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i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news and our colleagues here in philadelphia, thank you for watching and good night. >>> nbc bay area news starts now. >> right now at 6:00, tracking a developing story. it turns out the engineer of that amtrak derailment in philadelphia worked here in the bay area. good evening and thank you for joining us. >> the deadly crash was in philly, but the story stretches here. as we first reported on our 5:00 newscast 32-year-old brandon bastion worked for caltrain. caltrain officials won't say what job he held here, but he was reportedly a san francisco resident before moving to new york. this is a photo from his myspace page. bastion has not given a formal statement to investigators, but he has hired a lawyer. so what happened 24 hours ago? excessive speed likely the cause. the ntsb says the train was traveling at 106 miles per hour in a 50 miles per hour zone. investigators are pouring over the scene as we speak trying to find out why the train was going so fast as
i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news and our colleagues here in philadelphia, thank you for watching and good night. >>> nbc bay area news starts now. >> right now at 6:00, tracking a developing story. it turns out the engineer of that amtrak derailment in philadelphia worked here in the bay area. good evening and thank you for joining us. >> the deadly crash was in philly, but the story stretches here. as we first reported on our 5:00 newscast 32-year-old brandon...
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lester? >> all right, tom. thanks. as investigators try to figure out who or what is to blame here, there are eight families grieving the loss of loved ones taken from them so suddenly. mothers and fathers, sons and daughters being mourned tonight. nbc's rehema ellis tells us about them. >> reporter: it's the news bob gildersleeve's family dreaded. his wife and two teenage children learned today his body was found in the twisted train wreckage. >> please help me find my dad. >> reporter: the news comes the day after his family, including his 13-year-old son, was passing out missing person flyers, hoping their loved one would be found alive. >> seven families are home now making funeral arrangements. and i hope i'm not number eight. i pray to god i'm not number eight. >> reporter: now, along with his son's death is the news 47-year-old laura finamore from new york also died. a real estate executive whose smile could light up a room, said her family. 42-year-old derrick griffith, a dean at medg
lester? >> all right, tom. thanks. as investigators try to figure out who or what is to blame here, there are eight families grieving the loss of loved ones taken from them so suddenly. mothers and fathers, sons and daughters being mourned tonight. nbc's rehema ellis tells us about them. >> reporter: it's the news bob gildersleeve's family dreaded. his wife and two teenage children learned today his body was found in the twisted train wreckage. >> please help me find my dad....
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lester? >> pete williams, thanks. let's turn now to chuck tud,odd, our political director and moderator of "meet the press." chuck, these are just allegations. but sometimes things are whispered, they're rumored. what are you hearing in washington about all this? >> i talked to multiple colleagues, people very close to dennis hastert when he was in congress, many of his congressional lieutenants, a bunch of his former staffers. i can tell you they all said collectively not a whiff. i had one said, you could have knocked me over with a feather when they found out about it saying this was a guy that was -- the whole reason he was picked to be speaker by his republican colleagues is they were scandal-plagued at the time. and he was considered the most ethical of the bunch. i had another member say to me they can't believe he allowed himself to be speaker with this in his background, sort of shaking his head. i can tell you this, lester, two things. this only adds to this long list of illinois po
lester? >> pete williams, thanks. let's turn now to chuck tud,odd, our political director and moderator of "meet the press." chuck, these are just allegations. but sometimes things are whispered, they're rumored. what are you hearing in washington about all this? >> i talked to multiple colleagues, people very close to dennis hastert when he was in congress, many of his congressional lieutenants, a bunch of his former staffers. i can tell you they all said collectively not...
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lester? >> jim and renee, knowing what we know what we've learned over the last several hours, you certainly get a different appreciation for the drama of what happened here. we take a look at the curve. looking at that curve early, you couldn't appreciate necessarily for what happened. but now knowing that train was going over 100 miles an hour you can easily see where it ended up where it did. looks like the locomotive has been returned to the tracks but the six other cars remain twisted where they came to rest last night. we have seen other rail, new rail on a side area. so they are prepared when they get the go ahead to start replacing the damaged rail as we have all noted, this is the busiest travel corridor rail travel corridor in the nation and the impact on travel is almost immeasurable. so they will want to move quickly to get that reopened again. but we can see from here the orange vested ntsb investigators going over that area of where this happened and trying to figure out what co
lester? >> jim and renee, knowing what we know what we've learned over the last several hours, you certainly get a different appreciation for the drama of what happened here. we take a look at the curve. looking at that curve early, you couldn't appreciate necessarily for what happened. but now knowing that train was going over 100 miles an hour you can easily see where it ended up where it did. looks like the locomotive has been returned to the tracks but the six other cars remain...
