>>> TONIGHT, ISRAEL ANNOUNCING ITS MILITARY NOW CONTROLS GAZA CITY CENTER, AND OUR NBC NEWS EXCLUSIVE, THE FIRST TIME THE FAMILIES OF EIGHT AMERICANS HELD HOSTAGE SPEAKING OUT TOGETHER. GAZA'S LARGEST HOSPITAL DIGGING A MASS GRAVE AS FIGHTING RAGES OUTSIDE, WHILE INSIDE, THE RACE TO SAVE DOZENS OF PREMATURE BABIES. THE U.S. NOW BACKING ISRAEL'S CLAIM THAT HAMAS HAS A COMMAND CENTER UNDER THE HOSPITAL. >>> ALSO JUST IN, NEW VIDEO OF THE U.S. STRIKES ON TARGETS IN SYRIA. WHAT IT SHOWS. >>> HERE IN THE U.S., TENS OF THOUSANDS GATHERING IN WASHINGTON FOR THE MARCH FOR ISRAEL. >>> AND OUR NBC NEWS EXCLUSIVE. MY CONVERSATION WITH THE FAMILIES OF THOSE AMERICAN HOSTAGES. FOR NEARLY 40 DAYS THEY WAITED IN AGONY FOR ANY WORD ON THEIR LOVED ONES. A 23-YEAR-OLD CONCERTGOER, A KINDERGARTEN TEACHER, AND THE YOUNGEST, A 3-YEAR-OLD NAMED ABIGAIL. >> ABIGAIL WAS IN HER FATHER'S ARMS. AND AS THEY RAN, A TERRORIST SHOT HIM AND KILLED HIM. AND HE FELL ON TO ABIGAIL. >> Reporter: ABIGAIL'S FAMILY SHARING HARROWING NEW DETAILS OF HER ABDUCTION. >>> THE G TRIBUTES TO MATTHEW PERRY. FOREVER. TWO CO-STARS WITH TOUCHING TRIBUTES TO MATTHEW PERRY. >> Announcer: THIS IS "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS" WITH LESTER HOLT >> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. TONIGHT, GROWING SCRUTINY FROM ISRAEL AND THE U.S. OVER THE TRUE NATURE OF HOSPITALS IN GAZA THAT HAVE BECOME FRONT AND CENTER IN THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR ISRAELI FORCES INSISTING THERE IS MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE IN THE AL SHIFA HOSPITAL, GAZA'S LARGEST, WHICH THEY SAY CONCEALS SOME OF HAMAS' MILITARY INFRASTRUCTURE TONIGHT, THE U.S. ADMINISTRATION AGREEING WITH THAT ASSESSMENT BASED ON ITS OWN INTELLIGENCE, BUT SORROWFUL IMAGES OF BABIES GOING WITHOUT LIFE-SUSTAINING INCUBATORS, USELESS WITHOUT ELECTRICITY, TELL A DIFFERENT STORY TO OTHERS. AS THAT DRAMA PLAYS OUT OVERSEAS, A REMINDER OF THE PAIN HERE AT HOME THAT STILL RUNS DEEP FROM THE OCTOBER 7th TERROR ATTACK ON ISRAEL TENS OF THOUSANDS MARCHED IN WASHINGTON IN SUPPORT OF ISRAEL AND AGAINST INCREASING ACTS OF ANTI-SEMITISM. LET'S BEGIN OUR COVERAGE TONIGHT WITH RAF SANCHEZ. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, ISRAEL SAYS ITS MILITARY IS CARRYING OUT A TARGET ED OPERATION AT AL SHIFA HOSPITAL STAFF AT THE HOSPITAL TELL NBC NEWS THEY BURIED 80 PEOPLE TODAY IN A MASS GRAVE IN NEARBY STREETS, OTHER PALESTINIANS LIE WHERE THEY WERE KILLED AND AS FIGHTING RAGES ALL AROUND THE HOSPITAL, TIME IS RUNNING OUT FOR DOZENS OF PREMATURE BABIES WHOSE INCUBATORS CAN'T RUN WITHOUT POWER. HOW ARE YOU CARING FOR THESE LITTLE BABIES? >> OKAY, WE