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tonight flood emergency in California the entire State on high alert as heavy rain drenches the region torrential downpours triggering landslides and mudslides destructive winds knocking down palm trees in Santa Barbara Water rescues underway as flash flooding sense cars floating down roadways dangerous.

Travel in higher elevations as feet of snow blankets the area the concerns for more flooding and the risk for tornadoes as this atmospheric River slams The Golden State also tonight outrage over nalni the wife of Russian opposition leader Alexi Naval vowing to carry out his work while accusing Putin of a cover up hundreds of supporters arrested as.

They pay tribute to the opposition leader naval's death prompting political Fallout here in the US what Trump did and did not say in his first public remarks on the VY sparking outrage from his Rivals new Israeli St strikes in Lebanon IDF fighter jets targeting alleged Hezbollah storage facilities in a fiery attack officials in Lebanon.

Calling on the International Community to step in before a wider Regional War breaks out what Israel claims provoked those air strikes in Mexico tens of thousands taking to the streets in a March for democracy rally massive crowds pushing back against proposed changes ahead of June's presidential elections their demands as they accuse the current.

President of trying to weaken the Electoral Authority plus an American woman missing in Spain her friends desperate for answers after she vanished under mysterious circumstances officials in the US and Madrid launching investigations on both sides of the Atlantic the troubling moments leading up to her disappearance and a Florida.

Deputy jumping into action after a deadly crash the officer bringing a six-month-old back to life after pulling her from the wreckage that child's mother praising his quick thinking as the reason her baby is still alive top story starts right now good evening I'm Ellison barber in.

For Tom yamus tonight nearly the entire California population under flood alerts as another powerful atmospheric River slams the state rounds of rain drenching the already saturated region triggering mudslides and land slides Los Angeles taking no chances after a series of recent storms one area tarping up a hill to try and prevent damaging runoff.

Intense flash flooding cutting off this road in monoco the Super Soaker already pushing rivers to the brink and the system isn't just packing torrential rains but also destructive winds strong gusts taking down several palm trees along the coast in the higher elevations it's not inches but feet of heavy wet snow falling leading to treacherous.

Travel officials urging drivers there to stay off the roads this slow moving storm also packing the threat for Hail and even tornadoes Bill Karens is standing by to time it all out but first we want to get to NBC's Liz CZ who starts off our coverage tonight in Ventura California tonight another powerful.

Storm pummeling California whoa up and down the coast 35 million people under flood watches the delug leading to dangerous driving conditions spin outs and overturn cars at least four mudslides reported in Los Angeles while near Sacramento drivers like this man getting stuck thinking he could get through this Rushing Water similar.

Rescues near Santa Barbara during these storms people often seem to underestimate the power of water they absolutely do water can kill and so be very very cognizant of Rushing Water especially in vehicles the airport there once again canceling all flights leaving Travelers scrambling they said the airport is closed for the day it's.

Flooding in ventur County portions of Highway 101 also flooded traffic backed up on the major Interstate as Crews work to pump water off the roadway and just North much of Refugio State Park underwater and now closed to the public after these once majestic palm trees came crashing down there are several of these massive trees here that have been.

Completely uprooted collapsed into the ocean and with the soil even more saturated officials say these trees they've marked in blue could also go down at any time this all comes after The Deadly atmospheric rivers that pounded California 2 weeks ago the series of back-to-back storms taking a toll on the state's infrastructure.

Overnight heavy rain causing this mudslide in Northern California Fallen trees blocking the road below this Relentless rain leaving behind yet another mess in this already saturated state and Liz CZ joins us now Liz what are the conditions like where you are at this moment well Ellison some good news here.

Does seem like the conditions are improving it just stopped raining here but showers are expected on and off through tomorrow and we are still very much feeling the impacts from the storm from those mud slides to the High Surf advisory here on the coast millions of people also remain under those flood watches and Ellison in central.

California there's even a possibility for a tornado later tonight Ellison Liz CZ in California thank you for more on this wet winter weather let's get right to NBC News meteorologist Bill Karens who joins me now in studio Bill what is the latest on the track out west yeah this morning was The Heavy Rain the flooding the mudslides the landslides.

All the pictures you just saw now we're focusing in on are we going to get severe weather with this going into today we knew there was at least an isolated shot of getting thunderstorms in the Central Valley here especially from Chico all the way to uba City to Sacramento where we could get small supercell thunderstorms supercell.

