brian? >> pete williams in washington. these victims continue to be remarkable people, all of them, pete, thanks. >>> our health news story tonight is about caffeine, specifically the number of products it shows up in and the concern that causes especially for children. now with yet another new product that boasts a jolt of caffeine, the fda says it is time to take a closer look. our report tonight from nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: for years, the concern has been the effect of those highly caffeinated energy drinks on kids and teenagers. now food manufacturers are adding caffeine to a whole range of products including candy, jelly beans, potato chips, even gum. wrigley's new alert energy gum advertises the right energy right now. 40 milligrams, about what's in half a cup of coffee, per piece. the fda says all this caffeine adds up to a big concern. >> what does this mean for children, adolescents and adults who might have vulnerabilities to excessive caffeine? we need to get to the bottom of this. >> reporter: up until

this is nbc "nightly news" with brian williams reporting tonight from moore, oklahoma. >> and welcome back to those of you following us on our local nbc stations to what is our second half hour, special hour-long coverage tonight from this devastated city of moore, oklahoma, south of oklahoma city where we've had confirmation today these were some of the strongest winds on earth. an ef-5 tornado. that is the strongest possible category. we woke up to some good news. the wildly fluctuating death toll, which stood at 51 when so many americans went to bed last night, rose to 91 overnight in the fog of war that can often follow a disaster like this. we woke up to a lesser number of 24 souls confirmed lost in this with hundreds of injuries. lester holt here again to start off th half hour of our coverage. lester, we have a dandy nbc station in oklahoma city, kfor. k-f-o-r. they have helicopter coverage. they gave you a ride today to give you perspective on this area. >> reporter: it is important to get perspective. we've sat and stood in front of wreckage like this before and you can look

i'm brian williams in moore, oklahoma. >>> devastation in oklahoma. this is nbc "nightly news" with brian williams reporting tonight from moore, oklahoma. >> and welcome back to those of you following us on our local nbc stations to what is our second half hour, special hour-long coverage tonight from this devastated city of moore, oklahoma, south of oklahoma city where we've had confirmation today these were some of the strongest winds on earth. an ef-5 tornado. that is the strongest possible category. we woke up to some good news. the wildly fluctuating death toll, which stood at 51 when so many americans went to bed last night, rose to 91 overnight in

brian williams is next. we'll see you at 6:00. >>> on our broadcast tonight, what really happened inside that house in cleveland? there are late details tonight from police about what a decade of life was like there as some of the victims now return home. >>> the benghazi attack. for the first time testimony from the murdered ambassador's second in command. a chilling account of that night in libya. >>> fighting prostate cancer. what's being called a revolutionary new test to help figure out the best course of action. surprisingly often it means no action at all. >>> palace intrigue. what's happened over the past 48 hours? it has a lot of folks in great britain contemplating life after the queen. britain contemplating life after the queen. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television

brian williams is next. we'll see you at 6:00. >>> on our broadcast tonight, what really happened inside that house in cleveland? there are late details tonight from police about what a decade of life was like there as some of the victims now return home. >>> the benghazi attack. for the first time testimony from the murdered ambassador's second in command. a chilling account of that night in libya. >>> fighting prostate cancer. what's being called a revolutionary new test to help figure out the best course of action. surprisingly often it means no action at all. >>> palace intrigue. what's happened over the past 48 hours? it has a lot of folks in great britain contemplating life after the queen. britain contemplating life after the queen. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. since news of this strange story in cleveland first broke, people across this country, around the world for that matter, have wondered how could anyone have possibly pulled this off,

i'm brian williams. we sure hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. now. >>> and good evening. i'm jessica aguirre. >> and i'm raj mathai. from shock and confusion turned to grief and understanding. what can be done moving forward and what can be done for these victims? we have more information about the deadly limousine fire including the look at the families shattered by the turn of events. we have multiple reports tonight. kris sanchez will bring us the latest on the investigation and how to best protect yourself. we begin with jodi hernandez who joins us in oakland where several of the women worked. >> reporter: at one point in time all of the women worked here together in oakland. this is where they all met up saturday evening to board that limousine. tonight their families are sharing their grief and their overwhelming loss. >> i just want her to know that we miss her so much. >> reporter: he is utterly grief stricken. his wife, a mother of two was among five women who died saturday night. >> she cared for me and my kids, very caring. i don't th

