Unmatched. The tournament setting new records and inspiring the next generation of athletes. Millions of americans on the movie for the Solar Eclipse, airport traffic, even outages. The excitement, unstoppable. Its a Once In A Lifetime kind of experience. We have the important forecast with just hours to go. Terrifying moments in the air. The cover blown off this flight. A piece the cowling is hanging off. Why did it happen . Parts of kansas city overrun by an illegal takeover. This police car swarmed. Another hit by a speeding car. Why chaotic scenes like these seem to be happening more often. Is this University Building causing cancer . The investigation finding more than 160 people who spent significant time there diagnosed with the disease. And as the country comes together to watch the eclipse, the emotional reunion nearly 50 years in the making. Announcer this is nnbc nightly news with Hallie Jackson. Good news on a couple of fronts. Millions of moments of unity. With millions getting ready for the Solar Eclipse hours away. Well have more on 245 in a second. But its a different star front and center tonight. Thats Caitlin Clark, and what feels like a gamechanging moment, not just for her, but for womens sports period. South carolina beating clarks iowa in a College Championship game for the ages, with the drama capping a recordsetting ncaa womens playoff, delivering monster ratings. Just one fine four game friday night saw more viewers than any of last years world series games, more viewers than the most recent nba playoffs, more viewers than the last decades worth of daytona 500s. All of it proving these women are undeniably unmatched. Our jesse kirsch has a front row seat. Perfection with a touch of sweet rede redemption. Reporter tonight South CarolinaWomens Basketball is perfection. They made history. They etched their names in the History Books when this is the unlikeliest group to do it. Reporter the gamecocks winning todays national championship, capping off an undefeated season, 38 wins and zero losses. Unstoppable congratulations reporter the win South Carolinas third womens Tournament Title and redemption after losing to iowa in last years final four. Im just so proud of our team. And it feels great. It hasnt sunk in yet. Reporter for iowa, backtoback championship losses for a Womens Program that has never won the tournament. To be back in this position and come out here and battle, i mean, South Carolina is just so good. There is only so much you can do. Put up a three here. Reporter for Caitlin Clark, the finale would have been legacy of a career filled with crowning achievements. She is division is alltime leading scorer for women and men, helping Womens College basketball explode in popularity. On monday, iowas Elite Matchup became the most watched Womens College basketball game ever. Then the teams final four win shattered the record again. She has made such an impact on everythings lives. Reporter todays championship expected to reach even more people thanks to clarks stardom and her formidable opponents. Tonight collin clark going oath home without a storybook ending. But when you look in the stands, its clear she didnt need a trophy to change the game. Caitlin clark, if youre out there, you are one of the g. O. A. T. S of our games, and we appreciate you. Jesse kirsch is joining us live from cleveland. She is a g. O. A. T. , even if this is not the night Caitlin Clark wanted to have, but this is really just the begin for her, right . Far from the finish, hallie. He has declared for the wnba travel draft. The Indiana Fever have the first pick. And no surprise, Caitlin Clark is expected to be drafted number one. She says she expects Womens Basketball to keep on growing. Hallie . The Courtside Seat for you, jesse. Thank you. Theyre in cleveland, which we should point out is right in The Path Of Totality for tomorrows eclipse. You see the path with millions of people flooding into all these cities and towns right along it tonight. Its set to be a moment of unity, one that makes history. But it could come with big headaches on the roads and in the airports. Weve got all the angles covered tonight. Lets start with Priscilla Thompson in one of the first place 245s will see the eclipse tomorrow, dallas. Reporter tonight a lastminute crush of travelers are flooding into The Path Of Totality hoping for a chance to see history. It gives you tingles up your spine, you know, for it to happen. For our family its a onceinalifetime kind of experience to see. Thats why we decide toad travel. Reporter as more than 44,000 Take To The Skies today alone, the faa is warning about delays at airports in little rock chicago, burlington and more. Cities along the roughly 100mile swath from texas to maine will go completely dark on monday afternoon as the moon passes between the sun and the earth. And we are literally over the moon to welcome over one Million People to our state. The millions of tourists are adding to the more than 31 million already living along the path, prompting concerns about supply shortages, cellular outages and traffic chaos. Here in dallas exits like