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i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. >>> it's a win/win situation that protects good people from both sides of the lens. >> right now at 6:00 cops on camera as the new plan unveiled today to put body cameras on every single san francisco police officer. >>> good evening everyone. i'm jessica aguirre. >> i'm roger. the sheriff squaring off against the mayor because of body cameras. it's a wardrobe change for police. jane is in san francisco with this tug of war. >> reporter: city leaders say they have millions of in body cameras for the police department. the sheriff says his department should be included in that deal. >> it's a win/win situation that protects good people from both sides of the lens. >> reporter: with city leaders lined up behind him, the city chief applauded the mayor's planning to spend $6.6 million to outfit every officer with a body camera a move he hopes will restore trust. >> officers know they're wearing them so their behavior is bet
i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. >>> it's a win/win situation that protects good people from both sides of the lens. >> right now at 6:00 cops on camera as the new plan unveiled today to put body cameras on every single san francisco police officer. >>> good evening everyone. i'm jessica aguirre. >> i'm roger. the sheriff squaring off against the mayor because of body cameras. it's a wardrobe change for police. jane...
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lester? >> peter alexander in washington, thank you. >>> as we move into the memorial day weekend, one of the nation's most beautiful stretches of coastline, just a couple of hours north of where we are here in california, is closed to beachgoers. the water and sand blackened by an oil spill that prompted a state of emergency and put wildlife in a life and death struggle. our hallie jackson is in california with more for us tonight. >> reporter: pelicans fly just a few feet from workers scooping up oily rock at one of the beaches closed because of the oil spill. sea lions feeding on fish. others sunbathe at docks, slick with oil. wildlife rescuers were searching for animals caught up in the spill. look at these birds. keira parker is one of those responders. >> the spill has happened. it has been stopped, but we know that we haven't collected the last oiled animal. >> reporter: the size of the cleanup doubling today with some of the personnel, federal investigators now focusing on the company
lester? >> peter alexander in washington, thank you. >>> as we move into the memorial day weekend, one of the nation's most beautiful stretches of coastline, just a couple of hours north of where we are here in california, is closed to beachgoers. the water and sand blackened by an oil spill that prompted a state of emergency and put wildlife in a life and death struggle. our hallie jackson is in california with more for us tonight. >> reporter: pelicans fly just a few feet...
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lester? >> tom costello starting us off, thanks. >>> turning to the campaign trail now where until today hillary clinton had not answered a question from the press for four weeks while controversy mounted over her family's foundation and her private e-mails as secretary of state. today at last she faced the press, and nbc's kristen welker was there. >> reporter: after 28 days of methodically avoiding direct questions from reporters, hillary clinton finally faced the press in iowa today, and once again her state department e-mails from her private server were at issue. >> i want those e-mails out. nobody has a bigger interest in getting them released than i do. >> reporter: late last night the department said it wouldn't be able to review and release all 55,000 pages of e-mails until january. >> i want them out as soon as they can get out. >> reporter: today a federal judge ordered state to release the e-mails sooner in a series of batches. we asked if mrs. clinton will push her former colleag
lester? >> tom costello starting us off, thanks. >>> turning to the campaign trail now where until today hillary clinton had not answered a question from the press for four weeks while controversy mounted over her family's foundation and her private e-mails as secretary of state. today at last she faced the press, and nbc's kristen welker was there. >> reporter: after 28 days of methodically avoiding direct questions from reporters, hillary clinton finally faced the press...
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lester? >> pete williams in boston tonight. thanks. >>> another big story we're covering this evening, a lot of late-breaking developments into the investigation of the deadly amtrak disaster in philadelphia. this evening, investigators revealed what the engineer who was at the controls is telling them about the crash, and the fbi is now involved. trying to determine if the train was struck by something before the crash. nbc's tom costello has late details. tom? >> reporter: hi, lester. good evening. the focus remains on this engineer, but also on that other train that came through this north philadelphia area just before train 188 did. and that train was hit by a projectile. the question is whether was train 188 also hit by something? for the first time since tuesday's derailment, ntsb investigators have heard from the man at the center of the investigation, 32-year-old engineer brandon bostion, who said the last thing he recalls is ringing his bell as he left the north philly train station.
lester? >> pete williams in boston tonight. thanks. >>> another big story we're covering this evening, a lot of late-breaking developments into the investigation of the deadly amtrak disaster in philadelphia. this evening, investigators revealed what the engineer who was at the controls is telling them about the crash, and the fbi is now involved. trying to determine if the train was struck by something before the crash. nbc's tom costello has late details. tom? >>...
