THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
APPEALING THE ORDER OVERTURNING
THE FEDERAL TRAVEL MASK MANDATE.
MOMENTS AGO, THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT FILING AN APPEAL AT
THE REQUEST OF THE CDC AFTER A
FLORIDA JUDGE STRUCK DOWN THE
MASK MANDATE FOR PLANES AND
OTHER FORMS OF PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION
THE CDC SAYING IT'S STILL
NECESSARY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TONIGHT.
>>> ALSO, RUSSIA SAYING IT HAS
LAUNCHED A NEW NUCLEAR CAPABLE
INTERKONTINENAL BALLISTIC
MISSILE WHILE IN MARIUPOL, THE
COMMANDER THERE SAYING THEY MAY
HAVE ONLY DAYS OR HOURS LEFT
THE DAMNING NEW REPORT ON THE
SHOOTING OF THE SET OF RUST.
PRODUCERS HIT WITH A MAXIMUM
SAFETY FINE.
WHAT REGULATORS SAY THEY FILED
DO
>>> THE BATTLE ESCALATING
BETWEEN FLORIDA'S GOVERNOR AND
DISNEY AFTER THE COMPANY SPOKE
OUT AGAINST THE STATE'S
SO-CALLED DON'T SAY GAY LAW.
>>> NETFLIX STOCK TANKING 35%
AFTER LOSING SUBSCRIBERS FOR THE
FIRST TIME IN A DECADE
COULD ADS AND A CRACK DOWN ON
PASSWORD SHARING BE COMING
>>> AND WILL PRINCE HARRY MAKE
IT BACK FOR THE QUEEN'S PLATINUM
JUBILEE?
DOES HE MISS HIS BROTHER AND HIS
FATHER
AND THE CONNECTION HE STILL
FEELS TO HIS MOTHER, PRINCESS
DIANA.
>>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE
WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS.
THERE IS WORD IN TONIGHT THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT WILL APPEAL A
JUDGE'S ORDER THAT STRUCK DOWN
THE FEDERAL MASK REQUIREMENT ON
PLANES AND OTHER TRANSPORT
THE CDC SAYING THEY BELIEVE IT
REMAINS NECESSARY FOR PUBLIC
HEALTH TO MASK WHILE TAKING
INDOOR FORMS OF TRANSPORTATION
IT WAS JUST 48 HOURS AGO WE SAW
PASSENGERS AND FLIGHT CREW
CELEBRATING WHAT APPEARED TO BE
THE END OF MASK REQUIREMENTS
MANY AIRLINES QUICKLY DROPPED
THEIR MASK POLICIES.
FOR THE MOMENT MASK WEARING
REMAINS OPTIONAL
ALL THIS AS CASES ARE ON THE
RISE IN MANY STATES WITH
PARTICULAR CONCERN OVER A PAIR
OF HIGHLY INFECTIOUS
SUBVARIANTS.
TOM COSTELLO IS IN WASHINGTON
FOR US
TOM, WHAT DO WE KNOW
>> Reporter: THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT IS NOT SEEKING TO
STAY THE JUDGE'S ORDER BECAUSE
ESSENTIALLY, THE MASK ORDER
RIGHT NOW IS DEAD.
THE TROUBLE IS THEY WANT TO GO
AHEAD AND TRY TO ADDRESS THE
ISSUE OF PRECEDENCE WITH THE CDC
TO PROTECT THEIR AUTHORITY AND
AMERICANS ARE ALREADY CONFUSED
TWO DAYS AFTER THE FEDERAL MASK
MANDATE DIED IN A FLORIDA
COURTROOM TO THE CHEER OF
TRAVELERS NATIONWIDE, THE CDC IS
STILL RECOMMENDING PEOPLE MASK
WHEN TRAVELING
THE ADDED UNCERTAINTY OVER
WHETHER THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
WOULD APPEAL THE ORDER LEFT MANY
CONFUSED
>> DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE IN
TERMS OF WHAT WE SHOULD,
SHOULDN'T DO
OPTION THE THAT WE HAVE AND
DON'T HAVE
>> COMPLICATING MATTERS, THE
NATIONAL PATCHWORK OF MASKING
REGULATIONS.