Thunderstorms are the ones that produce a lot of hail and sometimes tornadoes so that was the concern and just in the last half hour we now have our first tornado warning that has been issued in California this afternoon so here's Chico they're under severe thunderstorm warning this has now moved north of the city there no tornado spotted with that.

One or radar indicated but juming out of Orville we got another strong thunderstorm you see the lightning strikes here in this little magenta this is a tornado warning again it's heading up into the higher Terrain in a per areas in Beldon you're going to be told to probably seek shelter as this heads your way here shortly this is radar.

Indicated but again just a sign that the atmosphere is primed for at least a few strong thunderstorms this will not be widespread or a tornado outbreak but just one or two tornadoes obviously can cause significant damage then this slow moving storm is going to linger and that's why the flood alerts are still up we have a little break now but Southern.

California more additional rains coming in tomorrow especially during the daylight hours another one to three inches the mountainous areas could get maybe 3 to 5 inches of rain and then of course Northern California we're not done with you yet you still are going to get additional rain and how much rain has fallen in Los Angeles this February.

We're almost up to a foot the record for the most rain ever in a February was 13.68% the wife of the prominent Putin critic now speaking out accusing the Russian president of having her husband fatally poisoned and now working to cover it up NBC News Chief International correspondent Kier Simmons is following.

It all around the world outrage growing over the death of Vladimir Putin's most outspoken critic Alexi Nali just days after the 47-year-old died while imprisoned in one of Russia's Arctic penal connelles his wife Julia defiant speaking out in a video message posted to his YouTube channel vowing to.

Continue his work and alleging Russian officials are refusing to hand over his body to hide a poisoning using the nerve agent Nova chock Vladimir Putin killed my husband she says we know why exactly we'll tell you about it soon the head of naval's Russian anti-corruption fund says investigators.

Told him naval's body won't be shown to his mother for 2 weeks because an investigation is underway meanwhile across Russia authorities cracking down on those expressing support for Naval ovd info a watchdog Group which tracks political arrests reports nearly 400 people were arrested over the.

Weekend but despite the risk of detainment many still laying flowers at growing memorials for Nal in cities like Moscow and St Petersburg this Moscow resident saying she felt it was her duty to bring flowers naali fought for all of us she says we have to at least honor his memory no cause of death has been.

Released in a phone call with reporters Kremlin spokesman Dimitri pesov said all appropriate actions are being taken and called the West reaction to naval's death absolutely unacceptable Putin himself has not yet made a comment but I sat down with Russia's leader in 2021 and pressed him on if naali would ever walk out of a Russian prison will you.

Commit that you will personally ensure that Alexi nooli will leave prison alive I proceed from the premise that the person that you have mentioned the same kind of measures will apply not in any way worse than to anybody else who happens to be in prison his name is Alexi Nal people will note that you I don't he would leave prison alone Alexi.

Nel's wife has accused the authorities of hiding her husband's body the Kremlin says an investigation is ongoing into his death but there are no results yet Ellison Kier Simmons thank you for more on the Fallout from Alexi nal's death in Russia and Beyond I'm joined Now by former United States ambassador to Russia and NBC News International.

Affairs analyst Michael McFall Pastor McFall thank you so much for joining us tonight so let's just start with what we've heard from nal's wife uh ulia she has accused Russian authorities of refusing to release his body to his mother authorities there have reportedly told the family they need to do some sort of chemical tests that will take.

About 14 days nal's family says this is a farce and Russian officials in their view are trying to hide the fact that Nali was poisoned by Putin what do you make of those claims and is there any way an outside group could force Russian officials to release naval's body to some third party a non-governmental organization like the Red Cross for.

Instance so they could oversee an autopsy well to your first question I don't think there's any reason not to believe uh what Julia noal has said and her supporters uh this is extremely strange this is odd 14 days it sure sounds like they're trying to get rid of the poison that killed Alex naly and I want to be clear about this no no matter.

What we finally learn let's be Crystal Clear Putin killed navali uh he tried to kill him before uh when he left Germany and then came back he arrested him he's been torturing him for three years gradually getting worse and worse conditions where he was held in prison um and so what the final straw was that killed him in some ways as immaterial.