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lester? >> jim miklaszewski at the pentagon, thank you. >>> another major story we're following as we come on the air is the weather. forecasters warning of another major tornado outbreak tonight. our partners at the weather channel say there say 70% chance of a major destructive tornado hitting this weekend. several states are on alert, with reported tornadoes on the ground already. nbc's janet shamlian is in tornado alley for us tonight. >> multiple vortices. >> reporter: for a second night, tornadoes blazed a trail of destruction. this view from a storm shelter in oklahoma. at least three tornadoes in texas, strong winds blamed for this train derailment, 17 cars blown off the tracks. >> oh, my god, a fire. >> reporter: lightning triggered a massive gas well explosion in north texas flooding travelers at the airport and in the panhandle, some drivers hit the road despite the storm risk. >> i'm afraid the worst is still to come. >> reporter: new warnings today. >> big time weather on the way
lester? >> jim miklaszewski at the pentagon, thank you. >>> another major story we're following as we come on the air is the weather. forecasters warning of another major tornado outbreak tonight. our partners at the weather channel say there say 70% chance of a major destructive tornado hitting this weekend. several states are on alert, with reported tornadoes on the ground already. nbc's janet shamlian is in tornado alley for us tonight. >> multiple vortices. >>...
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lester? >> andrea mitchell, thank you. >>> it's been a wild 24 hours under the stormy skies of the southwest. more than two dozen reported tornadoes, many of them in texas, while oklahoma is investigators say it's going to take weeks if not months to clean up this damage. and it's bad news for folks here who are trying to clean up more rain headed in this direction soon. lester? >> what we didn't want to hear. thank you. >>> across the country today, auto dealers have been flooded with questions from anxious customers concerned about the biggest consumer recall in u.s. history. we're of course talking about the defective airbags that the government says could total 34 million, affecting one out of every four cars on the road. as nbc's tom costello reports, there are new questions about how all of those repairs will get done. >> reporter: at auto nation honda in miami today, mechanics were once again swapping out defective airbag inflators for new ones. >> you should have no problems with it.
lester? >> andrea mitchell, thank you. >>> it's been a wild 24 hours under the stormy skies of the southwest. more than two dozen reported tornadoes, many of them in texas, while oklahoma is investigators say it's going to take weeks if not months to clean up this damage. and it's bad news for folks here who are trying to clean up more rain headed in this direction soon. lester? >> what we didn't want to hear. thank you. >>> across the country today, auto dealers...
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>> reporter: lester, good evening. police say the suspect in these vicious murders is a former employee of savvas savopoulos' iron company. and tonight our station wrc is reporting that one of the suspect's relatives was fired from that company. police say the suspect is armed and dangerous. his whereabouts unknown. a major break in a horrific crime. detectives matched dna from pizza crust found in the savopoulos family mansion to daron dylon wint now suspected in the brutal murders. tonight law enforcement sources tell nbc news the 34-year-old maryland man, wanted for first-degree murder, may be hiding in brooklyn, new york. after taking a bus to see his girlfriend who police have interviewed after leaving her apartment early this morning. >> it does not appear this was a random crime but there is a connection through the business of the savopoulos family. >> reporter: savvas savopoulos was ceo of american iron works where police say wint once worked. the murder suspect has a criminal record. in 2010, wint was arreste
>> reporter: lester, good evening. police say the suspect in these vicious murders is a former employee of savvas savopoulos' iron company. and tonight our station wrc is reporting that one of the suspect's relatives was fired from that company. police say the suspect is armed and dangerous. his whereabouts unknown. a major break in a horrific crime. detectives matched dna from pizza crust found in the savopoulos family mansion to daron dylon wint now suspected in the brutal murders....
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lester lester? >>> a major move by president obama drawing a line on heavy duty military-style equipment used by local law enforcement after the nation witnessed scene s between protesters and police looking like soldiers. er there are questions about whether it will tie the hands of police in some instances. nbc's ron allen has more. >> reporter: after months of confrontation on american streets, president obama banned the federal government from giving some types of military equipment to local police. >> we have seen how militarized gear can sometimes give people the feeling like there is an occupying force as opposed to a force that's protecting and serving. >> reporter: including weaponized aircraft grenade launchers. restricted armored vehicles riot gear and specialized am ammunition available only through a rigorous process. in ferguson we saw tactical officers in a bearcat, able to with stand impact from a 50 caliber machine gun. a precision rifle with a range of 500 to 800 yards. the police
lester lester? >>> a major move by president obama drawing a line on heavy duty military-style equipment used by local law enforcement after the nation witnessed scene s between protesters and police looking like soldiers. er there are questions about whether it will tie the hands of police in some instances. nbc's ron allen has more. >> reporter: after months of confrontation on american streets, president obama banned the federal government from giving some types of military...
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lester? >> janet shamlian in dallas, thank you. >>> now to the investigation tonight into several dangerous scares in the skies. authorities looking for whoever targeted up to half a dozen commercial planes with a laser last night. nearly blinding the pilots. this despite urgent warnings from the feds for people to stop doing this before something terrible happens. here's nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: it happened at 9:30 p.m. thursday. a commuter flight crew flying out of new york's jfk airport. >> there's somebody out just to the left side of the airplane shining green lasers. it's flashed us a couple of times. >> reporter: a few minutes later, it was an american airlines flight headed to l.a. >> looks like it was in a neighborhood in that area. we got struck about three or four times. >> reporter: and then delta flights to buffalo and boston -- >> delta 2292, left side or right side of the aircraft? we actually have a police helicopter underneath you. left side or right side? >> i'm not
lester? >> janet shamlian in dallas, thank you. >>> now to the investigation tonight into several dangerous scares in the skies. authorities looking for whoever targeted up to half a dozen commercial planes with a laser last night. nearly blinding the pilots. this despite urgent warnings from the feds for people to stop doing this before something terrible happens. here's nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: it happened at 9:30 p.m. thursday. a commuter flight crew flying out...
