Nightly News Full Broadcast - April 3

>>> TONIGHT, THE MOST

POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE TO

HIT TAIWAN IN 25

YEARS, AND NOW THE

RACE TO RESCUE

SURVIVORS.

THE DRAMATIC IMAGES,

BRIDGES, AND BUILDINGS

SHAKING AND SWAYING,

SOME LEFT TILTED AT

EXTREME ANGLES BY THE

FORCE OF THE DEADLY

7.4 MAGNITUDE QUAKE.

A ROOFTOP POOL ROCKING

WATER, SPILLING DOWN

THE SIDE OF THE

BUILDING.

TREMORS CAUSING

MASSIVE LANDSLIDES.

FIRST RESPONDERS

PULLING PEOPLE OUT

ALIVE, BUT DOZENS OF

WORKERS TRAPPED IN

MINES.

OUR TEAM IN THE REGION

TONIGHT.

>>> ALSO THIS EVENING,

THE MAJOR APRIL

NOR'EASTER ON THE

MOVE.

UP TO TWO FEET OF SNOW

IN THE NORTHEAST.

>>> AFTER THAT TORNADO

OUTBREAK ACROSS AT

LEAST SIX STATES,

FLIGHTS IMPACTED.

PASSENGERS ON A

SOUTHWEST FLIGHT

INJURED BY SEVERE

TURBULENCE.

>>> THE BODIES OF

SEVEN AID WORKERS

KILLED BY AN ISRAELI

STRIKE MOVED OUT OF

GAZA.

THE GROWING OUTRAGE.

JOSE ANDRES ACCUSING

ISRAEL OF SYSTEMICALLY

TARGETING THEM.

>>> RASHEE RICE

BREAKING HIS SILENCE

ABOUT THAT HIGH-SPEED

CAR CRASH.

FRANK SINATRA'S

ESTATE, 200 ARTISTS

TEAMING UP TO TAKE ON

A.I.

>> Announcer: THIS IS

"NBC NIGHTLY NEWS"

WITH LESTER HOLT.

>>> GOOD EVENING, AND

WELCOME.

A NEW DAY HAS BEGUN IN

TAIWAN WHERE THE

SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS

FROM A MASSIVE

EARTHQUAKE GREW MORE

URGENT OVERNIGHT.

THERE HAVE BEEN AT

LEAST NINE DEATHS, AND

THE EXPECTATION IS

THERE COULD BE MANY

MORE.

OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE

WERE INJURED FROM THE

7.4 MAGNITUDE QUAKE,

WHICH ROCKED TAIWAN'S

PACIFIC COAST,

COLLAPSING HUNDREDS OF

BUILDINGS AND

TRIGGERING TSUNAMI

WARNINGS ACROSS THE

REGION.

AS MANY AS 143, SOME

OF THEM TOURISTS, ARE

FEARED TO BE TRAPPED

IN THE RUINS OF

TOPPLED HOTELS.

SEARCHERS ALSO FEAR

FOR THE SAFETY OF

WORKERS THOUGHT TO BE

STRANDED AT A ROCK

QUARRY.

THE GOVERNMENT URGING

THE PUBLIC TO BE WARY

OF AFTERSHOCKS

THAT CONTINUE TO

RATTLE THE AREA.

IT'S THE WORST

EARTHQUAKE TO STRIKE

TAIWAN IN 25 YEARS.

OUR JANIS MACKEY

FRAYER IS IN THE

REGION WITH LATE

DETAILS.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT,

RESCUERS RACING TO

REACH THOSE TRAPPED

AFTER A MASSIVE

EARTHQUAKE IN TAIWAN.

PULLING PEOPLE OUT OF

BUILDINGS, EVEN OUT

OF VEHICLES WITH

AUTHORITIES NOW

FOCUSING ON THOSE

STILL STUCK UNDER THE

RUBBLE WITH REPORTS

TONIGHT, 71 WORKERS

ARE TRAPPED IN TWO

MINES.

THE EARTHQUAKE STRUCK

DURING THE MORNING

RUSH HOUR CAUSING

BUILDINGS TO SHAKE AND

SWAY.

THIS WOMAN SAYING IT

FELT LIKE HER HOUSE

WOULD COLLAPSE.