Putin killed naali in answer to your second question that's a it's an interesting idea I know people are talking about it I'm not optimistic knowing Putin's Russia the way they operate I don't see any reason why they would allow that to happen but calling for it at least keeps the focus on what's going on or not going on and I.

Think that's a good uh a good in and of itself is there more that the United States could or should be doing in this situation well in the immediate showing support for uh Julia is showing support for her family I thought the president made a very strong statement the other night uh vice president Harris met with Julia Nal in the Munich security.

Conference that that's important symbolically but now I think it it is time for action and remember the ukrainians are fighting the same guy uh ukrainians are dying at Putin's hand every single day as well and so it's hard to think about you know helping democracy in Russia that's a big tall order that will go on I think for years.

Although there's much more we should be doing on that in terms of providing real information real reporting to Russians that's cut off we could do that in the long run but in the short run it's really easy what we should do we should pass the new Aid Bill to Ukraine that $60 billion it would be a very direct way to help the ukrainians that are.

Fighting Putin's Invaders uh this doesn't have to be abstract it's not some long-term thing it's literally on the deaths uh of members of Congress and speaker Johnson should do that because every day that they delay that is a gift to Putin this does not seem to me like a time in history when you should be giving gifts to Vladimir Putin yeah I.

Mean you look at just the last year give or take and what's been happening with Putin the international criminal court the IC they've already issued an arrest warrant for him related to alleged war crimes and the forcable deportation of children from Ukraine you have Americans like Paul wheen and Wall Street Journal reporter Evan gersovitz still in Russian.

Prisons despite us condemnation of their detention the US and the EU they heavily sanctioned Russia and Putin because of the war in Ukraine his life his hold on power it really doesn't seem like it's changed is Putin Untouchable outside of military action well there are things we could do on all the fronts that you just.

Described to tighten things particularly on sanctions there's all kinds of things one could do for instance we have Frozen 300 billion of Russian government Assets in the mostly in Europe but we have some in the United States and other countries I think it is time to give those assets to the ukrainians for their reconstruction and economic assistance.

Another very concrete thing could happen overnight lots of political support for it in the United States they should they could do that but the most important thing is to defeat Putin on the Battleground there's nothing that will threaten his power inside Russia than losing on the battlefield field uh and that's that's very concrete it doesn't.

Have to be abstract uh a very concrete thing that could happen and Russian opposition leaders including ulia and others uh as well as ukrainians they share this common enemy Vladimir Putin that is the way to bring about pressure on him right away when you look at what's happening inside of Russia in terms of Russian citizens who are being.

Arrested at times certainly risking arrest by protesting and also attending memorials for nval what do you make of all of that I mean does it tell us anything right now about the sentiment amongst the Russian population I'd say a couple of things first of all those are very brave people uh who are being arrested they could.

Suffer really dire consequences uh other people have gotten many many years in jail just for saying the word War so remember what kind of totalitarian dictatorship Putin leads today and yet the fact that they're there I think is also a source of optimism uh they are doing I think what millions of Russians would want to do but just don't have the.

Bravery to do it and think about it if Putin was so strong and everybody loved him so much why did he have to kill naal why did he have to kill Alexa naling that to me is a move of weakness not of strength and I think that's the right way to interpret these demonstrations as well all right ambassador Mike McFall thank you so much we appreciate your.

Time and insights thank you sure thanks for having me and the news of noon's death also impacting American politics former president Trump breaking his silence about the opposition Leader's death but not condemning Russian President Putin NBC News senior Capitol Hill correspondent Garrett hake with what President Biden is contemplating.

Three years ago President Biden warned Putin of devastating consequences if Alexi navali died in Russian custody tonight Mr B bid says he's weighing new sanctions we already have sanctions moving and we're considering additional sanctions yes tonight Republican front runner Donald Trump's first comment on navali making no mention of Putin or.

Russia writing the sudden death of Alexi navali has made me more and more aware of what is happening in our country Nikki Haley slamming that comment and Trump's recent remarks that he would encourage Russia to attack NATO allies unwilling to meet defense spending goals he sided with a dictator who kills his political opponents the Biden campaign.

Also looking to exploit those comments every president since Truman has been a rock solid supporter of NATO targeting this digital ad to the 900,000 Michigan voters with roots in NATO border states voters like Andy leek a US Army veteran who immigrated from Poland as a child and finds the remarks disqualifying for wouldbe commanderin-chief for someone.

