is confident that their city can handle the influx of pilgrims. 4 million bottles of water for those thirsty pilgrims and, of course, efforts to redirect the eternal city's eternal traffic. the ceremonies to make john paul ii and john xxiii saints will take place tomorrow morning. those two popes are arguably the most influential popes of the 20th century. they both then enjoyed great popularity but are not without controversy, as you said. john paul ii has many critics who say he did not do enough or did very little to stop the sex abuse crisis and john xxiii, he is the pope who initiated the reform to the second vatican coun

lester? i. >> richard engel in kabul. thanks. >>> a harrowing military rescue mission is under way tonight to save a california family and their sick baby stranded at sea. the family has set out to sail around the world when their boat lost power and they lost the ability to steer it. it's on unfolding nearly a thousand miles off the coast of mexico. nbc's miguel almaguer has the latest. >> we're totally stoked. there you go. >> reporter: eric and charlotte kaufman were living their dream, sailing around the world with their children, three-year-old cora and one-year-old lira. >> thanks for watching our cool video. >> reporter: along the way the young couple posted videos, pictures and blogs until they suddenly ran into trouble. after setting sail from san diego to the south pacific two weeks ago, the 36-foot "rebel heart" lost power and steering in rough waters 900 nautical miles off the coast of mexico a mayday call. little lira was seriously ill. >> this is what we train for. the rescuing

>> i don't think so, lester.ow waters of institutional maintenance catholicism, put out this sense of a recovery of the missionary energy in the church. john paul ii had a remarkable social majesty, and how they should be in the 20th century. he transcended the tired and bedraggled liberal and conservative categories. if there was one word that described him and john xxiii, it's christian radical. somebody who's roots are deeply sunk in jesus christ and in the faith of the church. >> and kathleen -- >> if i could add something -- >> go ahead, father, sure. >> i'm sorry. just that the whole purpose of the church is to produce saints. think of the saints who line that collanade. we see them all over the square, lifting up these two great figures. the whole push of liturgy and theology and the practice and the life of the church is to produce holiness. that's what these great figures stood for. i agree about the tiredness of liberal and conservative terminology. it was a heroic exercise of the christian life. why se

i'm lester holt reporting from new york.rom all of us here at nbc news, goodnight. >>> right now at 6:00, an intense search for a hiker who has been missing for a week. we'll take you live to mt mt. tamalpais. plus -- >> the next thing i know a young naked man is running at me. >> yelling, screaminged a later biting police. a man is under arrest tonight after a crime spree in palo alto. >> more vessels are heading to the indian ocean. what an australian ship confirmed this weekend. >> good evening. i'm diane dwyer. >> and i'm terry mcsweeny. >> happening now dozens of search crews on the ground along with helicopters and planes lookinr

i'm lester holt in new york. i'm joined here in new york in the studio by kathleen sproes cummings from the study of the american catholicism at notre dame and a former biographer of john paul ii. with him, father robert barron, also an nbc papal contributor. father barron, if i can start with you, it looks like things have gotten underway on time. can you tell us what's happening right now? >> well, right now the cardinals are processing into st. peters square and while the litany of the saints is being sung. a very beautiful moment. the two new saints are being joined to the role of saints. as the liturgy commences we invoke the great communion of saints. it's a very beautiful and mystical beginning to the liturgy. >> as i went through the rundown, it appears the canonization portion of the ceremony itself is rather short and simple followed by the mass. is that a fair reading of how this will go? >> that's right. it takes place at the very beginning. it will then be followed by the regular, you know, roman rit

lester holt, mayflower, arkansas. we'll keep an eye on it all night and so will the weather channel err more tonight, of course, on your late local news. >>> other news, the search for the missing malaysia airlines 777 could be a long face. underwater as the air cop ration, the part of this that was looking for wreckage on the surface of the water now comes to an end over seven weeks after the aircraft disappeared. nbc's katy tur remains at search headquarters in perth, australia, good evening. >> reporter: it's not the news they wanted to come out of here announcing another phase of the investigation. they are suspending the aerial search and widening out the underwater search since the current location offered no clues. in addition to bluefin 21, they will seek help from commercial specialized contractors with sophisticated technology, like the u.s. navy orion which is a towed submersible that can go deeper and send back data realtime. the new search zone is ten of thousands of square miles, roughly the size of indi

lester? >> dylan, thank you very much. >>> newly released documents are giving the world a look into the clinton white house and the role of then first lady hillary clinton. they were released to the national archives and the clinton presidential library. kristen welker tells us more about them. kristen? >> reporter: lester, good morning to you. the latest release of 700 pages in all puts the clinton family's big news this week into new focus. just a day after chelsea clinton claimed the spotlight with a bit of baby news -- >> marc and i are very excited that we have our first child arriving later this year. >> reporter: back in 1993, clinton's courted her current mother-in-law, marc's mom, then congresswoman mezvinsky, her name listed as an important vote. >> clinton white how was really going after congresswoman marjorie margouiles-mezvinsky, who then became part of the family when chelsea married marc. >> i think the documents show how much she worked in tandem with her husband and it's a

