MONDAY MORNING.
CRAIG IS IN EARLY WHILE HODA
SPENDS TIME WITH THE BABY AT
HOME.
>> ON WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE
THE HOLIEST DAYS, THOSE NEAR
SIMULTANEOUS EASTER SUNDAY
BOMBINGS THROUGHOUT SRI LANKA.
>> AUTHORITIES NOW SAY AT LEAST
290 PEOPLE HAVE DIED.
MORE THAN 500 OTHERS ARE
WOUNDED.
AND SEVERAL AMERICANS ARE AMONG
THE VICTIMS.
>> THE INVESTIGATION IS ALREADY
LED TO 24 ARRESTS.
SRI LANKAN OFFICIALS BLAMING A
LOCAL MILITANT GROUP.
THEY BELIEVE THEY HAD HELP FROM
FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS.
>> THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT HAS
REVISED A TRAVEL WARNING TO SRI
LANKA SAY TERRORIST GROUPS
CONTINUE PLOTTING ATTACKS THERE.
BILL NEELY HAS THE LATEST.
GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING,
SAVANNAH.
YOU JOIN ME AT THE SCENE OF
ANOTHER EXPLOSION, ANOTHER BOMB
JUST ABOUT 30 MINUTES AGO.
ABOUT 200 YARDS DOWN THE ROAD.
FORTUNATELY, THE POLICE HAD
MOVED US IN THIS DIRECTION
BEFORE THAT WENT OFF.
I'M AT THE SCENE OF A SHATTERED
CHURCH WHERE MORE THAN 70
WORSHIPPERS DIED.
DOZENS OF TOURISTS KILLED ALSO
IN THIS CITY.
HERE AT ST. ANTHONY'S CHURCH ONE
EYEWITNESS DESCRIBED THE SCENE
AFTER THE ATTACK.
HE SAID ON THE GROUND IT WAS A
RIVER OF BLOOD, IN THE AIR ASH
FALLING LIKE SNOW.
AN EASTER MORNING THAT WILL
ANO
NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.
THE VICTIMS OF MASS MURDER.
HOTEL RESTAURANTS BLOWN TO
PIECES.
AMONG THE HUNDREDS DEAD AND
INJURED TWO AMERICANS CONFIRMED
KILLED.
ONE WOUNDED.
ONE UNACCOUNTED FOR.
JUST BEFORE 9:00 THE FIRST BLAST
AT ST. ANTHONY'S CHURCH IN
COLOMBO CAPTURED ON A DASHCAM
VIDEO.
INSIDE CARNAGE.
FAMILIES PRAYING TOGETHER, DIED
TOGETHER.
RESCUERS WORKING AMID
BLOOD-STAINED PEWS.
NEARLY HALF OF ALL THE VICTIMS
DEAD AND INJURED WERE PRAYING AT
ST. ANTHONY'S CHURCH WHEN THEY
WERE BLOWN UP BY A SUICIDE
BOMBER.
THE EXPLOSION RIPPING THE ROOF
OFF THE CHURCH AND SHATTERING
GLASS YOU CAN STILL SEE ON THE
ROAD.
>> I HEARD THE EXPLOSION.
>> Reporter: MINUTES LATER AN
EXPLOSION RIPPED THROUGH A
SECOND CHURCH.
ANOTHER SUICIDE BOMBER HAD BLOWN
HIMSELF UP, KILLING MORE THAN 50
WORSHIPPERS.
THEN IN THE HEART OF COLOMBO THE
FIRST OF THREE EXPLOSIONS
TARGETING TOURISTS AT LUXURY
HOTELS.
AT THE CINNAMON GRAND A MAN
LINED UP AT THE BREAKFAST
BUFFET, THEN DETONATED HIS BOMB.
AMERICAN DIETER KOWALSKI IS ONE
OF EIGHT GUESTS UNACCOUNTED FOR.
AROUND 9:00 AT THE SHANGRI-LA
TWO SUICIDE BOMBERS BLEW
THEMSELVES UP IN THE RESTAURANT
AND LOBBY.
SPECIAL FORCES RAIDED AN
APARTMENT.
A BOMB EXPLODED.
THREE POLICE WERE KILLED.
AUTHORITIES SAY THIS IS WHERE
THE ATTACKS WERE PLANNED.
