luke russert, nbc news. >> and that's "nbc nightly news" for this saturday. i'm lester holt reporting from new york. see you tomorrow morn on "today" and right back here tomorrow evening. good night. >>> nbc bay area news starts now. >> good evening. i'm diane dwyer. temperatures around the bay area soared nearly setting records along the way. but the hot weather is also causing some problems. nbc bay area's kimberly terry is in san jose with a look for us. >> reporter: hello, diane. what

>>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. >> good evening, we start tonight with something we don't often to have report in late april, heavy snow falling in the northeast. but then again, very little has been normal about the weather patterns this year. tonight a pretty powerful nor'easter is blasting cities and towns up andown the coast with heavy rain and wind. and and it's expected to bring up to a foot of snow in parts of the interior northeast. maryland up to western new york. that heavy wet snow blanketing trees, thanks to an early spring saw their leaves arrive several weeks early, could bring down limbs, and power outages across wide areas. all told, some 70 million people will be feeling the effects of this storm heading into the monday morning rush hour. meteorologist kelly cass is tracking it all from weather channel headquarters in atlanta. kelly? >> good evening, lester. we do need the rain in the northeast, it will be a drought busting rain. it will cause some problems as you mentioned for travelers from boston to new

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captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> from nbc world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. winter, spring, summer. it's hard to know these days. in the year of odd and often unseasonable weather including winter's no-show performance parts of the east are bracing for snow to tornadoes. a storm system will bring rain and wet snow to parts of the northeast by sunday, and heavy rains are already soaking parts of the south with a risk tonight of thunderstorms and damaging winds along the gulf coast into the southeast. it's a potent and potentially dangerous weather mix, and so we start tonight with kelly cass at the weather channel headquarters in atlanta where they track it for us. kelly, good evening. >> good evening. this is a huge system with lots of different impacts to millions of people. whether it's severe whether or a heavy, wet snow, and this is not fun to dig out from. we have two different storms we're watching. one along the gulf coast to the north, and another one stronger out of minnesota and iowa. we've actually

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katy tur, nbc news, new york. >> that's our broadcast on a wednesday night. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. please join us later tonight for "rock center" at 10:00, 9:00 central, and we, of course, hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. >>> good evening and thanks for joining us tonight. i'm raj mathai. >> and i'm jessica aguirre. charged with hurd, the alleged gunman in the mass shooting, occurred in a courtroom for the first time today. we're learning new details about the woman believed to be the intended target of one of the worst mass shootings in nbc bay area history. we have live team coverage. stephanie chuang as one l.

lisa myers, nbc news, washington. >>> back in a moment here tonight, with the loss of a huge piece ofovie history. >>> there's been a terrible fire in the catskill mountains of new york state, 85 miles away from new york city. the loss of property made even worse considering it's a piece of film history in its own right. while most recently it was condos, it opened during world war ii as the old browns hotel. considered a classic catskills resort. it was the inspiration for the movie "dirty dancing." it took 40 fire companies many hours to get control of that fire. >>> space shuttle "discovery" is loaded up, and affixed to the top of a boeing 747 for its final flight tomorrow morning from the kennedy space center in florida to washington, d.c., heading to the smithsonian. and it's scheduled to take a nice low pass over the space coast of florida as it departs tomorrow. prior to a nice low flyover of d.c. before landing. "discovery" is a veteran, it went into service when reagan was president in '84, flew 39 missions, not counting tomorrow's suborbital final mission. >>> pulitzer prize

