Starts going backward. Hundreds trapped high above the snow. And good evening, thanks for joining us on this saturday. Im tom llamas. And we begin with breaking news on that attack at the airport in new orleans. We just learned that the suspect has died but so many questions remain. The attack began when Richard White approached a security checkpoint attacking with a toxic spray and machete. Inside the tsa agent that he injured on the right, the suspect shot by a Police Officer, hes there on the ground. Abcs Kendis Gibson at the airport tonight. Run this way reporter chaos at the new orleans airport. Tonight, Authorities Say it could have been a lot worse. Sometimes youd rather be lucky than good. I think were both last night. Reporter just after 8 00 p. M. Friday, 62yearold Richard White rushing through a checkpoint, at first attacking tsa agents with a bug spray. I was yelling at everyone to clear the checkpoint. Reporter then chasing tsa officer carol richel with a machete, the 14 i
And the rescue. So, what went wrong. And busted brackets and broken dreams. Number one seed villanova sent home. Oh, oh yeah this piccolo player performing in tears. The internet having a field day with that one. As underdogs prove theyve got what it takes. Hard enough to play the piccolo when youre not crying. That was an amazing moment. Well talk much more about that. Good morning on a sunday when a lot of people are talking about pope francis and a purported miracle. He can seemingly do no wrong. What happened when he kissed that mysterious glass relic containing the blood of a saint. Can we call it maybe a half miracle . Thats what hes calling it. Were going to start with the new isisrelated threat. Overnight, American Military commanders issuing a warning after a group claiming to represent isis posted an online hit list calling for attacks on u. S. Personnel here at home. Pretty disturbing. They revealed their photos, names, and addresses, this, as the u. S. Decides to pull troop
Out right now with the mountaineers. The news at 11 00 starts now. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] kimberly good evening, im kimberly suiters. A Prince Georges County man says he has lived his life in fear after a pg county officer pointed a gun at his head. Jay korff has the story. Certainly a disturbing account. Jay it is and the attorney for the alleged victim gave us a new development, a new look at this incident, including one of our reporters was able to look at cell phone video that the Attorney Says capture the incident. We were not permitted to record the video, but we looked at it. It shows the officer pointing the gun at william cunninghams head and then down his mouth. The officer took total control over whether i lived or died, whether i ever got to talk to my wife. Jay he said the Emotional Trauma of that day in may in his bowie neighborhood still haunts them. I dont
The sweet 16. Action picks up again on thursday. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, march 23rd. Announcer from abc news this is world ws now. Okay. You heard me there talking. I always have a lot of march madness questions. This is going to be an enlightening month for me. Im really going to learn about march madness this year an you have taught me a lot. How many did we start nuf the tournament. 68. And how many now. 16. Next weekend how many . Eight. Close enough. Final four. Oh final four. Half of that. Wheres the final four this year . In philadelphia. Phoenix. Name two number one seeds. Ohio state and we love her. We do. Back to sports in a is second. Forget about all of that. We have to get to new orleans. A story when the emails start to pop up about what was happening we were scratching our head. What is happening in new orleans at the airport right now. A machete attack in the new Orleans Airport. The suspect was carrying a bag of explosive sfwls police are stil
Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Substituting tonight, Savannah Guthrie guthrie. A safe haven for the most aggressive Al Qaeda Branch in the world and the country of yemen is spiraling out of control. World leaders scramble to the u. N. For an emergency meeting as the u. S. This weekend pulled out the last remaining special forces there saying it is no longer safe for them. This as a disturbing report surfaced of an alleged isis hit list. Names, pictures and addresses of american soldiers published online as targets. Well go to our pentagon correspondent Jim Miklaszewski in a moment. Good evening to you. In a Statement Released today, u. S. Ambassador Samantha Power reaffirmed support for the president of yemen and strongly condemned the attacks by opposition forces. The u. N. Security council signaling there will be ely in the form of sanks if the violence doesnt end. Rebels fired tear gas as fighting intensified in the streets of yemen. The u. N. Security council