on our broadcast tonight, the ground war in chicago. a new explosion of gun violence. 13 people shot with an assault weapon apparently including a 3-year-old boy. we are on the front lines. on the brink of a government shutdown. members of the military wouldn't get paid, but members of congress would. the bible as portable app. chapter and verse as close as your electronic device and that explains the surge in popularity. can they really make an american classic better? they have modernized "the wizard

of oz" opening tonight at a theater near you and not the way you remember it. "nightly news" begins now. good evening. sadly this week in america is coming to an end the way it started. there has been another mass shooting, this time in chicago. 20 people were wounded in multiple shootings and one chicago police official is quoted as saying it's a miracle no one died in a night of rampant and brazen violence. . chicago has been in the spotlight for this very reason. after 500 homicides last year, more than any other city in america, police there were pointing to a 20% drop this year. then this. the kind of violence that badly wounded a 3-year-old child among others in one of this nation's great cities. we begin with john yang. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. this was the scene of that shooting about 24 hours ago.

you can see kids are playing here again. it has been a very violent 24 hours. even though in chicago the number of shootings is down about 500 from last year and the number of murders this year is on pace to be the lowest in nearly 50 years. the neighborhood park basketball court looked more like a battleground, littered with wounded. 13 in all. >> i think it was an ak. a lot of shots. >> reporter: all are expected to survive. the youngest, 3-year-old diante howard t shot in the jaw. his grandmother buried his uncle just four days ago. >> y'all out here killing these innocent people. kids, parents, grandparents, mothers, fathers. it's got to stop. >> reporter: police say the shooting was gang-reelateded. the weapon, an assault-style rifle with a high capacity magazine. >> military-type weapons like

the one we believe to have been used in this shooting belong on the battlefield. >> reporter: elsewhere in the city thursday night, at least nine other shootings that left at least four dead and seven wounded. for mayor ram emmanuel who visited dinte today it is not just about gun violence. it is a battle of perceptions. there have been more than 1400 shootings this year, a drop of 23% from last year. they are concentrated in the south and west sides. >> it is important to understand it is not dodge city here. >> reporter: commissioner mccarthy was a top cop oh in new york and newark. we spoke to him in august. was there anything about chicago when you got here that surprised you? >> here h in chicago we have hierarchical gangs that have been around for generations. the grandfather was a gang member, the father was and the kid is. >> reporter: he's flooding neighborhoods with cops on the beat. police overtime could hit $100 million this year. >> it's the same beat every day.

they get to know the kids. >> reporter: the grandfather of thursday's smallest victim uh says the solution involves more than just police. >> some of us parents stop being afraid of our kids and stand up. >> reporter: it continues, brian. just a few miles from here. late this afternoon the body of a teenager was found shot to death. brian? >> john yang starting us off from chicago tonight. thanks. now to one of the other front lines in the battle. doctors struggling to save the lives of innocent victims. we started this week with a mass t shooting in washington. one of the enduring moments from the tragic massacre came from a veteran d.c. trauma center doctor who spoke out against violence because she had simply seen enough of it. it turns out that doctor, janice orlowski of the med star washington hospital center spent

two days prior to this in chicago. when her comments struck a chord we wanted to hear more. nbc's peter alexander has our report. >> fourth floor. a man with a shotgun. multiple shots fired. multiple people down. >> an officer was struck twice in the leg. they are en route to medstar. >> it was not a nice day. it was a rainy, overcast day. >> reporter: dr. janice orlowski from medstar was treating a patient when she heard the news. >> one of the nurses came in and said there is a shooting at the navy yard. >> reporter: hours later the frustration she expressed struck a chord across the country. >> i would like you to put my trauma center out of business. i really would. i would like to not be an expert on gunshots. >> i heard a police officer being interviewed. he said americans are going to have to get used to more mass killings. you know what?

i refuse to believe that's our future. >> reporter: for dr. orlowski who spent two years at a chicago hospital before coming to d.c. this morning's shooting was personal. horrifying she called it. you have 32 years on the front lines of gun violence like this. how do we fix it? >> we have to talk. we can't just point at washington. we have to talk as a community. we have to talk about what we are going to do for mental health. what do we do for individuals in crisis. >> reporter: even on this week-day afternoon, new arrivals including a stabbing victim shot in the past 14 h times. >> it is exhausting work. it's necessary work. we hang in there. we fight the good fight. >> reporter: days before the d.c. shooting dr. orlowski turned in her resignation. in three weeks she'll leave emergency response to focus on health care policy. >> what is the lesson we can take away from what we witnessed in d.c.? >> i hope the lesson is don't let another 60, 90 days go by

and have us forget about the shooting at the navy yard. >> reporter: peter alexander, nbc news, washington. now to the topic of politics. the wheels were set in motion today in a meaningful way toward a possible government shutdown in ten days' time. the republicans in the house passed a bill to keep the government going while killing obamacare. the problem is that will never make it through the senate like the 41 other times the house republicans have voted to kill obamacare. so here wit we ego again. both parties get to put on a lesson on your government at work. chuck todd is at the white house for us. good evening. >> good evening, brian. it's an annual ritual in washington. the threat of the government shutdown. republicans in congress, the democratic white house again for the third year in a row showing a game of legislative chicken. the president himself ramped things up when he accused house republicans of holding the entire country hostage.

