Nightly Recordsdata Tubby Broadcast – April 2

Tonight the powerful storms are moving East after tornadoes left a trail of Destruction in the Heartland a dangerous night ahead after a tornado outbreak in the central us a state of emergency in Kentucky a college student blown off their feet homes damage in Oklahoma tens of millions at risk tonight from the Great Lakes to the Gulf Coast then the.

System moving East as an April nor Easter Al Roker is here with the latest also tonight the Israeli air strike killing seven Aid workers in Gaza including an American prime minister Netanyahu calling it tragic and unintentional the reaction from the White House saying it's outraged Donald Trump campaigning in the midwest after.

Posting a $175 million bond in his civil fraud case President Biden and China's leader xiin ping speaking for the first time since their November Summit the security concerns the president raised about Tik Tock the new 3D images of the collapse bridge in Baltimore more what they reveal the American tourists who say their cruise ship stranded them on.

An island off Africa their race to get back on board our NBC News exclusive how a group in a dozen states is bringing the Bible to public school students this is NBC Nightly News with Lester Hol good evening and welcome an unsettled night ahead for potentially 53 million people living in areas at risk from another night of severe weather.

Tonight the clean clean up is barely underway after violent weather Barrel through parts of Oklahoma Missouri Illinois Indiana and Kentucky toppling trees and knocking out power across sections of the Midwest and Ohio Valley at least nine tornadoes were reported tonight the severe weather risk is spreading East with 41 million people.

From the Midwest into the midatlantic at risk from flash flooding Al roer will join me in just a moment with the forecast but first here's Morgan chesky following the trail of Destruction tonight drenching rains high winds and tornadoes wreaking havoc the dangerous Trio sparking a state of emergency in Kentucky striking so fast.

This student was knocked right off their feet the massive storm ripping through this mobile home a family trapped inside but somehow able to escape unharmed severe weather blasting semi-rs off the road I don't know if it picked it up moved it down the road but it sounded like it was grinding against the black tops in Oklahoma the same system.

Responsible for multiple overnight tornadoes it was just pounding the windows on the side of the house it was it was crazy in the town of Barnes one reported twister sent debris everywhere and it's blamed for ripping off roofs including the one belonging to Sharon H but fortunately no injuries I'm not afraid of storms but this one scared.

I've never been so scared scared in my whole life in Illinois an apparent tornado touching down in Indiana another close call gravel in my head there's glass in my head you know whatever and mud there's still mud behind my ears Tiana Duff heard the tornado warning seconds before the storm shattered every window in her car yet she walked away.

Without even a scratch and in Missouri firefighters braving the elements to rescue a delivery driver trapped by Rising Waters he was in his truck and then the water came comes up so fast that he got stranded in there so we had to rescue him by boat but back in Oklahoma after a frightening night of tornadoes the rush.

Is on to move on we all got to help one another in this time of need and Morgan joins us now from Barnes doll where authorities searched overnight and Report everyone has accounted for yeah ler that's absolutely right and when you see the damage that this community has suffered from it is frankly Incredible One homeowner telling.

Me he was inside a building just minutes before that storm caused it to collapse so many people here crediting forecasters with giving them crucial minutes to seek shelter well ahead of that tornado Lester all right Morgan thank you and for more on the severe weather threat tonight let's bring in Al roer this threat will continue through.

Tonight and even tomorrow that's right Lester this is just what we were talking about last night at this time you can see this large area stretching from Ohio all the way down to Mississippi we have tornado watches in effect that last into late tonight 41 million people under flood watches from Indiana all the way to the Northeast and we've got winter.

Weather advisories 10 million people from the Great Lakes all the way into New England with some blizzard warnings possible 53 million at people at risk wind gust of 70 m per hour hail and look at this wide area of possible ef2 tornadoes from Columbus all the way down to Dothan Atlanta is in there as well rainfall amounts 1 to three Ines of rain.

Through tomorrow but look at this snow Lester in the New England Area 1 to 2 Ines of snow per hour upwards of a foot and a half all right Al thanks very much in the Middle East Israel is calling it an unintentional tragedy a series of air strikes in Gaza that killed an American and six other people who work for a food relief program run by Fame Chef Jose.

Andrees Raph Sanchez reports on the Fallout the Convoy of a Vehicles had just left a Gaza Warehouse clearly marked with the logo of the world Central Kitchen when they were hit by a series of Israeli air strikes tonight the White House among those sharply criticizing Israel we were outraged to learn of an IDF strike that killed a.

