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gabe gutierrez, nbc news, cleveland, virginia. >> glad they are out and okay. that is "nbc nightly news". i'm lester holt. thank you for watching everyone and good night. the san francis going to extreme >>> right now at 6:00, if you love it, don't leave it. the san francisco community going to extreme measures to stop allplus, a broken water pi near the runway at sfo. what you need to know before heading there for a flight. >>> but first -- >> we're going to be forced into thhim. a san jose uns learning firsthand the difficulties of our housing crisis. the news at 6:00 starts right now. good evening and thanks for being with us on this monday. i'm raj mathai. >> and i'm jessica aguirre. a san jose politician getting a look at how rough the rental market really is. the landlord for councilman recall perales terminated his lease. >> the councilmember scrambled to find a place to live for his new family and dogs. it was difficult and it was expensive. nbc bay area's damian trujillo is in downtown san jose. sounds familiar for a lot of people. >> it really does re

gabe gutierrez has more. >> reporter: if these walls could talk the dosier school for boys in florida was one of the nation's most notorious reform schools. >> it's hard to talk about. >> reporter: jerry cooper was sent there when he was 16 and remembers the brutal beatings. >> i was taken out of bed at 2:00 in the morning and i received 135 lashes. >> reporter: now workers preparing to cleanup a nearby fuel storage cite had made a chilling discovery, evidence of more potential graves. the workers found 27 anomalies on the parcel. that would mean the total number of possible burials on the school's campus would rise to at least 82. the school closed in 2011 after the justice department confirms students had been abused. in 2014 we were there as researchers searched for bodies. >> our real purpose here is to find out how many people are buried here. >> reporter: jerry cooper believes even more children were buried here. >> i saw young children that were beaten so badly that their jeans were lacerated into their skin. the place is almost undescribable. >> reporter: decades later, his wo

the head of the united nations, antione a gutierrez, was in tripoli earlier today.e met with both the government and with general haftar. gutierrez says he hopes a military confrontation can be averted. can it be avoided? i'm joined from a reporter from dw's arabic news service. can a military confrontation or a new civil war be averted, or is it inevitable? reporter: i wouldn't say it is inevitable, but it is possible. we have seen the last eight years, since the ousting of omar gadhafi, that a variety of malicious have been fighting inside libya's northeast and west. it has also been kind of a civil war between those militias. it is not a very delusional scenario in this part of north africa. brent: the u.n. is worried about this, that is why mr. guterres was there today in tripoli. what would happen if the u.n. backed government in tripoli were to fall? reporter: if this government falls, we would see khalifa haftar become the leader of libya, whihich he has been aimig to be. he wants to be the strong man and the leader of libya. on the other hand, there are many

gabe gutierrez, thank you. >>> we're following more breaking news tonight. the monster spring storm on the move. 50 million under weather alerts tonight. at this hour, blizzard conditions hitting the central u.s., the south is under an extreme fire risk. nbc's morgan chesky is in minneapolis tonight. >> reporter: tonight a spring storm so fierce, it promises fire and ice. right now blizzard warnings cover six states including south dakota where plows were out. the first wave of the storm even bringing thundersnow. in colorado, up to two feet are expected in a potential whiteout with wind gusts that could hit 60 miles an hour. the governor already activating the national guard to help with rescues. travel op tn the roads and in t air, a nightmare. >> we have 200 pieces of snow equipment to clear six runways. >> reporter: the winds posing the national weather service to issue an extremely critical fire risk, its highest level. the storm, coming from the northwest where heavy rains have already caused widespread flooding. rising waters cut off a town outside of