THE MAGNITUDE 7.4

QUAKE JOLTING THE

ISLAND.

ROOFTOP SWIMMING POOLS

CHURNED.

WATER POURING DOWN

THIS BUILDING.

VIDEO FILMED INSIDE A

MOVING TRAIN SHOWING

HUGE LANDSLIDES.

ITEMS TOPPLING OFF

STORE SHELVES.

THE TELEVISIONS IN

THIS NEWSROOM STARTED

TO SHAKE.

THE MOST POWERFUL

EARTHQUAKE TO HIT

TAIWAN IN A QUARTER

CENTURY.

MORE THAN A THOUSAND

PEOPLE ARE INJURED.

TAIWAN'S

PRESIDENT-ELECT

SAYING, THE TOP

PRIORITY IS TO RESCUE

PEOPLE AND GET THEM

TREATMENT.

THE HARDEST HIT AREA,

JUST 11 MILES FROM THE

EPICENTER.

THAT'S WHERE AMERICAN

ANNIE LIMA WAS WHEN IT

HIT.

>> AROUND 8:00 THIS

MORNING, AND THE WHOLE

WORLD STARTS SHAKING.

WHAT WAS IT LIKE?

>> IT WAS PRETTY

SCARY.

IN ALL THE YEARS THAT

I LIVED HERE AND

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

BEFORE THAT I FELT A

LOT OF EARTHQUAKES,

BUT THIS WAS BY FAR

THE STRONGEST AND MOST

FRIGHTENING AND WENT

ON AND ON ABOUT TWO

MINUTES, AND AS SOON

AS THE SHAKING

STOPPED, WE RAN TO GET

OUT OF THE APARTMENT.

>> Reporter: DOZENS

STILL TRAPPED ALONG

ROADS, TUNNELS AND

HIKING TRAILS CUT OFF

BY LANDSLIDES.

SOME BUILDINGS NOW

LEANING PRECARIOUSLY

AND CREWS ALREADY

WORKING TO DEMOLISH

THEM.

>> JANIS, WE RECOGNIZE

IT'S STILL EARLY IN

THE SEARCH AND RESCUE,

BUT APPEARS THE EARLY

WARNING SYSTEMS IN

PLACE MADE A

DIFFERENCE.

>> Reporter: THEY HAD

CELL PHONE ALERTS THAT

WENT OUT AND ARE

ACCUSTOMED TO HAVING

EARTHQUAKES AND

HAPPENED DURING THE

DAY WHEN PEOPLE WERE

AWAKE HELPED.

TONIGHT THE FOCUS ON

SEARCH AND RESCUE, BUT

THE CHALLENGE THERE

HAVE BEEN MORE THAN

200 AFTERSHOCKS AND

RAIN IS IN THE

FORECAST WHICH COULD

COMPLICATE EFFORTS.

LESTER.

>> JANIS MACKEY

FRAYER, THANK YOU.

>>> IN THE EASTERN

PART OF THE COUNTRY,

TORRENTIAL RAIN,

DAMAGING WINDS, AND

POSSIBLE FLOODING

AFTER THIS SYSTEM

PRODUCED MORE THAN A

DOZEN TORNADOES AND

CAUSED AT LEAST ONE

DEATH.

WE'LL GET TO DYLAN

DREYER IN A SECOND,

BUT LET'S START WITH

MAGGIE VESPA.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT,

A LETHAL SYSTEM RACES

EAST.

UP TO FOUR INCHES OF

RAIN SLAMMING SOME

COMMUNITIES.

>> NOT HAPPY ABOUT THE

WEATHER HERE, BUT IT

IS WHAT IT IS.

>> Reporter: FLOOD

WATCHES IN EFFECT FOR

MILLIONS FROM WEST

VIRGINIA TO NEW YORK.

STORMS WREAKING HAVOC

FOR TRAVELERS.

>> I'M REALLY HOPING

IT DOESN'T GET DELAYED

BUT WHO KNOWS.

>> THE TIME KEPT

SHIFTING FROM, YOU

KNOW, AN HOUR AND A

HALF TO AN HOUR.

>> Reporter: THOUSANDS

OF FLIGHTS DELAYED

NATIONWIDE.