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lester? >> ron allen, thanks. just a few nights ago here in baltimore on i noted that there are communities here that feel invisible and unheard, but tonight many in the city's african-american community believe that has changed. some going so far as to call the announcement of today's charges historic. kweisi mfume the five-term u.s. congressman and former head of the naacp says it's an important message here in his hometown. >> i think what it says to them is that not only do we see you, but we hear you. we understand your pain. we're not judging, but we are going to pursue justice. >> reporter: there are a lot of hardworking cops out there who do a tough job every day. does this send a message that undermines the average cop who's just doing his job out there? >> this is not an indictment of all police. you know, all of us realize that we have good police officers, men and women who get up every day in their home, put on a badge and uniform and go out and patrol our communities. they treat us with respect. they
lester? >> ron allen, thanks. just a few nights ago here in baltimore on i noted that there are communities here that feel invisible and unheard, but tonight many in the city's african-american community believe that has changed. some going so far as to call the announcement of today's charges historic. kweisi mfume the five-term u.s. congressman and former head of the naacp says it's an important message here in his hometown. >> i think what it says to them is that not only do we...
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lester? >> tom costello, thank you. >>> a major move by president obama drawing a line on heavy duty military-style equipment used by local law enforcement after the nation witnessed scenes between protesters and police who were looking more like soldiers on american streets. there were questions about whether it would tie the hands of police in some instances. ron allen has more. >> reporter: after months of confrontation on america's streets, president obama today banned the federal government from giving some types of military equipment to local police. >> we have seen how militarized gear can sometimes give people a feeling like there is an occupying force as oppposed to a force that's part of the community protecting and serving them. >> reporter: prohibited equipment includes tracked armored vehicles, weaponized aircraft, grenade launchers. on the restricted list, armored vehicles, riot gear, specialized ammunition, only available if approved through a very rigorous process. in ferguson
lester? >> tom costello, thank you. >>> a major move by president obama drawing a line on heavy duty military-style equipment used by local law enforcement after the nation witnessed scenes between protesters and police who were looking more like soldiers on american streets. there were questions about whether it would tie the hands of police in some instances. ron allen has more. >> reporter: after months of confrontation on america's streets, president obama today banned...
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lester. ness. >> pete williams tonight in washington thanks. >>> unless you lived through it's so hard to imagine the amount, the speed and power of all of that water that tore through central texas communities and upended lives over the holiday weekend. but tonight as more severe thunderstorm and flood watches are posted in parts of that state, we're getting our best look yet at what it was like as floodwaters rushed into homes. nine of those people washed away that night are yet to be found. the death toll from oklahoma into central texas and as far south as houston is at least 23. nbc's gabe gutierrez reports tonight from wimberley, texas. >> oh, no! >> reporter: it was unstoppable. the wall of water bursting through the door. gushing into a living room. upending furniture, rising in seconds. while incredibly a terrified woman keeps recording with her cell phone. >> we could actually see what looked like barges going down the river. it was people's homes. >> reporter: chuck criswell lived
lester. ness. >> pete williams tonight in washington thanks. >>> unless you lived through it's so hard to imagine the amount, the speed and power of all of that water that tore through central texas communities and upended lives over the holiday weekend. but tonight as more severe thunderstorm and flood watches are posted in parts of that state, we're getting our best look yet at what it was like as floodwaters rushed into homes. nine of those people washed away that night are...
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lester? all right. jim mick chefs skiklaszewskimiklaszewski, thank you. >>> today's quake in nepal, while massive in its own right is an aftershock from the stronger quake that killed 8,000 there last month. our chief foreign correspondent richard engel is back from spending weeks in nepal. he has our report in this compounding tragedy. >> reporter: the earth moved again. just as nepal was starting to recover. a 7.3 earthquake brought down buildings already weakened by the even stronger quake 17 days ago. temples collapsed. patients were carried outside. a camera in parliament recorded the moment the quake hit. and members cleared out. across katmandhu, terrified people poured into the streets. among them unicef spokesman kent page. >> it struck very hard, very fast, very loud, and it was very scary. we really felt like the walls and the entire building around us was going to collapse on top of that. >> we just saw everyone running out on the street. it was a scary experience. >> today's epic
lester? all right. jim mick chefs skiklaszewskimiklaszewski, thank you. >>> today's quake in nepal, while massive in its own right is an aftershock from the stronger quake that killed 8,000 there last month. our chief foreign correspondent richard engel is back from spending weeks in nepal. he has our report in this compounding tragedy. >> reporter: the earth moved again. just as nepal was starting to recover. a 7.3 earthquake brought down buildings already weakened by the even...