NO ONE HAS CLAIMED THEM.
AUTHORITIES ARE BLAMING A LITTLE
KNOWN LOCAL ISLAMIST GROUP.
THE GOVERNMENT TELLS NBC NEWS IT
HAD A TIP-OFF THAT SUICIDE
BOMBERS WOULD ATTACK, CHURCHES.
TARGET, YET ON EASTER SUNDAY
MORNING THERE WAS NO PROTECTION
HERE.
WHY WEREN'T THE CHURCHES
PROTECTED IF YOU HAD A WARNING?
>> WELL, HOW MANY CAN BE
PROTECTED?
BUT WE INFORMED.
WE INFORMED THAT THERE IS -- WE
NEVER EXPECTED AN ATTACK OF THIS
MAGNITUDE.
>> YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS
AN EXPLOSION I THINK A FEW
MINUTES AGO BEHIND WHERE YOU ARE
STANDING.
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT?
>> Reporter: THEY DIDN'T EXPECT
THIS ONE EITHER.
IT HAPPENED 200 YARDS UP THE
ROAD.
POLICE IDENTIFIED A WHITE VAN.
WE FILMED IT WITH ITS DOORS
OPEN.
THEY WERE LOOKING INTO IT WHEN
SUDDENLY THERE WAS A MASSIVE
DEAFENING EXPLOSION.
A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
NUMBER ONE, HOW DID IT GET IN
HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE?
NUMBER TWO, CLEARLY THIS THREAT
HAS NOT GONE AWAY.
SOL
ISLAMISTS OFTEN PLANT SECONDARY
DEVICES TO CATCH POLICE,
SOLDIERS OR FIRST RESPONDERS.
THIS IS MORE THAN A DAY AFTER
THE ATTACK ON THE CHURCH.
POLICE SAY THEY KNOW WHO CARRIED
OUT THE EGXPLOSIONS.
IT PROMOTES ISIS.
IT HAS NO HISTORY OF ANYTHING
LIKE THIS.
POLICE ALSO QUESTIONING MORE
THAN 20 SUSPECTS.
>> BILL, WITH SO MANY STILL
MISSING AND SO MANY WOUNDED, IS
IT REASONABLE TO EXPECT THAT THE
NUMBER OF CASUALTIES WILL RISE?
>> Reporter: I THINK IT IS,
CRAIG, YES.
I MEAN, YOU HAVE MORE THAN 500
PEOPLE INJURED.
MANY OF THOSE ARE IN THE
HOSPITALS WITH REALLY VERY, VERY
SERIOUS INJURIES.
SO EVERYONE HERE IS BRACED FOR
THAT DEATH TOLL TO RISE.
>> BILL NEELY FOR US IN SRI
LANKA.
THANK YOU.
>>> THE LATEST FIGHT TIED TO THE
RELEASE OF THE MORE.
TOP DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS
RAISING THE POSSIBILITY OF
IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
NBC WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT
KRISTEN WELKER HAS MORE ON THAT.
KRISTEN, GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING TO
YOU.
WE ARE HERE LIVE ON THE WHITE
HOUSE SOUTH LAWN WHERE THE
PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY ARE
ABOUT TO HOST THE 141st EASTER
EGG ROLL.
A TIME HONORED TRADITION HERE AT
THE WHITE HOUSE.
IT COMES AS PRESIDENT TRUMP JUST
RETURNED FROM FLORIDA OVERNIGHT
WHERE HE WAS CELEBRATING EASTER
AND ALSO FUMING ABOUT SOME OF
THE REVELATIONS IN THE MUELLER
REPORT.
THE PRESIDENT BACK AT THE WHITE
HOUSE THIS MORNING AFTER
SPENDING EASTER SUNDAY WITH HIS
FAMILY IN FLORIDA, ATTENDING
SERVICE AND TWEET BEING THE
MORE, CMORE
THE MUELLER REPORT.
ATTACKING THE SPECIAL COUNSEL'S
FINDINGS WHILE MAINTAINING THAT
HE HAS NEVER BEEN HAPPIER OR
MORE CONTENT.
MUELLER LEAVING AN EASTER
SERVICE IN WASHINGTON DECLINING
TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM NBC
NEWS.
>> SIR, COULD I ASK YOU A COUPLE
OF QUESTIONS?
