taking partial responsibility saying it didn t act with enough urgency, but are there more bank failures ahead the incredible scene on a school bus as a brave seventh grader takes control after the driver passes out. politics embracing artificial intelligence a potentially useful tool, but will distortions of reality get even worse and giving kids with autism a powerful voice that s inspiring america. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, and welcome on this friday as large parts of the country head into a potentially volatile weekend of weather in the midwest, eyes are locked on the slow but steady rise of the mississippi river. a spring snow melt producing flooding across portions of minnesota, wisconsin, illinois, iowa, and missouri scenes like this in davenport, iowa, expected to grow worse between now and monday, but right now it is the south, once again, facing the immediate threat of violent and dangerous storms an estimated 2
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last while in the southeast at least seven tornadoes reported along with hail and flooding. the threat far from over. also tonight, the deadly collision of two army apache helicopters killing three soldiers and injuring another. dozens killed in ukraine, most at an apartment building, as russia launches its worst attack on civilians in months. our reporter is on the ground. inside the manhunt for two escaped inmates still on the run after a third is captured, and another found dead after murdering a pastor. after the collapse of silicon valley bank, the fed now taking partial responsibility saying it didn t act with enough urgency, but are there more bank failures ahead? the incredible scene on a school bus as a brave seventh grader takes control after the driver passes out. politics embracing artificial intelligence. a potentially useful tool, but will distortions of reality get even worse? and giving kids with autism a powerful voice that s inspiring america.
breaking overnight, russia launches the largest missile attack in two months on ukraine killing at least 20 civilians. this morning ukraine is promising to fight back. here at home, water continues to rise across the midwest and what is being called a slow moving disaster. there is widespread flooding along the mississippi river. and the worst is yet to come. former vice president mike pence testified before the special grand jury investigating former president trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. we ll play for you what trump had to say about it. and a tense back and forth between donald trump s lawyer and the woman who says trump raped her which he denies. what it was like in the room during e. jean carroll s cross examination. we begin this hour with that breaking news out of ukraine. overnight, a deadly wave of air strikes, 20 people were killed including three children in a strike on a residential building in the central ukrainian city of uman according
Sending an official instead. Sandra as relations between the u. S. And the communist nation has been rocky despite a series of visits from the Biden Administration this summer. John chinas Spying Campaign is reportedly ramping up in the United States. A new Wall Street Journal reveals more than 100 instances of chinese nationals posing as tourists to breach u. S. Military sites. The alarming report. Sandra First White House correspondent peter doocy, live in the briefing room. So, xi jinping is opting out. We are about to hear from Jake Sullivan. Set to preview the president s trip, peter . Yeah, and sandra, President Biden said over the long weekend hes disappointed xi is not going to show up at the g20. The folks you talk to around here say the president means he is disappointed. They had a nice meeting in indonesia on the sidelines of the summit there, and a couple months later there are spy craft over the u. S. And things have not been so good. And the president will see him, altho