COVER THEM FROM BELOW AND FROM ABOVE, COVER THEM TO KEEP THE TEMPERATURE OKAY >> Reporter: ISRAEL'S MILITARY SAYS IT'S PREPARED TO EVACUATE THEM USING MOBILE INCUBATORS BUT THE HOSPITAL SAYS IT'S RECEIVED NO FIRM OFFER FROM THE IDF TONIGHT, THE U.S. SAYS ITS INTELLIGENCE SHOWS HAMAS AND PALESTINIAN ISLAMIC JIHAD ARE USING HOSPITALS TO CONCEAL OPERATIONS, A CLAIM HAMAS DENIES >> HAMAS AND PIJ MEMBERS OPERATE A COMMAND AND CONTROL NODE FROM AL SHIFA HOSPITAL IN GAZA CITY. THEY HAVE WEAPONS STORED THERE AND ARE PREPARED TO RESPOND TO AN ISRAELI MILITARY OPERATION AGAINST THE FACILITY >> Reporter: GAZA'S REMAINING HOSPITALS STRUGGLING TO SERVE THE ESTIMATED 180 WOMEN GIVING BIRTH EVERY DAY, AND THE NEWEST ARRIVAL, RAZAN'S LITTLE DAUGHTER, BORN JUST A FEW HOURS EARLIER, THE FAMILY FLED GAZA CITY BY FOOT. "MY FEAR AND MY EXHAUSTION ARE WHAT MADE ME GIVE BIRTH BEFORE MY DUE DATE," SHE SAYS FRAGILE NEW LIFE EMERGING INTO THE HORROR OF WAR. AND TONIGHT, ISRAEL'S MILITARY CONFIRMS A 19-YEAR-OLD FEMALE SOLDIER HELD CAPTIVE BY HAMAS HAS DIED. IT'S THE FIRST TIME ISRAEL HAS CONFIRMED THE DEATH OF A HOSTAGE. LESTER >> RAF SANCHEZ STARTING US OFF FROM TEL AVIV, THANK YOU. >>> JUST RELEASED NEW VIDEO SHOWING U.S. MILITARY STRIKES IN SYRIA ON SUNDAY, ON WHAT THE PENTAGON SAYS WERE A TRAINING FACILITY AND SAFE HOUSE USED BY IRAN'S REVOLUTIONARY GUARD. THE U.S. STRIKES HAVE NOT DETERRED IRANIAN-BACKED MILITIAS THAT CONTINUE TO TARGET U.S. BASES IN THE MIDDLE EAST >>> HERE AT HOME, THEY CAME TO WASHINGTON BY THE TENS OF THOUSANDS TODAY IN A SHOW OF SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL TO PRESS FOR THE RELEASE OF HOSTAGES HELD BY HAMAS AND END ANTI-SEMITIC ATTACKS GABE GUTIERREZ REPORTS. >> Reporter: IN THE SHADOW OF THE U.S. CAPITOL, A DRAMATIC SHOW OF SOLIDARITY, THE LARGEST PRO-ISRAEL DEMONSTRATION IN THE U.S. SINCE THE WAR BEGAN. >> THE AMOUNT OF ANTI-SEMITISM IN AMERICA IS SOMETHING THAT IN MY LIFE I NEVER, EVER THOUGHT I WOULD SEE. >> Reporter: AROUND THE NATIONAL MALL RAMPED UP SECURITY OVERNIGHT, JEWISH GROUPS BUSSED IN MEMBERS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY. WHEN YOU FIRST SAW THE IMAGES COMING OUT OF ISRAEL ON OCTOBER 7th, WHAT WENT THROUGH YOUR HEAD >> DISBELIEF >> Reporter: HETTY MILGRAM CAME FROM HERE CLEVELAND. HER PARENTS SURVIVED THE HOLOCAUST. >> WE ARE STANDING UP FOR OUR PEOPLE AND FOR WHAT WE KNOW IS RIGHT. >> Reporter: SPEAKER AFTER SPEAKER CALLING FOR AN END TO ANTISEMITIC ATTACKS AROUND THE WORLD, AND FOR THE SAFE RETURN OF HAMAS' CAPTIVES. TODAY, PRESIDENT BIDEN WITH A MESSAGE FOR THE HOSTAGES' FAMILIES. >> HANG IN THERE WE'RE COMING. >> Reporter: BUT AS THE FIGHTING RAGES IN GAZA, THE WORLDWIDE OUTCRY HAS INTENSIFIED. OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS, A MASSIVE PRO-PALESTINIAN DEMONSTRATION IN LONDON, AND RALLIES IN NEW YORK, BOSTON, AND MIAMI BEACH. JUST YESTERDAY IN CHICAGO, MORE THAN 100 ARRESTS AS THIS GROUP CALLED FOR A CEASE-FIRE >> WE DON'T WANT THE UNITED STATES TO CONTINUALLY FUND ETHNIC CLEANSING. