Nightly News Full Broadcast - March 6

>>> BREAKING NEWS

TONIGHT, THE VERDICT

IN THE TRIAL OF THE

ARMORER WHO LOADED

ALEC BALDWIN'S GUN

BEFORE THAT DEADLY

SHOOTING ON THE SET OF

"RUST.

THE JURY TAKING JUST

OVER TWO HOURS TO

DELIVER THE VERDICT.

WEAPONS HANDLER HANNAH

GUTIERREZ-REED GUILTY

OF INVOLUNTARY

MANSLAUGHTER, BUT NOT

GUILTY OF TAMPERING

WITH EVIDENCE.

OUR REPORT COMING UP.

>>> ALSO TONIGHT, THE

BIDEN/TRUMP REMATCH

NOW SET AFTER NIKKI

HALEY ANNOUNCES SHE'S

SUSPENDING HER

CAMPAIGN, BUT

DECLINING TO ENDORSE

THE FORMER PRESIDENT

NOW, THE BATTLE IS ON

FOR HER SUPPORTERS

>>> THE GOP UNITING

BEHIND MR. TRUMP

SENATE REPUBLICAN

LEADER MITCH McCONNELL

AFTER SAYING MR. TRUMP

WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR

THE JANUARY 6th ATTACK

TODAY ENDORSING HIM.

>>> THE CRACKDOWN IN

NEW YORK CITY.

THE GOVERNOR DEPLOYING

HUNDREDS OF NATIONAL

GUARDSMEN INTO THE

SUBWAYS AS TRANSIT

CRIME SURGES.

>>> IN PHILADELPHIA,

THE MASS SHOOTING NEAR

A TRANSIT BUS.

EIGHT TEENS SHOT

WHAT WE'RE LEARNING.

>>> IN THE MIDDLE

EAST, THE FIRST DEADLY

ATTACK LAUNCHED BY THE

IRAN-BACKED HOUTHIS IN

RESPONSE TO THE

ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR

>>> THE MASSIVE

CYBERATTACK CAUSING

CHAOS AT PHARMACIES

NATIONWIDE

PATIENTS BLOCKED FROM

GETTING THEIR

PRESCRIPTIONS.

>>> AND IS THIS THE

FUTURE OF AIR TRAVEL

THE TSA'S NEW

TECHNOLOGY THAT LETS

YOU SCREEN YOURSELF.

>> Announcer: THIS IS

"NBC NIGHTLY NEWS"

WITH LESTER HOLT

>>> GOOD EVENING

JUST BREAKING TONIGHT

IN NEW MEXICO, A

VERDICT IN THE

INVOLUNTARY

MANSLAUGHTER TRIAL OF

HANNAH GUTIERREZ-REED,

THE ARMORER WHO LOADED

ALEC BALDWIN'S GUN IN

THAT FATAL SHOOTING ON

THE "RUST" MOVIE SET

TONIGHT, THE JURY

DELIVERING A SPLIT

VERDICT JUST HOURS

AFTER GETTING THE

CASE, FINDING

GUTIERREZ-REED GUILTY

OF INVOLUNTARY

MANSLAUGHTER, BUT NOT

GUILTY OF TAMPERING

WITH EVIDENCE.

CINEMATOGRAPHER HALYNA

HUTCHINS WAS KILLED IN

THE INCIDENT, AND

ACTOR AND EXECUTIVE

PRODUCER, ALEC

BALDWIN, IS SET TO GO

TO TRIAL NEXT.

CHLOE MELAS HAS THE

LATEST

>> THE DEFENDANT

HANNAH GUTIERREZ-REED

GUILTY

>> Reporter: HANNAH

GUTIERREZ-REED STOIC

HER MOM EMOTIONAL AS

THE JURY FOUND HER

GUILTY OF INVOLUNTARY

MANSLAUGHTER AND NOT

GUILTY OF TAMPERING

WITH EVIDENCE.

THE JURY SPENT TWO

HOURS DELIBERATING

SHE NOW FACES UP TO 18

MONTHS IN PRISON

DURING THE NEARLY

TWO-WEEK CRIMINAL

TRIAL, WITNESSES

DESCRIBED A RECKLESS

ENVIRONMENT ON THE NEW

MEXICO FILM SET WITH

WEAPONS AND AMMUNITION

LEFT UNATTENDED.

