Tonight the growing questions over the deadly mid-air disaster.

67 people killed when a Black Hawk helicopter collided with an American Airlines regional jet.

I just have spent the last, you know, 24 hours thinking about my wife in that plane.

The plane breaking into two, both aircraft plunging into the icy Potomac River,

rescue crews searching overnight for passengers and wreckage.

This was a dark and excruciating night in our nation's capital.

President Trump calling it America's hour of anguish, but also suggesting Democrats' diversity

initiatives were a factor.

The new backlash tonight, what we're learning about the victims, Tom Yamis, on the losses

for the American and Russian ice skating communities, Olympic star Nancy Kerrigan's powerful message.

And what do we know about the military personnel on board that chopper?

The investigation underway into how this could happen,

NBC's Tom Costello, with new reporting tonight on the staffing levels inside the air traffic control tower.

And the heated hearings for two of President

Trump's most controversial nominees. Cash Patel and Tulsi Gabbard, will they get enough

Republican votes to be confirmed?

This is NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt, reporting tonight from Washington, D.C.

Good evening from Reagan National Airport, where flights resumed today following last night's deadly mid-air collision between an American Eagle passenger jet and an Army Black Hawk helicopter.

Today, families of some of the 67 people now

presumed dead began arriving here as search teams recovered the victims from the icy waters of the

Potomac, some of the country's most promising young figure skaters among the victims. Tonight, the

DC-based NTSB has dozens of investigators at the scene.

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