flight attendants seen pouring bottles of water over it as passengers evacuate. what officials believe caused it. and remembering a hero astronaut after disaster struck the apollo 13 mission, the key role he played in saving the crew announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening we begin with the united states and israel tonight at odds over what next in the war in gaza as civilian casualties mount. the u.s. call for a humanitarian pause getting a firm thumbs down from prime minister benjamin netanyahu who told secretary of state antony blinken, we are continuing full force, appearing to reject secretary blinken s plea to do more to protect palestinian civilians. israel s government pending any kind of a pause to the release of hostages held by hamas. but the unsettling image of civilian casualties and damaged hospitals in gaza, continue to draw widespread condemnation of israel s siege in its defense, israel providing pictures of hamas tunnels it
israel and gaza. also tonight, president biden visiting maine in the aftermath of the mass shooting that killed 18 people, meeting with survivors, victims families, and first responders. his message to a grieving community. the security scare at a nuclear plant in south carolina. a man driving through the gate, ramming the barricades, the urgent man-hunt tonight. the one-time crypto king sam bankman-fried found guilty on all counts in his fraud trial. why his legal troubles aren t over yet. the explosion aboard a jet blue plane. a backpack bursting into flames. flight attendants seen pouring bottles of water over it as passengers evacuate. what officials believe caused it. and remembering a hero astronaut. after disaster struck the apollo 13 mission, the key role he played in saving the crew. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. we begin with the united states and israel tonight at odds over what next in the war in gaza as civilia
Weekly news commentary and features from the editors of the Wall Street Journals editorial page. Weekly news commentary and features from the editors of the Wall Street Journals editorial page. Investigators will be trying to figure out the motive based on what they have seen so far. The fbi says they do not believe this was a Terrorist Threat and they do not believe theres any additional criminal activity associated with this. Another major issue, authorities will surely look at is security access, the fact that could happen at all. All entities will do what they call a hot watch, they will review incident and look at all of the things happened and look for the holes and why employee had access to aircraft and try to determine where it was broken down and with that theyll be able to strengthen the system. Former dhs officials spoken to fox news today say at this Point Mental Health seems to be the primary issue when it comes to this situation. The challenge on this particular case as
outside court today. the man engulfed in flames. emts with fire extinguishers rushing him to the hospital. he s in critical condition tonight. meantime, inside the courtroom, the judge declaring, we have completed jury selection of this case. they will hear this case, they will determine donald trump s fate. abc senior investigative correspondent aaron katersky leading us off outside the courtroom again tonight. reporter: tonight, the jury of 12 is set, six alternate jurors picked, and opening statements set to begin in the historic first-ever criminal trial of a former american president. but this afternoon, as donald trump sat before the judge, a major security scare playing out just steps away from the manhattan courthouse. chaos and horror as a man hurled pamphlets into the air and then said himself on fire. an eyewitness speaking with abc s olivia rubin. i heard someone screech, and looked in the corner. and there s this this guy who just starts dousing himself with with
A Delhi man has been arrested for entering the Palam Air Force station using fake documents. The man was caught inside the high-security zone impersonating an Air Force Wing Commander.