WILL YOU TESTIFY BEFORE
CONGRESS, SIR?
>> NO COMMENT.
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT'S
PERSONAL ATTORNEY, RUDY
GIULIANI, RAISING EYEBROWS WHEN
ASKED WHY MEMBERS OF THE TRUMP
CAMPAIGN WELCOMED HELP FROM
RUSSIA.
>> THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH
TAKING INFORMATION FROM
RUSSIANS.
>> IT IS NOW OKAY FOR POLITICAL
CAMPAIGNS TO WORK WITH MATERIAL
STOLEN BY FOREIGN ADVERSARIES?
>> DEPENDS ON THE MATERIAL.
>> Reporter: JERRY NADLER HAS
SUBPOENAED THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT FOR THE FULL
UNREDACTED REPORT ARGUING IT'S
NOW UP TO CONGRESS TO
INVESTIGATE NOT RULING OUT
IMPEACHMENT.
WE MY GET TO THAT.
WE MAY NOT.
AS I SAID BEFORE, IT IS OUR JOB
TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THE
EVIDENCE.
>> DO YOU THINK THIS IS
IMPEACHABLE?
>> IF PROVEN, SOME OF THIS WOULD
BE IMPEACHABLE, YES.
OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE, IF
PROVEN, WOULD BE IMPEACHABLE.
>>.
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT
TWEETING SUNDAY, HOW DO YOU
IMPEACH A REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT
FOR A CRIME THAT WAS COMMITTED
BY THE DEMOCRATS?
AN ALLEGATION HE HAS REPEATED
FREQUENTLY WITHOUT ANY EVIDENCE.
DEMOCRATS ARE FACING MOUNTING
PRESSURE ON IMPEACHMENT FROM
SOME 2020 PRESIDENTIAL
CONTENDERS LED BY PROGRESSIVE
SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN.
>> WE CANNOT BE AN AMERICA THAT
SAYS IT IS OKAY FOR A PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES TO TRY TO
BLOCK INVESTIGATIONS INTO A
FOREIGN ATTACK ON OUR COUNTRY.
>> Reporter: OTHER CANDIDATES
ARGUE THE DECISION SHOULD BE UP
TO HOUSE DEMOCRATS.
>> I AM GOING TO LEAVE THAT TO
THOSE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE WHO,
AS THEY REVIEW THOSE FINDINGS,
CAN MAKE THAT DECISION.
>> KRISTEN, WE HEARD FROM BETO
O'ROURKE THERE AND SNEER WARREN.
THERE SEEMS TO BE A GROWING
DIVIDE AMONG DEMOCRATS WILLING
TO TALK IMPEACHMENT.
WHAT ARE THEY SAYING ON CAPITOL
HILL?
>> Reporter: THAT'S THE RIGHT
WAY TO THINK ABOUT IT.
DEMOCRATS ARE MIXED-.
YOU HAVE THE PROGRESSIVE BRANCH
SAYING IT'S TIME TO GET SERIOUS
ABOUT TALKING ABOUT IMPEACHMENT.
WHAT WE SAW OVER THE WEEKEND IS
AN INCREASING NUMBER OF
ESTABLISHMENT REPUBLICANS SAYING
THE ISSUE CAN'T BE TAKEN OFF THE
TABLE LIKE CONGRESSMAN ELIJAH
CUMMINGS, FOR EXAMPLE.
HERE.
REPUBLICANS CONTROL THE SENATE.
IT'S HARD TO SEE IT GOES
OF COURSE, THEY ARE SAYING THE
NEXT STEP IS WE WANT TO HEAR
FROM SPECIAL COUNSEL ROBERT
MUELLER HIMSELF.
WE WANT TO SEE THE FULL
UNREDACTED REPORT.
THEY DON'T WANT THIS TO BACKFIRE
IN 2020.
NANCY PELOSI IS SET TO DISCUSS A
CONFERENCE CALL TO DISCUSS NEXT
STEPS LATER TODAY.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> A U.S. ARMY SERGEANT DIED
SUNDAY DURING A SKY DIVING
ACCIDENT IN NORTH CAROLINA.
POLICE SAY JUSTIN GOFF WAS
KILLED AFTER HIS PARACHUTE
FAILED TO OPEN DURING A
RECREATIONAL SKYDIVING TRIP.
