he has been in atascadero since 1997.e doesn't want us to show you his face. >> there is a lot of hype with the megan's law and the registration and the posters going up and stuff, and that is all fine and dandy, but the public ought to be happy to know who is in their neighborhood. they need to worry about who they don't know that's in their neighborhood who is out there molesting their children and raping their wives and daughters and sisters and mothers. >> the prison system releases 300 to 350 sexual offenders every month. that is an enormous number of people, and these are people who by and large have not been treated in any way for their sexual acting out. >> that statistic refers only to those released from california prisons. national rates for rape and sexual assault remain fairly constant despite the high cost of releasing sex offenders to state institutions at least 15 other states have followed california's lead and are locking up their sex offenders on indefinite parole. >> we don't talk about cure in any of

. >>> and folks in ait is a kah dare atascadero are they going to be able to see them? >> hopefully they will see some of them. >> all right. see you tonight at 6:00. >>> on this saturday night, a nation on alert. authorities telling the public to be vigilant this fourth of july. cities stepping up security amid concerns over an isis-inspired attack. what the obama administration is saying tonight. >>> political parade. candidates joining in the festivities. but is it too much too soon? >>> fireworks ban. silencing the iconic sights and sounds of the holiday. >>> a surge in shark attacks. why ferbermen in north carolina fear for their livelihood as beachgoers debate whether to go in the water. >>> and the g

folks in ait is a kah dare atascadero are they going to be able to see them? >> hopefully they will see some of them. >> all right. see you tonight at 6:00. >>> on this saturday night, a nation on alert. authorities telling the public to be vigilant this fourth of july. cities stepping up security amid concerns over an isis-inspired attack. what the obama administration is saying tonight. >>> political parade. candidates joining in the festivities. but is it too much too soon? >>> fireworks ban. silencing the iconic sights and sounds of the holiday. >>> a surge in shark attacks. why ferbermen in north carolina fear for their livelihood as beachgoers debate whether to go in the water. >>> and the grateful dead's final act. "nightly news" begins now. >> from nbc news world headquarters in new york this is "nbc nightly news". reporting tonight, erica hill. >>> good evening on this independence day. as americans across the country celebrate the nation's 239th birthday authorities are focused on an unseen threat one that had them all on heightened alert. while ther