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i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news thank you for watching and good night. >>> right now packing up and moving on. bay area residents are getting sick and tired of shelling out thousands of dollars on rent. but is there a way around sky-high prices? >>> plus, a local family demanding justice. what exactly happened on a southwest plane that left their father dead? >>> but first, threats of i.c.e. raids still sending fear throughout the bay area. but now it is businesses that are feeling the impact. >>> the news at 6:00 starts right now. thank you so much for joining us. i'm garvin thomas. >> and i'm anoushah rasta. raj and jess have the night off. first the fear, now the fallout. tens of thousands of undocumented immigrants have essentially gone into hiding. a result of a threat of ice sweeps coming from the trump administration. while there are no confirmed reports of i.c.e. arrests in the bay area the fear alone has been enough to hit the bottom line for local businesses. >> nbc bay area's dam

. >> lester holt is next with "nightly news." thanks for joining us. >> bye. >>> breaking news tonight. the victory for 9/11 victims over a decade in the making. >> the bill is passed. >> the senate late today passing a bill to make sure the 9/11 fund never runs out of money to care for victims and survivors after emotional pleas by comedian jon stewart and first responders >> we can never repay all that the 9/11 community has done for our country, but we can stop penalizing them. >> tonight the measure on its way to president trump's desk. >>> bracing for impact, robert mueller just hours away from his highly anticipated testimony, answering questions for the first time about the russia probe. what will congress ask, and what will he say? >>> the shocking twist in the murders of an american woman and her boyfriend. police revealing two missing teens feared to be victims, too, are now suspects on the run. >>> inside jeffrey epstein's private island, the secluded compound where at least one accuser said she witnessed sexual abuse,

i'm lester holt. of us at nbc news, thank you for watching, and good night. . >>> joining the presidential race late. the billionaire looking to shake things up. >>> the fight doesn't end after the flames are extinguished. the new research about the impacts for firefighrs a father killed while riding his bike. >>> the news at 6:00 starts now. good evening, everybody. >>> a deadly fourth of july week for a family in san jose and today some answers. the man had just wrapped up his daily bike ride when a driver hit and killed him. today the man faced the judge. nbc bay area is in san jose with the latest. >> reporter: understandably the family is still in shock and today the daughter of the victim spoke out in court to try to make sure that the suspect doesn't get out on bail. the victim was an avid cyclist. last friday was no different. when the 62-year-old didn't return home, his wife used a phone tracking app and it led her here. her heart sank. >> the coroner told me he didn't make it. >> reporter: t

i'm lester holt. for all of us stop people from hopping onto b.a.r.t. paying, but are they doing any good? what our cameras captured at this bart station. >>> plus, buying a home is getting harder. what one study is revealing about first-time home buyers in the area. >>> first a controversial hire has a lot of people questioning it. resurfacing. the news at 6:00 starting right now. thanks for joining us. >> a state police officer fire ed was fired and now the video has resurfaced. there's a growing concern over that particular officer, robert. >> reporter: that's right. it's all centered around this i have owe and people are looking at it, trying to decide for themselves if the officer's actions were justified or not. regardless, we need to warn you, the images are disturbing. >> sh. lower your voice. i need your name or i'm going to take you to jail. >> reporter: in 2016 he called about a man who was accused of watching porch in the library and acting crazy. >> what's your birth date. >> i can change it. >> no. give me your real birthday. >> i don't ha

i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching have a great night, everyone >>> right now at 6:00, a helicopter flips at an airport in the east bay. the new details we're learning about this deadly crash. >>> plus preparing for a backup plan. the reason a major local water agency is putting emergency equipment in strategic spots this fire season. >>> but first -- >> kind of frightened me maybe one day they won't be there. >> afraid to go out in public. how bay area families are responding to president trump's immigration sweep. >>> the news at 6:00 starts right now. good evening and thanks for being with us on this monday. i'm raj mathai. >> and i'm jessica aguirre. in fear and panic. that's how many bay area families say they spent the weekend. the threat of the widespread deportations hung over their head. immigration raids were supposed to begin yesterday but there were only a few reports of i.c.e. activity nationwide. >> just the threat of the raids had immigrant families chang