>> lester stokes has just signed up for story time. >> stokes. >> stokes?s is story time request -- or application. so, do you have more than one child? >> i have four. >> are they all at the same house? no? okay. she's got some extras for you. you have to fill out one for each household. >> all right, thank you. >> okay? you're welcome. >> stokes has served two prior prison terms and will soon return to serve six years for false impersonation. he has four daughters by three women. but the first story he records will be for the daughter he's closest to. 7-year-old emilee. and he's just written a letter to tell her about story time. >> emilee, what's up, baby girl? i love you so much. daddy misses you so much. bunches. how is mommy doing? i heard you were doing great in school and that you're the smartest kid in your class. i'm so proud of you. i feel very happy when i know you're doing so well. i signed up for a class today so i can read stories on tape and send them to you so you can hear me. i hope that you will like it. are you being a good big sister an

lester, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. you look around here, you walk the brick and glass littered streets of tupelo and amazed no one here died from the tornado. take a look across the street. you can look at the buildings on either side for about a half mile or so, either destroyed or badly damaged that includes homes. with the threat of more bad weather across the south tonight you can understand why people are in shock and on edge. >> it's moving to the right. >> reporter: on monday there were 67 reports of tornadoes touching down in five states. 46 reports in mississippi alone. where survivors recounted the terrifying minutes. >> pressure dropped. ears hurt. all of that stuff. hear the train coming like everybody says you hear the train coming. >> reporter: the twister that ripped through tupelo destroyed an entire business district and sent trees crashing in to nearby homes. amy justice and her neighbors scurried into a backyard shelter just in time. >> everything started to shake and you could hear the disaster goin

lester. >> all right, stephanie gosk this morning for us. stephanie, thanks. >>> voting is under way in afghanistan for that country's next president. it is the first democratic transition of power in afghanistan's history. chief foreign correspondent richard engel is live in kabul this morning with the latest for us. richard, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. despite all the threats from the taliban, this election is going forward. the afghan government says that voter turnout has been remarkably high. for the first time since 9/11, since the american involvement in this country, hamid karzai is not running. he cast his ballot today. many men are coming out to vote. many women are coming out to vote. there has been some violence. there have been reportedly at least four attacks on voting stations in addition to several bombings, but so far, only one afghan policeman has been reported killed. that in any other country would be considered an unsuccessful day, but considering the level of expectation of violence in this country and the

about lester because -- it's because of his flow.ty but -- [ laughter ] >> jimmy: it goes -- it goes back. you and lester holt. i don't want to see any violence? you'll have kendrick here. you can talk about this. i had reservations but i think this john mcdonald has really helped kind of match our flow. and i think it's nice. i got a look at natalie again to see if it is congruent with the way i play it. i mean i'm -- [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i've got to say, i always love when you come by. >> oh thank you. i love what you've done. it was really nice. and the consolidation of the roots. to have two roots in the old days up on the second deck was not right. the roots stuck in second deck. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> see everything is here. to have two roots on a second deck was not right. >> jimmy: wasn't right. no. >> we need root consolidation. i appreciate that, 'cause we love you when we have you on. we have the bri-wy, bri-willy. b-dub. >> yeah. thanks for all those. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: fun nicknames 'cause people -

