ann thompson, nbc news, new york. >>> now our nbc news exclusive, new surveillance video showing an inmate apparently left to die after a fight in a prison in south carolina. a state struggling with a dire shortage of correctional officers. nbc's gabe gutierrez has the story, and let me warn you, the images you're about to see are disturbing. >> reporter: these are alan caper's final moments at south carolina's turbyville correctional institute in 2017. according to an incident report, he had just been stabbed by two fellow inmates. corrections officers dragged him outside while they tried to control the chaos. he stayed there for a half hour bleeding to death, even while officers walked by. do you believe he was left to die? >> yes, he was. >> reporter: his mother debra is outraged. >> i don't want another mother to go through this. don't wait until it happen to another inmate. >> reporter: capers had been in prison for armed robbery since he was a teenager but she says he was remorseful. >> just because you go to prison does not mean you've been sentenced to death. >> reporter: just a ye

steve patterson, nbc news, san jose. >>> and that is "nbc nightly news" on this sunday. lester holt will be back with you tomorrow when you'll want to check our exclusive look "inside the crowd funding side gofundme" and what it's doing to combat fraud. i'm kate snow, for all of us here at nbc news, have a great night. he was a devoted leader oe catholic church in the east bay for more than 30 years. >>> right now at 6:00 -- he was a devoted leader of the catholic church in the east bay for more than 30 years. tonight, parishioners are saying farewell to the man they knew at father j. the news at 6:00 starts right now. i'm terry mcsweeney. >> i'm vicki ngyuen. a vigil is under way honoring the beloved from a heart attack at 70 years old. father jay was the first african-american ortained priest in northern california. he's been a fixture in the cades.ic community for three we'll have an update coming up in a few minutes. >>> police have arrested the man they believe stabbed

harry smith, nbc news, new york. >> her voice still gives me the chills. >>> that's "nbc new body cam ve >>> she comes down here for the shooter. >> right now at 6:00, this is new body cam video the moments before san jose police officers shot and killed a woman. the reason the d.a. said the officers will not face any charges. >>> a new storm lining up right now. we'll show you how much rainfall we'll get out of this tomorrow. a new update in just a few minutes. >>> but first, deja vu. falling concrete trucks again on the richmond san rafael bridge. the commuter mess tonight. the news at 6:00 starts right now. good friday evening. i'm janelle wang in for jessica aguirre. >> we need a fix and quick. more than 80,000 cars cross the richmond san rafael bridge every day but not today. a partial shutdown after chunks of concrete fell from the upper deck. this view from nbc bay area sky ranger similar to the problems we saw today and the shutdown we saw in february. nbc bay area's jodi hernandez with the latest details. jodi? >> reporter: a scary afternoon for drivers crossing the richmond

news. >>> when we come back, we'll tell you about an nbc super star's new mission super star's new mission a super star's new mission star's new mission uperstar's ne wering a red maga hat and threatened him at a coffee shop. the price she )s now paying for her public tirade. and facebook friends exposed. the place hackers posted thousands of passwords for everyone to see. that )s next. right now at 6: he can see clearly n >>> finally tonight, he knew what it was like to be underrated and that's why nba star steph curry has a camp that's inspiring america here's joe fryer >> reporter: like an undervalued stock, these high school basketball players feel there' room to grow. >> i'm underrated and ready to play. >> a lot of people say i was overlooked or i wasn't really noticed in a crowd, and i'm here to make a difference >> reporter: they have come to a basketball camp part that's part of the underrated tour, launched by a player who was once in their sneakers, steph curry. >> hold it everyone sees the finished product but they don't get to see or understand the journey. >> reporter: in hig

gabe gutierrez, nbc news, atlanta. >>> tonight nbc news has learned former vice president joe biden is set to make it official, jumping into the race for president and shaking up the fight for the democratic nomination. biden set to annou >> reporter: aftmonths of flir with a run, joe biden will finally announce it, set to enter the 2020 race as the front-runner. >> we'll find out whether i can win in a primary. >> reporter: nbc news has learned after a roll-out video thursday, the former vice president will hold a rally in pittsburgh next week followed by trips to the four key early voting states. >> today yet another democrat joins the race for president. this time it's senator joseph biden of delaware. >> reporter: hoping the third run is the charm after two unsuccessful presidential campaigns. biden already leads in early polls, but he faces some challenges. after several women recently described unwelcome physical contact with him, he promised to do better. >> i will be more mindful, respectful of people's personal space. >> reporter: and while his decades long record includes sup