WHILE NOT REQUIRED ON PLANES,
UBER, LYFT AND MOST STATES, SOME
CITIES WITH HIGHER CASES ARE
STILL REQUIRING MASKS IN MASS
TRANSIT SETTINGS INCLUDING NEW
YORK
>> WATCH FOR VARIANTS, THEY COME
AND NOW WE'RE STARTING TO SEE
CASES AND HOSPITALIZATIONS GO
UP
>> Reporter: NATIONWIDE, COVID
IS STILL KILLING 398 PEOPLE
EVERY DAY.
WHILE DOWN FROM 3700 PEOPLE PER
DAY IN FEBRUARY.
IT'S STILL DOUBLE LAST JULY'S
RATE
NOW MANY FAMILIES WITH KIDS WHO
AREN'T YET VACCINE ELIGIBLE
WORRY ABOUT PACKING INTO PLANES
WITH PEOPLE WHO AREN'T MASKED.
CYNTHIA AND HER HUSBAND HAVE AN
UNVACCINATED 14 MONTH OLD IN
L.A. WITH FAMILY IN NEW YORK
>> NOW SINCE THE MASK MANDATE'S
LIFTED, I WON'T FLY WITH HER
IT DOESN'T FEEL SAFE AND FAIR.
>> EXPERTS SAY NEARLY 3% OF
AMERICANS ARE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED
AND AT GREATER RISK OF
INFECTION.
MICHELLE HAS LEUKEMIA AND JUST
GOT UP THE COURAGE TO TRAVEL TO
SEE A GRANDSON SHE'D NEVER MET
NOW SHE'S STAYING PUT.
>> IF THERE'S SOMEONE NEXT TO ME
WITHOUT A MASK, THAT COULD BE
DISASTROUS TO ME
>> Reporter: WITH 2 MILLION
AMERICANS FLYING EVERY DAY AND
34 MILLION TAKING MASS TRANSIT,
EXPERTS WORRY A SINGLE JUDGE'S
ORDER COULD UNDERMINE PUBLIC
HEALTH NATIONWIDE.
>> I THINK THERE WILL HAVE
IMPLICATIONS WELL BEYOND THE
ISSUE OF WEARING MASKS ON PUBLIC
TRANSIT AND WE MAY BE SHOOTING
OURSELVES IN THE FOOT IN TERMS
OF OUR OVERALL HEALTH AND
WELL-BEING
>> Reporter: JUST MINUTES AGO WE
WATCHED A SMALL CESSNA TYPE
PLANE CIRCLE AROUND THE CAPITOL
AND THEN WE SAW FOUR
PARACHUTISTS DROPPING OUT OF THE
PLANE.
THERE WAS AN UNAUTHORIZED
AIRPLANE IN THE AIR SPACE THEY
ORDERED IMMEDIATELY FOR THE
CAPITOL TO BE EVACUATED.
WE ARE TOLD THE PARACHUTISTS
DROPPED INTO THE NEARBY
NATIONALS BALLPARK, PART OF A
MILITARY APPRECIATION EVENING.
THE PLANE CIRCLED AND LEFT THE
AREA
NOW CAPITOL POLICE SAY THERE IS
NO THREAT.
LESTER
>> THANK YOU.
>>> IN UKRAINE, WE MAY BE
WITNESSING THE LAST DAYS IN THE
DESPERATE BATTLE TO STAVE OFF A
VICTORY IN THE RUSSIAN PORT CITY
OF MARIUPOL.
THIS AS THE U.S.
READIES TO SHIP MORE WEAPONS AND
PUTIN TEST LAUNCHES AN ADVANCED
INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC
MISSILE.
MATT BRADLEY REPORTS
>> TONIGHT, NEW IMAGES OF
RUSSIAN BACKED TROOPS
SURROUNDING MARIUPOL
AND AN URGENT PLEA FROM THE
UKRAINIAN COMMANDER INSIDE
WARNING WITHOUT HELP, HIS
SOLDIERS COULD BE DOWN TO THEIR
LAST DAYS OR EVEN HOURS.
SAYING THERE ARE TEN TIMES MORE
RUSSIAN TROOPS AROUND THAN US.
THE MAJOR TELLING ME IN A VIDEO
MESSAGE THEY'RE STILL DEFYING
RUSSIAN DEMANDS TO SURRENDER AND
CIVILIANS ARE TAKING SHELTER
THERE, TOO
THERE ARE WOMEN AND CHILDREN
AMONG THEM, HE SAID.
