i'm lester holt. thank you for watching, and good night, everyone. >>> right now at 6:00, a vip grand opening at chase center. we'll tell you who the warriors honored and thanked today. >>> plus, going home. the last two victims of the gilroy garlic festival shooting released from the hospital. and the reopening today that springs hope back to the gilroy community. >> but first we continue our live coverage in santa barbara. we have new details following that horrific boat fire, how these people lost their lives and how the crew reacted. the news at 6:00 starts right now. good evening and thanks for being with us on this tuesday. i'm raj mathai. >> and i'm jessica aguirre. we have more news about the deadly boat fire. many families impacted. the rescues changed to recovery. 14 people still missing but presumed dead. tonight the heartache and the questions are mounting. >> nbc bay area's damian trujillo has been there since yesterday afternoon and leads the coverage tonight. damian, what's the latest w

lester >> all right, pete williams in our washington newsroom. thank you. >>> that mass shooting was the second to strike texas in a month after the massacre that killed 22 people at an el paso walmart. tonight in the wake of that tragedy and amid mounting pressure, walmart is announcing new limits on guns and ammo sales. with more on that, here's tom costello >> reporter: the first weekend in august brought two more mass massacres. 9 killed in dayton, ohiormer emi walmart shot and killed two workers. today walmart c.e.o. said the status quo is unacceptable announcing walmart will discontinue sales of ammunition for assault-style weapons and handguns, and discontinue hand gun sales in alaska, the only state where it still sells handguns and after panic at a missouri walmart -- >> male wearing a bullet proof vest and an ar around his neck has just walked into the store and is recording himself >> reporter: one suspect arrested today the company said, we are respectfully requesting that customers no longer openly carry firearms into our stores in s

lester holt is next with nightly news. we leave you with the closing shot, a live look in new york city on this anniversary of september 11th. >>> breaking news tonight, the major new ban on vaping. president trump announcing the fda under growing pressure is moving to pull the popular flavored e-cigarettes off the market new illnesses reported, hundreds now in 42 states, the deadly toll six killed by a mystery disease. tonight, the crackdown on how e-cigarette companies are firing back. >>> also breaking, the new headline on the opioid crisis. the tentative settlement the maker agreeing to payout $12 billion. tonight what could still derail the deal >>> shocking surveillance video, the moment of impact a plane crashing shortly after take-off. the wing just barely missing a man on the ground. the terrifying close call. >>> the nfl super star accused of rape by his former trainer, antonio brown on the practice field for the first time in a patriots uniform how his team and bill belichick are responding. >>> also tonight, my

lester >> catie beck, thank you. at this hour dorian is moving fast up the coast parts of the northeast will be feeling the impact in the coming hours. al roker joins us now. al, where is it headed >> lester, right now dorian is 330 miles south/southwest of nantucket. 90-miles-per-hour winds as a category 1 but it's rocketing now, moving northeast at 24-miles-per-hour. it will hit canada then on its way to create snow for greenland. it still has some affects along the coas we're talking tropical storm gusts for long island tonight and tropical storm winds for the coastal new england. and beaches are closed up and down the east coast. we've got rip currents, new york city's beaches closed. we will finally say good-bye to dorian in the next 12 hours. lester >> all right al roker, thank you. >>> we are of course keeping closwatcon the bahamas tonight where desperation is growing. relief workers are struggling to get aid to the devastated country, and hundreds if not more are trying to find a way off one of the hardest h

i'm lester holt.or all of us at nbc continues to happen tonight, calling for action on climate change, the worldwide protest that has bay area students pouring on to the streets. >>> plus was it quid pro quo, we investigate. >> the bay area software engineer beaten to death. now decades later his family is concerned about his killer's release. >> the news at 6:00 starts right now. good evening and thanks for being us. >> keep a convicted killer in prison. that is the plea tonight from the bay area widow. a parole panel decided to release timothy wilson yesterday. he served a quarter century behind bars for beating a bay area father to death in the '90s. the widow feels he'll hurt someone again. it was the everyday ritual in the home while carroll fixed dinner, her husband john tended to their seven kids. story time with dad immortalized in this painting. >> i don't want anyone else to go through what we've been through. >> his killer, timothy wilson was a 23-year-old from san francisco. >> when he fir

