Clambering to join his club. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening to our viewers in the west. Possibly no recent story has generated the level of universal outrage quite like the video of a bloodied man being dragged from his airplane seat. Now there is late word a settlement has been reached between United Airlines and that passenger, kentucky doctor david dao, who was injured after being forcibly removed from his seat, to give his seat to a traveling United Airline crew member. The sum was announced on the same day united released an internal report on the april 9th incident and announced a series of changes to prevent it from happening again. In an exclusive interview, uniteds Ceo Oscar Munoz described to me the failures that failed dr. Dao. I dont wish any lower point than this on anyone in the world. Reporter oscar munoz hoping this low point will also be uniteds turning point with what it calls an amicable resolution of an unfortunate incident, the airline settling with dr. David dao as it confronts mistakes and promises change releasing an internal report listing its failures that day, calling Law Enforcement despite the fact there was no security threat. Booking an offduty flight crew at the last minute aboard an already sold plane. And not offering enough compensation to entice passengers to give up their seats. You needed to get that crew on that airplane to cover another flight. Looking back, was there another way . Could you have hired cars . Were there solutions that would have avoided absolutely. Thats the common sense process that i have failed our company to provide. We should have done that immediately. It just wasnt embedded in the policies and procedures. Procedures the Airlines Says will change. More training for difficult situations. New teams focused on providing agents with creative solutions. Fewer overbooked flights, and raising compensation for those willing to take a later flight up to 10,000. Could more compensation have avoided this in this case . You know, its hard to say. I think the combination of financial plus how do i get to where i want to go . Thats the thing that something well put the customer at the center of everything we do. Isnt Customer Service putting the customer first, isnt that a given . It is. We make sure half a Million People every single day get to somewhere safely. When you have a complicated process like that, the operational mindset becomes sort of front and center and you forget sometimes the people youre carrying are human and have interests and have desires. Munoz blames the episode on what he calls a system failure, however, as a result, he will no longer gain the title of chairman next year as planned. His decision, he says. I dont think its the right time, a. And b, i need to provide, as i say, sorry, there has to be actions, proof that i am indeed sorry. That was your call . Yes. Since the united incident, a series of Airline Passenger Horror Stories have grabbed the headlines. You looked on tv and saw the American Airlines incident with the stroller and the flight attendant. What did you think . The industry is getting a black eye. And i think what and again, im not defending any issues whatsoever, other than a lot of great things happen in all the Airline Industry across the world. Youve caught us, all of us at a bad moment so i felt sorry. I know them well. I know their views on life. But its forcing a new culture at united munoz is committed to starting with dr. Dao. We breached public trust and a serious breach and were profoundly sorry for that. Dr. Daos lawyer tonight applauding the moves and calling the client an unintended champion and the adoption of the changes. In delaware, flags are at half staff for a state trooper gunned down by a suspect that held police in a 20hour standoff. S. W. A. T. Teams used explosives to blow up the suspects house before he finally came out shooting this morning. Tonight, with the state in mourning, investigators still dont have a motive. Here is nbcs tom costello. Reporter in a quiet delaware suburb, a violent night of gunfire and explosives after a standoff with a copkiller. It started less than 24 hours earlier at a Convenience Store when state Trooper Steven ballard approached a suspicious vehicle. Police say thats when the passenger, a 26yearold jumped out, pulled a gun and began shooting. As the trooper lay wounded on the ground, seally approached and executed him. Cpr in progress. Reporter sealy then fled barricading himself in his familys home, overnight swat teams using explosives to blow off the windows and doors trying to coax him out. It was like five shots of succession, like five shots, a break and five more shots. Reporter at 9 17 this morning, sealy came out shooting and was shot and killed himself. Neighbors say sealy and his family kept to themselves. They stuck to themselves, we never saw them outside or anything. Reporter the family, you never saw the family . No. Reporter outside, state police troop two, the flags are at half staff. Black bunting over his patrol car, an eightyear veteran he was married with a stepdaughter. The acts of steven yesterday exemplified the dedication. Reporter today fellow officers and the governor choked back tears. He leaves behind his lovely wife louise, a daughter and a loving family and scores of friends. Reporter investigators say they dont know why trooper ballard stopped the car but sealy had a record of drugs and weapons arrest. Tonight at the Convenience Store, police tape and flowers for a fallen officer. Tonight trooper ballards cruiser remains parked in front of the barracks here, and bunting remains. People have been coming all day bringing food and flowers, even money for his family. He is the first trooper in delaware to die in the line of duty since 2004. Nationwide, this year, the 13th officer shot and killed in the line of duty. Lester . Tom costello in delaware tonight, thank you. Back in the headlines, President Trumps former National Security advisor Michael Flynn, the pentagons top watchdog has now launched an investigation into flynn, who was already the subject of fbi and congressional probes into his ties to russia. Flynn was fired 23 days into the job for misleading Vice President mike pence about his conversations with russias ambassador. Nbcs Andrea Mitchell has new details. Reporter tonight