NBC Nightly News S2026E58 - Mar 6 Fri

On the first day of the war with Iran, a missile strike on an elementary school killed more than 170 people according to Iranian officials. Now one U.S. official and one person familiar with the preliminary findings of the U.S. investigation into the attack say it looks increasingly likely that a U.S. munition was responsible for the strike. NBC News' Molly Hunter reports. U.S. crude oil prices are up 35% in one week, a record increase. Gas prices since the war with Iran began are up 34 cents a gallon. One veteran analyst tells NBC News' Christine Romans gas prices could soon hit $4 a gallon.  Israel launched another round of strikes in Lebanon against Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed paramilitary group the U.S. classifies as a terror organization. NBC News' Daniele Hamamdjian reports. President Trump posted there would be no deal with Iran without ‘unconditional surrender' as the U.S. and Israel launched another wave of devastating strikes against the Iranian regime. NBC News' Richard Engel reports. Tornadoes and severe weather are tearing through much of the country tonight, from Texas to the Midwest. At least two people were killed as communities grapple with widespread destruction. NBC News' George Solis is in the storm zone. Investigators are now asking Nancy Guthrie's neighbors if they had internet issues the night she was abducted, suggesting they may be looking into whether the suspect used a high-tech device known as a wifi jammer to interfere with the internet. NBC News' Liz Kreutz has the story.