Reflexes stopping a flying baseball bat from hitting his son. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is ennightly news with lester holt. Good evening. A new nbc news wall street journal poll out tonight is showing just how tight the republican nomination is for president. Donald trump leading by just three points nationally. Trump is at 30 , cruz in second at 27, but inside the margin of error with john kasich and marco rubio trailing behind. The poll comes as republicans are voting today in four states, but its next weeks primaries in delegaterich ohio and florida that many expect could blow the gop race wide open. Democrats, mean phil, are squarely focused on todays vote, in michigan. A state key to Bernie Sanders survival. Tonight our poll Shows Hillary clinton leading sanders nationally by nine points. We have it all covered, starting with nbcs katy tur. Reporter gop voters casting ballots in four states for four remaining candid
Whats the plan to stop this, lili . The first step is to clean off the graffiti, which the city did earlier this morning on the wall that you see right behind me. You can still see faint outline of that graffiti. In light of recent events, the city hopes to step up security and soon. It happened within five minutes. Surveillance video shows a group of people tagging a restaurants wall last night. They started with the garbage can and worked their way down a 100foot stretch. They nonchalantly do what theyre doing and people walking by, nobody says a word to them. This restaurant is tagged about once a week. Very annoying. Id rather it not happen. Shouldnt have to worry about it. Building, nice restaurant, downtown, rice across from city hall. Wouldnt think you have to worry about it but do you. About an hour after the pizza shop was hit, vandals tagged city hall. As were getting a message out were trying to combat graffiti, we ourselves are getting hit. A solution cant come soon enough
In history. Well talk to trump live as voters go to the polls in four more states today. Jury awards erin andrews 55 million in the trial involving a secretly recorded video of her in her hotel room. Will a higher court find that excessive and will she see a much smaller amount . Just dropping in. A plane makes an unusual landing at an office park on long island, and a lucky father and daughter have a parachute to thank for saving their lives today, tuesday, march 8th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on a tuesday morning. I look at that landing, i guess youd call it. Run it again. Did you know a plane could come with a parachute . If you have the option of getting in a plane with a absolutely. Well have more on that in a bit. We want to get to the breaking news out of california overnight. A commuter train derailed. The lead car filled with passengers en
Did you know a plane could come with a parachute . If you have the option of getting in a plane with a parachute, you take that option. Absolutely. Well have more on that in a bit. We want to get to the breaking news out of california overnight. A commuter train derailed. The lead car filled with passengers ending up on its side in a creek. Lets go to Steve Patterson with the story. What can you tell us . Good morning. Passengers say the rain was coming down hard right before the trail derailed. 214 people boarded. Thankfully, only nine were injured and just four seriously. Everyone is expected to live, but it was a harrowing ride. Reporter the commuter train sits partially submerged in the muddy waters of a creek. Do you know if this is a passenger train or a freight train. A passenger train. Reporter Authorities Say the ace train was traveling from san jose to stockton when the first plunging it into the water. I was in the first car that went into the river. Reporter passengers desc
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