the firestorm growing over ousted National Security advisor Michael Flynn. Now being investigated by the pentagons Inspector General for accepting foreign payments without prior approval. Congressional democrats unleashing their sharpest words yet at the white house, for refusing to turn over all documents on Michael Flynn to them. I honestly did not understand why the white house is covering up for Michael Flynn. I dont get it. After the president fired him. Reporter so the democrats released pentagon documents showing the Defense Intelligence agency warned flynn when he retired. He needed permission to take money from foreign governments. At issue, flynn receiving 45,000 for his speech plus expenses with putin in russia in 2015 and 500,000 lobbying for turkey in 2016. We have no evidence, zilch he obtained permission from the secretary of the army and secretary of state to accept any foreign of the payments. Reporter the white house saying the pentagon was in charge of vetting flynn. If they think there is wrongdoing, the departments Inspector General should look into that. Reporter nbc news learned from sources close to the investigation, trump transitioned and the white house did its own background check on flynn and hired him anyway. Working on behalf of foreign governments, getting paid may not be unlawful but if you dont disclose it, investigators want to know why are you hiding this information . Perhaps youve been compromised. Reporter republican oversight chairman Jason Chaffetz asking the army to weigh in on whether flynn broke the law. Flynns lawyer saying flynn notified the pentagon of his trip to russia. But investigators say they never told him he was being paid. Lester . Andrea mitchell, thanks. Turning overseas, a tragic day for American Forces fighting isis. Two u. S. Special operations troops were killed in a battle against isis fighters in the same area where the u. S. Dropped a massive bomb earlier this month. Nbc News Pentagon correspondent hans nichols has details. Reporter u. S. Special Operations Forces joined by the afghan army attacking isis insurgents, killing around 40. But in the battle, two u. S. Special operators were wounded. Medivaced out alive but later died. A third was grazed by a bullet staying on the battle field. All happening on the same isis stronghold in eastern afghanistan where the u. S. Dropped a 21,000pound explosive two weeks ago collapsing terrorist tunnels and caves. Afghan Officials Say roughly 100 isis combatants were killed by the bomb. But defense secretary jim mattis claiming not to care about numbers. Frankly, digging into tunnels to count dead bodies is probably not a good use of our troops time. Reporter tonight, more than 20 extremist organizations in the region according to u. S. Officials including isis and the taliban. I dont see how afghanistan doesnt devolve further into endless civil war. Reporter the Top Commander in afghanistan wants to add a few thousand more troops to the already 8400 in country. But neither secretary mattis nor President Trump has publicly indicated if they agree. Lester . Hans nichols at the pentagon. Thanks. There are a flood of new questions tonight about President Trumps new tax plan to be specific, whats in it . And how will it effected millions of american families. The Trump Administration provided an outline but not many details so far. Nbcs Peter Alexander has more on that. Reporter the president s plan to overhaul 70,000 pages of federal tax laws so far boiling down to barely 200 words. Critics say its a p. R. Pitch, not a proposal. It is a plan to lower President Trumps taxes. The taxes of his cabinet. And people as wealthy as they are. Reporter the biggest winner according to most tax analyst, the rich, their tax rate dropping nearly 5 and the white house pushing to abolish the tax. The death tax and slash the Capital Gains tax on investments all benefiting the wealthy. Low income americans could pay no tax at least for their first 24,000 of income with the doubling of the standard deduction for couples but today treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin is refusing to guarantee middle class families wont pay more. I cant make any guarantees but i can tell you thats the number one objective. Reporter and defecting questions how the blueprint would balloon the deficit. President trump hasnt given details how his three tax brackets, 10, 25 and 35 would apply to different income levels. He said tax benefits for saving and 401 k plans would be untouched. And he would eliminate all deductions except charitable contributions and mortgage interest. But if you are renting like 35 of the u. S. Households, that tax break doesnt save you a dime. The argument in favor of this proposal is that it will spur consumer and business activity. It will cause people to spend more money. It will cause businesses to employ more people but the reality is that doesnt seem to be plausible. Reporter tonight the president also says on trade announcing that hell renegotiate n. A. F. T. A. President trump insisting he was just days away from withdrawing all together before receiving calls from mexico and canada who urged him not to tear it up. Lester . All right. Peter alexander at the white house tonight, thank you. To berkeley, california where new protests are breaking out tonight, a day after conservative pundit ann coulters plan to speak at u. C. Berkeley was abruptly cancelled. The University Said it feared another round of violent protests, with coulter saying she may go to the campus anyway. Miguel almaguer is there. Reporter today in berkeley, protests spilling into the streets. But tonight, many fear violence will erupt. The extreme left and right squaring off in bloody demonstrations in recent weeks, the kind of confrontation u. C. Berkeley was hoping to avoid, cancelling the speech scheduled for today by conservative fire brand ann coulter. Her is not showing up sets a dangerous precedence that violence works. Reporter with coulter speaking in modesto tomorrow, the university is worried the campus will be turned into a battlefield. In february, there were fires and fights after Milo Yiannopoulos had his speech cancelled. We have two intentions right now. One is to the First Amendment and the other is the safety of our students. Reporter many of the protesters arent students. Both sides