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Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good evening. Just breaking tonight in new mexico, a verdict in the Involuntary Manslaughter trial of Hannah Gutierrezreed, the armorer who loaded alec baldwins gun in that Fatal Shooting on the rust movie set. Tonight the jury delivering a split verdict just hours after getting the case, finding gutierrezreed guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter, but not guilty of tampering with evidence. Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed in the incident, and actor and executive producer alec baldwin is set to go to trial next. Chloe melas is here to digest this breaking news. Chloe, whats the latest. Good evening, lester. It took the jury just over two hours to deliver their verdict finding Hannah Gutierrezreed guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter and not guilty of tampering with evidence. Her mother, emotional as gutierrezreed was remanded into custody. She now faces up to 18 months in prison, and the nearly twoweek criminal trial, witnesses described a reckless environment on the new mexico film set, which gutierrezreed was in charge of guns and ammunition. Emotional testimony included the films Assistant Director who handed the prop gun loaded with live ammunition to actor alec baldwin. Baldwin fired the Gun Killing Cinematogrpaher Halyna Hutchins. Prosecutors in their closing arguments called gutierrezreeds actions careless and thoughtless and her Defense Attorney doubled down on placing the blame on baldwin. He also faces Involuntary Manslaughter charges. His trial begins in july and he has pleaded not guilty. Lets turn to the white house. President biden and former President Trump easily dominating Super Tuesday, unofficially setting up a november rematch. With nikki haley dropping out, theres a new battle for her supporters, all as mr. Trump is calling on President Biden to debate. Garrett haake now with the late effort. Reporter tonight, the rematch, though polls show most americans dont want it after their massive wins in nearly every Super Tuesday contest, President Biden and former President Trump appear set for another faceoff. With nikki haley now dropping out of the republican race. With nikki h dropping out of the republican race. In all likelihood, donald trump will be the republican nominee when our Party Convention meets in july. I congratulate him and wish him well. Reporter haley then challenging her former boss, whom she pointedly did not endorse. It is now up to donald trump to earn the votes of those in our party and beyond it who did not support him, and i hope he does that. Reporter the battle now on for her backers. President biden urging haley supporters to join him in opposing mr. Trump writing, i know theres a lot we wont agree on. I hope and believe we can find common ground. Mr. Trump inviting haleys supporters to join, quote, the greatest movement in the history of our nation while Boasting Haley got trounced last night. They call it Super Tuesday for a reason. Reporter the former president carrying 14 of 15 states in play overnight, nbc news projects, securing Landslide Victories from maine to minnesota to california with haley winning only vermont, allowing mr. Trump to focus fully on President Biden. Hes the worst president in the history of our country. Theres never been anything like whats happening to our country. Reporter mr. Trump also securing the endorsement of Mitch Mcconnell, who had sharply criticized the former president s conduct around january 6th and was the last remaining member of republican congressional leadership not to support his return to the white house, but today mcconnell praising trump writing, during his presidency, we worked together to accomplish great things for the american people. Despite her big defeat, haley did attract more than a quarter of the vote in many primaries. Trumps challenge, haley voters unwilling to shift their support. Theres no way i want trump in office. Reporter meanwhile, nbc news projecting President Biden won nearly every democratic contest except for a surprising loss in the American Samoa caucus. Recent polls show mr. Trump leading mr. Biden in a headtohead matchup within the margin of error. Now the Trump Campaign will look to scale up and shift focus towards november. The people shouldnt expect a big change in tone or strategy from the campaign or the candidate. Why . Its working. What weve currently done is working. All right, garrett joining me now. Garrett, the former president now challenging President Biden to debates. Thats right, lester. After boycotting the republican primary debates, mr. Trump says hes now willing to debate President Biden, quote, any time, anywhere, any place. The Biden Campaign responding, not committing to debates yet saying they will consider it at the appropriate time. Lester. All right, Garrett Haake tonight, thank you. Breaking news in alabama where a final bill to protect In Vitro Fertilization has passed, this after the state Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are