john yang reporting for us tonight. >>> there is an awful story developing overseas tonight. a building collapse in bangladesh that killed at least 87 people, injured more than a thousand. the search for victims, as you see, is still ongoing. the building housed several different garment factories that supply clothing to retailers, mostly in europe. this is the third major deadly incident since late last year at garment factories specifically in bangladesh where billions of dollars worth of clothing is exported to the u.s. among other countries every year. >>> back in this country the george w. bush presidential library set to open tomorrow. this is a live picture of the scene on the campus of smu in dallas tonight. tomorrow's dedication ceremony will be attended by the five people alive who know what it's like to sit in the oval office. president barack obama, both bushes -- 41 and 43 -- bill clinton and jimmy carter. we get our report tonight from nbc's david gregory who was our white house correspondent during the bus

nbc's john yang is in lisle, about 25 miles outside of chicago. hn, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. the radar says there is more rain on the way. across the region rivers are still rising as forecasters are predicting record levels and massive flooding. chicago streets turned into rivers and lanes of major expressways shut down as heavy rain fell faster than storm sewers could carry it away. neighborhoods quickly flooded. in lisle, firefighters set out in boats to answer calls for help. >> we had to be prepared not only today but over the next several days for flooding in different parts of our state. >> reporter: on chicago's south side a car drove into a sinkhole which eventually swallowed two parked cars. north of the city in gurney, residents have prepared for flooding from the des plains river by sandbagging homes and businesses. >> we have been here about ten years. this is actually the worst it's been. >> reporter: the river is expected to crest tomorrow morning at 11 1/2 feet, a record. officials are encouraging residents al

john yang has more on his legendary career. >> i'm roger ebert of the chicago sun times -- >> he was a movie critic. a sought out voice. >> i think it is going to win. it is the best movie of the year. >> reporter: he has a star on the walk of fame. >> thumbs up for me. >> it's his thumb that made him a household name. the trademark review system developed with gene siskel. they worked for rival newspapers. siskel for the chicago tribune, ebert for "the chicago-sun times." their on air remarks. >> they need to be accurate to be good. >> their relationship was the source of endless fascination. >> the question was, do you like or hate each other. i said both. roger said, neither. >>> he called him the brother he never had. >> for 24 years we were on television together. for po years we fought it out on newspaper jobs. there was a lot of competition and rivalry, but also respect and friendship. >> reporter: for ebert, movies weren't just his career, they were his passion. >> american characters have the right to be whoever the hell they want to be. >> reporter: in 1985, he said his tas

our report on all of this tonight from nbc's john yang. >> reporter: it wasn't that long ago that families would gather around the television to watch big events. shared national experiences. >> they've got the flag up now. you can see the stars and stripes. ♪ >> not guilty of the crime of murder. >> reporter: now viewing has gone from this to this. nielsen researchers say more than 5 million american homes don't have a tv set but that doesn't mean they don't watch tv shows. 67% of them get content on some other device. >> now there's aereo. >> reporter: a new service called aereo is the latest delivery system capturing tv programs as they go out over the air and bringing them to your device by way of the internet. >> there is no consumer equipment to buy, no boxes, cables. you can simply go online, sign up, and you have a great experience on any device that you would like. >> reporter: currently only available in the new york area the company plans to expand to 22 other cities this year. it's cheaper than cable. but unlike cable companies, aereo doesn't pay net works for the content they

tonight from chicago nbc's john yang has a look back. >> i'm roger ebert of "the chicago sun times." >> reporter: he was a movie critic as famous as the movie stars he reviewed. a sought out voice on award show red carpets. >> i think it's going to win. i think it is the best movie of the year. >> reporter: roger ebert has a star on hollywood's walk of fame and was the first film critic to win a pulitzer. >> thumbs up for me. >> reporter: but it's his thumb that made him a household name. the trademark review system developed with long time co-host gene siskel. they worked for rival newspapers. siskel for "the chicago tribune" and ebert for "the chicago sun times." their on-air sparks came naturally. >> do you believe that a movie needs to be fair in order to be good or does it need to be accurate in order to be good? >> reporter: their relationship was the source of endless fascination. >> the question was do you like or hate each other and i said, both. roger said -- >> neither. >> reporter: when siskel died of a brain tumor in 1999, ebert called him the brother he never had. >> fo