THEY, TOO, ARE UNDER CONSTANT
SHELLING
U.S. OFFICIALS TELL NBC NEWS THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS
CONSIDERING A NEW MILITARY AID
PACKAGE FOR UKRAINE, INCLUDING
ARTILLERY AND AMMUNITION
PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY SAYING HELP
ISN'T COMING FAST ENOUGH
IF WE HAD ACCESS TO WEAPONS WE
NEED, WE'D HAVE ENDED THIS WAR,
HE SAID.
ALL AS RUSSIA REVEALS ITS FIRST
TEST LAUNCH OF A NEW BALLISTIC
MISSILE.
PUTIN SAYING IT GIVES QUOTE,
FOOD FOR THOUGHT TO RUSSIA'S
ENEMIES.
THOUGH THE PENTAGON SAYS RUSSIA
NOTIFIED THEM IN ADVANCE AND
THAT THE TEST WAS ROUTINE AND
NOT A THREAT TO THE U.S. OR ITS
ALLIES
AS RUSSIA INTENSIFIES ITS
ASSAULT IN THE COUNTRY'S EAST,
THEY'RE SOLIDIFYING THEIR
OCCUPATION OF THE SOUTH.
PLANNING TO INTRODUCE RUSSIAN
CURRENCY AND APPOINTING
PRO RUSSIAN OFFICIALS IN CITIES
WHERE THE MAYOR WAS KIDNAPPED BY
RUSSIAN FORCES AND LATER
RELEASED
>> THEY DON'T WANT TO LIVE IN
RUSSIA
WE DON'T WANT TO LIVE IN RUSSIA.
>> SPARKING FEAR THAT RUSSIA
PLANS TO NEVER LEAVE
THE CRITICAL ISSUE NOW FOR
UKRAINE IS WILL THESE NEW
WEAPONS FROM THE WEST ARRIVE IN
TIME
HOWITZERS HAVE ARRIVED AND NEW
WEAPONS WILL ARRIVE TOMORROW
>> THANKS.
>>> IN FLORIDA, LAWMAKERS STRUCK
A BLOW AGAINST DISNEY AT THE
URGING OF THE GOVERNOR AFTER THE
COMPANY SPOKE OUT ABOUT WHAT
CRITICS HAVE DUBBED THE STATE'S
DON'T SAY GAY LAW.
HERE'S KERRY SANDERS
>> Reporter: TONIGHT, FLORIDA'S
NEW FIGHT AGAINST THE HOUSE THAT
MICKEY BUILT
FLORIDA'S SENATE APPROVING
LEGISLATION TO ELIMINATE
DISNEY'S SELF GOVERNING
AUTHORITY AND TAX BREAKS
>> 23 AYES, 16 NAYS.
>> Reporter: DEMOCRATS UNA
UNANIMOUSLY OPPOSE IT.
>> WHY ARE WE PUTTING OUR KNEE
ON THE NECK OF THE MOUSE
IT'S RIDICULOUS.
IT'S NOTHING SHORT OF EXTORTION.
IT'S NOTHING SHORT OF BULLYING
>> Reporter: IT'S THE LATEST
CHAPTER IN A CONFRONTATION
BETWEEN DISNEY AND FLORIDA
REPUBLICANS LED BY GOVERNOR RON
DeSANTIS WHO PUSHED FOR THE
LEGISLATION AFTER DISNEY CALLED
FOR THE REPEAL OF FLORIDA'S
PARENTAL RIGHTS AND EDUCATION
LAW.
WHAT CRITICS DUB IS DON'T SAY
GAY LAW, THE LAW THAT BANS TALK
ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION.
>> THIS STATE IS GOVERNED BY THE
INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF THE
STATE OF FLORIDA
IT IS NOT BASED ON THE DEMANDS
OF CALIFORNIA CORPORATE
EXECUTIVES
THEY DO NOT RUN THIS STATE
>> Reporter: IN 1967, THE THEN
REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR SIGNED A LAW
ALLOWING DISNEY TO ESSENTIALLY
BE ITS OWN GOVERNMENT.
>> I WANT TO EXPRESS OUR SINCERE
THANKS TO THE PEOPLE OF FLORIDA.
>> Reporter: HISTORIANS SAY THAT
POWER WAS KEY TO TURNING THESE
EARLY SKETCHES AND SCULPTING THE
40 SQUARE MILES INTO TODAY'S
MASSIVE THEME PARK, BUT GOVERNOR
DeSANTIS EMAILING SUPPORTERS
TODAY.
