there was moments of am i going to make it? norah: the door panel found by investigators as we learn about warning lights in the cockpit. breaking news. a hotel explosion rocks downtown fort worth. after a weekend snowstorm, more dangerous weather is sweeping the middle of the country, bringing blizzard warnings and tornado threats. new questions tonight about defense secretary lloyd austin s secret hospitalization. why the public and the president weren t notified. the historic launch, why the first moon lander in over 50 years is in jeopardy. space exploration is a very risky business. hopefully they can not just get it to the moon bu actually land it on the surface. norah: good evening to our viewers in the west. i m norah o donnell. thank you for being with us on this monday night. we want to begin tonight with a major new development after the terrifying blowout in the sky. we learned just a short time ago about troubling new safety concerns and installatio
plus, covid s come back. holiday weekend travel snagged by staffing shortages while covid looms large. and later: today may be different but it is still not treating people like we want to be treated. an octogenarian confronting racism head on. this is the cbs weekend news from chicago with adriana diaz. tonight, no capturing of level of airchg he in uvalde, texas, gunman took 21 lives in the nation s 27th school shooting so far this year. today, in his commencement address at the university of delaware, president joe biden remembered the young lives lost. as i speak, those irnts pa are literally preparing to bury their children. in the united states of america. to bury their children it s too much violence, too much fear, too much grief. we cannot outlaw tragedy, i know. but we can make america safer. cbs s omar villafranca is in uvalde, texas for us. omar, good evening. reporter: good evening. thousands of people have streamed into this park in uvalde to cry t
trial between johnny depp and his ex-wife amber heard. the vicious accusations during closing arguments. the case now in the hands of the jury. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. i m tom llamas in for lester tonight it was a gutting admission today from texas law enforcement that a decision was made not to enter the classroom where the gunman was with an entire fourth grade class for almost an hour police admitting today that was a mistake we also learned for much of that hour there were 19 police officers outside the door who did not go in we have shown you the video of frantic parents outside the school pleading with officers to go in. today we learned that there were children inside the school calling 911. one of them begging, please, send the police now still they did not go in 19 children and 2 teachers were killed when asked how many lives could have been saved if they acted earlier the official could only say i don t know new imag
In nebraska, sweeping through cities. New videos from above. Entire neighborhoods wiped away. Dozens of workers trapped for hours inside this building. Homes torn from their foundations. I dont know where we go from here. Plus were tracking more Severe Weather and tornados, 40 million in the cross hairs. The new video just released. Another american hostage held by hamas. His familys reaction tonight. Campus protest crackdown. Protesters detained today at colleges from arizona to indiana to boston. Will other colleges follow . A Third American tourist arrested in the caribbean, also for accidentally carrying bullets in his luggage. We talk to two who are facing 12 years in prison. My heart it just sunk. I had no words. Reporter and the Cicada Invasion has begun. Trillions emerging in a phenomenon that hasnt happened since Thomas Jefferson was president. The noise so loud residents are calling 911. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with jose diazbalart. Good evening. A weekend of alrea
negotiations. here are tonight s headlines. more hostages return home. tonight, the last minute talks to extend the pause as the deadline approaches. we would like to see the pause extended because what it has enabled his hostages being released, coming home, being reunited with their families families appear to be quite deadly crash of a u.s. militaryh eight onboard. eyewitnesses telling cbs news there was an engine on fire. the new details. our cbs news investigation. child labor in chocolate. we traveled to west africa to find out the bitter truth behind your favorite candy. can you guarantee that all of the cocoa here is free of child labor? i am looking forward to seeing what you are doing with your life and how we can go about fixing it. norah: and remember the beloved broadway actor who played cliff s mom on cheers. isn t it fascinating? perhaps, if you live in a cave. [laughter] norah: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this wednesda