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chief of the faa i asked him why do these near misses seem to be happening so often. and the bakery helping young chefs rise to their full potential and inspiring america. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, and thank you for joining us we ll get to that major weather news in a few moments. but first, we want to bring you the latest in what we know about a dangerous aerial encounter in the sky today between the united states and russia the pentagon saying a russian fighter jet poured fuel on an unmanned american drone, then collided with it over the black sea. it sent the american aircraft into the water the confrontation escalating already high tensions between the countries which are telling different versions of today s event. courtney kube has the latest for us from the pentagon. reporter: the stunning showdown happening over the black sea near ukraine and russia when an unmanned american drone like this one called a reaper ....
down the financial sector. coming on the heels of the major collapse of silicon valley pank. we ll dig into the investigations now being launched into svb, including whether bank executives sold any stock before the spectacular meltdown also right now, abortion rights are firmly in the spotlight in a texas courtroom a judge is set to gavel in a high-stakes hearing over whether to pull a major abortion pill off the market we re expecting crowds of support etc. to gather outside the courthouse how soon the judge could make a decision and how tar beyond texas it could reach plus michael cohen heads back in the hot seat he s set to answer even nor questions before the manhattan grand jury probing hush money payments to stormy daniels cohen spent three hours answering questions on moond what more could he have to say today. and the faa is set to host a safety summit after weeks of high profile close calls between planes and terrifying on board attacks. the changes that ....
united 2003, cancel takeoff clearance. aborting takeoff, aborting takeoff, united 2003 reporter: all close calls that led acting faa administrator billy nolen to call for tomorrow s safety summit some of the headlines are downright scary. flying safe right now? lester, i can say to you, to your audience, to the american people that flying is absolutely safe we have the safest most complex system in the world. we work at it every day, and it is absolutely safe reporter: why is this summit so important right now we ve had these events over the past few weeks that gives us a moment to say let s stop, let s reflect, let s ask ourselves the question, are we missing anything? is there anything that we should be doing different and remind ourselves always, always that we can never become complacent and never take this incredible safety record for granted. we ve seen more of these or is this what you would describe as a cluster i would describe it as a cluster. ....
Back in the hot seat he s set to answer even nor questions before the manhattan grand jury probing hush money payments to stormy daniels cohen spent three hours answering questions on moond what more could he have to say today. and the faa is set to host a safety summit after weeks of high profile close calls between planes and terrifying on board attacks. the changes that could come out of today s summit as the acting faa administrator works to regain the confidence of fliers. is flying safe right now? lester, i can say to you, to your audience, to the american people that say flooiing is absolutely safe. we ll have more on that including my conversations with flight attendants. but we begin with the latest turmoil in the global banking industry senior analyst is keeping an eye on the markets for us. justice correspondent ken dilanian has the latest on the probes into silicon valley bank. ....
Aggressive patdown, omg ha hashimoto t#very uncomfortable. i think it s important that things like that happen to people like me. the rules need to be the same for everyone and if more of us had that exposure to the system perhaps we would be more aggressive about making sure that we re using our sources wisely when it comes to the safety of the traveling public. i get that we need to have protocols and procedures in place to make flying safe for everyone, but they have to be tempered about are we using the resources in the way that makes the most sense and that s a question that we haven t really answered yet. she tweeted she has a metal knee and commonly gets a patdown and that official told her it might have been a hand motion that set off that sensor. manatees along the southwest coast of florida are dieing in record numbers. 174 have died this year because ....