. >> lester holt is next with nightly news. >> see you soon, bye. the release of the american tourist held hostage in syria reunited tonight with his family after being held for two months, why the 30-year-old blogger was arrested in a war zone >> an entire team of navy seals ordered sent home from iraq after allegations of sexual assault and misconduct just a day after 18 marines were detained in california on human smuggling and drug charges >>> the cold case discovery, 34 years after a young girl was kidnapped when she was home alone, her disappearance even drawing attention to child abductions now after all those years her remains finally discovered >> the not knowing breaks parents' hearts. it's the worst aspect of a missing child. >>> danger in the water, a man dies after swimming in a water park and becoming infected with a rare brain eating amoeba safee they're usually found an >>> the massive merger, what the $26 billion deal between sprint and t-mobile could mean for the price you pay. and a dream come true. the emotional moment when a you

i'm lester holt. thanks for watching, everyone. and good night . >>> oh, my gosh. >> a friendship forged through a traumatic experience. the summer camp worker in san jose who helped save a baby's life. >> plus, a good shake. the pair of quakes that rattled the bay area, what the chances are of another earthquake. >>> also a house party in the middle of the night. you can see it there. the neighborhood insta county blaming a house in foreclosure for all these teenagers flooding onto the street. >>> we want to start tonight with breaking news about the supreme court. retired justice john paul stevens has died. justice stevens who was known for his trademark bow tie was the third-longest serving justice in supreme court history. he served 35 years. he was also a veteran of world war two and nominated for the high court in 1975 by president ford. justice stevens was 99 years old. >>> good evening, and thanks for being with us at 6:00, i'm raj mathai. >> i'm jessica aguirre. a quiet community in the east bay is in an uproar. neighbors

i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching, and have a >>> i walked over and said is there a problem? he said no. then they walked away. >> a 5-year-old boy wanders away from a summer camp on the peninsula. now his parents are demanding answers. >>> plus this might impact your next night out in the city. the san francisco street that is now off limits to cars. >> but first this is only a test. the reason the government sent out mock census forms to bay area neighborhoods and why immigrant rights groups aren't buying it. >> the news at 6:00 starts right now. good evening and thanks for being with us. >> now, it is not legal. the supreme court ruled the upcoming census cannot include a question about your citizenship status. so then why are thousands of people across the country and here in the bay area getting census forms that ask if you're a citizen? nbc robert honda takes a look at this. the census bureau says those forms are only a test. community leaders say it's really a t

at 6:30, lester holt will be back on the air with "nightly news." we have been on during lester's time at 5:30 because we've been exclusively bringing you the very latest and letting you know what was happening at the tanforan mall and throughout the bart system so you know what was going on. but lester will be on at 6:30 with a fill up date on international and national news for you. >> we want to bring in jim alison, a spokesman for bart. thanks for joining us. you have more on the closing down of the bart parking lot in san bruno. hello? jim, are you there? we don't have him. okay. we'll get back to him. we want to point out it is closing down. anyway you can get your car out of there, do it now. it will be closed for hours. the malls closed, tanforan mall. it will be closed for quite sometime. >> as we heard from scott bud man, the parking structure by the century movie parking structure, you will not be able to get your car tonight but the people whose cars were in the open parking lot of the mall, they have been allowed to take their cars and l

lester holt is in los angeles when he talked with size molei t seismologist, lucy jones. >> jaime alvarez who say public defender in santa clara county is in a hospital in spain. he went for the running of the bulls and ended up getting gored. marianne favreau is in san jose with his incredible and lucky story. >> he is very lucky. jaime alvarez worked here at the public defender's office for 20 years and said when that bull hit him and knocked him to the ground and gored him, he was trying to take a video of his run. he said if it hadn't been for a stranger that pulled him to safety, he would likely be dead. day one of the annual of the bulls in spain. the excitement was too much for n't want me to and don't run, d >> he ran through the streets with the bulls and after they thought they passed, he stopped to take a selfy and a huge bull knocked him down. >> a straggler. i turned and it was like a truck or a car just hit me and i put my hands on my neck and i saw blood and i felt my neck opened up. i was stunned. >> he said a stranger dragged him to paramedics, likely saving his life. the