it's back. >> objection. motion to re consider is laid on the table. >> reporter: another fight over the budget. the house republican solution? a bill tkeep the government open through mid december but stop funding for the president's signature health care law. something that was celebrated after the vote. >> our message is simple. the american people don't want the government shut down. they don't want obamacare. [ cheers ] >> reporter: it's a bill that has zero chance of oh becoming law. >> in the united states senate we will notpeal or oh defund obamacare. we will not. to think we can is not rational. >> reporter: bowing to tea party pressures house leaders agreed to use the threat to derail health care reform. >> the next ten days are important for our country. that is doing everything we can tostop, delay and defund obamacare. >> reporter: the white house promised a veto.

touring a ford factory in missouri today a fiery president obama almost seemed to relish the chance to slam house republicans. >> they are not focused on you. they are focused on politics. they are focused on trying. they are not focused on you. >> reporter: if there is no vote by october 1 roughly half the government workforce one furloweded. members of the military would be issued i.o.u.s. national parks and monuments would close to tourists. passport and visa applications would stall and so would student loans. many programs continue. social security checks and medicare payments. federal prisons stay open. tax collection won't stop and neither will mail delivery. members of congress? believe it or not by law even during a shutdown they would still get paid.

brian, here's the sad irony. for every day the government is shut down it will actually cost taxpayers $100 million a day. will it cost taxpayers more money if the government shuts down for even one day. >> chuck todd covering the theater in washington on a friday night. chuck, thanks. as all this plays out in the c capital the obama administration announced tough new requirements to limit carbon pollution from new power plants despite protests from republicans who worry about effects on the coal industry. in colorado tonight as the cleanup continues, authorities confirm more flood-related oil spills there today. more than 22,000 gallons of oil have spilled out. with many roads still b inaccessible it could be a while before crews get to the toppled oil tanks. look at this. because so oh many people refused to evacuate homes

without their pets some of the chopper rescue fliegs out contained more pets than people at one point, as we saw in a lot of images that came out of there today. we don't know what this says about our country these days, but if you want americans to line up in great numbers, just come out with a new phone. the new iphone came out today. it's not all new, just updated. while apple is fighting for market share against surging samsung, the true believers spent the day in line across the country. katie t theur is in manhattan t evening. >> reporter: the lines are gone because they are sold out. as of 8:00 a.m. 1400 people were waiting in line, double the amount of last year which is surprising considering the phone isn't much different. there are new colors and a fing fingersprint scanner which is raising privacy concerns. one group is offering $50,000 to the first person who can hack

into it. long lines across the country means good news for apple. bad news is that there was drama. this photo shows an arrest outside of a pasadena store where a fight broke out. apple ended on a high note which makes blackberry news sadder. it announced this afternoon it would lay off 4500 employees or 40% of the global workforce. it seems unfortunately people do not appreciate buttons or keyboards anymore. >> katie tur in midtown manhattan tonight. thanks. still ahead for us on a friday night, the bible. what could be the biggest change to the good book since guttenberg creating a surge in popularity around the world. later, making a difference. neighbors rolling up their sleeve sleeves, getting dirty -- and how -- and helping each other. but with copd making it hard to breathe, i thought those days might be over. so my doctor prescribed symbicort. it helps significantly improve my lung function

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proof tonight that portability and popularity may be linked. they call the bible the good book. it always has been un util now. now it's an app and a lot of people are finding what they are look for on their mobile device instead. as part of our series, "the big idea" we get more from nbc's chelsea clinton. >> what's going on, everybody? >> reporter: when caesar delivers a sermon these days, this is a common sight. his youth congregation is following along on digital bibles, thanks to the wildly popular bible app u-version. >> wow, they do get it. they are digging into god's word in a digital form. >> it's nice to have it on your phone. >> i can dig into god's word whenever i want to. >> i can flip open the app and select the book i was looking for. >> reporter: it's been downloaded more than a hundred million times putting it in the

same league as twitter and instagram. bobby is the pastor at lifechurch in oklahoma. >> i was thinking could we be at a moment in history where the right opportunity is there to really change how this general radiation engages in the bible. sort of a guttenberg moment. >> reporter: the app offers 600 versions of the bible in more than 400 languages. it comes with personalized reading plans, video s and the ability to share favorite verses on social media. >> this shows the app in real time. this is happening while we are talking. the pins are dropping where people are opening the app. >> reporter: youversion is a nonprofit supported by tens of millions of dollars from donors who recognize the impact it has on the next generation. >> you're going to college next year. >> yes. >> reporter: will the bible app go with you? >> of course. i have it on my ipad and my phone. it's become so personal. it brought christianity to a higher level that the bible

