Nightly Info Beefy Broadcast – March ninth

Tonight new developments in the investigation into the Alaska Airlines midair scare the justice department reportedly looking into what happened on the flight two months after this hole ripped open on the plane in midair the nightmare near catastrophe now under Federal scrutiny investigators have reportedly interviewed passengers.

Attendants even the pilots what we know so far the deadly helicopter crash at our Southern border two solders soers and a border patrol agent killed the latest on the investigation possible tornadoes tearing through Alabama and Georgia ripping the roofs off of these homes and scattering debris where the storm is going next the.

General election unofficially kicking off today President Biden and former president Trump with dueling rallies just miles apart in a critical swing state you're the reason why we're going to win this has been a tremendous week for our movement what to watch for as the campaign heats up the new push for Aid in Gaza what the US is doing to get.

Critical supplies there as the humanitarian crisis grows caught on camera frightening video at a Texas Zoo the moment this gorilla charges at zookeepers trapped inside this enclosure and roll out the red carpet the history and potential surprises to watch out for at tomorrow's Academy.

Awards this is NBC Nightly news with Jose Diaz Bard good evening tonight the justice department is reportedly getting involved in one of the most dramatic mishaps on a commercial flight in recent memory this was the scene in the sky above Portland Oregon back in January after an entire panel of the boing 737 Max 9 blew off mid-flight a terrifying.

Moment for passengers a child's clothes sucked out oxygen masks dropping incredibly nobody was hurt after it made an emergency Landing but the incident raised a lot of questions Chief among them how did this happen tonight the Wall Street Journal reports the Department of Justice is now investigating our George Solis leads us.

Off tonight tonight the justice department now opening a criminal investigation into that midair scare on an Alaska Airlines flight involving a Max 9 Jet where a door plug blew out over Portland according to the Wall Street Journal the journal reporting investigators contacting Pilots flight attendants and.

Even passengers on board flight 1282 that was forced to make an emergency landing where fortunately no one was hurt Alaska 72ct the justice department provided no comment to NBC News the focus of the investigation said to Center on whether Boeing has complied with a previous settlement following a federal.

Investigation into the airlines handling of the deadly jet crashes in 2018 and 2019 that killed 346 people today the company providing no comment to NBC News they're going to look pretty seriously at is this a oneoff or is this systemic in a preliminary report last month the NTSB found four bolts needed to keep the door plug in place were missing tonight.

Alaska Airlines saying in a statement in part it's normal for the doj to be conducting an investigation we are fully cooperating and do not believe we are a target of the investigation news of the investigation comes as the NTSB has blasted Boeing for failing to turn in records about the blowout a claim the company refutes but in a letter this.

Week to US senator Maria canwell Boeing revealing they can't find any documentation on the removal of the door plug that's probably not a good answer either it's a horrible answer uh and when I read that I was shocked that one they don't have the documentation they're required to have that documentation and if not then we're.

Talking about a much deeper problem of procedural compliance we are are also following breaking news on our Southern border after a helicopter crashed killed two soldiers and a border patrol agent Priscilla Thompson has very latest on the investigation tonight an investigation is underway into what caused the crash.

Of this National Guard helicopter killing one border patrol agent and Two Soldiers on board a third Soldier seriously injured it was unbelievable Wesley Vanderpool says he was about 1,000 ft away when the chopper crashed his onion patch and all of a sudden it started swirling or circle like spinning like a top it just dropped like a rock.

It dropped like a rock the uh 72 Lakota helicopter went down during Aviation operations near Rio Grand City the Department of Defense says part of a federal border mission it could be involved in just in a surveillance you know many of the chases that we have along the border are extremely dangerous when you have that aerial support it.

Provides a level of safety head of the National Guard Daniel Hokinson calling the incident a tragic loss beyond words and saying all of these people represent selfless service and the best of America President Biden today offering his deepest condolences to their families and loved ones Friday's deadly crash comes on the heels of his State of the.

Union Address where the partisan fight over border policy was front and center I'm ready to fix it send me the border of Bill WoW tonight the lives lost an important reminder of the stakes Priscilla what more do we know about those who lost their lives Jose the Department of Defense has.

