area "news at 5":00. >> "nbc nightly news" is next. more local news at 6:00. night air strikes the escalating crisis in syria as israel launches another attack creating a wider conflict and greater challenge for president obama and the united states. >>> wedding tragedy. five women are killed including a bride to be when their limo burst in to flames. tonight the surge for what went so terribly wrong. crossing the line. some advertisers want your money so badly it seems they will do just about anything to get your attention. how far is too far? and super dogs. after the boston bombings, a look at some new recruits in the fight against terrorism. dogs trained in blending in to crowds and sniff out explosives. ♪ >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news with lester holt." >> good evening. tonight israel is on alert and bracing for possible retaliation after its forces apparently struck targets inside syria for two nights in a row. the iermly military officially isn't talking, but all indications.to israeli warplanes going after

. >> thanks for watching nbc bay area news at 5:00. >> "nbc nightly news" is next and more local news at 6:00. good night. >> see you then. and crews carried out 130 water rescues on saturday. a helicopter captured the dramatic rescue of one man, stranded on the rooftop of the submerged building. the same storm system caused a tornado near corpus christi. this photo was posted to the national weather service's facebook page. volatile and unpredictable weather that's playing out across the country on this unofficial start to summer. >> most people plan for memorial day thinking spring or early summer. this time around, unfortunately, it got very cold in parts of the country and stormy in others. >> reporter: in florida, on-shore winds created a higher rip tide risk. yellow flags warn swimmers of the dangers. from hot to cold. in vermont and upstate new york, emergency crews plowed snow in higher elevations and restored power to homes after a late-season storm. temperatures have been 10 to 30 degrees below average for this time of the year and up until today rainy and cold. now the sun

. >> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. as we start here tonight, dangerous storms are breaking out across a wide swath of the country from oklahoma into kansas, on up into minnesota. severe thunderstorm warnings and tornado watches are up in at least six states tonight. in oklahoma city, an ominous wall cloud appeared late this afternoon as all eyes turned to the threatening skies amid a flurry of warnings. already there had been a number of tornadoes that have touched down in oklahoma, including this one we saw a bit earlier in edmond. this has been a topsy-turvy weekend for a lot of people in the country's midsection and this dangerous weather system is on the move. tonight the national weather service says 148 million people are at risk for severe weather from now into tuesday. that's half the u.s. population. we watched as this all unfolded in oklahoma just moments ago. take a listen. >> go left! >> big-gun tornado coming down! whoa, whoa, whoa. stay on the street. >> folks, look at that. that's violent. that'

andrea mitchell, nbc news, washington. >>> there's been another high profile drone killing. days after president obama gave a high profile speech about new rules and more transparency for u.s. drone strikes overseas. pakistani officials said a top taliban commander suspected of organizing attacks on americans in neighboring afghanistan has been killed in a drone strike near the border. u.s. government has not confirmed the strike. >>> now to an international drama playing out in mexico. an american mother of seven jailed in mexico, accused of trying to smuggle drugs into the u.s. her family insists she is the victim of a set-up here. tonight the mexican embassy in washington says the u.s. and mexican governments are in close contact about this case. our report tonight from nbc's miguel almaguer. >> reporter: tonight behind the walls of this notorious mexican jailhouse, an arizona mother of seven, a devout mormon, is accused of being an international drug runner. she's spent a week locked up behind bars for a crime her family said she never committed. >> i'm angry, upset. her

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an nbc news exclusive as the president opens up a trip to mexico. a stunning look at what our own cameras found happening on the boer. >>> what's happening that's leading to the explosion in the number of children suffering from food allergies? tonight, the mystery for so many parents and doctors. >>> and reunion at sea. an emotional voyage for members of the military and their families. and for many, the mission takes on a whole new meaning. "nightly news" begins now. >>> and a special good evening to our viewers joining us tonight in the west. we begin with what has become a very urgent situation in southern california and an ominous start to the wildfire season. there are three separate fires being driven by santa ana winds, which, of course, blow down the mountains and out toward the sea. hundreds of homes are threatened. there are evacuation orders in place as people try to get out of the way. the winds and conditions have also grounded some of the larger fixed-wing tankers that usually drop water and fire retardant, so choppers have had to han