. >> i'm lester holt. we're supposed to come on after prince george. >> imagine how you feel if you had to follow him and you're his parents. >> i'm thinking harper and prince george? >> i didn't want to say anything, but i was waiting for the right time to introduce the two of them. thursday seems like a good time. >> set up a play date. >> is harper going to tweet that? >> she will. george will never know who harper is, let's face it. >> great pictures. great pictures from the zoo. we'll show you more coming up. >> it is also easter sunday. pope francis just wrapping up his easter mass at this hour. tens of thousands of people looking on in st. peters square. we'll have more on his message just ahead. >> but we want to begin this morning with the countdown to the boston marathon. since that deadly day last year, law enforcement officials have worked around the clock preparing for this year's race and figuring out new ways to secure the 22.2 mile route. their eyes will be everywhere and stephanie gosk beg

ian, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, lester. two ships have now detected faint traces of sound but in two very different areas. now the race is on to see whether either is connected to flight mh-370's black boxes. aircraft and ships this morning are being rushed to an area in the indian ocean with a chinese vessel reported to have twice detected a pulse-like signal. >> this is an important and encouraging lead. of one which i urge you to continue to treat carefully. >> reporter: a retired air chief marshal also revealed that the u.s. navy's ping locater today picked up sounds in another area. this was 300 miles from the chinese and this, too, is being checked out. the chinese report ship reported detecting its pulses in an area 1,000 miles northwest of perth. it said the last sound detects on saturday lasted for 90 seconds. china's news agency also reported that a chinese aircraft reported floating objects 50 miles from the detection site. also a warning this morning. there is a lot of noise in the ocean and there may be regular

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. >> i'm lester holt, and this is dateline. here's keith morrison with danger on diamond mountain. ♪ >> deep in the arizona desert, surrounded by kak tie and brush and jutting columns of red rock a mountain rises among the famous area of american history. here is where geronimo finally surrendered. and this mountain is the site of his last stand. a haunted place, some say. or perhaps cursed. for those who dare to occupy its silenced sloped. but on a hot, dry, april afternoon in 2012, the mountain was not silent at all. helicopters swooped in to rescue two people holed up in a cave below the summit where something terrible has happened. >> what i didn't understand was why she hadn't called earlier. for help. >> she is this woman. her name was, remember this name, christi mcnally. and her companion was alexander dorson's big brother ian. >> crazy to go off like that. >> is it hard to think of them like that in a cave like that? >> it's just weird because it was already so isolated. >> but by then something had gone very wrong wit

it speaks to our country, how strong we are as people. >> again, that was nbc's lester holt reportingou may have seen one message came from a sandy hook mother who wrote, quote, we understand sending love and support. and, again, the exhibit opens tomorrow and runs through may 11 >>> the national civil rights museum reopened in memphis after closure. more than 20 organizations and schools marched from the cook convention center to the museum which was closed for a $27 million renovation. the upgrades include interactive exhibi exhibits. visitors can sit at a segregated lunch counter. >> it's piercing. it's penetrating. it really gets into you. and that's what this is about. >> we have an awesome responsibility, those of us of this generation to reach back and teach this younger generation, not only to experience it but to feel it. >> the museum is housed in the former lorraine motel where martin luther king, junior was assassinated in 1968. >> and we'll be right back. >>> well, jimmy fallon is no stranger to musical stunts. and his latest is a remix he put together starring none other

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>> i'm lester holt, and this is "dateline." here's josh mankowitc with "deadly denial." she found plenty of the wrong guys. now here in front of her was someone different. >> we met at a daycare where both of our children went to daycare. >> vanessa pond of salt lake city was 25 and a single parent when back in 2007 she made raven abaroa. like vanessa, he was single and raising a child alone. >> he was very charming. he would always come up with such fascinating dates. >> he seemed different. >> he seemed very different. >> a good guy. >> very good guy. >> and you fell for him. >> hard. >> but along with the charm and the lavish dates, raven also had a story. a horrible, awful story, that would change his life and would also change vanessa pond's. the story raven told wasn't just about himself. it was about his first wife, janet. >> he said, well, i should probably let you know that my wife was actually murdered. >> the murder, raven said, had happened three years earlier when he and janet were living in durham, north carolina. >> it happened in a home invasion. and he c

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. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with lester holt and erica hill.live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today" on this sunday morning p. i'm erica hill. >> i'm carson daly alongside jenna wolfe and dylan dryer. lester has the morning off. you just saw there, soccer match going on since thursday. raising money for pediatric cancer. we'll have the whole story later. >> same players? >> they swap in and out. they're on a rotating schedule. when it's all said and done, if you can imagine, a 73 hour soccer game. >> same balls? >> lots of different rotating balls. >> watch your newscast to get all the details in 36 minutes from right now. >>> we'll actually also speak with the little boy who's at the center o f this and his parents. i know you'll talk with them coming up in the next half hour. >> absolutely. great story. >>> we begin, though, with this mo morning's top story. wild weather hitting the country's midsection. a tough night throughout michigan. heavy winds bringing down trees. they caused damage in several neighborhoods. wher

