on pord. we learned today that three americans are among the dead, including emily selke of nokesville virginia. the rest from the plane were mostly germans and spaniards on a flight from barcelona to dusseldorf. in clear skies, with no hint of trouble, the germanwings airbus a-320 descended into a mountain at nearly 450 miles an hour. we have a team of correspondents on the story. first we ll go to mark phillips in france. reporter: from the break of dawn and all day long they flew ferrying medics and investigators to the crash site. their mission find the dead and try to find out why they had died. it s as difficult a crash scene as is possible to imagine a remote mountainside, the wreckage and the victims striewb down a 60-degree slope and over a 10-acre site. among the discoveries though the cockpit voice recorder damaged in the high-impact crash, but according to french air accident investigator remi jouty, still readable. the pilots voices are heard but a lot more a
latest flashpoint in a national debate about freedom and discrimination. two days ago indiana s governor mike pence surrounded by nuns, franciscan monks and orthodox jews signed the religious freedom restoration act into law. going into effect in july it protects the right of people or businesses to follow their religious beliefs. today, hundreds of people gathered at the state house in indianapolis to protest, saying the law sanctions discrimination against gays and lesbians. as adriana diaz reports, this backlash is building. reporter: more than 700 protesters turned out at the state capital today to voice their fears that the new law could give businesses the right to refuse to serve gays and lesbians under religious grounds. this is what democracy looks like! reporter: rachel and amy have been married for 15 years. i don t want my child living in an environment where she s made to feel like her family is somehow less than other families families. reporter: today
is nbc nightly news. reporting tonight, lester holt. good evening. as we start tonight we re watching several big stories including the search for wreckage and survivors of the scene of a deadly military helicopter crash overnight off the coast of florida. we want to begin here this evening with what appears to be another embarrassment for the secret service. details just surfacing about an investigation into a possible car crash on the white house grounds involving members of the secret service including an agent assigned to president obama s protective detail. let s go right to nbc s tom costello in our washington newsroom. tom. reporter: lester good evening. a senior administration official is confirming to nbc news this evening that there is an investigation into the actions of two secret service agents including a top member of president obama s protective detail. the secret service confirming it s looking into what happened on march 4th when two agents drove a gov
this is nbc nightly news. reporting tonight from los angeles, lester holt. good evening. there are still no reasons but there are some intriguing clues out tonight about what could have driven the young co-pilot of germanwings flight 9525 to fly a plane full of people straight into a mountain. we know andreas lubitz was facing health issues. a diagnosis of sufficient concern a doctor noted he shouldn t be working the day of the crash. but like the wreckage that litters the french mountainside the trail that led to this deadly act remains a series of disconnected pieces. once again we begin in southern france with nbc s bill neely. reporter: from his parents home on a dead end street and from his own apartment, the things andreas lubitz kept hidden are emerging. torn up doctors notes declaring him unfit to work for days including the day he crashed the plane. notes he should have given to the airline. the torn up sick notes, says the prosecutor support our assumption he
the maryland live casino. young is being held without bond right now and we re talking with police about the shootings and we ll have new details about the newly linked incidents coming your way here at 4:30. alison? some relief is on the way for drivers dodging potholes in prince george s county. the department of public works will kick off a countywide pothole blitz tomorrow. potholes continue to cause problems for drivers all across the d.c. region. as jeanette reyes shows us potholes flatten tires on many vehicles on the g.w. parkway. the g.w. parkway is looking much better this noon. quite the improvement compared to earlier this morning where a number of cars were pulled off to the side of the road because of flat tires. all because of potholes. now, problem started close to midnight on the northbound lanes near stout run. nearly 20 cars had at least one tire blown. eventually, u.s. park police had to shut down the road for emergency repairs but almost immediately a