sarah harmon, nbc news, london. >>> now to an nbc news investigation. veterans groups say some for-profit colleges are preying on veterans whose benefits under the gi bill have become a major source of revenue, but are students getting what they pay for? heidi przybyla reports. >> reporter: after four tours of duty, sergeant anders figueroa was ready for a new career. >> i was always interested in becoming a cameraman or working in television. >> reporter: so he googled film schools, met with a recruiter from full sail university and enrolled. >> they said it was a top three school, film school in the united states. >> reporter: we found it was ranked number 50 here, though full sail told us it did rank in the top five on this list -- 14 years ago. figueroa says the training wasn't worth it. >> like a waste of time. >> reporter: he is still paying back a $23,000 loan. taxpayers paid the rest, $46,000 through the gi bill. the va has received 40 complaints about full sail. the school says any dissatisfied graduates can return and audit classes for free. >

nbc news exclusive. she and her parents sat down with kerry sanders to talk about the terrifying ordeal. >> reporter: it's hard to believe six days ago 9-year-old laderihanna holmes, who loves sponge bob and writing stories, was in her front ride when a car ran a stop sign running into her. what do you say to the people that call you a miracle? >> thank you so much. >> from what happened to her, i'm surprised she's alive. >> reporter: the accident fractured her skull and crushed her pelvis. she's learning to use a walker. >> tell me about the walker. >> i've taken a few steps on the walker. >> reporter: i heard ten. that's good. >> reporter: and doctors don't want her to talk about what she remembers, which they say is little. the video so shocking, the family heard from strangers as far away as denmark. >> it's wonderful and overwhelming they are helping me and praying for me. >> reporter: the unsung hero that day, her 12-year-old if >> he was hysterical. something just came over him. he start pumping h

after ears, 11 years here at nbc she's raising her glass to a new chapter. dsn a crowded daytime tv lancape. kathy lee gifford struck gold not once, but twice. first with regis. >> don't you give us any award. >> then again in 2008 with hoda. >> we just adored each other instantly. i said i he no intention coming back to tv but if i did, i would love to work with you but i don't think it's possible av for anybody to success at 10:00 in the morning. it was hard enough at 9:00 when regis and i did it. t to do t w something again and less well. >> she ended up signing on for just a year but then. >> we were starting to really grab america's attention. what works for us is the unpredictability of it. >> oh my gosh. ♪ >> we laugh at each other and with each other. everything comes out shof a real friendip. >> oh, yeah. wine, please. >> about that ever present wine on the set, credit a segment with comedian chelsea handler. >> it's never too y ear a cocktail. >> that became a signature. >> you know what it did? it set theone for welcome to our party. we're havin

kathy park, nbc news. >>> to politics now. president trump returning to washington tonight after marking the holiday weekend at his florida estate. today his aides and allies tried to go on offense in the wake of the mueller report blanketing the sunday shows. but it was a comment by his attorney, rudy giuliani, suggesting there's nothing wrong with taking information from the russians that is making new waves tonight. nbc news white house correspondent kelly o'donnell has the very latest. >> reporter: in the sunshine of palm beach, president trump headed to church. >> happy easter, everybody. have a good day. a lot of great things happening for our country. >> reporter: but his easter message stopped short of answering questions about the outcome of the russia investigation. back in washington, leaving an easter service, robert mueller, who has spoken through the 400-plus-page report, declined to engage. >> happy easter. can i ask you a couple questions? will you testify before congress, sir? >> no comment. >> reporter: but f

her account not verified by nbc news. she said she came forward after former nevada candidate lucy flores said biden made her uncomfortable in 2014. >> he leans down, then plants this big, long kiss on the top of my head. suggesting ti i felt invaded. >> reporter: biden issued a statement that i have offered countless handshakes, hugs, expressions of affection, support and comfort, and not once never did i believe i acted inappropriately. defending him, former defense secretary ash carter's wife stephanie. for this much criticized shoulder rub in 2015. she writes he was a close friend offering support. biden's spokesman today blasting what he calls a cottage industry of lies about the former vice president, including this cropped image with boy. it was biden comforting his grandson at beau biden's funeral. now all of it a 2020 campaign issue. >> have you ever seen him being too huggy? too touchy feely? n't seen that. y ha >> i believe lucy flores and joe biden needs to give an answer. >> i have no reason not to believe lu

