lester. >> all right, morgan, thank you. >>> let's turn now to bill karins. he's tracking these storms bill, what are you watching closely tonight? >> good evening, lester this is one of the strongest storms we've ever recorded in the ohio valley. these thunderstorms produced over 130 high wind reports we have over 1 million people in the dark right now. we've even had a few injuries from trees falling on people. the areas of concern through the evening still high winds even though the severe weather threat is diminishing, we will still have really high winds through much of kentucky tennessee, into areas of west virginia, near pittsburgh, and the snow portion of the storm will be tonight. we have near blizzard conditions right now from detroit into areas of lower michigan tonight of that in the higher elevations of northern new england, they'll get enough snow to shovel and plow, but the mountainous areas will get up to a foot >> bill, thank you for that update. >>> we turn to the president's health the white house physician revealing today that a lesion rem

>> lester, that's right. the california-based bank had been fighting to stop depositors from pulling their money, but after markets closed 11 banks rushed to rescue first republic by depositing $30 billion of uninsured funds into the bank. this comes after treasury secretary yellen told congress she was worried about contagion after the failures of silicon valley bank and signature bank over the weekend markets responded positively today, lester. >> concerns about the banking system are adding to talk about recession? >> yeah, lester. many economists had already been worried about a recession. the treasury secretary said today that if more banks fail, that would be a source of significant downside economic risk translation? the unease in the banking sector certainly doesn't help those recession fears, lester. >> brian cheung, thank you very much >>> tonight we've learned the biden administration is threatening to ban tiktok if the app's chinese owners don't sell the company. it comes amid concerns the chinese

lester. >> all right.peter alexander, thank you. >>> also developing tonight, a letter containing a death threat and white powder sent to the manhattan district attorney as he considers criminal charges against former president trump. ken dilanian joins me now. ken, what more do we know about this? >> reporter: lester, the fbi has joined the nypd in investigating a letter containing a threat to kill manhattan d.a. alvin bragg. officers today were at his office. bragg is overseeing that investigation into former president trump regarding that hush money payment. police say the letter was postmarked tuesday from orlando and contained white powder that authorities determined was not dangerous. all this as mr. trump has been ratcheting up the rhetoric on social media overnight warning of a potential death and destruction if he is charged. he also showed images of him holding a baseball bat near bragg's head. those posts coming before the death threat was mailed, but there are still concerns tonight. a senior n

. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, and thank you for being with us on this friday night. in what is at least for this moment mostly symbolic act, an arrest warrant was issued today for russian president vladimir putin now formally charged by the international criminal court for war crimes in ukraine. the court says putin bears individual responsibility for the unlawful transfer of children from occupied areas of ukraine to russia while there is little expectation of putin ending up in custody any time soon, the charges were nonetheless welcome by ukraine's president zelenskyy, who thanked the court for its willingness to really bring those who are guilty to justice. tonight putin's spokesman dismissed the warrant saying, we do not recognize this court. erin mclaughlin reports from kyiv. >> reporter: tonight russian president vladimir putin now wanted for alleged war crimes the international criminal court issuing an arrest warrant saying putin oversaw the forced deportation of children from ukraine to russia, forbidden under international law

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lester? >> savannah sellers starting us off tonight, thank you. >>> new details emerging about the teenager who shot two administrators at his high school in denver. morgan chesky joins us. and, morgan, we know more about his criminal history. >> reporter: yeah, lester, we do. a law enforcement source confirming that this teenaged gunman was arrested two years ago on a felony firearms charge. and district leadership just admitted that they were completely unaware. >> for us to incur deaths of students is not okay. >> reporter: tonight in denver, 24 hours after a student opened fire at east high school, troubling facts emerging. to what extent was the district aware that before this shooting took place, this student was already facing a firearms charge and had been placed on probation? >> the district was not aware. remember, we have over 200 schools. but east was. >> reporter: and yet he was still allowed to come to school? >> that is correct. >> reporter: authorities identified the gunman ov