." >> lester holt is next. we'll see you at 6:00. >>> breaking news tonight the dramatic takedown after a deadly shooting spree just a short time ago. police capturing the suspect wanted in the killings of four people at three different crime scenes >> i just saw ten police officers with guns, rifles and handguns going crazy >> the suspect's father and brother among the dead >>> six teen marines arrested on charges from human smuggling to drug offenses, the dramatic arrests happening during a battalion formation. >> jeffrey epstein placed on suicide watch. he was found injured in his jail cell with marks on his neck. was he attempting to take his own life or could he have been 37 max plane, how itinmate could throw a wrench into your travel plans and drive up ticket costs especially for the holidays another major city laying down the law on escooters as deaths and injuries rise. are they too dangerous for the road >>> and our journey to the top of the world where scorching heat is melting nature's wonders. >> a

. >> lester holt is right now. >> we will be back at 6:00. hope to see you then. >>> breaking news, the major scare at facebook, evacuated after a suspicious package may have exposed employees to a deadly nerve agent the fbi is on the scene. >>> the major league pitcher found dead in a hotel room, the game cancel. the teams d fans in shock. >>> the new questions after president trump's historic step seen around the world, would the u.s. allow north kuse? t >> it's not just wifi. criminals can use this to intercept bluetooth communication. >> tonight what to do to keep yourself from getting scammed. >>> and the stunning upset at wimbledon, the youngest player to compete facing off against the legend and her idol. >>> good evening, we begin with breaking news from california, silicon valley where facebook employees were alerted to the possible presence of a deadly nerve agent in a company mail facility officials in mannilo park say a screening dice classified the suspicious mail as a potential chemical warfare agent the discovery forcing evacua

i'm lester holt. >>> right now at 6:00, racing through sjc like a plane.car chase sent sparks flying and finally ended in arrest. >> his final testimony in the ghost ship trial. the statement from the master tenant that led to a rare reaction from the families of the victims, but, first. >> children are devastated by this. >> the threat from president trump that has bay-area immigrants on edge yet again. "the news at 6:00" starts right now. good evening. protesters are ng us. blocking streets in san francisco. they are voicing anger over the immigration raids that are expected this sunday. >> it's not just san francisco either. nbc news has confirmed sweeps will hit ten cities nationwide with a goal of arresting more than 2,000 undocumented immigrants. we have live team coverage for you on these controversial raids in san francisco with those protesters. sam? >> reporter: hey, jess camp right now there's probably 300, 400 protesters and that's been a stable number for the last hour or so. acting ice director ken cuccinelli says these raids will actually mo

>> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening. he was the reluctant witness. robert mueller who for nearly two years had the country holding its breath went public today testifying about his russia report. he didn't stray much beyond his written reports but nonetheless made headlines. acknowledging president trump was untruthful in his written answers to investigators. calling the trump campaign's embrace of wikileaks problematic and further rejecting the president's characteristic of the report as a hoax which is exactly what the president called it again late today pete williams starts our coverage. >> mr. mueller what is your message to the president. >> reporter: robert mueller, the opening minutes seemed to show promise with house judiciary chairman jerry nadler zeroing in on what president trump has said about him. >> the president has repeatedly claimed that your report found there was no obstruction and it completely and totally exonerated him but that is not what your report said, is it >> correct that is not what the report said. >> so the report dt

i'm lester holt. for al >>> keep walking over here. >> justified to pull the trigger.ta clara county d.a. releasing this new video and a new decision about this officer-involved shooting. >> plus, taking the stand in his own defense. the moments that made the master tenant of the ghost can ship warehouse break down. >>> eric swalwell dropping out of the presidential race. why he says he can no longer go on. >> the news at 6:00 starts right now. good evening. thanks for being with us on this monday. i'm raj mathai. >>> i'm jessica aguirre. a residential run that started in fanfare, late-night talk show announcements and a lot of energy came to eye relatively quiet end to congressman swalwell. >> he's the first major candidate to drop out of the race. his political career is far from over. sam brock joins us with the details. sam? >> reporter: raj, jessica, some of the voters that i spoke with today said they expected the decision, just not so soon. watch the opening shot of our story here today as congressman swalwell walks in to make his decision, surrounded mostly by

. >> lester holt is next. see you back at 6:00. >>> breaking news tonight. the heartbreaking new images from the border drawings from detained migrant children, depicting themselves in cages, as outrage grows over dangerous conditions found inside these facilities by government investigators. doctors now issuing dire warnings. >> the psychological effect that it will take o- you can't even explain. >>> and tonight, the urgent search for a 2-year-old girl swept away from her mother as they crossed the rio grande >>> the navy s.e.a.l. walking free after a bombshell verdict acquitting him of murder the sentence handed down for the one count he was acquitted on. and president trump tweeting congratulations. >>> the police officer who froze during the worse mass shooting in u.s. history now off the course body cam shows him hesitating in the hallway as a gunman murdered 58 people in las vegas. >>> travel nightmare a garbage truck falls over an overpass, snarling traffic on a major roadway as millions hit the road for this record-breaking july 4th holiday. >>> and