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, HERE IN WASHINGTON, THERE IS UNCERTAINTY ON THE HOMEFRONT THIS COUPLE HAS A SON FIGHTING WITH THE ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCES IN GAZA. THEY HAVEN'T HEARD FROM HIM FOR A WEEK AND A HALF >> MY SLEEPLESS NIGHTS ARE HOPING THAT I DON'T GET A PHONE CALL, AND HOPING THAT HE COMES HOME SOON, AND THAT THEY'RE ALL SAFE >> Reporter: THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY HAD RAISED THE SECURITY THREAT LEVEL FOR TODAY'S EVENT, BUT THERE WERE NO ARRESTS AND NO MAJOR COUNTER DEMONSTRATIONS LESTER >> GABE GUTIERREZ, THANKS >>> EARLIER, I SAT DOWN FOR AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH FAMILY MEMBERS OF AMERICANS BEING HELD HOSTAGE, NOW SPEAKING OUT TOGETHER AFTER THEIR LOVED ONES WERE TAKEN DURING THE HAMAS TERROR ATTACKS WE SPOKE AFTER THEIR MEETING AT THE WHITE HOUSE. >> MY NAME IS RONEN AND ORNA NEUTRA. WE'RE THE PARENTS OF OMER, BORN AND RAISED ON LONG ISLAND AND WAS ABDUCTED IN GAZA. >> MY NAME IS YEHUDA MY DAUGHTER AND HER HER HUSBAND WERE ABDUCTED FRO KIBBUTZ NIR OZ ON OCTOBER 7th. >> FOR 39 DAYS, THEY'VE BEEN LIVING A NIGHTMARE. >> MY NAME IS HANNA SEGEL. MY UNCLE, KEITH SEGEL AND HIS WIFE WERE ABDUCTED ON OCTOBER 7th. >> MY NAME IS YAEL AND THIS IS ROY ALEXANDER, FROM JERSEY, AND MY SON EDAN IS 19, AND HE IS ABDUCTED TO GAZA. >> THEIR LOVED ONES, ALL AMERICANS, WERE TAKEN BY TERRORISTS. >> MY NAME IS JONATHAN DEKEL-CHEN MY SON IS SAGUI DEKEL-CHEN, TAKEN HOSTAGE BY HAMAS FROM KIBBUTZ NIR OZ ON OCTOBER 7th BY HAMAS >> NEW YORK CITY, BORN AND RAISED, HERE WITH MY SON I AM THE FATHER OF ITAY CHEN, 19, ABDUCTED AND KIDNAPPED BY HAMAS. >> 39 DAYS OF ANGUISH, NOT KNOWING HOW THEY ARE OR WHEN THEY MIGHT COME HOME. >> MY NAME IS JON POLIN. MY WIFE RACHEL GOLDBERG OUR SON HERSH WAS TAKEN FROM THE MUSIC FESTIVAL >> THERE ARE 12 OF YOU HERE YOU WERE SPEAKING WITH ONE VOICE, ON BEHALF OF THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN TAKEN. CAN YOU TELL ME HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS TO BE ONE VOICE, TO SPEAK LOUDLY ON THIS >> I MEAN, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT AS AMERICAN CITIZENS TO SAY IT'S NOT OKAY FOR AMERICAN CITIZENS TO BE STOLEN, KIDNAPPED, ABDUCTED, WHATEVER WORD WE USE. >> I FIRST MET JON AND RACHEL IN