we are talking baseball, lester about the size of baseballs. that is what we are worried about. ef-2 tornadoes and as we look tomorrow more enhanced weather. with wind gusts, tornadoes likely damaging wind and hail flash flood watches stretching from ohio all the way down to oklahoma for 24 million people and snowfall from chicago to boston looking 1 to 3 inches. maybe 2 to 5 a lot of weather. >> hail the size of a baseball my goodness. thank you. >>> a flight hit by turbulence is one of the aviation scares being investigated tonight. the other is an in-flight fire and the possible explosive found in a tsa check point. here's nbc's tom costello >> reporter: it happened on a spirit airlines flight 259, dallas to orlando. an in-flight emergency as smoke suddenly began pouring out of an overhead luggage bin. >> the whole plane was filled with smoke. frightening for it was frightening for a while. >> reporter: a retired firefighter put out the fire caused by a passenger's overheating battery. the flight diverted to jacksonville ten people taken to a local hospital a serious reminder

says gave the green light for this. >> reporter: lester, three u.s. officials familiar with the intelligence tell nbc news that russia's aggressive actions yesterday including dropping jet fuel on the drone were approved by the highest levels of russian leadership, but the actual collision with the drone, they say, was likely not intentional. lester. >> all right, peter alexander with the latest thank you. >>> hundreds of thousands are without power tonight after two major storms swept across both coasts in the west, thousands remain evacuated while in the northeast, millions are digging out from feet of snow. emilie ikeda is in the middle of it all in upstate new york. emilie, good evening >> reporter: lester, this is an area that is used to winter weather, but as you can see in the drooping tree branches, this colossal storm dumped heavy snow, problematic just not for cleanup but for power lines too. tonight the northeast digging out from a dangerous deluge of rain and snow. >> this is the worst snowstorm i've ever plowed it's crazy. >> reporter: pa

lester. >> all right. hallie jackson, thank you. >>> financial markets were down again today as concerns persist about the strength of banks, and tonight president biden wants bank executives held more accountable. here's kristen welker with that. >> reporter: tonight president biden intensifying pressure on bank executives who engage in mismanagement and excessive risk, calling on congress to give regulators more power to reclaim bonuses and stock sale gains, make it tougher for dangering executives to land other jobs in the industry and expand regulators' ability to fine executives writing, no one is above the law. it comes after the president on monday announced the government would make whole those who deposited money at the silicon valley bank and signature banks, which collapsed. >> let me also assure you, we will not stop at this. we'll do whatever is needed. >> reporter: but there is no guarantee a divided congress will pass the president's proposals. today on capitol hill, republican house speaker

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lester? >> all right. kathy park, thank you. >>> also developing, nbc news has learned a federal judge is ordering former vice president mike pence to testify to a grand jury. the one called by the special counsel investigating former president trump's efforts to overturn his election laws. laura jarrett was first to report this story. laura, this is potentially a big win for the special counsel. >> it could be a game-changer, lester. the special counsel has been trying for months to make pence testify about his conversations with former president trump in the days leading up to january 6th. now while the judge did acknowledge pence's novel constitutional argument that he should receive immunity from testifying given his role as president of the senate on january 6th, a source familiar with the ruling tells me the judge decided that immunity would not prevent pence from testifying about any alleged illegality on trump's part. >> we're getting late reaction from the former vp? >> that's right.

." >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening, everyone, and welcome. we start tonight with the historic breaking news here in new york city a grand jury has voted to indict former president trump. investigating his role in a hush money payment to an adult film star during his 2016 campaign, a claim mr. trump denies a lawyer for mr. trump says the former president has been notified of the indictment the action is unprecedented. it is the first time a former or sitting american president has been indicted. nbc's garrett haake leads our coverage garrett, what more do we know? >> lester, this historic vote came two months to the day since this grand jury was impanelled the case is all about an alleged hush money payment that former trump fixer michael cohen says he made on mr. trump's behalf to an adult film actress to silence her claims of an affair that mr. trump has denied the payment itself is not illegal. and we don't know specifically what charges mr. trump faces. it could be a misdemeanor relating to falsifying business records or manhattan d.a. alv

