finally tonight, one last bit of summer fun as the season unofficially comes to a close, we sent our kevin tibbles to dollywood to brave what is billed as the roller coaster, as kevin found, it's a real scream. >> reporter: there's just something nostalgic about those old wooden roller coasters. the cyclone at coney island has been providing thrills and chills for nearly 90 years. these days, everything old is new again. except way faster. it's called the lightning rod. and the fearless are lining up at dolly >> i'm ready. let's do it. >> i got to see this. >> it looks really fun and i brought an extra pair of pants. >> reporter: maybe i should have thought of that. ? what a way to make a li living snechbd. >> reporter: after climbing a mere 20 stories, it then plummets, top speed 73 miles an hour. more twists and turns than more horsepower too. and something like 20 seconds of air time. what does that mean? >> you're coming off the seat and you're floating to some degree. >> reporter: lightning rod lasts just under two minutes, which for some is just under two minutes too long. but for others --

>> reporter: kevin tibbles, nbc news, chicago. >>> that will do it for us on a friday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for

nbc's kevin tibbles with more. >> 7100 south male just got shot, bleeding. >> reporter: chicago police dispatch relays news of yet another shooting. >> people are taking him to a hospital in a white pickup truck. >> reporter: security video shows a 71-year-old man robbed while watering his lawn by two suspects riding bicycles. there's a struggle. >> she was saying that the guy was wrestling with him. he shot him, took his wallet. then he went northbound on california and east on 70s street. the suspects still at large. >> i did 20 years in the military. more people get killed in the city of chicago than they do in a combat zone. >> reporter: close to 3,000 people were shot in chicago. that's almost as many as were shot in all of last year. as shooting statistics rise, approval ratings for chicago mayor rahm emanuel plummet. recent polling showed him with just a 25% approval rating. >> they don't trust him, i think, because he hasn't been because he's been slow to deliver information. >> reporter: the mayor refused to take questions on chicago violence today. he has called for tougher g

kevin tibbles, nbc news, in chicago's little village. >> and that will do it for us on a wednesday night, i'm lester holt, for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good . >> you think hillary would be able to stand up here an hour and do this? i don't know. i don't think so. >> the donald going off script campaiing, new information emerges about both candidates' health. >>> a fascinating study on why the u.s. economy is lagging. >>> and uber's driverless cars hit the streets. >>> exciting new hope in the fight against breast cancer remember. a new test that's four times better. >> incredible images in the wake of a massive and powerful >> i'm amman moy mohyeldin. >> focusing on the fitness of both nominee, trump threw out any restrapt and discipline he previously had shown, going off script and teleprompter, for the first time in weeks, launching this attack against hillary clinton's stam this beautiful room that's 122 degrees? it is hot and it's always hot when i perform, because the crowds are so big. these rooms were not designed for this kind of a crowd. i don't know, fo

here's nbc's kevin tibbles. >> reporter: the first day of school. time for friends old extra special. because 8-year-old natasha fuller and teacher jody schmidt share a bond that goes far beyond the school yard. since birth natasha has battled kidney disease, struggling to stay alive. until the third grade teacher down the hall surprised natasha's grandmother, she would share one of her kidneys. we were with them just before the operation. going to get scared, because i'm scared, too. >> we'll be scared together, but we're going to be okay. >> yep. >> yeah. >> reporter: that was just five months ago. natasha has regained her color and strength and remains as precocious as ever. >> she's worked hard at school. she's worked hard with dialysis. she's worked hard at being a friend and a granddaughter. i'm not surprised that she's recovered as well as she has. >> reporter: she's even done some things is -- >> chocolate! and chocolate m&ms, and kit-kats and fries, and oh, burritos. >> reporter: i'm getting hungry. >> don't mess with that little one. >> re

here's kevin tibbles. >> a sweet celebration in chicago's little village. honoring the local palletero, the popsicle man. after a quarter-century, 89-year-old his wife pushed their carts for the last tif. we met the man a week ago as he plied his frozen treats on the street. his wife is now too weak to work and his only daughter passed away this summer. money is scarce. then, this photo taken by a passer-by of a seemingly defeated fidencio changed everything. >> i just felt he looked very tired and he looked like he needed a day off. >> a gofundme page was set up, in just 11 days, 17,000 people from 70 countries helped raise more than $380,000. today on the same streets he walked for years, fidencio was presented with a check, his retirement. >> sometimes even if the kids didn't have any money. i'd give them a treat, he said. >> the kids were our after decades of quietly peddling smiles, complete strangers have smiled back. >> it shows that everywhere in the world, that we're all the same. >> happy retirement, fidencio. kevin tibbles, nbc news, in chicago's

