Good evening, theres no harder lesson than the one taught today to angry atlanta educators. The judge threw the book at them. Teachers principals among them handing down lengthy prison sin tenses for their roles in a massive cheating scandal at which standardized test scores at underperforming schools were inflated. Our chief education correspondent rehema ellis shows us how it all played. This thing was pervasive, its like the sickest thing thats ever happened to this town. The judge imposed harsh sentences on eight former Atlanta Public School educators, convicted of racketeering conspiring to fix standardized test scores to improve results. There were thousands of children that were harmed in this thing, this is not a victimless crime. Three disgraced educators were sentenced to 20 years, serving seven in president en, the rest on probation. The others were sentenced to five years, serving one to two of them behind bars. Emotions ran high. As the sentences came down. You sit down, im gog to put knew jail. If you yell at me, in it was painful for everyone including the judge. I consider you a wonderful educator and thats what makes it so sad. You were under so much pressure. Yesterday, the judge heard from dozens of character witnesses pleading for. How mercy on me please. Im giving you some opportunity. Judge bad. Er asked both sides to agree on a fair sentence that included admitting guilt. Otherwise he would determine punishment. I have a fair sentence in my mind and its it involves going to jail. All rise. Back in court today, only decided to take the plea which included home confinement or weekends behind barres. The judge admonished the rest. All i want from any of these people is just to take some responsibility. They refuse. They refuse. Todays sentencing also included Community Service and thousands of dollars in fines. Some criticize the severity. Others say the cheating scandal short changed some of the citys most Vulnerable Children who are years behind in their education. Quite a scene in that courtroom. Were learning a lot more about a midair emergency that was just breaking as we came on the air last night. A baggage handler who became trapped in the cargo hold of a plane during flight. Passengers hearing banging and screams from help coming from beneath them. Imagine that. Heres Miguel Almaguer on how this happened and the questions its. Reporter Alaska Airlines flight 448 departing seattle was bound for los angeles. Passengers and crew heard the desperate call coming from the cargo hold. A steady knock for help. A panicked voice just beneath their feet. He was like help help. What . Climbing to some 5,000 feet the sounds came from a pressurized and temperature controlled space near the front of the plane where pets are often kept. The pilot declares an emergency landing. Theres a person in there, im going to come back around. Airborne for 14 minutes, a contracted employee came off the 737 in good condition. The aviation employee walked off the aircraft and told First Responders that he was taking a nap in the cargo hold of the aircraft. Alaska says the unidentified employee has a security badge passed a background check and a drug test after the incident. Ou were knowingly violated by an experienced employee who hid in the hold of an aircraft to take a nap. Jeff price. The irony in this situation is the gentleman who fell asleep is part of that ground crew who was supposed to ensure that theres no unauthorized personnel or items in and around the aircraft. Its happened before. Six years ago, an airport employee fell asleep in the baggage compartment on a jet blue flight from new york to boston. Tonight the faa and Alaska Airlines are investigating. Tonight airport employees tell us the official who fell asleep on the plane was working with a crew of three others who noticed he was missing an tried to find him. Nine and a half hours into his shift, they figured he had gone home for the day. Miguel almaguer thank you. A reserve deputy is free on bond after turning himself in for the deadly shooting of a fleeing unarmed suspect. He never meant to quill the man. Kevin tibbles has mo today 73yearold bob bates, the part time tulsa Deputy Sheriff was formally charged with Second Degree manslaughter. I feel theyre unwarranted and shouldnt he was acting as backup when the suspect bolted. 44yearold eric harris was selling an illegal gurn. A scuffle ensued. Picked up by police body cam. Bates pulled what he says he thought was his taser, but instead fired his gun. He later died bates claims in the heat of the moment he mistook his pistol for his taser. There are more than 100 reserve deputies with the Tulsa Sheriffs Office nationwide that number is about 50,000. In many jurisdictions, reservists make financial contributions to the department. Bates has contributed thousands. If you have enough money, you get to go play cop. The Sheriffs Office says bates had once been a Police Officer, and has had more than 400 hours of training as a reservist. Logging 3,000 hours of service. He was not playing anything. He was there like the other officers doing their job, that hes play acting . No he was there to help. The reserve Officers Association says some 200 volunteers have lost their lives. Bob bates was named oklahoma deputy of the year in 2011. He has now been released on 25,000 bail. Kevin tibbles, nbc news, tulsa. Now to another case weve been following, the friend who was in the car with walter scott minutes before a South CarolinaPolice Officer fatally gunned scott down is speaking out. Pierre fulton was identified monday as the man in scotts passenger seat. Bolton released a statement saying he doesnt know why scott ran off during a traffic stop. He didnt deserve to die. A developing story tonight in Salt Lake City where an incredible dust storm turned deadly blinding drivers, they toppled several tractortrailers on the highway. Hallie jackson reports. Reporter this is what it looked like during a deadly dust storm that killed at least one person and. Zero visibility with wind gusts up to 70 miles an hour whipping up dust so thick, state police say a semitruck had to stop on the highway. That triggered a chain reaction, as many as eight big rigs part of a dozen car pileup. The dust was completely blown over with dust. Zero visibility. At least 16 people have been hospitalized with i80 closed for nearly 100 miles in both directions from the nevada border all the way to Salt Lake City now bracing for a blow. The airport shutting down temporarily as the dust storm works its way east. Hallie jackson nbc news los angeles. Were witnessing another historic step in thawing relations between the u. S. And cuba many president obama will remove cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism. Senior white house Chris Jansing joins us tonight from the white house with more on this chris . Good evening, lester. Another remnant of the cold wuerffel away this afternoon, cuba has been on that list of state sponsors of terrorists since 1982. And todays decision to remove them gives substance to the weekends historic handshake. It paves the way for the opening of embassies and could mine