kevin tibbles is there tonight. kevin? >> dennis has not been seen since he was seen here in yorkville. he was well liked. >> a former politician rose to prominence on a stellar record. a spring saturday in yorkville, illinois locals visiting the annual garden show some taking time to talk politics about a favorite political son now accused of wrongdoing. >> i feel sorry for him and his family. mostly his family. >> so what is your reaction? >> shock. we're just shocked. >> shock over allegations that former house speaker dennis hastert has been charged with breaking federal banking laws. to conceal past misconduct. he was a popular teacher and wrestling coach here in yorkville, prior to becoming a political star in washington. the indictment says he had agreed to pay $3.5 million in hush money to someone here in yorkville. and that $1.7 million had already been withdrawn from several banks. some in amounts larger than those permitted by law without reporting them. >> the identity of the man he was allegedly paying has not

kevin tibbles, nbc news, chicago. >> that's going to do it for us on this wednesday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. ♪ >>> nbc bay area news starts now. >>> we were on our knees praying and crying and saying this is really happening right now. >> right now at 6:00 a crime spree spans the east bay and culminates with a hostage standoff at a busy gas station. thanks for joining us everyone. i'm terry mcsweeney in for raj mathai. >> everyone is safe and carjacking suspect is arrested. after a tense afternoon that hostage situation came to a peaceful close with the suspect surrendering. within the last half hour we learned the man in custody is a 35-year-old with an extensive rap sheet. this is what we're talking about, the nbc chopper cut the final moments of the standoff and you can see the suspect walking out of the gas station and ordered to the ground and s.w.a.t. officers dragged him away. the man crashed into a car and then carjacked the man inside and then led police on a chase in pittsburgh concord, before ending

kevin tibbles, nbc news, cleveland. >>> still ahead tonight, the price you pay for a summer getaway. lower gas prices mean big savings on the roads. we'll show you how much. and more americans than ever before are ready to fly, but why are airfares still going up? >>> also tonight, remembering a beloved star of stage and screen, a career and a love story that spanned more than half a century. >>> tonight the reality is setting in for a lot of families setting in traffic on the way home that the long weekend is over and tomorrow it's back to work. and if it feels like there are more people on the road this year, that's because there are. aaa said it's likely to be the busiest holiday weekend in ten years fueled by lower gas prices, but why aren't those lower gas prices translating into lower ticket prices at the airport? nbc's stephanie gosk, reports. >> reporter: have cheap gas, will travel. or at least that's what it seemed like on the road this memorial day. gas prices are set to peak for the year this week at just $2.75. barring any unexpected supply problems. that's close to a do

here's nbc's kevin tibbles. >> reporter: south dakota's a roomy place. more cows than people, according to the census bureau. >> we need more south dakota citizens. we need to grow our population base. we need people. >> reporter: to attract them and the economic boost they bring, a new ad campaign pits the state against the final frontier. >> progressive, productive, and abundant in oxygen. why die on mars? when you can live in south dakota? >> reporter: it's a tongue in cheek play at the private mars one project proposed trip to the red planet with no chance of return. 200,000 have already signed up. jimmy fallon found the state's strategy funny. >> you know you're struggling when your slogan says, "south dakota slightly better than dead." >> reporter: mars mania is mixed in the southwest pavilions. >> i'm looking forward to seeing if there's any aliens. >> what do you think they'd look like? >> green with only one eye or three eyes. >> does anything about mars intrigue you? >> no. >> what do you think the food's like on mars? >> kind of like slimy. >>

nbc's kevin tibbles has the tragic story. >> reporter: it was wednesday when officer kerrie orozco, a seven-year veteran of the omaha police force, was serving a warrant when the shooting began. >> officer down. >> officerors cowas shot and rushed to the nearest trauma center but doctors were unable to save her. police were attempting to arrest 26-year-old marcus wheeler, who they say was a known gang member on assault charges. he was also killed in the shootout, a semi-automatic handgun by his side. one of her partners remembers her. >> she just saw people for who they were. the great thing was, she saw the good in all people. >> reporter: officerorsofficer orozco orozco's service went far beyond the police force. she coached baseball and volunteered her time with the girl scouts and the special olympics. celebrating the birth of her first child, a girl born prematurely, she and her husband were going to bring baby olivia ruth home today. she also had two young stepchildren. outside omaha police headquarters, they came all day, many of them strangers to pay their respects. >> i have