for our entire team and for now i'm brian williams. nbc news in our los angeles i'm brian williams. news in our los angeles bureau. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> we'll tell you how long he'll be in prison. >> also, congress issues a scathing report and allegations that will have ceo tim cook testifying tomorrow. >> the history of the showdown. >>> thanks for joining us. >> we're following breaking news in the nation's midsection. unimaginable devastation after this monster tornado roared through the suburbs of oklahoma city. that twister levelled neighborhoods, set buildings on fire and tore through two elementary school, one suffering a direct blow. at least 51 people have been killed so far. much of the suburb is in ruins this evening. moore located just south of oklahoma city. the mayor says the city looks like a debris field. want to show you some cell phone video of some of the destruction. right now, first responders are searching 30 square miles of wreckage for any survivors. the tornado was at least a mile wide, touching down for nearly an hour, tearing up everyt

i'm brian williams. we'll look for you right back here tomorrow evening.nd good evening, i'm raj mathai. >> we begin in the bay area, many members are walking out. the members at the santa clara unified school board are accused of working in a difficult environment, leading to the exit. how bad is it? >> reporter: it sounds pretty bad, i spoke with board members, one of them, michelle ryan was warned how political it could get at santa clara unified school district and says it has all been confirmed in the last few months. she says it is a small group of parents and staff that created the controversial atmosphere. and we've seen that kind of activity before, but what we don't usually see is this, a student taking on the district and not mincing words. he is almost done with his junior year, the 17-year-old is not just studying for finals but is getting ready for take on the board members of the school district. >> i called them, they were a little incompetent. >> reporter: there was much more to say in the letter read at the board meeting. he called the bo

williams in our d.c. newsroom. pete, good evening. >> brian, good evening. officials say it's probably impossible to verify everything that dzhokhar tsarnaev told his interrogators such as his claim they originally planned to attack on the fourth of july. authorities say he explained when they decided to do something earlier he and his brother were not focused on the marathon until they saw all the preparations and until then didn't realize they were planting one of the bombs near the finish line. investigators are also asking more questions of tamerlan tsarnaev's widow. they say material from the al qaeda magazine "inspire" was found on her computer, though it's unknown whether it was downloaded by her, her husband or his brother. her lawyer said she was shocked by the bombing. and the department of homeland security is working to get border agents real time information about student visas. one of dzhokhar tsarnaev's friends charged with throwing away his backpack, azamat tazhayakov stopped attending classes and left for a visit home to kazakhstan in decemb

brian? >> pete williams in our d.c. newsroom tonight. thanks. >>> a tense afternoon today at bush intercontinental airport in houston. police say a man started firing into the air with an assault rifle before a federal agent fired at him. he then pulled out a handgun, shot himself. he later died. this all happened outside of the secure area near a ticket counter. authorities say he had a suicide note in his backpack. for a time, the terminal was closed, all flights were grounded. no one else, thankfully, was hurt. >>> tonight, president obama is in mexico city with one of his top priorities on the trip at home on the agenda. today he met with mexico's president, promoting economic growth there, seeking a strong partner to secure the border in order to help him sell immigration reform back here. >> i expressed to the president pena nieto that i'm optimistic about us getting this done because it's the right thing to do. we've seen leaders from both parties indicate that now is the time to get comprehensive immigration reform done. >> the n

brian? >> pete williams in d.c. for us. pete, thanks. >>> something special happened late today in newtown, connecticut. the scene of the school shooting that left 20 children and six adults dead just before christmas last year. every year the congressional medal of honor society gives out an award they call the citizen honors medal. the highest civilian honor for valor given out by the men who have received their nation's highest military honor. today the posthumous recipients were the six educators from sandy hook elementary, all women, all killed on the job that day. our military analyst jack jacobs was there and was among the recipients of the medal of honor who said today all six of today's citizens exemplified courage, sacrifice, selflessness in trying to protect their students from the gunman at newtown. >>> still ahead as we continue on a monday evening, what's killing so many honey bees in this country, and why it matters for the american dinner table? news tonight in a growing mystery. >>> later, what happened whe

