>> for all of us here on nbc 10. >> the news continues with "nbc nightly news." see you at 11:00. have a good evening. chaos in the streets as riot police clash with roving groups. officers injured and a city on edge bracing for a long night ahead. over 4,000 dead. a rapidly rising toll of death in nepal amid a frantic search for survivors and a massive res tu mission on mt. everest. tonight the americans killed and others still missing as their families desperately wait for word. a dramatic day in court as the movie theater massacre trial opens in denver. we hear from the man accused of an unthinkable killing spree. show of support after bruce jenner goes public. tonight the most famous member of his family speaks out in an exclusive interview with matt

lauer. "nightly news" begins ri >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york this is "nbc nightly news." reporting tonight, lester holt. good evening. our top story is breaking right now in baltimore where rioting has broken out in the streets. violent clashes between police and roving groups have left several officers injured and turned one west baltimore neighborhood into chaos. this violence comes just hours after freddy gray who died under serious circumstances last week while in custody was laid to rest. these pictures are live right now. looters have been working their way through the last couple of hours. it is now on fire. earlier we saw angry crowds being pelted -- pelting police with rocks as they walked down the street in full protective gear. we've seen a number of police cars destroyed. some set on fire. tonight looters have ravaged

stores. crowds rampaging through the streets. police maintaining a perimeter for right now and their distance. tom costello is in baltimore. tom, i know you've had to move to a safer location. describe what you've seen this afternoon. >> reporter: lester good evening. we've now moved to downtown baltimore in front of city hall. the situation so volatile n baltimore, our own satellite truck was hit with rocks and the cab was looted. hundreds of police officers are now pouring into this area. the national guard is now on stand-by and the gray family freddy gray's family is calling for calm. but tonight the city has gone fro violence in the streets of west baltimore this afternoon as hundreds of young people faced off against police throwing it rocks and bricks. police officers pushing back then retreating with fellow cops who had been injured. down the street a cvs pharmacy looted. young people pouring out of the store apparently carrying stolen merchandise. a nearby police squad car torched and left to burn in the street. the officer apparently escaped

unharmed. through it all police responded with armored vehicles and teargas. >> i don't know who's out there right now. that's something that we'll be able to determine as this event goes on. what we do know is that they're criminals. they attack officers without provocation. they have no regard for the safety of the people that live in that community and our officers are working hard to bring about order. >> reporter: the confrontations come just hours after baltimore police announced they had received a credible threat that various gang members have entered into a partnership to take out law enforcement officers. all of it on the same day 25-year-old freddy gray was laid to rest with religious leaders and gray's family calling for peace. gray suffered a fatal spinal cord injury while e cuss custody at his funeral today, his stepfather spoke on behalf of the family. >> i need to love and miss you but also i need to live. because through me you will live. >> freddy's death is not in

vain. after this day we're going to keep on marching. after this day we're going to keep demanding justice. >> reporter: a promise not to let freddy gray's death be forgotten. >> no justice! no justice! no justice! >> reporter: in baltimore tonight, stores closed down intersections blocked off with rioters once again taking to the streets. >> this was a day of sacred closure in the funeral. so for us to come out of the burial and walk into this is absolutely inexcusable. >> reporter: for yet another night, baltimore is on edge. the fbi is now involved in investigating this threat against police. meanwhile, the orioles/white sox game tonight that was going to be played at camden yards, postponed. no game tonight. they'll reschedule it down the road. >> fire engines are getting to that burning star. on the phone, reverend jamaal bryant who you just saw

in tom's story. you delivered eulogy today. the come outside on a day of mourning and see this what we are seeing now. describe your reaction. >> i'm overwhelmed with shock, disbelief and disappointment. the family was very clear and we have been that today would be a moratorium that there will be no protests nor marches, no demonstration. as it was the family's request. for us to be returning from the burial grounds and to be met by this news is completely unnerving and it's unfortunate, not just for this city but also for the family. >> people will look at this and say, what on earth does this have to do with this case of mr. gray. >> it has absolutely nothing. it does not bring us resolve for justice. it does not change any of the policies that we're after, and it doesn't honor the name of freddy gray. as a consequence i've been in the streets for the last couple of hours. i i am trying to get protesters