our kevin tibbles has the story. >> reporter: this is the high octane anticipation in the run-up to thendianapolis 500. just ask racing legend mario andretti. you still live for speed? >> live for speed, man. that will never leave me. >> carpenter in trouble. >> reporter: but sunday's race will run with new attention to safety following several spectacular crashes during time trials. some chevrolets went airborne after spinning out. joseph newgarden's car launched off the track. fortunately, he walked away. >> tracks are getting safer with safer barriers and the cars are getting tougher, but still when you have men with their heads hanging out going at such high speeds, there is going to be trouble. >> reporter: indycar has mandated in the interest of safety all cars for this 500 had to qualify with the same aerodynamics they would have on race day. hoping to avoid what happened to helio castroneves, his car flipped in a heart-stopping instant. and yet, he, too, walked away and is ready to race. >> i do not have my pilot's license and i do not intend to have it. >> reporter: from the le

kevin tibbles, nbc news chicago heights, illinois. >>> that is "nbc nightly news" for this sunday.lt will be here tomorrow. i'm carl quintanilla reporting from new york. for all of us here at nbc news, good night. ♪ ♪ >> a phone rings in the middle of the night. >> i remember just saying, no, no, no, no. >> there's this giant hole and nothing will ever fill that. >> a beautiful young daughter, dead. mowed down by a car that took off. or, was that what someone wanted them to think? >> it looked like a staged attempt to make it look like a hit and run. >> there was findings that are consistent with strangulation. i said, you have to treat this has a homicide. >> reporter: who would want to kill justine? >> she's an accomplished

our kevin tibbles has his story. >> christopher norton. >> reporter: there is something tangible about the power of love. look no further than commencement at decora iowa's luther college. the tears, plenty. >> it was scary making that sort of goal when you don't know if you could do it if it's going to work out. but i knew i had to do it. >> reporter: 23-year-old chris norton was told he would likely never walk again. after suffering a severe spinal injury playing football. that was in 2010. but the same grit needed on the gridiron would help push him through the arduous hours of rehab. his mind was made up. he was walking that stage to receive his diploma. oh and did i mention he wasn't alone. >> i was so happy and so proud of him. it was the most amazing thing seeing him make his dream come true. >> reporter: emily summers and chris have been dating for nearly two years. a formidable new team. >> we've gone through so many different obstacles and challenges. the fact we can do it together we can get through anything in life. >> reporter: as graduation approached chris secretly doubl

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kevin tibbles, nbc news, chicago. >> that's going to do it for us on this wednesday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. >>> lights camera access. >> more damage for the duggars. and the oprah connection. i'm liz hernandez. >> carried out multiple offenses. >> new details

nbc's kevin tibbles is there. >> reporter: a tense weekend in cleveland as police in riot gear confronted protesters angered over the acquittal of an officer charged in the shooting deaths of two unarmed black motorists. while demonstrations for the most part remain peaceful more than 70 arrests were made. >> the initial decision to use force was constitutionally reasonable. >> reporter: an emotional 31-year-old brooi michael brilo was one of 13 officer who is opened fire on the couple following a high-speed chase in 2012. more than 100 officers and 60 vehicles were involved in the incident that ended with 137 shots being fired by police. timothy russell's sister says justice has not been served. >> i know that he wasn't right as far as fleeing from the police but i've said over and over again, that does not warrant a death penalty. >> reporter: in court today, many of those arrested were charged with misdemeanors. some pled not guilty others no contest and were released after having spent the weekend in jail. >> we don't want no violence. we just want justice and equality. >> reporter: o

erica. >> kevin tibbles, thank you. >>> let's get to sheinelle for more on the confrontation outside an arizona mosque. >> good morning. an angry standoff outside an islamic community center in phoenix. 500 demonstrators came face-to-face on friday. >> shame on you for believing the religion of lies. shame on you. >> the confrontation comes weeks after a violent attack in texas at a contest to draw the prophet muhammad. the two gunmen killed in that attack once worshipped at the phoenix mosque. no reported injuries or arrests. >>> the democratic field may get a bit more crowded today. former maryland governor martin o'malley is expected to throw his hat in the ring. we have nbc's kristen welker can more. >> reporter: good morning, sheinelle. former governor martin o'malley is expected to announce he is running for president later in baltimore. now o'malley is running an uphill battle against the front runner hillary clinton. with low name recognition, he is in the single digits. the riots in baltimore could complicate his message with some critics blaming his tough on crime policies