i'm brian williams. we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good evening, and thank you for joining us. i'm jessica agear. >> i'm raj mathai. a battle is brewing in the south bay over first amendment rights. and accusations that a well known weekly newspaper also served as an online brothel. the metro newspaper has a link on its own website for adult escort services and critics are demanding the newspaper remove it. the metro says the criticism is the result of ruffled furthers over its reporting of local politics. david trujillo joins us now. the paper says they're being unfairly targeted. are they breaking any laws with the website link? >> reporter: doesn't seem to at this point, raj. the metro has been doing some good and extensive investigative reporting on local politicians and candidates. the editor and ceo tells me that's the reason these accusations are coming out. but critics say this is about advertisement that exploits women a

i'm brian williams. we, of course, hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening.ight back here tomorrow evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com with breaking news. >>> good evening everyone i'm jessica aguirre. >> and i'm raj mathai. the first breaking story in south san jose, a woman and two children have been hit by a car near an elementary school. nbc bay area's george kiriyama joins us from the scene near the school. >> reporter: just a terrible scene here in south san jose. a 5-year-old girl is dead. a 2-year-old girl and a woman is injured. we have learned that the two girls are sisters and we have just learned that the woman is possibly their aunt but definitely not their mother. a car driving west around bluefield drive around 3:30 this afternoon hit this family as they were crossing the street. one of the children died at the scene. the 2 year old and the woman are at the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. the driver who hit them stopped. she is at police head quarters talking to investigators. at this point it does not appear

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we saw from colin powell, brian williams and president obama himself just last week. colin powell's talk about the lead intolerance running throughout the republican party. what evidence did he provide? that we are not left-wing and do not believe in a climate change or that we don't believe there should be redistribution of wealth or that we don't believe in obamacare every would just move to the left and that would make us not races now colin powell should know how not races they are after how many were considering him for a presidential run as secretary of state under president bush. someone who was treated very well by the republican party but that did not stop him because now we are the bad guy. president obama did it with his inaugural address last week also. he said a peculiar line in his speech were he said absolutism is not a principle and name-calling is not discussion. he proceeded to spend the rest of his speech avoiding principal and name calling and suggested essentially if you disagree with him you want people in their "twilight" years to live in povert

brian? >> incredible story. ian williams with our report tonight. ian, thanks. >>> britain's prince harry continued his week-long visit to the united states at arlington national cemetery today, wearing his full dress british army uniform. as a combat veteran himself he laid a wreath at a randomly selected grave site with a handwritten note honoring his comrades in arms signed simply captain harry wales. later he visited wounded service members at walter reed medical center. because of their shared experience he was able to trade stories about his tours in afghanistan. he said how impressed he was with the technology used to help amputees who have returned from combat. >>> still ahead for us on a friday night, the missing. dozens of women and girls who vanished near the same cleveland neighborhood where those three young women escaped. tonight, what about the other families still waiting? >>> and later an amazing view from the top. a finishing touch, an emotional day high above lower manhattan. >>> in cleveland tonight, the last of the three young w

woods and left them there -- >> are you comparing his problems with watergate and iran -- >> brian williams did. >> i think williams is -- >> how many died in watergate? >> nobody died in watergate. and the sweeping -- we got an argument in this over watergate. you said, imagine if nixon would have done this ignoring every protocol that the department of justice set for itself to spy. those are not my words, they're the words of "the new york times," and subpoena over 100 reporters' phones at, let's say, "the washington post." nixon did not do that. he didn't do close to that level. >> he fired his independent prosecutor because he didn't like the fact that he was going over his tapes. you don't think that's a problem? >> it's like when hillary hired the ambassador and the admiral to do her a.r.b. -- >> you've got this right. this is about hillary. benghazi is about hillary. >> we have a fox news alert. this is breaking news here. the white house has just released over 100 pages of e-mails on benghazi. this just breaking, of course. this is something that steven hayes has auld for and a num

