Headlines. What has been submitted to our lab. They are going to study it. Could it be the murder weapon in the deaths of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman or just another sideshow more than 20 years later . Zika warning. A new study shows the zika virus may be even more dangerous than originally thought. Researchers now saying the virus is linked to a host of birth defects al t all stages of pregnancy. And unmasked . The artist known as banksy has spraypainting his work around the world. Now a popular crimefighting is. So, has the artist been revealed . Today, saturday, march 5th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And welcome to today on this saturday morning. Im erica hill. Im craig melvin alongside chanel jones, dylan dreyer is here as well. Its nice to have you back in the studio. Youve been on the road a lot. Good to be back. And really talking to voters. Nashville, tennessee to start the week, finished in hamilton county,
Whole new way. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. We begin tonight with voting under way in wisconsins president ial primary, and we may soon know whether the stop trump movements wisconsin gambit will work. Cruz has remained ahead in the polls going into todays election and the stop trump effort has placed a big bet that wisconsin is the place that can begin to turn trumps fortunes around, and tonight multiple sources inside the Trump Campaign and close to the candidate tell nbc news there is deep concern about the frontrunners inner circle and their level of experience. Nbcs Hallie Jackson has details. Reporter this is where donald trump will be stopped if the Never Trump Movement gets the win it needs from ted cruz. A top aide privately predicting to nbc news a doubledigit win. Going to win here in wisconsin will have a powerful effect nationwide continuing to unite republica
Their families. Both would be illegal until the laws of war. In a statement, trump said that as commander in chief, he would not order u. S. Troops to commit crimes. But it was just last night in the 11th Republican Debate that trump boasted the military would not refuse his orders. That debate sank deeply into pointless insults. Today, conservatives described it with words including embarrassing, suicide, and implosion. It left many republicans feeling they were banging on the cockpit door of a party that had been hijacked with no idea where the g. O. P. Was headed or whether it would land in one piece. Heres major garrett. Millions and millions of people are coming to vote for the republicans, and joining the reporter donald trump today sought to take control of the Republican Party just hours after clashing with his rivals this little guy has lied so much here we go. About my record. Here we go with the personal stuff. He has lied so much. Reporter the rift between trump and the rep
Have an explosive belt. Heres what we know as we come on the air. At least 55 passengers including a number of americans as well as seven crew members were on board the airbus a320 and as of this moment three passengers and four crew members are still being held. The white house saying they have no comment at this time. Were learning the hijacker is demanding to see his estranged wife and there are reports shes been brought to the airport. Want to get the latest from abc news chief Foreign Affairs correspondent terry moran who is tracking it all from london. Good morning, terry. Reporter good morning. It has been a tense morning in egypt and in cairo. Just minutes ago now the Foreign Ministry in cyprus has officially released the name of the man they say hijacked this plane. Seif eldin mustafa, he allegedly claimed to have a suicide belt but at this moment theres no confirmation that there are any explosives on that plane. He may have been bluffing. Cyprus media is reporting cyprus and