Like the a former president of the United States uh to say something like that is is beyond the pale um it it's just totally unacceptable but President Biden faces an uphill battle here in Michigan where polls show Mr Trump in a strong position Garrett joins us now from Troy Michigan so Garrett we know former.

President Trump has also been critical of sending Aid to Ukraine could the death of Naval put pressure on Congress to pass that stalled Aid package for Ukraine I think that's unlik Ellison unless and until Donald Trump changes his tune about either naali or the aid package for now I think it's going to take some other bigger political change.

To affect House Republicans commitment on Ukraine possibly attaching that Aid to Government funding or some other must-pass bill right now Congress is out the rest of the week and that Aid package is going nowhere fast Ellison Garrett hake thank you for more on Donald Trump in the state of the 2024 race let's bring in Garrett ventry the.

Founder of GR r v strategies and message impact and former GOP Communications adviser Garrett thank you for joining us tonight I want to ask you more about Trump's comments where Garrett was just reporting there as it relates to alexe noal and comparing it some in many ways to his own legal wos do you think Trump not condemning Putin impacts voters and.

Any sort of concerns they may have hey thanks for having me I really appreciate her I think if you take a step back on this there certainly could be you know Ms made here and I think the president will address this here in the next coming days so I'm sure he'll be asked about on the campaign Trail but again if you take a step back here and you look.

At president Trump's record when it comes to Russia you're talking about he sanctioned Putin multiple times during his administration and the two times that Putin has invaded uh Ukraine was once under President Obama and now another time under uh President Biden so I think that there is some weakness on the world stage that President Biden has.

Portrayed you've seen this whether it's uh with you know the attack on Israel from Hamas you've seen this with Afghanistan falling to the Taliban here so the foreign policy question we're seeing here is not about rhetoric but action here and president Trump is one of the strongest presence we've had on Russia and so I think impacting that uh.

Voters will have to take a look at that going obviously into 2024 you mentioned his record with Russia let's talk a little more about that because I want to show some video from 2018 Putin and Trump met at a summit in Helsinki Finland I was a reporter covering it at the time they met for hours and then while standing next to Putin at a press.

Conference Trump said he believed Putin and Russia on allegations of election interference not the US intelligence agencies then president Trump oversaw Trump was roundly criticized for this at the time even the Republican house Speaker released a statement condemning Trump for his comments in this Summit if Trump is not willing to criticize Russia.

In this moment does that in some ways leave a door open to prove those critics in 2018 right and I know you mentioned some of his record but if they look at that and they point to this moment and then that big moment on a massive viewing Global stage to say Donald Trump is soft on Vladimir Putin do they have strong evidence for it they don't have.

Strong evidence on that again you're looking at here you're talking about sanctions in the world and our and our NATO allies Ukraine as well were more safe when President Trump was the president you're talking about right now it is Joe Biden who's the president when this is happening here uh this death of obviously his leading opposition uh in.

Prison is obviously very concerning here and I hope that we do get to the bottom but it's probably obviously Putin who did this Putin is uh someone who is a thug someone who should be condemned here and you're talking about President Trump though does have a very very strong record when you're coming to Russia again the sanctions and you're.

Talking about the world and our NATO allies including Ukraine who's obviously not part of NATO were safer when President Trump was in office is it a problem though for Trump as a candidate politically speaking when you have someone like Tim Scott right his former rival turned very important surrogate who was on CNN I actually think we have.

A clip of it that we can play for you this is what he had to say on CNN the murderous dictator that is uh President Putin always looks for ways to take out the competition we need strong leadership coming from America that actually pushes back against Russia and other dictators unfortunately Joe Biden is not up for that uh charge and Donald.

Trump is is it a good look politically to have a high-profile surrogate take ver a tougher stance on Putin particularly when that surrogate is a South Carolina Senator and you have the South Carolina primary in less than a week what would you be advising Trump to do in terms of what he's saying about this right now I think president Trump.

Should just point to his record here again we're talking about President Biden and others can talk and have rhetoric on this here you're talking about action again the sanctions he did he sanctioned multiple Russian officials and it goes back to just the stats here you're talking about Obama again was you Crimea was invaded and and annexed under.

Obama under Biden you had Russia invade Ukraine to continue two-year Bloodshed War there which is you know cost the US billions of dollars obviously Don let me but Donald Trump isn't saying any of that right now on the campaign Trail do you think he should be pointing that out I mean are you content with the statement he has given thus far I'm sure.

