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 first grade teacher in a classroom. what his motheher is chararged with the fafallout overer 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 [ gunshots ] >> 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 livestreamed the rampage according to investigators, who late today executed a search warrant on his home the 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 a 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, two louisville metro police officers. one, officer nickolas wilt, shot in the head j.d. worley watched it happen in horror across the street. >> other officers grabbed him and carried him off as he was unfortunately motionless never could have fathomed i would ever see something like this happen. >> reporter: at 26, officer wilt is less than two weeks out of the academy. >> nick 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 dueling 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 plaintiffs 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 now senior legal correspondent laura jarrett. 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 of appeals to hit pause on 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 drug 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 texas decision, doj 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 that 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. >> thank you, vice mayor. i would like to nominate representative justin jones. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: tonight a political showdown in nashville. >> ayes 36, nos 0. >> reporter: the former tennessee lawmaker justin jones back to the state house just days after his expulsion. the metro nashville 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 >> no access >> no peace. >> 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 freshman colleagues. >> no justin, no peace. >> reporter: 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 a special election and he's 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 >> all right 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 strike a russian target 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's intelligence service, the mossad, backing antigovernment protests, though israel denies it >> the senior directors of mossad and our senior officials in mossad were not involved in any way. >> reporter: the stolen intelligence first showing up on a chat server for the minecraft video game, according to open source intelligence agency bellingcat, 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 of state blinken has determined the reporter evan gershkovich is wrongfully detained, falsely charged with spying now the u.s. hostage envoy can begin working with his family to try 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 since 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 comments 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. make some news for me here >> 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 discussions. 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's thinking 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

a virginia grand jury has indicted the mother of that 6-year-old boy who brought a gun to his school and shot his teacher. miguel almaguer reports on the charges she now faces.

>> i have a report of a 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 taylor on charges of felony child neglect and a misdemeanor count of recklessly 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 -- a weapon onto school? >> reporter: after authorities announced the 6-year-old would not be charged with a crime, the commonwealth's attorney saying 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 zwerner, who told savannah guthrie the bullet still remains

lodged in her body, is suing school administrators for $40 million, alleging gross negligence zwerner says staff failed to act on several warnings that the 6-year-old had a gun or made threats. there were failures in accountability at multiple levels that led to abby being shot and almost killed, writes her attorney. "we will not allow school leaders to escape accountability for their role in this tragedy. a lawyer for deja taylor, the mother of the 6-year-old, tells nbc news she plans to turn herself in later this week. lester >> all right, miguel, thank you. up next, she was the target of an internet conspiracy theory claiming she had died after getting vaccinated now for the first time tiffany dover speaks out.

few americans know what it's like to be the target of a conspiracy theory, but since the day nurse tiffany dover fainted while getting her covid vaccine, life has never been the same and tonight she's speaking out for the first time in an exclusive interview with nbc's brandy zadrozny >> reporter: tiffany dover wants the world to know one thing. >> my message is simple it is that i am alive. i'm well that's it. i hope they believe it >> reporter: "they" are the massive online community of conspiracy theorists who have been convinced she's dead for more than two years.

i made a whole podcast about it tiffany wasn't ready to share her story then but now -- >> i'm ready to just put my story out there, own that story. >> reporter: that story begins in 2020 tiffany was working as a nurse manager at c.h.i. memorial hospital in chattanooga, putting in grueling hours on a covid unit when vaccines arrived that december, tiffany became one of the first people at her hospital to get the shot >> i felt okay during that >> reporter: then she stood up to answer questions. >> i'm sorry >> you want to sit down >> i ended up passing out. so that created the opposite effect of what i would have liked. >> but you got right back up. >> i did and this is something that's happening my whole life i do have episodes where i pass out >> reporter: but in that moment a conspiracy theory was born >> people thought that i was dead people thought that i was an actress paid to

do this, that i was paid off by big pharm. it was completely overwhelming to be honest >> reporter: it snowballed fast. >> i had people showing up at my house. i had people reaching out to my friends, my family i even received death threats. >> were you afraid for your family? >> absolutely, yes >> reporter: through it all, tiffany kept silent, and that only made the online frenzy worse. >> why not come out and dispel these rumors >> initially that was exactly what i wanted to do. and unfortunately, i was told that that absolutely would not happen >> the hospital told you not to speak out >> correct, yes. it would be irrecoverable damage is what i was told, if i was to speak out and have another episode >> reporter: instead, the hospital put out this video, intending to show she was alive. but the so-called tiffany truthers picked it apart, used it as fuel >> online, anti-vaxxers and that movement are sort of using you as their poster girl. >> it's hard to think that you are being

used to deter somebody from getting the vaccine. and that was really hard for me to cope with >> you're saying you blamed yourself? >> yes, absolutely i wish that we would have used it as a platform to speak out on the fact that people do pass out after getting shots, vaccines but that is not a reason to not proceed with getting them. >> reporter: c.h.i. memorial has repeatedly denied knowledge of any directive asking tiffany not to speak or post, including in an interview for our podcast. >> i'm not aware of anything that asked tiffany not to respond. >> reporter: the hospital recently telling nbc news, "we have no new information. a year ago tiffany left c.h.i. memorial and while she hopes to work as a nurse again one day, for now she's focused on reclaiming her life >> even after all of this, there will be people who say we don't believe you. what then? >> at this point, you know, i've done what i needed to do

i put it out there that i'm alive they have to choose whether they believe that or not. and that's all i can do is put out the truth >> reporter: brandy zadrozny, nbc news, higdon, alabama. >> and for the bonus podcast, scan the qr code on your screen or search for tiffany dover wherever you get your podcasts. when we come back a masterful peperformance e by one of f golf's r rising starars.

