draining their bank accounts. for some victims it s fatal. one mother who fought to convince police her son s death was no accidental overdose. those images of unruly passengers on planes. today, the flight attendants on the steps of the capitol. what they re demanding congress do about it. the growing scam involving ai. how criminals can impersonate you or a loved one and cash in. and on this vietnam veterans day, , haarry smiith on a a journey home more than 50 years in the making. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and welcome, everyone. we begin with developing news out of the vatican tonight surrounding the health of pope francis. just days before the start of holy week observances, the 86-year-old leader of the roman catholic church is in a hospital in rome tonight after suffering breathing difficulties in recent days. tonight the vatican reports pope francis is being treated for a respiratory infection and will remain hospit
cease-fire. 4-year-old abigail edan is safely back in israel after being held hostage for 50 days. the update late today from her aunt. new video of hostages being loaded up in buses inside gaza and the emotional reunion as other children are returned to their families. now the push to get more americans out. we will not stop working until every hostage is returned to their loved ones. three college students shot while visiting vermont over the weekend. two still in the icu. authorities say a man opened fire on them unprovoked. police zeroing in on the possibility of a hate crime as they hunt for the shooter. today is expected to be the biggest air travel day ever. nearly 3 million people taking to the skies. can the airports handle it? our nbc news exclusive inside the drug enforcement agency bust of a massive fentanyl ring. how instagram photos like this helped them charge 25 people. and count down to cyber monday. we are just hours away from the sales kicking off.
the ai revolution. the alarming new way scammers are targeting you, and what you should know about voice cloning tonight, the concerns for the tonight, the concerns for the health of pope francis after he was taken to p■ the hospital in rome. the vatican saying the pope is now hospitalized with a respiratory infection after the 86-year-old experienced breathing difficulties. how long he s expected to stay, and will he be back on his feet in time for the palm sunday mass this sunday kicking off the vatican s holy week. also tonight, new images from the school shooting in nashville. young children running across a busy road to escape the gunfire. the search for answers. what was the shooter s motive? the major cross-country storm on the move. heavy rain and possible tornadoes. we re tracking it. nbc news investigates, the threat in a major u.s. city, police zeroing in on thieves drugging people at bars and
about whether more could have been done to prevent this tragedy, but bill, the priority right now this morning, finding that second possible suspect, and we hope to get more information from police out everything and just about four hours. bill: so we will brief you when we get out. gilroy, california. sandra: meanwhile, canadian authorities could be closing in on two teenagers wanted in the murder of an american woman, her australian boyfriend, and another man. police zeroing on a remote area after possibly finding the suspects. we have more details on all of this. dan, good morning. this manhunt started more than a week ago, the last confirmed sighting was in manitoba seven days ago, but then yesterday, two men matching the description of the suspects were seen rummaging through dumpsite. that is about 120 miles west of where they burned a car that they had stolen.
wrong bus stop when he was gunned down on october 19th, just blocks away from where 22-year-old benjamin mitchell was shot and killed waiting for a bus on october 9th. two days after that, a 32-year-old woman was also murdered. the police tell us they have received 144 tips on thursday alone, the day they released this new surveillance video of a quote person of interest. the video was taken of the night of the first murder on october 9th. it shows a man walking with a hoodie and then moments later running in the opposite direction on a street close to the scene and at about the same time as the murder of benjamin mitchell. police zeroing in particularly on a potential tell here from the man s right hand. you can see he s seen flipping his cell phone. police believe it could be a habit that could help identify the person in this video. the interim police chief says this person could be the key to solving these murders but is not necessarily a suspect, though he asks, if you are not the