americans a break. but tonight, lawmakers, including many democrats with serious reservations. cecilia vega at the white house. tonight, the new images, the moments that passenger plane landed in miami. the landing gear failing. the plane catching on fire and tonight, images from inside the plane. and how old was that plane? sitting in a new mexico desert for years, then brought back into service. gio benitez covers aviation. the dramatic rescue in ukraine. a u.s. nuclear scientist escaping from russian-controlled mariupol, hiding in that city for nearly four months. james longman from ukraine tonight. the devastating earthquake in afghanistan. more than 1,000 people killed. the 5.9 leveling villages. maggie rulli reporting tonight. after the school shooting in uvalde, the schumermarket shooting in buffalo, news tonight on that bipartisan gun safety deal. will there be enough republicans in the senate to get this through? and tonight, republican leaders in the house a
capital one shopping. (in s.l.j. voice) what s in your wallet? police rescuing a woman who fell onto the subway tracks. she fell from a platform, this is bay ridge, brooklyn, here. two officers walking right behind heifer. one of them jumping down to lift her right back up to safety. she s being treated for a head injury and police believe she was having a medical episode when she fell off the platform. to washington and nfl commissioner roger goodell testifying before congress today. a house panel investigating allegations of sexual misconduct, harassment and intimidation by the washington commanders. lawmakers issuing a subpoena to owner dan snyder, accusing him of creating a toxic workplace. goodell asked if this is the worst team behavior he s seen since becoming commissioner. i have not seen a workplace in the nfl that is anywhere near what we saw in the context of that period of time for the washington commanders. the league fining the team
convicted of sexually assaulting elizabeth smart in 2002 and holding her captive for nine months. smart managed to escape during a trip to walmart. she s expected to speak at the sentencing. mitchell faces life in prison. chicago bulls center joakim noah paying the price for an anti-gay slur he made during the game. the league fining noah $50,000 for using a term to respond to a fan in sunday s game against the heat. noah says the fine is fair, it is half of what kobe bryant got for making an anti-gay remark to a referee, all happening as the nba has been trying to crack down on offensive language. this is a psa. we talked to grant hill, the sun s star, last week about it. this is a psa for the league sponsored think before you speak campaign, aimed at cutting down on gay bullying. yet you still hear these words in moments of heat on the court. and the defense from both of them, from kobe and joakim, i
thanks so much for being with us on this wednesday. good to see everybody this morning. you know the pictures are coming in, new pictures, and the devastation, continues for the midwest. that s right. ali velshi in joplin, missouri, where they had a harrowing night. hi, ali. good morning, christine, kiran, it is a better morning here. people counting their blessings. a near miss last night in joplin, missouri. everyone taking shelter and bracing for another twister that thanchgfully never came. this city, as you know, is reeling. 48 hours after the deadliest tornado in recorded u.s. history the death toll stands at 124 people killed. the national weather service upgraded sunday s tornado to an ef-5, the highest possible rating with winds above 200 miles an hour. now in oklahoma, devastating storms carved up canadian county, which is west of oklahoma city. five separate tornadoes touched down and five people are dead. dozens more are hurt. the dallas area got pounded too.