and she is still alone to this very moment. a russian missile strikes a hospital in the ukrainian city of dnipro, killing at least one person and injuring 15. british cycling bans transgender women from the female category of its competitions. of borrowing in europe how worried should we be about the global economy? and as the iconic rocky horror show celebrate s 50 years on the stage, we speak to one of its original stars. hello, i m ben thompson, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. we start in sudan where the family of an 85 year old uk national has told a bbc news arabic investigation that his disabled wife died of starvation after the british embassy there left the couple to fend for themselves during the recent fighting. despite repeated calls for assistance, abdalla sholgami and alaweya rishwan were offered no help in leaving their home which is just yards from the embassy in the capital, khartoum. the foreign office said t
whoa, whoa 28 points. i would like to do the same. reporter: that would make her a copy cat. she said the same thing when she first laid eyes on patches. whoa. reporter: jeanne moos, cnn, new york. good morning, everyone. welcome to cnn this morning. it is saturday, april 29th. i m amara walker. i m victor blackwell. thank you for joining us. i think the sound we heard at the end of the patches story was the grunt that patches makes getting up i can tup. she can t meow. can you take a cat for a walk? i don t know. here s what we re looking at. more than 0 million are facing severe storms yet again today after residents were faced with baseball-sized hail. what led to the recent collapse of two banks. the concerns now over a third and why the white house says it will not step in to rescue it. we will stand up again and again, and our language will get tougher and we will get madder. antiabortion bills face an uphill battle. they fail in republic
taking partial responsibility saying it didn t act with enough urgency, but are there more bank failures ahead the incredible scene on a school bus as a brave seventh grader takes control after the driver passes out. politics embracing artificial intelligence a potentially useful tool, but will distortions of reality get even worse and giving kids with autism a powerful voice that s inspiring america. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, and welcome on this friday as large parts of the country head into a potentially volatile weekend of weather in the midwest, eyes are locked on the slow but steady rise of the mississippi river. a spring snow melt producing flooding across portions of minnesota, wisconsin, illinois, iowa, and missouri scenes like this in davenport, iowa, expected to grow worse between now and monday, but right now it is the south, once again, facing the immediate threat of violent and dangerous storms an estimated 2
we made it. can you tell, we re happy for the weekend. but thanks for being with us today and all week. we re so happy to have you here. it s good to be here. it will be a fun day. five things to know for this friday. former vice president mike pence testified in jack smith s january 6th investigation. we re told that pence testified before that federal grand jury for more than five hours. new overnight, two apache helicopter helicopters crashing in alaska during a training mission. three army pilots are dead. one was injured in the crash. also today, the fed s preferred measure of inflation set to be released. data could be critical in determining what the fed does next with rate hikes. also, tributes and reflections are pouring in for jerry springer. the legendary talk show host lost his battle to cancer at the age of 79. also this morning, roll tide! so happy to say that. so happy to watch this last night. the carolina panthers selected alabama quarterback
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