He will point that out again here and voters will know his record going into 2024 the world was a safer place under Donald Trump you can just look at the facts there were no new Wars he obliterated Isis Putin was not invading Ukraine under Donald Trump he was doing it under Joe Biden because he senses weakness from Joe Biden on the world.

Stage let's talk a little bit about Nikki Haley here especially as we get so close to that Primary in South Carolina she's now come out multiple times criticizing Trump's comments on both NATO and naali and she's also issued arguably some of her strongest attacks on the legal woses uh as it relates to the former president give us a realistic.

Gut check here what do you think her future in this race looks like after South Carolina is there any chance the polls are wrong and she maybe tightens the Gap in South Carolina if she loses do you think she drops out yeah it's a great question here and I mean she just can't pick if you if you she's been asked this on the campaign TR.

Multiple times what state she can she win she can't point to one she said you know she was going to perform well on New Hampshire she lost to president Trump by double digits she got destroyed by 35 points in Iowa I believe you're talking about South Carolina here you're looking at the polling Trump's up 30 points there she can't again point to a.

State that she's going to win here and so I just don't know what her path forward is here Donald Trump has dominated this race I think everybody can see this here he's going to be the nominee I think there's a just a good a chance of Dean Phillips being the Democrat nominee as there is for Nikki Haley being the Republican nominee it's.

Not going to happen Trump has a strangle hold on the Republican party here he's leading in all the POS polls going forward against Nikki Haley it matches up very strongly in your NBC poll against Joe Biden your recent one shows him up 4742 and he's beating Joe Biden on the issues that matter to voters the most.

Immigration the economy inflation and National Security and even with all this Russia talk here you're talking about he has a strong lead on National Security and handling of foreign policy over the last year in every single poll that you can think of uh today all right a lot to watch this week again the South Carolina primary not even a week away Garrett.

Ventry thank you so much we appreciate it next tonight moving overseas the IDF saying it has struck Hezbollah storage facilities in Lebanon you can see here what appears to be the huge explosions from those Israeli strikes the IDF says it targeted the area after a drone it believes came from net Lebanon was launched in the direction towards Israel.

NBC News foreign correspondent Raph Sanchez joins us now with more so Raph what do we know about these strikes as of right now so Ellison these strikes took place just outside the Lebanese city of sidon it's about halfway up the coast of Lebanon which is significant because that is further Inland than most Israeli.

Strikes so far since October 7th those have been tended to focus further down towards the Israel Lebanon border where a lot of hezbollah's Firepower is concentrated as you said Israel says it was responding to an armed drone that flew over the Border earlier in the day it says it hit two Hezbollah weapons Depot and you can see just the scale of.

Those explosions Lebanese State media is saying these were in fact commercial factories they are saying at least 14 people were injured and that most of them are Syrian and Palestinian workers Elison yeah so Raph I mean as you said there have been these strikes across the Israel Lebanon border between the IDF.

And Hezbollah really since the early days of the war in Gaza but when you see a strike like this that goes so much deeper into another country's territory it could change things right I mean do we expect Hezbollah to respond in a bigger way here yeah Alison it's a really good question Hezbollah has a kind of.

Complicated internal calculus when it decides how to respond on the one hand for its own sense of self as a group that resists Israel it will feel that it needs to respond on the other hand we have seen it be pretty careful throughout War not attacking Israel at such a scale that it would provoke a full scale War at least not yet remember.

The economy in Lebanon is absolutely devastated Hezbollah does have its own domestic constituency but most Lebanese do not want to see a full-scale war with Israel at this point the leader of Hezbollah has said Israel will quote pay in blood for the deaths of civilians inside of Lebanon it doesn't doesn't look at this point like civilians were.

Killed it is worth noting Israel carried out that drone strike which killed a senior leader of Hamas and that happened in the suburbs of Beirut the Lebanese capital and even though that strike took place in such a sensitive location hezbollah's response was actually fairly restrained Ela raap Sanchez thank you staying now.

With the escalating tensions in the Middle East over the weekend the US launching five attacks against houthi Targets in Yemen one of those strikes destroying an underwater drone houthi forces firing back attacking a British cargo ship in the Red Sea all of this as the Pentagon says they're investigating a crash involving a US military drone.

