bank making it the second largest bank failure in u.s. history. third mid size bank to go under in less than two months in the u.s. the president insists taxpayers are not going to be footing the bill for this. white house correspondent peter doocy starts us off tonight live from the north lawn. good evening, peter. peter: good evening, bret. tax day played a big role here. the treasury secretary is saying that they looked at recent federal tax receipts and realized that the u.s. is not going to have as much have enough money to pay its bills possibly as soon as june 1st. so, president biden did phone the big 4 congressional leaders they are requesting to have a meeting about this a week from tomorrow as the white house separately attempts to stabilize a shaky banking system. today s actions ensure the continued resilience of the banking system. the president had to update a script at a small business event to reassure markets about the fdic taking over first republic
the third major bank to fail in two months. a u.s. navy ship has taken more than 100 u.s. citizens away from the violence in sudan but many more are still waiting to be rescued. thousands of american airlines pilots threaten a strike, could it impact your summer travel. schedules that are on flyable. the so-called forever chemicals contaminating drinking water and fish. we are finding them here throughout the most of the united states. now retired air force colonel kim campbell faced that decision 20 years ago in the cockpit of her 810 over baghdad. hearing the guys over the radio welcome home i knew that i made it, i knew that i survived. norah: thank you for joining us as we start a new week together. we want to begin tonight with breaking news, at least six people are dead and thousands others injured after a massive pileup in south-central illinois. dozens of passenger vehicles and 30 commercial vehicles including semitrucks involved in a deadly crash.
republic bank and chosen jpmorgan chase to divide most of its assets. the third major bank to fail in two months. a u.s. navy ship has taken more than 100 u.s. citizens away from the violence in sudan, but many more still awaiting to be rescued. thousands of american airlines pilots threaten a strike, could impact your summer travel? we are here to demand management comes to the table. the company builds schedules that are on flyable. speak of the so-called forever chemicals contaminating drinking water and fish. if we are finding pfas here come you go to any river start most of the eye states are going to find similar levels. nonretired air force colonel kim campbell face that decision 20 years ago in the cockpit of her a-10 over baghdad to. hearing all the guys in the radio, welcome home i knew that i had made it. i had survived. norah: good evening to our viewers in the west, thank you for joining us as we start a new week together, we want to begin ton
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
i m lindsey reiser. we have a lot to get to this busy tuesday, starting with a terrifying kidnapping in mexico. the fbi now offering a $50,000 reward for the safe return of four u.s. citizens taken at gunpoint. this video you re watching now shows part of that kidnapping according to a law enforcement official. a gunman appears to drag people into a white pickup truck, one of whom was in mexico for cosmetic surgery. the u.s. ambassador to mexico saying an innocent mexican citizen was killed in all of this. what we re learning about the kidnapping victims and what is being done to bring them to safety. plus, more terror in the skies, caught on camera, federal charges have now been filed against the man you see here, accused of trying to stab a flight attendant on a cross country united flight with a makeshift blade. and trying to open the emergency exit door midflight. i will kill every man on this plane! how passengers jumped in to save the day. and a desperate race t