children. Laura jarrett with late details. Reporter tonight, fertility patients and doctors in alabama anxious to see a new bill signed into law thats meant to shield clinics from costly lawsuits. Under the new law, Fertility Clinics and companies would not be criminally responsible if an embryo is destroyed and civil damages are now limited to the cost of one ivf cycle. We have women who have been waiting for this bill to pass, and, in fact, anticipating Embryo Transfers as soon as tomorrow or friday. Reporter the bills were fasttracked by State Lawmakers under mounting pressure to course correct after that alabama Supreme Court decision allowing three couples to sue for wrongful death when their frozen embryos were dropped and destroyed at a fertility clinic. Multiple clinics fearing the court ruling would open the door to civil lawsuits abruptly halted all ivf procedures. Some Embryo Shipping Companies also pausing all business in and out of alabama sending many patients in the middle of Fertility Treatments to call on lawmakers to do something, but the new bill does nothing to address the underlying reasoning of the Court Decision equating frozen embryos to children. When i was discussing the issues, its like putting a bandaid on a Hemorrhaging Wound when were talking about the constitutional crisis. Reporter megan whose surrogate had an Embryo Transfer canceled cautiously optimistic about this new law if only a temporary fix. It has been probably the worst two weeks of our lives. We were devastated, and then we heard about this legislation, and so then we became hopeful again. Its been an up and down roller coaster. And, laura, it sounds like these treatments could resume pretty quickly. Thats right, lester. It depends, though, on how fast the governor signs it into law. The clinics tell us theyre prepared to restart treatments very quickly, even with all of these outstanding legal questions, lester. All right. Laura, thank you. Here in new york, a wave of Violent Crime in the subways prompting governor kathy hochul to order the deployment of hundreds of National Guard members to protect passengers. With more on that, heres stephanie gosk. Reporter in New York City subway riders are on edge. I dont feel safe. Reporter crime is rising on the trains according to nypd data. In recent weeks multiple violent assaults including this terrifying moment, when a woman bashed cellist ian forster in the head performing on a subway platform. The second time hes been attacked. They say lightning doesnt strike twice but this was a terrible moment of deja vu. Reporter today new yorks governor kathy hochul is assembling a team of 1,000 including the National Guard and state police to help secure the massive transit system. These brazen, heinous attacks on our Subway System will not be tolerated. Reporter teams will be stationed at the busiest and most problematic stations searching bags. Civil liberties activists calling It Overreaction and overreach. Do you think you will have an impact on weapons getting on the subway with these bag searches . Absolutely. First of all, its a deterrent, and if anyone is thinking of coming into the Subway System with a weapon, theres probably a good chance theyll get caught. Reporter mike kemper is the nypd Transit Chief. The big problem, he says, is repeat offenders. We arrest people all the time that have 50 plus arrests, 100 plus arrests. Reporter the dramatic moves in new york happening as 77 of americans are concerned about a rise in crime, even though fbi data shows Violent Crime has been dropping nationwide since a spike in 2020, but multiple cities are taking steps to crack down. In philadelphia, the chief of Transit Police vowing to aggressively combat crime after three deadly shootings in a week involving the citys buses. Eight teenagers shot today alone. Were going to target every Criminal Code on the books. Reporter in san francisco, voters passed two measures on tuesday aimed at Law And Order including expanding Police Surveillance tools with more cameras and drones. In New York City, they will also be adding cameras. In this Control Center they can see every station. Soon they will have cameras on every subway car. And, stephanie, as you know, millions of people take the subways here every day. They certainly cant check everyones bag. How is this going to work . Reporter so, lester, the Transit Chief says theyll focus on the busy stations and those places where theyve had repeated security issues. These search teams will rotate around. They could pop up anywhere. The Transit Chief says thats part of the strategy, lester. Stephanie gosk in new york tonight, thank you. In the middle east there has a been a deadly attack on a commercial ship by an iranianbacked militia. U. S. Officials say a missile fired by houthi militants killed three crew members. They are the first deaths reported in a wave of houthi attacks on ships that have continued despite retaliatory strikes by the u. S. Military. And well turn now to the crisis in haiti. The Prime Minister leaving the country and now on u. S. Soil as violent gangs overtake