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i'm lester holt reporting from wimberley, texas. from all of us here at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. . >>> we're talking about cameras, talking about game consoles things of that nature. mostly electronics as well. >>> right now at 6:00 burglars busted accused of raiding homes at a south bay neighborhood stealing high-priced electronics and this is everything they could get their hands-on. to boot the burglars not even old enough to vote. good evening, thanks for joining uggs. i'm jessica aguirre. >>> i'm raj mathai. a notable step forward. police say three 17-year-old boys were terrorizing a neighborhood. those boys now in juvenile hall. damian trujillo is in the evergreen neighborhood. finally good news where you are. >> that's right. talk to anyone here in evergreen, they've been victims of a burglary or know someone would has been the victim. serving arrest warrants they've taken serial burglars off the streets. the crime tape is a familiar sight in san jose's evergreen community. burglaries are common here w
i'm lester holt reporting from wimberley, texas. from all of us here at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. . >>> we're talking about cameras, talking about game consoles things of that nature. mostly electronics as well. >>> right now at 6:00 burglars busted accused of raiding homes at a south bay neighborhood stealing high-priced electronics and this is everything they could get their hands-on. to boot the burglars not even old enough to vote. good evening,...
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lester? >> miguel almaguer tonight, thank you. >>> in baltimore today, where emotions are still raw over the death of freddie gray and the violence that followed, new attorney general, loretta lynch, made her first public official trip since assuming office last week. she met with gray's family, community leaders and police days after six officers were charged in connection to gray's death. an attorney for one of those officers, meantime, filed a motion claiming the knife gray allegedly had on him at the time of his arrest was illegal, despite prosecutors' claim to the contrary. >>> one of the nation's biggest banks is under fire tonight. wells fargo accused of committing fraud against its own customers. employees allegedly opening accounts that customers never asked for, then charging them fees and damaging their credit. nbc's anne thompson has this report. >> reporter: a bank is a place to put your money and trust. franklin on says what he got in return at wells fargo is frustration. >> i o
lester? >> miguel almaguer tonight, thank you. >>> in baltimore today, where emotions are still raw over the death of freddie gray and the violence that followed, new attorney general, loretta lynch, made her first public official trip since assuming office last week. she met with gray's family, community leaders and police days after six officers were charged in connection to gray's death. an attorney for one of those officers, meantime, filed a motion claiming the knife gray...
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i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. >>> nbc bay area news starts now. >>> right now at 6:00 are they lost in the snow? growing concern tonight about an east bay father and two children that vanished in the sierra. good evening, thanks for joining us. >> it is cold, windy, and snowy. despite the elements search teams are scouring the sierra tonight. they're looking for this east bay father and his two children. they went on a camping trip on sunday near truckee, but they never made it home. jodie hernandez is in alameda this evening at a well-known barbershop that the family owns. >> reporter: nick is a co-owner here, he also co-owns the alley barbershop in oakland, he is well known here in the east bay. his friends tell us that he took two of his three small children just three and five years old camping with his mother and stepfather over the weekend. it's something that the family does quite often, only this time, they haven't come back. >> he takes the
i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. >>> nbc bay area news starts now. >>> right now at 6:00 are they lost in the snow? growing concern tonight about an east bay father and two children that vanished in the sierra. good evening, thanks for joining us. >> it is cold, windy, and snowy. despite the elements search teams are scouring the sierra tonight. they're looking for this east bay father and his two children. they went on a...
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lester? >> kelly o'donnell tonight. we'll have much more on this train derailment from over philadelphia. >>> there are other big stories we want to get to, including the search for the six u.s. marines on an aid mission in nepal. they disappeared over a day ago in their helicopter. nbc's katy tur updates us from nepal. >> reporter: for a second day u.s. military helicopters took off to scour the unforgiving terrain of eastern nepal. looking for a huey like this one that disappeared tuesday while delivering earthquake relief to a remote village. missing are six marines and two nepal ease soldiers. a u.s. defense official says the huey was equipped with an emergency beacon, secure radio and gps, strobes flares and nalmirrors and a satellite phone. there has been no trace. >> some of the communications that they possess require a line of sight. to satellites. and they could be located in the area where the terrain is actually preventing them from broadcasting. >> reporter: the search continues and so does the relief effor
lester? >> kelly o'donnell tonight. we'll have much more on this train derailment from over philadelphia. >>> there are other big stories we want to get to, including the search for the six u.s. marines on an aid mission in nepal. they disappeared over a day ago in their helicopter. nbc's katy tur updates us from nepal. >> reporter: for a second day u.s. military helicopters took off to scour the unforgiving terrain of eastern nepal. looking for a huey like this one that...