lester? >> all right. keir simmons, thank you. >>> in texas today a deadly shooting at a high school near dallas. one student was killed, another was injured when a gunman opened fire at lamar high school in arlington. police say a third student was arrested and is facing a capital murder charge. police have not publicly identified the suspect because he is a minor. >>> now to our nbc news exclusive. for the first time the virginia teacher who was shot by a 6-year-old student in january is speaking out about her difficult challenges on the road to recovery. we get more from anne thompson. >> reporter: tonight for the first time abigail zwerner in her own words. in an exclusive interview with savannah guthrie the first-grade teacher describing the challenges she faces after she was shot by a 6-year-old student in front of her class. >> how do you feel? how is your recovery going? >> i've been doing okay. you know, i -- it's been challenging. i've gone through a lot of obstacles and challenges. some days are

lester >> all right, miguel, thank you. >>> we want to turn now to new developments on those americans kidnapped in mexico we've just learned there was a fifth person on the trip gabe gutierrez is in south carolina where the americans are from >> mexico, here we go >> reporter: this is video inside the minivan heading to mexico before four americans were kidnapped. it was originally livestreamed on facebook a law enforcement source familiar with the matter tells nbc news, a previously unreported fifth person made the road trip but left the group before the others crossed the border because that person did not have the proper documentation. we're blurring her face since she has not been publicly identified latavia washington mcgee, a mother of six, was among the americans captured friday when authorities say cartel gunmen opened fire on the minivan after they crossed into mexico for a medical procedure. mcgee's cousin, shaeed woodard, and close friend, zindell brown, were killed. mcgee's mother speaking to cnn today. >> she watched them die. >> reporter: another member of the group, eri

. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >> good evening and welcome, everyone. in a pair of cases that will impact tens of millions of student loan borrowers, the supreme court heard arguments today on whether the biden administration had the authority to forgive some of those loans. the president's loan debt relief plan calls for erasing up to $20,000 in student loans for certain borrowers at an estimated cost of $400 billion. but it was put on hold last fall by an appeals court. today the plan appeared to face new headwinds before the supreme court as conservative justices question whether the president was acting within the law the white house defending the plan tonight as a helping hand for those getting back on their feet after the pandemic but critics say the program is patently unfair for those who paid their debt or who never took out a loan in the first place laura jarrett has more now from washington. >> reporter: tonight, the biden administration's plan to wipe away nearly a half a trillion dollars in student loan debt facing a skeptical conservative

lester. >> all right. kaylee hartung, thank you. >>> staying in utah now for our next story with social media playing such a big role in the lives of our kids, the state wants limits, groundbreaking new legislation will try to curb their time on certain platforms and require kids to give their parents access. other states may soon follow. here's miguel almaguer. >> reporter: when it goes into effect next year, children and teenagerss in utah h could lose access to their social media accounts or face a barrage of restrictions aimed at shielding them from platforms some call addictive and dangerous. the law just signed by utah's governor is expected to face legal challenges because of the wide-ranging impact on companies like tiktok, instagram, snapchat and facebook. in addition to requiring age verification and giving parents access to their children's accounts, the law prohibits kids under 18 from using social media between 10:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. nicoline pack is a mother of four. >> i think it's a move

>> the odds are not in his favor here, lester. the defense team has vowed to take this all the way up to the supreme court if necessary, but the standard for overturning a jury verdict is quite high. it rarely happens, and that's because arguing that there was error at the trial isn't enough. he'd have to show one that actually influenced the verdict and as we just heard, murdaugh's lawyers say the judge shouldn't have let in evidence of his past financial crimes to prove his motive in this case, that it tainted the jury's view of their client, but it's not clear that it made any difference to the end result. at least one juror says that it was the video placing murdaugh at the scene of the crime just moments before those murders that was most compelling, lester. >> but what happens now in those financial issues? >> yes, some 99 different financial crime, those are still pending in front of the very same judge that sentenced him today and that everything that murdaugh admitted on the stand in that case can be used against him in t

