announcer: this is “nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening terrifying images coming out of cuba tonight. a five-star hotel in downtown havana ripped by a massive and deadly explosion the death toll rising as rescuers search for the missing. dozens of injured were rushed to hospitals. cellphone video capturing the moment of the explosion as the saratoga hotel was quickly engulfed in smoke and dust its facade crumbled by the blast. cuban authorities tonight blaming the blast on a gas leak. the hotel once frequented by well heeled tourists and celebrities including some americans was closed for renovation. kerry sanders now with late developments. reporter: moments after the explosion, a witness began recording as the cloud of dust from the blast enveloped the streets of old havana. a witness points and yells, there s people alive, there s people alive! in the rubble another says, there s one, there s one! bystanders, police, firefighters began climbing over con
court, rachel scott traveling the country. the states where the changes could be immediate. president biden calling this draft ruling radical. if the supreme court strikes down roe, the president with an urgent warning, saying this will go beyond the right to choose to other basic rights. the right to marry, he said, would be in jeopardy next. mary bruce at the white house. the war in ukraine tonight. russian air strikes knocking out power to parts of lviv. russian forces also launching an assault on that massive steel plant. and what s happened now to the 100 civilians including children who got out of that plant? ian pannell in ukraine. here at home tonight, the newly released surveillance video showing an escaped murder suspect and corrections officer leaving the jail together, triggering this nationwide manhunt still under way. what the sheriff tonight has now revealed. the car they might be in. news on the pandemic tonight. this new omicron subvariant. what they
terry moran at the supreme court. president biden calling this draft ruling radical. if the supreme court strikes down roe, the president with an urgent warning, saying this will go beyond the right to choose to other basic rights. the right to marry, he said, would be in jeopardy next. mary bruce at the white house. the war in ukraine tonight. russian air strikes knocking out power to parts of lviv. russian forces always launching an assault on that massive steel plant. and what s happened now to the 100 civilians including children who got out of that plant? ian pannell in ukraine. here at home tonight, the newly released surveillance video showing an escaped murder suspect and corrections officer leaving the jail together, triggering this nationwide manhunt still under way what the sheriff tonight has now revealed. the car they might be in. news on the pandemic tonight. this new omicron subvariant. what they re now seeing in the u.s. and in the new york city area.
what does it mean for you? alabama jail break, tonight an accused murderer on the run. why officials believe a female corrections officer may have helped him. the biggest wildfire in america. the worst drought conditions in two decades forces hundreds to evacuate. we re following the fast-moving developments. remembering naomi judd. love can build a bridge. o donnell: the news that stunned the country music world ahead of the star s induction into the hall of fame. and honoring that special woman in our lives ahead of mother s day. we kick off our new series on the modern mom. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us as we start a new week together. we begin tonight with the race to escape mariupol, the city reduced to rubble. and tonight after spending more than two months underground at least 100 civilians were able
tonight the news from new york city as the rate of cases picks up. what does it mean for you? alabama jail break, tonight an accused murderer on the run. why officials believe a female corrections officer may have helped him. the biggest wildfire in america. the worst drought conditions in two decades forces hundreds to evacuate. we re following the fast-moving developments. remembering naomi judd. love can build a bridge. . the news that stunned the country music world ahead of the star s induction into the hall of fame. and honoring that special woman in our lives ahead of mother s day. we kick off our news series on the modern mom. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell. reporting from the nation s capitol. good evening and thank you for joining us as we start a new week together. we begin tonight with the race to escape mariupol, the city reduced to rubble. and tonight after spending more than two months underground at least 100 civilians were ab