NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas - Monday, March 30, 2026

Episode Date: March 31, 2026

Trump’s new warning and deadline to Iran; Airport security lines improve significantly as TSA officers are paid; Terrifying moments aboard Delta flight after engine catches fire; and more on tonight’s broadcast. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Tonight, President Trump's new threats against Iran and the deadline set as more U.S. troops arrive in the region. The fireball today in Israel, a key oil refinery hit, and new images tonight of an American airbase attacked by Iran, a radar plane destroyed. The barrage of missiles over Tel Aviv tonight, and the new message from the administration, the Strait of Hormuz, will be opened. Also breaking the FBI, says the man who rammed his. his truck into a Michigan synagogue was inspired by the Iranian back group, Hezbollah, the new evidence tonight. Students rushing out of the building after a 15-year-old opens fire on a teacher at a Texas prep school, how the student ended up dead at the scene and an update on that teacher tonight. Scare in the air frightening scenes on board a Delta flight, one of the

plane's engines exploding into flames, new videos inside the plane, how they finally landed safely. The crisis at America's airports suddenly easing. TSA agents finally paid today and those long lines now down to just minutes. But is this relief just temporary? Escaping the flames, the wildfire whipping up within minutes closing in on this shopping center, the race to get out safely. Countdown to history, we're just 48 hours away from liftoff and American astronauts heading back to circle the moon are Tom Costello with the crew members taking on this epic mission. New body cam video, a police officer in Milwaukee dragged several blocks by a suspect driving a truck, the deadly end, all caught on camera. Controversial flyby, the U.S. military helicopter seeming to drop by the house

of Kid Rock. The Army is now investigated. This is NBC Nightly News with Tom Yomas. And good evening. We begin tonight with President Trump's new threats against Iran and a new deadline as some 3,500 more U.S. troops arrive in that region. There are new questions tonight about a possible land invasion, with President Trump threatening to take a key Iranian island which would involve troops on the ground. The Iranians, though, fighting back hard, this is Israel and huge flames and plumes of smoke after a strike on an oil refinery there. And we have these new images from a U.S. air base in Saudi Arabia. Look closely, you can see the charred wreckage of an American warplane basically split into two. Several U.S. service members were injured there. All of it as the president not only sets a new deadline for the Iranians to open the Strait of Ormuz,

but also reveals who the U.S. is negotiating with inside of Iran. We start things off tonight with Stephanie Gosk in Tel Aviv, following all of this for us. Just hours after Iran targeted Israel's largest oil refinery, igniting a fuel tank into a ball, of flames. President Trump revealing tonight one of the Iranian officials he says the U.S. has been indirectly communicating with to try and get a deal. The country's hard-line speaker of parliament, Mohamed Bogar Ghalibaf, a former general of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard. The president posting, great progress has been made. These folks are appearing more reasonable behind the scenes privately in these conversations than perhaps some of the previous

leaders who are now no longer on planet Earth. President Trump giving Iran until April six to accept a deal, threatening to, quote, obliterate Iran's power plants and oil wells if it did not agree to terms, including abandoning its nuclear ambitions and reopening the Strait of Hormuz. The Strait of Hormuz will be open. When this operation is over, it will be open, and it will be open one way or another. All as U.S. Central Command says 3,500 additional U.S. troops arrived in the region, President Trump considering deploying potential ground troops. For now, Iran is unleashing new attacks. In Saudi Arabia, these new images of a U.S. radar plane hit by an Iranian strike on a U.S. base Friday. And here in Israel, a local priest showing me the destructive power of an Iranian

cluster bomb hitting this house in the northern part of the country. Father, what would have happened if the family didn't leave? Big disaster. Destroying the kitchen. The children, a nine-year-old and a 13-year-old, were actually playing video games here when they heard the sirens. So they were making their way into the safest part of the house when the bomb hit. Remarkably, neither of them were injured. And late tonight, more rockets launched and intercepted over the center of Tel Aviv. Violence start to a fifth week of the war. And with that, Steph joins us now live.

Steph, the president is now giving more details about those indirect talks with Iran tonight? Yeah, Tom. He was specifically asking this interview, if any progress had been made with the Speaker of Parliament. And he said, I'll tell you in a week. Well, that's the April 6th deadline that he's set for Iran to cut a deal. Meanwhile, Iranian officials continue to deny that any progress has been made in these negotiations, Tom. Stephanie, Goss for us tonight, Stephanie. Thank you.

Back here at home, the FBI is revealing disturbing new details about the recent terror attack on a synagogue near Detroit. Tom Winter is here now live. And Tom, the FBI says that it was inspired by an Iranian back group. Oh, that's right, Tom. The FBI says that that terror attack on the Detroit synagogue, was inspired by Hezbollah, that their propaganda is believed to be what fueled Iman Muhammad Ghazali, seen in this image to search for, quote, the largest gathering of Israelis in Michigan to purchase fireworks, approximately 300 bullets, and an AR-15, sending a video to

his sister just 10 minutes before the attack, saying he would, quote, kill as many of them as I possibly can. And these images show Gazali's truck ramming into temporal Israel, which houses a preschool moments after security guards fired at Ghazali, preventing any other deaths. Hezbollah is an Iranian-backed group the U.S. classifies as a terror organization, Tom. All right, we thank you for that. We are also tracking a shooting at a Texas prep school today, a student opening fire. And now the school placed on lockdown. Ryan Chandler has a story.