morgan chesky, nbc news. >>> all right. up after the break, why the new arrivals on tv's most beloved street are being celebrated by families across america. he )s got his f bay area, but is it enough to win the white house? the east bay politcian who just announced -- he )s running for president. and some call it art, others call it offensive... the fight over an 84 year old high school mural in san francisco... next. right now at 6: should it stay up? >>> finally, in honor of autism awareness month, there's a new family moving to "sesame street." here is rehema ellis on why they are inspiring so many others across america. >> reporter: what most families take for granted, melissa swails cheers. 5-year-old brooklyn and 3-year-old carter have autism just like julia on their favorite show "sesame street." >> play, play, play. >> reporter: and like carter and brooklyn, julia now has a family, too. ♪ love my family >> reporter: were you surprised "sesame street" gave her a family? >> i would n'tn't say surprised but i think

gabe gutierrez, nbc news, cleveland, virginia. >> glad they are out and okay. that is "nbc nightly news". i'm lester holt. thank you for watching everyone and good night. the san francis going to extreme >>> right now at 6:00, if you love it, don't leave it. the san francisco community going to extreme measures to stop allplus, a broken water pi near the runway at sfo. what you need to know before heading there for a flight. >>> but first -- >> we're going to be forced into thhim. a san jose uns learning firsthand the difficulties of our housing crisis. the news at 6:00 starts right now. good evening and thanks for being with us on this monday. i'm raj mathai. >> and i'm jessica aguirre. a san jose politician getting a look at how rough the rental market really is. the landlord for councilman recall perales terminated his lease. >> the councilmember scrambled to find a place to live for his new family and dogs. it was difficult and it was expensive. nbc bay area's damian trujillo is in downtown san jose. sounds familiar for a lot of people. >> it really does re

that does it for nbc nightly news on this saturday. i'm hally jackson reporting from new york. thank you so much for watching and good night. night. right now on nbc bay are news... a show of force from oakland police. the effort to stop destructive >>> right now on nbc bay area news, a show of force from oakland police. the effort to stop destructive side shows in their tracks. >>> plus, more reaction from the release of the mueller report. members of congress wrestle with what comes next. >>> but first, the bay area's biggest celebration of marijuana. it is april 20th, after all. tens of thousands of people gathered to light up on san francisco's hippy hill. the news at 4:30 starts right now. good evening, and thank you for joining us. i i'm. >> and i'm terry mcsweeney. now that recreational pot is legal, the atmosphere has changed a little bit. if you look closely, you can see that the literal atmosphere was pretty smokey at 4:20 this afternoon. what a crowd. the moment led to a thin cloud covering all those folks. nbc bay area christie smith has been inhaling the informatio

kathy park, nbc news. >>> some more breaking news tonight. the president of the nra is stepping down in a bitter battle within the top leadership of the organization. nbc's hans nichols is following that story. >> reporter: at the national rifle association there's a political fight at the very top. the first casualty, the group's president, retired lieutenant colonel oliver north. the nra's vice president today read north's departure letter. >> please know i hope to leave with you today as nra president endorsed for re-election, i'm now informed that will not happen. >> reporter: north is perhaps best known for his role in the iran contra affair. he reportedly clashed executive vice president over spending priorities and budget shortfalls. thursday night he told the board the nra was pressuring him to quit. the exeritation was simple. also in his cross hairs the long time advertising agency which has produced some of its famous ads. >> from my cold dead hands. >> reporter: and more recently tv shows hosted by north who's paid directly by ace

news tamm park florida. >>> and that's nbc nightly news for this saturday. join kate snow tomorrow for an inside look at a star-studded tribute to country music legend loretta lynn. i'm jose diaz balart reporting from new york. thank you for the privilege of your time. and good night. right now at si a violent incident in vallejo. new details about a mother, and her three-year-old boy, attacked by a pack of pit bulls. incident in vallejo. new details about a mother and her three-year-old boy attacked by a pack of bpit bulls. >>> god evening. thank you for joining us. that little boy and his mom seriously injured in the attack last night. now we are learning more about the investigation, including who owned those dogs. >> live from vallejo with more. >> reporter: yeah, i managed to talk with a up of people walking their dogs who said they had no idea there were three pit bulls that lived if that house. investigators haven't figured exactly what triggered those three dogs to attack a mother and her 3-year-old child. right now those three dogs are in the custod

