Nightly News Full Broadcast - March 28

>>>

>>> TONIGHT, THE NEW

IMAGES IN OUR NEW

REPORTING ON THE FINAL

MOMENTS BEFORE THAT

DEADLY BRIDGE COLLAPSE

IN BALTIMORE.

OUR FIRST UP-CLOSE

IMAGES OF THE CARGO

SHIP UNDER THE

WRECKAGE OF THE

FRANCIS SCOTT KEY

BRIDGE.

TWO CONSTRUCTION

WORKERS FOUND DEAD,

FOUR OTHERS MISSING

AND PRESUMED DEAD.

NEW DASH CAM VIDEO OF

THEM ON THE BRIDGE

HOURS BEFORE THE

COLLISION, AND THE

WIFE OF ONE SURVIVOR

REVEALING NOW WHAT

THEY WERE DOING WHEN

THE SHIP HIT.

PLUS, THE EMOTIONAL

TRIBUTES AT THE

ORIOLES OPENING DAY.

>>> ALSO TONIGHT, THE

SUSPECT IN A STABBING

RAMPAGE THAT KILLED

FOUR PEOPLE IN

ILLINOIS IN COURT.

AMONG THE VICTIMS, A

15-YEAR-OLD GIRL AND A

MAILMAN.

WHAT THE SUSPECT SAYS

SET HIM OFF.

>>> FORMER CRYPTO

MOGUL SAM

BANKMAN-FRIED

SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS

FOR MASSIVE FRAUD.

HIS APOLOGY IN COURT

BEFORE LEARNING HIS

FATE.

>>> ON THE EAST COAST,

THE SOAKING RAIN AND

FLOOD RISK.

>>> THE RACE FOR 2024.

PRESIDENT BIDEN

SHARING THE STAGE

TONIGHT WITH BARACK

OBAMA AND BILL CLINTON

AT A STAR-STUDDED

FUNDRAISER.

JUST MILES AWAY,

FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP

AT THE WAKE FOR A

SLAIN NYPD OFFICER AS

HE CAMPAIGNS ON THE

ISSUE OF CRIME.

>>> THE MISSION

PROTECT THE GIANTS OF

THE SEA.

INSIDE THE NEW WHALE

TRAFFIC CONTROL.

>>> AND AS SMALL-TOWN

PAPERS DISAPPEAR,

HARRY SMITH TAKES US

TO MAINE, WHERE LOCAL

NEWS IS GETTING A

LIFELINE.

>> Announcer: THIS IS

"NBC NIGHTLY NEWS"

WITH LESTER HOLT.

>> GOOD EVENING AND

WELCOME.

TONIGHT WE ARE GETTING

OUR CLOSEST LOOK YET

AT THE PRECARIOUS

REMAINS OF BALTIMORE'S

FRANCIS SCOTT KEY

BRIDGE AND THE

OUT-OF-CONTROL

CONTAINER SHIP THAT

TOPPLED IT.

OUR TEAM OUT WITH THE

ARMY CORPS OF

ENGINEERS TODAY AS

THEY PREPARE FOR THE

FORMIDABLE CHALLENGE

OF CLEARING THE

BLOCKED CHANNEL.

TONIGHT SPECIAL

EQUIPMENT IS ON THE

WAY THE BEGIN THE

WORK, WHILE THE SEARCH

FOR THE BODIES OF FOUR

MISSING WORKERS

CONTINUED.

THE WIFE OF A

SURVIVING WORKER

TELLING NBC NEWS "MY

HUSBAND DOESN'T KNOW

HOW TO SWIM.

IT IS A MIRACLE HE

SURVIVED."

AUTHORITIES ALSO

REVEALING THEY HAVE

BEGUN INTERVIEWS WITH

THE CAPTAIN AND CREW

OF THE CONTAINER SHIP.

THE NTSB SAYING ITS

FINAL REPORT DETAILING

A PROBABLE CAUSE OF

THE ACCIDENT MAY BE

TWO YEARS AWAY.

AND IN BALTIMORE, A

CITY STILL IN SHOCK.

ORIOLE FANS TOOK PART

IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE

AT THE TEAM'S HOME

OPENER.

TOM COSTELLO HAS

DEVELOPMENTS.

>> Reporter: OUT ON

THE WATER WITH THE

ARMY CORPS OF

ENGINEERS AND THE

FIRST UP-CLOSE LOOK AT

THE MASSIVE "DALI"

CONTAINER SHIP, AND

THE WRECKAGE OF

BALTIMORE'S FRANCIS

SCOTT KEY BRIDGE

LAYING ON TOP OF IT,

THE "DALI'S" BOW

CRUSHED, A MASSIVE

PIECE OF STEEL.