>> reporter: kevin tibbles, nbc news, chicago. >>> that will do it for us on a friday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank >>> right now on news 3 li ve at 6:00 -- buckle up. we're hours away from a major freeway shutdown. >>> he's going to prison for rape but daren shaper could be going to the football hall of fame. the hall of fame says it doesn't have have anker. >>> and a man in london is looking for the man he never valley. see if you can help the two reconnect. >>> i'm gonna stay inside. i want to come home. not travel too much. >> that's the option a lot of people are taking as a traffic nightmare heads our way as the busiest interchange in nevada will close for 36 hours. i'm marie mortera in for jim snyder. >> i'm reed cowan. 95 to the 15 will shut down at 10:00. construction crews will begin massive upgrades to the spaghetti bowl. that's our top story. nathan o'neal is live near downtown las vegas where preparations for the closure are already underway. >> reporter: this is a big project that we're talking about. crews are already on stand-by at t

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here's nbc's kevin tibbles. >> reporter: the first day of school. and new. but this reunion is extra special. because 8-year-old natasha fuller and teacher jody schmidt share a bond that goes far beyond the school yard. since birth natasha has battled kidney disease, struggling to stay alive. until the third grade teacher down the hall surprised natasha's grandmother, she would share one of her kidneys. we were with them just time, like swimming. and your favorite food is -- >> chocolate! and chocolate m&ms, and kit-kats and fries, and oh, burritos. >> reporter: i'm getting hungry. >> don't mess with that little one. reporgrandmother says nothing will hold this little sparkplug back. you think she's going to grab it by the horns? >> she already has. e did the day after she woke up from her surgery. >> reporter: this is >> reporter: a lifelong friendship thanks to the gift of life. >> give me a hug. >> reporter: kevin tibbles, nbc news, wisconsin. >>> aren't they for us on a thursday night. i'm savannah guthrie i'll see you tomorrow morning on "today." for al

kevin tibbles, are you, kevin, still in front of police headquarters?in kur kevin, can you hear me? go ahead. >> reporter: i can now, brian. i think there's some interference. there is a palpable sense here as we get closer to midnight that the tension is rising in this crowd. as tammy mentioned a second ago, they are handing out water. i think that there is some anticipation of a confrontation with the police in some way or another. while some people have said they are planning to go home, it's obvious the ones that are surrounding me right now aren't going anywhere. >> be safe with us. >> reporter: are you going home at 12:00? >> no, we're not going home. this is our city. >> reporter: there's your answer, brian. we'll stay with this crowd and i'll report back to you as soon as midnight comes. >> kevin tibbles marching along with some of the protesters. that one gentleman saying it's our town, and they have no plans to get off the street. but again, they're just moving around the city. and what do you do if you're the mayor? >> i don't think you're go

kevin tibbles, nbc news, in chicago's little village. >> and that will do it for us on a wednesday night, i'm lester holt, for all of us at nbc news, thank you c1 >>> it was not a very good plan. she wanted to help bomb threat left them bout locked up. >>> is it killing some birds in the bay area? >>> right now on news channel 8 at 7:00. >>> good evening. a winter haven woman admits she

kevin tibbles, nbc news, in chicago's little village. >> and that will do it for us on a wednesday night, i'm lester holt, for all of us at nbc news, thank you >> now at 7 tampering trouble in braintree. an investigation under way. it could put hundreds of criminals back on the street. >> anchor: a wild wreck in newton causing a chaotic commute as workers rush to pick up pieces. >> reporter: a preview of fall for tomorrow. >> reporter: chief on paid leave. >> anchor: tom brady on the talk show circuit. that's not the real tb 12. >> anchor: the look of life revealing the man behind the mask. >> 7 news at 7:00 start klouse a desperate search in plymouth. rescue crews and dive teams were called to great herring pond. >> anchor: 7's brandon guno in plymouth with the breaking details. >> reporter: jadian and adam,