THIS MORNING A

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES

FLIGHT BETWEEN NEW

ORLEANS AND ORLANDO

MAKING AN EMERGENCY

LANDING AMID SEVERE

TURBULENCE SENDING TWO

PEOPLE TO A MEDICAL

FACILITY.

THE MONSTER SYSTEM

CARVING A PATH OF

DESTRUCTION FROM THE

OHIO VALLEY.

>> OH, DEAR GOD.

THIS IS BAD.

>> Reporter: TO THE

SOUTHEAST, FLIPPED

SEMI TRUCKS, SNAPPED

TREES, AND TOPPLED

POWER LINES.

AT LEAST 16 REPORTED

TORNADOES ACROSS 6

STATES.

NEAR LOUISVILLE,

KENTUCKY, MOM LISA

SAYS SHE BARELY GOT

HER KIDS DOWNSTAIRS

BEFORE VIOLENT WINDS

RIPPED THE ROOF OFF

THEIR SECOND STORY

BEDROOMS.

>> WE WERE JUST

RUNNING DOWN THE

BASEMENT, AND THAT'S

WHEN WE HEARD THE POP,

AND THE ROOF CAME

FLYING OFF.

WE WEREN'T EVEN IN THE

BASEMENT FIRST BEFORE

THAT HAPPENED.

>> YOU DIDN'T EVEN

MAKE IT DOWN.

>> NO, IT'S CRAZY,

STILL AN EARLY PART OF

THE YEAR TO HAVE ALL

THESE TRAGIC STORMS.

>> Reporter:

KENTUCKY'S GOVERNOR

TOURING DAMAGE SAYING

AS MANY AS SEVEN

TORNADOES TORE THROUGH

HIS STATE TUESDAY,

SOME TURNING DEADLY.

>> WE HAVE CONFIRMED

ONE WEATHER-RELATED

FATALITY.

THIS CAME IN CAMPBELL

COUNTY IN A CAR

ACCIDENT.

>> Reporter:

19-YEAR-OLD BRADY

DELANEY REMEMBERED BY

FAMILY SAYING HE WAS

LOVED BY SO MANY.

>> WE'LL BE PRAYING

FOR HIM AND FOR HIS

FAMILY.

>> Reporter: OUTSIDE

ATLANTA, SEVERAL

PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN

STORM-RAVAGED

NEIGHBORHOODS WHILE IN

MICHIGAN SOME

RESIDENTS SAW UP TO 14

INCHES OF SNOW.

A WEEK OF WILD WEATHER

DRAGGING ON FOR TENS

OF MILLIONS MORE

TONIGHT.

>> AND, MAGGIE, THAT

DAMAGE BEHIND YOU

SPEAKS TO THE POWER OF

THESE STORMS.

>> Reporter: YEAH,

LESTER, EXACTLY.

CLEANUP IS CLEARLY

STILL A HUGE ISSUE

HERE, AS ARE POWER

OUTAGES.

MORE THAN 12,000

PEOPLE HERE IN

KENTUCKY ARE STILL

WITHOUT POWER, MORE

THAN 350,000

NATIONWIDE.

LESTER.

>> MAGGIE VESPA, THANK

YOU.

>>> LET'S BRING IN

DYLAN DREYER NOW.

SHE'S IN LOWER

MANHATTAN WHERE RAINY

AND WINDY CONDITIONS

ARE PICKING UP

TONIGHT.

DYLAN.

>> THEY CERTAINLY ARE.

THE RAIN HAS BEEN

COMING DOWN HARD AND

HAD THUNDER AND

LIGHTNING.

SEVERE STORMS ARE

STILL A POSSIBILITY

ACROSS THE

MID-ATLANTIC.

THIS WHOLE STORM

SYSTEM PRODUCES A LOT

OF RAIN AS IT MOVES

THROUGH TONIGHT AND

TOMORROW, SO WE STILL

HAVE 39 MILLION PEOPLE

UNDER FLOOD WATCHES.

NOW, ON THE BACK SIDE,

OF THIS STORM AS IT

PULLS AWAY, WINDS

WILL INCREASE.

THE THREAT OF SNOW

INCREASES, AND THEN

MORE RAIN IS GOING TO

FILL IN BACK THROUGH

THE MID-ATLANTIC.