this one off of major highways that lead into downtown will be closed at certain times during the big event. Nbcs Maura Barrett is in bloomington, indiana. Reporter this Small College town normally has a population of 80,000 people, but its expected to balloon to hundreds of thousands all for the eclipse, which will be seen just above this stage in this football stadium, all while william shatner, captain kirk himself narrates the moment of totality. That excitement is spreading nationwide. Schools in buffalo, cleveland and indianapolis canceled for eclipse fever. Its called the eclipse bourbon. Texas restaurants are serving up Specialty Cocktails and blackout burgers. In maine, eclipsethemed tattoos. Plus, researchers are eager to study how animals will react. The big event is cause for other celebrations, too. In ohio, jenny harris and Bart Lombardi are getting married when the sun meets the moon at a huge service for 150 couples. Definitely the only time it will happen in our lifetime to experience Something Like this. Its pretty crazy, but just so much fun. And priscilla, it is crunch time for all of these places with less than 24 hours to go. Reporter hallie, thats right. Crews here at the Perot Museum Of Nature And Science are still hard at work as are crews across the city putting the final touches on events ahead of tomorrows big day. Hallie . Priscilla thompson, thank you. Meteorologist bill karins is here. All right, bill, the hopes of tens of millions of Eclipse Watchers are hang young ever word tonight. No pressure. So many people are making lastminute decisions to watch the totality. Already watching the clouds in texas. That has been locked in the forecast. San antonio to austin it looks mostly cloudy. Dallas, flip of a coin. Some areas will be all right. Some areas will be in the cloud. Little rock forecast has been Getting Better and better and same for Southern Illinois and indiana. It looks Like Northern ohio should be okay. Cleveland, were hoping the clouds clear out just in time for you and Western New York still looks very cloudy and the best spot by far still looks maine. Thats the totality. Everybody still sees the eclipse, but a lot of clouds offerly from new york to washington, d. C. Down into the carolinas. Bill, thank you. To some breaking news tonight about a scary emergency today when part of a Southwest Airlines engine cover ripped apart during takeoff. Steve paterson has the latest. Reporter it is the very last thing anyone wants to see looking out of the window of their plane. Passengers onboard southwest flight 3695 stunned, treated to a whiteknuckle watch party witnessing part of their own plane ripping off in real time. There it goes. The rest of it. Reporter the boeing 737 scheduled to fly from denver to houston this morning when part of the engines cowling, or the protective cover that houses the engine, appears to peel back. Lets go ahead and declare an emergency. Weve got a piece of Engine Cowling hanging off, apparently. Reporter the faa issuing a statement, saying in part the pilot reported the Engine Cowling fell off during takeoff and struck the wing flap. The boeing 737800 was towed to the gate. The faa will investigate. Its typically due to a failure of maintenance personnel to properly secure the engine. Reporter while the plane is manufactured by boeing, the engine is not. Right now it is unclear what the source of the malfunction is, but southwest has recently had a series of Runway Scares including a possible engine fire on thursday that grounded a vegasbound flight in lubbock. These small incidents occur, but theyre rarely catastrophic. Reporter passengers on board reportedly okay, but stunned by an inflight moment they wont soon forget. Steve paterson, nbc news. Overseas now, today marks six months since hamas launched the deadly attacks on israel. The families of those still held Hostage Gathering today to show their outrage and renew their push to bring them back home. Reporter tonight anger and anguish on display in jerusalem as thousands mark six mo months since the start of the attacks and the start of the war. The families of the remaining 133 hostages in gaza gather to remember them. A powerful moment as they assembled on stage and screamed in frustration and grief. Lishays husband amri is still being held. She tells him that she loves him. And then screams enough. On saturday night, protesters demanded an end to the war. According to the Palestinian Health ministry more than 33,000 have been killed in gaza. Meanwhile, Significant Developments on the battlefield. Tanks on the move as the Israeli Military announced that it will withdraw its Ground Forces from southern gaza. The remaining Idf Troop Presence is tasked withholding the northern half of the strip. For palestinians now returning to their homes there is shock at the extent of the destruction like here in khan younis. There is bombing everywhere, this mother in rafah wails. Mother in rafah wails. Her Daughter Bursting into tears on her lap. Hala joins us now in tel aviv. Hala, six months in, tell us more about this new round of peace talks in cairo. Reporter