NOW IS THE TIME TO PUT THE POWER
BACK IN THE HANDS OF FLORIDA AND
OUT OF THE HANDS OF WOKE
EXECUTIVES
DISNEY HAS NOT RESPONDED
CRITICS SAY NOBODY STUDIED THE
IMPACT OF THIS MOVEMENT.
THE BILL IS EXPECTED TO PASS THE
FLORIDA REPUBLICAN-CONTROLLED
HOUSE AS EARLY AS TOMORROW
LESTER
>> KERRY SANDERS IN FLORIDA.
THANK YOU.
>>> TONIGHT, A SCATHING NEW
REPORT BY AUTHORITIES IN NEW
MEXICO ON THE DEADLY MOVIE SET
SHOOTING BLASTING THE COMPANY
FOR SERIOUS FLAWS THEY SAY
CONTRIBUTED TO THE DEATH OF A
CINEMATOGRAPHER.
MIGUEL ALMAGUER HAS MORE
>> Reporter: THE DAMNING REPORT
FROM NEW MEXICO'S OCCUPATIONAL
HEALTH AND SAFETY BUREAU
SQUARELY BLAMES "RUST" MOVIE
PRODUCTIONS FOR THE DEATH OF
HALYNA HUTCHINS AND NEAR DEATH
OF JOEL SOUZA.
THE INVESTIGATION REVEALING THE
FILM'S MANAGEMENT THAT INCLUDING
ALEC BALDWIN, KNEW THAT FIREARM
SAFETY PROCEDURES WERE NOT BEING
FOLLOWED ONSET AND DEMONSTRATED
PLAIN INDIFFERENCE TO EMPLOYEE
SAFETY
ACTOR PRODUCER ALEC BALDWIN
FIRED THE DEADLY SHOT DURING
REHEARSAL.
>> WITH RESPECT TO FIREARMS,
MANAGEMENT'S CULTURE WHEN THEY
CAME TO SAFETY WAS ALMOST
NONEXISTENT.
>> Reporter: WITH INVESTIGATORS
CONCLUDING THE TRAGIC INCIDENT
NEVER WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF
"RUST" PRODUCTION FOLLOWED
INDUSTRY STANDARDS
THE DEPARTMENT'S HUNDREDS OF
DOCUMENTS NOTED OVER AND OVER
AGAIN THE FAILURE TO IMPLEMENT
BASIC FIREARM SAFETY
>> I DID NOT OBSERVE ANY SAFETY
OR SECURITY ISSUES AT ALL.
>> Reporter: FOR HIS PART,
BALDWIN'S ATTORNEY SAYS THE
REPORT EXONERATES MR. BALDWIN BY
MAKING CLEAR HE BELIEVED THE GUN
HELD ONLY DUMMY ROUNDS, BUT
INVESTIGATORS SAY "RUST"
MANAGEMENT IGNORED CONCERNS OF
PREVIOUS FIREARMS MISFIRES ON
SET.
>> WE BELIEVE THAT THEY CREATED
AN UNSAFE WORK ENVIRONMENT THAT
RESULTED IN A FATALITY AND
SERIOUS INJURY
>> Reporter: A SPOKESMAN FOR
"RUST" SAYS WE DISAGREE WITH THE
FINDINGS AND PLAN TO APPEAL, BUT
>>> OUR NEXT STORY PRESENTS THE
QUESTION WHO WERE THEY
PEOPLE WHOSE BODIES WERE FOUND
BUT WHOSE NAMES WERE NOT
COLD CASES
STEPHANY GOSK HAS AN EXCLUSIVE
LOOK AT THE TEAM TRYING TO FIND
OUT WHO THEY WERE AT THE CHIEF
MEDICAL EXAMINER OFFICE IN NEW
YORK CITY.
>> Reporter: IN THE WINTER OF
2016, A YOUNG MAN'S BODY WAS
FOUND BEHIND A BUILDING IN
BROOKLYN WITH A T-SHIRT ON AND A
BACKPACK FILLED WITH STUFF, A
NOVEL, NOTEBOOK AND ART
SUPPLIES
>> AND WE HAVE NO LEADS ON HIS
NAME
WE DON'T KNOW WHO HE IS.
WE DON'T KNOW VERY MUCH ABOUT
HIM, BUT I KNOW HE WAS READING
THAT COMIC
>> IT'S HAUNTING
>> I THINK ABOUT HIM ALL THE
TIME
>> Reporter: IT'S COLD CASES
LIKE THIS ONE MOTIVATING THE
ALL-WOMAN TEAM IN THE NEW YORK
CITY MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE
AIDAN, SHEVAN, DR.