kevin tibbles is in yorkville with reaction from people who knew and worked with him. good morning. what are they telling you? >> well alex dennis hastert, indeed was very popular teacher and wrestling coach here in the small town of yorkville. just outside of chicago. these revelations that he's been paying hush money to keep secret past sexual misconduct has really left this community stunned. >> hastert has not been seen at his home in plano, illinois about an hour west of chicago. but just down the road in yorkville where he was a high school history teacher and popular wrestling coach, disbelief. hastert coached gary matlock. >> the gentleman was a super professional as a teacher, as a coach, as a human being. i would refer to him as my second father. >> according to the federal indictment hastert agreed to provide $3.5 million to someone in yorkville to conceal his prior misconduct. it does not reveal what that misconduct was or who the payments were being made to. law enforcement officials have told nbc news they were to a man and that the misconduct was of a se

. >> joining me is nbc's kevin tibbles outside quicken loans arena. good day to you.ny demonstrations today or tonight leading up to the eastern conference finals game? >> reporter: well, absolutely alex. police are anticipating more demonstrations today. there are at least two that are scheduled to take place in and around the downtown area. yesterday, after the cleveland indians game there were a few incidents. and then as you mentioned, of course there's a big playoff game behind me here this evening. you know lebron james has already appealed for calm in the city. he is suggesting that the city get behind its team in this playoff series and start the process of healing through cheering for cleveland and building up cleveland through this playoff basketball series. i think overall the city is probably breathing a sigh of relief today because of the incidents last night. they were pretty much isolated. i think that you could describe them as being very small and isolated, as was just mentioned. some 71 people were arrested. many of those were released a short time a

here's nbc kevin tibbles. >> reporter: the high octane anticipation and carnival atmosphere that comesthe indianapolis 500 is all revved up. just ask racing legend mario andretti. >> ed carpenter in trouble. >> reporter: but sunday's race has new safety concerns following several spectacular crashes in time trials. joseph newgarden's car launched off the track. he walked away. >> cars are getting tougher. when you have men with their heads hanging out, there will be trouble at such high speeds. >> reporter: for this year's 500, indycar mandated the cars qualify with the same aerodynamics. helio castroneves walked away. >> can i ask the feeling it is like back wards? >> i do not have my pilot's license. it was weird. i was like oh, snap. this is going to hurt. >> my best friend last week hit the wall at 215 miles an hour. he has fully recovered. we have a safe car. >> reporter: for race fans there's nothing like the indy 500 and the anticipation leading up to the checkered flag is legend. >> you look around a bit and realize, i'm about to take the green flag at the indianapolis 500. thi

here's kevin tibbles. >> reporter: south dakota is a roomy place.e census bureau. >> we need more south dakota citizens. we need to grow our population. >> reporter: to attract them and economic boost they bring, a new ad campaign pits the state against the final frontier. >> why die on mars when you can live in south dakota. >> reporter: it's a tongue and cheek play at the mars 1 project proposed life to the red planet with no chance of return. 200,000 have already signed up. jimmy fallon found the state's strategy amusing. >> you're struggling when the slogan is south dakota slightly better than dead. >> reporter: we went looking for humans at the sioux falls washington pafvilion where mars mania is mixed. >> i want to see if there's aliens. >> reporter: what do you think they would look like? >> green with only one eye or three eyes. >> reporter: anything about mars intrigue you? >> no. >> reporter: what do you think the food is like on mars? >> kind of slimy. >> reporter: who needs to go to mars when you can go cosmic bowling in south dakota and

nbc's kevin tibbles is there with more. >> reporter: kate, protests over yesterday's verdict for the most heart has been peaceful, but there remains a large police presence on the streets here and the cleveland mayor says violence will not be tolerated. more than 70 arrests on the streets of cleveland overnight as police in riot gear confronted protesters. but for the most part demonstrations were peaceful. in the wake of saturday's court decision that found officer michael brelow not guilty in the 2012 shooting of two unfarmed african-american motorists. >> we would not allow people to commit acts of violence either against property or persons. >> reporter: timothy russell and melissa williams died in a hail of gunfire following a high speed chase moving more noon 100 officers that saw 137 bullets fired into their car. brelow was accused of firing after the couple had been sub died. today timothy russell's sister remains outraged. >> i don't care what any judge or police officer say they cannot justify what happened that night. >> reporter: further demonstrations today with many cal