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. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening we learn today that two of the three people killed at a mass shooting at a california food festival are children and that the attacker was a 19-year-old tonight police are examining his social media posting some with racial overtones as they search for a motive in addition to the dead, a dozen were injured in yesterday's attack in gilroy that sent families fleeing in panic and police leaping into action we have it all covered tonight and miguel almaguer leads us off in gilroy. what's the latest there? >> reporter: good evening, the park behind me where the festival took place remains a crime scene. just this morning this entire area was on lockdown as police were looking for a possible accomplice they never found one the suspect is dead and now they may never know why he opened fire the band was playing their final song when gunfire began. chaos and carnage at the gilroy garlic festival. the teenage gunman unloading round after round as families ran for their lives. >> he just brought his gun up and started

that's "nightly news" for this friday i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching good night have a great weekend >>> right now at 6:00, busted in socal. tonight a stern warning from los angeles police. bay area thieves heading south to prey on new victims. plus a pothole in the middle of 880 brings traffic to a halt. when this part of the freeway d nothing wrong and says hayward police went after him because of what he was wearing and the lo skin. tonight body cam video appears to back him up. the news at 6:00 starts right now. good friday. thanks for joining us. >> raj and jessica have the night off. >> an unarmed east by a man says he was stopped not once by twice but police on the same day all because of the color of his skin. he took the city to court and police body camera video were a key part in this case. >> yeah. today he spoke exclusively with nbc bay area's melissa colorado. >> the man says he was not doing anything wrong when police officers tackled him to the ground giving him some cuts and bruises, an

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as lester holt reports, a lot of families are too scared to go home. >> reporter: for those living at the epicenter of the a massive 7.1 magnitude earthquake, a seismic shift in more ways than one. >> i don't know if any of us will feel safe here again. >> reporter: thousands of small aftershocks have hit southern california since friday's quake. which followed a 6.4 foreshock the day before. some families have started sleeping outside as a precaution. >> it is just to be safe. >> reporter: the quake felt as far away as l.a., vegas, phoenix, even sacramento. >> it is very strong earthquake. >> reporter: playing out on live tv. >> we're experiencing very strong shaking. i think we need to get under e desk. >> reporter: damaging structures and starting fires and leaving a fi fissure and swimming pools shaking with the energy vibrating from below but thankfully no lives were lost and no major injuries reported. >> on the long-term we'll have more earthquakes and a long stronger shaking. >> reporter: in the small town of trona 50 homes sustained damage. the high desert communities have be

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. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >> good evening. another american workplace has been shattered by violence this time a walmart in northern mississippi where police say a former employee opened fire, killing two store managers and hitting a police officer who was saved by his body armour the deadly rampage happening as the day began. our kristen dahlgren has details. >> reporter: the shots rang out just before 6:30 a.m. >> you hear, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop. >> reporter: shoppers and employees running for their lives at a wal-mart just south of memphis. >> two people. >> oh, my god. >> a shooting at walmart right now. >> reporter: within minutes police shot and injured the suspect, identified as recently fired employee martez abram. but not before store managers anthony brown and brandon galz were killed. >> this ain't no joke. my partner >> these people were doing the same thing you and i do every day. showing up for work in an attempt to provide for their families and then became victims of a senseless violent act >> reporter: one p

. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening, everyone. a very public and poignant battle is won tonight for those who bravely confronted the ashes, debris and hidden health dangers of ground zero. as 9/11 victims compensation fund, ensuring a financial safety net sickened by toxic exposure at the site. our jeff bennett has late details. >> reporter: tonight a victory for the first responders who risked their lives on september 11th. cheering from above the senate floor. >> expression of approval is not permitted in the gallery. >> reporter: as the bill passes to permanently pay for the 9/11 victim compensation fund. >> the yeas are 97, the nays are 2. the bill is passed. >> reporter: the two senators voting no, republicans mike lee and rand paul. both introducing measures to cap pay outs, which failed. >> this should never have been a fight. >> reporter: the compensation fund had been running short on money. recently gaining nationwide attention following passionate pleas for support fro first responders and comedian jon stewart. >> your