couldn't do on its own. >> we're going to ask god to bless tonight and what we are doing here. >> reporter: on any given sunday expect more souls illuminated by faith and their chelsea clinton, nbc news. we are back with a big change coming to "the wizard of oz" bigger and some say better than ever before but how is that possible? [ male announcer ] usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation. because it offers a superior level of protection and because usaa's commitment to serve military members, veterans, and their families is without equal. begin your legacy, get an auto insurance quote. usaa. we know what it means to serve.

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. starting tonight at select locations across the country a big movie is making a return to the big screen, though not exactly as we remember it. it's "the wizard of oz" and this time it's on imax screen s and in 3-d. as movies go, most people alive today can tell a story about "the wizard of oz" going back generations. little kids have been scared by it, scarred by it and amazed by it, often in equal measure. in all these years there's been nothing else like it really. here it comes again. only slightly different.

♪ somewhere over the rainbow >> reporter: "the wizard of oz" changed everything because for generations of american movie watchers, it had everything. it was genuinely scary, magical, happy and sad and it remains all those things to this day. >> it's captured the imagination of audiences for 75 years for the reason that every movie and every book that lasts does. it's an amazing story. >> reporter: it had special effects that were revolutionary. only today can we appreciate how special they were. especially considering it was mostly shot inside these sound stages in hollywood where the witch's trap door survives, but not much else. among the last of the surviving munchkins, jerry maron of the lollipop guild got his hollywood star just this week at the age of 93. ♪ we wish to welcome you to munchkin land ♪ >> reporter: the movie opened in

1939, before the start of world war ii changed everything. fdr was president. a new airport opened in new york called laguardia. gm unveiled a new invention called automatic transmission, and the jefferson memorial was not yet built. yet when movie-goer s first lai i eyes on this technological marvel they thought they had seen the future. >> it did things movies had not done before. this was a fantasy blockbuster. >> reporter: just like its cast members, the movie had heart, and brains and courage. a young girl from kansas named dorothy gale. a good man who was a bad wizard. a good witch and a very bad witch. there was a tornado that would today be an f-5. there was auntie e m and the ruby slippers and the flying monkeys and toto, too. and there is the oz folklore.

barely visible equipment and technical slip-ups. the fact that w.c. fields was supposed to polythe wizard and buddy epsen was the tinman until he had a reaction to aluminum skin. perhaps that's why some are wondering if it need ed to be in 3-d. the imax version will run for only a month and requires special glasses. the original film will always be around and just requires imagination. there are lessons in the movie that endure about trust and good versus evil, but mostly about going home. >> i'm not going to leave here ever, ever again. because i love you all. >> reporter: an amazing film. a sentimental journey really, a part of american history. but it never got the oscar for best picture because the year it came out, another film got in the way. it was called "gone with the wind." up next after the break, they call themselves the mud

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colorado. for many of them it means starting over completely after digging out what nature has deposited. but there is help out there. people like those you're about to meet who are willing to dig in and make a difference for those who need it. their story tonight from nbc's joe fryer. >> reporter: it's typically not a compliment to call someone a mudslinger. until now. >> just being there to give them a hug while i'm taking out buckets of mud is what i have been up to for the last five days. >> reporter: these eager volunteers have spent the past week cleaning the filthy flooded becames of total strangers, rning the nickname mudslingers. >> this is in our own backyard. the people that are here, we are the people that would never go on with normal life while their neighbors are hurting. >> reporter: while most of the work involves good old-fashioned elbow grease it's modern technology that's making all of this happen. >> we need to assembly the larger teams.

>> reporter: from a makeshift command center volunteer dispatchers use social media to find out who needs help and who can help. >> you could use more than four people potentially? >> reporter: they post information about locations in need. >> we need bodies, shovels. >> reporter: within minutes a wave of helping hands. some unafraid to spend hours emptying a crawl space that's muddier than a pig pen. >> i see a light at the end of the tunnel. >> reporter: here they are helping debbie setlock whose house sat in feet of flood water. >> might be saveable. >> it's amazing to see the community rallying together to support and care for one another and help one another out. i have just never seen anything like it. >> reporter: you could call it the power of social media, but really it is the power of people. >> obviously mother nature is very powerful. when you watch what humanity and what human nature can do, that's just as equal, in my mind. >> reporter: selfless neighbors giving mudslingers a good name. joe fryer, nbc news, boulder, colorado.

and that's our broadcast on a friday night and for this week. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. we of course hope to see you right back here on monday evening. in the meantime, have a good weekend. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com