tonight, the moments of terror inside a louisville bank, as a gunman shoots four people dead, injuring nine others, including two police officers, all while live streaming the rampage. the shooter now dead. why investigators are saying it's not a random act. plus the governor's close connection to

one of the victims, his tribute tonight. the abortion battle, the future of the pill used for more than two decades, uncertain after competing rulings by two federal judges. the latest action by the justice department. a virginia grand jury indicts the mother of that 6-year-old boy who shot his f first gradede teacacher in a classrsroom. what his mother is charged with. the fallout over dozens of leaked classified documents. what they reveal about russia, the war in ukraine, israeli intelligence, and more. and what american intelligence officials fear tonight. president biden making his most definitive statement yet about running for re-election. what he told our al roker. she fainted after getting the covid vaccine and became the focus of a massive internet conspiracy. now tiffany dover is breaking her silence exclusively to nbc news. and his performance at augusta as an amateur was nothing short of masterful, and it's inspiring america.

>> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. good evening, and welcome everyone. it seems we can barely catch our breaths or dry the tears before another mass shooting rocks an american city. just two weeks ago i stood right here reporting the heartbreaking details of a school shooting in nashville. today it happened at a bank in louisville, kentucky. in what the city's mayor calls an evil act of targeted violence, after a man in his 20s armed with a rifle went on a rampage in a workplace attack, streaming the horror online as he carried out the crime. four people were killed. nine others rushed to a hospital for treatment. officers ran to the threat, confronting the gunman in an exchange of gunfire, killing the shooter. two police officers were among the wounded. maggie vespa is in louisville tonight and has late details. [ sound of gunfire ]

>> reporter: tonight chaos and carnage gripping another american city. >> let's be clear about what this was. this was an evil act of targeted violence. >> reporter: the familiar terror unfolding in downtown louisville, kentucky. around 8:30 this morning, police say a lone gunman opened fire inside this old national bank, killing four and wounding nine. >> this was terrifying. it was terrifying. >> reporter: officers on the scene within three minutes. investigators say this was not a random act. >> white male who was employed at old national bank. his weapon of choice was a rifle. >> reporter: authorities identifying the shooter as connor sturgeon, who died at the scene in a shootout with police. he live streamed the rampage according to investigators, who late today executed a search warrant on his home. victims range in age from 40 to 64, including 63-year-old thomas elliott, the

bank's senior vice president, according to his linkedin account and friend of kentucky governor andy beshear. >> tommy elliott helped me build my law career, helped me become governor, gave me advice on being a good dad. >> reporter: among the wounded, officer nikolas wilts shot in the head. j.d. worley watched it happen across the street. >> other officers grabbed him and carried him off as he was unfortunately motionless. never could have fathomed i would see something like this happen. >> reporter: at 26, officer wilt is less than two weeks out of the academy. >> nik has come out of brain surgery and is in critical but stable condition as we speak. >> reporter: kentucky's governor praising police, who raced to confront the gunman, and asking for time to grieve. >> it seems like we argue so much in this country, so much anger. i still believe that love and compassion and humanity can lead us to a better place. this is hard. it's really hard. >> maggie, any more details on a possible motive here?

>> reporter: so lester, according to officials, authorities are investigating this as an instance of workplace violence, noting the suspect, who was an employee at that bank, may have suffered from mental health issues and adding they expect much more to come out in the coming days. lester? >> maggie vespa tonight. thank you. this evening, the divide over abortion is centered on a pill used for more than 20 years. but now the focus of competing rulings by two federal courts. dasha burns reports on the growing fallout. >> reporter: tonight, the fallout from duelling court rulings. the future of the abortion pill is hanging in the balance after a texas judge invalidated the fda's approval of mifepristone. the department of justice is now appealing that decision. >> what this ruling effectively is is a back-door ban on abortion. >> what options are available to the administration here? >> we've been waiting

for the judge to rule. and what we did is what we believe is the best strategy, which is to appeal the decision immediately. >> reporter: minutes after the texas judge's decision on friday night, a federal judge in washington state with equal authority dropping a contradictory ruling, ordering the fda to maintain access to the drug. it all sowed confusion nationwide and created a legal standoff. used with another drug, mifepristone is the most common method for terminating pregnancies in the u.s. it's been approved since 2000 and used safely more than 5 million times. but the plaintiff in the texas case, a group of antiabortion doctors and medical organizations, allege the drug is dangerous. and the fda didn't follow proper protocol when approving it. i spoke with the group behind the lawsuit before the ruling. >> the result if you win is that abortion access will be significantly limited. is that the goal of this lawsuit? >> no. the goal of this lawsuit is to protect american women and girls from dangerous chemical abortion drugs.

it's not -- we are not seeking a nationwide abortion ban. >> reporter: meanwhile today, lawmakers in blue states vowed to do whatever necessary to protect reproductive rights. >> it harms patients, undermines medical expertise, and takes away freedom. >> reporter: tonight, mifepristone remains legal, as the battles rage on in the courts. dasha burns, nbc news. >> let me bring in senior legal correspondent, laura jared. laura, there was movement on both of these cases today. >> a flurry of court filings today, lester. the justice department and the pill manufacturer both hoping to convince a conservative leaning court t of appealsls to hihit pause onon that texas decision to give everyone time to make their arguments without this deadline looming of the ruling set to go into effect on saturday. the court, just minutes ago, asking to hear what the plaintiffs have to say about all that. but the fda also wants clarity from a federal judge in washington state who ordered the drugs to stay on the market, about how to