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lester? >> all right. kelly o'donnell tonight. we'll have much more on the trail derailment from over philadelphia. there are other big stories we want to get to, including the search for six u.s. marines on an aid mission in nepal. they disappeared over a day ago in their helicopter during a relief mission. katy tur updates us. >> reporter: search crews looked for a hewy like one that disappeared tuesday while delivering earthquake relief to a remote village. the missing, six marines. his family says captain from wichita. the missy huey was equipped with an emergency beacon secure radio j gps. as well as strobes, flares signal mirrors and a satellite phone. so far, there's been no trace. >> some of the communications that they possess require a line of sight to satellites. they could be located in an area where the terrain is actually preventing them from broadcasting. >> reporter: the search continues and so does the relief effort. right here was a nine story building this one right here was a five story building. they were stan
lester? >> all right. kelly o'donnell tonight. we'll have much more on the trail derailment from over philadelphia. there are other big stories we want to get to, including the search for six u.s. marines on an aid mission in nepal. they disappeared over a day ago in their helicopter during a relief mission. katy tur updates us. >> reporter: search crews looked for a hewy like one that disappeared tuesday while delivering earthquake relief to a remote village. the missing, six...
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lester? >> andrea mitchell thank you. >>> another major story we're following this evening, that oil spill stretching for miles along a picturesque southern california coastline near santa barbara. crews racing to contain the environmental damage from the pipeline which may have spilled up to 105,000 gallons of oil into the ocean. that's far more than first thought. and officials have just shut down a second beach in the area headed into the memorial day weekend. nbc's hallie jackson is there. >> reporter: two slicks now stretch nine miles down the santa barbara coast. both with booms trying to contain the crude oil. and on the normally pristine beach, workers meticulously rake thick sludge, suited up in hazmat gear. a mile down the shoreline, volunteers used bare hands. some volunteers are using shovels to try to get this oil into buckets. others say it's easier to use their hands to scoop up this oil from the sand and then take it off the beach. some came hoping to help wildlife only to fin
lester? >> andrea mitchell thank you. >>> another major story we're following this evening, that oil spill stretching for miles along a picturesque southern california coastline near santa barbara. crews racing to contain the environmental damage from the pipeline which may have spilled up to 105,000 gallons of oil into the ocean. that's far more than first thought. and officials have just shut down a second beach in the area headed into the memorial day weekend. nbc's hallie...
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i'm lester holt.rricaded inside an apartment for hours p. and the search for a bay >>> nbc bay area news begins with breaking news. >> and that breaking news is in downtown san jose where a man was reportedly pinned by a car. you're looking at cell phone video of that accident. a driver, this is what we hear lost control of his car, bufrmed two women and then trap adman between a car and shopping cart. the driver is cooperating with
i'm lester holt.rricaded inside an apartment for hours p. and the search for a bay >>> nbc bay area news begins with breaking news. >> and that breaking news is in downtown san jose where a man was reportedly pinned by a car. you're looking at cell phone video of that accident. a driver, this is what we hear lost control of his car, bufrmed two women and then trap adman between a car and shopping cart. the driver is cooperating with
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. >> i'm lester holt, and this is "dateline." here's keith morrison with "the secret life of a soccer mom." >> reporter: the news spread like the morning sun across grand junction in the high desert on colorado's western fringe. as inexplicable and frightening as the burned car, the tossed wallet, the vanishing. it was june 28, 2007. over the mountains, in denver, four hours away, frank birgfeld was driving to his office. phone rang. >> voice on the phone says, this is somebody with the mesa county sheriff's office. and he said, are you paige's dad? and i said, yep. and he said, did you know she's missing? >> reporter: barbra campbell got the call from her husband, hans, who told her. >> paige is missing. what do you mean she's missing? >> reporter: andrea land got the news in an e-mail. >> it said paige is missing in the subject line. i knew something horrible had to have happened because it didn't make any sense that she would be missing. >> reporter: no way for even a best friend to prepare for such a thing. nor any way to und
. >> i'm lester holt, and this is "dateline." here's keith morrison with "the secret life of a soccer mom." >> reporter: the news spread like the morning sun across grand junction in the high desert on colorado's western fringe. as inexplicable and frightening as the burned car, the tossed wallet, the vanishing. it was june 28, 2007. over the mountains, in denver, four hours away, frank birgfeld was driving to his office. phone rang. >> voice on the phone...