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city where the "enterprise" will live long and prosper. >> it was pretty cool. >> anne thompson, nbc news, new york. >>> that's our broadcast on a friday night. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. lester holt will be here with you this weekend. we, of course, hope to see you right back here on monday night. in the meantime, have a good weekend. good night. >>> good evening. i'm jessica aguirre. >> i'm raj mathai. we see it almost every day. now it is being called a national public health crisis. driving while texting. tonight, there is a new effort to target teenagers. here is jodi hernandez from concord. >> pulling up to his left here. >> reporter: if you're texting or have your ear to the phone while driving, california highway patrol is looking for you. we rode along with c hchl p hp targeted distracted drivers. we spott

because there's no confirmation, nbc news is blurring her face. mark potter is in colombia. >> the woman everybody is talking about is represented by a well known cartagena lawyer. and he says his new client will sell her story. he also told reporters his client had left town but is willing to talk to investigators. nbc news has also learned, they're now poring over security camera video from the hotel caribe here where the scandal broke last week. >> we're also learning more about the agents separated from the agency earlier this week. greg stokes, a supervisor with the canine division was recommended for removal. and david chaney, also a supervisor, retired under pressure. both have retained lawrence berger as their attorney. berger told nbc news he's representing both men. he couldn't comment on why chaney is retaining counsel, but he said stokes is going to vigorously defend himself in the administrative process that is available. chaney faces fresh scrutiny after this photo reportedly surfaced on his facebook page, showing him on sarah palin's

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lock, you have to know and everybody has to know that nbc news is really getting into deep water here with this combination nbc, msnbc. they are really getting deep. >> bill, the most important thing that s. that people understand what they are watching. if the viewers or the readers. >> bill: do they understand the cross section of hard news reporters going into. >> i think it's really clear. i think that when andrea -- i think andrea is beyond reproach as a journalist. when she goes on nbc news. >> bill: i don't think so. i think andrea is a hard core liberal and just getting her opinion out in my opinion. >> actually, i don't. she is married to alan greenspan. is he not what you call a hard core liberal. >> bill: i don't know what he is. >> she has a great reputation. for her own brand she needs to make it clear what's fact and what's her opinion. she didn't do it in this case. she took a cheap shot at the republic presidential candidates. bad for nbc, their management, their shareholders and everyone in the organization. >> they don't seem to care because, you know, you got al sha

chris jansing, nbc news, new york. >> we got the first look today at george zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer now charged with second degree murder for killing trayvon martin. zimmerman made a brief appearance in court today in sanford, florida. kerry sanders is standing by for us there tonight. good evening. >> good evening, brian. george zimmerman will spend another night in jail here. his lawyer didn't even request a bond hearing today. instead, he requested and was granted a judicial seal on almost all of the public records, but for the probable cause affidavit. >> will be soon here, i understand. >> wearing a jail issued blue jump suit, his hands cuffed, george zimmerman walked into the courtroom in sanford florida, flanked by his new defense attorney who entered a not guilty plea. the 28-year-old listened as the charge was read into the court report. zimmerman was in the courtroom for less than three minutes. a routine hearing that would not normally be attended by the prosecutor, but today, angela corey was there. in a document outlining probable cause, state attorney i

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michael isikoff, nbc news, sanford, florida. >>> now to presidential politics as mitt romney makes clear he's shifting to his general election strategy. the pressure on rick santorum to get out of the race is growing. nbc's chuck todd joins me now. there's pressure, but is there any sign that santorum is feeling it and thinking about exiting the race? >> any thought he would be doing soul searching during this time off for the holiday was more like a pep rally. he had a private meeting with a bunch of conservative leaders in washington who used it as a pep talk to tell him they were going to try to push newt gingrich out of the race. there's still this belief among those in the santorum camp that if gingrich gets out, lines his delegates behind santorum, and if somehow they can change the rules in texas and the way the delegates do it in the texas primary in may, that suddenly, they have a viable way forward. that said, when you look at what is going to happen in pennsylvania, and there are some polls that indicate this is not going to be easy for the pennsylvania native, that at some po

in a moment, geraldo will react to the battle between abc and nbc news. he has worked in both place. and, later, is mitt romney a silver spoon guy? that's what president obama may want you to believe. and we are coming right back. >> bill: here now fox news anchor geraldo rivera, and you say? >> i, first of all, want to point out that i spent many years in both news organizations, 15 at abc, eight at nbc. i think they are honorable people. but nbc has changed since i was there it was the creation of msnbc or decision by msnbc to choose ideological sides in life generally and most specifically in this criminal action. i believe that they made an ideological decision that they would be on the side of the victim in this case and that thy would argue strenuously for the prosecution for the conviction of george zimmerman. when you point to chris matthews. al sharpton; mr. ed schultz, you have people very firm conviction it's not so much about the evidence as it is about the fact that a young, unarmed black teenager was shot dead doing -- >> bill: none of those

