nbc's rohit kachroo reports. >> reporter: moments from touchdown, the aircraft crashed into a residential area. the weather was good when the plane appeared to land onto a two-story building in the suburb of lagos, striking a store an apartments. >> translator: my children were outside playing ball. we asked them to look up because the plane was about to land on top of my head. and the minute it passed, it bent. it was going down. >> reporter: it was late afternoon. many people were in their homes when the passenger jet fell from the sky. thousands poured outside, trying to find survivors in the burnt wreckage. >> the tail's fin was clearly sticking up. you could still see the painting from the dana airline company on the part of the side of the wreckage, but then from there up basically the cabin of the plane had been destroyed and reduced to rubble. >> reporter: government officials say all passengers and crew, around 150 people are feared dead with more likely casualties on the ground. nigeria has a poor air safety record. investigators are already trying to find out what caused a carg

nbc's rohit kachroo reports. >> reporter: moments from touchdown, the aircraft crashed into a residential area. the weather was good when the plane appeared to land onto a two-story building in the subbur of lago, striking a store and apartments. >> translator: my children were outside playing ball. we asked them to look up because the plane was about to land on top of my head. and the minute it passed, it bent. it was going down. >> reporter: it was late afternoon. many people were in their homes when the passenger jet fell from the sky. thousands poured outside, trying to find survivors in the burnt wreckage. >> the tail's fin was clearly sticking up. you could still see the painting from the dana airline company on the part of the side of the wreckage, but then from there up basically the cabin of the plane had been destroyed and reduced to rubble. >> reporter: government officials say all passengers and crew, around 150 people are feared dead with more likely casualties on the ground. nigeria has a poor air safety record. investigators are already trying to find out what caused a carg

>> rohit kachroo in johannesburg, thank you. >>> back in this country, to yet another twist to the trayvon martin case. george zimmerman surrendered to authorities today, two days after a judge revoked his bail, saying zimmerman and his wife lied to the court about how much money they had. we get our report tonight from nbc's charles hadlock. >> reporter: george zimmerman's six weeks of freedom while out on bond ended today. the 28-year-old former neighborhood watch volunteer accused of second-degree murder in the death of an unarmed teenager was led away to an isolated cell in handcuffs. and his mug shot was taken. >> he's solemn, obviously. he's worried continually about his safety. having to come out of hiding is a concern of his. but i think he also realizes the judge's concerns. >> reporter: zimmerman's bond was suddenly revoked on friday when the judge in his case learned that zimmerman and his wife may have misled the court about how much money they had when he set bond at $150,000 back in april. the family said it was nearly broke. but it turns out zimmerman had at least $135,000 i

rohit kachroo of independent television news traveled there and filed this report. ( crying ) >> reporterin the hospitals of southern niger, a crisis is developing. this is what it looks like, this is what it sounds like. ( crying ) ibrahim is eight months old. his tiny body consumed by the effects of severe malnutrition. majet is in pain, hungry and desperately thirsty. yahaman is eight months old and struggling to stay alive. ameena's hair has been turned red by a lifetime without enough food, and so had her sister's. her mother tells me that she will stay until they get better. then there are those who worry their children might never improve. every child here is at serious risk of dying. for each bed, there is a skeletal frame. as for a second year, a once in a generation hunger crisis strikes the children of africa. for many miles aund, more young patients arrive all the time. that's more work for the doctors who have rarely seen anything like this. "the situation is serious," he says. "the admission rate is rising dramatically." right now across western africa, communities like this