>> THIS WAS A GAME OF

RUSSIAN ROULETTE

EVERY TIME AN ACTOR

HAD A GUN WITH

DUMMIES.

>> Reporter: AND

TESTIMONY FROM DAVE

HALLS, THE ASSISTANT

DIRECTOR, WHO HANDED

THE PROP GUN LOADED

WITH LIVE AMMUNITION

TO ACTOR ALEC BALDWIN.

BALDWIN FIRED THE GUN

KILLING

CINEMATOGRAPHER HALYNA

HUTCHINS

>> DID YOU SPEAK TO

MS. HUTCHINS WHEN YOU

APPROACHED HER

>> I DID.

>> WHAT DID YOU SAY?

>> ARE YOU ALL RIGHT

>> DID SHE RESPOND

>> YES, SHE SAID, I

CAN'T FEEL MY LEGS

>> Reporter: HALLS

TOOK A PLEA DEAL FOR

NEGLIGENT USE OF A

DEADLY WEAPON LAST

YEAR, BUT THE DEFENSE

ARGUING GUTIERREZ-REED

HAD TWO JOBS DURING

FILMING AS THE ARMORER

AND A PROPS ASSISTANT.

THE WORKPLACE SAFETY

INVESTIGATOR

TESTIFYING THAT SHE

WAS NOT GIVEN ENOUGH

TIME TO ENSURE SAFETY

PROTOCOLS WERE MET

>> THEY ADOPTED

FIREARMS SAFETY

POLICIES, BUT THEY

TOTALLY FAILED TO

ENFORCE THEM.

>> Reporter: IN

CLOSING ARGUMENTS,

DEFENSE ATTORNEY JASON

BOWLES DOUBLING DOWN

ON BLAMING ALEC

BALDWIN, WHO HAS

PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO

INVOLUNTARY

MANSLAUGHTER

>> WHAT CAUSED HER TO

PASS WAS MR. BALDWIN

GOING OFF SCRIPT AND

POINTING THE WEAPON.

MS. GUTIERREZ WASN'T

IN THE CHURCH.

SHE DIDN'T POINT THAT

WEAPON.

>> Reporter: BUT

PROSECUTOR CARRIE T.

MORRISSEY NO

BUYING THE ARGUMENT

DELIVERING BRUTAL AND

CONVINCING FINAL WORDS

TO THE JURY.

>> SHE WAS NEGLIGENT

SHE WAS CARELESS

SHE WAS THOUGHTLESS.

>> Reporter: CHLOE

MELAS, NBC NEWS, NEW

YORK

>>> LET'S TURN NOW TO

THE RACE FOR THE WHITE

HOUSE.

PRESIDENT BIDEN AND

FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP

EASILY DOMINATING

SUPER TUESDAY

UNOFFICIALLY SETTING

UP A NOVEMBER REMATCH.

WITH NIKKI HALEY

DROPPING OUT, THERE IS

A NEW BATTLE FOR HER

SUPPORTERS, ALL AS

MR. TRUMP IS CALLING

ON PRESIDENT BIDEN

TO DEBATE.

GARRETT HAAKE WITH THE

LATEST

>> Reporter: TONIGHT

THE REMATCH

THOUGH POLLS SHOW MOST

AMERICANS DON'T WANT

IT AFTER THEIR MASSIVE

WINS

PRESIDENT BIDEN AND

FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP

APPEAR SET FOR ANOTHER

FACE-OFF WITH NIKKI

HALEY NOW DROPPING OUT

OF THE RACE.

>> IN ALL LIKELIHOOD

DONALD TRUMP WILL BE

THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE

WHEN OUR PARTY

CONVENTION MEETS IN

JULY

I CONGRATULATE HIM AND

WISH HIM WELL.

>> Reporter: HALEY

THEN CHALLENGING HER

FORMER BOSS WHOM SHE

POINTEDLY DID NOT

ENDORSE.

>> IT IS NOW UP TO

DONALD TRUMP TO EARN

THE VOTES OF THOSE IN

OUR PARTY AND BEYOND

IT WHO DID NOT SUPPORT

HIM, AND I HOPE HE

DOES THAT.

>> Reporter: THE

BATTLE NOW ON FOR HER

BACKERS.

PRESIDENT BIDEN URGING

HALEY SUPPORTERS TO

JOIN HIM IN OPPOSING

MR. TRUMP WRITING, I

KNOW THERE'S A LOT WE

WON'T AGREE ON.