not that brian williams will ever i couldn't uncover ag like that. the media hasn't played that angle up to the extent that i think it's a legitimate story bell bill all right, bernie, thanks as always. krauthammer on deck. what happens next with libya on the irs and snooping on reporter's mess. ♪ ♪ so you can make easy, no-fee reloads with cash and checks... and know you're not on your own. so you can get the reloadable card that keeps up with you. chase liquid. so you can. >> back of the book segment tonight. what will happen next as the situation in washington becomes even more chaotic? joining us now from washington, d.c., fox news political analyst charles krauthammer. so, the next hearing, charles, is a house committee on june 3rd, monday, on the irs scandal any prediction about that? >> look, the irs scandal has a couple of ways to go. it's clear that this thing was truly an outrage when the president uses the word, you know it is. but we don't know how high up it goes. the only way to know how high up it goes is to flip people lower so they e

. >>> brian williams is next.w3 >>> on the broadcast tonight, the hunger strike at guantanamo that'sce miss a chance to stop the boston bombings? tonight that's what the nation's spy chief wants to know. >>> is there too much caffeine in the food we eat? we know it's in coffee, but how about potato chips and jelly beans? that's why the fda is sounding the alarm. >>> and pray or play? a tense face-off tonight in the south. if a billion-dollar nfl stadium goes up, it means some historic churches have to come down. "nightly news" begins now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news with brian

i'm brian williams. we, of course, hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com . >>> nbc bay area news begins with breaking news. >>> well, we obviously had a tragic day today on the bay. >> a brief and somber statement from the ceo of the swedish racing team. the artemis team is calling it shocking. >> high speed, high risk, and tonight tragedy. 36-year-old andrew simpson killed after the 72-foot sail boat capsized in the bay between alcatr alcatraz. >> you learn what it is like going in the bay at over 40 miles an hour, we learned the conditions at the time of the accident. let's begin with bay area stephanie trong who joins us on the scene with what was an attempt to revive the sailor. >> reporter: yes, we actually walked over here, very tense moments, i saw the paramedics working on andrew simpson, performing on him. we watched after 20 minutes, and then they stopped. from a bird's eye view, you can see the artemis racing boat capsized in the bay. the first responders were called. >> we were called by the rac

things looked pretty grim for veterans awaitsing benefit, for now we go to our correspondent brian williams. >> after two wars in which they were asked to sacrifice so much for their country, many veterans are now returning home to wait years for the benefits they were promised. almost a million american veterans are waiting for claims. >> jon: thanks, brian. see you soon. well-- i don't think we have to pay him for that, do we? well, folks, good news. the veteran's affairs department is now withholding bonuses for senior officials overseeing disability claims. >> jon: they haven't done really much about the backlog of claims but they have stopped giving bonuses to the people who created it. so that's something. i means that's got to suck though, for those guys not get their bonuses. i mean to have the government promise you a benefit and you know, not deliver it, well-- i can't imagine anyone else even knows what that must feel like. to be fair, the va is not just withholding bonuses, they're also taking steps to fix things. eventually. >> we are revolved to eliminate the claims backlog of

brian williams will continue the coverage of the limo accident on the san mateo bridge.Ñi >>> on our group of women in the back have no way out. tonight one of the survivors and the limo driver are talking about what happened. >>> the mystery behind the disappearance. what's killing the honey bees? this year, the shortage is worse and it matters more than americans might have thought. >>> and making a difference. a lesson from first graders on the power of a simple act of kindness. the power of a simple act of kindness. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. since first word of this story arrived, everye