jim maceda, nbc news, italy. >>> that's "nbc nightly news" for this saturday. i'm lester holt. have a good night, everyone. >>> good evening. i'm diane dwyer. >> are you feeling lucky in evening? the jackpot for the power ball reached a near record, $600 million and then some. >> the fever is across the bay area and the country. we are at a location that has a history of producing smaller jackpot winners. hello, george. >> reporter: it does have a history. we are inside a lucky store for the lottery. this is called the wall of winners. smaller jackpots from scratchers. they have had two $1 million winners here. they would like to add home of the power ballwiner to their resume. people are driving in from san francisco hoping the luck of the store will rub off. they sell an average or $3,000 of tickets per day, even when the jackpot is not high. you can imagine they will sell more than that today. california has only been playing power ball since april. we may see a little history tonight. the biggest power ballwiner ever

. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news with brian williams." >> good evening. we don't get to see them or know their names, and most americans actually prefer not to spend a whole lot of time thinking about the men who have been rounded up as enemy combatants and imprisoned at guantanamo bay in cuba. we think of them when they become an issue like when candidate obama vowed to close the facility, and tonight those prisoners are back in the news because 100 of them are a hunger strike, apparently preparing to take their own lives and do it slowly under heavy guard at guantanamo bay. some of them are being force fed now, and now the president is facing some tough questions about what to do. our chief foreign affairs correspondent, andrea mitchell, watching it all from our d.c. newsroom today. andrea, good evening. >> the president promised to close guantanamo as soon as he took office, but years later he has been blocked by congress, the military court system, and now facing that hunger strike by the prisoners, he's clearly frustrated. >> repor

stephanie gosk, nbc news, new york. >>> when we continue here tonight the big announcement today from a television legend. ♪ ground control to major tom >> when they write the history of astronauts, chris hadfield of canada, the commander of the international space station has been in his own way as much a trailblazer as gagarin, shepherd, glenn and armstrong. he's been the first truly accessible astronaut of the electronic era. this david bowie remake is a song he recorded in space. his youtube videos are instant classics on all aspects of life in space from eating to washing to waste management to toothbrushing. does a lot of work for kids. on earth he's a fearless test pilot who's flown 70 different types of aircrafts. in space he made history. tonight at 10:30 p.m. eastern time he lands back on earth, returns to canada a hero after a spectacular five-month shift as commander. >>> now to mundane earth news. we got our first glimpse of o.j. simpson in months. his physical appearance has changed during his four and a half years behind bars. in a nevada prison where he's asking for a

news" on the women leading the charge. "nbc nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. we are just back from moore, oklahoma, where life won't be normal for years, where the earth has been wiped clean in some places, and where the death toll stands still at 24, 324 people injured, ten children including two infants are among the dead. considering the fact that they have counted up 13,000 homes in the path of this one storm, some people are already expressing both thanks and surprise that the toll wasn't even higher. following the rarest of all tornadoes, the ef5, the most powerful on earth. today we learn how and where so many people were able to hide, ride it out, and survive this one. we begin our coverage from moore, oklahoma, tonight with nbc's lester holt. lester, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening. the figure you mentioned, 13,000 homes in the path, that's destroyed or badly damaged. that's a huge impact in a town of only 56,000. imagine that. $2 billion in damage and this town is still beg

this is nbc "nightly news" with brian williams reporting tonight from moore, oklahoma. >> and welcome back to those of you following us on our local nbc stations to what is our second half hour, special hour-long coverage tonight from this devastated city of moore, oklahoma, south of oklahoma city where we've had confirmation today these were some of the strongest winds on earth. an ef-5 tornado. that is the strongest possible category. we woke up to some good news. the wildly fluctuating death toll, which stood at 51 when so many americans went to bed last night, rose to 91 overnight in

michelle kosinski, nbc news, london. >>> now to the major address by president obama on counterterrorism and our use of force overseas. the president today issued new guidelines for drone strikes against suspected terrorists while making an impassioned defense of his policies. our white house correspondent peter alexander joins us from the north lawn. peter, good evening. >> reporter: ann, good evening to you. today the president refined his idea that the so-called war on terror launched by the bush administration is no longer relevant, instead presenting a much more narrow definition of american counterterrorism. declaring america at a crossroads, president obama today reframed the fight against terrorism and the evolving threat now facing the u.s. >> we must define our effort not as a boundless, global war on terror, but rather as a series of persistent, targeted efforts to dismantle specific networks of violent extremists that threaten america. our nation is still threatened by terrorists. from benghazi to boston, we have been tragically reminded of that truth. >> reporter: in his mos