Off the coast of Yemen NBC News Pentagon correspondent Courtney QB joins us now so Courtney walk us through what we know about these latest attacks as of now uh it's been a really dynamic environment Ellison so on that underwater drone that you mentioned that's the first time the houthis have done anything like that we have seen.

Them launch surface vessels so sea drones that skim along the top of the water and the US has been able to take some of those out but it's the first time that they as far as the US knows they've actually used one that's gone underwater essentially a a submarine drone uh but we are learning a little bit more you mentioned that there was an.

Mq9 Reaper drone that crashed today near the port city of Huda and Yemen the houthis are claiming they shot sat down with a missile they've even released some video that they claim shows the Drone being shot down and some of the wreckage washing up along the shore but the US military says they are still investigating what brought that drone.

Down it wouldn't be the first time houthis have actually taken out a US drone in recent months now there have also been a number of commercial vessels that have been targeted there was the British flag ship of the British owned ship that was shot with an anti-ship ballistic missile on Sunday disabling the ship the crew actually abandoned The.

Vessel and there's at least one Coalition military ship that's still there on scene but in addition to that Ellison we are just learning details this evening about two us-owned ships both commercial ships that were targeted one by an anti-ship ballistic missile that fell short of the ship but another one by a drone that also fell short of.

The ship but the impact on the water caused some minor damage both of the ships were able to move along but as you mentioned a real escalation of the tensions in the region as these h attacks continue we've also learned the US has carried out several dynamic or self-defense strike strikes again so both sides continuing their back and.

Forth Ellison So Courtney what will you be watching for in the next 24 hours when you talk to your sources there at the Pentagon is there any indication that those strikes they've already started to carry out they could do even more of those Dynamic strikes in the next 24 or 48 Hours yes absolutely we should expect to.

See those sorts of dynamic strikes really every single day every time the houthis pop up a mobile missile launcher or a drone launcher the US is moving in and they are taking them out and that's because the authorities have changed now the authority to to carry out those strikes is at the US military the uniform military level so they happen.

Very quickly but I think the big question we should all be watching for is will there be more of the larger retaliatory strikes those are the ones we saw a couple of weeks ago first in Iraq and Syria and then next in Yemen we've been told by a number of Us official that those are supposed to be carried out over a matter of weeks maybe.

In waves so the reality is we could see more of those larger retaliatory strikes in coming days Ellison Courtney QB outside of the Pentagon still ahead tonight missing in Spain a Florida woman Vanishing from a Madrid apartment amid a messy divorce back home the text message her friend received a day after she disappeared plus the officer racing to.

Pull a six-month-old baby from the wreckage of a car crash how he helped save the infant life before paramedics arrived back now with the harrowing Rescue of a six-month-old child from a deadly car crash a Florida police officer pulling the pulseless infant from a wrecked vehicle after a.

Motorcyclist flying down the highway at more than 100 miles hour slammed through its side window the miraculous moment that child was resuscitated NBC News correspondent Marissa para has this story and a warning some of what you see and hear may be distressing oh man in those first moments after a crash on the highway I.

Need you to hold this little girl please every second could mean the difference between life and death is your baby okay no officer Dave Musgrove knew this mother and her two girls needed all the help they could get Hey sir can you try to help us all right my baby I need my baby officer Musgrove had been driving down a highway near angle wood Florida.

When a motorcycle sped past him at over 100 mph this bright flash from his dash cam video capturing the Collision that would take the motorcyclist life and almost claimed more hey sweetheart come here come here sweetheart Musgrove pulling three-year-old Ariel from the wreckage flagging down a nearby driver for help going back to the mangled car.

For the mom and her baby but 6-month-old Lola wasn't moving see the EMS is she dead is she dead musk gr Thinking Fast began chust compressions I just heard a breathe come on the EMTs who arrived shortly after confirming a tiny heartbeat mom wouldn't have to say another goodbye she actually was born two days after I lost my fiance so um.

She my daughter's mean a lot to me but she means a lot to me as well and I um I just couldn't lose her a love only a parent could understand I'm I'm caring every I mean we're all cops we all care so she's innocent she didn't deserve this baby Lola has a long recovery ahead at the hospital but her family grateful.

For her second chance at life he's our hero he is you know we will never repay him for what he did because what he did for us was life changing Marissa paraa NBC News next to the international search for an American woman who disappeared in Madrid amid a separation from her husband has been that her friends.