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lester returned to california state sacramento to accept the honor. here is what he told graduates will reaching career success. >> when you think about making it to the top ask yourself what exactly is the top because one of the things that i've discovered is sometimes we're so busy climbing at that ladder of success we forget to pause on the rung that we're on and look around and enjoy the view and sometimes the view is a lot better than you might have imagined and maybe that's the place. maybe that is your personal top. >> our huge congratulations to lester and en the entire class of 2015. still to come veterans carry the weight of war one city at a time. >>> on this memorial day weekend we pay tribute to each and every serviceman and woman who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom, but for the veterans who have returned home their sacrifice has left them with something else, the weight of war. today a 2000 mile tribute wrapped up it's 200 city tour it's called carry the load. our own colonel jack jacobs tells us who they're carrying. >> it's
lester returned to california state sacramento to accept the honor. here is what he told graduates will reaching career success. >> when you think about making it to the top ask yourself what exactly is the top because one of the things that i've discovered is sometimes we're so busy climbing at that ladder of success we forget to pause on the rung that we're on and look around and enjoy the view and sometimes the view is a lot better than you might have imagined and maybe that's the...
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lester? >> jim miklaszewski tonight, thanks. >>> now to the still unfolding disaster in parts of oklahoma and texas where around two dozen people have died and several areas remain under flood watches and warnings tonight. in houston at least 1400 homes have suffered damage from rising water as officials confirm more storm-related deaths. meantime along the blanco river in central texas where homes were knocked off their foundations, a grim discovery as a desperate search goes on for families whose home was swept down river. nbc's gabe gutierrez reports. >> reporter: a massive search effort is growing. today authorities in hays county identified another flood victim. 42-year-old michelle carey-charba, one of eight people missing after rising waters swept away a vacation home in wimberley sunday morning. we spoke with her sister and brother-in-law just before the tragic news. >> my sister is my best friend. we're three years apart. she's just the most outgoing, gregarious, sweet, wants to be e
lester? >> jim miklaszewski tonight, thanks. >>> now to the still unfolding disaster in parts of oklahoma and texas where around two dozen people have died and several areas remain under flood watches and warnings tonight. in houston at least 1400 homes have suffered damage from rising water as officials confirm more storm-related deaths. meantime along the blanco river in central texas where homes were knocked off their foundations, a grim discovery as a desperate search goes on...
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lester? >> andrea, thank you. we are back in a moment with michelle obama's powerful message to graduates. the first lady like we have never, or rarely heard her before. >>> this is graduation season which means commencement speeches. and michelle obama gave one over the weekend that's getting a lot of attention. the first lady's speech was candid, personal, heartfelt, even blunt on the issue of oh race. more tonight from our white house correspondent chris jansing. >> mrs. michelle obama. >> reporter: at historically black tuskegee university michelle obama didn't hold back, speaking in passionate terms about the daily slights of being black in america. >> the clerks who kept a close eye on us in those department stores. the people at formal events who assumed we were the help. and those who have questioned our intelligence, our honesty, even our love of this country. >> reporter: she recounted her reaction to a magazine cover showing her with an afro and machine gun. >> yeah now it was satire, but if i'm being h
lester? >> andrea, thank you. we are back in a moment with michelle obama's powerful message to graduates. the first lady like we have never, or rarely heard her before. >>> this is graduation season which means commencement speeches. and michelle obama gave one over the weekend that's getting a lot of attention. the first lady's speech was candid, personal, heartfelt, even blunt on the issue of oh race. more tonight from our white house correspondent chris jansing. >> mrs....
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i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. >>> right now at 6:00 in town and on the move the road to the white house goes through the bay area for hillary clinton. good evening, thanks for being with us, i'm raj mathai. >> i'll jessica aguirre. some time for tea and time for a lot of fund-raising that's what's on the agenda as hillary clinton visits the bay area for the first time since officially announcing she is running for president. mrs. clinton's second high-dollar fund-raising event of the day is under way right now. we find nbc bay area's michelle roberts outside the century club in san francisco where that fund-raising event is under way. >> reporter: yeah started just about an hour ago. $2700 just to get in the door. there's heavy police presence in this area tonight. and this afternoon, clinton made a stop in chinatown for an event with mayor ed lee, they had tea at the red blossom tea house and clinton is meeting with 200 supporters co-founder of the
i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. >>> right now at 6:00 in town and on the move the road to the white house goes through the bay area for hillary clinton. good evening, thanks for being with us, i'm raj mathai. >> i'll jessica aguirre. some time for tea and time for a lot of fund-raising that's what's on the agenda as hillary clinton visits the bay area for the first time since officially announcing she is running for president....