. >> nos acompaÑa juan josÉ gutiÉrrez, director de una de las organizaciones mÁs comprometidas con los polÍticas mÁs duras?. >> definitivamente vamos hacia polÍticas mÁs duras y hay que entender que el presidente ya empezÓ su campaÑa de reeleccion y sabe que para lograr un segundo tÉrmino tiene que ganar por lo menos un 28% del voto hispano, por eso estÁ hablando de ambos lados de su boca por un lado se pone duro el dÍa de ayer para satisfacer a su base dura, y por el otro lado hoy se pone mÁs blando para ganar ese 30% del voto hispano. >> ¿ entonces piensa usted podrÍamos volver a la politica de separaciÓn de familias? hoy dijo que no pero tambiÉn dijo que la familias migrantes vienen aquÍ a hacer pic-nic. >> duda el presidente estÁ comprometido con la separaciÓn de los niÑos porque Él mismo ya lo dijo, cuando se implementa esa polÍtica inhumana, dejan de venir tantos inmigrantes a buscar asilo polÍtico a los estados unidos. entonces la puerta estÁ abierta en cualquier momento puede cambiar de parecer, lo que dijo hoy y otra vez implementar la divisiÓn de las familias, quitarle a las

>> gabe gutierrez, thanks for that. >>> tonight there is an eye-opening look how stressed out americans are. more people expressing worry and anger than any time in the last decade. miguel almaguer reports america under pressure. >> reporter: from the moment we wake up, stress builds. traffic, phone calls, emails, economy and politics. it turns out americans are now experiencing the highest levels of stress, anger and worry in a decade. >> what could possibly go wrong? it already stresses me out and it hasn't happened yet. >> reporter: you probably don't people in the world. 55% of americans experience stress a lot of the day, 45% feeling a lot of worry while 22% felt a lot offage ger. the rat race having a real impact on your health. >> if your body is at a continued heightened awareness, it starts taking a toll on your body, particularly heart health, digestive health, mental health. >> reporter: it's not just rant, relationships and jobs raising anxiety. commuters in los angeles spend up to 16 workdays a year in traffic, enough to make your blood boil. but there is reason to smile, d

nbc's gabe gutierrez has the story. >> reporter: in clearwater, florida, it's not easy being green. >> it's extremely urgent. >> reporter: earl gloucester is the director of city waste and says since china is not taking america's recyclables last year -- >> it's directly affected us financially. our recycling program was at pretty much a break even point. right now we're in the red. >> reporter: that's because it's now much more expensive to send the materials to other the ntries to landfcros country are re-examining whether their recycling programs are going to waste. but while local governments ar struggling, the nation's largest recycler waste management saw its revenue grow from $14.5 billion in 2017 rly 5 bi last year. >> so even with the changes that china imposed, your revenue went up? >> that's correct. >> reporter: that's partly because the company also owns the most landfills in the u.s. >> the average contamination rate is 20%, 25% nationwide. those are materials that should not have been in the recycling bin to begin with. >> reporter: is it better for people to recycle wr

with more, here is gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: the sprawling fast-moving system slammed into the northeastipping the roof off this warehouse in delaware and forcing runners at the boston marathon to take cover. the wild weather had already pounded the south from mississippi to louisiana to texas where two young brothers jace and dillon were killed when a tree smashed their ly destroyed in franklin, texas. >> just gone. everything is gone. >> reporter: back to back tornados sliced through the small town of alto. the ef-3 tornado packed winds of 140 miles an hour, powerful enough to pick up the cars and toss them at least 100 yards. jl skinner showed us what was left of his home. his wife, daughter and father huddled together. >> i feel glad he took care of them. material stuff you can get back. a life you can't get back. >> reporter: parts of the country from texas to iowa are bracing for another round of poilt severe weather on wednesday. lester? >> gabe gutierrez, thanks. >>> in minnesota today president trump paid a visit near democratic congresswoman ilhan omar's space. it was over a vi

gabe gutierrez, nbc news, atlanta. >>> tonight nbc news has learned former vice president joe biden is set to make it official, jumping into the race for president and shaking up the fight for the democratic nomination. biden set to annou >> reporter: aftmonths of flir with a run, joe biden will finally announce it, set to enter the 2020 race as the front-runner. >> we'll find out whether i can win in a primary. >> reporter: nbc news has learned after a roll-out video thursday, the former vice president will hold a rally in pittsburgh next week followed by trips to the four key early voting states. >> today yet another democrat joins the race for president. this time it's senator joseph biden of delaware. >> reporter: hoping the third run is the charm after two unsuccessful presidential campaigns. biden already leads in early polls, but he faces some challenges. after several women recently described unwelcome physical contact with him, he promised to do better. >> i will be more mindful, respectful of people's personal space. >> reporter: and while his decades long record includes sup

