at the 25-year-old black motorist last june. the state attorney general saying the officers thought walker was reaching for a gun during a chase. will it ignite new protests? breaking news in kansas city. a homeowner charged with two felony counts after he shot a black teenager who rang his doorbell mistakenly. the prosecutor now saying there was a racial component in the case. growing outrage by u.s. allies after the leak by a national guardsman of those top secret documents, and what they reveal about washington s china concerns. a string of massive and worrying chemical explosions acrossss america.. the new calls for tougher regulations. the mystery at sea. what happened to three experienced american sailors who disappeared without a trace off the coast of mexico almost two weeks ago? a new treatment for melanoma brings promising results. rates of recurrence and death down dramatically. and ten years after the boston marathon bombing, how their injuries forged
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
as we learn more about the victims of an attack on a birthday in alabama. we ll bring you the very latest. outrage in kansas city after the family of a black teen who was shot after he rang the wrong doorbell, has now retained two well-known civil rights lawyers. what we know about the investigation coming up. in delaware, a judge overseeing a major defamation occ case against fox news says he made the decision to delay the start of the trial until tomorrow we ll take you outside the courtroom. plus, nearly 100 civilians killed in sudan as a clash unfolds between the government and paramilitary groups. what s behind this wave of violence coming up and we begin this hour with another mass shooting devastating a community in america. this morning an investigation is underway in dadeville, alabama, after four people were killed, 29 others were injured in a shooting at a sweet 16 birthday party. most of the victims were teenagers. so far police have not provided informati
abortion pill with the justices demanding briefs and next steps on wednesday. another american town devastated by a deadly mass shooting, this time the pictures are teenagers at a sweet 16 party in dadeville, alabama. i ll speak to congressman jason crow, an iraq and afghan war veteran about the diplomatic and political fallout from the intelligence leaks allegedly carried out by a 21-year-old air national guardsman with top secret clearance good day i m andrea mitchell. in washington, where the supreme court is back at the center of the abortion debate for the first time since it overturned roe v. wade last june after samuel alito put a temporary hold on an appeals court ruling from the fifth circuit that limited access to the abortion pill court papers submitted by the u.s. solicitor general on behalf of the fda say even the potential changes to mifepristone s labeling required by lower court rulings would create, quote, regulatory chaos for the drugmaker. nbc s senior
that does it for us this hour katy tur reports starts right now. good to be with you, i m katy tur, after a two-week break, congress is back to work, and boy is there a lot to do there is the debt ceiling, which still has not been raised. speaker mccarthy is in new york city today, courting wall street and arguing massive cuts to spending will be good for everyone he wants to get rid of a lot, and he s playing a game of chicken with the white house we re going to explain what mccarthy is doing by showing up in manhattan and why the speaker is betting president joe biden will ultimately negotiate. also here in new york, congressman jim jordan and the house judiciary committee are here the chair held a so-called field hearing on crime today jordan called it powerful. manhattan d.a. alvin bragg just called it a slap in the face to the nypd we also have news on the senate side senators mitch mcconnell and john fetterman are back in washington after a respected medical can m