kataryna saw her husband off to war. he d been called up. and afterjust two months at the front, he was killed by a russian shell. his family and friends remember the brightest of spirits. bugel plays last post this family s tragedy speaks to the nation s. faced with an invader who will not stop, they had no choice but to keep paying this price, even as many ukrainians flee the country or bribe people to avoid its search for more soldiers to replenish the ranks. that s about fear, that s about death, that s about funerals and that s actually about the trust to the state and to the president, by the way. i think sometimes, we are trying to avoid these questions and that s why this issue started to be very sensitive. the long war amplifies the challenges. lilia kudar travelled to the capital to commemorate her son sergei. he was killed early on in the war. she wants victory, but she also wants all this to stop. lilia s flag joined those in kyiv s maidan remembering tens of th
just miles away, former president trump at the wake for a slain nypd officer as he campaigns on the issue of crime. the mission to protect the giants of the sea. inside the new whale traffic control. and as small-town papers disappear, harry smith takes us to maine, where local news is getting a lifeline. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and welcome. tonight, we are getting our closest look yet at the precarious remains of baltimore s francis scott key bridge and the out-of-control container ship that toppled it. our team out with the army corps of engineers today as they prepare for the formidable challenge of clearing the blocked channel. tonight, special equipment is on the way to begin the work, while the search for the bodies of four missing workers continued. the wife of a surviving worker telling nbc news, my husband doesn t know how to swim. it is a miracle he survived. authorities also revealing they have begun interviews
about the kid who may be sick. and am i say tell a story, i m not talking about making a story. i m telling how you feel because people trust you all. your neighbors trust you. that was part of a discussion between president biden and former presidents obama and clinton who all came together last night in new york city for a major fund-raiser. we ll have much more on that show of democratic unity in just a moment. donald trump, meanwhile, also in new york city but for a very different reason. he spent part of his day ranting on social media about the daughter of the judge in his ongoing hush money case. and also ahead, a possible positive step in getting desperately needed aid to ukraine as speaker mike johnson got a first-hand account yesterday of the dire situation in that war torn country. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this friday, march 29th. it s friday and we made it barely. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. and we begin
said it would not comment on reports in the foreign media . the international court ofjustice has ordered israel to take all necessary action to ensure that basic food supplies reach palestinians facing hunger in gaza. thejudges said the israeli military must not violate the international convention on genocide. it s the world court s strongest language yet on the war. it s also ordering israel to open more land crossings to allow aid into the strip. but the icj does not have any power to enforce its ruling. meanwhile, aid agencies are concerned for patients at gaza hospitals that now face daily israeli bombardment. for more on the situation, i spoke to the medical director of medglobal nahreen ahmed. she returned from her second mission to gaza last week. thank you for taking the time to speak to us on bbc news. you are just back from gaza and you were in various locations. talk us through all of that, but let s start with northern gaza. what did you see there? we re hearin
deep center. he certainly got enough of this one, didn t he? an absolute bomb to straightaway center, his first of the season. it s been untouchable. 11 strikeouts for corbin burns in his oriole debut. there s a base hit to right field. they re waving him home. here s the throw from solo. here s the play. he s oh, they got him! infield moves back. to right center, he is going to get the redemption. walk-off. the rangers win the opener. a walk-off baseball on opening day. some of the big moments yesterday, including the walk-off win for the texas rangers to begin their world series title defense. you also saw the ninth inning game-saving assist by the brand-new yankee, juan soto. and the 11 strikeout debut with the baltimore orioles from ace pitcher corbin burns. meanwhile, last night in seattle, tyler o neil set a major league record, homering in his fifth consecutive opening day game, as the red sox beat the mariners, 6-4. welcome. it is friday, march 29th. like