city where the "enterprise" will live long and prosper. >> it was pretty cool. >> anne thompson, nbc newsat's our broadcast on a friday night. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. lester holt will be here with you this weekend. we, of course, hope to see you right back here on monday night. in the meantime, have a good weekend. good night.

miguel almaguer, nbc news, los angeles. >>> when "nbc nightly news" continues, scientists sound the alarmbout our wild, extreme weather and what's in store for our future. >>> and later, the smallest town in america up for sale and wait until you see what's included. until you see what's included. ? slip-on's the way to go. more people do that, security would be like -- there's no charge for the bag. thanks. i know a quiet little place where we can get some work done. there's a three-prong plug. i have club passes. [ male announcer ] get the mileage card with special perks on united, like a free checked bag, united club passes, and priority boarding. thanks. ♪ okay. what's your secret? [ male announcer ] the united mileageplus explorer card. get it and you're in. explorer card. sometimes life can be well, a little uncomfortable. but when it's hard or hurts to go to the bathroom, there's dulcolax stool softener. dulcolax stool softener doesn't make you go, it just makes it easier to go. dulcolax stool softener. make yourself comfortable. for my type 2 diabetes. me... thinking my only optio

lock, you have to know and everybody has to know that nbc news is really getting into deep water hereombination nbc, msnbc. they are really getting deep. >> bill, the most important thing that s. that people understand what they are watching. if the viewers or the readers. >> bill: do they understand the cross section of hard news reporters going into. >> i think it's really clear. i think that when andrea -- i think andrea is beyond reproach as a journalist. when she goes on nbc news. >> bill: i don't think so. i think andrea is a hard core liberal and just getting her opinion out in my opinion. >> actually, i don't. she is married to alan greenspan. is he not what you call a hard core liberal. >> bill: i don't know what he is. >> she has a great reputation. for her own brand she needs to make it clear what's fact and what's her opinion. she didn't do it in this case. she took a cheap shot at the republic presidential candidates. bad for nbc, their management, their shareholders and everyone in the organization. >> they don't seem to care because, you know, you got al sharpton now wh

anne thompson, nbc news, new york. >>> berkshire hathaway's ceo, the legendary investor warren buffett, said today he has stage one prostate cancer. was diagnosed last week apparently, after an elevated psa reading. in a note to his shareholders, the 81-year-old buffet said his condition is "not remotely life threatening or even debilitating in any meaningful way." he told becky quick of cnbc that after consulting with his doctors about his travel schedule, they agreed it would be okay for him to hold off radiation treatments until about mid july. >>> still ahead as we continue along the way tonight, the strong quake that rocked a southern california hospital today. none of it was the making of nature, we should quickly add. but the next one might be the real thing. >>> and later, the incredible view from space. counting every emperor penguin on the bottom of the earth from way up high. >>> the bodies of an american couple from minnesota who died when the costa concordia cruise ship ran aground, capsized off the italian coast back in january, they've finally been identified weeks after

. >>> this is an nbc news special report. here is brian williams. >> good afternoon from new york. we're coming on the air to let you know a true american original has left us. dick clark has died at the age of 82. he first burst on the scene for most of us as the host of the saturday afternoon staple "american band stand" and that's how we first saw so many musical groups of the era. from then dick clark went on to host just about everything, became a super successful host of a megaproduction company, and always hosted new year's eve from times square. we saw him as recently as this past new year's eve, still struggling to communicate after his last stroke, but he was there and in the game, nonetheless. the man who for so many years was called the world's oldest teenager, dick clark, dead at 82. we'll have more on him tonight on "nightly news." i'm brian williams in new york. >>> back on news 4 at 4:00 this afternoon we will have much more on the death of dick clark throughout the evening and more reaction as well. >> in other news, it was a captivating sight in the skies yesterda

