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
last while in the southeast at least seven tornadoes reported along with hail and flooding. the threat far from over. also tonight, the deadly collision of two army apache helicopters killing three soldiers and injuring another. dozens killed in ukraine, most at an apartment building, as russia launches its worst attack on civilians in months. our reporter is on the ground. inside the manhunt for two escaped inmates still on the run after a third is captured, and another found dead after murdering a pastor. after the collapse of silicon valley bank, the fed now 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.
at the people here, the little ones included and realize what a residential part of the city this is. these are apartment buildings all around. this one, the apartment building that was hit the hardest, people who live here say this side of the building, that s where most of the bedrooms were. these were the first large-scale russian missile strikes in nearly two months hitting several cities. a strike in dnipro killed a mother and child. in kyiv a child injured. back in uman we met daria, a 20-year-old volunteer. the most heartbreaking part was, like, the loud cries of women. i saw the man who was crying because he is the only one who is still alive from his family. reporter: tonight ukraine s top military official says they are getting closer to launching that highly anticipated spring counteroffensive to try and take back territories now occupied by russia. lester. all right, ellison, thank you.
quickly into agony and despair. but there are some moments like these that relatives are clinging on to. as anger grows at the lack of help from the state the first british rescue team arrives in one of the worst hit areas in turkey. there was a 60 year old woman who was alive i m talking to us who had been trapped, so we are making an assessment. the other major story tonight ukraine s president zelensky s first visit to the uk since the russian invasion. he thanked mps and peers for their support but urges the uk to give a fighterjets to ukraine. the writing on the helmet reads, we have freedom, give us wings to protect it . applause