lester. >> all right, peter alexander with the latest. thank you. >>> hundreds of thousands are without power tonight after two major storms swept across both coasts. in the west thousands remain evacuated while in the northeast, millions are digging out from feet of snow. emilie ikeda is in the middle of it all. in upstate new york, emilie, good evening. >> reporter: lester, this is an area used to winter weather, but as you can see in the drooping tree branches, this colossal storm dropped heavy snow, trouble for power lines too. tonight the northeast digging out from a dangerous deluge of rain and snow. >> this is the worst snowstorm i've ever plow ed. it's crazy. >> reporter: parts of the region unrecognizable now buried beneath three feet of snow. marking a preliminary record for massachusetts. the treacherous conditions didn't stop state police from rescuing a pair of hikers stranded overnight. while the snow tapered off, high-powered winds gusting above 60 miles an hour continue to wreak havoc on travel plans. >> delayed until 9:20

>> here we go, lester. a tornado watch already issued for texarkana, little rock to memphis for this evening and large hail is possible, and then tomorrow, this will be the headlinevent we already have what we call a moderate risk of severe weather from the dallas-fort worth area the storms will form and then spread over the same areas of louisiana and southern arkansas, and we not only expect tornadoes, but a few strong tornadoes are likely tomorrow afternoon right into tomorrow evening so that's going to be a big concern, then the cold side of this storm. it looks like northern new england is going to get a snowstorm friday night into saturday morning a wintry mess through central new england, just rain south of new york city and a heads-up to our friends from chicago to detroit, lester, a heavy, narrow band of snow someone is going to get nailed, and there will be power outages. >> all right, bill, thank you for that >>> officials in greece say it appears human error is mainly to blame for a horrific hea

lester. >> tom costello in our washington studio.nks. >>> still no end in sight for those stranded by mountains of snow in southern california with more winter weather on the way. miguel almaguer is there. >> reporter: if only for a moment, the beauty blankets the danger, but tonight bury and blocked by massive snowdrifts, there's growing desperation to reach the stranded 80 miles outside los angeles. >> all the people like i need to get medicine. >> reporter: navigating a maze of icy roads in twin peaks, this is the only way for volunteers like melissa post to reach them. >> we're going to come back. >> reporter: carrying supplies and conducting their own welfare checks, neighbors are doing what they say authorities are not. >> we have an endless list of people trapped, and it's getting to a point of just that desperate feeling, just very scared. >> reporter: amid concern those who lost power could also lose their lives in freezing temperatures. gas leaks have led to explosions leaving some without heat for days. >> we're both freez

. >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening, everyone and thank you for joining us chilling images tonight appear to show four americans kidnapped at gunpoint moments after crossing from texas into mexico on friday. tonight the fbi asking for the public's help, offering a $50,000 reward to help locate the americans who were attacked by armed men after crossing from brownsville, texas into matamoros riding in a minivan bearing north carolina plates one woman seen being dragged into a pickup truck. a u.s. official tells nbc news the attack may have been a case of mistaken identity authorities say a mexican citizen was killed during the confrontation. gabe gutierrez reports it happened in an area that has become increasingly dangerous. >> reporter: these photos shared widely on social media appear to show the kidnapping's aftermath. the fbi says the four americans entered matamoros, mexico friday in a white minivan with north carolina license plates before armed gunmen opened fire and abducted them. a law enforcement official with knowledge of the matter

lester? >> garrett haake, thank you. >>> in virginia, shocking video released today of a man's final moments after being restrained by sheriff's deputies and staff at a mental hospital, all now formally charged with murder. catie beck has more. i have to warn you, the images are disturbing. >> reporter: the actions of seven virginia sheriff's deputies and three hospital workers on march 6th captured on camera. images of 28-year-old ivo otieno's last hours. >> his story was not supposed to end like this. >> reporter: transported from jail to a mental hospital, where prosecutors say he was smothered to death during intake. a grand jury meeting today. >> they took about three hours and came back with ten indictments. what does that say to you? >> it says to me that this nine men and one woman murdered my son. >> reporter: the video released by the prosecution, which doesn't have sound shows otieno's intake at the hospital. at 4:19, deputies walk him into a hospital admissions room. otieno appear

