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
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.
and heartbreak. throwing away my prize stuff. reporter: this alongside pummeling hail and torrential rain, floods stranding cars in fort pierce, florida. it was so much rain so fast. reporter: and terrifying moments in fort worth, texas, where two boys struck by lightning this week are now recovering. apparently i died last night and came back to life. reporter: their mom begging parents to keep their kids safe inside. i know it s like a one in a million chance, but you never know. you might be that one. it was two for me. reporter: a plea for caution amid a catastrophic mix of severe weather that just won t let up. maggie vespa joining me now from davenport. maggie, iowa s late today issued another
shepard: a fox report now. bottom of the hour headlines from fox news. police in california say they re looking for a sex offender that led them on a 100-mile chase in a motor home with two kids inside. cops say after the rv stopped, they found the kids safe inside. the suspect was gone. police in florida have arrested the brother of the parkland school shooting suspect. they say zachary cruz violated his probation by driving without a valid driver s license and getting too close to a school. he was arrested in march for trespassing at the school. more than 1,300 drones lighting up the sky in china. the drone company broke the guinness book of world records for the most unmanned aerial
dropped. another girlfriend, the first girlfriend who called me and alerted me to the situation, she was running to the school with her phone in her hand to try and get her son out and that is when she was stopped and turned back, we re going to keep the kids safe inside. so okay. so we have another parent that we re going to talk to right now. her name is michelle. and michelle, are you at the school and tell us exactly what you know? yes. i m at the school. i m in front of the middle school next to douglas. they have all of the streets blocked off, they won t let us go closer. is west glades also on lockdown or just douglas. they are both on lookdown. that is the middle school. correct. how many kids do you have at the high school? i have one daughter that is a junior. have you been able to speak with her or at least text with her? she was texting me up until about four minutes ago and now