john yang, nbc news, detroit. >>> that's our tuesday broadcast. thank you for being here with us.we, of ia >>> they were engaged. she didn't know he was gay. >> i had no idea. >> now he is making history as the first openly gay pro athlete. >> you didn't know until this last weekend? >> correct. >> then, catherine zeta jones hospitalized. >> what we know about her return to a psych facility for bipolar disorder. >> sophie i don't vergara's thyroid cancer scare. >> amanda knox speaks out. >> fighting for your life while people call you a devil. >> i would like to go to bed with somebody,

nbc's john yang has the latest from clarksville, missouri. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, lester. so far, this round of the river versus man is going to the residents of clarksville, missouri. four days of furious sandbagging have kept the water from inundating downtown. >> okay. ready? >> reporter: trish connelly had planned to open a new fine arts gallery in clarksville's historic downtown this weekend. instead, she's been sandbagging to try to save it. >> everybody's pulling and helping. we could just still use more help. >> reporter: this town 75 miles north of st. louis has flooded at least 4 times in the last 18 years. this year, it's come early. the high water forced the army corps of engineers to close locks and halt traffic. two bridges were closed for several hours after more than 100 barges broke loose saturday night south of st. louis. it's a far cry from just a few months ago when drought conditions threatened to bring river traffic to a standstill. rivers are rising fast across a huge swath of the midwest, a result of l

chelsea clinton, a special nbc news correspondent, talked to john yang for the "today" show. >> as a daughter, i very much want her to make the right choice for herself. i know that will be the right choice for our country. >> reporter: until hillary decides, all the other democratic hopefuls can only watch and wait. andrea mitchell, nbc news, washington. >>> kansas appears set to enact one of the country's most restrictive abortion laws after lawmakers passed a sweeping bill on the issue. the measure declares that life begins at fertilization, blocks tax breaks for abortion providers, and bans abortions that are based only on the gender of the fetus. governor sam brownback is expected to sign the bill. >>> not a week goes by, it seems, without reports of a new sinkhole that threatens a home or an entire neighborhood. nbc's gabe gutierrez has more on what seems like a sinkhole epidemic. >> reporter: they seem to be everywhere. a neighborhood in ohio. a road in kentucky. a beach in new jersey. >> and then all the sand just came right down and just sucked me in. i mean, i couldn't move

she sat down with nbc's john yang, talk about her mom's political future and her own aspirations. >>ter: chelsea clinton is stepping out. >> i'm chelsea. >> reporter: for the first time taking a leading role with her father at cgiu, and appearaningn the cover of "parade" magazine. clinton gives unique perspective on the clamor for her mother to get into the 2016 white house race. >> i deeply respect and appreciate all of the admiration and respect and gratitude for my mother's service. as a daughter, i very much want her to make the right choice for herself. i know that will be the right choice for our country, and i'll support her in whatever she chooses to do. >> reporter: she's leaving the door open to a candidacy of her own. >> and right now i'm grateful to live in a city and state in a country where i strongly support my mayor, my governor, president and senators and my representatives. if at some point that weren't true and i thought i could make a meaningful and measurably greater impact i'd have to ask and answer that question. >> reporter: this weekend she hosted sessions to

nbc's john yang has that story. >> reporter: the two men waited for customers to leave, and then watchust visiting, and pulls a gun. >> he was saying, give me the money or you're dead. >> reporter: the second man runs behind the counter to the open cash drawer. look closely, you can see the flash as the gun fires hitting the owner in the leg. but watch as he comes up swinging, literally, with a baseball bat. the gunman keeps shooting, at least nine more times, according to authorities, but misses. because customers are buzzed in and out, the gunman doubles back to hit the buzzer behind the counter and gets more of the owner's back. and the owner's brother races around the counter and nails him with a stool and chases him with a fighting irish extinguisher. the owner was released from the hospital sunday night. >> my dad told me to pray for them and to make sure that he's fine, that he'll be ok. >> reporter: a store owner who decided enough was enough. nbc news, chicago. >> what a story. >>> well, now for a look what's trending today, our quick round-up of what has you talking online. m