lester? >> garrett haake, thank you. joining me now nbc legal correspondent laura jarrett. laura, let's start with you in this case against the former president. it is not a sure thing in terms of what we know so far about the indictment. >> lester, it is a historic move for sure, but it is far from an open and shut case. based on what we know, at this moment, the charges we believe prosecutors have zeroed in on, a potential charge of falsifying business records requires an intent to defraud. and mr. trump's attorneys say this hush money payment was all michael cohen, his former lawyer's idea, and that cohen's creditability here will be absolutely key as he is obviously a target for mr. trump's lawyers given his previous convictions on this very issue. now both alvin bragg's predecessor in the d.a.'s office, cy vance, and federal prosecutors passed on charging trump in this very hush money case. of course, we haven't seen the exact charges. we haven't seen the indictment in this case, lester.

lester? >> laura jarrett of the supreme court tonight, thank you. >>> this evening, a state of emergency in the mountains outside los angeles where record snowfall has left many stranded, while tens of millions are under winter weather alerts. here is miguel almaguer. >> reporter: before sunrise, the state of emergency was ordered in the mountains just outside los angeles. already buried under as much as 7 feet of snow, trapped residents in san bernardino county are rationing food and running short on supplies as another major snowstorm barrels in. >> crazy, crazy. never experienced this kind of weather before. >> reporter: in lake arrowhead, griffith hiked a mile through waist-deep snow to get to a gas station. major roads are impassible. and many like teresa grant are stranded. >> we haven't seen a plow in days. >> he jackknifed. >> reporter: this once in a generation storm shutting down more than 70 miles of interstate 80, a lifeline for commerce. >> luckily, i have my dad with me. otherwi

i'm lester holt.good night >> beautiful >>> i'm raj mathai. next on nbc bay area news tonight, there's a good chance you don't have power right now. 70-mile-an-hour winds causing mass outages and damage. toppled trees and power lines. falling glass. and even overturned planes. when will this wind die down? >>> also, some families in saratoga caught off by a landslide, and this isn't the first time. >>> plus the town of pajaro city flooded after that levee break. >> when you take a look from above, you can see the water only gets deeper the further south you go. >> why another levee break is actually helping the situation. >>> and silicon valley b

lester? >> all right, tom, thank you. >>> parts of southern california remain under a state of emergency tonight with many residents still trapped after days of historic snowfall. first responders still trying to reach those stranded with some running out of food and medicine. miguel almaguer is there. >> reporter: as blizzard-like conditions blanket california cities already buried under feet of snow -- >> we have neighbors who are panicking. they're without, you know, food, power, heat, medications. >> reporter: for nearly two weeks now trapped residents near lake arrowhead just two hours outside of los angeles have been pleading for help. today middle school teacher steve gaskell is a literal lifeline. his jeep loaded with meals and insulin for marisa kupsak's uncle who's stranded at home. >> thank you. >> it's overwhelming because my husband can't even come home. he's stuck at the bottom of the hill. >> reporter: as the desperate ration food and medicine, mounds of snow are trapping the m

lester. >> courtney kube at the pentagon. thank you. >>> in virginia new murder charges tonight in the death of a black man being transferred to a mental hospital. three hospital workers now charged in addition to seven sheriff's deputies. catie beck has late details. >> reporter: irvo otieno's mother says her son was tortured by deputies after a transport to a mental hospital. >> he was my baby. >> reporter: today three employees of the mental hospital charged with second degree murder for their role in irvo otieno's death, this after seven henrico sheriff's deputies were charged with second degree murder charges in the incident all currently on administrative leave. authorities say otieno was at home and admits to a mental health crisis. after receiving a call he had been seen gathering solar powered lawn lights from a neighbor's yard and otieno's family and his attorneys say days later in custody during intake at a mental hospital in handcuffs and shackles that he was smothered to death by deputies. >> can someone explain

i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other.ally rough right now out of san francisco. police act the shutdown eastbound lanes of the bay bridge. on the lower deck heading toward oakland just before treasure island. people have cleared the scene. we want to show you the backup right now. this is a track a bit -- you can see the red there on 101 north. traffic is backed up all the way to the bayview district near the 101/280 interchange.