THEIR HOME IN ISRAEL. THEIR 23-YEAR-OLD SON HERSH SEEN HERE, HIDING FROM HAMAS. WITNESSES SAY HE WAS LOADED INTO A PICKUP TRUCK, HIS LEFT ARM MISSING. >> I FEEL LIKE "KIDNAPPED" IS NOT THE RIGHT WORD IT'S SO MUCH WORSE THAN THAT. WHEN OUR SON IS DANCING AT A MUSIC FESTIVAL, HAS HIS ARM BLOWN OFF, AND IS TAKEN, ALL OF US TOGETHER OUR CHILDREN, OUR LOVED ONES, OUR AMERICAN CITIZENS WHO WERE WRONGFULLY TAKEN FROM WHERE THEY WERE AND FOR 39 DAYS, HAVE BEEN SOMEWHERE IN GAZA >> THEIR KIDNAPPED LOVED ONES ARE NEIGHBORS, MOTHERS AND FATHERS, EVEN A 3-YEAR-OLD GIRL. >> MY NAME IS LIZ HIRSH NAFTALI, AND I AM THE GRAND-AUNT OF ABIGAIL MOR IDAN SHE IS 3 YEARS OLD AND SHE WAS ABDUCTED AFTER HER PARENTS WERE BOTH MURDERED. >> 3-YEAR-OLD ABIGAIL SAW HER MOTHER KILLED, THEN HER FATHER, TOO >> ABIGAIL WAS IN HER FATHER'S ARMS, AND AS THEY RAN, A TERRORIST SHOT HIM AND KILLED HIM, AND HE FELL ON TO ABIGAIL. >> ABIGAIL'S 6 AND 10-YEAR-OLD SIBLINGS SOMEHOW GOT AWAY THEY SAW HER HIDING UNDER THEIR DAD, AND THEN -- >> ABIGAIL ACTUALLY HAD CRAWLED OUT FROM UNDER HER FATHER'S BODY, AND FULL OF HIS BLOOD, WENT TO A NEIGHBOR, AND THEY TOOK HER IN. >> LATER, ABIGAIL AND THE NEIGHBORS WERE KIDNAPPED. >> THE LAST THING WE LEARNED WAS THAT SOMEBODY SAW THE TERRORISTS TAKING THIS MOTHER, HER THREE KIDS, AND ABIGAIL OUT OF THE KIBBUTZ AND THAT'S ALL WE KNOW. >> YEHUDA, WHEN YOU LOOK AROUND AT THIS GROUP, WHAT DO YOU FEEL >> I THINK WHAT'S DRIVING ALL OF US IS A SENSE OF HOPE. >> ALL OF US HAVE OUR OWN FAMILIES BUT NOW WE HAVE A NEW FAMILY THIS IS MY NEW FAMILY. >> THIS NEW FAMILY NOW ON A MISSION IN WASHINGTON, INCLUDING A MEETING AT THE WHITE HOUSE. CAN YOU GIVE US AN IDEA WHAT WAS SHARED WITH YOU >> WELL, I CAN SAY THIS, AND I THINK SPEAKING FOR ALL OF US, WE'RE EXTRAORDINARILY GRATEFUL TO THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION AS A WHOLE FOR TAKING WHAT IS CLEARLY SUCH A KEEN INTEREST, NOT JUST IN OUR OWN LOVED ONES, BUT IN ALL OF THE APPROXIMATELY 240 HOSTAGES THAT WERE TAKEN THAT DAY >> AT THE END, TALK IS GOOD WE WANT ACTION IT'S BEEN 39 DAYS. WHERE IS THE ACTION? >> YAEL, CAN I ASK YOU TO HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS LIKE NOT TO KNOW >> YOU LIVE EVERY DAY AND THINKING ABOUT IT, AND YOU CANNOT EAT YOU CANNOT SLEEP YOU JUST NONSTOP, LIKE, I'M THINKING ABOUT IT LIKE WHEN I'M GOING TO HAVE SOME MESSAGE. >> LESTER, YOU HAVE KIDS >> I DO. >> DO YOU KNOW WHERE THEY SLEPT LAST NIGHT? WE DON'T NOW THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A SECOND >> IT'S UNIMAGINABLE >> IT'S BEEN 39 DAYS WE KNOW NOTHING. >> I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN CHAMPIONING THE IDEA OF REALLY EMBRACING