ANGELA SOLAR
>> GOING BACK TO THE 1990s,
WE'RE CURRENTLY MANAGING ABOUT
1300 CASES OF UNIDENTIFIED
INDIVIDUALS.
>> Reporter: THE VAST MAJORITY
OF CASES THESE WOMEN IDENTIFY
INVOLVE CASES WHO IDENTITIES ARE
KNOWN, BUT WHEN THEY HAVE TIME,
THEY TURN TO THE MYSTERIES
>> YOU START THE WONDER, LIKE,
DO THEY HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER OUT
THERE?
I WONDER IF THEY HAD KIDS.
IS THERE SOMEONE LOOKING FOR
THEM
YOU CAN'T HELP BUT THINK ABOUT
THAT STUFF
>> IT BECOMES DEEPLY PERSONAL.
>> WE ALL HAVE UNIDENTIFIED
INDIVIDUALS WE CONSTANTLY THINK
ABOUT.
>> Reporter: IN THE LAST TWO
YEARS THEY HAVE SOLVED 20 COLD
CASES.
NEW TECHNOLOGY WITH GOOD
OLD-FASHIONED INSTINCTS CON
TANTS A VIVID PICTURE.
A WOMAN FOUND IN BROOKLYN IN
2011 TELLS A WHOLE STORY JUST
WITH HER TEETH
>> THIS IS TYPICAL IN MEXICAN
COMMUNITIES.
>> Reporter: ISOTOPES IN THE
TEETH SHE STILL HAS REVEAL EVEN
MORE
>> EVERYTHING YOU INGEST, THE
WATER YOU DRINK, THE FOOD YOU
EAT, GETS INCORPORATED INTO YOUR
LIVING TISSUE.
BONE IS LIVING TISSUE.
>> Reporter: YOU LITERALLY ARE
WHAT YOU EAT
AS A CHILD, SHE FREQUENTLY
TRAVELED FROM THE COAST TO THE
MOUNTAINS.
>> AND SOME REGIONS WHERE THAT
MIGHT BE OCCURRING ARE IN
CENTRAL AMERICA.
WE'RE SEEING SIGNATURES OVERLAP.
>> Reporter: THE TEAM ALSO
RECONSTRUCTED FACES WHEN ALL
THEY HAVE IS A SKULL
A 3D PRINTER CREATES A MODEL
ART STUDENTS APPLY THE CLAY.
>> NOTHING REPLACES SEEING THAT
PERSON'S FACE SO IT'S BEEN A
REALLY USEFUL TOOL
>> Reporter: AND HOW ACCURATE IS
IT
>> IT'S VARIABLE
IT'S BASED ON SCIENCE IN TERMS
OF THE DEPTH OF TISSUE, THE
SHAPE OF YOUR FEATURES
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF ARTISTIC
LICENSE INVOLVED
>> Reporter: ALWAYS IN THE BACK
OF THEIR MINDS, THEY SAY, IS THE
ANGUISH FAMILIES ARE FEELING
>> NO ONE TO GO HOME TO.
>> Reporter: AALIYAH WAS 27 WHEN
SHE WENT MISSING IN 2015
HER MOTHER SAID SHE LOVED TO
WRITE AND WAS OUTGOING
THE MEDICAL EXAMINERS URGE
FAMILIES TO SEARCH THE
GOVERNMENT DATABASE, NAME US,
WHICH IS ALSO USED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND TO CONSIDER AS
PAINFUL AS IT MAY BE THAT
MEDICAL EXAMINERS CAN HELP
A COLD CASE THAT MAY BE YEARS
AND YEARS OLD, WHY DOES IT
MATTER SO MUCH
>> FOR ME, IT'S JUST
HEARTBREAKING TO KNOW SOMEBODY
IS STILL UNIDENTIFIED BECAUSE
SOMEBODY LOVED THEM.
CARED FOR THEM AND WE SHOULD,
TOO.
IT REALLY MATTERS TO ME THAT
THAT PERSON GETS THEIR NAME BACK
AND GOES HOME TO THEIR FAMILY.
>> STEPHANIE GOSK, NBC NEWS, NEW
YORK.
>>> UP NEXT, A WAKE-UP CALL FO