addicted himself while prescribing painkillers to patients. he helps others now with their recoveries, as the executive director of the clarksburg mission in west virginia. thank you both so much for being with us. you actually brought narcan with you. i did, i did. so, show, i think it s important for people to see it. i haven t actually seen it up closely. thank you for that opportunity. before i get started, i really just want to express my sincere empathy for the people that are here today. it s not easy, it s more to say, i am beyond sorry for your loss. but i am committed to doing things differently, okay. my role as a physician is to save lives, all right. i don t want to blow people up. i want to stop this from ever happening again, right. all right. so, thank you for that. [applause] and just as a physician, this is emotional for you. because you see this up close. i see this up close all the time. and i feel like we are not concentrating on the science
charges he faces. the new storm threat taking aim at california with an untold number of residents still trapped by record snow. we re tracking it. the crash that killed a norfolk southern conductor, the company s third accident in ohio in just over a month after those two derailments. and the special investigation, the ntsb announced today into the company. my report tonight on how a letter from a prisoner led to a 20-year-plus search for the truth is now the subject of a hit nbc news podcast. and the bluegrass star and the obstacles he overcame to become one of the best fiddlers in the world. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and thank you for joining us. a violent kidnap drama that targeted a traveling group of four americans in matamoros, mexico, is over, sadly with word two of them were killed. the others recovered alive in what may have been a case of mistaken identity in an increasingly lawless area near the texas bord
former january 6th committee member adam kinzinger here to wee in. a flight attendant attacked by an unruly passenger. federal investigators say this man tried to open the emergency exit door during a flight from los angeles to boston and then tried to stab a flight attendant in the neck with a broken metal spoon. other passengers tackled him to the ground and he was zip-tied until the plane landed. cnn s pete muntean with more on this. good morning to you. he told investigators he wanted to jump out of the plane? reporter: yeah, good morning, don. this is the second high-profile incident of an unruly passenger we have seen in as many weeks. department of justice now looking into this. you know, it s really interesting here is that the number of unruly passengers went down by half over last year, but this has to be one of the most dramatic we have seen recently. the flight crew became alerted to this when this passenger tried to open the emergency exit door and they got a
a tragic end after a mother s trip to mexico with friends to get a medical procedure. now two in the group are dead. two others found alive. how the group got lost and ended up in the hands of armed criminals. plus i m taking over this plane. taking over this plane, he says. terrifying moments on a cross-country flight when a man threatens to hijack the plane. the video as freaked out p passengers tried to react. plus, cnn s upclose look at how the chinese will go to control its country s messaging. welcome to the lead. and we start today with our world lead and new details in tin vest game into those four americans kidnapped in mexico last week. local officials say one person has been detained after two of the u.s. citizens were found d dead. the two others are thankfully alive, though one is severely injured, according to a u.s. official, and those two have returned to the united states for medical treatment and observation. family members say that the four were
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