>> THAT WEIGHS BETWEEN

3,000 AND 4,000 TONS.

WE HAVE ONE OF THE

LARGEST CRANES ON THE

EASTERN SEABOARD THAT

PICKS UP ONE THOUSAND

TONS AT A TIME.

>> Reporter: THE WATER

SO MUDDY AND DARK,

DIVERS AND DRONES HAVE

STRUGGLED TO GET A

CLEAR VIEW.

SUBMERGED UNDER THE

WRECKAGE, THE REMAINS

OF FOUR BRIDGE REPAIR

WORKERS STILL MISSING.

THIS DASH CAM VIDEO

SHOWS THEM ON THE

BRIDGE A FEW HOURS

BEFORE THE DISASTER.

THE WIFE OF JULIO

CERVANTES, WHO

SURVIVED TELLS NBC

NEWS THE WORKERS WERE

ON A BREAK IN THEIR

CARS WHEN THE BRIDGE

SUDDENLY COLLAPSED.

AMAZINGLY, CERVANTES

SURVIVED EVEN THOUGH

HE DOESN'T SWIM.

THE ARMY CORPS OF

ENGINEERS WILL HAVE A

LEAD ROLE IN REOPENING

AND CLEARING THE NINTH

BIGGEST PORT.

HERE'S THE CHANNEL.

THEY NEED TO CLEAR A

700-FOOT-STRETCH RIGHT

HERE TO ALLOW SHIPS TO

GET IN AND OUT.

BUT IT'S NOT JUST

ABOVE WATER, OF

COURSE, IT'S BELOW

WATER, AND ALL OF THAT

TWISTED BRIDGE, THAT

METAL.

UNDERWATER, IT IS

RAZOR-SHARP POSING A

POTENTIALLY LETHAL

THREAT TO SHIPS AND

THE DIVERS WORKING

UNDER WATER.

>> THIS WORK IS VERY

UNFORGIVING, AND THE

PLANNING HAS TO BE

DONE IN EXTREME

DETAIL.

THAT'S THE WORK BEING

DONE TODAY.

>> Reporter:

POTENTIALLY VERY

DANGEROUS?

>> INCREDIBLY

DANGEROUS.

>> Reporter: AGAIN

TODAY A TEAM OF NTSB

INVESTIGATORS ON THE

SHIP, INTERVIEWING THE

SHIP'S PILOTS, CAPTAIN

AND CREWMEMBERS.

THE SHIP'S BLACK BOX

SHOWS ALARMS GOING OFF

INDICATING A LOSS OF

POWER.

THE SHIP'S PILOT MADE

AN URGENT CALL FOR

TUGBOATS AND TO DROP

ANCHOR.

>> IT'S RAINING.

IT'S SLIPPERY.

OF COURSE WE HAVE THE

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.

WE HAVE CONTAINERS

THAT ARE OPEN.

WE CERTAINLY HAVE

STRUCTURAL DAMAGE

EVERYWHERE.

>> Reporter: WITH

MASSIVE CRANES AND

BARGES ARRIVING AS

SOON AS TONIGHT,

EXPERTS BELIEVE IT

COULD TAKE A MONTH TO

CLEAR THE WRECKAGE.

>> WHEN THE GREEN

BUTTON IS PUSHED AND

GO IS GIVEN BY THE

INCIDENT COMMAND FOR

THOSE CRANES TO START

PICKING IT OUT OF THE

WATER, IT WILL GO

FASTER THAN MOST

PEOPLE CAN EXPECT.

>> Reporter: BUT THE

SIZE AND SCALE OF THE

JOB UNPRECEDENTED.

>> WE CERTAINLY

UNDERSTAND THE DEMAND

TO GET THIS PORT

FUNCTIONING AND OPEN

AGAIN.

WE'RE GOING DO THAT,

BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO

IT SAFELY.

>> TOM, YOU'RE GETTING

A BETTER IDEA JUST HOW

INVOLVED THIS CLEANUP

OPERATION IS GOING TO

BE?

>> YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.

THE ARMY CORPS TELLS

ME THAT A FULLY LOADED

SHIP LIKE THE "DALI,"

IT IS GOING TO BE JUST

WITHIN 12 TO 18 INCHES

ON THE RIVER BOTTOM,

AND THAT THE DEPTH IS

50 FEET.

SO THEY NEED TO CLEAR

EVERYTHING OFF THE

BOTTOM ALL THE WAY

DOWN TO THE SAND

BECAUSE OTHERWISE, ANY

DEBRIS COULD POSE A

LETHAL RISK TO FUTURE

SHIPS MOVING THROUGH

THERE.