gabe gutierrez, nbc new, columbia, south carolina. >>> all right. just ahead here tonight, a terrifying takeoff, alarming new details about a close call on the runway. how the pilots narrowly avoided disaster. >>> the baby boy saved through an amazing medical breakthrough. we're going to tell you all about it. stay with us. >>> this evening we're learning a close call involving a plane at jfk airport in new york is far more serious than originally report. in fact, if not for the pilot's quick action, the plane could have crashed. here is tom costello. >> reporter: the nose of american flight 300 was just lifting off the runway at jfk when suddenly the plane unexpectedly banked hard today left scraping the wing tip hitting a light, sign and tearing a gash in the wing. the pilots climbed to a higher altitude and radioed to controllers. >> we would like to return to kennedy, have them check it out. >> reporter: the plane and airbus with 110 people headed to los angeles. >> we were banking uncontrolled bank, 45 degrees to the left. >> reporter: sources

nbc's gabe gutierrez is at the cdc in atlanta. >> reporter: these kissing bugs are anything but romantic. the nickname because they often bite people's faces attracted by their breath. dr. sarah studies the blood suck texas a&m university. >> they are elusive because they need a host. >> reporter: the bugs carry a parricide at uld be deadly and show up as heart disease. they are found mostly in latin america and southern u.s. but a girl was most recently bitten much farther north in delaware. >> there is a range ofms sy that makes it difficult to diagnose. >> reporter: those symptoms can include rash, fever and body aches. the bugs occasionally find their way into emerge overnight.d what's the difference between kissing bugs and bedbugs? >> bedbugs are adapted to living where people live, in your bed or home. kissing bugs are bugs d.that live in the wil >> reporter: so how can you protect yourself? the cdc says remove woodpiles and brush utside your home and since the bugs are attracted to light, turn them off inside your home when you go to bed. lester? >> gabe gutierrez, ha thanks for

gabe gutierrez, nbc news, cleveland, virginia. >> glad they are out and okay.t is "nbc nightly news". i'm lester holt. thank you for watching everyone and good night. news". i'm lester holt. thank you for watching everyonend good night. >>> hey, oprah how was t party? >> she's not twauking down the aisle, but it wasefinitely oprah's bridal weekend.

gabe gutierrez is in durham and has late details. st>> reporter: the b shook downtown durham just after 10:00 this morning. >> we got a big gas explosion. hi >> reporter: smoke billowing into the air. >> at least a couple blocks closed down. >> reporter: witnesses not only saw it but felt it. >> the whole apartment shook. debris from the ceilings fell down. the windows blew out. >> reporter: listen closely. this security camera captured it. >> this really loud boom and. rs> reporter: at least one pe was killed and 17 injured and a firefighter. >> it was under the sidewalk with a an explosion occurred that caused a partial building collapse. >> reporter: it the latest gas explosion to rip through a populated area. in february a blast in san francisco damaged five buildings and shot a tower of flames into the sky. last year dozens of explosions erupted in three towns north of boston. in 2013, at least 14 people were hurt when several buildiigs ted in kansas city. experts say any time you smell gas, evacuate and call 911 immediately. al

gabe gutierrez has more on the mystery. >> reporter: it stted as a family vacation to the sunny sandyes but tonight,avin scott of connecticut a father of three is charged with nslaughter in the death of kenny employee a at the luxury resort where he, his wifend kids were staying. local police say mitchell died in the hotel of suffocation and blunt force trama to the head neck and torso. at first, the judge denied bail but then allowed him to board this private plane u back to the.s. after posting the equivalent of .s$75,000. dollars. the uncle south raged. >> he's looking for justice. r >>orter: on the british territory that caters to wealthy tourists, the case sparked anger. hayden hues is a radio host there. >> a narrative is being created by others that does not depict who we are. >> reporter: he is a tie national ed financial advisor. his attorney declid to comment and his family in connecticut is stunned. >> we really are not at labor -- liberty to about that. the kids are traumatized. >> reporter: authorities have not said publicly what ap they believened but he's scheduled to r