I HOPE AND BELIEVE WE

CAN FIND COMMON

GROUND

MR. TRUMP INVITING

HALEY'S SUPPORTERS TO

JOIN, QUOTE, THE

GREATEST MOVEMENT IN

THE HISTORY OF OUR

NATION WHILE BOASTING,

HALEY GOT TROUNCED

LAST NIGHT

>> THEY CALL IT SUPER

TUESDAY FOR A REASON

>> Reporter: THE

FORMER PRESIDENT

CARRYING 14 OF 15

STATES IN PLAY

OVERNIGHT, NBC NEWS

PROJECTS, SECURING

LANDSLIDE VICTORIES

FROM MAINE TO

MINNESOTA TO

CALIFORNIA WITH HALEY

WINNING ONLY VERMONT

ALLOWING MR. TRUMP TO

FOCUS FULLY ON

PRESIDENT BIDEN.

>> HE'S THE WORST

PRESIDENT IN THE

HISTORY OF OUR

COUNTRY.

THERE'S NEVER BEEN

ANYTHING LIKE WHAT'S

HAPPENING TO OUR

COUNTRY.

>> Reporter: MR. TRUMP

ALSO SECURING THE

ENDORSEMENT OF MITCH

McCONNELL, WHO HAD

SHARPLY CRITICIZED THE

FORMER PRESIDENT'S

CONDUCT AROUND JANUARY

6th AND WAS THE LAST

REMAINING MEMBER OF

REPUBLICAN

CONGRESSIONAL

LEADERSHIP NOT TO

SUPPORT HIS RETURN TO

THE WHITE HOUSE, BUT

TODAY McCONNELL

PRAISING TRUMP

WRITING, DURING HIS

PRESIDENCY, WE WORKED

TOGETHER TO ACCOMPLISH

GREAT THINGS FOR THE

AMERICAN PEOPLE.

DESPITE HER BIG

DEFEAT, HALEY DID

ATTRACT MORE THAN A

QUARTER OF THE VOTE IN

MANY PRIMARIES

TRUMP'S CHALLENGE,

HALEY VOTERS UNWILLING

TO SHIFT THEIR

SUPPORT.

>> THERE'S NO WAY I

WANT TRUMP IN OFFICE.

>> Reporter:

MEANWHILE, NBC NEWS

PROJECTING PRESIDENT

BIDEN WON NEARLY EVERY

DEMOCRATIC CONTEST

EXCEPT FOR A

SURPRISING LOSS IN THE

AMERICAN SAMOA CAUCUS.

RECENT POLLS SHOW

RECENT POLLS SHO

MR. TRUMP LEADING

MR. BIDEN IN A

HEAD-TO-HEAD MATCHUP

WITHIN THE MARGIN OF

ERROR.

NOW, THE TRUMP

CAMPAIGN WILL LOOK TO

SCALE UP AND SHIFT

FOCUS TOWARDS

NOVEMBER

>> THE PEOPLE

SHOULDN'T EXPECT A BIG

CHANGE IN TONE OR

STRATEGY FROM THE

CAMPAIGN OR THE

CANDIDATE.

>> WHY

IT'S WORKING

WHAT WE'VE CURRENTLY

DONE IS WORKING.

>> ALL RIGHT, GARRETT

JOINING ME NOW

GARRETT, THE FORMER

PRESIDENT NOW

CHALLENGING PRESIDENT

BIDEN TO DEBATES

>> Reporter: THAT'S

RIGHT, LESTER.

AFTER BOYCOTTING THE

REPUBLICAN PRIMARY

DEBATES, MR. TRUMP

SAYS HE'S NOW WILLING

TO DEBATE PRESIDENT

BIDEN, QUOTE, ANY

TIME, ANYWHERE, ANY

PLACE.

THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN

RESPONDING, NOT

COMMITTING TO DEBATES

YET SAYING THEY WILL

CONSIDER IT AT THE

APPROPRIATE TIME

LESTER

>> ALL RIGHT, GARRETT

HAAKE TONIGHT, THANK

YOU.

>>> BREAKING NEWS IN

ALABAMA WHERE A FINAL

BILL TO PROTECT IN

VITRO FERTILIZATION

HAS PASSED.