Describe as messy the last communication from The 40-Year-Old was a series of strange texts she sent to a friend now tonight a lawyer for her husband tells us his client was in another country when she went missing and insists the separation was amicable NBC News correspondent Steven Romo with the late details someone has done something to.

Her and I'm trying to understand who it could be and why tonight friends and family of 40-year-old Anna Maria Ness are desperate to know where she is the Florida resident was last seen on February 2nd at an apartment she was renting in Madrid but she is just so caring she is so sweet she is just so soft she is funny she is smart she's uh.

Adventurous nesovic moved to Spain in December amid a difficult separation from her husband David according to her friend s Ramo who says she texted nesevich the day she was last seen but didn't hear back but the next day she got what she called strange messages saying I met someone wonderful he has a summer house about 2 hours from Madrid I.

Will spend a few days there signal is spotty adding he approached me on the street amazing connection I tried to respond saying that I got worried about her like it didn't sound safe like what is she talking about like this this makes no sense and my messages didn't go through W Amil Bonet is president of an entirely.

Volunteer run missing persons organization in Spain and acting as a spokesperson for the family he says that at 8:30 p.m. on February 2nd nesevich spoke on the phone with a friend for about an hour and didn't have plans to go out at about 1:00 a.m. a neighbor across the street saw lights on in her apartment aill bonette says that at some.

Point on February 2nd a neighbor saw that the security cameras in her building had been painted black em bonette warns not to jump to conclusions saying we don't know the time the cameras were painted and we also don't know if it was just a random act of vandalism but friends of nesevich are quick to bring up the couple's.

Contentious separation specifically The Joint Financial interests NBC News found three corporations registered under the couple's names in Florida eox Technology Solutions Incorporated registered corporate agents LLC and E x capital LLC nich's brother telling the Fort Lauderdale Police her husband David is quote not happy about the amount of.

Money that needs to be split Ken PTZ a defense attorney hired by David nesevich telling us the divorce proceedings hadn't officially started and that his client is cooperating with authorities we obviously hope like everyone else that she's found and she's okay uh but but but David has nothing to do with this he was in another country uh at the.

Time that that she disappeared appeared in Spain just to be clear he's been in Serbia that that entire span of time since before February correct he's been in Serbia prior to his wife ever G gone missing in in Spain and Stephen Romo joins us now Stephen this is a complicated case with so many questions still but has the.

State department weighed in at all yeah the state department did answer us today saying that they're involved in any missing person's case involving an American who's lost abroad they didn't give us any specific information about this case but that missing person's organization we spoke to in the piece they did tell us this story is All Over.

The media in Spain but getting information from police in Madrid has been difficult he says theyve just not been very forthcoming so there are so many questions left in this case Alison all right Steven rmo thank you for bringing us that when we come back the late night legal battle why former Congressman George Santos is now suing.

Jimmy Kimmel over a segment on his nightly show the details up next back now with top stories news feed and we began with a deadly shooting in an Indianapolis Waffle House authorities say they arrived at the scene and found five people with gunshot wounds one.

Woman later dying at the hospital the remaining victims are expected to be okay police believe the incident started with a disagreement between two groups and say they're investigating whether any of those injured also fired shots an update in the case of an 11-year-old in Texas who's been missing for 4 days now officials say they've identified a.

Person of interest 42-year-old Don Steven McDougall who is currently in police custody for unrelated charges Audrey C Cunningham was supposed to catch a school bus in her hometown of Livingston Thursday morning but never made it according to her family investigators and search volunteers have been combing the area since then but no.

Signs have heard just yet and former Congress man George Santos launching a legal battle against late night TV host Jimmy Kimmel the lawsuit is linked to a segment on Jimmy Kimmel Live called will Santos say it in which Kimmel pranked Santos with fake request on Cameo a site where celebrities sell personalized video messages Santos alleges Kimmel and.

His producers committed copyright infringement fraud breach of contract and unjust enrichment by making the request and then broadcasting the videos Santos had previously sent Kimmel a cease and assist letter in Minnesota tonight a community is mourning the death of two police officers and a paramedic killed in the.

Line of duty the three men were shot and killed while responding to a domestic violence call early yesterday morning NBC News correspondent Adrien brus has more outside the Burnsville Minnesota Police Station balloons flowers and Embraces as this community Mourns the three First Responders killed early Sunday they put their lives on the line.