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not that brian williams will ever i couldn't uncover ag like that.ayed that angle up to the extent that i think it's a legitimate story bell bill all right, bernie, thanks as always. krauthammer on deck. what happens next with libya on the irs and snooping on reporter's mess. mess. we will advance the i'm over the hill. my body doesn't work the way it used to. past mprime? i'm a victim of a slowing metabolism? i don't think so. new great grains protein blend. protein from natural ingredients like seeds and nuts. it helps support a healthy metabolism. new great grains protein blend. are you still sleeping? just wanted to check and make sure that we were on schedule. the first technology of its kind... mom and dad, i have great news. is now providing answers families need. siemens. answers. >> back of the book segment tonight. what will happen next as the situation in washington becomes even more chaotic? joining us now from washington, d.c., fox news political analyst charles krauthammer. so, the next hearing, charles, is a house committee on june 3rd

i'm brian williams. we sure hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. we sure hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com now. >>> and good evening. i'm jessica aguirre. >> and i'm raj mathai. a decision for parents, teenagers and the federal government. the department of justice announced it will support an fda decision to lower the age from 17 to 15 to buy the morning after pill without a prescription. kris sanchez joins us from san jose with the perspective of a high school administrator and sex ed teacher. we know she is outspoken on how the morning after pill impacts sex. >> reporter: she says teens have sex for the same reason that many grown ups do but in all of her years of dealing with teenagers she has never said they are sexually active because they have access to contraception. plan b is available to all women and girls age 15 and up right on store shelves without a prescription. >> i don't see them making decisions about having sex based on i can have the pill. >> reporter: she is an a

jersey governor chris christie revealed he had lap-band weight reduction surgery in february, brian williams sat down with him for an exclusive interview. here the governor explains how he sought the advice from a new york university's doctor, a pioneer in the area of weight loss surgery. >> i said, do i need this? he said if you came in here with cancer and i told you i had a 40-minute surgery that would give you 90% chance of cure would you sign up? and it just really crystallized it for me. and i said yeah, i would. and he said, then why wouldn't do you that to cure obesity. >> you can see the whole interview on "rock center" on friday night. at 1 10: 10:00/9:00 central time. >>> turning now to sports. a scary moment in florida. a line drive hit the blue jays pitcher in the head. he left the field on a stretcher but he did lift a hand to wave to the crowd. he was taken to the tests and was alert and in stable condition. >>> tiger woods's practice tuesday for the players championship which starts thursday. he was asked about the controversy at the masters when a tv viewer called in about a

brian williams will be here tomorrow.'m lester holt reporting from nonch for a nbc news, good night. i knew there were a lot of tech jobs available out there. i knew devry university would give me the skills that i needed to make one of those tech jobs mine. we teach cutting-edge engineering technology, computer information systems, networking and communications management -- the things that our students need to know in the world today. our country needs more college grads to help fill all the open technology jobs. to help meet that need, here at devry university, we're offering 4 million dollars in tech scholarships for qualified new students. learn more at devry.edu. >>> right now at 6:00, searching for answers after a night on the town ends in tragedy. a limo catches fire on a bay area bridge. tonight five women are dead, one of them a bride to be. >> first just into our newsroom we have new information on a shooting at a mcdond's on the peninsula that left several people injured including a child. good evening. i'm di

i'm ann curry in for brian williams. for all of us here at nbc news, williams. for all of us here at nbc news, thank you and good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good friday evening, everyone. i'm janelle wang. >> and i'm jessica aguirre. >>> a basketball player is getting attention for an accusation of murder. the once budding athlete is now in jail charged with killing an emerging rap star. mary an favo joins us live with details and reaction from white's father, mary ann. >> well, the murder he's accused of happened nearly a year ago, in june of last year. he is accused of murdering a rapper. and he is well known in the bay area sports world. he played at two different universities here, including santa clara university. it was this amazing shot from beyond half court that brought san francisco state basketball player desense white nationwide attention. now the basketball star is getting attention for something that happened off the court. white is accused of murdering a man in george. u.s. marshals arrested him april 24 in pacifica. >> mr. w

brian williams will be here tomorrow. i'm lester holt reporting from new york. for all of us here at nbc news, goodnight. i'm diane dwyer. >>> right now firefighters are battling a fire fight. there is a preschool near by. witnesses they huge plumes of smoke are filling the air and the fire department tweeted that homes are threatened. >> tonight, reports of another significant problem for the new eastern span of the bay