Tonight, a terrifying scene at a Texas Hill Country High School, where authorities say a 15-year-old male student opened fire. There is a gunshot wound to the head. Just after 8.30 this morning, first responders rushed to Hill Country College Preparatory High School in Bolverdi, just north of San Antonio. The Comal County Sheriff says the student was found dead at the scene after shooting a teacher who was transported to a San Antonio hospital. It looks as though the student turned the gun on himself and shot himself. The school placed on lockdown. About 250 students later transferred to a middle school to reunite with their families. And that's where police encountered the suspect's parents.

That students, parents and kin folks were in the reunification line. And so that's part of our investigation. Some of the questions were asked of where the firearm came from. The relationship between the teacher and the shooter is still unclear. Tonight, a community shaken after a day of horror, as investigators continue to search for answers. Ryan Chandler, NBC News. Now to a heroin incident in the skies,

the engine on a Delta flight erupting into a fireball just seconds after takeoff. Witness is describing a fiery debris raining down during a dramatic emergency landing. Here's Morgan Chesky with some of the video. Terrifying moments on board Delta Flight 104. Inside the plane, you can hear passengers' fear. After a fireball engulfed a jet engine just,

seconds after takeoff seen in this sped-up video. The Atlanta-bound Airbus 330 departing from South Paulo, Brazil, with 14 crew and 272 passengers on board. Delta 104, Mayday, Mayday, where's fire rescue? This video appearing to show sparks before fiery streaks, billowing out of the plane's left engine. John Cox is an NBC News aviation analyst. In that first 60 seconds, when the engine starts throwing flames and you have that initial Mayday, What is the pilot's priority? First and foremost, the pilot priority is to maintain control of the aircraft. The airplane's climbing away normally, and you can see the airflow distortion begin because

you see those fireballs come out the back end. That says airflow distortion. Tonight, Delta sank flight 104, returned to the airport soon after takeoff Sunday evening, following a mechanical issue with the aircraft's left engine, adding it landed safely. We're also learning more about the deadly collision in New York. work last week between an Air Canada jet and a fire truck. The family of flight attendant Solange Trimbley posting this photo from the hospital. Trimbley now recovering after she was ejected more than 300 feet from the wreckage. And tonight with the cause of that engine failure still under investigation, some of those passengers are still waiting to get home safe. Tom. Morgan Chesky for us.

Morgan, we thank you for that. Now to that relief for travelers at America's airports, security lines getting much shorter as TSA officers are now getting paid and back to work. But is this all just a temporary fix? Priscilla Thompson explains. Tonight, a welcome site for worn out TSA officers and weary travelers. What do you see it right now? Not that long, not as long of a wait as I expected. In Atlanta, Baltimore, New York, and across the country, vanishing airport security lines.

What do you see? It looking great. At Houston's Bush Intercontinental wait times that topped four hours for days, now down to just minutes. All as those dollars are finally depositing into TSA officer's bank accounts following six weeks of working with no pay. DHS confirming most TSA employees received at least two full paychecks today after President Trump ordered the use of existing funds to pay them. Still, it's a temporary fix as the shutdown of the Homeland Security Department enters a seventh week. House Republicans on Friday rejected a bipartisan Senate deal to fund all of DHS except for ICE and Customs and Border Protection. All 100 of us voted before we left to fund everything in Homeland Security except ICE and CBP.

Speaker Johnson has refused to take up and pass that bill. That's why there's still a problem. Democrat members of Congress are more than happy to put your safety at risk because they oppose the president's administration and his administration's efforts to enforce our DHS. nation's immigration law. Now lawmakers are out of session for two weeks as the shutdown drags on. Meanwhile, TSA officers have worked more than half of the last six months without pay during three separate government shutdowns. Since this shutdown began, more than 500 have quit the job entirely. People will look at this and say, do I want to be in federal service? Priscilla joins us now live from Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston. And Priscilla, you have some new reporting on how long ICE officers will stay at our airports?

Yeah, Tom. DHS says that ICE will continue working with TSA for as long as the president determines is necessary. But as you can see, still very short lines here tonight. Tom. Okay, Priscilla, thank you. We have new details tonight on Tiger Woods' arrest and new questions with the prestigious Masters tournament teen off next week. Will Tiger Woods be there? Here's Jesse Kirsch. With the famed Masters tournament just days away, tonight the big question, will Tiger Woods be in Augusta, Georgia? Over the weekend, Woods bonded out of the Martin County Jail. The golf star was driven away as a passenger with camera flashes illuminating his stoic face. Investigators say Woods's SUV collided with a pressure cleaner truck's trailer in Jupiter Island, Florida on Friday afternoon.