new significant Economic Opportunities for both countries. In his message to congress today, president obama said cuba has not pried any support for International Terrorism over the last six months and has provided assurances that it will not support act bs of International Terrorism in the future. Now, the move does have vocal opponents including Just Announced president ial candidate marco rubio, who says its a terrible decision. Congress now has 45 days to review cubas removal from the list but it is unlikely to block it. Left ir . Chris jansing tonight at the white house. Hillary clinton made her very first public appearance today since announcing she is its been a low key kickoff compared to her last run, yet the media frenzy is in full effect all the same. Andrea mitchell is on th after two days of occasional sightings on the road to iowa Hillary Clinton finally arrived for her first public even it set off a stampede of photographers and reporters. How does it feel to be back in iowa . It feels great. She stopped at a coffee shop for chai tea where Kristen Walker found her. How do you win this time whats your strategy . Im having a great time cant look forward any more than she comes out the back door and gets in a van and takes off. For the first time today, clinton started laying out why she is running. At a Community College where High School Students can take college classes. I get dual credit ill get High School English credit and college credit. You will have 48 College Credits when you graduate from high school . Yeah. These days clinton is sounding more than a populous than the new york senator who used to represent wall street. Theres something wrong when hedge funds managers pay lower tax rates than nurses or the truckers that i saw on i80 as i was driving here over the last two days. Mrs. Clinton, what did you learn today . What did you take away from all of this . So much good information so much Great Exchange about what works, what can work not just here in iowa but i think across the country. And while her aids have been coraling donors all week clinton proposed a constitutional amendm spending. Youre going to raise a ton of money. Shes never won. Shes a tough fighter. Shes never one to unilaterally disarm. Aids say they will give detailed proposals in the coming weeks. Its clear they would like this campaign to be all about the economy. Lester . Andrea thank you. Tonight marks exactly one year since boko haram militants kidnap kidnd girls. That campaign has faded even though the vast majority of those girls have not been seen again. Our report tonight from reporter in nigeria, students carried the names of the 219 kidnapped school girls still a year after boko haram militants seized them from their boarding school at gunpoint. Grace was one of the lucky few who escaped. The 18yearold who did not want to be on camera says she ran from her captors, hiding in a nearby village. Shes in oregon now at a private school on scholarship. Last year reaction to the kidnappings was quick and global. The bring back our Girls Campaign went viral. Speer headed by some big names. Millions of tweets then have become just thousands now, while boko haram continues to kidnap and kill. I spoke to someone whose town had been raided they rounded up all the young men and executed 2700 of. Nigerian forces stopped them. They have been undergoing intense training last may we joined cameroon on the nigerian border in december boko haram attacked this same unit. 7 of these soldiers were killed. On the anniversary of the kidnappings, campaigners are hoping to raise awareness again. Nigerias president vowed to continue the fight against boko haram, but he couldnt promise the missing school girls would ever be found. Stephanie gosk nbc news new york. There is a lot more news still ahead tonight. The announcement from actress rita wilson revealing she has Breast Cancer. Found after getting a Second Opinion, something so many patients arent doing. Also our cameras are rolling as a ceo tells his employees theyre getting huge pay raises. Some of them getting double the salary. 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And everything to gain if something that was missed is found, which does happen. A university of michigan study showed more than half of patients who sought a Second Opinion from a group of Cancer Specialists had their treatment plans changed. When you get that diagnosis of Breast Cancer, do you have to move so fast you dont have time for a Second Opinion . No. You have time you have several weeks, in fact to plan the most appropriate course of therapy. Theres no immediate need to have treatment that day, that week. When insurance covers Second Opinions 70 of americans were confident in their do advice they didnt feel the need to get a Second Opinion or do their own research. Rita wilson trusted her instincts and tonight is thankful anne thompson, nbc news, were back in a moment with a famous Mountain Lion found under a familys house in an urban if you have moderate to severe Rheumatoid Arthritis like me and youre talking to your rheumatologist about a biologic. This is humira. 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I told them im 12 and they would laugh and they thought it was funny, and it avoided the question. His success is nothing to laugh at. In january, price graced the cover of entrepreneur magazine something has be its a big struggle for the middle class, i think part of that is things are getting more expensive and the wage growth isnt keeping up. Lowest paid workers earn shy of 40,000 a year. It is tough because seattle is a very expensive city especially with the rate its been growing. Price decided to merge his money with his mouth. Were going to have a minimum 70,000 pay raise for everyone who. No one saw it coming long shock turned into gratitude. About 70 employees will get big raises. Some will double their salaries. I can move out of my moms house. Were going to be able to start a family months before we initially thought we could. And single mother alyssa oneil can now buy a house. It just means stability, confidence life changing. To help pay for it price is dropping his salary from about 1 million to 70,000. I would like to have this spark a conversation and gasicily have people start to think about a different way of doing business. The income gap might feel bigger than the grand canyon but inside one company, it just got a lot smaller. Thank you. Joe fryer, nbc news, se now, that is a good day at the office. Thats going to do it for us on this tuesday night, im lester holt for all of us at nbc news thank you for watching tom hanks wife rita wilson battling Breast Cancer. Why she says trusting her gut saved her life. Now on extra. One of hollywoods happiest couples rocked by cancer. Ri ka wilson going public about her double mastectomy. My aunt died of b died of Breast Cancer. How rita discovered the disease after mammograms missed it. And what shes urging women everywhere to do for their own health. Dennis quaid totally melts down. Dont [ bleep ] dennis me. His new caught on camera rant. 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