i'm brian williams. . >>> nbc bay area news starts now. >>> good evening and thanks for joining us. mathai. >> and i'm jessica aguirre. a court battle for what could be a decision for tens of thousands of kids. the state supreme court will hear arguments in the case that could force dramatic change at california schools. at issue who can give a diabetic child insulin while at school. >> reporter: it's a complicated and emotional debate. even president obama is weighing in. he is urging the california supreme court to allow diabetic students to get their shots from other school employees when a nurse is not available. we talk to parents, nurses and health care professionals all agree there is a lot at stake. school nurse sarah boyd helps students with type 1 diabetes check their glucose levels. >> we feel comfortable having nurses do it since it comes with risk. >> reporter: while there are nurses on staff to help care for the students 60 plus students that is not the case at many school districts. >> having a nurse that comes and goes doesn't do what needs to be done. they

i'm brian williams. lester holt will be with you this weekend. we will look for you monday night. in the meantime, have a good weekend. good night. >>> good evening. g478news in the south san jose g neighborhood where the bomb squad has just detonated a grenade found inside a home. >> happening off i-85 near the elementary school. george is live at that scene with the latest. what's the update? >> well, just few short minutes ago, we're going to roll some tape and you can hear how loud it was. it was a explosion, so loud the neighbors who gathers around here jumps up. the san jose bomb squad treated this as a live grenade. public works showed up about a half an hour ago and put 50 sandbags around a hole in a front yard to contain this explosion. police are telling us an elderly woman was cleaning out her garage when she found a grenade on her workbench. the bomb squad came out and determined it could be a live grenade and we found out this is an old american made grenade and the fire department was called out just in case to put out any flames. police say the woman did not know wh

i'm brian williams. we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening.pe to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good evening, everyone. i'm janelle wang in for raj mathai. >> i'm jessica aguirre. staying safe in san jose as crime continues to take the headlines. how do we keep from becoming targets? in half an hour a meeting will answer that question and everyone is invited. nbc's bay area george kiriyama has that story. >> reporter: the crime in the city has reached crisis mode. here at the library in south san jose, it's happening days after a very violent weekend. three homicides in a span of four hours, one of them happening not too far from where councilman lives near oak grove high school. the others were in east san jose. they will be talking to neighbors about reporting crimes and how to be good witnesses and the councilman says this has been in the works for a few weeks now and clearly there's frustration. >> it's a sad coincidence after such a violent weekend. however, i think it indic

nightly news with brian williams will have more details on the investigation at the bottom of the houranwhile, someone has come forward to claim the body of boston marathon suspect tamerlan tsarnaev. it was notified late today but offered no information. the medical examiner determined the cause ofç death on monday bt the information won't be made public until the 26-year-old's body has been released officially and a death certificate is filed. he died after a gunfight with police and being run over by his younger brother who was trying to flee police. >>> in health matters, could marijuana help hiv? thc is the ingredient in marijuana. patients might benefit from thc-like compounds when researchers added these compounds to hiv-infected cellsç a white blood cell receptor was activated. the compounds might even shield against hiv-related problems. researchers say weakening the hiv infection could help anti-viral therapy better. >>> making the most of a second chance, not just for yourself but for others. it's what jeff schmidt did. >> we first introduced you to jeff last september. he ha

i'm brian williams. we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. with breaking news. >> thanks for being with us. i'm raj mathai. >> and i'm jessica aguirre. we are following two breaking news stories. the first is a triple stabbing. police say the victims are a woman and two children. it is our understanding these are two little kids both under the age of 5. this happened on a home on viewmont avenue. investigators are doing yard to yard searches for a suspect and they are telling people to stay indoors and avoid the area. joining us now on the phone is kris sanchez there in the neighborhood. she just arrived on the scene. what are you hearing from police at this point? >> reporter: we are talking to the santa clara county sheriff spokesperson. he just gave us brand new information saying that the officers from santa clara police, santa clara sheriff's department and san jose police are going door to door looking for a person of interest, a man by the name of reuben ramirez, about 210 pounds. black hair and brown eyes. they are asking anyone in th