anne thompson, nbc news, new york. >>> today, facebook, a seven-year-old company wrote a big check because they can, and they wanted to make a strategic acquisition. they paid $1 billion to buy a mobile photo sharing service called instagram that is not even two years old itself. that billion dollars face book paid, one observer said, it's enough to buy bankrupt kodak 12 times over. >>> on wall street here in new york, a delayed reaction to friday's worse than expected jobs report. as markets reopened after a three-day weekend, the dow, nasdaq, and s & p 500, each lost about 1% on the day. >>> up next here tonight as we continue, the latest news about autism as the american waistline continues to expand, an intriguing theory about a possible link here. >>> and later, remembering mike wallace, an interviewer at one time so feared, he was the punch line in a joke about seeing him show up at your house. >>> new study out tonight at the top of the broadcast, raising provocative questions about the possible link about obesity in mothers and autism in their children. nbc news chief science corre

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nbc news is blurring her face. mark potter is in cobom lea. >> the woman everybody is talking about is represented by a well known coblombian lawyer. she's left town, but she's willing to talk to investigators. nbc news has also learned, they're poring over security camera video from the hotel caribe, where the scandal broke last week. >> we're also learning more from the agents separated from the agency earlier this week. greg stokes was recommended for removal, and david chaney, also a supervise, retired under pressure. bu berger told nbc news he's representing both men. he couldn't comment on why chaney is retaining counsel, but stokes is going to vigorously defend himself. chaney faces fresh scrutiny after this picture appears on facebook showing him with sarah palin's security detail along with the comment he posted, i was really checking her out, if you know what i mean. last night, the former governor commented. >> check this out, you're fired. >> palin also took direct aim at the president. >> it's a known

>> i think if you look at their hard news, i'm not going to defend nbc. ou look at their hard news operation, it is not the same as martin ba shear and larry o'donnell and ed and al sharpton. i think there is a distinction. >> bill: you think they can get away with it. >> i think they can get away with it as long as they have an audience. we are coming on the 20th anniversary of the rodney king decision. all white juriy in semivalley acquitted the cops who were seen clearly beating up rodney king. coming up on the 20th anniversary of that. the people could see in their own eyes. george zimmerman. a case flimsy case at best. this never should have been a murder 2 wrap. this was involuntary manslaughter at best. there was no depraved indifference. this was an accident. this is a perfect storm. >> bill: the evidence as it is -- but you don't know the evidence yet. >> bill, there is a situation here where george zimmerman is going to be acquitted and people are going to be disappointed because of advocates like msnbc to bring it full circle to your point. i'm

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our first nbc news/wall street journal poll since mitt romney became the presumptive republican nominee. our political director and chief white house correspondent chuck todd with us from our d.c. ne newsroom with new numbers. good evenening, chuck. >> the starting gun of the general election truly went off in the last two weeks and it's clear from the results of the new poll, although the president is ahead, mitt romney is in a strong position to make this a very close election. thanks to large leads among women, hispanics, and even independents, the president begins with a 49/43 advantage over presumptive republican nominee mitt romney, but it's a six-point margin that is by no means insurmountable. the good news for obama is how his standing today compares with other incumbent president seeking re-election. this 49/46 job rating is almost identical to where george bush was at this point in 2004. it's a tad lower than bill clinton in 1996, but it's much better than the last president to lose re-election, george h.w. bush in 1992. the president also benefits from being viewed as more l