i'm lester holt., everyone and good night down on the emotional court hearing for the woman attacked outside her condo in san francisco. >> it's expensive to live in the bay area, but we have the new number that is highlight the housing crisis. >> in and out in four hours, president trump's quick fundraising trip othe peninsula. and he's not done raising money in california just yet. >> the news at 6:00 starts right now. thanks for joining us. >> much like president obama, president trump making a quick visit to the silicon valley to make quick money. but for president trump, this was his first stop in the bay area as commander in chief. >> right now the president is getting ready for a second fund-raiser of the day. you can see there the police presence outside of the home in beverly hills where police officers are keeping people away before the fund-raiser. >> earlier today he landed about 11:00. he waved to a crowd of dozens of supporters as he got off air force one. from there his motorcade was qu

>> oh, there is, lester. it is not happy. the american vaping association calls administration's plan draconian and says it will send ex-smokers back to being smokers. it will do nothing to stop the sale of contaminated thc pods and most of all, it will create another black market, this time for flavored e-cigs. >> we'll be hearing a lot more about this anne, thank you very much. >>> more breaking news tonight about the nation's opioid crisis a major development in the story nbc news broke several weeks ago on the negotiations between cities and states suing purdue pharma the biggest opioid producer in the country. tonight news of a tentative deal that is drawing plenty of opposition here is nbc tom costello. >> reporter: tonight, thousands of cities and roughly two dozen states have signed on to a deal that would have opioid giant purdue pharmaceuticals paying up to $12 billion as the company reorganizes under chapter 11 and turns itself into a for-profit trust, with profits going directly to the plaintiffs, but almost half

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lester >> all right kristen welker tonight, thank you. let's bring in chuck todd now in washington and andrea mitchell in new york to talk more about this andrea, you've covered seven presidents you've looked through this memo of the conversation. what stood out to you? >> what is surprising to a lot of people whom i've talked to, former officials, some current officials, democrats as well a privately republicans is he's raising the issue of a political opponent, joe biden and biden's family to a newly-elected lead tore a vulnerable country invaded by russia, needs military aid, only one week after he had frozen congressionally approved military aid, weapons for this leader so this gives him so much leverage he doesn't have to say anything explicitly and it raises a lot of questions about how he's conducting foreign policy >> chuck, the white house put th the president insisting it would help him, nothing to see here. 24 hours later, though, is the president doing a better or all that is implicated by this phone call, where the president

i'm lester holt.bc news, thank you for watching and good night. >>> right now at 6:00, not enough security. organizers of a popular pumpkin park want more sheriff's deputies on hand when it opens. why they say it likely won't happen. >> plus the major move in the nation's capitol. democrats decide to go forward with impeachment proceedings against president trump. >>> but first our temperatures are high and so is the fire danger. we're already seeing power outages. >>> tonight we want to start with the breaking news,that two alarm brush fire in sassoon city. see the video right there of the flames and smoke. this is between highway 12 and webster street. we've been talking about the high fire danger for days now. no structures here have been threatened. firefighters say winds in the area are shifting east. >>> let's take a look across san francisco to walnut creek to san jose. most parts in between, that heat is back. a lot of worrying as fire danger is high. chief meteorologist jeff raniere joins us

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>> reporter: lester, good evening. pump prices today are stable, but most analysts do predict we will see gas prices jump like 10 to 25 cents a gallon over the coming weeks as saudi arabia tries to recover from the attacks. the national average right now $2.55 a gallon it will be a lot more out on the west coast, less down south. here is good news, we are now paying on average 30 cents less per gallon than a year ago. in addition, the united states now produces more oil than saudi arabia that makes us far less dependent on foreign oil than we were in years' past. president trump said he'll tap the petroleum reserve if necessary to stabilize gas prices however, the united states pump prices are going to be exposed to and vulnerable to the world oil market if there's another attack, that could send pump prices even higher lester >> tom watching the oil prices tonight, thank you. >>> in maine today a scene of complete destruction after a building exploded killing the fire captain and injuring six other people including hi