stephanie gosk, nbc news, new york. >>> all right, let's turn to new developments now. an nbc news investigation about facilities where troubled teens are sent to get help. there are 22 states sending kids to clarinda academy in iowa. and after our report with thre from more former students and a nurse who says she wishes she had spoken up sooner. here is kate snow. >> reporter: jesus lopez still struggles to talk about what happened to him one night at clarinda academy. >> i told them, you know, whatever you do right here, right then, i forgive you guys. you don't have to do this. i told them, i'm not going to tell on you. >> reporter: he went there voluntarily at 17 from washington state after being in and out of more than two dozen foster homes since he was 4. he had been at the facility in rural iowaless tha he tried to run away. staff caught him and took him to his room. >> i said i want to go. wasocial worker. and they said, no, you're not calling nobody. >> reporter: jesus harsh physical restraints repeatedly even though he says he wasn't posing a threat. >> and

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gabe gutierrez, nbc news. >>> we turn now to an nbc exclusive inside the drug war still being fought after 50 years. our carry sanders got unprecedented access as the u.s. navy targets traffickers. >> reporter: 50 years ago president nixon declared a war on drugs and the front lines today are everywhere. >> we are in the sunny eastern pacific conducting a counter drug patrol. >> reporter: in a few moments we'll be airborne with combat air mission 6. >> this isn't just a u.s. problem. these organizations are based all throughout central and south america. >> reporter: we're with the u.s. navy on base in el salvador. two pa pucidins stationed here scramble almost every day to catch traffickers. >> we are like 911 for the counter professions out here. >> reporter: sitting low to the water making them hard to detect. the nave poseidon. >> they can look up and won't hear us or see us but we can definitely see them. >> so cat and mouse but the cat wins? >> more than likely, yes. >> reporter: the goal disrupt the route from south america to mexico before the cocaine gets to united states. t

tom costello, nbc news. >>> coming up next, miracle rescue. how two hikers lost for five days were found alive. >>> back now with the miracle on the mountain. two hikers rescued after five days lost in the wild. nbc's gadi schwartz on how they were found alive. >> reporter: tonight, a tale of survival from the wilds of one of southern california's highest mountains. >> we just lost the trail. >> reporter: eric and his girlfriend gabrielle wallace went missing saturday while hiking in the snowy mountains. >> we tried to descend through a valley but that valley was more treacherous than we thought. >> reporter: for five days, volunteers scoured 30 square miles of rough terrain eventually finding two sets of footprints and sending a chopper to look and spotting a fire and the couple. whose rescuers hoisted to safety. eric and gabrielle veteran hikers found themselves fighting for survival in treacherous terrain and freezing temperatures. >> rationed our food. drank water through a life straw and kept as warm as possible. >> reporter: miraculously

that's "nbc nightly news." i'm leste >>> right now at 6:00, what to do with all of that new money from those tech ipo's. san francisco plan to deal with a bunch of new millionaires. >> hot today but it is about to get cooler. i'll show you how much temperatures drop. >>> but first, why did he do it. they're calling it an intentional act. late today we're learning more about the driver who plowed into eight people in a crosswalk in sunnyvale. >>> the news at 6:00 starts now. and good evening. i'm raj mathai. >> and i'm jessica aguirre. there is new revealing information today about the man accused of deliberately driving into a crowd of pedestrians on a sidewalk in sunnyvale. investigators say his name is 34-year-old -- he's 34-year-old and his name is isaiah joel peoples of sunnyvale. eight people were injured. police called in the fbi on the case and it turned out to be an act of domestic terrorism or hate crime. that is what they wanted to know. the first in a series of reports on the suspect and the victims.

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. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. it's been a rough day and chances are a rough ahead for up to 14 million people living in the path of severe storms that have been slamming the mid-atlantic and northeast. the risk of damaging winds and tornadoes tonight stretching from parts of north carolina up into pennsylvania. travelers at several major airports facing delays tonight. all from the same weather system blamed for at least five deaths across the south. our gabe gutierrez has the teatest. >> repr: tonight after drenching the south, vi storms are marching up the eacoaswith tna rr rn, inst hail and thunder. already more than 800 canceled flights in the u.s. and more than 4,000 delays. meanwhile, the south is caning up after a series of tornadoes. what's different about this season is that so-called tornado alley has been unusually quiet. instead the south has seen the brunt of the damage. in louisiana, the hard-hit town of ruston struggled with the loss of much more than just builngs. the winds here were at least 136 m