kevin tibbles, nbc news, in chicago's little village. >>> and that would do it for us on a wednesday night, i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good >>> right n ow on news 3 live at 6:00 -- the calm before the closure. why more than just drivers are gonna be impacted by the weekend's major ramp closure at the spaghetti bowl. >>> a critical stadium proposal is just a day away. tonight, we get a look at the final plans and lingering questions. >>> you've had three duis. okay. >> a lot of voices in court. a local woman sentenced for driving drunk and killing a man. ahead, why the family feels justice did not get served. >>> i think they will have a harder time to get here but they will get here. >> yes, they will. nevada's busiest ramp will be closed for 36 hours this you know, drivers will see plenty of detour signs as the most expensive highway project in history create as tie-up. that may be putting it lightly. it's our top story. kelsey thomas joins us live from the spaghetti bowl with the major closure that you need to know about especially if you

>> reporter: kevin tibbles, nbc news, chicago. >>> that will do it for us on a friday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and goodnight. cease-fire killed a driver on the peninsula this afternoon. >>> right now at 6:00, the chp believes this piece of road debris killed a driver this afternoon. the new information we're learning about this accident on 101. >>> the news at 6:00 starts right now. thank you for joining us on this friday evening. >> and i'm raj mathai. a freak accident on one of the most congested freeways in the bay area. the chp just now showing us what might have caused this deadly accident. michelle roberts is at the scene near 101 and university in palo alto. what was that object? >> reporter: it was some kind of brass bolt. they believe this is the bolt that caused a deadly crash that happened at about 1:00. we know an 82-year-old mountain view man was driving north near university avenue when the bolt flew up, and hit him in the neck. >> the driver collided with the center divide and eventually brought the vehicles to a

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kevin tibbles, nbc news, in chicago's little village. >>> and that would do it for us on a wednesday night, i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. have wives.. we have sisters.,and this is a horribles >>> we all have a grandmother, wives, sisters, this is a horrible act. >> right now at 6:00, a crime that shocked neighbors and police officers, they're now looking for new clues in the brutal beating of an 88-year-old woman. the news at 6:00 starts right now. thanks for joining us. i'm raj mathai. >> they savagely ripped jewelry off her neck and left her battered and bruised. that elderly south bay woman is in the hospital robert honda joins us live from san jose, where neighbors are anguished over what happened. she's in pretty bad shape still. >> that's right. vistors said they were told her condition has not changed. she remains in intensive care. now at the request of her family, public visits will stop, even as the investigation ramps up. sheriff's investigators went door to door today, searching for possible witnesses to try to find out

kevin tibbles, nbc news, in chicago's little village. >> and that will do it for us on a wednesday night, i'm lester holt, for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good >> announcer: if milwaukee, this is today's tmj4 "live at 6". >> steve: the spike in crime on the east side, police community, leaders, all working together to come up with some solutions. police people from the east side, and downtown neighborhoods, public works, everybody talking about this situation. and how to >> shannon: live from the east library where the community will come together. >> reporter: tonight's meeting has made the rounds on social media, so a lot of people are expected to attend. residents here on the east side are experiencing more incidents hike car break-ins and armed robberies all over this part of town. police have encouraged neighbors not to walk alone and to walk in well lit areas. they also remind residents not tonight city leaders are going to update residents on crime in the area and looking for feedback from those in attendance, neighbors we talk with are asking those in author

>> reporter: kevin tibbles, nbc news, chicago. >>> that will do it for us on a friday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and >> now at 7 a woman attacked while walking her dog in easton. police on the hunt for a suspect. >> a story you'll see on just one station. a woburn family demanding answers after they say their child was left on the bus. >> reporter: here chance of rain. >> anchor: 2 people sentenced for a snap chat sex assault. >> anchor: dolphins stranded on the cape. how crews teamed up to make the save. >> anchor: the pats are back at foxborough. >> anchor: with a divisional show down on the line. >> 7 news at 7. starts now. >> anchor: first here at 7:00 an alarming assault in easton. a woman says she was attacked by a man while out walking her dog.