but right now john yang is in clarksville, missouri. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. the residents of clarksville are waking up to discover the river has risen quite a bit overnight. the good news is their frantic sandbagging efforts are protecting the downtown from the rising waters. across the midwest this morning, waters are rising fast. here in clarksville, they have had a lot of practice at this. it has flood at least four times in the last 18 years. this year, it came early. >> it came very fast. faster than 2008 and we don't have the help we had in 2008 so everybody's pulling together and doing the best they can. >> reporter: at least three people have died in floodwaters, including an indiana man whose pickup truck was swept away by the rushing waters of a swollen creek near indianapolis. >> good enough to let his dog out. we got the dog. he didn't make it. >> reporter: the army corps of engineers shot locks and closed rivers to shipping traffic. near st. louis more than 100 barges. >> ten barges sunk or pa

yang. >> reporter: secretary of state john kerry touch down in south korea armed with a message for the north. >> the united states will if needed defend our allies and defend ourselves. >> reporter: but he's also leaving the door open for negotiations. >> we are prepared to work with the conviction that relations between the north and the south can improve and they could improve very quickly. >> reporter: meantime there are more questions about whether yang can deliver a nuclear weapon or not. the question comes after a portion of an assessment report that was supposed to be classified was mistakingly marked declassified and then read aloud at a hearing on capitol hill this week. >> dias with moderate the north currently has nuclear weapons capable of delivery by ballistic missells. >> there could be millions of the casualties, millions. >> reporter: michael knot worked as part of the defense for president obama. >> there were 25 million people in north korea, there are 45 to 50 million in south korea. there's a new war and a lot of people get killed. >> reporter: white house secretary, jay

yang. >> reporter: secretary of state john kerry touch down in south korea armed with a message for the north. >> the united states will if needed defend our allies and defend ourselves. >> reporter: but he's also leaving the door open for negotiations. >> we are prepared to work with the conviction that relations between the north and the south can improve and they could improve very quickly. >> reporter: meantime there are more questions about whether yang can deliver a nuclear weapon or not. the question comes after a portion of an assessment report that was supposed to be classified was mistakingly marked declassified and then read aloud at a hearing on capitol hill this week. >> dias with moderate the north currently has nuclear weapons capable of delivery by ballistic missells. >> there could be millions of the casualties, millions. >> reporter: michael knot worked as part of the defense for president obama. >> there were 25 million people in north korea, there are 45 to 50 million in south korea. there's a new war and a lot of people get killed. >> reporter: white house secretary, jay

pion yang uses major hol dailz to shoholidays toshow off his m. >> secretary john kerry just jut left japan. ja >>> the north rejected the south's offer to open up new new talks tweent tw between the twon industries. >> north korea must take meaningful steps to show that it will honor commitments it has hs already made and it has to observe laws and the norm of international behavior.vior. >> tensions have run high on the korean peninsula since the north began tes testing a nuclear deve and its continental missilemi technology. >>> powerful republican megadonor, perry has died.died. he was among the most political he rose to the role in the mid-90s for texas governor. in a 2004 presidential electionc is supported a group that discredited john kerry. he was 84 years old. >>> president bush is a grandfather. his wife laura are thrilled to welcome to the family. fami this is the first grandchild fod the bushes. >> yes, it is. . kwon gracongratulations.ongrat >> we all love to hate thoseose speed wham raze, don't we? cameras, but there's new ones that give police a hard time.time. >>> rai

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john kerry, met with japanese prime minister monday morning. >> one thing is certain, we are united. >> he says the u.s. and japan are hoping to open negotiations with north korea. >> the burden is on yangl steps to show it will on commitments it's already made -- meaningful steps to show commitments last already made. >> north korea dismissed it as a crafty trick. >> secretary kerry says the u.s. is working with china. >> their preference is for a stable region and north korea right now is threatening the stability of the region. >> china has issued a public appeal for north korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program. north korea continues to work on a way to put a nuclear bomb on a ballistic missile. some fear it may be close. >> i think it's a matter of time before they have that capability. >> u.s. intelligence officials say they expect north korea to perform another missile test sometime soon. in washington, tara mergener, wjz eyewitness news. >> secretary kerry tells cbs news that even if north korea does launch another missile test the u.s. will still be willing to negotiate with the north as long as the country follows through with its international obligations. >>> senators w