. >> and joining me now is nbc's lester holt.is so moving and to see them as adults, i still think of them as children. >> we all remember those pictures of them flooding out of the school and the s.w.a.t. teams, which interestingly you set up there what sam was going through, obviously you heard from other columbine survivors going through the same thing. his thought was, i bet that the students at other school shooting sites are going through the same thing. with dateline's help, sam goes on a journey, goes to virginia tech, he goes to minnesota where another school shooting had happened. he visits these places, jonesboro arkansas and meets with other survivors and they talk out their feelings and many of the shootings happened in late march, early april around the same time. they confront the same sense of dread when spring comes around. he's hoping to finds a way to process and heal. >> we just had the virginia tech anniversa anniversary, it's the same time of year and horrible franklin regional high school incident, the stab

. >>> i'm lester holt and this is "dateline." here's dennis murphy. >>> on that thursday in early september 2010, the tourists clip cloped past the ford in st. augustine. the shops on st. george street, but when the sun went down that night, if you were young, and lucky enough to score tickets, you were on your way to the amphitheater. the indie band was plague. michelle o'connell was there and her glum looking boyfriend, jeremy banks. but her smile was little more than a camera reflex. for at least part of the night, they were both having a terrible time as michelle's brother scott remembers it. >> she just looked upset. i tried to crack a joke with her and cheer her up. nothing would get her to smile like that. >> they had been together a little over a year. jeremy and michelle. living together at his place for the past six months. they had been fighting in recent weeks worse than usual. the concert, jeremy told us, was shaping up to be their last date. >> i remember sitting there that night thinking to myself that tonight was

i'm brian williams, lester holt will be here this weekend. hope to see you back on monday night. in the meantime, have a good weekend, happy easter, good night. >>> pen -- nbc bay area news starts now. >>> i think it should be investigated before they build the houses. >> right now at 6:00, toxic concerns over development in the bay area's biggest city. good evening and thanks for being with us on this friday. >> new at 6:00, it's being hailed as the new santana row, but there's growing concern over dangerous toxins that still exist at the ground. it sits on the old site of the old ibm plant. construction includes both homes and retail, and it's booming. damian trujillo is there. and there are health concerns. >> reporter: there are. the city has done a lot with this former ibm plant. the facilities look great, the new stores are going out behind me to my right, your left. but while ibms gone, there is concerntoxins in the ground. it's where kids gather, new stores are popping up and new homes are on the horizons. >> it's been in a stand still baufrts recession. the fact that it'

lester holt will take a closer look at the fallout on "nbc nightly news." you can find more coverage of the story online at nbc bay area.com. >> south bay mother accused of an unspeakable crime. police say she stabbed her infant son to death yesterday. she is now behind bars. nbc bay area, annette miranda is at the regional park with the details. >> the terrible crime happened near here at the regional park. a young mother stabbed her own baby to death. the 23-year-old is identified as ashley renee newton of san jose. authorities say she has hey history of def pregpression. currently at jail without bail. investigators responded to calls of erratic driving. newton apparently ran her honda civic into several things before abandoning it at the end of the road. police found the mother later holding her lifeless, 7-month-old. the offduty livermore police chief who was hiking nearby tried to perform cpr, but the stab wounds were just too much. ,000 officers say, newton implicated herself in the crime. she was arrested. the knife police believe was used to the ki

this video released by the lester police. still looking for tease guys. a group of them. they've got a sledgehammer trying to break in to this person's home. look at this. they go to work on this door. this is terrifying. watch this. here we're seeing a good shot of their faces. >> yeah. >> bashing, bashing over and over again with the sledgehammer. but this is the scariest part. apparently the homeowner was home during all this and able to somehow fend these guys off. i don't know. barricading the door, pushing the shoulder into the door or something. bu eventuay these guys get set up and theyake off. >> person on the stairway who came up to peek and see what was going on and ducked down. >> in my opinion looks like they know who's inside and what they're after. they doesn't look random. >> this took place the weekend before christmas. hopefully somebody can identify these guys. >> from something serious to something just really silly, this is in downtown tallahassee, the tallahassee police department releasing these videos. look at the bro in the tank top just going up