i'm lester holt.watching and good night, everyone >>> right now at 6:00, harmless ads or graffiti. >>> a new settlement with pg&e. what does it mean for the victims? >> first cranking up the heat. the big outdoor event in the south bay that has health experts concerned about heat exposure. >>> thanks so much for joining us. >> one of the hottest days of the summer, but relief from the heat is right around the corner. let's take a look across the bay area. triple digits in a lot of areas, 90s in san francisco. >> jeff rahher in ri tracking that heat for us and the cooldown that's headed our way. >> i think we'll get noticeable differences in here on sunday, and by monday it's going to be drastic, even showers moving close to the bay area. right now the heat advisory continues through 7:00 p.m. tonight. then it is expected to expire. it includes most of the bay area, so still drink plenty of water tonight and don't forget those pets. we got to 101 in napa, 100 in east san jose, san francisco 92, we are

i'm lester holt. all of us at nbc news, thanks for watching and good night. >>> right now the construction can go forward. that's what a judge ruled today about that controversial homeless shelter in san francisco. we look at the next step. >> plus she's accused of arranging her ex's mother. the trial begins for a local real estate heir res. >>> the news at 6 starts right now. good evening thanks for being with us. >> okay. it says feels like summer, dangerously hot temperature tomorrow. wind is an issue. now we have a red flag warning as well that begins this evening. >> it's the exact opposite of what we should be seeing. the wind is going to be focused in hills a thousand feet and above. we'll bring you into that warning tonight and you'll be able to see here it includes hills of the northeast and also for the south bay right around fairfax, sonoma, napa, saint helena, berkeley, oakland, fremont. and down to the south bay it's the eastern foothills of san jose and also surrounding hills there of gi

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i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night and have a great weekend. >>> right now at 6:00, a message from the silicon valley, the pope's warning for tech companies. >>> and we're watching windy and cooler changes to finish the work week. the weekend could include sierra snow and showers around theo do bay fire victims look to ild their homes and 6:00 starts rigt now. good friday. thanks for joining us. >> people who lost their homes in the north bay fires a couple years ago are running out of time and money. insurance companies will cut them off just days from now. tonight, they're raising their voices and demanding actions. let's bring in our consumer investigator chris chmura. we see a big crowd behind you in santa rosa. what do you have, chris? >> yeah, raj, we're at the old courthouse square and we have a little over 100 people here. you can see the faces and the signs. this is a crowd of people who lost everything about two years ago. because the fires dest

lester holt is next with "nightly news." >>> breaking news tonight, the miracle at sea four trapped crew members rescued from inside a cargo ship. the last just pulled to safety as we come on the air. coast guard choppers landing on the side of the overturned vessel the urgent race against time to get them out >>> juul e-cigarettes warned to stop marketing them as safer than sics for actions as illness and deaths arise. >>> a cabinet official threatening to fire top weather agency sta cont ct tweet hurricane dorian would strike alabama. >>> the fallout after those secret taliban talks were cancelled. >>> the heartbreaking announcement from dr. oz, the tv star revealing his mother is battling alzheimer's. >> i blame myself because if i found it earlier, i could have helped. >>> alarming video, the tesla on auto pilot a driver and passenger apparently asleep on a busy highway the new warning from police and a one simple thing you can do just once or twice a week to cut your risk of heart attack or stroke in half >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, e

i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc >>> right now taking on the nra by labeling it a terrorist organization. the reason city leaders made the move. >>> accusations of rape and kidnapping by more than a dozen reason. why they say lyft is partly to blame for those attacks. >>> trying to piece together the final moments before a fire engulfed that dive boat. what investigators are saying and a tearful interview with a woman who lost her daughter and husband. >>> good evening. >> the focus of that grim recovery mission is about to change. 33 of the 34 people killed in that fire have now been removed from that wreckage. >> our reporters have been in santa barbara throughout the week. allie. >> reporter: we want to talk about the next step in this investigation. they still have to recover that final body from the wreckage out in the ocean in the bottom of the ocean. it is going to be a difficult process. after that dive teams are going to be examining the wreckage and bringing it up to shore all in a proc