THIS COMES AFTER THE

STATE SUPREME COURT

RULED THAT FROZEN

EMBRYOS ARE CHILDREN

LAURA JARRETT WITH

LATE DETAILS NOW

>> Reporter: TONIGHT,

FERTILITY PATIENTS AND

DOCTORS IN ALABAMA

ANXIOUS TO SEE A NEW

BILL SIGNED INTO LAW

THAT'S MEANT TO SHIELD

CLINICS FROM COSTLY

LAWSUITS

UNDER THE NEW LAW,

FERTILITY CLINICS AND

COMPANIES WOULD NOT BE

CRIMINALLY RESPONSIBLE

IF AN EMBRYO IS

DESTROYED AND CIVIL

DAMAGES ARE NOW

LIMITED TO THE COST OF

ONE IVF CYCLE.

>> WE HAVE WOMEN WHO

HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR

THIS BILL TO PASS,

AND, IN FACT,

ANTICIPATING EMBRYO

TRANSFERS AS SOON AS

TOMORROW OR FRIDAY

>> Reporter: THE BILLS

WERE FAST-TRACKED BY

STATE LAWMAKERS UNDER

MOUNTING PRESSURE TO

COURSE CORRECT AFTER

THAT ALABAMA SUPREME

COURT DECISION

ALLOWING THREE COUPLES

TO SUE FOR WRONGFUL

DEATH WHEN THEIR

FROZEN EMBRYOS WERE

DROPPED AND DESTROYED

AT A FERTILITY CLINIC.

MULTIPLE CLINICS

FEARING THE COURT

RULING WOULD OPEN THE

DOOR TO CIVIL LAWSUITS

ABRUPTLY HALTED ALL

IVF PROCEDURES

SOME EMBRYO SHIPPING

COMPANIES ALSO PAUSING

ALL BUSINESS IN AND

OUT OF ALABAMA SENDING

MANY PATIENTS IN THE

MIDDLE OF FERTILITY

TREATMENTS TO CALL ON

LAWMAKERS TO DO

SOMETHING, BUT THE NEW

BILL DOES NOTHING TO

ADDRESS THE UNDERLYING

REASONING OF THE COURT

DECISION EQUATING

FROZEN EMBRYOS TO

CHILDREN.

>> WHEN I WAS

DISCUSSING THE ISSUES,

IT'S LIKE PUTTING A

BAND-AID ON A

HEMORRHAGING WOUND

WHEN WE'RE TALKING

ABOUT REFUSING TO

ADDRESS THE ACTUAL

CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS

THAT WE HAVE CREATED

>> Reporter: MEGAN

COLES, WHOSE SURROGATE

HAD AN EMBRYO TRANSFER

CANCELED LAST MONTH,

CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC

ABOUT THIS NEW LAW

EVEN IF ONLY A

TEMPORARY FIX.

>> IT HAS BEEN

PROBABLY THE WORST TWO

WEEKS OF OUR LIVES

WE WERE DEVASTATED,

AND THEN WE HEARD

ABOUT THIS

LEGISLATION, AND SO

THEN WE BECAME HOPEFUL

AGAIN.

IT'S BEEN AN UP AND

DOWN ROLLER COASTER.

>> Reporter: LAURA

JARRETT, NBC NEWS.

>>> HERE IN NEW YORK,

A WAVE OF VIOLENT

CRIME IN THE SUBWAYS

PROMPTING GOVERNOR

KATHY HOCHUL TO ORDER

THE DEPLOYMENT OF

HUNDREDS OF NATIONAL

GUARD MEMBERS TO

PROTECT PASSENGERS

WITH MORE ON THAT,

HERE'S STEPHANIE GOSK.

>> Reporter: IN NEW

YORK CITY, SUBWAY

RIDERS ARE ON EDGE

>> I DON'T FEEL SAFE.

>> Reporter: CRIME IS

RISING ON THE TRAINS

ACCORDING TO NYPD

DATA

IN RECENT WEEKS,

MULTIPLE VIOLENT

ASSAULTS INCLUDING

THIS TERRIFYING MOMENT

WHEN A WOMAN BASHED

CELLIST IAIN FORREST

IN THE HEAD PERFORMING

ON A SUBWAY PLATFORM,

THE SECOND TIME HE'S

BEEN ATTACKED.

>> THEY SAY LIGHTNING

DOESN'T STRIKE TWICE,

BUT THIS WAS A

TERRIBLE MOMENT OF

DEJA VU.