hamas has sent a team to negotiate, but israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu has repeated his demand there will be no deal unless all hostages are released. Hallie . Hala, thank you. Still ahead tonight another Violent Street Takeover with even police cars attacked. Why it appears to be happening in more cities. Tonight, another Violent Street Takeover caught on camera. This one in virginia. The mob so bold they went after police. All of it appears to be part of a troubling trend we are seeing coast to coast. Marissa parra reports. Reporter new Video Showing Mayhem on the streets of northern virginia. Cars doing doughnuts, surrounded by a mob at this street takeover. Some seen hanging out the car window waving their guns. We have a huge crowd. Theyre hitting my car. Fairfax county police just releasing this dashcam video, swarming the police cruiser, the officer trapped inside. I believe they fully intended to drag her out of the car. Reporter one driver hitting a different officer with his car before speeding off. I just got hit by a [ bleep ] car reporter the officer survived and Fairfax Police arrested the person they say did it, among others. Theres nothing neighborly about what they do. They do doughnuts. They drive at high rates of speed. Reporter its happening across the country in states like florida, california, illinois. Reckless driving is on the rise and continues to take lives. He loved me unconditionally. Reporter 28yearold Jaden Johnson was killed in 2021 when two Street Racers flew through a red light and into the car he was inside of. His family now paying the price. A part of me died. Ill never be the same person. Reporter in states like tennessee, florida and maryland have proposed legislation that cracks down on Street Racing with harsher penalties and steeper fines. Fairfax police have made several arrests vowing there will be more. It is a civil distress unit because thats exactly what this is. A nationwide problem with no straightforward nationwide solution, marissa parra, nbc news. One of the biggest jackpots in Powerball History has a new winner tonight with the lucky ticket sold in portland, oregon. The prize . More than 1. 3 billion. Of course, after taxes, not so much, but it is still a lot. The cash value more than 600 million. Its the biggest jackpot anybody has ever won in oregon. Were back in a moment with Cancer Concerns on campus. Could this College Building be linked to more than 160 cases . The women now revealing their stories. Plus, an outofthisworld eclipse reunion nearly 50 years in the making. Were back with new reporting tonight on the stunning number of cancer cases, now more than 160 potentially linked to one building on the campus of North CarolinaState University. Keely arthur from our raleigh Affiliate Wral has been leading coverage on this story. I was hoping to survive. You cant even imagine what its like. Reporter these eight women are united by a common diagnosis. Thyroid cancer my junior year. Ovarian cancer. I was diagnosed at the age of 34. I finished chemo at the end of november. Reporter and a common belief. We are talking about this one building. Reporter that this building at North CarolinaState University called poe hall caused their cancer. We were all students working there. Reporter and they are far from alone. In the fall, the university found pcbs, a cancercausing chemical in Building Material inside poe hall. They closed the building soon after and thats when wral began its investigation. Weve had dozens of people speak us to. Reporter and the more we reported it out, the more potential cases we found. More than 50 cases of cancer are now confirmed. 99 reports of cancer. Reporter we counted the cases here on this wall and now the list of Cancer Patients who spent significant time at poe hall has reached 164. We literally got engaged right in front of this fountain right here. Reporter robbie glaads wife sarah earned her bachelor and masters degree from nc state. The fiveyear plan was to Start Building our family. We wanted two kids. Her and a friend of hers who both spent their Masters Program in poe hall within months of each other had been diagnosed of cancer. Reporter sarah died of Breast Cancer in january, but not before delivering a health think baby boy. I dont care about money. I dont care about compensation. I do care about being able to help other people. Reporter are you worried about the reputation of this university . I am not worried about the reputation of this university because i know were doing the right thing. Reporter the universitys chancellor Randy Woodson says more testing is being done. The school says they are deploying every resource available to get answers. In order to be able to fully engage with people about health implications, we have to have questions answered about the environment within the building. Reporter Preliminary Testing By Outside Consultants hired by the university found pcbs in poe hall. The building was built in 1971 before the chemicals were banned. In a statement the University Says that no state or federal agency has completed the work to