gabe gutierrez, nbc news. >>> in idaho, a jaw-dropping sight.ll plane stuck after crashing into a tree top. the pilot was trapped about 60 feet up until a firefighter climbed up and helped him to a safety harness and he was safely lowered down. amazingly, he was not injured. >>> we'll take a short break. but up next, it's a dream job. do you think you can cut the mustard? break. it's a dream job, do you think >> announcer: "nbc nightly news" is brouo yo by bp. at bp, we see possibilities everywhere to help the world keep advancing. a way to create energy from household trash. it not only saves about 80% in carbon emissions... it helps reduce landfill waste. that's why bp is partnering with a california company: fulcrum bioenergy. to turn garbage into jet fuel. because we can't let any good ideas go to waste. at bp, we see possibilities everywhere. to help the world keep advancing. i swibecause they let metual, customize my insurance. and as a fitness junkie, i customize everything, like my bike, and my calves. liberty mutual customizes your car

are not advdvanciny fufurther for the moment, but they're just outside the capital, that's where gutierrez is t there at the momenent, tal with both the rebelel leader, a hahaving met yesesterday with t prime mininister and head d of elecected internationally recognized government. i think that the rebel leader is mamaking a statementnt here say that he doesn't believe that there can bebe s some kind of rereement bebetween the two sid. and as gutierrez is there, he's now going to show that he is in a stronger r position and will push fororward towards triripol and d also thehe facact is that ththe last few months he's made gains in the countryry, overrunning one of t the main o fields in n the south of the country, and also fighting against islamimist rebels. i think that is one of f the ke elements here in the fact that he rebel leader w who is khalia haar, has the s support of the uniteded arab e emirates and se jipt, who was in sasaud -- egyp who was in saudi arabia last weekek. he's m making the fight against ththslamiststs and their threat in libyas key policies and he doesn't't belie

the international community, led by the un and its secretary general, antonio gutierrez, has tried to ultimately failed in stopping the crisis. it suggests that a planned conference on possible new election will still go ahead, but un troops have also been placed on high alert. now to hear rather which is trying to with some of the worst flooding in decades. the number of sounds and villages are being evacuated and disaster agencies are struggling to cope and at least 70 people have lost their lives. one of the worst affected areas is khuzestan province, in the south west. and now neighbouring iraq has closed one of its border crossings with iran due to the flooding. adam hancock reports. after three weeks of unprecedented rainfall and, with more bad weather forecast, six more towns and cities are being evacuated in the south—west of iran. people living alongside the swollen karkheh river are currently most at risk. and those forced from their homes willjoin the tens of thousands already displaced. the extreme rains began in mid—march, affecting nearly 2000 villages, towns and cities.

we get details in all this from nbc's gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: tonight air bags for more than 12 million vehicles from six manufacturers are under scrutiny. toyota, honda, kia, hyundai, mitsubishi and fiat chrysler, model years 2010 to 2019. the expansion comes te afregulators found two serious crashes involving 2018 and 2019 toyota corollas in which the air bags did not inflate. one personas killed. according to nhtsa, the national highway niraffic safety admiration the air bag control units made by an auto supplier, zf. the company says it proactively notified nhtsa about the issue and is cooperating with the investigation. but it's the latest case involving potentially faulty air bags to rock the auto industry. this is separate from the ongoing recall of takata air bag inflaters that killed 24 people and injured more than 200. unlike the takata case where air bagsould explode sending shrapnel into passengers, this investigation involves air bag control units that may be preventing them from inflating at all. questions have been mounting for years. edn 2016, fiat chrysler recal

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called on troops commanded by a warlord to halt their advance on the capital tripoli un chief antonio gutierrez has been trying to avert a renewed civil war between the militia and the u.n. fact. you're watching news from berlin coming up next a documentary looking at the rwanda genocide that started twenty five years ago this weekend for now in behalf of the whole team thanks so much for watching. first day of school. or first climbing lesson. doors grandma with her arrives. joining a reckoning on her turning back to freedom. in our interactive documentary.