to go loam and young people to turn around. this is grossly unfortunate and it deuceoes not mirror the non-violent movement that we have been promoting over the last week. and as a consequence, we're having an emergency city wide town hall meeting tomorrow night to bring young people together to bring calm and to bring focus about what should be our emphasis right now. >> reverend thank you so much for taking the time to speak to us. a note that as events warrant in baltimore, we will go back during this broadcast. we want to turn to the growing humanitarian disaster in nepal after that earthquake. at least four americans are among the dead. others remain unaccounted for. their families here at home waiting for word. we have several nbc news teams in nepal, including miguel almaguer covering the urgent rescue mission on mt. everest. but first, richard angle is in nepal's capital, kathmandu.

>> reporter: this is the moment nepal was brought to its knees. the quake left thousands dead. and much of this already-poor country without power. short sht o clean water. centuries' old temples fell. here in kathmandu, the historic town center was devastated. many are staying outdoors in parks and on the streets terrified of repeated aftershocks. two more big ones today. nepal has mobilized its troops for relief work. volunteers desperately dig by hand. this woman used to come to this very spot to have coffee in the shade of the temple. >> it is my place, my country, my people. >> reporter: mostly they're searching for bodies in these piles. but sometimes there's the unexpected. a man pulled out alive today. international rescue teams have finally arrived. but getting outside the capital

is a struggle. roads blocked, helicopters in short supply. nbc's ian williams reached one town just outside the capital. >> reporter: some of the worst damage is around these narrow alleyways where there are few buildings which haven't been impacted by the quake. this one propped up precariously by pieces of wood. >> reporter: in more remote and inaccessible villages the toll is still unknown. in a hospital in kathmandu, we saw workers take away dozens of unclaimed bodies to be cremated. a line of people watched hoping to identify missing loved ones. inside the emergency room every bed was full. >> we receive a lot of patients with blunt injuries. >> reporter: a doctor told us they're working back-to-back shifts. hospitals in nepal are overwhelmed. this one doesn't have nearly enough beds so patients are left to recover on blankets and under tarps in the parking lot.

this family of nine is spending a third night outdoors. this her daughter 5 months old, died in the quake and she broke ribs and an arm. and like so many here this family has no home to return to. the u.s. embassy here has opened its doors to shelter american citizens. one contractor told us he'll likely get a cot in the hallway of one of safest buildings in the city. there is a major rescue mission under way on mt. everest to save so many people trapped thousands of feet up. nbc's miguel almaguer reports. >> reporter: tonight, scramble into cold thin air to save the injured, and retrieve the dead. >> the ground is shaking. >> reporter: even on the world's tallest peak saturday they could feel the ground rumble

beneath their feet. then the avalanche. the moment of impact captured on video. [ bleep ]. >> reporter: a wave of white no one could ou >> this whole eye was completely closed over and i think that's where my nose broke because my body twisted. >> reporter: filmmaker michael cherton was slammed into a concrete barrier. >> just giant plume just rising up. it was like four empire state buildings high. i yelled for everybody to get down because it was just coming so fast. >> reporter: everest stands 29,000 feet high. the mountain side avalanche sent snow and ice cascading through camps 4, 3 and 2 where many climbers are still trapps reported in camp 1, but down below the base camp was leveled. >> it was the most terrifying event of my life. >> reporter: he was with a group of 20. his friend eva, a camp medic

from new jersey was killed. so was google engineer dan freddenberg. here he is on the mountain last week. >> here is where all the things we have. from boots to gloves to booze. >> reporter: tom, a filmmaker, also from california told his wife his journey would be safe. >> other than high altitude and cold weather, an earthquake was unfathomable to me. >> reporter: a fourth american climber, vin chong, was also killed. tonight, shock across nepal and sadness on mt. everest where what began as the journey of a lifetime became an unforgettable nightmare. >> what does it feel like to be here right now? >> i mean i feel lucky, blessed and thankful. >> that report from miguel almaguer. part of our team on the ground in nepal. we know many of you may want to help and where you can donate we've put all that information on our website.