THEY CALLED IT A FREAK ACCIDENT.
HIGH WINDS LIKELY PLAYED A ROLE
THERE.
THE 29-YEAR-OLD WAS FROM FLORIDA
AND STATIONED AT FT. BRAGG IN
FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA.
>>> THERE IS NEW TROUBLE FOR
BOEING AS THE COMPANY WORKS TO
GET ITS 737 MAX JETS BACK IN THE
AIR AFTER TWO DEADLY CRASHES.
A NEW REPORT IS CALLING THE
PRODUCTION OF ANOTHER PLANE INTO
QUESTION.
NBC'S GABE GUTIERREZ HAS THAT
STORY FOR US THIS MORNING FROM
CHARLESTON.
GABE, GOOD MORNING.
>> Reporter: CRAIG, GOOD
MORNING.
TEN YEARS AGO BOEING BROKE
GROUND ON THIS FACILITY WHICH
MAKES THE COMPANY'S 787
NOW SOME PAST AND PRESENT
EMPLOYEES HERE ARE REPORTEDLY
SAYING THAT BOEING CARED MORE
ABOUT QUANTITY THAN QUALITY.
THIS MORNING BOEING IS UNDER NEW
SCRUTINY INVOLVING ANOTHER
PLANE, ITS 787 DREAMLINER.
IT'S BUILT AT A NORTH
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA,
FACTORY REPORTEDLY PLAGUED BY
SHODDY PRODUCTION AND WEAK
OVERSIGHT THAT HAVE THREATENED
TO COMPROMISE SAFETY ACCORDING
TO AN INVESTIGATION BY "THE NEW
YORK TIMES" THAT LOOKED AT
HUNDREDS OF PAGES OF DOCUMENTS
AND INTERVIEWED MORE THAN A
DOZEN EMPLOYEES PAST AND
PRESENT.
>> FROM WHAT I HAVE SEEN,
BUILDING THE AIRPLANES HERE AT
CHARLESTON, I DON'T FEEL THEY
ARE IN A SAFE AND AIRWORTHY
CONDITION.
THIS IS MY RETIREMENT PLAQUE.
>> Reporter: JOHN BARNETT
RETIRED IN 2017 AFTER WORKING AS
A BOEING QUALITY MANAGER FOR
MORE THAN 30 YEARS AND HAS SINCE
FILED A RETALIATION COMPLAINT
WITH THE LABOR DEPARTMENT.
BOEING SAYS IT HAS SUBSTANTIATED
AND IS FIXING TWO OUT OF TEN
CLAIMS BARNETT RAISED.
ONE OF THEM METAL SLIVERS
CREATED DURING INSTALLATION THAT
WERE LEFT DANGLING OVER CRUCIAL
WIRING INSIDE PLANES.
>> OVER TIME THESE METAL
SHAVINGS WILL MIGRATE DOWN INTO
THESE BOXES OR THE ELECTRICAL
CONNECTORS, START A FIRE, AND
THE LAST THING YOU WANT AT
40,000 FEET IS A FIRE.
>> Reporter: BARNETT SAYS
SO-CALLED FOREIGN OBJECT DEBRIS
IS COMMON, BUT EMPLOYEES ARE
EXPECTED TO CLEAN UP AFTER
THEMSELVES.
"THE TIMES" REPORTS IN 2017 THE
FAA ORDERED THE SHAVINGS TO BE
REMOVED BEFORE DELIVERY AND
BOEING DETERMINED IT DOES NOT
PRESENT A FLIGHT SAFETY ISSUE.
BOEING TELLS NBC NEWS IT'S
WORKING WITH THE SUPPLIER TO
REDESIGN THE NUT THAT RESULTED
IN THE SLIVERS.
EMPLOYEES FILED NEARLY A DOZEN
WHISTLEBLOWER COMPLAINTS AND
SAFETY COMPLAINTS WITH FEDERAL
REGULATORS ADDING THERE IS NO
EVIDENCE THAT PROBLEMS IN THE
PLANT LED TO ANY MAJOR SAFETY
INCIDENTS.
THE NEW ALLEGATIONS COME AS
BOEING IS ALREADY UNDER
INVESTIGATION FOR THE 737 MAX
AND THE PLANE'S CERTIFICATION
PROCESS AFTER TWO DEADLY CRASHES
IN A MATTER OF MONTHS CLAIMED
MORE THAN 300 LIVES.