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jessica: guillermo gutiÉrrez maneja una organizaciÓn especializada >>hay gente en los hospitales pÚblicosformaciÓn del caso porque siguen investigando. lo Único que se sabe es que el operativo se ha concentrado en estaciones de autobÚs por ser vacaciones. como encontrar a nancy parece imposible en un paÍs de 130 millones de habitantes, su abuelo estÁ dispuesto a perdonar a la que se la llevÓ. >>no queremos lastimarla ni meterla a la cÁrcel. queremos que nos la entregue. ♪ ♪ y ya: el rÉgimen de corea del norte anunciÓ que habÍa aprobado lo que llamÓ un arma tÁctica guiada. el dictador presenciÓ el lanzamiento de esta arma. la casa blanca dijo estar al tentÓ del informe. jorge: se convirtiÓ en una mortÍfera tragedia, cuando el autobÚs se saliÓ de la vÍa y cayÓ sobre una vivienda provocando 28 muertos y varios heridos. ilia: la catedral de notre-dame estarÁ cerrada por lo -5 aÑos. mi pastando, o en las catedrales y basÍlicas de toda francia, tocaron las campanas para mostrar solidaridad con la emblemÁtica iglesia. vamos a ver ahora un adelanto de la ediciÓn otorga. el consejo asesor de segur

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. >> with us now, cnn political commentators, former democratic congressman luis gutierrez and republican consultant john thomas. john, at least one constitutional law expert and a presidential historian called the pardon idea an impeachable offense. would it be? >> impeachable, i doubt it. this isn't exactly a president who hands out pardons like candy. he's also denying he even offered it. i don't know exactly why we're going down this road but i think it does warrant the broader conversation that the asylum system we have is broken right now. it's easy to claim asylum. we have two many asylum seekers and can't manage them at the border. it's a crisis that needs to be fixed. >> it's not easy to claim asylum or at least to get asylum. we know 90% of the people who go through the process of seeking asylum are rejected. going beyond the pardons for this moment, this whole idea of denying asylum seekers the right to even set foot in the u.s., that's against the law, period. >> well, right. i mean, again, if trump said it, which it sounds like he didn't, he's frustrated. he's looking at a fu

player transfers involved a payment to the cuban government's baseball federation something orlando gutierrez who broadcast radio programs to cuba says is a clear violation of the sixty year old u.s. embargo on cuba the idea that he will be for federation has an identity different in this thing from the comments are doing is totally false so payments were would would have been made to the cuban government to a customer in order to buy these these players are slaves in havana the trumpet ministrations decision is being viewed as a loss for cuba that a lot of putting out this month says talented players will never realize their full potential semantic there yet another says it's broken the future for young players and this is you playing baseball here to play ball in cuba in the beach santa maria beach four year old gonzalo not i hope played in the major leagues his career in the u.s. began in the one nine hundred fifty s. during the cuban revolution the former pittsburgh pirates player says politics has no place in sport but we are in the middle all the host of the bob how we call model that i