>> reporter: molly hunter, nbc news. zbrmpblts. >>> some middle schoolers are being hailed as hometown heros after they talked a suicidial woman off a bridge. the boys from the kepler school's volleyball team were jogging when they saw a woman hanging about to fall on to the tracks. the coach told them to distract her while the coach called 9-1-1. the coach is calling the incident devine intervention saying if it hadn't been for the boys on her team, she would have let go. >>> the ncaa women's basketball championship game was one for the ages. >> jackson, richards, brown, for the championship. it's jackson. for the lead! 3.9 left! >> we got the action for you. notre dame gets the chance to tie it up. she misses the first free throw. that seals the deal for baylor. the ladybears win the rematch. >> we just beat the defending national champions. that team is so good, so talented. you are going to see those guys play at the next level. and, um, wow! you know, i just, i'm emotional for a lot of reasons. >> if that wasn't eno

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kevin tibbles, nbc news. >> some smart and good kids. thanks to our affiliate kare tv for sharing this story with us. that's "nightly news" for this tuesday. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. silicon valley. we investigate the tech company charged with helping an accused chinese spy get into the country. jeff ad libs >> i'll show you when a stronger storm is set to hit the bay area this week. >> what kind of nonsense is that? >> an nbc bay area exclusive. video showing a gas station attack and the crime a man is accused of committing days later. >>> the news at 6:00 starts right now. 2k3w5 good evening. >> investigators say this man you see in this video going w k whacko sexually assaulted a woman in her own bedroom days later. prosecutors wanted to keep that man locked up. a judge released him. neighbors are angry because they say if the guy would have been locked up maybe the woman never would have been attacked. >> reporter: that's what they are suggesting. can't believe hernandez is on

that's "nbc nightly news" for this wednesday. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. . the reason it )s not going down anytime soon. >>> i feel like it is jumping up pretty bad. >> all new at 6:00, $4 gas, the reason it's not going down any time soon. >> and more than $12 billion. the new number showing how costly the homeless problem is for the bay area. >> first he rigged the election. the student who cheated his way to become school president and his quick thinking peer that uncovered how he did it. >>> the news at 6:00 starts right now, thank you for joining us. >> that rigged election happened at one of the most notable high schools in the area. inintense pressure to get into college may be why he rigged the vote. he used classmates e-mail addresses to cast hundreds of votes for himself. we have a reporter on campus at berkeley high. how did they catch him? >> all thanks to this report that came out. it is very detailed, there is charts, you don't think a high school student wrote this, you would t

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. >>> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening. i'm kate snow in for lester tonight. immigration. tonight president trump says he's strongly considering a controversial plan to send detained migrants to cities that don't enforce federal immigration laws. cities run by some of his biggest political adversaries. tonight top democrats are blasting it as retribution. here's white house correspondent peter alexander. >> reporter: hours after top officials within his administration insisted the proposal had been rejected, president trump tonight is still threatening to bus migrants detained at the border into sanctuary cities. >> i call them the illegals. they came across the border illegally. we'll bring them to sanctuary city areas and let that particular area take care of it. >> reporter: in sanctuary cities, local authorities have refused to prosecute undocumented immigrants or hand them over for deportation. a policy embraced in democratic areas that has infuriated the president. >> want more people in their sanctuary cities? we'll

this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening and welcome to our viewers in the west. anniversary of the columbine school shooting, doors were locked and nerves were on edge at that colorado school where 1r credible threat tonight. at least 20 other denver area schools were also warned. tonight the fbi is involved and on the lookout for a suspect said to be armed and extremely dangerous. let's get late details now from nbc's joe fryer. >> reporter: today a threat prompted lockouts at two dozen colorado schools, including columbine high, the jefferson county sheriff's office says it took action because of an 18-year-old woman named sol pais who arrived last night and made credible threats to commit an act of violence. >> she made threats to commit an act of violence in this area. she is armed and considered to be extremely dangerous. >> reporter: unlike a lockdown, a lockout means a threat is outside of a school. so exterior doors were locked, but business went on as usual de a authorities say all schools let out on time with an increased police presence, and all after

stay with us. >>> we're back now with an nbc news exclusive. a dramatic escape from north korea that stunned people around the world and the man that made it out alive is telling keir simmons how he did it. >> reporter: the stunning video gained global attention, a north korean soldier fleeing to freedom in south korea across the world's most dangerous border, finally free to speak out tonight. is this freedom? >> yes. >> reporter: video driving at high speed, leaping from his vehicle in a hail of bullets from fellow north korean soldiers was viewed by millions in 2017. a bullet penetrated t th way, he says. i felt blood. i still ran. collapsing just across the border. south korean soldiers pulled him to safety, but half unconscious, he says he feared he was being dragged back to the north and almost certain execution. nobody has escaped across that border for decades. do you think that you're brave? it's not my bravery that kept me alive, it's the south korean people who donated blood he says and he wants to thank the american medics that rush

