broedie's teach esaid they're devastated by the loss of the young talented student. >> broadie was aerstar. he bursted with talent. >> broedie's teacher said the trip to france was a present from his elementary school graduation. >>> the eyewitness of the attack talked about the moment he was nearly killed in the crowd. >> the egyptian tourist said he was convinced he was witnessing a terrible accident, but realized something was wrong when he started seeing police shooting at the driver. >> looked to me like a cell phone. he's going to call the ambulance. because it is an accident. and the police started to scream and to shout. and when we saw them, they come close to the truck, i saw him, he's taking out his gun. >> nbc's lester holt will be live in nice tonight for "nbc nightly news," that's at 6:30 this evening right here on nbc 10. >>> philadelphia, of course, will be hosting the democratic national convention just ten days from now. but there will also be some lower players at the republican national convention in cleveland next week. coming up, the philadelphia artist shows us

this is broedie, a picture his family sent out yesterday afternoon. >> they were excited about their was envious of them going on this trip. they went and did the running of the bults in spain. >> here in nice last night they watched the bastille day fireworks. minutes after the show ended all hell broke loose. this american family was trapped in the truck's murderous path. sean copeland and 11-year-old brodie was killed. the family is devastated. the dream vacation now turned nightmare. one tweet said, i just want my cousin and uncle back. >> brody is a kid you want to be friends with. got his sports. your everyday all-around american child. >> baseball brought father and son together, and this haunting image was posted today by kim copeland. >> sean copeland, all-around great father, great guy. in my experiences with him, he was supportive of not only our organization, but everybody in our organization. 100% family man. >> at brody's school, his fifth-grade teacher remembered a popular student known for his intelligence and sense of humor. >> i had told him on the last day of schoo

americans were last night.killed the two victims were identified 51-year-old shawn copeland and his son broedy, who was 11. that aticials confirmed least two americans were killed but they have not yet confirmed those identities. we are talking to you getting the latest in what has been a string of terror attacks across the united states and the world. from e joe calling in georgia. good morning, joe. caller: thank you very much. c-span. been calling. you're a great network, for 35 years. it was a terrible thing that night, and we're going to have increase our defense and do a better job of the american people against these terrible attacks. i'm a strong supporter of donald just want to say steve moore here is a great economic advisor and he's got a article in the wall street journal and also written a great freedom, d fuelling steve moore has. anyway, we need to be much more increasing our protection of our american people, increasing our defense. joe, let me ask you this. e focused a lot on terrorist attacks, but attacks like this targets where d someone used a truck. this wasn't using firea