THE INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS IN THIS. WHAT ARE THEY DOING, OR MAYBE NOT DOING, THAT YOU THINK THEY SHOULD BE? >> WE JUST WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, ARE THESE PEOPLE ALIVE? AND IF THEY'RE ALIVE ARE THEY GETTING ANY SORT OF BASIC MEDICAL TREATMENT? >> LESTER, THERE IS A HUGE AMOUNT OF PRESSURE ON ISRAEL TO SUPPLY HUMANITARIAN SUPPORT TO THE GAZA STRIP. WE UNDERSTAND. WHERE IS THE PRESSURE TO GET OUR KIDS BACK HOME WHERE IS THE PRESSURE TO GET THE RED CROSS IN WE DON'T FEEL THAT PRESSURE >> I WOULD SAY ALSO, LESTER, THAT THIS DILEMMA, THIS IMPOSSIBLE CHALLENGE THAT WE ALL FACE, IT SPEAKS TO THE CONTEXT OF THIS SITUATION. WE'RE DEALING WITH, UNFORTUNATELY, A MURDEROUS, SAVAGE ORGANIZATION, HAMAS. >> YOU'RE SURROUNDED BY SOME OF THE POSTERS, OF COURSE, BEARING THE IMAGES OF YOUR LOVED ONES. BUT WE HAVE SEEN PEOPLE TEAR DOWN THESE KINDS OF POSTERS I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT IT'S LIKE TO WITNESS THAT >> I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT I THINK IF YOU LISTEN TO THE STORIES LIKE WE'VE BEEN LISTENING NOW, HOW CAN YOU DO THAT >> IT'S VERY HARD FOR US TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, RIPPING DOWN POSTERS BUT WE'RE HERE TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT WE ARE FAMILIES. WE ARE FAMILIES WHO DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT WHERE OUR LOVED ONES ARE >> MY FAMILY IS A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR AND I'M UNFORTUNATE TO SAY THAT THE FEELING IS SOMEWHAT LIKE HOLOCAUST ALL OVER AGAIN. SETTLEMENTS SUDDENLY BURNED TO THE GROUND, PEOPLE BURNED INSIDE OF THEIR HOMES, THAT'S HOLOCAUST. OKAY AND THE DISINFORMATION THAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING, THAT THIS DID NOT EXIST, IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED IN THE HOLOCAUST. NOW, WE ARE THE LIVING PROOF THAT IT DID HAPPEN >> THESE WERE PEOPLE THAT WERE QUIETLY LIVING THEIR LIVES THEY WERE ATTACKED AS PEOPLE THAT WERE LIVING WITH HEART AND HUMANITY AND IT WAS JUST DESTROYED THAT DAY. >> YOU PROBABLY HEARD THIS REPORTING OF A POTENTIAL DEAL IN THE WORKS, A SWAP OF ISRAELI HOSTAGES FOR PALESTINIANS WHO WERE BEING HELD DOES ANYONE TAKE HOPE FROM THAT, THAT THERE IS SOME MOVEMENT >> WE'RE UNITED IN HOPE WE WAKE UP EVERY DAY HOPING THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE THE DAY. >> YEP. >> THAT OUR FAMILIES COME HOME. >> LESTER, THERE IS A SENSE OF URGENCY HERE. THERE IS SOME SICK PEOPLE, INJURED PEOPLE EVERY DAY IS PRECIOUS. EVERY HOUR IS PRECIOUS PEOPLE WILL DIE. AMERICANS WILL DIE >> TAKING STRENGTH FROM EACH OTHER. >>> WE'LL TURN TO THE