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this is the one that we are most interested in. >> we know you will keep us informed. for glenn "hurricane" schwartz and all of us, the news continues with brian williams. on our broadcast tonight, ambushed, that awful rampage in las vegas where two police officers were executed. tonight a chilling turn in the investigation and what the alleged gunman told nbc news in an interview just weeks ago. the lockdown in los angeles today after a wild chase, a bizarre scene playing out for hours on live television. one on one, hillary clinton sits down with cynthia mcfadden and opens up about the one thing she says she would like to do over, if she could. brotherly love, an amazing act of love from a teenager to his 7-year-old brother. we're with them for a journey that's inspiring so many across our country. "nightly news" begins now. >> from nbc news world head
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squatters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. good evening. police in las vegas today described it in the most chilling term, the flatout execution of two police officers who were seated in a pizza restaurant during their lunch break. their two accused assassins, a young married couple dead have grown so suspicious of law enforcement and government that these two police officers represented all they were against. it turns out nbc news interviewed the accused leader, the husband and gunman in this case earlier this spring when he turned up at the stand off between the federal government and a ranch in arizona. it's where we begin tonight.ai >> reporter: for the police department, an agonizing solute to two fallen comrades and the daunting task of figuring out
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why this young people, jarp r j amanda miller. they were not part of a conspiracy or broader group. >> we believe they are connected to a certain ideology that is anti police and anti-government but as of right now, we have not been able to find any additional links or suspects. >> reporter: but there were plenty of hints something awful was brewing. jared miller had briefly joined the armed anti-government protesters supporting cliven bundy in april and spoke then exclusively to nbc news. >> i feel sorry for any federal agents that want to come in here and try to push us around or anything like that. i really don't want violence towards them, but if they are going to come bring violence to us, well, if that's the language they want to speak, we'll learn it. >> reporter: millers, ones fans of performance art posted often on social media about the dawn of a new day when all hell will break loose and they will be standing in the middle of it.
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>> we have two officers down. >> reporter: at 11:2 2 sunday morning it began. they gunned down officers alan beck and igor soldo. >> they placed a don't trade on he yellow flag on officer beck and through a swastika on his body. >> reporter: they went to walmart and shot down a civilian before committing a suicide pact. they talked about guns and killing cops but thought it was hot air. >> believe me, if i had known they would actually done something like this, i would call metro. >> i can't believe she went ahead and shot her husband twice and shot herself. >> reporter: the suspects have left behind a manifest on the internet. one telling sentence, to stop this oppression i fear can only be accomplished with bloodshed,
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their blood but the lives of three innocent first. rancher cliven bundy told a local reporter, he doesn't know the millers and didn't meet jared and what the millers did had nothing to do with this continuing stand off with the government. >> horrible chilling story. mike with us. to a dramatic stand off playing out for much of the day on live television. a wild car chase through southern california, then a man armed with an assault weapon loose in a neighborhood at one point on a rooftop as schools in the area went on lockdown as authorities tried to surround him. our los angeles based miguel almager. >> reporter: this is cordened off as police sweep across the area. this hour-long stand off just ended moments ago with the suspect surrendering. it began with a wild chase, but police now have their man.
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in a city known for dramatic high speed pursuits, this was a shocking sight. a man pulling over then pulling out a high powered assault rifle. >> get out of the car on foot with an m 4. >> reporter: running through a residential neighborhood welding his weapon, the suspect goes from rooftop to rooftop, the drama unfolded on live television. >> we're in a game of wait and see. >> reporter: wall to wall coverage of the pursuit, the suspect then barricaded inside a home. >> this is one of the most dangerous times for our officers to respond, particularly when you know this suspect is armed with a weapon, an assault weapon. >> reporter: entire neighborhoods were evacuated and schools placed on lockdown until students could be lead to safety. >> our doors and windows are locked. all the children are being kept inside to keep them safe. >> reporter: it started at 10:15
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this morning. >> not a safe move. >> reporter: the pursuit topped speeds of 100 miles an hour. >> look how fast this guy is going. >> reporter: the suspect zigzagged across freeways flying down neighborhood streets for more than an hour. after a four-hour stand off the suspect who said he didn't want to go back to jail finally surrendered to police. the suspect will face multiple charges including several felonies. the end to a wild day here that even veteran police officers say they have never seen anything like. brian? >> miguel, thanks. tracy morgan, a long-time member of the family here at nbc as the cast member for years on both "snl" and "3 d rock" after a highway crash that killed one of his closest frenldss and badly injured others. the truck driver who turned himself in and charged in this case hadn't slept in over 24 hours. and this accident comes just as
