the air national guardsman accused of stealing and sharing classified documents appears in court. and the government says he has a history of threatening to kill people. then, dozens of americans trapped in sudan, begging the u.s. government to help them get out. why do u.s. officials say they can t help, even though other countries are carrying out evacuations? plus, tears, smiles, and laughs. brittney griner holds her first news conference since her release from a russian prison. never going overseas unless i m representing my country at the olympics. what the basketball star had to say about her famgame and th other americans still being wrongly detained in russia. welcome to the lead, everyone. i m in for jake tapper. we start today with our national lead. this afternoon, the man accused of leaking classified u.s. intelligence on the internet appeared in court where a judge decided that the suspect will stay behind bars, at least for now. prosecutors argued th
legislature. holding hostage hour is not in democracy. happy easter. he says he plans to run for re-election. i will either roll an egg or pushing them out. joe biden says he wants to be here six easter egg roll. that s beyond a it four year term. go to austin all the way to seattle. bought a horse $3,000 craigslist. preparing him and myself for the great journey ahead of us we begin with a fox news alert. a fifth victim has died in horrc shooting. steve: one saved life running toward the shooter 10 days after graduating from the police academy. brian todd piro joins us with the latest. todd: number of victims killed rising following yesterday s rampage at old national bank louisville slugger field. all five victims were banks employees. at least 8 others were hurt, including two police officers 26-year-old officer nicholas wilt is clinging to life after getting shot in the head while lungeing towards the gunman. officer nicholas wilt, just graduated from the
and he went from homeless to shooting college hoops. the basketball star inspiring america. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening just 13 days before the midterm elections, and a flood of political ads are saturating the airwaves on the heels of another marquee debate reminding just what is at stake in hard fought congressional races, power and control of congress in the house democrats trying to defend their majority with all 435 seats of the body up for election dems facing the same challenge in the u.s. senate with 35 seats up for election. the balance of power in the senate could be determined by a handful of tight races including pennsylvania where last night s debate pitted republican mehmet oz against democrat john fetterman sparring over abortion, fracking and immigration, but not before fetterman called out what he described as the elephant in the room, his health dasha burns starts us off tonight with the latest reporter: tonigh
as russia persists in claims kyiv is preparing to use a so called dirty bomb . first pictures emerge of airstrikes in myanmar. the military defends the attack, in which 50 civilians were killed. and adidas cuts ties with the rapper ye, calling his anti semitic postings on social media voice-over: live voice over: live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. rishi sunak became the 57th prime minister of britain today, and the first of indian descent. he warned that the country he now leads faces a profound economic crisis and moved rapidly to appoint a cabinet, emphasising continuity and stability. here s our political editor, chris mason. 11:50, this morning, downing street s security gates had swung open, the motorcade swept in, heralding another new arrival here. here he comes, rishi sunak, walking up downing street alone to the podium to address the country for the first time as prime minister. i have just been to buckingham