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robert bazell, nbc news, new york. >>> when we come back, a baby boom on the west coast, in one placen particular, and a pretty good idea why it's happening. when i take a picture of this check, it goes straight to the bank. oh. oh look the lion is out! no mommy no! don't worry honey, it only works on checks. deposit checks from your smartphone with chase quickdeposit. just snap a picture, hit send and done. take a step forward and chase what matters. >>> there are still a couple of things you can't say these days, or if you choose to, be ready. if you're the manager of the miami marlins and your stadium is located in the little havana neighborhood, you can't stick up for fidel castro. you can't say as, the marlins manager, ozzie guillen did, that you love and respect fidel castro. the marlins have suspended him for five games. he apologized at a news conference today, speaking mostly in spanish, and said he was "very guilty, very sad and very embarrassed." >>> the second of three winning tickets in that giant $656 million mega millions lottery has been claimed in maryland. like the w

nbc doesn't have a newscast, they don't have shepard smith or bret baier. they don't have news correspondence. they borrow nbc from time to time to do a package. they don't have any. then you have al sharpton who is a show, an hour. okay? that's fine. he is on the factor a lot. the guy is lively. bring in a number. more power to him. but now what is al sharpton a show host or is he the national activist? what is he? i don't know what he is. i mean, it would be like me, all right, going out and having a campaign to change, you know, to some kind of political agenda. i mean, i don't understand what it is. >> yeah. when you asked me about this last week, i said that nbc, msnbc, should have said to sharpton can you do one of two things. you can be the anchor or the guy running the rally. i thought about it since then. i think if anybody at nbc news cares what i think, i think they need to cut their relationship with msnbc. msnbc at times is so irresponsible that it rubs off on nbc news. they put their corresponds who are covering the white house one minute for nbc and the next minu

according to nbc news right now, results in new york, 95 delegates are at stake. the primary having just closed. occasionally, we get calls at the moment that the polls close that. is not the case in new york with zero percent in. polls closed about an hour ago in pennsylvania. nbc news is projecting that mitt romney is the winner in the comm commonwealth of pennsylvania. voters in rhode island have cast their ballots and nbc news predicting that mitt romney has won new hampshire. and in connecticut, nbc news projecting that mitt romney will win in connecticut tonight. and in the state of delaware tonight, nbc news declaring that mitt romney has won in the great state of delaware. although delaware is the second smallest state in the country with 17 total delegates at stake for the state, it has a little bit of special significance in terms of today's news. tonight's republican primaries in particular, because newt gingrich told nbc news yesterday that if he didn't finish at least a close second to mitt romney in delaware, that he would have to "reassess his campa

will be live in the studio to talk about his role in nbc's hit comedy "parks and recreation." >>> now, keep it on this channel for continuing local newsher, sports and more. i'm lynn berry thanks for watching "early today" your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station. have a good one.

i'm steve handelsman, nbc news, washington. >>> nbc news confirmed newt gingrich plans to suspend his campaign next tuesday. the former house speaker will make the announcement in washington. it is likely he will endorse the presumed gop nominee mitt romney. >>> there was more dramatic testimony on day three of john edwards trial. the star witness testified about the alleged plot to use campaign funds to hide his affair with a former staffer. jay gray has more. >> reporter: for 2 1/2 days andrew young described an intricate plan that was implemented by john edwards to hide his mistress, rielle hunter, from his wife and the public during his run for the white house. the defense got the first shot at the state's star witness in the high profile case. attacking in consistencies between his testimony and tell-all book he has written about the affair. at one point the attorney said to mr. young "you really hate mr. edwards, don't you" his response, "i have mixed feelings." young was also pushed about commissions from political organizations that he falsely submitted under his wife's name.

harry smith, nbc news, new york. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton leaves tonight for china. a previously scheduled trip that now has an important new goal. protecting the fate of one man, a chinese dissident who made a remarkable escape from house arrest a week ago and is now thought to be under u.s. protection in beijing. nbc's ian williams has our report from there tonight. >> the fate of this man has become the biggest test for u.s./china rilgzs in years. a challenge delivered white littery to the use doorstep. friends of chen said they then drove him the 300 miles from his village to beijing and he's now in what they describe as the only safe place in china. the u.s. embassy here. no sign of extra security at the embassy today, but the issue is so delicate that there's been no comment from officials here, chinese or american, including the state department's pointman for asia. >> can you tell us what you're here in beijing for? >> this men's crime in the eyes of the chinese government was to expose forced abortions and sterilization under the country's one child policy.