NBC Nightly News S2026E43 - Feb 18 Wed

Rescue crews are battling brutal conditions searching for one missing skier who is presumed dead. A group of 15 skiers got trapped in an avalanche when a snowy mountainside gave way. NBC News' Morgan Chesky reports from Truckee, California. A Delta Air Lines flight departing Houston's Hobby Airport was forced to return after a man attacked flight attendants and other passengers. NBC News' Tom Costello reports. The Texas congressman is facing allegations of an affair with a staffer who died by suicide in September. In a statement to NBC News, Gonzales declined to address what he called "personal smears." NBC News' Ryan Nobles reports. Oklahoma is under a state of emergency as devastating wildfires burn across thousands of acres. The flames destroyed homes and buildings and forced some families to flee. NBC News' Ryan Chandler reports from the fire zone. To help identify a suspect, investigators are using a high-tech DNA tool that's helped solve high profile cases in recent years, as they also go door to door and ask gun shop owners in the Tucson area about who they've sold to recently. NBC News' Liz Kreutz has the latest. Tech giant and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg took the stand today, dismissing the idea that his main goal was to maximize the time teens spent on instagram - while grieving parents from across the country tried to hold him accountable. NBC News' Laura Jarrett has the story.