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peter alex daern is on the story. >> reporter: lester good evening. police say the suspects in these vicious murders is a former employee of his iron company. one of the suspect's relatives was fired from the company. police say the suspect is armed and dangerous. his whereabouts unknown. a major break in a horrific crime. detectives matched dna from pizza crust to darren dylan wint suspected in the murders. the 34-year-old maryland man wanted for dirs-first-teg murder may be hiding in new york after taking a bus to see his girlfriend after leaving her apartment early this morning. >> it does not appear this was a ran random crime but there is a connection through the suspect. >> reporter: he was ceo of american iron works where police say wint once worked. he has a criminal record. in 2010 he was arrested outside of american iron works carrying a two-foot long machete. weapons were dropped after he pleaded to containing open alcohol. >> do you believe that wint was acting alone sf. >> we have not ruled out there was others involved. i can't comment b
peter alex daern is on the story. >> reporter: lester good evening. police say the suspects in these vicious murders is a former employee of his iron company. one of the suspect's relatives was fired from the company. police say the suspect is armed and dangerous. his whereabouts unknown. a major break in a horrific crime. detectives matched dna from pizza crust to darren dylan wint suspected in the murders. the 34-year-old maryland man wanted for dirs-first-teg murder may be hiding in...
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i'm lester holt.hank you for watching, and good night. >> my. >> chris the kardashian critics, the crazy
i'm lester holt.hank you for watching, and good night. >> my. >> chris the kardashian critics, the crazy
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. >> it really does, lester. in fact, they are now evacuating the oklahoma city airport to underground facilities. we are looking live from our kfor chopper and you can see that we are seeing a major, major tornado on the ground. we're watching this. this is looking toward norman, oklahoma. so they are going to continue to track this. and as we watch this, we can also see there is damage -- this is selena, kansas. you can see a major tornado on the ground there. no reports of damage. there were some trees uprooted, but thankfully no injuries. and so we are in for a very, very busy night. in fact, right now we go to the radar and you can see this is the storm we're concerned about over norman. we have tornado warnings in effect. dangerous tornado on the ground. we'll continue to track this. we have the risk, an enhanced risk of severe storms tonight from texas into oklahoma city, into oklahoma, and into kansas and nebraska. 9 million people at risk. dangerous tornadoes, damaging hail. and we're also watching a sys
. >> it really does, lester. in fact, they are now evacuating the oklahoma city airport to underground facilities. we are looking live from our kfor chopper and you can see that we are seeing a major, major tornado on the ground. we're watching this. this is looking toward norman, oklahoma. so they are going to continue to track this. and as we watch this, we can also see there is damage -- this is selena, kansas. you can see a major tornado on the ground there. no reports of damage....
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i'm lester holt.bc news, thank you for watching and good night. >>> lights camera "access." >> i think this was possibly the biggest television show. ever. >> it's time to move on. >> have you heard from simon or randy? >> the end of modern tv's biggest phenomenon. i'm billy bush as
i'm lester holt.bc news, thank you for watching and good night. >>> lights camera "access." >> i think this was possibly the biggest television show. ever. >> it's time to move on. >> have you heard from simon or randy? >> the end of modern tv's biggest phenomenon. i'm billy bush as
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lester? >> thanks the catastrophic flooding has ravages communities both big and small here in texas. its so widespread thatrth largest city in the country a full three hour drive from where we stand tonight has been brought to a complete standstill. houston is where we find janet shamlian tonight. good evening. >> good evening, in the shadow of downtown houston, this park looks like a fast moving river right now, after a nearby bayou flowed out of its banks due to the flooding this is a type of flooding that houston has not seen in more than a decade and tonight the mayor has declared a state of emergency. >> extreme danger in houston as record setting floodwaters swamped the city. more than 900 calls for help. firefighters could barely finish one high water rescue before racing to the next. >> pretty much one of the worst thunderstorms i've been to. >> the interstates littered with abandoned cars. the houston galleria flooded. and with the storm raging during a playoff game some fans shelte
lester? >> thanks the catastrophic flooding has ravages communities both big and small here in texas. its so widespread thatrth largest city in the country a full three hour drive from where we stand tonight has been brought to a complete standstill. houston is where we find janet shamlian tonight. good evening. >> good evening, in the shadow of downtown houston, this park looks like a fast moving river right now, after a nearby bayou flowed out of its banks due to the flooding this...
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i'm lester holt.at "nbc news" thank you for watching >>> lights camera access. >> look at that kid. i love you both. >> two big reasons r
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i'm lester holt. thank you for watching and good night. >>> tv blood batting from american idol to catherine heigl's state of affairs, dozens of your favorite shows get the ax. >> which shows could bee saved now on "extra"? >>favorite shows get the ax. >> which shows could be saved now on "extra"? >> the end of american idol, the final act of revenge, the mindy project history. the fan outrage today as the networks clean house. >> which sitcom could come back on hulu? >> plus fall tvs new faces, rob lowe eva longoria neil patrick harris can we save prime time? >> kim kardashian naked in the dessert, her daring new photo shoot as bruce brings the family to tears. >> why kim
i'm lester holt. thank you for watching and good night. >>> tv blood batting from american idol to catherine heigl's state of affairs, dozens of your favorite shows get the ax. >> which shows could bee saved now on "extra"? >>favorite shows get the ax. >> which shows could be saved now on "extra"? >> the end of american idol, the final act of revenge, the mindy project history. the fan outrage today as the networks clean house. >> which...