. >> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >> good evening, everyone. president trump has parted ways with another critical white house player national security adviser john bolton fired or exiting on his own terms, depending on which versioyou believe. the upshot, bolton, a hawk who clashed with the president on everything from dealings with north korea to iran becomes the third trump national security adviser to be bounced from the job. peter alexander was at the white house with more tonight. >> reporter: president trump dropping the bombshell on twitter, saying about his national security adviser, "i informed john bolton last night that his services are no longer needed at the white house. i disagreed strongly with many of his suggestions, and therefore i asked john for his resignation, which was given to me this morning. the surprise announcement just an hour before this briefing at the white house earlier said bolton would attend. secretary of state mike pompeo, who repeatedly clashed with bolton, insisting he was not blindsided >> was it news to

>> the next 24 hours lester really are.e're looking at on the radar really possibility of tornados besides everything else. we have tornado watches and warnings being issue flood watches and thin is "nightly news" for this wednesday. today -- steve: you all are the most prized possession god has ever created, ever. she wanted to meet some of these men who have been sliding into her dm's. say hello. who is it going to be? >> plus -- steve: this is steve's food truck battle. >> wait, aren't you reagan question -- you vegan? vegan? put your hands together for your host, steve harvey. [applause] ♪ ♪ steve: thank you very much. i want to talk to about something, especially ladies. ladies, you are always claiming your territory when it comes to men. i know men mark our territory, but women do the same thing. when you get a man, you create ways to let people know "he mine." it's subtle stuff. most of the time, it ain't. go to an amusement park, you make us dress like you. we got the same outfit on. i have never done that. i hate t

i'm lester holt. ♪ >> kelly: how are y'all doing? back in 1876 an old boy named bell ♪ ♪ invented a contraption that we know so well ♪ ♪ by the 1950s they were in everybody's home ♪ ♪ there's a crazy little thing they call the telephone ♪ ♪ now there's one on every corner, in the back of every bar you can get when your briefcase, on a plane, or in your car ♪ ♪ so tell me why ♪ haven't i ♪ heard from you ♪ tell me why ♪ haven't i ♪ heard from you ♪ i said no darling, honey, what is your excuse ♪ ♪ why haven't i heard from you ♪ there better been a flood, a landslide of mud ♪ ♪ a fire that burns up the wire wires ♪ ♪ and a thunder so loud with a black funnel cloud ♪ ♪ a natural disaster i know nothing about ♪ ♪ tell me why ♪ haven't i ♪ heard from you ♪ tell me why ♪ haven't i ♪ heard from you ♪ i said no darling, honey, what is your excuse ♪ ♪ why haven't i heard from you ♪ [cheers and applause] >> kelly: how are y'all doing? all right, y'all, welcome to "the kelly clarkson show"! [cheers and applause] all right. it has been three wee

that wouldn't give up finding their lost best friend >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening, a u.s. army soldier is behind bars tonight accused of sharing bomb making instructions on social media while authorities have not identified any plots, the fbi says the soldier had discussed potential targets here in the u.s., including members of a left wing activist movement and the headquarters of a news network. our pete williams has details. >> reporter: the fbi says it was tipped off that a soldier stationed at ft. riley in central kansas talked before enlisting about wanting to fight with a far right terror military group in ukraine, and posted bomb-making instructions on facebook after joining the u.s. army in 2017, the fbi says, private first class jared william smith described how to use a cell phone to make a bomb detonator. beginning last month the fbi says smith told an undercover agent about possible attacks in the u.s. on members of the radical left group antifah blowing up cell phone towers according to a court document, smith said a possible tar

. >> lester holt is next with nig nightly news. >>> breaking news tonight. the catastrophic flood emergency, the deadly disaster unfolding in texas tropical depression imelda causing massive floods roads and highways under water cars swallowed residents trapped in their homes. dramatic high water rescues underway as first responders reach over a thousand people >> i was covered in water. there was no way out >> tonight historic rain over 40 inches in certain areas. the threat growing others we come on the air. >>> also tonight, the shocking scandal. new images of canada's prime minister wearing blackface his apology as he fights for reelectionsshe country the surge in illnessov foreign leader during a phone call >>> the scare in the sky, a plane descending rapidly nearly 30,000 feet in just minutes. anxious moments in the cabin after oxygen masks deploy. a father grasping his son. the passengers urgently texting their families and the incredible million dollar winner inspiring america. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >> good evening