critical, coulter was silenced. Im tired of people showing up and stifle free speech. Reporter police have been told some of the extremists arriving could be carrying weapons, clubs, bags of rocks, even hammers. Arrests have already been made. Tonight on the streets of berkeley, unrest over the silence of free speech. The question now, at what cost . Miguel almaguer, nbc news, berkeley. There is more to tell you about tonight. Still ahead, the controversial new netflix show that has schools sending warnings home to parents. Were back now with the controversy over a new Netflix Series that deals with the reasons a young fictional character commits suicide. It has many kids talking, and has prompted a warning from many schools to parents. Nbcs blake mccoy has details. Im about to tell you the story of my life. More specifically why my life ended. Reporter 13 reasons why the controversial new Netflix Series chronicles 13 reasons from body shaming to Sexual Assault, a fictional teenaged girl decides to kill herself. Everybody is talking about it is crazy. Schools across the country sounding the alarm with letters home to parents warning the notion of suicide is glamorized and may be difficult for the teenage mind to watch and process the appropriate way. Its hitting way too close to home. Reporter alexa curtis worries how she would have interpreted the show herself a few years ago. Herself a victim of bullying. My biggest concern is that young adults are going to watch the show and immediately think that its the easy way out. But the kids arent realizing theyre going to be gone. Their life is over. Why didnt you say this to me when i was alive. Reporter suicide is the second leading cause of death for teenagers in america. Over 5,000 kids attempt it every day, precisely why the series creator brian yorkie thinks we must tackle the subject honestly. We felt things like Sexual Assault and suicide should be difficult to watch. We shouldnt make them easy for the viewer, because theyre not easy for the people who go through them. Reporter tonight experts say the takeaway for parents, be aware. Talk to your kids about this. If they are watching it, see if they have any questions, offer to watch it with them. Reporter a show aiming to start a conversation about teen suicide seems to have done just that. Blake mccoy. Nbc news, chicago. Up next here tonight, the airline ending something passengers are increasingly fed up with. Yet another airline is taking heat for kicking a passenger off a plane. This time delta. This confrontation caught on camera has delta employees removing a man after he took an urgent trip to the bathroom after he was warngd not to. The plane was on the tarmac for 30 minutes awaiting takeoff. All passengers were forced to get off the plane and reboard and the passengers compile with crew instructions especially during takeoff and landing. And one more note from up in the air weeks after the United Airlines incident, Southwest Airlines said today it plans to stop over booking flights all together. Southwest says its been looking at ending over booking for some time. Jetblue already bans the practice. Why in the world would you take a piano and throw it off the roof . Apparently because its a tradition and looks like a whole lot of fun. The annual event at m. I. T. Dates back to the 1970s after a gap year in 20016, the roof drop is back and from the looks of it, it was a smashing success it the two sides are shouting each other down right now. But what kept today s stand off from getting violent . Take vo and the niners make a controversial choice on their top pick to start rebuilding the team. Finally tonight, a story about the love of reading. A fifth grade boy with a passion for books noticed something missing from the page, characters who look like him so he formed his own book club and others couldnt wait to join. Nbcs rehema ellis explains. Reporter when 11yearold sydney keys and his mother winnie walked into the bookstore outside of st. Louis, simple curiosity turned into sheer joy. Yeah. It just makes me feel better about myself. Reporter that the because sydney never seen a bookstore devoted to African American literature written by African Americans. I couldnt get my hands off of this book i was laying down reading on the carpet in the bookstore. Reporter the book was danny dollar millionaire extraordinaire. Soon sydney had his own idea extraordinaire. I was like i want to make a book club. When other guys hear you started a book club for boys, whats the reaction . I know all my friends want to be in it so they are trying to sign up online. Reporter he calls it books and bros and mom couldnt be prouder. Before sydney started school he had a speech impediment, he stuttered a lot. Reporter but now. Hello, everyone. My name is sydney keys and im the founder of books and bros. Reporter he leads the Club Meetings once a month at the neighborhood mall. We. We. Are brothers. Are brothers. Who love. Who love. To read. To read. Reporter the boys pay 20 for their books, goody bags and a study guide from his mom. Who is shadow . Have any girls come and asked about hey, sydney, what about the girls . I mean, they could always make a book club, as well. Reporter this club is a chance for boys to lose themselves in books as they find themselves, too. Rehema ellis, nbc news, university city, missouri. Thats going to do it for us on a thursday night. Im lester holt, for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. Battles for ber win the war for berkeley runs 06 jess take vo right now at 6 free speech exercised without any violence. A day full of protests that continue into the night. Jess 2shot the news at 6 starts now. Thanks for joining us. I m jessica aguirre. Raj 2shot and i m raj mathai. This is usually when the trouble begins. And that s why the Police Presence remains in full force. Raj live our sky ranger has been overhead throhgout the day. This is right above Civic Center Park across the street from Berkeley High school. So far peaceful protests. Conservatives and liberals separated by Police Officers in riot gear. The question now. Will this turn violent . And will these protestors march toward the cal campus jess boxes we have multiple reports for you tonight. Let s begin with nbc bay area s thom jensen live at civic
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