the long-awaited trial for the 2012 colorado movie theater massacre began today with opening statements more than 1,000 days after what became known as one of the worst mass shootings in our nation's history. the defense is arguing that james holmes is not guilty of murdering 12 people by reason insanity. nbc's jacob rascon reports. >> about 13 miles from where we sit right now, 400 people filed in to a box-like theater to be entertained. and one person came there to slaughter them. >> reporter: the tragedy in aurora relived in excruciating detail. >> through this door is horror are bullets, blood. >> reporter: a fierce battle over the fate of the mass shooter today dressed in civilian clothes shackled to the floor. the defense insisting james holmes belongs in a mental institution.

>> by the time mr. holmes stepped into that theater, her perception of reality was so skewed was so malformed that he no longer lived in the world that we live in. >> reporter: the prosecution unrelentsing unrelenting, he deserves to die for his crimes. >> hold him accountable for murdering 12 people and trying to murder 70 others. >> reporter: only three years ago the midnight premier of the latest batman movie had just started inside theater 9 when holmes walked in heavily armed and dressed intact cal gear tactical gear and shooting indiscriminately. among the victims -- marcus weaver. >> i was shot in my right arm. >> the fact that we'll never forget that's always stuck in our head is the sound of the gun. >> reporter: the courtroom filled with victims and their family members. the parents of jessica gowey

mofdz mod f texas to colorado just for the trial as the defense warns the jury to keep an open monday. what is expected to be a month-long trial will give us the gl mind of a massive shooter who spent months planning the attack detailed in a notebook. the trial picks up tomorrow with testimony from first responders and survivors. >> jacob rascon tonight thank you. tonight loretta lynch has been sworn in as the nation's first african-american woman attorney general replacing eric holder in the position. lynch was confirmed by the senate last week after a month's long delay. today she made an apparent reference to ongoing tensions with law enforcement in some communities saying "we can restore trust and faith both in our laws and in those of us who enforce them." still ahead on "nbc nightly news" -- a race against time to find the missing after a storm packing near hurricane force proves too extreme even for seasoned i'm caridee. i've had moderate to severe plaque psoriasis most of my life.

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♪ the reaction continues to pour in after bruce jenner's very public revelation that he is transgender. instantly becoming the most famous transgender person in america. jenner has asked that his family continue to use the name bruce and the pronounce "he" and "him" for the time being and we will do the same tonight. his most famous member of the family is reacting to his announcement in an exclusive interview with nbc news. our national correspondent, kate snow has our report. >> i think that everything takes time. >> reporter: in an interview with matt lauer on the "today"

show jenner's stepdaughter kim kardashian-west, said it was a hard adjustment for the family but they're supporting him. >> was there the family meeting? was there one of those, the almost imagined the family gathers in the living room? >> there were lots of family meetings. >> bruce tells his story and there's embracing and hugging and tears and laughter all of that? >> there is every emotion you could possibly imagine. there is hundreds of family meetings. we still have them. >> reporter: jenner too, was emotional in an interview with abc's diane sawyer. >> i've been thinking about this day forever. and what i should do with my life how do i tell my story, how do i tell people you know what i've been through. and that day's today. >> reporter: jenner said he's known his identity since he was a child.

>> are you a woman? >> um, yes. for all intents and purposes i am a woman. people look at me differently. they see you as this macho male. but my heart and my soul and everything that i do in life it is part of me that female side is part of me. that's who i am. >> reporter: during the telecast bruce jenner was the biggest trending topic on twitter. some accuse jenner of a continuing publicity stunt. but many praised him. such an inspiration. in awe of bruce jenner's bravery. and, you definitely saved some lives. >> what i'm doing is going to do some good. and we're going to change the world. i really firmly believe that that we're going to make a difference in the world with what we're doing. >> reporter: kate snow nbc news new york. that will do it for us on this monday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching. and goodnight.

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