taking partial responsibility saying it didn t act with enough urgency, but are there more bank failures ahead the incredible scene on a school bus as a brave seventh grader takes control after the driver passes out. politics embracing artificial intelligence a potentially useful tool, but will distortions of reality get even worse and giving kids with autism a powerful voice that s inspiring america. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, and welcome on this friday as large parts of the country head into a potentially volatile weekend of weather in the midwest, eyes are locked on the slow but steady rise of the mississippi river. a spring snow melt producing flooding across portions of minnesota, wisconsin, illinois, iowa, and missouri scenes like this in davenport, iowa, expected to grow worse between now and monday, but right now it is the south, once again, facing the immediate threat of violent and dangerous storms an estimated 2
migrant children working illegally in slaughterhouses. we speak exclusively with a 16-year-old still on the job about the dangerous conditions he faces. e-cigarette company juul paying lawsuits claiming it marketed vaping to underage users. about to be over for tuerware what happeneto a pif american kitcn culture. ouncerthis is nbc night news with lester holt > good even welcome. sidents of anoth small american town are tonight trying to comprehend the danger they face from a noxious cloud of burning materials that have forced up to 2,000 people to flee their homes. multiple fires burning right now in richmond, indiana, on a 14-acre former factory site. the fire is fueled by plastic stored on the te the fires are spewing an ominous column of k sme. captured on weather radar and satellite images tonight u.s. environmental protection agency teams are on the ground measuring the air trying to learn the level of danger. maggie vespa is there for us tonight reporter: a bi
hazardous fumes. as many as 2,000 people evacuated within a half mile. the plant s operator previously cited for violations. what we re learning. just released the desperate 911 calls during that deadly mass shooting at a louisville bank. employees pleading for help. even the shooter s mother calling police. why she didn t think he owned a gun. tennessee officials vote to reinstate the second of two lawmakers expelled from the state legislature for protesting against gun violence. the new threat against the manhattan d.a. overseeing the new york criminal case against former president trump. what officials are saying. our investigation of undocumented migrant children working illegally in slaughterhouses. we speak exclusively with a 16-year-old still on the job about the dangerous conditions he faces. e-cigarette company juul paying almost half a billion to settle settlements saying it marketed vaping to underage users. is the party about to be over for tupperware?
I cant wait to see. We appreciate your time. Tonight, several breaking stories. The horrific pictures coming in. The deadly bus crash, flipping on the interstate. Tonight, the driver has just been charged. Two adults killed. More than 50 others injured. Several children rushed to the hospital. Also breaking tonight, authorities just moments ago revealing more tanks have gone up in flames tonight. The inferno growing at this hour, and the new warnings. The major headline breaking involving robert kraft. Will the Billionaire Owner of the new England Patriots take the offer . Prosecutors offering kraft a plea deal tonight, but what he must acknowledge. And what kraft would also have to do. The State Of Emergency growing, and the rescues tha80 cities now, 70 counties in nebraska alone. Several states under water, and there is more rain on the way. Amazon chief jeff bezos, who leaked those nude photos to the
enquirer, and how much were they paid . What the Wall Street Journal is now reporti
a week after former president trump s arraignment. officials say a letter addressed to bragg containing white powder was found in the mailroom. preliminary testing found it to be nonhazardous. officials say there was also a photo of mr. trump and bragg. in the defamation lawsuit against fox news, the judge imposed a sanction on fox after lawyers for dominion voting systems said fox s lawyers had withheld evidence. dominion s lawyers will now be allowed to conduct more depositions of fox witnesses. dominion is suing over statements on fox linking it to erroneous claims of 2020 voter fraud. the trial is set to begin next week. the u.s. is calling on the kremlin to release a wall street journal reporter it says is being wrongfully detained in russia, and today we got word on how he is holding up. here s andrea mitchell. reporter: it s been two weeks since wall street journal reporter evan gershkovich was imprisoned falsely charged with spying. the journal s entire newsroom ral