lester? >> all right. kathy park, thank you.e1 nashville police chief john drake. chief drake, i appreciate you being e1e1 here. based on your last briefing, it sounds like things are moving very quickly. you described this as a targeted attack. can you elaborate?q >> absolutely. so the perso as audrey hale, she's a 28-year-old nashvillian, we have qn#9belief, or we feel very strongly that shee1 went to school here in the nashville area and she went to lq actual school. and so there's some belief that there was some resentment for having to go to that school. i don't have all the detail for that just yet. and that's why this incident occurred.q >> did hale target in w3 i9?ejuá target the school or someone in the school?t( >> she targeted random students in the school, just whoever -- and ñ came in contact with. >> you recovered what you've described as a manifesto. you've also said that hale identified as trans. do you believe there is a connection to e1 that? >> we feel that she identifies as trans, but we're still in thet( ini

>> up next on nightly news, lester holt with the a.i. revolution, dire warnings from experts including those saying new technology cannot go unchecked. lester holt joins us right now. >>> breaking news tonight, the all-out search for a suspect >>> breaking news tonight, the all-out search for a suspect after a shooting at a denver high school. the 17-year-old student on the run after police say he pulled a gun while he was being searched for a weapon and opened fire. two school administrators wounded. their conditions and the urgent manhunt. >>> also tonight, the rare tornado hitting los angeles county. debris flying as roofs are torn off. the weather system blamed for multiple deaths now on the move. >>> the dramatic video, a man dangling outside the 31st floor of a new york city skyscraper. the hours long standoff with the fbi. what we're learning. >>> donald trump bracing for a possible indictment. the move today by the manhattan d.a. potentially delaying a grand jury decision in the hush money case and the new blow for mr. trump in h

. >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening, everyone president biden was up early in front of the cameras before the markets opened this morning in a move to calm jitters following a pair of bank collapses. mr. biden declaring the banking system is safe and telling customers your deposits will be there when you need them new york's signature bank following silicon valley bank down the road to collapse over the weekend. those banks are tonight in the hands of regulators. in addition to telling folks their money is safe, the president today called on congress and banking regulators to strengthen banking rules to prevent such failures in the future the government reassurance appeared to go a long way toward easing nerves on wall street however, concerns remain over whether it's all over. nbc's jake ward has much more. >> reporter: with two u.s. banks being forced into closure in recent days president biden sought to assure the country before markets opened this morning. >> americans can have confidence that the banking system is safe your deposits will be

do we know anything about the identities of the americans >> well, lester, the fbi has not confirmed any details but i just spoke with a family member of one of those abducted and she says the group was from south carolina but had a rental car with north carolina plates. she says the group crossed the border for a medical procedure. a law enforcement source with knowledge of the matter tells nbc news it was cosmetic surgery and the family is pleading for their safe return tonight, lester >> gabe gutierrez, thank you. >>> let's turn now to those mid-air scares the latest, a man arrested for allegedly trying to open a plane's emergency exit door during a flight, then stab a flight attendant. that coming after a southwest flight was forced to land after a bird strike. here's tom costello. >> reporter: it happened on a united flight from l.a. to boston federal prosecutors say 45 minutes before landing a male passenger attempted to open an exit door between first class and coach. when flight attendants confronted the man he allegedly tried to stab one of them in the neck with a broken spo

here's lester holt. >> and good evening.ive look inside the courtroom in walterboro, south carolina, where the jury has reached a verdict in the alex murdaugh case. let's listen in as the verdict is read. >> and you may be seated. >> the defendant will rise. madam clerk, you may publish the verdict starting with the back, not with the -- let's see. tell you again. starting with the back and go over them one by one. >> okay. >> docket number 2022 gs-1500592, the state of south carolina county of collison in the court of general sessions in the term of 2022 july, the state versus richard alexander murdaugh, defendant, indictment for murder, sc code 16-3-0010cdr code 00116. guilty verdict signed by the forelady 3-2-23. docket number 2022-gs-15-00593, the state of south carolina, county op collison in the court of general session, the jewel term of 2022, the state versus richard alexand murdaugh, defendant, indictment for murder sc code 16-3-001 0, cdr code 00116, verdict, guilty. signed by the forelady, date 3-2-23. docket numb