WE COULD SEE WIND

GUSTS ALONG THE COAST

UP TO 65 MILES PER

HOUR WITH AN

ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3

INCHES OF RAIN

POSSIBLE ACROSS NEW

ENGLAND.

AND IF WE GET ONE TO

TWO FEET OF SNOW,

LESTER, UP ACROSS NEW

ENGLAND, THIS COULD BE

THE BIGGEST SNOWSTORM

WE'VE SEEN SO FAR THIS

SEASON, AND, OF

COURSE, IT'S NOW

APRIL.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANK

YOU, DYLAN.

>>> ISRAEL IS FACING

GROWING OUTRAGE AFTER

ITS AIR STRIKES IN

GAZA KILLED AN

AMERICAN AND SIX

OTHERS WORKING FOR

WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN.

THE AID GROUP'S

FOUNDER, CHEF JOSE

ANDRES, SPEAKING OUT

TONIGHT AS ISRAEL SAYS

ITS FORCES MADE A

GRAVE MISTAKE.

RAF SANCHEZ IS IN

ISRAEL.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT,

THE BODIES OF THE

FOREIGN AID WORKERS

CARRIED OUT OF GAZA

AFTER THOSE ISRAELI

AIR STRIKES ON

VEHICLES MARKED WITH

LARGE WORLD CENTRAL

KITCHEN LOGOS.

>> SOME OF THE PEOPLE

THAT DIED WERE -- WERE

MY FRIENDS, AND I SAT

WITH THEM.

>> Reporter: THE

FOUNDER OF THE AID

GROUP, CHEF JOSE

ANDRES, APPEARING ON

ISRAELI TELEVISION AND

DEMANDING ANSWERS.

>> THEY WERE TARGET

SYSTEMICALLY CAR BY

CAR, SO THIS WAS NOT

JUST BAD LUCK

SITUATION WHERE, OOPS,

WE DROPPED THE BOMB IN

THE WRONG PLACE OR,

NO, THIS WAS OVER 1.5,

1.8 KILOMETERS WITH A

VERY DEFINED

HUMANITARIAN CONVOY.

>> Reporter: OVERNIGHT

ISRAEL'S TOP GENERAL

ANNOUNCING THE

FINDINGS OF ITS

PRELIMINARY

INVESTIGATION CALLING

THE STRIKES, A GRAVE

MISTAKE.

>> IT WAS A MISTAKE

THAT FOLLOWED A

MISIDENTIFICATION AT

NIGHT DURING A WAR IN

VERY COMPLEX

CONDITIONS.

IT SHOULDN'T HAVE

HAPPENED.

>> Reporter: ALL SEVEN

WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN

STAFF WHO WERE KILLED

HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED.

AMONG THEM,

33-YEAR-OLD JACOB

FLICKINGER, A DUAL

AMERICAN CANADIAN

CITIZEN, HIS FAMILY

SHARING THESE PHOTOS

OF HIM WITH HIS

PARTNER AND YOUNG

SONS.

PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYING

HE'S OUTRAGED AND

HEARTBROKEN BY THE

DEATHS AND THAT ISRAEL

HAS NOT DONE ENOUGH TO

PROTECT AID WORKERS,

BUT THE WHITE HOUSE

ALSO SAYING IT WON'T

STOP SUPPLYING ARMS TO

ISRAEL, WHICH IT SAYS

FACES A GENOCIDAL

THREAT FROM HAMAS.

JUST LAST WEEK, THE

BIDEN ADMINISTRATION

SIGNING OFF ON SENDING

ISRAEL MORE THAN 1,800

BOMBS AND IS PRESSING

CONGRESS TO APPROVE A

PLAN TO SELL ISRAEL

MORE F-15 FIGHTER JETS

IN THE FUTURE.

MEANWHILE, WORLD

CENTRAL KITCHEN HAS

PAUSED ITS AID

OPERATIONS IN GAZA.

THREE OF ITS SHIPS

RETURNING TO PORT WITH

VITAL FOOD TODAY

UNDELIVERED.

ANOTHER BLOW TO THE

HUMANITARIAN EFFORT,

JUST WHEN IT'S NEEDED

MOST.

