Caught on camera the plane plunging out of the sky, crashing into a home below. The house going up in flames the pilot killed one neighbor saying it sounded like a sonic boom. Boeings ceo confronted on capitol hill families lined up behind him with photos of 737 max crash victims. Their message to him and the question tonight, will he resign the medical wonder the patient Live Streaming her own brain surgery on facebook while she was awake. And the price you pay. Amazons new salvo in the grocery wars how you can save announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt, reporting tonight from los angeles. Good evening, everyone, from los angeles, where fires are still burning and where things are expected to take a very dangerous turn just a few hours from now with the arrival of whats being called a major santa ana wind event later this evening. Perhaps record setting an unprecedented and dire extreme red flag warning in effect here, as we come on the air, for critical fire weather con
Extreme red flag warning in effect here, as we come on the air, for critical fire weather conditions while 400plus miles to the north of us, crews are still working to gain the upper hand in that epic battle against the fire that has displaced more than 100,000 people and is still on the move. Tonight with major fires on both ends of california, the worst may still be to come we have the most significant wind event in los angeles of the year it will be starting this evening. Reporter the biggest blaze, the kincade fire, burning in sonoma county, growing overnight, now more than 75,000 acres, threatening more than 90,000 structures. Air quality a major concern. At this couples wedding, masks were handed out to guests. The kincade fire has now been burning six days 150,000 people remain under evacuation orders. Really frustrating. Just not knowing what to do yeah, living paycheck to paycheck and not having enough money to go somewhere else reporter frustration mounting with Utility Compa
like that classic plane nosedive sound, and i heard a loud crash there was a tremendous explosion. reporter: it shook everything around you it shook everything around. reporter: a twin-engine cessna 414 caught plunging out of the sky on a security camera, crashing into this house just before 11:00 god reporter: and burst into flames authorities say the only person on board, the pilot, was killed. so right now, thank god, nobody was hurt on the ground. reporter: wnbc helicopter pilot dennis protsko lives nearby you did not fly today. why? the visibility and the ceiling is very, very poor. reporter: tonight federal officials are here investigating what caused this plane to fall from the sky rehema ellis, nbc news, colonia, new jersey in washington today, they came with all they had left of their loved ones, pictures of those who died in two 737 max crashes overseas at an emotional congressional hearing today, families demanded
when i got a phone call saying you re going to be receiving the medal of honor, i felt like, you know, mixed emotions. this medal belongs to the true heroes. you can attest to this, sir. the guys that never make it home. and their families. the captain is the tenth living afghan war veteran to receive that honor. certainly emotional. inspiring story. congratulations to him. back here in new york, a suspect is in custody accused of targeting the helicopter of the news department at our local affiliate with a laser. the two of them are standing there right now hitting us right now. don t look, george. yeah. you think this is a joke, huh? that was dennis protsko, the pilot. he was out on another story and caught the whole thing on