Number of Civilian humanitarian workers yesterday this incident is emblematic of a larger problem 7even Aid workers were killed including a dual US Canadian citizen late today President Biden calling World Central Kitchen founder celebrity chef Jose Andre to offer condolences Andre writing the Israeli government needs to stop this.

Indiscriminate killing it needs to stop restricting humanitarian Aid stop killing civilians and Aid workers and stop using food as a weapon Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is saying Israeli forces unintentionally harmed non-combatants and writing our hearts go out to their families saying Israel will investigate and we will do.

Everything in our power to ensure that such tragedies do not occur in the future it was a mistake Israel's top General saying the strike was a mistake following a misidentification NBC News mapped the locations of the aid group's destroyed Vehicles finding at least three strikes over a mile and a half length of coastal.

Road the aid group says they coordinated their movements with the Israeli military ahead of time we pressed an Israeli government spokesman Israel tells the world that its strikes are based on precise intelligence that it takes measures to make sure there are not civilians in the area how can that possibly be true given what happened.

Here there's a war going on it's it's a war zone and in every war sadly um tragically uh mistakes happen and we do our very utmost to avoid those mistakes among those killed yesterday Australian zomie frankum NBC's Richard angle met her last month as she helped organize an aid draw the situation in Gaza is as we all know incredibly bad um it's going to.

Require all of us working to together tonight heartbroken colleagues carrying the bodies of the victims to the Egyptian border preparing to leave Gaza with the prayers of those they came to help and World Central Kitchen is now pausing Aid deliveries meanwhile the UN says this was not an isolated incident around 200.

Aid workers most Palestinian have been killed in Gaza since the start of the war Lester rap Sanchez in telie tonight thank you former president Trump was in Battleground states in the midwest highlighting the Border crisis as he's dealing with new Fallout from his legal cases including an expanded gag order from a judge Gabe Gutierrez.

Reports tonight former president Trump on a Battleground Blitz with this rally in Green Bay Wisconsin do I have your word you're going to go out and vote and this stop in Grand Rapids Michigan both States President Biden narrowly won four years ago Mr Trump zeroing in On the Border crisis High fting the murder of 25-year-old Ruby Garcia here last month.

Authorities say the suspect her romantic partner is an undocumented immigrant who'd previously been deported during the Trump Administration not one more innocent life should be lost to Biden migrant crime Mr Trump slamming President Biden for rolling back restrictive Trump border policies under the Trump Administration we had a tough.

Policy of getting the bad people out a new survey shows 64% of Americans disapprove of President Biden's handling of the Border including three in 10 Democrats if you don't have a border you got problems and they're importing them all over the country but studies suggest migrants don't commit crimes at higher rates than American citizens and.

Democrats argue Mr Trump is trying to exploit Garcia's death they blame the former president for killing a bipartisan border security Bill in Congress these Bill boards are now going up in the crucial swing state Donald Trump has not wasted any time in grandstanding and clamoring for the camera to come here the former president.

Also fighting legal battles on multiple fronts the judge in his hush money trial just expanded the gag order against Mr Trump to include the relatives of Court staff after Mr Trump on social media attack the judge's adult daughter who's a political consultant for Democrats meanwhile Mr Trump just posted a reduced $175 million bond in his New York civil.

Fraud case preventing his properties from being seized while he appeals the case I had to put up a bond this morning for $175 million I did nothing wrong and meanwhile G President Biden holding a critical call with China's president tell us about it yes Lester President Biden spoke with China's president Xi Jinping for an hour.

And 45 minutes the White House calling it candid and constructive among the topics Tik Tock with President Biden reiterating concerns over the apps ties to China Lester all right Gabe thank you in Baltimore we're seeing the First underwater images of the bridge disaster that happened a week ago today showing how dangerous it will be to remove the.

Wreckage here's senior correspondent Tom Castello the US Navy's 3D sonar images provide the first view yet of the Francis Scott Key bridge now resting on the Muddy Bottom of the Patapsco River what we're seeing in the water is that the wreckage has been completely collapsed some people use the term pancake 3D provides the best visuals of.

The razor sharp metal the dive teams will face as they start cutting the bridge into smaller pieces to be lifted out of the water the water itself so cloudy and dark divers can only see a foot or two in front of them shining an underwater light only reflects back like a snowstorm making photos or video nearly.

Impossible that's making it very difficult to even determine where to cut how to cut it's very dangerous for our divers to be able to go into this area above waterer Salvage teams have been using torches to cut and remove massive chunks of the bridge some weighing 200 tons as the Coast Guard has now opened two small channels mostly for tugs and.

Barges involved in Salvage operations the massive scale of the cleanup coming into clear Focus two SBA disaster offices now open for local businesses threatened by the disaster as the governor presses Corporate America not to give up on this Region's critical economic artery and so making sure these businesses know that we need them we.