i'm brian williams. we, of course, hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening.ght back here tomorrow evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good evening. thanks for being with us on this monday evening. >>> a dramatic change of emotions, once supportive and sympathetic, some neighbors of lila fowler's family, the 8-year-old that was shot to death in a calaveras home. her 12-year-old brother is now in a juvenile detention center. >> and just do whatever we can for them to help them deal with the grief that they have been dealing with with the loss of layla and now also the shock and sadness coming from the alleged assail lampbt being one of their classmates. >> reporter: after spending two weeks fearing a random killer was on the loose, children are dealing with a new twist in the stabbing death of 8-year-old layla fowler. now her 12-year-old brother is under arrest. >> it does put a real sad and tragic twist on what already is a sad story in helping the kids to get their heads around it and make some sense of it. we're all having a hard t

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i'm brian williams. of course, we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. goodnight. williamspo >>> nbc bay area news begins with breaking news. >>> the breaking news is happening in san jose, a pp÷bta train and a car collide, good evening. >> i'm raj mathai, taking you to live pictures from our helicopter, once again a train has hit a car in san jose on first and metro drive, first avenue and metro drive near the san jose airport. just a short while ago a woman was trapped inside that red prius after the car was hit by the train. she was able to be gotten loose, but no word on the condition or the train service for vta if there are any delays in the san jose area. we'll continue to follow this story throughout the news cast as warranted. >>> also, new details tonight about the two homicide investigations in the south bay. it has been a violent 24 hours and now the hunt is on. san jose police are needing the public's help to find a man who they say brutally murdered a woman in a hotel room. it now triggered a state-wide alert. we now have information about a stabbing

i was lucky enough to interview brian williams, the top anchor at nbc news, few days after katrina hit. he had made covering katrina a priority. he was there for weeks and weeks. did a lot of great work and was really passionate about trying to start a national conversation on race and poverty in america. and thin talked to him five years later and he had to admit, that national conversation didn't happen because people would rather watch entourage, and i understand his point, which is that it's an uncomfortable conversation, and media doesn't cover poverty enough. i think one of the reasons why we saw candidates like mitt romney and even people like -- other g.o.p. stalwarts say that there's 47% of the country that once they get things for free, and wants government handouts. i feel the media has not done a great job describing who the poor are. what is poverty like in your community? what are poor people like? when there are people out there who are working at wal-mart, working at mcdonalds, ups, not necessarily making enough money to make ends meet, many have two jobs, taking the bu

brian williams will be here tomorrow. i'm lester holt reporting from new york. for all of us here at nbc news, goodnight. ♪ this is "the voice" [ cheers and applause ]

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, whose considered to be mulling a 2016 run and that interview with brian williams will run this evening on the program -- the 10:00 program on nabs. the 30 rock program. last week, ted cruz was in columbia, south carolina for a fundraiser for that state, and by law, the parties in south carolina do have to meet once a year to elect their representatives. both of the parties met last week in south carolina. we showed you joe biden. here's some of what ted cruz had to say. >> freedom is really, i think, the foundational value of our country. and the tool we crafted, our framers crafted, that was revolutionary to preserve freedom was the constitution. thomas jefferson described the constitution as chains to bind the mischief of government and right now we're seeing our freedom under assault every day because our constitutional liberties are threatened. in my view, we should stand for the constitution and every part of the constitution. [applause] we should stand for the first amendment and yet all of us are shocked and horrified to read newspaper headlines this weekend that this administra