Yet to release the names of those killed wanting first to inform their families that process usually takes about 24 hours Jose Priscilla Thompson thank you also developing tonight tornadoes appeared to be touching down in Alabama and Georgia earlier today you can see roofs ripped off of those homes in Echo Alabama that system is set to move north.

With rain continuing tomorrow 29 million people under flood alerts from Virginia to Maine overseas the rush to get Aid inside Gaza is growing more urgent as millions of Palestinians are at risk from the humanitarian crisis there Molly Hunter reports tonight on the new efforts underway to bring Aid to the strip setting off from Cypress this.

Weekend yet another International effort to get Aid into Gaza even faster a joint Mission between the Spanish organization open arms and Chef Jose andreas' World Central Kitchen the Open Arms you can see behind me is getting ready to set sail to deliver food Aid into Gaza the Open Arms will travel about 200 miles through a newly secured Maritime.

Corridor to reach an undisclosed location in Gaza while today us airdrops continued parachuting food pallets into Northern Gaza but on Friday Friday Palestinian officials said at least five people were killed not by Israeli bombs but by Aid pallets crashing from the sky falling rapidly the parachutes failing but the US says all of its Aid landed.

Safely on the ground desperation Aziz Abdullah says they've been waiting for hours but it's not enough for his family of seven as famine stalks Northern Gaza UNICEF says children are already starving to death this comes as the US announced a new plan to build a temporary Pier off the coast of Gaza the Pentagon says it could take up to two.

Months requiring a thousand US troops International organizations say President Biden should instead pressure Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to allow more Aid in by Road Israel says it's not preventing aid from getting to the people who need it most the un's special rapidor on on the right to food Michael fakri calling airdrops and the.

Peer plan absurd and a performance to meet a domestic audience more evidence of the Peril from airdrops posted to social media today highlighting the risk of what was meant for Relief and tonight inside Israel hostage families running out of patience and with the Muslim holy month of Ramadan about to begin there's no ceasefire in sight Molly Hunter NBC.

News and meanwhile in the Caribbean Haiti's prime minister is facing new pressure to resign after the state department said his hold on power is untenable it comes as the country spirals control under gang violence and a former coup leader is now trying to take power in that country and now to the race for president here in the us.

And our first look at what the general election will look like President Biden and former president Trump both in the campaign Trail today in Georgia Aaron Gilchrist has what we can expect as the camp campaign heats up tonight the first dueling rallies for the presidency in Battleground Georgia President Biden Landing in.

Atlanta with former president Donald Trump 70 miles away in Rome his first time in the state since being booked at the Fulton County Jail last August accused of scheming to overturn the 2020 election hello Georgia I'm thrilled to be back in Rome we did very well in Rome President Biden's Georgia visit coming on the heels of a state of the union.

Speech support is hailed as energetic and fiery the president sitting down today with msnbc's Jonathan capart addressing an unscripted moment in his speech Lincoln Lincoln Riley an innocent young woman who was killed by an illegal that's right I'm not going to treat any any any of these people with disrespect look they built the country.

The reason our economy is growing we have to control the border and a more orderly flow but I I don't share his View at all so you you regret using that word yes that walk back drawing fire from Trump who met with the parents of lakan Riley before his rally and Biden should be apologizing for apologizing to this killer Biden launched his general.

Election campaign in Pennsylvania on Friday before turning his attention to Georgia and communities of color getting key endorsements from Asian black and Latino Packs along with a $30 million commitment to help him win in November the Biden campaign also releasing a new ad targeting communities of color and young voters in Battleground States.

Taking the issue of his age in stride look I'm not a young guy that's no secret but here in Atlanta are you registered to vote Yes even as groups like this sority work to register people for the fall election the crisis in Gaza fueling a Biden protest vote for Georgia's March 12th primary I spoke with a state legislator who supports.

Democratic voters leaving their ballots blank the ask is really clear we need to course correct we we need a permanent ceasefire still President Biden buoyed by his speech to Congress that campaign officials say helped generate record single day donations and voters say showed he's ready to take on trump super energetic stayed organized kept.

Delivering punch after punch Jose you just heard President Biden reference lak and Riley in our story the Trump campaign confirming to NBC news that the parents of lake and Riley met with the former president backstage before before he went on in Rome we are back with frightening new video of a gorilla charging two.

