This is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Substituting tonight Peter Alexander. Tonight, new details are emerging about what might have motivated the young copilot who deliberately flew his german airliner into the alps this week. His exgirlfriend is now speaking out about what she says the copilot told her including an ominous warning months ago. This as we learn about the planes captain, who tried to break down the door. He was 34, the father of two. And like his copilot he completed a Flight Training stint here in the u. S. In phoenix. We begin again tonight with nbcs bill neely. Hes in the french alps. Bill. Reporter good evening, peter. Here in france and in germany they are still searching for bodies for clues and for answers to the question what on earth drove this man to commit mass murder . Well now a young german woman may have provided them with some clues. Day five and the mountain still holds secrets the investigators are hunting for. But theyre focused too on the secrets
And fellow astronaut remains on the ground as part of a scientific experiment that could one day send a man or woman to mars. And the elite eight. Four more teams advance keeping the dream alive, Michigan State upsetting oklahoma next stop the final four. The best teams tipoff for that chance today, saturday march 28th, 2015. Welcome to today on saturday morning. Nice to see everybody together this morning. Lester is enjoying the morning off. You can only imagine the relief foray manned a knocks and her family seven and a half years after this case this episode. Thats true. A lot of people were surprised when the news came down overnight. Thats right. We want to get to our top story, amanda knocks. She was acquitted of murder charges by italys highest court. She spoke briefly from seattle, her home making an emotional statement how grateful she was to finally have her life back. Kelly cobiella is in rome where the ruling came down. Good morning. Reporter good morning, peter. This was a
Meteorologist Michelle Grossman. Michelle, what happened to march going out like a lamb . I know. Its freezing this morning. Well, well below actually the freezing mark. Were in the 20s. It does feel like february it does feel like winter. Were going to be cold all day long. We are cold to start out the weekend and were going to finish it out pretty much just as cold. Heres a live look outside. We are waking to partly cloudy skies. And we will see sunshine as we head throughout the afternoon. The sun not really helping to warm us up though. And certainly frigid right now. Temperatures mainly in the 20s, 26 right now in philadelphia 24 in trenton, 24 in wilmington. To the north and west were even colder than that. 15 degrees right now in mt. Pocono. 21 in pottstown. 23 in oxford. And if youre waking up to parts of in southern new jersey also delaware 25 in dover, delaware. 26 at the Atlantic City airport. 26 in woodbine along the coast, 27 in avalon. You factor in the winds, it feels co
Place. Today were going to eliminate the wind at least by this afternoon. Still breezy this morning, and were also bringing back that sunshine. Looking good outside right now. Just cold 26 degrees in philadelphia. 22 in chester springs, 25 in wilmington. To the north and west also looking at the low 20s. 21 in pottstown, 20 in lancaster. Just 15 degrees in mt. Pocono. 13 in shenandoah and looking at the 20s also to the south and east. 25 in dover, delaware 25 in mt. Holly and 26 in woodbine. Factor in the winds again, breezy. Were feeling like the teens across the area. Feels like 14 right now in philadelphia. Feels like just 10 in lancaster. The windchill in mt. Pocono, 1 below zero. And it feels like 16 in wildwood. It feels like february. Thats what i feel like im reporting on. It is the end of march, but well feel like february throughout the afternoon. By 9 00 29 mostly sunny. By lunchtime, 38 degrees and 43 by 3 00. So good idea to layer up today. You want to keep that winter coa
On the roofs of all the buildings out there. Weve been seeing that over the past few weeks. Good morning this is nbc 10 news today. Im rosemary connors. Its 10 00 on this sunday. Lets get right to the forecast with meteorologist michelle grossman. Michelle, sunny but windy conditions out there. Thats right. Its bright and sunny, looks very pretty, but its windy and air temperatures are at or below freezing in every spot across the area. So a frigid start to the day. 20s to the north and west of philadelphia. Factor in those winds were talking about and it feels colder than that. Heres a live look outside. We are looking at the skyline and Citizens Bank park. Certainly not baseball weather, was it will be soon or it will have to be soon. 32 in philadelphia 28 in Kennett Square 31 in trenton. We are still staying in the 20s in many spots. 29 in lancaster, 29 in oxford and just 25 degrees in mt. Pocono. Part of southern new jersey also delaware we are at or below freezing as well. Freezin