Every day for us everybody is hurting right now police officers Paul elmran Matthew rugi both 27 and 40-year-old firefighter paramedic Adam fth were shot while responding to a domestic violence incident we are all hurting we're heartbroken we are heartbroken tonight the County Medical Examiner confirming the man responsible for their deaths is.

38-year-old Shannon Cortez Gooden police say it began at 150 Sunday morning with the 911 call reporting a man was armed and barric ated inside a home officers arrived and began negotiating with him later learning there were seven children inside ages 2 to 15 around 5:00 a.m. neighbors say they heard shots police say the gunmen fired from both floors of.

The Home Medics please back off Medics back off and turn off lights by 8:00 a.m. the shooter was dead others inside were able to get out safely court documents show Gooden was prohibited from possessing firearms following a 2008 eviction in 2020 he petitioned to have his access to guns restored that was denied tonight Burnsville.

Remembering Elm strand a 6 and a half year veteran of the department rugie who was part of the crisis negotiation team and fth a swap paramedic every day we pray that they go home to their families and today that's not happening and for the heartbroken we've seen a lot of hugs outside of this Memorial throughout the day that's part of the healing process.

And another officer who was also injured in the shooting is out of the hospital home and expected to fully recover Ellison Adrien BR us thank you coming up the March for democracy in Mexico hundreds of thousands of demonstrators taking to the streets in Mexico City why they're worried the current president is trying to weaken the country's election.

Process during his last few months in office we're back now with top stories Global watch and the massacre in papanui amid an increasing tribal conflict officials say at least 26 people were killed in an armed conflict between Waring tribes in the Highland region papano's government.

Is warning of more violence as they battle limited police resources Australia's prime minister has vowed to help and assist its neighboring country to try and stop some of the violence parts of Bolivia on high alert as torrential rain has triggered deadly mudslides new video shows residents in lapaz attempting to grab belongings from.

Collapsed buildings after record breaking torrential rainfall triggered floods and landslides in the region local media reporting three dead among them two children dozens of families have also been displaced and the famed Eiffel Tower shut down to visitors as its staff goes on strike workers at the Landmark protesting for higher wages and.

Better management of the site's maintenance the tower is usually open 365 days a year it's expected to remain closed tomorrow but right now it's unclear how long this strike will last and now to the Americas where thousands of protesters marched throughout the city streets in Mexico many criticizing the country's current Administration for.

Attempting to make changes in election laws ahead of the presidential election in June NBC News correspondent guad Venegas has the latest massive crowds flooding the streets in Mexico City protesters joining what organizers called the March for democracy and response to proposed changes backed by President Andres.

Manuel Lopez obrador that could impact the country's future elections changes some critics are calling unconstitutional the protesters also expressing anger against the current Administration after criminal violence left more than 30,000 dead for a six-year a row in 2023 organizers say nearly 700,000.

Demonstrators marched to the Capitol Central Square over the weekend forming a sea of pink demanding the national elections agency to remain unchanged the former president of the national electoral Institute telling protesters some institutions of democracy such as the Supreme Court and The Institute itself are at risk last.

Year the country's president proposed drastic changes to the Electoral Institute which would cut its budget staff and would close offices but president lope obor pushing back at a press conference today the protests come in the final months of Lopez obor's term as president.

The two leading candidates to succeed him are former Mexico City mayor Claudia Shain ban from obor's party and endorsed by the president and opposition candidate so galz a former Senator galz praising the demonstrators on social media saying it filled her with hope and optimism to see the large participation by the people who attended.

But the most important opportunity for those who disagree will come in less than four months when Mexico holds its upcoming presidential elections and NBC News correspondent guad Venegas joins us now guad there has also been a lot of talk about amlo spending too much state money and perhaps making it difficult for his.

Replacement to come in and change things what should people know about that uh Ellison well amlo has spent a lot of State money on these large projects like a large new airport a new refiner as well as a new Mexican government run Airline and a train system now the next president would have to continue with all of these projects.

In order for the government to see a return on their investment and for the projects to be completed and successful otherwise they're just going to become unsuccessful unfinished projects launched by this Mexican populist president Ellison gu Vegas thank you thank you so much for watching top story I'm Ellison barber in for Tom yamus in.

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