just hours after the release of the body cam footage of paul pelosi s attack, his alleged assailant now speaking out in a jailhouse phone call his chilling message back on the trail. president trump campaigning in two early vote states today. why these campaign stops are so different than his previous ones. and high tech at high altitude the new way the air force is training pilots. our reporter takes off for the new frontier of digital dog fights. this is nbc nightly news with jose diaz-balart. good evening it is another day of protests in cities across the country in the wake of the police beating and death of tyre nichols, a black man stopped for an alleged traffic violation in memphis the demonstrations are overwhelmingly peaceful, but that does not betray the anger so many are feeling after watching the videos released overnight of five police officers attacking nichols all five are now charged with murder tonight we re going to begin with the videos taken fr
six, an augmented reality company working with the air force to train fighter pilots. to see it firsthand, i had to suit up top gun style and get into the back of this 540. but one thing maverick didn t have is this augmented reality device inside my helmet that could project combat scenarios using artificial intelligence as we fly like when suddenly a chinese j-20 engages us and our wing man and the f-18 there. this video shows what i was seeing in that moment. stakes are high i think we got this. reporter: digital images laid over our real world environment. right side do you see it? there you go let s keep going let s turn around. i see the weapons lock and fox two. and splash to j-20 reporter: we emerge unscathed but not always the case. more service members die in training than in combat according to a recent congressional report.