and less than a year ago was arrested for an illegal firearm. yyc back out on the streets? he should have been remanded. and last monday, in his car, he had another illegal firearm. he is just as responsible for the death of our hero brother as the triggerman. we are live in new york city were one of the two suspects arrested in connection with a deadly shooting of officer jonathan miller disappeared in court. 41-year-old lindsay jones is accused of driving the vehicle at the time of the shooting mckey judge ordering him held without bail for n now. it follows an emotional plea from officer frank diller s widow with the crime. agro and and his parents have to say goodbye to their child. many more police officers and how many more families need to make the ultimate sacrifice before we start protecting them? critics are asking if we will start protecting these officers by cracking down on criminals. we ll have more that for you this moment. welcome everyone i m sandra s
people. and that s really a tragedy. exactly. well, russell moore, thank you so much. i hope you have a wonderful easter weekend. that does it for us this morning. katy tur picks up the coverage right now. right now on msnbc, dollar signs. democrats have a record fund-raising night, $26 million for a three-president special. what donald trump is saying to try and spin his money woes. plus, unlike anything they have done before, the biggest crane on the eastern seaboard arrives to start salvaging the remains of the key bridge. also ahead, one year the wall street journal s letter to you, the reader, as evan gershkovich marks a year in prison. what the paper wants you to know. an nbc news exclusive. what federal agents found in the homes of sean diddy combs. it is 10:00 a.m. here in new york. good to be with you. i m katy tur in for ana cabrera. it was the best of times. it was the worst of times. if charles dickens were writing a book about campaign finances, it
also tonight, the suspect in a stabbing rampage that killed four people in illinois in court. among the victims, a 15-year-old girl and a mailman. what the suspect says set him off. former crypto mogul sam bankman-fried sentenced to 25 years for massive fraud. his apology in court before learning his fate. on the east coast, the soaking rain and flood risk. the race for 2024. president biden sharing the stage tonight with barack obama and bill clinton at a star-studded fundraiser. just miles away, former president trump at the wake for a slain nypd officer as he campaigns on the issue of crime. the mission protect the giants of the sea. inside the new whale traffic control. and as small-town papers disappear, harry smith takes us to maine, where local news is getting a lifeline. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and welcome. tonight we are getting our closest look yet at the precarious remains of baltimore s francis scott key b
reasons. today the former president attended the wake of new york police officer jonathan diller who was killed during a traffic stop in queens earlier this week. president trump criticizing the current administration s policies calling for law and order. president biden is also in new york today for a previously scheduled fundraiser with former presidents bill clinton and barack obama. we have fox team conch tonight. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich has additional details on the president s high profile fundraising event but we begin with correspondent bryan llenas on long island as family and friends honor officer diller. good evening, brian. bret, good evening. a lion of mourners wrapped around the funeral home to pay their respects to officer jonathan diller. foer president trump was in attendance as he seeks to contrast his presidential campaign with the current policies of president joe biden. what happened is such a sad, sad event, such a horrible thing. a
this bridge carries some 30,000 people every day. it is a major commuter route, and now it is completely shut down. the cbs evening news starts now. good evening. i m norah o donnell, and thank you for being with us. we are here tonight not far from that catastrophic collapse of the francis scott key bridge in baltimore. the devastation is beyond words, with this massive structure in ruins, twisted and broken. by daylight, the extent of what happened here became more clear. the video is stunning, and it tells us a lot about what happened after the ship lost power, then collided with the bridge. tonight, we are also learning more about the survivors and the missing. construction workers were fixing potholes on this heavily-traveled bridge in the early hours of the morning. the community here, devastated, many telling us this view will never be the same, with the bridge that has stood for decades no longer in the skyline. a state of emergency now issued by maryland s gove