here's nbc kevin tibbles. >> reporter: the high octane anticipation and carnival atmosphere that comesreporter: but sunday's race has new safety concerns following several spectacular crashes in time trials. joseph newgarden's car launched off the track. he walked away. >> cars are getting tougher. when you have men with their heads hanging out, there will be trouble at such high speeds. >> reporter: for this year's 500, indycar mandated the cars qualify with the same aerodynamics. helio castroneves walked away. >> can i ask the feeling it is like back wards? >> i do not have my pilot's license. it was weird. i was like oh, snap. this is going to hurt. >> my best friend last week hit the wall at 215 miles an hour. he has fully recovered. we have a safe car. >> reporter: for race fans there's nothing like the indy 500 and the anticipation leading up to the checkered flag is legend. >> you look around a bit and realize, i'm about to take the green flag at the indianapolis 500. this is absolutely an amazing feeling. >> reporter: he along with 32 other drivers and 300,000 race fans are sim

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kevin tibbles talked with folks. i wanted to play this one remarks from a yorkville resident at dennis hastert's hometown. this gets to the core. >> it's the norm with politicians running wild with sex scandals money scandals, you know, just basic thievery overall. >> people say the whole place is full of crooks and creeps and i say no it's just a few bad apples. now it's hard to say that. >> everything i can tell, that's the way he conducted himself in office. this isn't going to help the reputation of congress or politicians, in general. certainly illinois had its problems. >> i know illinois had itself -- i guess the question is why are we seeing, it feels like we are seeing more of this? do you feel like there is something in the water? is it just something about the way congress makes people think they're indestructible to bad behavior. >> communication is ubiquitous today. very hard. 24/7 news cycles people leaking, tweeting. there are very few secrets. getting into politics, you have to look at your life and s

jenna will try out the massive slip and slide and this morning nbc's kevin tibbles is taking us to a ka vernes mining tools used more than a century ago. >> yeah! >> reporter: the kids are awe struck. >> it has the wow factor because when they come in it's not what they expect. it's high adventure. >> reporter: in the essential '60s the mine shut down grounds water poured in. now there is a billion gallon lake. are you guys ready? >> yeah! >> there we go. if you look over here you will see some of the minerals that they were looking for. >> reporter: tourists sometimes get a bit wet, too. >> it's an affordable outing and in the hot summer it is cool down here. >> oh yes, i was really scared. >> me too. >> reporter: above ground you can tour an old fashioned mining town. in its heyday miners excavated led used to make ammo. now restored underground it's a cool clean, 62 degrees year round. >> i get to see everything they built a long time ago. >> reporter: just how wow is it? bontair runs one mile east to west. one mile north to south with steen miles of shore lean. have you ever thou

. >> that was kevin tibbles reporting. hastert's lawyers have not commented on the charges.exual misconduct claims cannot be prosecuted because the statute of limitations has long since run out. >>> well in decision 2016 form he were maryland governor martin o'malley isn't wasting any time hitting the road. the presidential candidate will be in new hampshire this afternoon. yesterday o'malley announced his run for the white house in baltimore, the city that catapulted him on the national stage. >> to you and to all who can hear my voice, i declare that i am a candidate for president of the united states. >> o'malley cast himself as a new generation leader promising to help rebuild the economy and reform wall street. he promised to raise minimum wage and invest in education. he took subtle jabs at another presidential hopeful. >> i've got news for the bullies of wall street the presidency is not a crown to be passed back and forth by you between two royal families. it is a sacred trust. >> o'malley is the third democrat with significant backing to jump into the race. his riva

for today, kevin tibbles nbc news, missouri. >> that is kind of cool right? >> really neat.> dive dive. >> and we will do a roller coaster today. >> diving. >> and we are? >> we are going to orlando today. and face your hopes and fears. >> yes, we will go to the advantage and a live summer concert from pit bull tomorrow morning, and then we are off to show you our universal advantage. >> and butter beer is involved. >> i was excited to know it was not just beer involved. >> and a special brew. >> yes. >> and carson? >> demi lovato and a major milestone, and adrian greni eshgser is nice enough to stop by, too. we will talk to them. >>> a good thursday morning. it's 8:26. i'm sam brock. happening today, three years after a domestic violence case rocked san francisco city hall the scandal involving sheriff ross mirkarimi is resurfacing. it's in the form of an onstage performance by his wife. lopez debuts her spanish language play called "what's the scandal" in the mission district. mirkarimi was apleaded guilty to misdemeanor false imprison: the couple says it's never been stro