johnny lester. come and get it, big fella. the georgia fire of the indoor football league. wow. just over the wall. the a's hung on. never got his feet down. don't worry. got full padding and as you can see, the fella is okay. >> wow, that was incredible. >> yeah, if you liked it so much, we'll be back to show it again at 6:30. >> we'll be here. thanks. >> that's going to do it at 5:30. we'll see you in 30 minutes. for now, thanks for watching. >> good night. ,,,,,,,, really... so our business can be on at&t's network for $175 dollars a month? yup. all five of you for $175. our clients need a lot of attention. there's unlimited talk and text. we're working deals all day. you get 10 gigabytes of data to share. what about expansion potential? add a line anytime for 15 bucks a month. low dues& great terms& let's close. our best ever value plans for business just got even better. serio. >> axelrod: tonight, why did it happen? new details about the fedex truck just before it collided with a bus full of high school students in california. teri okita with the story of the inspiring peo

lester holt will be here with you this weekend. we of course hope to see you right back here on monday night. in the meantime, have a good weekend. good night. >>> right now at 6:00 business is booming in the south bay and it's more than just tech. thanks for joining us. i'm kris sanchez in for jessica aguirre tonight. >> i'm raj mathai. big-time job growth. something else is booming in the silicon valley. our business and tech reporter scott budman joins us from downtown san jose, scott? >> reporter: good evening, raj. a strong economy brings new jobs and new money. that's good news for a slew of new restaurants opening here in downtown san jose. you can call this the new south bay food boom. the south bay has been in a construction boom for a few years. >> we're building a 23-story high rise in downtown. >> reporter: bringing new jobs and new buildings and growth in the tech industry lasted longer bringing with it even more jobs. but here is food for thought, the south bay is now a hot spot for restaurant growth as dozens of new

. >>> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt, substituting tonight carl quintanilla. >>> good evening. we're learning more tonight about the collision with a fedex truck and school bus. five adults and five students were killed when a truck crossed into the median and plowed into the bus. now investigators are piecing together details of that crash. nbc's janet is in chico, california tonight with more, janet, good evening. >> reporter: carl, good evening to you. it is going to be a pain-staking process. the intensity of the fire, inferno has left investigators with little to examine. they are going to be doing mapping with 3d technology to recreate how it happened and whether it could have been prevented. it is true detective work for investigators who are still sifting through the accident scene. the inferno and tractor trailer leaving them little more than charred shells may have stolen vital clues, electronics that indicate speed, braking and overall performance. >> because of the post-crash fire, there is not much of anything left. we will be looking for an electronic control mod

lester holt will be here with your this weekend.e, of course, hope to see you right back here on monday night. in the meantime, have a good weekend. good night. >>> nbc bay area news starts now. >>> right now at 6:00, slick roads and a wet commute, and the rain isn't over yet. good evening and thanks for being with us on this friday. i'm raj mathai. >> and i'm jessica aguirre. some wet streets are lingering after a messy, wet day. it's a sight we don't see often across the bay area, clouds rain, but it's not going to make much of a dent in our drought. >> the storm system is situated right across the bay area. but the heaviest rainfall is beginning to push off to the south. we will begin to get in the clear after lightning and some thunderstorms. most of it has started to move out. as we zoom in and get a stop on the radar, a little bit of a closer scan, you can still see a few spotty showers well offshore. i don't think we're done for tonight, but we're done with the strongest rainfall at the moment. great news if you have any plan

lester holt will be here with you this weekend. we, of course, hope to see you right back here on monday night. in the meantime, please have a good weekend. good night. >>> nbc bay area news begins with breaking news. >>> right now at 6:00, federal investigators on the scene of a deadly tour bus crash. >> it was supposed to be a life-changing trip for the better, but it did not turn out that way for everyone after a fiery and deadly crash. investigators revealed new details aboutity go team on the ground and how they'll figure out exactly what happened. this is what the crash site looked like after the accident. it took the lives of ten people, five of them high schoolers happening on a northern california highway when a fed ex truck veered across the median slamming right into a tour bus hiding to humboldt college. you can see the charred road from that inferno. our team is uncovering the safety records for the bus company and for fed ex but we begin with sam brock who's been on the scene all day. >>> the ntsb press conference wra

if you love music like lester, you could jam with him.k with you. jenna is looking for a fan to go water skiing with her. and dylan would love a golf partner. why do you share your passions? >> and bring your golf clubs. that will do it for us on a saturday morning. tomorrow on "today," playing a 76-hour marathon game without stopping. why they're doing that. >>> pretty remarkable story as we approach the one-year anniversary of the boston marathon bombing. i'll introduce you to a very special young woman who emphasizes boston >>> good morning. i'm kris sanchez. coming up next on "today in the bay," an overnight crash sends people from their homes under evacuation in the south bay and more on the deadly tour bus crash on interstate 5 that killed five. ten people injured. including what's next in the investigation. rob mayeda will let us know whether we're in for another warmup. is mayeda, meteorologist rob mayeda ♪ hey, that's the last crescent! oh, did you want it? yeah. we'll split it. [ female announcer ] made fresh, so light, buttery