BREAKING NEWS ON CAPITOL HILL NOW THE HOUSE PASSING A PLAN TO AVERT A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IN A BIPARTISAN VOTE BUT RYAN NOBLES REPORTS IT CAME ON DAY WHEN TENSIONS RAN HIGH >> Reporter: TONIGHT, CHAOS ERUPTING INTO NEAR BRAWLS ON CAPITOL HILL, DESPITE HOUSE REPUBLICANS SETTING THE STAGE TO AVOID A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. >> THE BILL IS PASSED. >> Reporter: THE NEW HOUSE REPUBLICAN SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON PUSHING THROUGH A SHORT-TERM SPENDING BILL WITH NO CUTS, AND WITH THE SUPPORT OF DEMOCRATS. BUT SCARS FROM THE REPUBLICAN BATTLE OVER THE BUDGET AND THE MOVE TO OUST THE FORMER SPEAKER STILL LINGER. >> KEVIN McCARTHY WALKED BY AND ELBOWED ME IN THE KIDNEYS AS HE WALKED BY. >> Reporter: TENNESSEE CONGRESSMAN TIM BURCHETT, WHO VOTED TO BOOT McCARTHY, CLAIMED THE FORMER SPEAKER PURPOSEFULLY SHOVED HIM. >> IF I KIDNEY PUNCHED HIM, HE'D BE ON THE GROUND, COME ON. >> Reporter: ON THE SENATE SIDE. >> SIR, THIS IS THE TIME, THIS IS THE PLACE, YOU WANT TO RUN YOUR MOUTH, WE CAN BE TWO CONSENTING ADULTS AND WE CAN FINISH IT HERE >> OKAY, THAT'S TUNE, PERFECT. >> YOU WANT TO DO IT NOW? >> I'D LOVE TO DO IT NOW. >> OKAY, FINE, PERFECT. STAND YOUR BUTT UP HERE. >> Reporter: SENATOR MA MA MARKWAYNE MULLIN CHALLENGING TEAMSTERS PRESIDENT SEAN O'BRIEN TO A FIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A HEARING. >> YOU'RE A UNITED STATES SENATOR ACT IT SIT DOWN, PLEASE. >> Reporter: THE SITUATION CALMED DOWN BY CHAIRMAN BERNIE SANDERS. THE INCIDENTS EXPOSING THE INCREASING TENSION AMONG LAWMAKERS. IS IT PREVENTING YOU FROM GETTING THINGS DONE >> I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR MY TIME HERE, RIGHT. EVER SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF TENSION. >> Reporter: AND THE SENATE STILL NEEDS TO PASS THIS BUDGET BILL IN ORDER TO AVOID A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. THAT SHOULD HAPPEN LATER THIS WEEK, PUNTING THE NEXT SPENDING SHOWDOWN TO MID-JANUARY. LESTER >> OKAY, RYAN, THANK YOU. >>> THE MAN ACCUSED OF ATTACKING THE HUSBAND OF FORMER HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI TOOK THE WITNESS STAND TODAY IN HIS ATTEMPTED KIDNAPPING AND ASSAULT TRIAL. STEVE PATTERSON IS COVERING IT. AND STEVE, THIS WAS UNEXPECTED >> Reporter: LESTER IN THE MOST EXPLOSIVE MOMENTS SO FAR, THE DEFENSE CALLED THEIR OWN CLIENT, DAVID DEPAPE, TO THE STAND THE GOAL, TO PAINT A PORTRAIT OF A MAN SO RADICALIZED BY DISINFORMATION THAT HIS ACTIONS DON'T LINE UP WITH THE FEDERAL CHARGES HE IS ACCUSED OF ON THE STAND, DePAPE WAS SO MOVED IN DETAILING SOME OF THESE THEORIES THAT HE STARTED