i'm lester holt. thanks for watching, everyone and good night >>> at 56, he was evicted and then he set the building on fire. new details about an arson at a san jose sex shop. >>> rain this morning, but it's starting to move out. we'll show you more on a brand new chance of showers coming our way in a few minutes. >>> also, president trump in the bay area tomorrow. his exact location is still a mystery. we'll tell you which city on the peninsula are preparing for his arrival. we want to start with breaking news. a major problem for b.a.r.t. during the evening commute. sky ranger is overhead. a possible fire near the south hayward b.a.r.t. station. firefighters asked b.a.r.t. to shut off the -- trains are turning back from the hayward station. you can see the tracks up above there. no trains are on there. right now at 6:00, the peak of the evening commute. going to cause headaches for a lot of people especially along the east bay. no word on when they hope to restore power. we're going to keep an eye

lester's doing a special., like, three days >> steve: ooh. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: he's doing a whole special about it he was actually in prison. >> steve: in prison for three days >> jimmy: yeah, absolutely yeah, i got to talk to him about it find out what's wrong with lester why would he do that [ laughter ] but i want to see that special and then we got great music. i love this guy's voice. alec benjamin is here, you guys >> steve: oh [ cheers and applause >> jimmy: talented guy fun show, we're so happy to be back i'm so happy to see you guys thank you for having us back [ cheers and applause two weeks off, too long. did you have a good one? did you have a good break? >> steve: it was great great break. >> jimmy: yeah, yeah, yeah, good tariq, you do anything fun for the break, the two weeks off >> tariq: nope >> jimmy: there you go [ laughter ] >> steve: mr. sunshine [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: hey, guys the u.s. open tennis tournament -- [ laughter ] -- is happening right now and we wanted to do some

>> the next 24 hours lester really are.re looking at on the radar really possibility of tornados besides lse. have tornado watches and warnings being issued even as we speak. and we've got flash flood watches and warnings. so, even if you're not on the coast, even inland you have to worry. >> all right. thatou is "nor watching and good night. ...6, 7, 8 ♪ ♪ ♪ big dreams start with small steps... ...but dedication can get you there. so just start small... start saving. easily set, track and control your goals right from the chase mobile® app. ♪ ♪ chase. make more of what's yours®. >>> nbc sports, home of the olympic games, premier league, the pga tour, the nascar playoffs and primetime's number one show "sunday night football"only on nbc. >>> tonight the nfl's 100th season kicks off with the packers and the bear, 10years of america's game. guys, i don't mean to be a pain in the butt, but why do you want me talking about 100 seasons. i'm old but i ain't that old. let me call a friend. maybe

i'm lester holt. of us at nbc news, thanks for watching and good night. >>> right now at 6:00, berkeley's looking to turn an empty lot into parking for the homeless. many neighbors don't like the idea. >>> plus the south bay judge who got kicked off the bench has a new job. the man who sentenced a swimmer to six months is coaching high school girls. >>> but first -- >> american values. >> a confrontation over communism on the peninsula. dozens of chinese americans celebrating the people's republic of china. >>> good eveningnd thanks for being with us. >> those protesters are angry that event took place in a city owned building. marianne with the exclusive story. you saw the heated exchange firsthand. >> i saw and heard it janelle. i can tell you it happened just a few minutes after the event started. more than 100 people came here to this community room for the event, and that's when thelash began. >> [ bleep ]. we remember. we remember. [ bleep ] [ bleep ]. >> reporter: moments after this video start

i'm lester holt. thank you for watching, everyone have a good night. >>> right now 6:00, ai a microclimate weather alert, temperatures spiking in the bay area, even giants fans at the ball park sweltering. we have team coverage on the high heat and the possible rain that might be on the way. >> imagine being able to look into the future to see what crime and economic trends affect your neighborhood. stanford fellowelps the city of san jose do that with an interactive map he says can read the future. >>> a man set on fire in contra costa country. we are live on the scene. >>> the news at 6:00 starts right now. >> i'm jessica aguirre. an altercation between some men ended with one man in flames. cheryl, what have you learned? >> reporter: police are telling me they got the call about 230 tum tim this afternoon. witnesses telling me that a man was on fire in front of a business on meadow lane. take a look at the video of the man being air lifted to the davis burn center. when the ambulance arrived, the v

