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
another virus? dr. ashish jha, the white house response coordinator, on all of this stop sign night. also as we come on the air, the tornado watches across nine states. severe storms, damaging winds. alerts from florida to virginia. then the northeast will feel this, too. rob marciano on the severe storms tonight and then what to expect on mother s day. the new turn tonight in the hunt for the escaped murder suspect and the corrections officer. where they found a car and what they believe because of where it was abandoned. and why did it take days to connect the dots on the car? tonight, the deadly explosion in a hotel in havana, cuba. emergency crews searching for more possible victims at this hour. the war in ukraine. 50 civilians, including children, evacuated tonight from that massive steel plant. and new reporting here on the u.s. intelligence that helped ukraine sink that russian ship. ian pannell from ukraine tonight. back here at home, the plane crashing in
virus in dr. ashish jha on all of this tonight. also as we come on the air, tornado watches across nine states. severe storm, damaging winds. alerts from florida to virginia. the northeast will feel this too. rob marciano on the severe storms tonight and what to expect on mother s day. the new turn tonight in the hunt for the escaped murder suspect and the corrections officer. where they found a car and what they believe because of where it was abandoned. why did it take days to connect the dots on the car? tonight, the deadly explosion in a hotel in havana, cuba. eight killed. police searching for more victims at this hour. the war in ukraine. 50 civilians, including children, evacuated tonight from the massive steel plant. and new reporting here on the u.s. intelligence that helped sink that russian ship. back here at home, the plane crashing in a houston neighborhood right next to a school, news from the scene. also tonight we have news on american jobs. the key
stephanie ruhle. house lawmakers and investigating the capitol riot have now heard from one of the highest profile witnesses so far. the former presidents eldest son donald trump jr.. according to a report, he appeared voluntarily before the january 6th committee yesterday. nbc news says he spent two hours with the panel via zoom. one source describing this session as pretty uneventful. he s the latest trump family member to testify. ivanka trump, jared kushner, and don junior s fiancée kimberly guilfoyle, have all spoken previously to the committee. also, there s brand-new audio of house republican leader kevin mccarthy. recorded on a call with other leaders of his caucus just two days after the riot. it was obtained by the new york times. in it, mccarthy called trump s actions atrocious and was looking for a reason to talk to president elect biden. but the president did is atrocious and totally wrong. we he should understand we are 12 days away. i think biden, if you hav
good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. i think anyone who pays close attention to politics, whether you are a journalist who covers, it like i do, or you are inactive news consumer or practitioner, anyone in that category knows that the republican party wants to overturn roe v. wade. they want to make most, if not all, abortions illegal in the states that they control. and, as evidenced by their voting record in congress and the country as a whole, they biologic do not want any exceptions for rape or incest. most laws passed recently do not have them. they want to criminalize the doctors and in some cases the women who seek abortion. we have in black and white a leak draft supreme court opinion that wholly overturns roe and would abolish the right to an abortion. that is not surprising. but of course, here is the thing most people in a country of 330 million people, do not pay very close attention to politics. in fact, most voters do not. i think there is a case to be