UNCONTROLLABLY SOBBING. HE ADMITTED TO ASSAULTING PAUL PELOSI WITH A HAMMER. HE IS CHARGED WITH THE ASSAULT OF AN IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER OF A FEDERAL OFFICIAL AND ATTEMPTED KIDNAPPING OF A FEDERAL OFFICER. THE JURY IS EXPECTED TO GET THE CASE AS EARLY AS TOMORROW. LESTER >> STEVE PATTERSON IN SAN FRANCISCO, THANKS. >>> IN 60 SECONDS, THE DEADLY CRASH OF A SEMITRUCK AND A CHARTERED BUS FILLED WITH STUDENTS. WE HAVE LATE DETAILS >>> A HORRIFIC CRASH ON A HIGHWAY IN OHIO TODAY INVOLVING A CHARTERED BUS CARRYING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND A SEMITRUCK LEFT SEVERAL PEOPLE DEAD AND MORE THAN A DOZEN INJURED. MAGGIE VESPA HAS LATE DETAILS. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, CHAOS AND CARNAGE ON AN OHIO INTERSTATE >> WE HAVE HEAVY FIRE. >> Reporter: AUTHORITIES SAY A CHARTER BUS FILLED WITH STUDENTS AND CHAPERONS WAS APPARENTLY HIT BY A SEMITRUCK. >> WE ARE BEING ADVISED THAT THERE IS CHILDREN TRAPPED ON THE BUS. >> WE DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS CHILDREN WE FOUND OUT LATER THAT'S EVEN HARDER >> Reporter: IT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 9:00 THIS MORNING, INVESTIGATORS SAY, ON A BUSY I-70 EAST OF COLUMBUS NBC AFFILIATE WCMH REPORTING THE BUS WAS CARRYING STUDENTS FROM TUSCARAWAS VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL IN NORTHEAST OHIO ON THEIR WAY TO A CONFERENCE >> THIS IS OUR WORST NIGHTMARE, WHEN WE HAVE A BUS FULL OF CHILDREN INVOLVED IN A CRASH. >> Reporter: THE OHIO STATE HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS THE CRASH INVOLVING FIVE VEHICLES TOTAL SENT 18 PEOPLE TO THE HOSPITAL, 15 OF THEM CHILDREN COUNTY OFFICIALS CONFIRM SIX PEOPLE HAVE DIED. AUTHORITIES TONIGHT DECLINING TO RELEASE NAMES, ADDING THEY'RE WORKING TO REACH FAMILIES INVESTIGATORS CLOSED THE INTERSTATE, DIVERTING TRAFFIC FOR HOURS. >> WE HAVE TO BREAK DOWN, YOU KNOW, WHAT EXACTLY CAUSED THE CRASH. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE SUPERINTENDENT OF TUSCARAWAS VALLEY LOCAL SCHOOLS CALLING THE NEWS DEVASTATING AND HEARTBREAKING, WRITING, "OUR TROJAN FAMILY IS STRONG." MAGGIE VESPA, NBC NEWS >>> AND COMING UP, AS WE CONTINUE HERE TONIGHT, AN ARREST IN THE SHOCKING DEATH OF A HOCKEY PLAYER. WE'LL HAVE LATE DETAILS COMING U >>> IN ENGLAND, AN ARREST IN THE DEATH OF AN AMERICAN HOCKEY PLAYER WHO DIED AFTER THE BLADE OF AN OPPOSING PLAYER'S SKATE CUT HIS NECK. ADAM JOHNSON, WHO ONCE PLAYED FOR THE PITTSBURGH PENGUINS WAS ON A BRITISH TEAM WHEN THE INCIDENT HAPPENED. POLICE DID NOT IDENTIFY THE SUSPECT, NEWS. >>> AND THAT'S "NIGHTLY NEWS" FOR THIS TUESDAY. THANK YOU FOR WATCHING, EVERYONE. I'M LE