Its about to go down the main street. The dark sky erupting. Power transformers exploding one after the other. Statewide more than 20,000 are without power. This, a tornado toppling a radio tower and ripping trees right from the ground. It was just enough damage to cancel classes today, but a stark contrast to that killer ef5 twister that decimated moore in 2013. Near tulsas airport as tornado sirens blared passengers and workers sought shelter in the basement. Wednesdays storm strike also brought heavy rain and golf ballsized hail. Is the Severe Weather over . Nbc meteorologist Domenica Davis with the answer in a few minutes. Now to the germanwings crash and a new report from the New York Times which says one of the planes pilots locked out of the cockpit during the cash. Citing a senior official during the investigation this is what the mangled audio reporter picked up. Quote, very smooth very cool conversation to start. Then an indication that one of the pilots got up and left the c
Afghanistan when bergdahl vanished. The world lead. Still so much wreckage from a crash that killed 150 people but as recovery teams collect shreds of debris slung across the alps investigators now have an audio file from inside the cockpit. What if anything did the pilots say that could help officials decipher just why this plane went down . And families of the victims still trying to deal with the staggering loss. So many futures cut short, including that of three americans. So who were they and who did they leave behind . Welcome to the lead. Im john berman in for jake today. Major stories breaking this afternoon. We are following new developments on that doomed jet that went down over the french alps but we begin today with breaking news in our national lead. Just minutes ago, the army announced that Bowe Bergdahl the army soldier who spent five years in taliban captivity, will now face charges of desertion. Abandoning his brothers in arms. He could face life in prison here if conv
with her mother yvonne from the selke s heart broken home a family statement remembering two, wonderful, caring people who meant so much to so many. neighbors in disbelief. i m still kind of shocked. we are just a small little community and i m very sad. reporter: another american was on board the state department said but no name has been released yet. the world of opera has lost two star voices, maria radner, who was flying with her husband and their baby, and oleg bryjak. and then pain of tears and flowers for the 27 tenth graders and two teachers lost in the crash. one of your students died? yes. linda. she is 15 1/2. i can t realize it. it is so, so sad and cannot believe this, what happened. reporter: this school has released the names of the students and teachers who died in the crash and have issued a
lights. oleg bryjak had been a member since 1996. remembered as much for his acting as the unique range and quality of his voice. there are some voices which, if you don t see the person, you can t always know you can t always tell who it is. with oleg, you could always tell. it was his individual sound. that sound we ll never forget. reporter: bryjak had been in barcelona singing in a role he received huge acclaim from last summer in germany s panthon to vagner. the pinnacle of a career for a man who d had a troubled start this life but who tackled life s challenges, his colleague said, with humor and compassion. his father was considered to be a german spy.