most of the capital. The question now, will the u. S. Get involved . Lets get more from gabe gutierrez. Reporter tonight, haiti is on the brink of civil war as it spirals into chaos. The u. S. Along with a group Of Caribbean Nations is pressing haitis Prime Minister to speed up a political transition. Ariel henry had been missing for days but landed yesterday in puerto rico. Clashes between gangs and heavily armed police have escalated after a mass prison break over the weekend. The white house says it will not send in american troops. We have underscored that now is the time to finalize a political accord to help set haiti on a path to a better future. Reporter right now the near future looks bleak. Henry took Office Following the 2021 assassination of haitis president. We were there as the violence ramped up. This has become daily life here in haiti. Tires burning on city streets, protesters furious. Now gangs control about 80 of portauprince. The State Department is urging all americans to leave immediately, but the main airport is shut down. In miami, Haitian Americans are scrambling to evacuate loved ones. Human beings should to be live in a peace, not in a crime like that. Reporter this man says his uncle went to visit his mother in haiti, but now gang members are holding him for ransom. Your family is calling you crying. This is crazy. Reporter right now it is not clear whether haitis embattled Prime Minister plans to return to the country. The white house said today it is not helping him in puerto rico. Lester. Gabe gutierrez at the white house, thank you. Well take a break. In 60 seconds, the massive cyberattack affecting hospitals, doctors offices, and pharmacies. The impact on patients and what you need to know right after this. Things changed for me. Breztri gave me better breathing, symptom improvement, and reduced flareups. Breztri wont replace a Rescue Inhaler for sudden breathing problems. It is not for asthma. Tell your doctor if you have a Heart Condition or high Blood Pressure before taking it. 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Reporter the pharmacy left in limbo from a cyberattack on Change Healthcare, the nations largest medical claims Processing Company that for days has prevented many providers from filling patients prescriptions. This pharmacy has moved to an entirely new server so they can now process prescriptions, but its not a perfect fix and still cant look at patients Insurance Information or take coupons for name brand drugs. Sometimes it takes one hour to two hours for one single patient to find their insurance. Reporter change, which is owned by unitedhealth group, says it processes 15 billion transactions a year and works across more than 67,000 pharmacies. The 590 we paid out of pocket yesterday. Reporter Sienna Keller says she had no choice but to pay out of pocket for what her stepdaughter needs to treat her diabetes. Thats a lot of money. Yeah, and i dont know how much longer we can really afford to go through it. 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Reporter that problem for the president is playing out at eduardos tavern where we met a group of conservative customers. Youve got low unemployment rates. Wages are up. Inflation is easing. The stock market is doing well, but are you feeling any of that . How do you feel about the economy day to day. Im not sure i agree with what you just said. I never planned on using some of the money that i saved to retire that i had to use because of the economy. Groceries, gas, everything you have to buy every day is way more expensive than previous years. Do you feel like theres a disconnect between what the Biden Administration is saying about how good the economy is versus what you feel . Absolutely. Absolutely. Reporter a disconnect that democrats will have to address this election year. Dasha burns, nbc news, erie, pennsylvania. And up next for us, the future of airport security. Is selfservice coming to an airport near you . And exercise add to the struggle. 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Reporter carryons that require rescreening cycle back automatically to save time, and this is whats new. You come in and put your arms down to the side, and its going to look for anything that shouldnt be there, and its telling me i got to come back out. I have a microphone, of course, that its detected. Ive got the transmitter on my belt and something a lot of people forget, my cell phone. The las vegas test comes as the tsa forecasts another recordbreaking spring break season. Already Passenger Volume is up 6 over last year. Tsa chief David Pekoske the challenge is to be able to provide the level of security we need to provide with the Changing Threat Environment we face and to be as efficient as we can. Reporter after a sixmonth Trial Run In Vegas it was great. No hassle. Reporter the tsa will decide whether any of this technology might come to an airport near you. Tom costello, nbc news, las vegas. And that is nightly news for this wednesday. Thank you for watching, everyone. 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