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The Justice Department announced it arrested an alleged gang member in a plot to kill an immigration officer in Chicago. It comes as there's a legal showdown over President Trump's potential deployment of National Guard soldiers to two cities. Chicago officials are part of a lawsuit to stop that deployment. NBC News' Maggie Vespa reports. A mid-air accident involving a skydiving instructor and his student left one dead after they were separated mid jump. Police say the 35-year-old skydiving instructor died after he was "presumed to have fallen from the sky without a parachute." The 46 year-old student survived after his emergency parachute deployed and landed on top of a tree. NBC News' Jesse Kirsh on the harrowing details. President Trump's advisors are part of high-stakes negotiations in Egypt to implement Trump's Gaza peace plan. It comes on the eve of the second anniversary of the Hamas terror attacks. NBC News' Richard Engel reports. Rescuers are racing against time to reach hundreds of stranded hikers on Mount Everest after a blizzard hit unexpectedly. NBC News' Janis Mackey Frayer has the very latest. A massive fire engulfed the home of a judge in South Carolina. People inside jumped out of windows and got into kayaks that brought them to safety. State investigators have not said how the fire started but released a statement saying in part, "at this time, there is no evidence to indicate the fire was intentionally set." NBC News' Aaron Gilchrist reports.