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the trucking industry is fighting new federal regulations meant to give truckers more rest between trips. our report from tom costello. >> reporter: it happened in the blink of an eye. >> there is a terrible accident that caused it to flip on its side. >> reporter: a walmart truck slammed into a luxury bus killing jimmy mac mcnair and injuring tracy morgan suffered from broken bones and expected to be hospitalized for weeks. >> it was unreal. i mean, i didn't know what happened. >> reporter: the truck driver, 35-year-old kevin roper is charged with vehicle already homicide and assault. the complaint alenls he hadn't slept in more than 24 hours. 104,000 people were injured and 4,000 people killed in crashes involving large trucks. that's 11 people killed every day. driver fatigue is a factor in
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13% of truck crashes. >> fatigue is a big concern of ours because for the very basic reason that commercial transportation is 24/7 and humans are not. >> reporter: the maximum workweek went from 8 two hours a week to 70 for truckers. under pressure from the trucking industry. congress with the rules. >> high , wi rn me truckers who keep the nation's economy rolling are under increased scrutiny at check points this month. federal, state, and local police cracking down on safety violations including keeping accurate logbooks that record a driver's total road time but in a 24/7 economy, all too often sleep become as luxury. >> they may be on a time crisis. they may have had no vehicle repairs that they needed. they have to make up time. >> reporter: time is money. >> time is money. >> reporter: today the trucking
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industry said no hours of service rules can address what a driver does in his or her off duty time. the driver in saturday's crash is scheduled for arraignment on tuesday but walmart believes it was operating well within federal regulations. tom costello, nbc news, maryland. we have an update tonight on this on going scandal at the va. an audit reveals a long and intolerable wait for tens of thousands of veterans. more than 57,000 of them have been waiting at least 90 days for the first medical appointment. 13% of schedulers at va facilities were told to false fie appointment schedules to make those wait times appear shorter. bowe bergdahl is talking to u.s. military officials in germany telling them he suffered harsh treatment at the hands of the taliban including being confined to a small metal cage for weeks
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after he tried to ed skab. he was released nine days ago is yet to contact his parent whose received threats and under police protection. the taliban claimed responsibility for a fierce attack on the busiest airport in pakistan. it lasted five hours in all, at least 39 people were dead by the end of it including the ten heavily armed attackers who dressed as police guards setting off explosives and opening fire. there are reports from pakistan the attackers may have intended to hijack an aircraft. hillary clinton is making news tonight sitting down for an exclusive interview with our cynthia mcfadden, in which she discusses her time as secretary of state and the one thing she says that from that time she would like to do over. cynthia having emerged from the interview is here with us in the studio and cynthia, i understand she is making news on benghazi first and foremost. >> yes, there is one do over.
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she said it would be about benghazi. she told me the book is highly detailed and very specific and she was secretary of state, about the benghazi issue and she said she took a lot of notes. i asked whether or not the house committee currently investigating asked for the notices and she said and i quote they can read it in the book. will she testify before the committee is asked, she said she would have to wait and see if it's a sincere effort or a political show. >> how does she seem considering the assumption of so many people she's getting ready for a run here. >> she says she's healthy and she certainly seemed very much in command during our interview. she says she doesn't know why karl rove raised her health and more about that later and she will indeed turnover her health records. >> more of it later in fact,
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we'll see the interview on the broadcast tomorrow. cynthia, always a pleasure. thank you for coming by, cynthia mcfadden who just emerged from this interview with hillary clinton. we'll take a break and still ahead for us on to this monday night, the agony of defeat and the rant heard around the world. an apology tonight but the question remains, was the race fair? and later there with a pair of both brothers on an inspiring journey. usiness. and i get a lot in return with ink plus from chase. like 50,000 bonus points when i spent $5,000 in the first 3 months after i opened my account. and i earn 5 times the rewards on internet, phone services and at office supply stores. with ink plus i can choose how to redeem my points. travel, gift cards, even cash back. and my rewards points won't expire. so you can make owning a business even more rewarding. ink from chase. so you can.
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he apologized profusely today for letting emotions get the best of him, displaying agony of defeat and the candid language we don't usually get to hear on national television but some think steve coburn had a point when he spoke out to a large audience right after his horse lost the belmont stakes this weekend. our report on all of it from katy tur. >> it won't be a triple crown this year, tonalist got there. >> reporter: if fans were disappointed by california chrome's dashed dreams his co-owner was furious. >> this is a coward's way out in my opinion. this is a coward's way out. >> reporter: even waving off his
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embarrassed wife. >> if you've got a horse that earns points to run in the kentucky derby, those 20 horses that start in kentucky are the only 20 available to run in all three races. this is the coward's way out. >> reporter: suddenly, the cinder really story with every owner beating the odds that defied all odds, turned into the rant that overshad shashadowed itself. >> sour grapes, sore loser, bad in every respect. >> reporter: on the other hand. >> he raises a point that should be debated. >> reporter: in the triple crown's 9 6-year history, only a few horses have won all three. it's tough but every one of them beat opponents that hadn't run in all three races. secretary outrun three and seattle shrew five affirmed, three. like it or not, the triple crown has always been raced this way.