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>> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. there's breaking news tonight from the persian gulf region where things are becoming more confusing and unstable by the day. iranian forces have seized a british shipistered tanke and its crew in the strait of hormuz claiming it broke the law. they also stopped another ship. it comes as iran disputes president trump's claim that theu. destroyed an iranian drone that threatened an american warship. the president issuing a new warning tonight. r hallie jackson has the latest. >> reporter: another serious provocation tonight in the strait of hormuz after iran seized a british tanker with 23 crew members onboard. >> this only goes to show what i'm saying about iran. burouble. nothintrouble. >> reporter: the u.s. calling iran's move esculatory violence. tehran had pledged retaliation after the brits seized one o s ships earlier this month. >> we will respond in a way that is considerate but robust. >> reporter: it's the latest flashpoint in this already volatile region. a fifth of the worl

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. >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news with lester holt." >> good evening, we breaking news out of massachusetts where prosecutors have just dropped their sexual assault se against "house of cards" actor kevin spacey. thoscar winning spacey, one of several gh-profile men caught in the glare of the me too movement, was accused of groping an 18-year-old man in a nantucket bar in 2016. our kate snow has the late details. >> reporter: prosecutors dropping t charges againstor kevin spacey, something his attorney called for in court last week. >> this case needs to believe it needs to be dismissed today. s >> reporter: tte of massachusetts dropping a nantucket case due to the unavailability of the complaining witness. that witss, a young man who was 18 when he worked as a busboy at this nantucket restaurant. his mother told me in 2017 that spacey assaulted her son. >> it wasn't until kevin spacey put his hand inside his pants that he really knew he was in trouble. >> reporter: you say he didn't consent to that. >> absolutely not. >> reporter: the teen of the alleged deo incident to his g

>> announcer: this is "nbc nigly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. he was the reluctant witness, robert mueller who for two years had the country holding its breath went public today testifying about his russia rort. the former special counsel as promised didn't stray much beyond htten report, but none the less made headlines. dging w president trump was tentruthful in his writanswers to investigators, calling the trump caaign's embrace of wikileaks problematic and firmly rejecting the president's characterization of e report as a hoax which is exactly what the president called it again late today. pete williams starts our coverage. mr. mueller, what's your message to the president? >> reporter: robert mueller arrived in hopes to the democrats that the message would io spread to mill that never heard it. mi the opening nutes appeared to show that promise with jer dler zeroing in on what president trump has said about it. >> the president repeatedly claimed that your report found there was no obstructionnd that it completely and totally emine rated hi

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earlier i spoke with lester holt. in santa monica with his family.hey were at a movie theater. >> i was with my wife and one of my sons in a movie theater downtown. and began to feel the tremble. i held my wives hand and looked at each other. no panic. everyone is kind of in the theater acknowledging what was happening. it kicked into second gear and people started to get up. we decided to get out. everyone was orderly. we made our way to the stairwell. and went down the several floors to the street level. there was no panic. it was one woman sobbing. very disstraugt. understand understandably. we got on the street. it was hard to tell who felt what. across the street there was a hotel. we could see people gathered in the lobby around the tv watching the local news coverage of this. i spoke to one of my neighbors who was here in our building who talked about the strongest thing she has felt and it was scary. neighbors knocking on doors checking on others. it was a lot of quakes in lt world. this got my attention. i'll tell you that. >> did you feel t

i'm lester holt.atching, everyone, and good night >>> our investigation is leading us more and more to believe that there was not a second person involved. we have been able to track his movements around town and he was by himself. he was not with anybody else. >>> we are tracking new developments tonight in the gilroy garlic festival mass shooting. the news at 6:00 starts right now. good evening. thanks for being with us. our coverage once again here in downtown gilroy. >> it has been 48 hours since the gunman walked into the gilroy garlic festival and started shooting. tonight we're learning more about that rampage. we begin with live coverage. >> reporter: the conversations here in gilroy are probably similar to the dinner tables around the bay area, why did this happen in gilroy, why is this happening in this country? those are questions that are going to take a long time to explain with a lot of different layers, but we know the people here in gilroy and the victims in their respective cities wil