>> RAF, WE'VE LEARNED

PRESIDENT BIDEN IS

EXPECTED TO TALK TO

ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER

NETANYAHU TOMORROW.

>> Reporter: THAT'S

RIGHT, LESTER.

IT'LL BE THEIR FIRST

CALL IN NEARLY THREE

WEEKS AND COMES AMID A

SERIES OF VERY PUBLIC

DISAGREEMENTS BETWEEN

THE U.S. AND ISRAEL,

NOT JUST OVER THE

KILLING OF THOSE AID

WORKERS, BUT ALSO OVER

ISRAEL'S PLAN TO PUSH

AHEAD WITH AN ATTACK

ON RAFAH.

LESTER.

>> RAF SANCHEZ, THANK

YOU.

>>> A NEW STATEMENT

THIS EVENING FROM

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS

WIDE RECEIVER RASHEE

RICE ON THAT CAR CRASH

IN DALLAS THAT INJURED

FOUR PEOPLE.

RICE HAS BEEN LINKED

TO ONE OF THE CARS

INVOLVED AND SAYS

HE'LL CONTINUE TO

COOPERATE WITH

AUTHORITIES.

HE SAYS HE TAKES FULL

RESPONSIBILITY FOR HIS

PART IN THE ACCIDENT

AND APOLOGIZED TO

EVERYONE INVOLVED.

THERE HAVE BEEN NO

CHARGES IN THE CASE SO

FAR.

>>> A FOLLOW-UP

TONIGHT TO OUR REPORT

ON A TOWN IN OKLAHOMA

THAT ELECTED A MAN

WITH WHITE NATIONALIST

TIES, THEN CAME THE

EFFORT TO UNSEAT HIM

FROM CITY COUNCIL AND

A RECALL VOTE

YESTERDAY.

BRANDY ZADROZNY

IS BACK IN ENID,

OKLAHOMA, WITH THE

RESULT.

>> Reporter: ON A

BLUSTERY MORNING IN

ENID, OKLAHOMA, VOTERS

HEADED TO THE POLLS

THERE TO ANSWER A

QUESTION THAT FOR

MONTHS DIVIDED THEIR

CITY, SHOULD

REPUBLICAN CITY

COUNCILMEN JUDD

BLEVINS BE REMOVED

FROM OFFICE

OVER HIS WHITE

NATIONALIST TIES.

>> I VOTED AGAINST

JUDD BLEVINS.

>> I VOTED FOR JUDD

BLEVINS.

I BELIEVE THAT HE'S

THE MAN FOR THE HOUR.

>> Reporter: BLEVINS

SEEN HERE CAMPAIGNING

DURING YESTERDAY'S

RECALL VOTE HAS SAID

HE NEVER IDENTIFIED AS

A WHITE NATIONALIST OR

A WHITE SUPREMACIST,

BUT ACTIVISTS IN ENID

TO INITIATED THE RACE

TOOK ISSUE WITH HIS

PARTICIPATION IN THE

DEADLY 2017

CHARLOTTESVILLE

UNITE THE RIGHT RALLY

AND HIS PAST ROLE WITH

A STATE CHAPTER OF A

WHITE NATIONALIST

ORGANIZATION.

BLEVINS REFUSED TO

TALK ABOUT HIS PAST

WHEN WE APPROACHED HIM

LAST MONTH.

>> WHY DID YOU

HOLD A TIKI TORCH AND

SAY THAT JEWS ARE

NOT --

>> Reporter: BUT

OFFERED THIS AT A

CANDIDATE FORUM AHEAD

OF THE ELECTION.

>> WHAT WERE YOU

TRYING TO ACHIEVE OR

WHAT WAS YOUR PURPOSE

IN --

>> BRINGING ATTENTION

TO THE SAME ISSUES

THAT GOT DONALD TRUMP

ELECTED IN 2016,

SECURING AMERICA'S

BORDERS, REFORMING OUR

LEGAL IMMIGRATION

SYSTEM AND, FRANKLY,

PUSHING BACK ON THIS

ANTI-WHITE HATRED THAT

IS SO COMMON IN

MEDIA AND

ENTERTAINMENT.

>> Reporter: LAST

NIGHT, ACCORDING TO

PRELIMINARY VOTES,

BLEVINS LOST HIS