THAT AIRCRAFT REMAINS GROUNDED
WORLDWIDE.
IN RESPONSE TO "THE TIMES"
INVESTIGATION THEY SAY SAFETY IS
THE FAA'S TOP PRIORITY AND WE
THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATE
WHISTLEBLOWER COMPLAINTS AND
TAKE ACTION IF THE ALLEGATIONS
ARE SUBSTANTIATED.
A BOEING OFFICIAL SENT AN
INTERNAL LETTER TO EMPLOYEES
SAYING THE TIMES PIECE PAINTS A
SKEWED AND IP ACCURATE PICTURE
OF OUR PROGRAM AND TEAM.
BOEING'S PRESIDENT SAYS THE
SOUTH CAROLINA FACTORY IS
PRODUCING THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF
QUALITY IN HISTORY AND SAFETY
AND QUALITY ARE AT THE CORE OF
BOEING'S VALUES.
THERE IS NOTHING MORE THAN
IMPORTANT THAN THAT.
>> THAT'S WHAT BOEING HAS TO
SAY.
HOW ABOUT THE CUSTOMERS, THE
AIRLINES?
WHAT ARE THEY SAYING ABOUT THE
ALLEGATIONS ABOUT THE
DREAMLINER?
>> Reporter: WELL, SAVANNAH,
AMERICAN AIRLINES IS STAND BEING
I THE DREAMLINER TELLING NBC
NEWS THAT THEY HAVE FULL
CONFIDENCE IN THE 42 787s THEY
CURRENTLY HAVE IN THEIR FLEET,
ADDING THAT THEY HAVE ORDERED
EVEN MORE.
SAVANNAH.
>> GABE GUTIERREZ, THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
>>> NOW TO A DRAMATIC RESCUE.
GOOD SAMARITANS DIVING INTO A
PHILADELPHIA RIVER TO HELP A
TRAPPED MOTORIST.
TAKE A LOOK.
YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE SWIMMING OUT
TO AN VSUV THERE SINKING IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE RIVER.
WITNESSES COULD HEAR THE WOMAN
BAN
BANGING ON THE WINDOW FROM
INSIDE THE WINDOW.
THEY USED A TIRE IRON TO BREAK
HER FREE.
>> IT'S WHAT ANYONE WOULD DO.
GLAD WE COULD HELP.
>> THE WOMAN WAS CONSCIOUS ON
THE WAY TO THE HOSPITAL.
SHE IS EXPECTED TO MAKE A FULL
RECOVERY.
CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAVE
HAPPENED IF THEY WERE NOT THERE?
>> THEY ARE PRETTY BRAVE.
>>> LET'S GET A CHECK OF THE
WEATHER.
DILL SEASON IN FOR AL THIS
MORNING.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING, GUYS.
YOU KNOW, WE HAD A PRETTY QUIET
DAY ACROSS THE NORTHEAST.
TODAY WE'VE GOT A LITTLE AREA OF
LOW PRESSURE THAT'S SITTING OFF
THE COAST OF DELAWARE THAT WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE NORTH.
IT MIGHT CLIP THE JERSEY SHORE
AND WESTERN LONG ISLAND WITH
RAIN.
A BETTER CHANCE OF HEAVIER RAIN
ACROSS EASTERN LONG ISLAND AND
NEW ENGLAND AS WELL.
THIS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES
TO THE NORTH TODAY.
WE WILL SEE AN INCREASING THREAT
OF HEAVY RAIN THROUGH BOSTON,
HARTFORD, CAPE COD AND THROUGH
CENTRAL AND EASTERN LONG ISLAND.
THEN AS WE GO INTO TONIGHT IT
MOVES ACROSS EAST MAINE AND
CLIPS NEW HAMPSHIRE AS WELL.
SO THIS SYSTEM WILL PULL AWAY
EARLY TOMORROW AND THERE WE ARE
WAITING ON A COLD FRONT THAT
WILL BRING RUN OF THE MILL
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT TUESDAY.
WE COULD SEE THE CHANCE OF
ISOLATED FLASH FLOODS BECAUSE OF
THE INTENSITY OF SOME OF THOSE
DOWNPOURS.
ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN AND