nbc news has not independently verified this. u.s. government policy is to never pay ransom for hostages, but that doesn't always stop families or organizations from doing so privately. secretary of state mike pompeo defended the no-pay policy. >> please remember that any payment to a terrorist or terrorist regime gives money so they can seize more of our people. we cannot accept that risk. you wouldn't ask that of us, even a small payment to a group and say africa can facilitate the killing of tens of hundreds of others including americans for nationals in that region. >> reporter: trump welcomed their release with pay tweet, but offered no more details. she and her driver are in uganda being interviewed by police about their ordeal while there is no word about those who kidnapped them. sarah harman, nbc news, london. >> now to israel where elections will be held tuesday that will determine if benjamin netanyahu will stay in power. just days before the vote, the prime minister made a controversial promise involving settlements in the

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. >> nbc new has not independently confirmed the reporting. meanwhile, the house judiciary has authorized a subpoena for the entire report, though they have not yet used it. committee chairman jerry nadler says they will work with the attorney general for the time being but will issue subpoenas if they don't get the special counsel's full findings. >>> president trump and his secretary of homeland security are set to visit the front lines of the border battle. today secretary kirstjen nielsen will meet with immigration officials in yuma, arizona. and tomorrow the president is scheduled to tour a new section of the border fence in california. nbc's tracie potts joins us with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: hi. good morning. as they head west to take a look at the border and the border fencing, here in washington, president trump is getting pushback from his own party from republicans who are concerned if he shuts down the border, the economy will take a hit. we're talking about $1.7 billion a day in goods crossing the border back and for

janice mackey frayer, nbc news, tokyo. >>> back in the u.s. now to a controversial practice by a growing number of women. they're using marijuana during and after their pregnancies to help them deal with severe morning sickness and other problems. morgan radford has more. >> good job, angelo. >> reporter: it's a typical day for mom vicki palolos, playing blocks with 1-year-old angelo, changing his diapers and smoking a joint. palolos is among a growing number of moms who use marijuana while breast feeding and while pregnant. she says her constant debilitating migraines were putting her pregnancy at risk. >> i'm throwing up. i can't eat. my body is in a state of distress and that can't be good for the baby. she didn't want the morphine drip doctors prescribed because she was afraid her baby would become addicted to the opiate. so she turned to marijuana. >> i decided to consume cannabis, and within 30 minutes, i did feel better. >> reporter: she's since teamed up with a support group in montreal called mothers merry. >> what we have to remember

janice frayer, nbc news. >> reporter: i'm aimee cho. inside this room with candles and condolence books help honor hundreds of lives lost, among them a 50 grader frod. kieran had dreams of being a neurosurgeon and curing alzheimers. >> what a wonderful boy he was, what joyuge b to my life, to our lives. he was a very special young gm. >> hisrandma says kieran was studying abroad. his dad says on easter morning he tried to call his son. >> he didn't pick up and he w, dad.me i can't talk he was in the elevator going down to the breakfast buffet. >> it would be the last time he heard from hisss son. han an hour later, a suicide bomber in the buffet line would blowup a backpack. kieran wouldn' survive. >> he was going to do great things for the world and the terrorists he taken something from this world.t >> reporter: we also wants people to know, kieran loved learning and was always up for a challenge. >> he would inspire everyone aroundim to be their best because of his motivation was always to help other people. >> reporter: therief can

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. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" goith lester holt. >>> evening, everyone. more explosions rocked sri lank m thetal today f easter attacks on churches and hotels. the death toll stands at at least 290, over 500 were hurt. americans among the casualties. officials blaming islamic terroris as they acknowledge there were warnings an attack was coming. so tonight amid the grief there are cries of why, why did this happen? our bill neely is there and has the latest. >> reporter: today more bombs. g three explod a vehicle as troops try to defuse them. two dozen people arrested and tonight the government is blaming the easter massacres on an islam group with foreign help but warnings were ignored. ministers lling nbc news they had a tip off that suicide mb boers would attack churches. yesterday there was no security here. why weren't the churches protected if you had a warning? >> well, how many ur chches to be protected but we inform. we inform there is a -- we never expectan attack of this magnitude. >> reporter: churches and hotel restaurants blown to pieces, at

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