They managed to get a handful out today including a 65yearold woman who was pulled out of the sea. But, you know, the weather is terrible. Its raining heavily. Theres security cordon across this whole area. I can tell you with all those missing and yet the captain and the chief engineer surviving, questions being asked exactly what happened. They have been put in custody. It seems in early stages this was an extreme weather event. Gusts of wind that potentially blew over this vessel and meant everyone was trapped inside as they were getting ready to go to bed on this Pleasant River cruise which turn out to be a nightmare. Back to you. Oh, david thats just terrible. Well cover this all morning long and check back within you. Another breaking story. Acting director of the Transportation Security Administration resigned after Security Breaches were revealed at dozens of airports where undercover investigators smuggled weapons and fake bombs past airport screeners. Suzanne malveaux has mor
Martha that rocket. It was supposed to head to the International Space station. It had 5,000 pounds of supplies. But 6 seconds in this happens. Any indication as to what caused this . Reporter not yet. We are a long ways off here. All night long investigators were analyzing the cameras. The first stage is where it happened. It shook the earth for miles. But daylight is allowing the huge team of investigators to comb wallops island, virginia for debris that could hold the clue. This is the first catastrophic failure of the Space Program that replaced the shuttle program. Range safety initiated the flight termination system 20 seconds into flight. Reporter this was supposed to be the rockets fourth trip to the space station. The company is ground until it figures out what happened. 5,000 pounds of cargo worth 2 million is lost. That includes science experiments and 1,400 pounds of food. Martha i understand the space station crew watched this happen live from onboard the space station. Re
Its the moment of truth for donald trump, the moment of truth for ted cruz, the moment of truth for the forces desperately trying to stop donald trump. As the voting plays out today, controversy, more controversy from donald trump. New comments, surprising comments about ted cruzs father. We will have the details on that in just a second for you. Polls, as we said, they are open right now all across the hoosier state. This in a primary that could effectively end this republican campaign. Donald trump is looking good in the polls to put a win on the board tonight in indiana. He needs less than half of the remaining delegates to clinch the nomination before the convention. With a win tonight, that could be the nail in the coffin for the socalled stop trump movement. A movement that never really seemed to get fully started. New polling this morning shows a majority of Republican Voters now think that ted cruz and john kasich should drop out of this race. And our latest nbc News Survey Mon
It turns out there may be lots of planet earths out there. Finding a second earth is not just a matter of if well, if anyone on earth two, three, or whatever is listening, we have some advice for you. This is mtp daily that starts right now. Good evening, im chuck todd here in washington and welcome to mtp daily. Its hard to beat something with nothing. And right now republicans across the country are feeling the burn from an energized and angry segment of the electorate. Which is descending on gop town hams and these folks want answers. Whats going to happen really on one issue specifically to their health care among other things. And right now republicans dont have any legislative details. Or much in the way of answers. Yet. Senator, we should all have good health care. [ applause ] [ chanting do your job ] improve it. For god sakes ever since the election, i have felt like a passenger in a car thats being driven by a drunk driver. The veterans are broken down, theyre not getting wha
And elated. Even the rncs internal models and had trump losing in the final stretch by some significant margin. Lets comb through the shrapnel by political explosion. Nbc news has he surpassed the electoral votes needed to be the president of the united states. They have one consolation prize at the moment. Hillary clinton is leading in the popular vote. This is an unexpected battle ground. He did something a lot of us thought wouldnt be done. Trump does lead there. New hampshire remains too close to call. Clinton holds a tiny lead. Down the ballot, republicans control all the levers of power and retain the control of the house and senate. This just in. Kelly ayott ece conceded to her challenger. They picked up two seats in illinois and new hampshire. Shell shocked democrats continue their work and Hillary Clinton called out to young women in the crowd. Nothing has made me prouder than to be your champion. Its not often you see her show that vulnerability and urged the country to keep