granddaughter hall live received money. biggest banks in america jump in to rescue first republic. our banking system is sound. head of the treasury? they are the one those caused the problem. no good. and they upset the number 2 seed. [cheers] this is all part of the madness. [bagpipes] [bagpipes] brian: the inspirational soothing tunes and tone of bagpipes because it is saint patrick s day that is the rockland pd emerald society drum corps. celebrate saint patrick s day. no longer alive. in new york city, bigger parade than ireland. steve: the first parade for saint patrick s was actually in st. augustine, florida back in 1600. and then they started in boston and new york. and, as it turns out savannah, georgia has got one of the biggest in the country and that s why rockland county police department fire department from new york are down in savannah, georgia today. ainsley: boston has a big one. savannah does. they die the water green. chicago has sim
donald trump. the new bomb cyclone targeting the west and the urgent relief effort in the south after that deadly tornado outbreak. our team in the storm zone with families who have lost everything. the deadly fire at a migrant center near the u.s.-mexico border. dozens killed. was it started as a protest? allergy season off to an early start. why it s getting longer and stronger, and how you can get relief. and the photographer who teamed up with young engineers to keep chasing his passion. he is inspiring america. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone, and welcome. as families grieve the lives of six people murdered in a nashville private christian school, we re getting a chilling look into the heart-pounding moments when the first responding police officers braved gunfire, entered the school, and advanced from room to room, locating and fatally shooting the suspect. newly released video of the attack just part of a tro
maybe you want to keep those seat belts fastened. the lead starts right now. major questions raised today about your safety in the air as senators grill the faa why the agency cannot be so sure there will not be more runway near misses and grounded flights. plus, nikki haley officially kicks off her 2024 campaign, bringing a pledge to bring in a new generation of leadership. but how long can she maintain this delicate dance, throwing subtle shade at trump while not alienating his supporters? and hayashi, you know, that first flying object shot down, the one that was deemed a chinese spy balloon. u.s. intel says maybe it wasn t supposed to be over the continental u.s. after all. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our politics lead and the airport chaos taking over capitol hill after the series of near collisions and the nationwide ground stop that led to thousands of delayed and canceled flights. the acting head of the federal aviation administration
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in friday s fighting, a russian missile destroyed a vital supply bridge into the city. bakhmut has seen intense fighting for weeks, as russia tries to claim a victory in eastern ukraine. cnn s melissa bell joins us now from kyiv. melissa, where do things stand? reporter: well, we ve just been hearing from the british ministry of defense, saying that they understand that ukrainian forces are under increasing pressure. that s what we re hearing from the ground, with one soldier on the ground telling us that they were essentially outmanned four to one. and this has been the story for the last few weeks. so russian forces sending in more and more men to try and take every trench, every defensive line, at huge cost to themselves, first and foremost. there is also ukrainians, will there is a lack of ammunition compared to what the russians have, and they are trying to capture bakhmut, but yes, for the time being, this town still stands with his four and a half thousand civilians