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nbc's gabe gutierrez is there. >> reporter: one after another they burned in southern louisiana. tonight 21-year-old holden mathews is in custody accused of setting three historically black churches on fire. >> this pulpit is over 100 years old. >> reporter: the three churches just a few miles apart went up in flames within ten days. investigators have not determined a motive but are looking into hate or racial bias. >> when mathews was developed as a suspect, we saw an immediate threat to public safety. we felt that other crimes were imminent. >> reporter: so they acted immediately calling in the help of roy matthews, a local sheriff's deputy and the suspect's father. >> roy matthews is one of my best friends. he was shocked and hurt as any father would be. he knew nothing about his son's activity. >> reporter: the deputy helped lure his own son away from his home where authorities could arrest him. matthews had no criminal history and looking into social media post and his like of black metal, an extreme version of heavy metal for clues. >> it's heartbreaking. >> reporter: the

how to are ordered his forces to not open fire on civilians tripoli is control and chief antonio gutierrez says he is leaving libya with quote heavy heart and deep concern i still hope you will be possible to avoid the lobby call from station in and out all tripoli. and united nations as the main. the fail of all the facilitates any political solution able to uni fight the libyan institution to briefly explain the situation in libya the country has been torn apart by warring factions since late libyan leader moammar gadhafi was ousted by nato backed militia men in two thousand and eleven since then two rival governments have emerged one backed by the united nations and based in the western city of tripoli and another in the eastern city of tobruk that's allied to huffed are former u.s. diplomat jim generous police that the current chaos in libya is an inevitable result of the western intervention eight years ago this is what happens when you have violent regime change from the outside in the country and happened in libya in two thousand and eleven this is this is squarely on the doorstep o

gabe gutierrez has the latest. >> reporter: tonight violent storms are marching up the east coast with torrential rain, wind, hail, and thunder. already more than 800 canceled flights in the u.s. and more than 4,000 delays. meanwhile, the south is cleaning up after a series of tornadoes. what's different about this year's season is that so-called tornado alley has been unusually quiet. instead the south has seen the brunt of the damage. in louisiana, the hard-hit town of ruston struggled with the loss, much more than just buildings. the winds here were at least 136 miles an hour, ripping this massive tree off its roots and tossing it into that home. inside, kendra butler and her son remington were killed. monday would have been his 15th birthday. >> he won't be here but we'll still celebrate his birthday. >> reporter: cathy jackson lost her grandson and daughter. how are you getting through this? >> god. keep the family praying. i'm praying. we take it one day at a time. >> reporter: this was one of at least eight confirmed tornadoes that slammed into louisiana, carving a path of destr

thanks so much, gabe gutierrez. we have to turn to breaking news. moments ago secretary of state mike pompeo announced the united states will no longer allow exemptions to sanctions on countries importing oil from iran in an effort to drive their oil exports down to zero. eight countries, greece, italy, taiwan, japan, south korea and turkey were granted 180 day waivers from the sanction that were reimposed. oil prices soared already this morning after the news of the announcement broke. don't forget, this is right before the busy summer travel season kicks off. oil prices, they matter. >>> coming up, the democratic field for president has grown, yet again. congressman from massachusetts seth moulton throws his had into the ring. and former vice president, joe biden, expected to announce his candidacy later this week. we are going break down the advantages and disadvantages in this race. >>> we must go back to this. dig into rudy giuliani's comments from over the weekend. the president's lawyer thinks taking information from russia during a campaign

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controlled by the un backed government of prime minister fayyad is also raj the un chief antonio gutierrez. the deep going to. and the heavy heart. i still hope you could be possible to avoid a lot of the cold rotations in and out all tripoli. and the united nations remain. available to facilitate any political solution able to uni fight the libyan institutions to briefly explain the situation in libya the countries in stand to rival governments have emerged one backed by the united nations and based in the western city of tripoli and another in the eastern city of tobruk as allied to huffed are. saudi arabia has almost completed its first nuclear reactor judging by satellite photographs that have been widely circulated in the media and studied by experts and these images can be seen on google earth and robert kelly former director of the international atomic energy agency said that there is quote very high probability they show the first saudi nuclear reactor riyadh is known to have been developing civilian nuclear energy but has not confirmed the location of the facility among world powe