Zookeepers trapped in an enclosure the incident occurred last October at the Fort Worth Zoo in Texas but the video was just posted online this week you can see the zookeepers running as Elmo the 34-year-old silverback gorilla went after them the zoo says nobody was hurt all Keepers and animals are safe big news for high school students.

The SATs have gone completely digital now meaning no more number two pencils zinc bloa has the details and what it means for kids across the country it's the night before the big test and 16-year-old Raina Robinson in Edison New Jersey is running through a slew of practice questions so this is a section one reading and writing practice.

Question this week the High School junior is among the first 500,000 students Nationwide taking the updated sat exam now 100% digital and an hour shorter why did the College Board choose to make this decision really honestly were rooted in what we were hearing increasingly from students and schools we were quickly becoming one of the last.

Major tests that they were taking on paper the College Board which offers the SATs piloted the digital exam abroad last year we made the decision hearing quite clearly from students in schools that they were ready but Raina says she and her classmates still have some reservations I don't know what to expect 100% whereas.

I've been studying for the paper version on my life and now they're completely changing it with the newly designed test students can bring their own laptop or use a device provided the college board says Blue Book the app used for the exam has security and encryption functions to prevent cheating also new to the SAT what's known as adaptive testing it.

Adapts questions that students get based on how they performed earlier in the ass meaning the more questions you answer correctly the harder the next question becomes hi Raina we checked in with Raina today right after the test what was the feeling for you when you finished your exam similar to putting a pencil down we were all closing our.

Laptops we were so glad that it was finally over but um I think it was a lot less stressful because we were taking it on a computer because all the assessments we take in school are usually on our computers anyway an age-old exam reimagined for the new gener generation of test takers Zin CLM NBC News Shand a reminder to set your.

Clocks forward an hour tonight daylight saving time is set to begin at 2 a.m. eastern most of us will now get later sunsets until the fall even if we lose an hour of sleep the only states that don't observe it Hawaii and Arizona when we come back there's good news tonight about this player's slam dunk moment and the prise he will never.

Forget there's good news tonight so often the good news doesn't get as much its attention as the bad so every Saturday we highlight the many people who spread joy and love these are just some of those stories this week this was a celebration of a lifetime for high school School senior Jacob Bobo Bowman surrounded by.

Teammates after sinking the shot to help the Virginia Gate City Blue Devils win it was a thrill because Bobo's the team manager who typically plays football but off the field and on the court he scored the very first time the coach put him in the game fromet and a special moment one Nebraskan family will never forget.

That's Army Major Timothy Wy surprising his daughter Leela at school after more than 9 months overseas miss you so much but that was not the only surprise he had in store how about you get your stuff and then I'm going to go say your brother okay Leela's twin brother Roman also stunned by his father's homecoming he.

Much nothing can prepare you for um that time just seeing the joy in your kids eyes okay yeah and a special celebration for 8-year-old Leila Gregory in Las Vegas ringing the bell to Mark the end of more than two years of cancer treatment for friends and family it was an opportunity to.

Celebrate this slam dunk Moment One bringham Young University guard Kaylee Smiler never expected that's her on senior night the New Zealand native surprised by family and friends who performed the Haka a ceremonial dance and an important.

Part of their Mai Traditions the surprises though weren't over yet her parents Philip and Lana flew thousands of miles from their home in Australia to Utah to give their daughter a night she'd remember forever I was in tears I was very special and emotional and I loved it what was it like to see her surprise it was really emotional it.

Was an absolute privilege we were able to use the hacker to say we're proud of you we love you the evening for this family a reminder of one thing above all back home we have a ton of these like Multicultural sayings it's a question and you ask you know what is the most important thing in this world and the.

Answer is it is people it is people for this specific experience it's for me but you know my hope is that I'm I'm able to do it for everybody else as well and Kaye is planning to play professional basketball overseas that's NBC Nightly News for this Saturday Peter Alexander will be here tomorrow night.

I'm Jose Diaz Bard thank you for the privilege of your time good night thanks for watching stay updated about breaking news and top stories on the NBC News app or follow us on social media

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