we follow it. the first major wreckage of airasia flight 8501 is found. inside the search zone these erie images the tale of the missing plane. numbers on the wreckage identify the airbus a320. finding the tail is huge. the black boxes should be in it. more heart ache for families as more bodies are found. number recovered is 40 with 24 identified. 162 were on board. the wall street journal reports the airline is offering the victims family members $100,000 in compensation. a lackdown has been lifted at a west texas v. a. medical center. this is the scene yesterday as gunfire wrapping out at the clinic. according to ktsm a doctor was killed before the shooter turned the gun on him or herself. the army hasn t identified either of them yet. the clinic itself serves the el paso area and fort bliss army base. parts of the u.s. are being whacked by brutal weather from dangerous mudslides to a deep freeze. nbc s kevin tables begins our coverage from chicago. reporter:
layers and boots and hats. the rockies to the east coast. many states seeing temperatures up to 35 degrees below average. meanwhile, in western washington state, torrential rain triggered a mudslide. in new york overnight, a man hunt is under way after two police officers were shot while responding to an armed robbery. these officers will recover. the united states ski team is reeling from the death of who up and coming stars killed in an avenuealanche in austria. the s&p, the biggest one-day drop. a couple of more sessions like this next time i m on your show i ll be doing it from a sofa. divers trying to find airasia wreckage are facing bad weather. an offduty police officer accidentally shooting himself in the stomach in a parking garage elevator in cincinnati is expected to be okay. serena williams got a double shot. she went the next two sets. fancy that. and all of that matters. chris christie taking heat for being a cowboys fan and hugging j
layers, boots. millions battle a bitter blast. all the way up the east coast. many people seeing temperatures 35 degrees below average. meanwhile, in maine, torrential rains triggered a mudslide. new york overnight, a manhunt is under way after two police officers were shot while responding to an armed robbery. these officers will recover. the united states ski team is reeling from the death of two up and coming stars killed in an avalanche in austria. the markets across the board stocks plunge as the u.s. crude oil price tumbled. a couple more like this next time i m on your show i ll be voting for myself. divers try to find the airasia wreckage. facing bad weather. they found parts of the plane that may contain the black boxes. an off duty police officer shooting himself in the stomach is expected to be okay. after dropping the first set, serena williams got a double shot. she wins the next two steps. fancy that. and all that mattered c
world headquarters in new york this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. good evening. the weather has turned serious tonight. a big area coming in to stay. it will stretch so far west east and so deep into the south that tonight the estimate is most of the country, 240 million people will be affected by this. one example, chicago may not reach a high of zero tomorrow. the wind chill map alone is rather chilling. and aside from the cold as we ll hear in a moment there are troubles in the west as well. first tonight we begin with nbc s kevin tibbles in chicago. kevin, good evening. reporter: brian, much of america remains hunkered down tonight as this dangerous swath of arctic air continues to push further and further south, and it doesn t seem to be going anywhere for a couple of days. already here in chicago, some 80 schools have announced they ll be closed tomorrow. for some 200 million americans, today was an arctic trudge. blowing snow and bone chilling temperat
this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. good evening. the weather has turned serious tonight. a big area moving in to stay. the air has come from the arctic. it will stretch so far west to east and so deep into the south that tonight the estimate is most of the country, 240 million people, will be affected by this. one example, chicago may not reach a high of zero tomorrow. the wind chill map alone is rather chilling. and aside from the cold, as we ll hear in a moment, there are troubles in the west as well. first tonight we begin with nbc s kevin tibbles in chicago. kevin, good evening. reporter: brian, much of america remains hunkered down tonight as this dangerous swath of arctic air continues to push further and further south, and it doesn t seem to be going anywhere for a couple of days. already here in chicago, some 80 schools have announced they ll be closed tomorrow. for some 200 million americans, today was an arctic trudge. blowing snow and bone chilling