we go now to nbc's gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: frances, mulckple city b here in downtown durham remain shutdown as the search and recoveryra oon is underway. witnesses say that they didn't just hear this massive explosion. they felt it around the city. the blast shook downtown durham. >> we got a big g explosion. >> reporter: thick smoke billowing into the air. >> we need at least a couple blocks closed down. >> reporter: witnesses not only saw it, but i felt >> the whole apartment shook. debris from the ceilings like fell down. the windows blew out. >> reporter: listen closely. this security camera nearby captured the moment of impact. >> it was just a really loud boom and you could hear the explosion all the way on the other side of town. >> reporter: at least one person was killed. 17 others were injured, including a firefighter. >> gas leak was caused by a contractor who was boring under the sidewalk. he hit a 2-inch gas line an explosion occurred which actually caused a partial heilding collapse. >> reporter: it's latest gas explosion to rip through a populated area. in february a

chief antonio gutierrez says he is leaving libya with quote heavy heart and deep concern. at the finish. and the heavy heart. i still hope to be possible to avoid a lot of the. in and out all tripoli. and united nations remain. available to facilitate any political solution able to uni fight the libyan institution to briefly explain the situation in libya the country has been torn apart by warring factions since late libyan leader morgan moammar gadhafi was ousted by nato backed militia men in two thousand and eleven since then two rival governments have emerged one backed by the united nations and based in the western city of tripoli and another in the eastern city of tobruk as allied to huffed our. president of brazil has. the widespread outrage during a visit to a holocaust museum in jerusalem on an official visit to israel. offered up some unconventional views on the political leanings of the nazi party. there is no doubt socialist party the only one else if not it was the national socialist party germany and. leftwing slovenian philosopher who believe was comparing mo

chief antonio gutierrez says he is leaving libya with quote heavy heart and deep concern i still hope you can be possible to avoid love the colts rotation in and out all tripoli. and the united nations the main. available to facilitate any political solution able to uni fight the libyan institution to briefly explain the situation in libya the country has been torn apart by warring factions since late libyan leader moammar gadhafi was ousted by nato backed militia men in two thousand and eleven since then two rival governments have emerged one backed by the united nations and based in the western city of tripoli and another in the eastern city of tobruk as allied to huffed are russia's foreign minister said all sides should come down and start talking. to refrain from pointing the finger regarding the latest escalation in libya but the reason for the current crisis in libya is nato intervention in two thousand and eleven and since then it's become a failure to the negotiating table former u.s. diplomat jim john believes the current chaos in libya is a result of the western interventio

nbc's gabe gutierrez is in gegia and starer our cove tonight. >> reporter: tonight the deadly storm system is raking across the east coast, h of ing a p destruction across virginia and the carolinas, after ripping the roof off this apartment building in tennessee and toppling trees in arkansas. >> i don't care about the house or anything. i'm just glad my mom is out. >> reporter: in mississippi, surveillance video showing the wind car inng over an instant. among the hardest hit areas, the small town of morton. >> the house started shaking. it was horrible. i thought i was going to die. >> reporter: the st famoving system blew through parts of 80 miles an hour. in texas, powerful lightning strikes. the security camera caught the moment one hit a tree, tearing through tmes ho >> i came out and saw the tree had been split in half from the lightning. >> reporter: more than 1300 u.s. flights today canceled, plus more than 5400 delayed. here at home, the storm lashed up this road. parts saw 3 to 5 inches of rain in a short time this morning. the threat to the rt noheast not over yet. krist? > we

chief antonio gutierrez says he is leaving livid at the finish. and a heavy heart. i still hope to be possible to avoid a lot of the. in and out all tripoli. and united nations the main. available to facilitate any political solution able to uni fight the libyan institution. to briefly explain the situation in libya the country has been torn apart by warring factions since late libyan leader mode moammar gadhafi was ousted by nato backed militia made by the united nations and based in the western city of tripoli and another in the eastern city of tobruk as allied to huffed are at this point how far controls about eighty percent of the country and controls just seven percent including coastal territory around tripoli and the city of misrata. and marty about is down colin with the update thank you. meantime independent political analyst alessandro bruno says the situation in libya could still deteriorate further. it's a very serious situation nor matter what happens general have to has gained political currency because military because whether or not the conference in