lester. >> peter alexander, thank you.ood to have you here. >>> we're tracking a major cross-country storm on the move. the powerful system battering the west coast now pushing eastward. 13 states under winter weather alerts from california to wisconsin. the threat really ramps up friday with 47 million americans at risk of high winds and possible tornadoes from the midwest to the deep south. >>> here in new york, law enforcement officials say several indictments and arrest warrants have been issued after a string of robberies and assaults targeting gay bars left two men dead. stephanie gosk now with more from our nbc news investigation. >> reporter: new york city's hell's kitchen, one of manhattan's most dynamic neighborhoods, a favorite spot for the lgbtq community, now a target, the nypd says, for thieves using a debilitating and sometimes deadly cocktail of drugs to steal from their victims like 33-year-old john umberger. >> he just loved the energy of the city. >> reporter: umberger came to new york last spring for wo

lester? >> all right. jake ward starting us off. thank you. more let me bring in andrew ross sorkin. he's a "new york times" columnist and co-anchor of "squawk box" on cnbc. andrew, help us understand how did we get here in the first place? >> this started because at silicon valley bank they lost $2 billion. and that was really the smoke that lit the fire that scared people. and many of their clients, a lot of venture capitalists in silicon valley, they screamed theater in a crowded theater and everybody ran for the exits. and that's what ultimately created a run on the bank. that's what led to the failure of that bank. but it also led to even bigger questions about other small and regional banks across the country and whether others would leave them too. >> and that brings up the question of what should people at home be doing. they obviously want to know their money is safe. is there something folks should be doing or not doing? >> well, here's the good news. you actually now need to do nothing. because of this failure and the worry that the

lester 5—0. piling the pressure on lester 5—0.ave only scored seven times in 16 matches. reading came from behind to draw 2—2 with brighton. in the gallagher premiership, moved off the bottom of the table. this goal from joe faulkner seger it's the first premiership when of 2023 and also sees them pick up a bonus point. welsh rugby clubs have today voted favour of major changes to: favour of major changes tozthe in favour of major changes to the way the sport is run. they held their special meeting following allegations of sexism and misogyny within the welsh rugby union. the aim is to modernise the w are you to include more expertise, knowledge and diversity and it also includes the introduction of an independent chairfor the first time. the introduction of an independent chair for the first time. meanwhile, france has got their women's six nation campaign off to a winning start against italy in the rainy palmer, a late try from caroline bouchard help seal the win for france who will try to back up the win against ireland next sa

. >> reporter: hey there, lester.lly glad we are talking to kids about this because banks can sound really scary and overwhelming, but guess what, guys they're actually really simple. a bank is a place where you go to put your uponie away for safekeeping, but it is also a play where you can go to get a loan like when you ask your parents for your allowance ahead of time let's break it down. think of a bank like a piggy bank, but for adults you might even recognize a few of the big ones like bank of america, wells fargo or chase it is a place you can put your money and know it is there when you need it. banks offer all different kinds of way to save, checking accounts, savings accounts and sometimes they even pay you to let them hold your money. that's called interest wouldn't it be nice if every time you put a dollar in your piggy bank you got an additional 5 cents bank accounts make it really easy to pay bills or to get cash at atms whenever you want so you can use it to buy something or go out to eat with a bank acc

. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, and welcome. we begin with another shooting and another sad commentary on violence in our nation's schools. in denver tonight, two high school administrators are hospitalized with gunshot wounds. the suspect, a student, who had apparently already been under special scrutiny and was being searched for weapons at the time under a safety plan when a gun was produced. according to police, the two staffers were shot, and the suspected shooter left the area. the tragedy comes just over a month after a deadly shooting outside that very same school that left a student dead. tonight a school community is left frustrated, angry, and fearful amid questions concerning why police officers had been pulled from the district's schools. gadi schwartz has more. >> a student has a weapon. do not know where they are. >> reporter: at denver, colorado's east high school, a nightmare scenario students and parents had been warning about turning into a terrifying reality. >> respond to a gunshot wound with multiple patien