LESTER?

>> A TOUGH AND

DANGEROUS WORK.

TOM, THANK YOU.

>>> TODAY EVEN

PRESIDENT BIDEN

ACKNOWLEDGED WHAT HE

CALLED A BRUTAL

STABBING ATTACK IN

ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS

THAT KILLED FOUR

PEOPLE AND WOUNDED

SEVEN OTHERS.

PROSECUTORS SAY THE

SUSPECT BLAMED DRUG

THE

SUSPECT BLAMED DRUG

USE FOR THE SUDDEN

ATTACK.

HERE IS MAGGIE VESPA.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT,

AS ROCKFORD STRUGGLES

TO UNDERSTAND THE

CARNAGE, THE ACCUSED

ATTACKER IN

WEDNESDAY'S DEADLY

STABBING SPREE,

22-YEAR-OLD CHRISTIAN

SOTO, IN COURT FACING

13 CHARGES FROM

FIRST-DEGREE MURDER TO

HOME INVASION FOR WHAT

POLICE SAY A RAMPAGE

SPANNING FIVE CRIME

SCENES ACROSS THIS

NORTHERN ILLINOIS

COMMUNITY.

THEY SAY SOTO ATTACKED

11 PEOPLE TOTAL,

KILLING FOUR,

INCLUDING A MOTHER AND

SON, A MAILMAN ON HIS

ROUTE, AND A

15-YEAR-OLD GIRL,

JENNA NEWCOMB.

>> JENNA DIED SAVING

HER SISTER AND HER

FRIEND.

>> Reporter:

PROSECUTORS TODAY

SAYING THE SPREE

STARTED WHEN SOTO

VISITED A FRIEND IN

THE FIRST HOUSE WHO HE

SAID GAVE HIM LACED

MARIJUANA.

>> SOTO SAID HE BECAME

PARANOID AFTER THE

DRUG USAGE.

HE SAID HE RETRIEVED A

KNIFE FROM THE KITCHEN

AND PROCEEDED TO STAB

JACOB AND RAMONA TO

DEATH.

>> Reporter: FROM

THERE, THEY SAY, HE

TARGETED AT RANDOM,

DRIVING HIS TRUCK ONTO

LAWNS, BREAKING INTO

ONE HOME WHERE THREE

TEENAGED GIRLS WERE

WATCHING A MOVIE,

GRABBING A BAT.

>> HE STARTED SWINGING

THE BAT, STRIKING ALL

THE FEMALE VICTIMS.

>> Reporter: DARLENE

WEBBER SAYS SOTO CAME

IN THEIR BACK DOOR,

ATTACKING HER AND HER

CHILDREN.

>> HE LOOKED AT ME.

HE HAD THE WORLD'S

BIGGEST SMILE ON HIS

FACE.

>> Reporter: HE WAS

SMILING?

>> HE LOOKED LIKE THE

DEVIL INCARNATE.

>> Reporter: THEY SAY

THE FAMILY DOG,

BRANDY, BIT SOTO ON

THE LEG AS WEBBER'S

SON FOUGHT HIM OFF.

>> AND I GRABBED A

SYRUP BOTTLE AND

STARTED BEATING HIM

WITH IT.

I'M NOT EVEN KIDDING.

IF IT WASN'T FOR HIM,

I DON'T THINK I WOULD

BE STANDING TALKING TO

YOU NOW.

I REALLY DON'T.

IT WAS FRIGHTENING.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT,

A WOMAN WHO IDENTIFIED

HERSELF AS SOTO'S

MOTHER TELLING NBC

NEWS, "HE'S A LOVING

PERSON AND HE HAS

NEVER HURT ANYBODY

BEFORE.

WE NEVER FELT

THREATENED BY HIM.

WE CAN'T BELNEWS, ROCKFORD,

ILLINOIS.

>>> HERE IN NEW YORK,

THE SENTENCE WAS 25

YEARS IN PRISON TODAY

FOR SAM BANKMAN-FRIED,

THE ONE-TIME CRYPTO

KING WHOSE FTX

EXCHANGE LAPSED.

CNBC'S KATE ROONEY HAS

DETAILS.

>> Reporter: CONVICTED

OF SEVEN CRIMINAL

COUNTS OF FRAUD AND

CONSPIRACY LAST

NOVEMBER, TODAY SAM

BANKMAN-FRIED LEARNED

HIS FATE.