. >> brian williams was talking to the mayor of that community and he said how do you begin to rebuild and the first order of business is to get street signs and put them up because nobody knows what block is theirs? >> it's a sense of security. >> and to realize because you don't know where your wreckage is. >> you can't find your home to go flew the wreckage. >> people know which block is theirs and everybody's been pitching and everywhere you look people were saying how can i help? >> well, one of the nba players and oklahoma city thunder's kevin durant, they make a lot of money, those guys and they put it toward great, great causes and he pledged $1 million. that's a hero. good for him. >> a lot of the guys from the basketball team stopped by the hospitals. >> they go to the hospitals and visit people, yeah. >> i think it's really great. these athletes can brighten up a kid's day. you look at the little boy with with an athlete there. you're giving them hope and that's the whole story. give them hope to keep going and it's going to get better. >> when it's your home it's obviously

one of your young democrats, brian williams." see decorated it with an exuberant note -- "look at this ." >> how old was he? >> he said he was 7 at years old. -- seven-and-a-half-years-old. it is very similar to the one that was used in the white house. we do not know what happened to the machines in the white house. this is -- this contains the conversation that we saw earlier. it is flexible material, the needle created grooves. the machine the secretaries finished, and the golden gate's to start recording. it held about 15 minutes of sound. if the conversation lasted more than that, it would be picked up on the second. after it was recorded, the secretary would prepare a slip to go along with the recording. it would list the conversations on that belt. sometimes it included three or four conversations. the conversation is the second conversation on this belt. the secretary would file -- they came with a restriction, at their word to be restricted for 50 years. director consulted with mrs. johnson and she agreed that we should

joe scarborough, charlie rose, don lemon, wolf blitzer, lester holt, willie geist, matt lauer, brian williamsason. these lists are totally subjective and haphazard so chin up, adam sandler, eli manning, ben stiller. you may not be as trusted as i am but there's always next year's list and these things don't mean anything, anyway. as the 50th most trusted person in america, and the 10th best dressed newsman, you have my word on that. that does it for us. see you again two hours from now ♪ ♪

here is brian williams, the emcee of the event. thank you. here is jimmy fallon, with his quartet singing. thank you. and at the very beginning, that's the room, it's crazy. by way it was one of those rooms where you looked around and you saw justin timberlake, it was one of those crazy things. but the singing was crazy. when we first got there elton john was the first person performing at 7:00 straight up. >> you could almost go home after that. >> here's my video. ♪ ♪ >> that's all i got. i couldn't keep going. it wasn't working. then i tried it again when paul simon and sting sang together. they sang "boxer." >> awesome. ♪ i left my home and my family ♪ when i was just a boy >> love that. >> that's music, hoda. >> they were so great. >> this organization, last night, raised $72 million. >> that's insane. >> headed up by an incredible man who is, a friend of ours, not a close friend, or i would have been invited. his name is paul tudor jones and his beautiful wife, sonia, live out near us, we go to their christmas party every year. he's an

details in the case of the three missing women found alive in ohio next on "rock center" with brian williamss. >> there's no greater adrenaline rush. >> there's something wrong with me. >> defying the odds. >> it is just in my dna. >> i have a lot of fun and take a lot of physical abuse at the same time. >> even defying gravity. >> well, i think i would jump out of an airplane. >> when i do a big jump, anything can happen. >> it is all in a day's work for the extreme athlete. >> what we are doing is really a different sport altogether. it is extreme and it is dangerous. >> and in sports like these, you can't reach such extremes without risking your very life. >> it is not as glamorous as it looks.

. >> brian williams the msnbc people they dual to him what they did to hillary clinton in 2008. >> bill acceptable to the conservative wing of the republican party. people need to realize there was money spent on this. serious money i guess that came out of the campaign fund and he as the governor spent his time on. this is he running for reelections in new jersey. >> he is trying to humanize himself as a guy who can soak fun at him himself, right? >> he doesn't need it. >> he could have hired to you go in and do a don rickles. >> i would look good standing hex to him we would look like the number 10. what's the idea with the stomach stapling do you do that at the office depot? >> bill: there have a lot of people who have genetic dispositions to be overweight so the stomach stapling is a serious situation. rex ryan the coach of the jets had it he lost a lot of weight. is he doing it because he wants to run for president. are either of you denying that? >> i think his family is a first concern, too. >> he has had a couple of close calls, he has been rushed to the hospital. i also see thi