it's not often you see a 23-year-old compete at the

masters, let alone outplay some of the best golfers on the planet stephanie gosk with why sam bennett is inspiring america. >> reporter: sometimes the significance of a moment can be lost on the young, but not this moment. >> nothing can top this at 18 >> reporter: the magic of a standing ovation at the masters on a sunday is not lost on amateur sam bennett. >> overwhelmed with emotion. >> reporter: the texas a&m senior was greeted by his mother to celebrate a remarkable 16th place finish for someone his age at augusta national, one of the most difficult golf courses in the world. >> i haven't had kids yet, so that walk up 18 was definitely the coolest experience of my life. >> reporter: bennett stunned golf fans with his first two rounds of the tournament, shooting back-to-back 68s. >> what a start for the amateur. >> reporter: not just making the cut, the second best start for an amateur in masters history. at the end of the day on friday, he was alone in third place,

paired up in the final round with pro golfer jon rahm, who went on to win the whole thing. >> if you would have told me i was going to be here when i was a kid, i would have thought you were crazy. >> reporter: for inspiration bennett has a tattoo, words from his father who died of early onset alzheimer's in 2021. "don't wait to do something," it says. right there on his left arm every time he swings stephanie gosk, nbc news that's "nightly news" for this monday. thank you for watching, everyone i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night

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>> kelly: welcome to "the kelly clarkson show"! give it up for my man on guitar and vocals. a new song out, we will be catching up with him and hearing the new tune. i cannot wait. he is one of the nicest. one of the nicest humans will ever meet. people want to talk about how rotten people can be, people can be awesome too. that's charles. bruce springsteen's mega hit "glory days" which he released in 1984. [cheers and applause] fun fact about bruce, he was the first nonpolitical figure to show up on the cover of time and "newsweek" in the same week. great given the career he has had, incredible, also really nice. our first guest is a talented actress who i love. you know her from ""crazy rich asians"" and "oceans eight," and she was the first lead actress of asian descent to win a golden globe.

[cheers and applause] congratulations, obviously, but also can't believe she's the first one. that's crazy. her new movie is in theaters this friday. give it up for aquafina, everybody. [cheers and applause] -- give it up for awkwafina. [cheers and applause] i'm so excited you are here. i love all your work. you will always be a dragon in my household. i have a six and an 8-year-old, so -- >> awkwafina: good. >> kelly: we watch it a lot. i could probably quote your golden globe, this is amazing. [cheers and applause] also, she won as well. >> awkwafina: she did.

>> kelly: that's cool! >> awkwafina: yeah. i mean, it's overdue. >> kelly: that's what i was saying, introduced it -- also, crazy, 23 the first time >> awkwafina: but it needs to happen and it's important that it does. >> kelly: and you are the first. [applause] before your first really big movie, oceans eight, he wrote a note to yourself. i feel like we can be friends from this note. he said "i'm nervous about doing something i've never done before -- you said "i'm nervous about doing something i've never said before and --" how does that feel now? i feel like there's a lot of childhood trauma there. [laughter] people pleaser. what is it like to look back at that now that you have had so much success already? >> awkwafina: it was cool to look back on it and sad, it was sad, because i was scared, and i

think that we often are, and i really didn't know what would happen out of randomly being cast in a movie with sandra bullock, cate blanchett, rihanna. >> kelly: no pressure. >> awkwafina: air quotes. you are so -- >> kelly: you are so memorable. >> awkwafina: thank you. [laughter] you are great. i love -- >> kelly: you are great. i love all those ladies, but you are great. >> awkwafina: thousand before i met them. after i met after i met them, they them, they were so kind to me. -- i think that was so important. you will never really study, and you see how things can change. it gives me hope in the future, i guess. >> kelly: it's cool that you are persistent and keep doing it. if i get nervous, i'm out. i don't get nervous about -- singing or anything, but i'm nervous, why would i do this

again? i'll push through, i'm just like "not my vibe." [laughter] i love that, that is so strong. we were speaking of big stars. i heard you have a crush on tom selleck. >> awkwafina: i love tom selleck. [laughter] >> kelly: i love this movie. >> awkwafina: all of them in the movie. i love them. >> awkwafina: and they had gotten together. >> kelly: do think it's the 'stache. >> awkwafina: and tom starling. [laughter] >> kelly: i love him. he came on here -- [laughter] tom selleck. we have a special guest. >> awkwafina: i would run away. >> kelly: seriously, i kept my cool, and i tried to be cool in front of him, but he's been a crush