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let's go to lester holt, nbc's lester holt who is in santa monica. hi, lester. >> good evening. >> what did you experience? >> well, i was with my wife and one of my sons. we were in a movie theater in downtown santa monica, and began to feel a tremble. i held my wife's hand. we looked at earthquake, there was no panic, you could hear everyone in the theater saying the same thing. then it seemed to kick into a second gear and then people started to get up. we you know decided to get out. there's something freaky about an earthquake in a dark theater. everyone was orderly. we made our way to the stair well. and i went down several floors to the street level. there was no panic. there was one woman who was sobbing, was you know, very distraught. understandably. but we got on the street and it was hard to tell who felt what. if you're out on the town, maybe you didn't feel it. but across the street, there was a hotel. we could see people gathered in the lobby around the tv watching the local news coverage of this. i just spoke to one of my neighbors who

. >> great, and you'reoing to have more tonight on "nightly news" with lester holt. >> a lester iso out the earthquakes and all stheismic activity out there. >> and flooding today in maryland. >> got all the bases covered. >> coast to coast. >> thank you, tom. always great to see you. >> you bet. >> all right. google. we are just still traumatized from this morning. >> it was amazing, some people probably telling their stories rigsa now. ing honey, this is what i'm going through. >> this is why i went to the meeting this morning. >> becse it was really not just nasty. something kind of up precedente around theea. a flash flood emergency for the district of columbia. th p firstut those into existenceback in 2011 to up the ante on the flash flood warnings soot we've n had one since then. we have had them in our area. before think of ellicott city last year. emergencies as well. there's the rain coming throughur area.8: 7:00, , 9:00, 10:00 and up around martinsburg, loudoun county, seeing the rain at 1:00, 2:00 a.m., so this was an ongoing system that made its way on through the region and

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. >>> "nbc nightly news" anchor, lester holt, was on vacation in santa monica and felt the earthquakes. that's 150 miles to the west. he called last night to share his experience. >> what did you experience? >> i was with my wife and one of my sons in a movie theater in downtown santa monica. we looked at each other. no panic. you hear everyone in the theater acknowledging what was happening. then, it kicked into a second gear. and people started to get up. and we decided to get out. and there's something freaky about an earthquake in a darkened theater. everyone was orderly. we made our way to the stairwell and went down several floors to the street level. there was no panic. there was one woman who was sobbing, very distraught, understandab understandably. but it was hard to tell who felt what. across the street, there was hotel. we could see people gathered in the lobby around the tv, watching the local news coverage of this. i spoke to one of my neighbors, here in our building. who talked about the strongest thing she has felt. and it was scary. neighbors were knocking on doors. i'

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. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening, i'm kristen welker in fost southern california. search and rescue teams in 20 y, the epicenter about 150 miles northeast of los angeles near ridgecrest where tonight a state of emergency has been declared the quake was long and rolling with buildings rolling back and forth. fears about what may be coming next nbc's miguel almaguer has made his way to ridgecrest tonight. >> reporter: it struck at 10:33 a.m., flames quickly engulfing this home. >> earthquake, all units out from your stations >> reporter: firefighters responding after the earthquake started the fourth of july with a bang the epicenter in ridgecrest in the mojave desert. >> we have multiple commercial firearms >> reporter: the quake was so powerful it split the asphalt on this highway >> all the knickknacks and things in the cabinets were flying out like missiles >> reporter: aisle after aisle at grocery stores and convenience stores, merchandise tossed off shelves, floors damaged. the quake turning swimming pools into wave pools. inside restaurant

. >>> taking a look at this tweet from lester holt who was evacuated from a theater in santa monica after the earthquake. this is what people felt farther inland in pasadena. >> and i was getting busy and it started out slowly and went faster and faster, and i started getting dizzy. i stau stop sign moving and the tvs were moving and that is when i got behind the door. >> it is the kind that it sort of underlates. it is not jerky, but kind of like a wave. >> it is a rolling kind of the nonstop, and took a while for it to stop. it was really strange. >> that quake surprised thousands of fans at last night's dodger's game in l.a., but the people at home saw shaking images from the game, until the announcers cleared it up. >> for kike hernandez, we have another earthquake. >> yes, we have a earthquake going on. >> it is a pretty good one, too. >> and even as they felt the shaking, and viewers saw the cameras shaking, the teams just kept on playing there, and many of the fan s saw the alerts on the phone and realized what happened. and they held up the game a few minutes but once they saw no