KNTV NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt April 16, 2019 00:52:00
Next tonight, tragedy on campus. a student falling to her death from a tower in new york's fordham university just weeks before she would have graduated.
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Next tonight, tragedy on campus. a student falling to her death from a tower in new york's fordham university just weeks before she would have graduated.
Called zabwa. >> to me it was vastly different from the kind of food served in american prison. loaves of bread. the food looked fresh. it wasn't processed and it was ladled out, served out fresh. it was a different visual for me in terms of seeing the food. we walked into this one area and these massive vats of dough and yeast were being prepared for this homemade bread that they serve the inmates, so they offered us a chance to try it. i delved into that bread, it was so delicious. this bread was probably the tastiest bread i have ever had. it was that good. >> but most inmates we have met p...
Inside the airport, crews tried to comfort devastated families. the 737 jet was carrying 55 passengers, including four children and seven crew members. most russian citizens. the plane flying in from the united arab emirates tried to land but was forced to abort because of weather, circling two hours before trying to land again. this relative saying, it's terrible, they flew so many miles to die so close to home. russian investigators say they recovered both flight data recorders. the cause of the crash is not yet known. but investigators say weather could be a factor. they're also looking int...
You know they're battling polluted smog, so thick, you can barely make out those cars on the highway. more than 100,000 masks are being sold every day this month in the city of beijing alone. and have you heard this? a wealthy chinese businessman is selling fresh air in soft drink cans. about 80 cents per can. what you do is take the can and you, in essence, drink from it with your mouth or your nose by breathing it in deeply. the air has not been this dirty in china since 1954. and still ahead on "world news," he earns $230,000 every time he walks into a ballpark. tonight, is the king of ba...
>> larry: how did you tell them? >> a long distance phone call. >> larry: long distance? >> yeah, we're talking, like, coast to coast. >> larry: how did they handle it? >> you always want to give your family like a six-hour plane ride before they can get to you. >> larry: did they handle it all right? >> we're working on it. >> larry: still? >> yes, yes. i mean, they love me. i know without a doubt, my family, they love me. you know, we're -- you know, we're working on it. keep praying for us. >> larry: more with wanda sykes. we'll talk about prop 8. more on that subject and other things. your...