reconcile that order with the texas ruling. >> this feels like this could be heading to the supreme court. >> yeah. it really could and fast. if the fifth circuit doesn't block the decision, dodge will take it to the supreme court as soon as this week. and if doj wins, the plaintiffs could appeal there as well. >> laura, thanks very much. i want to turn now to the political drama in tennessee. late today, the nashville council voting to reinstate one of the black state lawmakers expelled last week over a gun protest. kathy park reports he has just been sworn in again. >> i would like to nominate representative justin jones. >> reporter: tonight a political showdown in nashville. >> ayes, 36 -- >> reporter: the former tennessee lawmaker, justin jones back to the state house just days after his expulsion. the metro national council voted unanimously in favor of his reappointment. >> this is a message that partisanship has gone so far as to be a force in violating basic principles of democracy. >> reporter: this

special meeting comes after a rare move by house republicans to remove three democratic lawmakers after they joined a gun control rally on the house floor, which republicans say violated the rules. >> you can call it peaceful. you can call it whatever. but they had a protest against house policy on the floor. >> reporter: among the tennessee three, only one survived the vote, gloria johnson. >> it might have to do with the color of our skin. >> reporter: gop leaders say their decision was not based on race, but that johnson didn't go as far as her two freshmen colleagues. representative justin pearson will learn his fate wednesday in his own district, with a special meeting in memphis. meanwhile, the political battle doesn't end for jones, as he awaits special election and vowing to return. and moments after the critical vote to reappoint justin jones, hundreds of his supporters began rushing out of the metro council chambers and began marching straight toward the state capitol.

lester? >> kathy park, thank you. there is growing concern tonight about whether u.s. intelligence sources were compromised by the leak of dozens of classified documents. andrea mitchell has the latest. >> reporter: the leaked documents include sensitive and top secret intelligence about u.s. adversaries and allies, potentially jeopardizing u.s. spies in hostile countries and electronic surveillance. >> we don't know who's responsible for this, and we don't know if they have more that they intend to post. >> reporter: the documents show ukraine running low on ammunition and using u.s. intelligence to fight their russian targets. russia's military struggling in ukraine. south korea reluctant to help the u.s. supply artillery to ukraine. is the worst damage the russian sources and methods behind the inside information from russia on the defense ministry? >> i think the greatest concern is that some of our sources, both human as well as technical collection systems, could be compromised

as a result of this. >> reporter: another document has the leaders of israel intelligence service backing antigovernment protests, though israel denies it. >> our senior officials were not involved in any way. >> reporter: the intelligence first showing up on a chat service of a minecraft video game, according to an open source intelligence agency before appearing on other sites. five showing conflicting russian casualties in ukraine indicates some of the documents could have been doctored. but officials believe most are real. the justice department is investigating to find the source, as officials fear the leak has exposed critical vulnerabilities in u.s. intelligence. lester? >> and andrea, separately there's news tonight about that "wall street journal" reporter detained in russia. what can you tell us? >> that's right, lester. secretary blinken is determined the reporter is wrongfully detained, falsely charged with spying. now the u.s. hostage envoy can begin working with his family to get him out.

but in violation of russia's legal obligations, u.s. diplomats have still not been able to visit him almost two weeks after he was jailed. lester? >> andrea mitchell, thank you. former president donald trump is trying to block former president vice president mike pence from testifying before a federal grand jury investigating mr. trump's role in efforts to overturn the 2020 election. lawyers for trump are asking a federal appeals court to reverse a lower court's decision ordering pence to appear. with nearly 600 days until the next election, president joe biden turned heads today with an admission on live tv that he plans to run again. kristen welker joins us from the white house. kristen, the timing came as a bit of a surprise. >> reporter: that's absolutely right, lester. president biden making his most definitive comment yet that he's running for re-election in 2024. talking to our al roker during the annual white house easter egg roll. >> help a brother out. >> no, no, no. i plan on running, al, but we're not prepared

to announce it yet. >> all right. >> top white house advisers are preparing to make final decisions on launching his re-election campaign according to several sources familiar with the discussion. several considerations include no major democratic challenger has emerged, despite mr. biden's sagging poll numbers. former president trump, who's running for the gop nomination, has been indicted and is consuming the political spotlight. still, sources familiar with president biden speaking tell nbc news, don't expect to hear a final announcement until possibly next month, if not later, lester. >> kristen welker at the white house tonight. thanks. in 60 seconds, a grand jury indicts the mother of a 6-year-old boy who shot his teacher in a virginia classroom. the charges she faces tonight. plus what her legal team is saying. (vo) if you've had thyroid eye disease for years and you go through artificial tears inin the blinknk of an e, or.....your eyeses feel likeke'e getting g kicked in n the backs,

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>> teacher shot -- >> reporter: tonight, three months after the shocking school shooting, the mother of the 6-year-old virginia boy who shot and seriously wounded his first grade teacher is facing criminal charges. today, a grand jury in newport news indicting 25-year-old deja felony child neglect and a misdemeanor count of recsly leaving a loaded firearm so as to endanger a child. >> who would be prepared for a 6-year-old to bring a loaded weapon onto school grounds? >> reporter: after authorities announced the 6-year-old would not be charged with a crime, the commonwealth's attorney says today, every criminal case is unique in its facts. and these facts support these charges, but our investigation into the shooting continues. >> i just will never forget the look on his face that he gave me while he pointed the gun directly at me. that's something that i will never forget. it's changed me. it's changed my life. >> reporter: abigail

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