lester, extraordinary insights.und questions about rehabilitation and punishment and the balance and especially for these juvenile lifers. >> yeah, i mean, these are issues that our country is struggling with right now. we've seen criminal justice reform has taken on a bipartisan support. we saw the federal first step act that was passed. that only dealt with federal prisoners. there's a conversation going on right now, how far do you go? it's one thing to reduce the prison population of non-violent offenders. how much risk do you take on violent offenders. in some cases they committed crimes as teenagers, they're now in their 40s and 50s and 60s. how do we factor in the families of their victims? it's stirring a national conversation. >> you've done so much work on this whole issue. your interviews of the central park five. what did you learn in addition by being inside angola? >> i think i learned about this power of rehabilitation. we hear that word a lot. you know, we often look at prisoners and they're kind of

nbc's lester holt is here tonight. he's going to speak about his new series on justice in america including two nights he spent sleeping at the largest maximum security prison in the u.s. we'll get into all of that. i'm thrilled that he's been on the show tonight. that's unusual. we begin with donald trump about to face a crush of new investigations. now many people said, look, this summer felt a little chaotic and you had all the mueller stuff. democrats say there's a lot more to get to. two top leaders in the house announcing a new probe into whether donald trump has abused his position as president to enrich himself. now obviously the context here is something we've been reporting on aggressively all week. the revelations of vice pens took this absurd 180 mile detour so he could drop some taxpayer dollars at trump's hotel over there in ireland. trump is also pushing his florida resort for an international summit trying to get foreign governments to pay in, although that hasn't been approved yet. judiciary chairman j

to cut your risk of heart attack or stroke in half >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, everyone breaking tonight, the dramatic day-long operation to free crewmen tra massive overturned cargo ship off the coast of georgia the tricky operation put into action after rescuers managed to make contact with the sailors. a full day after the ship turned over shortly after leaving port and tonight, there is late word the last of them has been freed our ron mott is there tonight. >> reporter: tonight, freedom from a sweltering capsized cargo ship and obvious relief after a dramatic rescue. the freed shipmates from the golden ray appearing soaked from head to toe with temperatures on the surface of the hull reaching 120 degrees. >> they were subject to some pretty tough conditions over the last day and a half. >> reporter: the two-football field long vessel toppled in st. simons sound sunday around 2:00 a.m. the first five rescued >> three were together in one spot, the fourth is stuck behind glenom he's probably the greatest risk of all four now. >> report

lester >>> all right. kristen dahlgren, thanks let's bring in al roker for the latest on the path of the storm. al, where is it headed and when >> it is headed up the east coast we are looking at it strengthening, a very strong category 2 with 110-miles-per-hour moving nor/n here's the track of the storm. makes its way across charleston thursday afternoon, may make landfall in wilmington but makes its way by friday afternoon, it moves away and off into the atlantic. impact, charleston, tomorrow morning, 50 to 90-miles-per-hour winds, four to seven feet of storm surge, 8 to 15 inches of rain wilmington up to 95-mile-per-hour winds with a storm surge of 4 to 7 feet, upwards of 15 inches of rain. norfolk friday 30 to 65-miles-per-hour winds. and two to four inches with this system, with winds that extend out 195 miles, not just the coast has to worry but folks inland, as well. lester >> all right al roker, thank you. >>> let's turn now to the deadly boat fire in california where tonight investigators have rec

lester? >> we'll of course continue to watch this storm closely. we'll come back on the air with updates as warranted. i'll be back with completegh i'm lester holt nbc news new >>> right now on your midday news, a wild morning rush hour hundreds of chickens killed. the drama continues even through this midday hour. good morning and thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. we have been watching this story unfold since early this morning when we were first on-air for "today in the bay." and beyond traffic impact on i-80, this is just a sad story overall. >> we've got team coverage for you. we're going to check in with mike. he's got a look at that traffic impact. but let's start out with nbc bay area bob redell live in san pablo. bob, quite a morning out there. so many east bay commuters experienced it. >> reporter: but we expect this mess to come to an end. chp just telling us that they expect all westbound 80 lanes here at san pablo dam road to be reopened within 30 minutes after it was shut down several hours ago. bot