Want them and they have to stay here in the Port of Baltimore four workers remain missing in the water and Clement weather and dangerous conditions have made it unsafe for divver return with those families in an agonizing weight Lester all right Tom Costello thank you in just 60 seconds the dream vacation that turned to a travel Nightmare how.

Six American tourists were left behind by their cruise ship on an island what they did next it was a dream vacation turn nightmare for eight Cruise passengers most of them Americans who say their ship left them stranded on a small island off of Africa the company saying.

They came back too late here's Aaron mcglocklin a Mad Dash for passengers to catch their cruise ship triggering a 7-Day ordeal we've flown it's actually seven countries we've been in in 48 hours Jay and Jill Campbell and six other Norwegian Crews passengers were on a 21-day Voyage up the coast of Africa but last Wednesday it all went wrong for.

The group after they left the ship for a private Excursion to the African island country of sa to and Principe but didn't make it back by the 300 p.m. deadline and the ship left without them their passports handed to the local Port agents even though the couple says the private tour operator notified the captain they were going to be late and.

Despite the Coast Guard's attempt to get them on the ship which was still docked we truly believe that you know although there's a set of rules uh or policies that the ship may may have followed they follow those rules too rigidly the passengers arranged to board again in banjul Gambia traveling there on their own expense but the cruise line says the.

Ship couldn't dunk due to weather in a statement Norwegian Crews told NBC News once the guest did not make it back to the ship we worked with them and the local Port agent to assist with obtaining the necessary visas for them to rejoin at the next available Port noting the group was an hour late when the ship initially left without them.

Still the Campbell's telling the Today show I believe that they really forgot that they are people working in the hospitality industry tonight the cruise line saying the unexpected adventure has been resolved all eight guests reboarding the ship this morning in Sagal Aaron mclaughin NBC news we have more to tell you about coming up the.

Program that's bringing more and more Bible study into public school students day our exclusive look at how it works back now with our NBC News exclusive a group in Ohio has been allowed to bring Bible study to public school students during the school day but there are critics who fear it's.

Eroding the boundaries between church and state here's Antonia Hilton as classmates head to the library this group of whiteall school district students in Ohio put on matching shirts board a bus and had half mile down the road to church there elementary students like Emanuel and Savannah Brady pray amen and study scripture he approached.

The Philistines this is LifeWise Academy a nonprofit bringing the Bible back into the public school day the learning really helps you learn about Jesus and what happened in the past how popular would you say it is at school mainly like the whole class is like over at LifeWise LifeWise started in 2018 with two schools today it partners with more.

Than 300 schools in a dozen states it's funded by private donations and it's legal so long as it's optional off-campus and not during essential classes like math though to some it represents an increasingly blurry line between the separation of church and state Doug Shoemaker a White Hall administrator says the district has.

Allowed this kind of program for decades we neither discourage participation or reward or encourage it dad darl Brady says LifeWise lessons positively motivate Emanuel and Savannah do you think church has a place in school yeah I mean we we're trying to bring churches back into schools for a long time some of these sessions take place when.

Library periods would be happening in school are you worried about your kids missing out on that experience not at all I mean there's 39 books in the Old Testament and 27 books in the New Testament founder Joel Penton says he saw a growing need including those unable to afford private Christian in schools in this areaa about 50% of the.

Students take part in LifeWise what do you think that means for the other 50% do you think they feel left out I wouldn't characterize it that way Kids Go in different directions all the time on the playground some kids play kickball other kids will go to the monkey bars this is a little different because these kids are going to.

Physically be gone sure I mean hopefully LifeWise is an attractive thing that um people will want to participate in but we certainly don't ever want to put any undue pressure but Ohio mom Sarah Myers says that LifeWise does exert pressure she's a Christian with a daughter in a school partnering with them she won't never let her take part though it is all.

Above board until it's not no school staff person does anything until they do chapters promised ice cream or popcorn parties if kids got their friends to sign up another Ohio mom sent NBC News this note her child received from a classmate on LifeWise letterhead pre written to say my favorite part of class is the classmate writing everything and.

Inviting the child to join LifeWise LifeWise told NBC news that like many youth groups they offer incentives for students and families to learn more and that they are no different from other organizations that advocate for the policies they believe in what do you think LifeWise is trying to do influence slant if you will Public.

Schools Joel says he pays little attention to critics in the United States there are 13,000 public school districts there are 50 million public school students and he hopes to make biblical lessons available to every one of them Antonia Hilton NBC news Columbus Ohio that's Nightly News for this Tuesday thank you for watching I'm.

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