. >> in reporting for column on -- subject like years lester, i was surprised to see that there are conservatives that support this. somebody like ted poe who may agree with you in one out of 10,000 issues, a house sponsor of the bill which at that point was more liberal than yours. so who is against it? the mostole -- republicans are against it. they do not want any exception to national security. present law is if the government says it is national security, a journalist has to testify. what people mistake is there's no first amendment right for gathering information. there is a first amendment right for putting forth information, but not in the way you gather it. there are a lot of people, particularly the national security side of republicans, who are against it. until we made the compromise that is somewhat controversial, having more limited protections in national security, the obama administration and the attorney general were against it. it mainly comes from the national security side. the obama administration is now in favor of it because there are limits in terms of national security. t

. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. substituting tonight, carl quintanilla. >>> good evening. two stories we're following for you tonight. a showdown between ukraine's government forces and pro-russian separatists has triggered the u.n. security council to call an emergency meeting tonight. we'll get to that in a moment. >>> but first, multiple shootings at a jewish community center on the eve of passover have left at least three people dead in overland park, kansas. police say the suspect is a white male in his 70s. our report from andres gutierrez of our affiliate kshb. andres, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, carl. police tell me three people are dead and a 14-year-old boy is in critical condition tonight following this afternoon's shooting. law enforcement say that multiple shots were fired around 1:00 p.m. local time at the jewish community center here in overland park. it's a city 20 minutes south of kansas city, missouri. shots were also fired at village shalom, a retirement home eight blocks away. a man

. >>> our continuing coverage on the missing plane mystery continues on nbc "nightly news" with lester holt starting at 5:30 right here on nbc ba ar yy. >>> we have new developments in the unusual case of several young men charged with murdering their friend in the south bay even though someone else has confessed to the killing. we're hearing from the father of one of the men charged. it all started at a fight at a park in campbell involving the young men and a 24-year-old homeless man. the homeless man admits he fatally stabbed 16-year-old ivan diaz and says it was in self-defense. the district attorney decided to charge the five friends with diaz's murder. it's a legal leap hole called provocative act doctrine and it allows a district attorney to charge someone with murder if their actions created the situation leading up to the killing, and the father of one of the five boys charged says it's just not right. >> when he got to the park, that's when the accident happened, and he was there, but he never touched the person, nor did he get close to the person so that's why i feel it is a

. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt.ubstituting tonight, carl quintanilla. >>> good evening. tw

paul lester with the deepening crisis in ukraine. looks like ukraine's government has gone on the offensive again is pro russian troops but a given any progress so far. it appears so daniel the ukraine government says it has regained control of the central government building in the eastern city of nerd you call from pro russian separatists. several people were reportedly injured during the overnight operation. another military strike is also said to be taking place in the city is mommy asked for ukrainian forces are slowly taking back key checkpoints. cover the separatists are still occupying buildings in a least a dozen other towns in eastern ukraine. tensions have been rising after pro russian militants rejected a four week deal reached in geneva last week to de escalate the conflict meanwhile moscow's foreign minister sergei blackrock has warned russia will response or latent interest in ukraine are directly attacked. and turning out to the middle east the united nations secretary general on the moon has called on the security co

lester mento is the last abortion doctor left in the rio grande valley >> this is the sono room. it's where we do sonograms, check everybody >> the suction machines? >> the machines are here so that the girls don't have to listen to the noise. every week, he makes the 5-hour clinic. >> and where is the room where here? >> right back here. but this is kind of -- there is nothing vulgar. it's just like a jail cell, man. >> kind of small. this is where you stay two or three nights a week? >> two or three nights a week. >> you said you sleep with a gun on you? >> i lay it there beside me. >> can you show me? this is what you use? >> this is what i don't want to ever use it. i know how to use it and always carry it. >> for >> yes. >> these demonstrators call me murderers, everything that thing. they followed my kids around and yelled at my children when they were little, these good christians. they don't have the courage to stand up to me but they would follow my kids around and say things to them in stores, things like, you know, your dad is a murderer, and terrible things. they woul