lester holt joins us now with more on this fascinating report. lester, thank you for doing this. decide to? >> i've done a lot of stories on criminal justice reform and wrongful convictions over the years and one of the producers i work with on this, you know, had talked to some of the "dateline" leadership and how do we up this to something bigger and came up with the idea. it's not the first thing you'd say yes to the idea of being locked up in a maximum security prison but it made sense because it is a story we've told from the outside. it was time to go inside. mass incarceration is very complicated. a lot of people frankly belong there. but there are real questions, you know, can we lower this incarceration rate? why do we lock up more people than any country on earth? is prison supposed to be a place of punishment or is it a place of rehabilitation? and then you add the emotion of people in it. of course there are real victims here, you know, these guys took lives in many cases. we hear in the "dateline" hour from family members who lost people and the convicted people are

. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >> good evening, everyone. the houston area tonight is in the grips of a major flood emergency. the remnants of tropical storm imelda dumping staggering rainfall amounts along the southeast texas coast. at least one person has died and more than a thousand people have been rescued or evacuated. many by boat and the danger isn't over as forecasters say the torrential rains will continue into tonight. our gabe grr rcues are underway. these families strand in chest deep water rushed to safety. from beaumont to the houston suburbs, the rain. is historic. how does this compare to hurricane harvey >> the feel of it is just like harvey and the people we're rescuing saying they have more water now in their houses than they did during harvey. >> reporter: the floods killing one person, hunter morrison. the remnants of tropical storm imelda unleashed tornadoes late wednesday before torrential downpours overnight. >> we have been getting pounded by heavy rkes since midnight and 40 inches of rain drenching some areas. peop

>> good evening, lester the tropics are so active right now. we have six named storms three in the pacific, three in the atlantic the one we are focussing on is imelda it is producing massive amounts of rain. especially to the east of houston. south of houston, we have already had repoofve20 inches. we are going to see this last through friday with rain fall rates of one to three inches per hour from here on out tonight into tomorrow and maybe even friday,ches, and that lass through friday. >>> here in los angeles, a democratic donor is under arrest tonight. ave dangerous drugs to men and preyed on them as they overdosed. he is under investigation for playing a role in the deaths of two men and nearly killing a third. here is miguel. >> reporter: the overnight arrest of a well-known political advocate happened at the west hollywood apartment investigators called a drug house. prosecutors say he is a sexual predator who mainly preys on men made vulnerable by addiction and homelessness twice this month here at his home he's been charged with inje

up next is lester holtz with nightly news. . >>> breaking news tonight, the disturbing new allegations against an american airlines mechanic he was accused of sabotaging a passenger plane. now he may have ties to isis. the gruesome video they say was found on his phone. >>> also tonight secretary of state mike pompeo arriving in saudi arabia, labeng the attack saudi. the saudis accusing iran of sponsoring the strike and what president trump is saying about possible u.s. military action. >>> the tropical threats we're tracking six named storms, a tropical depression still pounding texas growing flash floods fears. millions on alert tonight. >>> the new arrest 14 three separate alleged school shooting threats and tonight the chilling new psa. >> the back to school warning from sandy hook parents >>> the new alert, the killer disease carried by mosquitos health officials in one state urging outdoor events be canceled who experts say is most at risk >>> and the football fan whose plea for beer money on tv turned into something so much more. >>> this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt.

