Down smugglers. Step by step. A father finds a way to bond with his autistic son by sharing some common ground. Nightly news begins now. Decision 2016, this is nbc nightly news with jose diaz bellard. This is another big night in politics with five States Holding primaries and coke us s caucuses. In kansas, nbc now projects that ted cruz is the winner. Todays contests are a chance for donald trump and Hillary Clinton to strength their position as frontrunners and a test of whether the others can gain traction. For donald trump its a test of his ability to weather a blistering assault from his own party as it tries to stop his march to the nomination. We have it all covered for you tonight, reporter marco rubio just wrapped up a rally here. Florida crucial to his campaign. With a victory in kansas just now, its ted cruz who is picking up some much needed momentum to stop trump. Today, the revolt against donald trump got more heated. We have a divided country, folks. Reporter in interrup
Former nba star lamar odom rushed to the hospital after being found unconscious in a nevada brothel. His exwife, Khloe Kardashian now at his side. Authorities raid a ranch in the rugged mount ings of mexico looking for escaped drug lord el chapo. Was it his hiding place . What they found that might take them closer to finding one of the worlds most wanted men today, wednesday, october 14th, 2015. Cell phone calls that led them the ranch in new mexico. Can you imagine their feeling when they realized how close and hot on the trail they are. The latest on that coming up. Lets start with the top story, the democratic debate. Clinton and sanders trading jobs. Three other candidates getting their first chance to make a first impression. We have it all covered this morning from the debate to the latest on Vice President joe biden. Well talk to msnbc contributor Nicole Wallace. Lets begin with our National Correspondent in Las Vegas Peter alexander. Good morning. Reporter good morning to you,
Yeah, number two engine bird strike. A Delta Airlines flight forced to make an Emergency Landing in seattle after striking a hawk during takeoff. This morning, the quickthinking pilot who got the plane down safely. Hero stabbed, spencer stone, one of the americans who stopped a terrorist on a french train knifed nearly to death. This morning the latest on his condition and the hunt for suspects. And terrifying plunge, a group of hikers falls into a river in new zealand when the bridge they were walking on suddenly snapped. But amazingly, everyone is okay today, friday, october 9th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer, and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone, welcome to today on a friday morning, weve got willie in for matt. The most exciting news for air travelers we didnt mention in the open, boeing is developing a plane going to be ready next week that has overhead space, can you fit your bag in the overhead
Help trying to rebook flights. Nbc bay areas Marianne Favro joins us from San Jose Mineta International with what went wrong. Traveling is tough when everything is going right. That is true. And they were even tougher today especially at local airports. It all began with a computer glitch this morning that was systemwide. And because of that glitch, even tomorrow southwest passengers are asked to arrive at least two hours before their flights. Travel trouble for hundreds of southwest passengers across the nation today. It just poor. Its poor customer service. Its poor information. Reporter they can blame technology. We love technology, but at the same time its kind of frustrating. Reporter a computer glitch shut down the Airlines Website and forced them to go old school, manually hand checking in passengers. Everything is handwritten right now. Reporter and that slowed things down a lot, including here at Oakland International airport. From seattle was about one hour. It was about 45mi
Courtroom, but i can tell you all three defendants looked very different than the mugshots weve been seeing over the past several days. As all three have since had their heads shaved. This morning they were brought in one by one into the courtroom, shackled at the wrists in red and white striped jail uniforms. None of them addressed the court. The 23yearold man accused of firing the shot that killed Steven Carter yawned a couple of times and was sporting the roman numeral 13 in a tattoo on the right side of his neck. Not clear what the significance of that might be. Two seats to his right was 24yearold sean angold who sat quietly. And few seats to his right, lila a alligood. How would you feel . You know, she turned 18 in july. This is overwhelming. I told her i would be getting an attorney for her and just to take a deep breath. On our young clients behalf still entitled to the presumption of innocence. Obviously we have two murders and that is a serious situation. So we are going to