Oct 3 Sat

A Flydubai pilot attacked his flight captain using a crash ax and tried to take control of the aircraft's controls in an attempted terrorist attack, an official with the United Arab Emirates said Saturday. NBC News' Raf Sanchez reports. We're seeing dramatic video of a confrontation with one of the men accused in the Cornell sexual assault case. This as questions grow over how the alleged 2024 incident was handled. NBC News' Valerie Castro reports. A NATO mission in Europe is defending against hundreds of Russian drones and aircraft that have been entering alliance airspace. NBC News was on the ground to get a first-hand look at where NATO fighter jets and air defence systems have been deployed to protect the eastern flank. NBC News' Richard Engel reports. The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a Gulfstream jet carrying six people that lost contact with flight controllers early Saturday morning on its way to Boston from the island of Bermuda. NBC News' Jesse Kirsch has the latest. With just a month to go before the midterm elections, President Trump is hitting the campaign trail to support Republican candidates in key races. This move comes as polling shows growing disapproval of the president's overall job performance, the war with Iran, and his handling of the economy. NBC News' Julie Tsirkin reports. A dangerous October heat wave is gripping California with triple digit temperatures and little relief in sight. Meanwhile, Gulf Coast states are dealing with heavy rain. NBC News' Dana Griffin reports. Billionaire hedge fund manager and philanthropist Ken Griffin is announcing the largest-ever donation from an individual to a university. Griffin's $3 billion donation to Carnegie Mellon University is record-setting and also comes with high ambitions. NBC News' José Díaz-Balart spoke with Griffin and University President Farnam Jahanian about what that donation means for higher education. In an emotional meeting ahead of a Chicago White Sox game, Christine Todd met Chris Beck, the hero who saved her life by donating his kidney. NBC News' José Díaz-Balart has that story and more in this week's Good News Wrap-Up.