>> Reporter: TODAY NEW

YORK'S GOVERNOR KATHY

HOCHUL SAID SHE IS

ASSEMBLING A TEAM OF

1,000 INCLUDING THE

NATIONAL GUARD AND

STATE POLICE TO HELP

SECURE THE MASSIVE

TRANSIT SYSTEM

>> THESE BRAZEN,

HEINOUS ATTACKS ON OUR

SUBWAY SYSTEM WILL NOT

BE TOLERATED

>> Reporter: TEAMS

WILL BE STATIONED AT

THE BUSIEST AND MOST

PROBLEMATIC STATIONS

SEARCHING BAGS.

CIVIL LIBERTIES

ACTIVISTS CALLING IT

OVERREACTION AND

OVERREACH.

>> DO YOU THINK YOU

WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON

WEAPONS GETTING ON THE

SUBWAY WITH THESE BAG

SEARCHES

>> ABSOLUTELY.

FIRST OF ALL, IT'S A

DETERRENT, AND IF

ANYONE IS THINKING OF

COMING INTO THE SUBWAY

SYSTEM WITH A WEAPON,

THERE'S PROBABLY A

GOOD CHANCE THEY'RE

GOING TO GET CAUGHT.

>> Reporter: MIKE

KEMPER IS THE NYPD

TRANSIT CHIEF.

THE BIG PROBLEM, HE

SAYS, IS REPEAT

OFFENDERS.

>> WE ARREST PEOPLE

ALL THE TIME THAT HAVE

50 PLUS ARRESTS, 100

PLUS ARRESTS.

>> Reporter: THE

DRAMATIC MOVES IN NEW

YORK HAPPENING AS 77%

OF AMERICANS ARE

CONCERNED ABOUT A RISE

IN CRIME, EVEN THOUGH

FBI DATA SHOWS VIOLENT

CRIME HAS BEEN

DROPPING NATIONWIDE

SINCE A SPIKE IN 2020,

BUT MULTIPLE CITIES

ARE TAKING STEPS TO

CRACK DOWN

IN PHILADELPHIA, THE

CHIEF OF TRANSIT

POLICE VOWING TO

AGGRESSIVELY COMBAT

CRIME AFTER THREE

DEADLY SHOOTINGS IN A

WEEK INVOLVING THE

CITY'S BUSES

EIGHT TEENAGERS SHOT

TODAY ALONE.

>> WE'RE GOING TO

TARGET EVERY CRIMINAL

CODE ON THE BOOKS.

>> Reporter: IN SAN

FRANCISCO, VOTERS

PASSED TWO MEASURES ON

TUESDAY AIMED AT LAW

AND ORDER INCLUDING

EXPANDING POLICE

SURVEILLANCE TOOLS

WITH MORE CAMERAS AND

DRONES

IN NEW YORK CITY, THEY

WILL ALSO BE ADDING

CAMERAS.

IN THIS CONTROL CENTER

THEY CAN SEE EVERY

STATION.

SOON THEY WILL HAVE

CAMERAS ON EVERY

SUBWAY CAR

>> AND, STEPHANIE, AS

YOU KNOW, MILLIONS OF

PEOPLE TAKE THE

SUBWAYS HERE EVERY

DAY.

THEY CERTAINLY CAN'T

CHECK EVERYONE'S BAG

HOW IS THIS GOING TO

WORK

>> Reporter: SO,

LESTER, THE TRANSIT

CHIEF SAYS THEY'RE

GOING TO FOCUS ON THE

BUSY STATIONS AND

THOSE PLACES WHERE

THEY'VE HAD REPEATED

SECURITY ISSUES.

THESE SEARCH TEAMS

WILL ROTATE AROUND

THEY COULD POP UP

ANYWHERE

THE TRANSIT CHIEF SAYS

THAT IS PART OF THE

STRATEGY, LESTER.

>> STEPHANIE GOSK IN

NEW YORK TONIGHT,

THANK YOU.

>>> IN THE MIDDLE EAST

THERE HAS BEEN A

DEADLY ATTACK ON A

COMMERCIAL SHIP BY AN

IRANIAN-BACKED

MILITIA.

U.S. OFFICIALS SAY A

MISSILE FIRED BY

HOUTHI MILITANTS

STRUCK A CARGO SHIP IN