His SUV wound up flipped on its side. The sheriff says no one was injured, but Woods was charged. charged with driving under the influence and with property damage. We will never get definitive results as to what he was impaired on at the time of the crash. The sheriff says Woods was lethargic at the scene and passed a breathalyzer test. But investigators suspect he was impaired by a medication or drug. And the sheriff says Woods was also charged for refusing to provide a urine sample. Defense attorney Scott Eggleston, who is not involved in the case, says that decision may help Woods. does it help his legal outlook that he would not give the urns? Because that in and of itself does

not prove impairment. You have to look at all the other facts and circumstances surrounding the arrest. We have repeatedly reached out to Tiger Woods' team, but we have not heard back. Meanwhile, that defense attorney tells me this case likely would not prevent Tiger Woods from playing in Augusta. Tom. Okay, Jesse, thank you. Tonight, the countdown has officially begun for America's return to the moon. The launch now just 48 hours away, the mission is sending four astronauts to orbit the moon the first time in nearly 55 years. And as of right now, all systems are a go. Tom Costello is at the Kennedy Space Center for us tonight. Tonight, the clock is ticking down. Artemis is on the pad. And after some technical delays

earlier this year, the astronauts are ready for a Wednesday launch. We do live in a world of preparation without expectation. We're ready to go. We're also ready to stay. The first human test flight of the Artemis rocket and the Orion spaceship on top, a 10-day mission taking astronauts farther than ever before. It is going to be a big, long loop around the moon, 280,000 miles from Earth, and for the first time in more than 50 years,

putting human eyes on the far side of the moon. Turns out there's about 60% of the far side, I think, that has never been seen by human eyes because of the lighting conditions. Artemis 2 is Commander Reed, Weissman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Christina Cook, and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen. On the first day, the astronauts will perform a full systems check, manually test flying the ship for future flights that will involve rendezvous and docking maneuvers. 23 hours later, Orion will begin its four-day journey to the moon and a figure-eight path

extending into deep space. Failure is not an option, but I think it is often misunderstood. it's not that we never fail, is that we don't quit. Late today, mission managers all voted Go for launch on Wednesday. 80% chance that the weather is going to cooperate with the two-hour launch window opening on Wednesday at 624 p.m. Tom? And we will bring that to you live. All right, Tom, we thank you.

When we return in 60 seconds, the intense traffic stop when a driver takes off a police officer clinging to the truck before taking deadly aim at the driver. the whole thing captured on body cam video, and that's next. We're back down with a fatal police shooting in Wisconsin, and the new body cam video showing the officer hanging onto the side of a suspect's truck as he speeds off for multiple blocks. Here's Maggie Vespo with that video tonight. In Wisconsin, a Milwaukee police officer clings to a moving truck as body and dash cameras roll.

The video, at times blurred by police, shows the officer drawing his weapon. His frantic partner following after watching them take off. My partner's on the side of a flatbed. He's going about 30 miles an hour. It all started the morning of March 12th. Watch as an officer approaches the white flatbed, looking investigators say, for 35-year-old Jonathan Otto. He's in the back.

Otto takes off a woman riding in the passenger seat. Wisconsin's Department of Corrections saying he'd missed multiple parole appointments stemming from a prior charge of fleeing or eluding an officer when they learned of assault and strangulation allegations against him. The officer hangs on for roughly two minutes warning he'll shoot. Suddenly, you hear him say, then he fires the fatal shot. Otto was killed, his family, outraged.

I feel like he executed my son. And I mean, yes, he was fleeing, but absolutely there was no reason to shoot him. Police say the woman who was in the car is unharmed. And the officer who had minor injuries is on leave pending an investigation. Tom. Okay, Maggie, thank you. We're back in a moment with the Army looking into an apparent flyby. It's helicopter seen over Kid Brock's house.

Plus, see that speck on the run? A thermal drone tracking a runaway kangaroo missing for days. That's next. Welcome back. The Army is now looking into this video posted online, appearing to show a U.S. Army Apache helicopter doing a flyby over singer Kid Rock's Nashville area home. The musician posted videos of himself applauding and saluting the chopper. A spokesman for the Army says they've begun an administrative review, adding, quote, appropriate action will be taken if any violations are found. A spokesman for Fort Campbell said they were flying for training purposes nearby. Out west, a massive brush fire. Look at this, threatening a shopping mall near San Diego. Video shows huge flames and clouds of smoke enveloping a neighborhood in Santee. Officials say the fire spread to five acres, forcing evacuations at several stores, including Walmart and Michaels, before crews were able to put it out.

And look at this. This is a heat-sensing drone chasing after. That's a kangaroo down there. On the loose in Wisconsin, Chesney, the 16-month-old kangaroo, escaped from a petting zoo, and was on the lamp for three days. Nobody knows where he was. He was eventually captured and returned to the zoo in good health. That's nightly news for this Monday.

I'm Tom Yamas. Thanks so much for watching. Tonight and always we're here for you. Good night.