the mystery about where all the money went >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >> good evening, everyone. the storm devastated bahamas as well as parts of florida are staring down at a new tropical threat tonight just a week after hurricane dorian, forecasters are keeping a sharp eye this hour on a disturbance expected to become a tropical storm a tropical storm warning has just been issued for the bahamas where heavy rain and winds may hit as soon as this evening. much of florida is in the possible path of the storm nbc's gabe gutierrez has the very latest. >> reporter: less than two weeks after hurricane dorian pummelled the bahamas, the same devastated area is under a tropical storm warning. tonight, forecasters are watching this system closely saying it could develop into tropical storm umberto right now its path is tough to predict since it is so disorganized but it is expected to dump heavy rain on the northern bahamas, the same area from dorian remains at 50, but the government expects it to rise sharply about 1,300 people are still listed as missing. all

i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, good night. >>> right now at 6:00, fighting back against a thief. a contra costa county man who refused to back down with had someone took the chain off his neck. plus -- >> a beloved deli on the peninsula is closing after more than half a century in buzz. the last straw that forced the owner out of business. >> a man attacked while visiting fe's grave. the man police are searching for. the news starts right now. i'm jessica aguirre. >> and i'm roger asigh. a 91-year-old man was beaten and robbed while visiting and sitting there at his late wife's grave site. tonight there is a sketch of the suspect. robert handa joins us with the details. robert, what do we know? >> reporter: well, it really is a disturbing crime. it took place here at mission city memorial park. the man comes here to visit and sits by his late wife's grave almost every day and the attacker took advantage of the man's grief. >> this is just an act of pure cowardice. >> the vision attack on

lester holt is next with nightly news. >>> breaking news tonight. the new tropical storm warning the threat gaining strength in the caribbean. the bahamas still reeling from the devastation of hurricane dorian bracing for impact new concerns tonight in florida and along the southeast and gulf coasts al roker is here with the track. >>> also tonight, the breaking headline of the deadly boat disaster the ntsb just revealing all crew members were asleep when the flames erupted the coast guard working to lift the ship from the water. tonight, the new warning about charging phones on boats >>> the fertility clinic accused of a shocking mix-up a father stunned to discover he's not his child's biological dad. >> it shuts you down your whole everything, your life this is not my daughter. whose is it? >> the parents suing the clinic.

lester is back with you tomorrow from all of us at nbc news, have a great night.

lester is with us.so many question, but let's just start with do the people who have been look being at this for so many years have a handle on how many people might be in prison today because of false confessions? >> my understanding it was considered a pretty rare event, someone confessing falsely and it was only in the '90s when we began to see dna evidence used in cases that they realized how many false confessions there were. >> thank god for the innocence project, right? so look, one of the things that i think will shock a lot of people is what you just heard which is you can lie. if i'm interrogating you and i'm a police officer, i can say i have dna evidence, i can say we have camera footage that shows you at the scene. >> yeah, picture you are 16 years old, you are hungry, you are tired. and i'm saying here is -- >> and you are terrified. >> and these people just said that you did it. >> and if you are a person of color, you know the deck is stacked against you. >> if you come in there and they

lester? >> hi, kate.inal justice reform has become a bipartisan topic in recent years. for the first time, we're going to take that conversation from the inside out. we hosted a town hall meeting here, bringing together experts on the subject, victims and incarcerated people here in the prison to talk about some of these issues. among those joining our panel, john legend, who has a foundation called free america, that focuses on criminal justice reform. you can hear the entire conversation in an msnbc special tonight. kate? >> lester, thanks. we'll lkoo i work hard and i want my money to work hard too. so i use my freedom unlimited card. even when i'm spending, i'm earning 1.5% cash back on everything i buy. (shouting) earning on headphones! huh? earning. earning. still earning. always earning. i don't know where you're pointing. not that one! the big one. you can't sneak a good earning opportunity past me. in fact... i've got a hand modeling gig that starts right now. earn 1.5% cash back on everything yo

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. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, i'm kate snow in for lester tonight. adventur they were experienced divers who signed up for an adventurous holiday weekend trip off the coast of santa cruz island near los angeles. board the diving boat when it caught fire in in the darkness early 39 people were on board the diving boat when it caught fire in in the darkness early this morning, the passengers asleep down below tonight family members are desperate for information about how crew members escaped while divers perished. gadi schwartz has the details. >> reporter: at 3:00 a.m. off the coast of a california island, a frantic call >> mayday mayday mayday. >> reporter: that mayday coming from a boat fully engulfed in flames >> i can't breathe please >> reporter: over the radio, a man identifying himself as the captain telling the coast guard dozens of passengers were asleep below deck crew members awake on the upper deck jumped overboard to escape the flames while passengers remained trapped >> can you get back on board and unlock the doors so they can

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