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do you think steve coburn has a point? >> i think he does. the gail has completely changed. the belmont is a mile and a half race and you don't have horses that can run that anymore. they are not bred for it. >> reporter: california chrome may not have made history this weekend, but his co-owner certainly made headlines. katy tur, nbc news, new york. and when we come back, caught on camera, a couple out for a drive getting the shock of a lifetime. [ male announcer ] this is kevin. to prove to you that aleve is the better choice for him, he's agreed to give it up. that's today? [ male announcer ] we'll be with him all day as he goes back to taking tylenol. i was okay, but after lunch my knee started to hurt again. and now i've got to take more pills. ♪ yup. another pill stop. can i get my aleve back yet? ♪ for my pain, i want my aleve. ♪ [ male announcer ] look for the easy-open red arthritis cap.
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officer busted them out with his baton. more news from the road, a new report is out and says americans are driving older vehicles than ever before because of the great recession. the age of the average car 11.4 years and report a surge of newer vehicles just now hitting the road as the economy improved for some. there are a record number of vehicles on the american road. almost 253 million registered vehicles. the car business is giving back to detroit in a big way after the city went bankrupt. the world class art collection has been threatened, some suggested it should be broken up and sold, auctioned off to pay the bills, but now the big three out t auto makers pledged $23 million. it includes the works of many and the two that declared bankruptcy, gm and chrysler emerged from it to put up the
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money. >> no one knows where the tradition started. it's big in paris and grown too big. the ritual where young lovers seal their love with a padlock. a lot of them date back to the liberated paris during the war but there are so many of them, tons of them, one grate has collapsed and threatening the structure of the bridge, threatening those in the river below. there are locks on a number of bridges on paris. it spread to bridges for to matter around the world to brooklyn. a nasa astronaut currently on the international space station posted a video on the web service vine is just six seconds but shows an entire or bit of the planet that takes 90 minutes to complete and because of the angle of their or bit when this video was recorded, the sun never rises or sets and remains visible in that circle the entire time. when we come back tonight, the emotional journey for a pair of brothers on a mission.
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bond. for 40 miles across southern michigan a teenager gave his little broth aeer a piggy back ride, not to break a record but raising awareness and trying to make a point. we get the report from kate snow. >> reporter: hunter gandy gave the eighth grade graduation speech friday. >> we have the potential to change the world. >> reporter: he's a straight a student, captain of the wrestling team but the title that matters is the one his seven-year-old brother gave him. >> he's superman. my brother is awesome. he always looks out for me. >> eyes up, look at me. >> reporter: braydon has cerebral palsy, it's hard to control his muscles. >> i'm like any kid but the only difference is walking. >> reporter: the only difference is walking, yeah. you're just the same on the inside, right? >> yeah. >> reporter: braydon is in a regular first grade class but
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his walker doesn't work well in the mulch. >> when i go through something hard, he has to work hard to get through every day of life. >> reporter: big brother hunter decided if he could tell the world about braydon, maybe some engineer would invent something better for all the kids with cp. hunter dreamed up the idea of walking 40 miles with braydon stopped to his back from their hometown to the unversty of michigan i want raise awareness or cerebral palsy. we want to give them hope, inspiration. >> reporter: some inspation. do you think you can do that? >> yeah. >> reporter: every one in town seemedo show up at the send off on saturday. some walked with them, some cheered them on. they wore special harnesses and slings to help distribute braydon's weight and made it 25 miles. >> i'm feeling great, what about you, bray? >> i feel good, too. >> reporter: but sunday the
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brothers woke to rain. braydon had blisters where his legs were rubbing against the harness. with justen miles to go, braydon was clearly in pain. >> if i have to put you in the stroller, that's what we have to do. okay. >> reporter: braydon said he wanted to keep going and with his physical therapist permission, they walked on. hunter at times cradling his brother in his arms and then the sun returned and so did that smile. [ chrs [ applause ] >> reporter: the t brothers crossed finish line a one. >> thank you guys for allhe suppor >> reporter: showingrage canook nbc news, michigan. h about that? so we end with some inspiration on this moay night as we start off a new week back home from
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who's slamming mick's behavior today sno. new couple alert? rhianna's cozy candl lit dinner with gwyneth's ex. plus, antonio banderas in the arm fz a blonde right before his split from melanie. was this the final straw? chilling new video. the chaos and panic moments after tracy morgan's car crash. >> all my thoughts and wishes to him and his family. >> the latest on tracy's fragile condition. >> and what the truck driver who slammed into the limo bus may have posted on twitter. new details on sandra invasion. was the intruder stalking sandra? how the clintons went broke. hillary's new shocker about leaving the white house. plus, our guy and girl tag team at spike's guys choice awards. now on "extra" from universal studios hollywood, the
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