the third major bank to fail in two months. a u.s. navy ship has taken more than 100 u.s. citizens away from the violence in sudan but many more are still waiting to be rescued. thousands of american airlines pilots threaten a strike, could it impact your summer travel. schedules that are on flyable. the so-called forever chemicals contaminating drinking water and fish. we are finding them here throughout the most of the united states. now retired air force colonel kim campbell faced that decision 20 years ago in the cockpit of her 810 over baghdad. hearing the guys over the radio welcome home i knew that i made it, i knew that i survived. norah: thank you for joining us as we start a new week together. we want to begin tonight with breaking news, at least six people are dead and thousands others injured after a massive pileup in south-central illinois. dozens of passenger vehicles and 30 commercial vehicles including semitrucks involved in a deadly crash.
my heart is with this 8-year-old little boy. i don t care if he was here legally. i don t care if he was here illegally. he was in my county. five people died in my county, and that is where my heart is. yet another gun rampage. this time in texas. governor greg abbott, who has done much to boost the nra culture of guns before kids in that state, wasted no time reducing the murder victims, including a 9-year-old child, to, quote, illegal immigrants. also tonight, e. jean carroll was back on the witness stand today, facing cross-examination about her allegation that donald trump raped her. where was trump? well, he was 3,000 miles away in scotland, digesting the news the judge had rejected his motion for a mistrial. and roy wood jr. is here to talk about his best zingers against clarence thomas, tucker carlson, and the president himself at this weekend s white house correspondents dinner. we begin tonight with america s gun crisis on full display once again with unim
this is cnn breaking news. i m max foster joining you live from london. bianca is off for the day. we ve got breaking news to bring you at this hour. it is that essentially the second largest bank failure in american history has been announced. first republic taken over by the authorities late last night. and they have sold a large proportion of the assets to jpmorgan chase. thos those assets we re being told is just announced by the federal deposit insurance agency. that s the agency that ensures deposts for customers. this is the third bank to fail in two months. there s a relief other banks haven t failed. as you can see, the medium-size banks are struggling in the united states. there s concern that contagion may spread to other parts of the world. but so far, the authorities seem to be handling each one on a case-by-case basis. as i was aing, j.p. morningen will take over the assets, the deposits held with the bank. customer deposits are safe for now. authorities tryin
well. it didn t end well. our administration did not end well. obviously, the administration did not end well. obviously, the administration did not end well. the administration didn t end well. it obviously didn t end well. it didn t end well. it did not end well. i think i m very clear in saying that the administration did not end well. hang mike pence! hang mike pence! yeah, that s not the fairy tale ending that you kind of hope for. tend to agree. it could be a while before we see new material from the late night talk shows. they re expected to go dark during the hollywood writers strike, which started at midnight on the west coast. it s the first major labor-related work stoppage in 15 years. meanwhile, on capitol hill this morning, there is more pressure on lawmakers and the white house to reach a deal on the debt ceiling. following a new warning from the treasury department. we ll also have the latest on the first republic banking collapse. the third financi
and fiery crashes caused by a massive dust storm. at least six people reported killed and dozens more hospitalized. plus, hundreds of law enforcement officers searching by land and air for the suspect who killed five people at a home in texas. the heartbroken father. a 9-year-old among the dead. authorities say the suspect had been deported multiple times. an nbc news exclusive. after the u.s. shot down a spy balloon from china, the military tracking another mysterious balloon over the u.s. what we know. an nfl star s 2-year-old daughter drowns in the family swimming pool. what parents of young children should know. just hours to go before a threatened hollywood writers strike. will your favorite tv shows be halted? and our interview with rock legend john fogerty, finally singing the songs again that made him famous. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and welcome, everyone. we start with breaking news. in a year defined by ext