robert bazell, nbc news, new york. >>> when we come back another all american day for a prince. >>> it's going to be closed a long time but at least they have completed the scaffolding all the way to the top of the washington monument. we got a special and not for the faint of heart helmetcam view of the topping off today, 500 feet above the earth. this is all because of the damage from the freak 2011 earthquake. now begins the biggest caulking job in modern history as so many chip, gaps and stress cracks have to be repaired. it is the tallest freestanding stone structure in the world. >>> climate change is feared to be the culprit behind visible melting of glaciers of mount everest. resulting in the reduction of the frozen layer around the mountain of 13%, they say, in the last 50 years. put another way, the snow line has moved 590 vertical feet. the researchers presenting these findings at a conference today suspect human-generated greenhouse gases are to blame. >>> prince harry today was in familiar form and in luxurious surroundings in greenwich, connecticut, for a polo match. the pr

miguel almaguer, nbc news, los angeles. >>> we switch from this tragedy in california now to the news from overseas tonight -- the war in syria has taken a dramatic turn as israel has launched air strikes inside syria over the weekend. they claim to take out weapons that could have been used by their enemies against them. while the israelis did not intend to become direct combatants in this civil war, these air strikes may now shift the debate in this country over what to do about this two-year-old conflict. our chief foreign correspondent richard engel is just across the syrian border in turkey tonight. richard, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. while the u.s. is struggling to decide whether to get more involved, israel acted in secret without public debate and won't even officially acknowledge it. it is a very different way of doing business. huge explosions lit up the sky over damascus. the target, sources say, advanced iranian-made missiles on their way to hezbollah. the anti-israel shiite militia that effectively runs lebanon. the missiles were taken out by american

tom costello, nbc news, washington. >>> now to an nbc exclusive tonight. after weeks of debate, growing concern about the alleged use of chemical weapons by the assad regime in syria. tonight one of the most important figures in the region says chemical weapons were, in fact, used. he says he has proof of it. and the world, including the u.s., he says, isn't paying nearly enough attention. nbc's ann curry is with us now live from istanbul in turkey with details. ann, good evening. >> reporter: brian, that's right. turkish prime minister erdogan, a longtime u.s. ally, told us syria's government has crossed president obama's red line on chemical weapons, and he challenged the u.s. and the world to end the war just across his border. >> translator: it's clear that the regime has used chemical weapons and missiles. they used about 200 missiles according to our intelligence. and it can be even more, but not less. >> reporter: what evidence do you have? >> we have the remainders of these missiles. there are pictures and there are intelligence reports. and there

andrea mitchell, nbc news, washington. >>> and still ahead here tonight, new crash tests designed to be more like real-life crashes. not good news here for a lot of people who own a lot of popular brands. >>> and later, an unbelievable chance encounter at a high school track meet that changed two lives forever in a way that you'll see. >>> attention car owners and potential buyers. they are among the fastest selling vehicles in the u.s. these days. you're going to recognize a lot of these brands. they are the family car for a lot of american families. there are an estimated 11 million of them on the road in this country, but now the new crash test results we have for you tonight are raising questions about safety. our report from nbc's john yang. >> reporter: of the 13 models tested by the insurance institute for highway safety, 11 rated poor or marginal. >> we only have 2 of the 13 vehicles performing well in the new test. that being said, i'm optimistic that in the future the other vehicles will be redesigned to perform well. >> reporter: the top two, the subaru forester and the mi

john yang, nbc news, river forest, illinois. >>> today marks a new beginning for a lot of folks alonghe jersey shore which still has a long way to go after suffering a devastating hit from hurricane sandy. seven months later, the damage is still overwhelming but most of the beaches and the boardwalks are open just in time for the summer tourism season they count on most. nbc's stephanie gosk is on the boardwalk in seaside heights. good evening. >> reporter: good evening. there wasn't a board left on the boardwalk after the storm, not a business undamaged. seaside heights was one of the worst affected communities along the shore. today, 22 of 23 boardwalks are open. it's beginning to look a little bit like summer. for a moment today with the sun shining, food frying, and crowds growing, seaside heights almost felt the same. >> it's a beautiful today, a great day to be out. >> reporter: after the worst storm in new jersey's history, restoring boardwalks and businesses in time for the summer became the state's number one priority. the jersey shore has 130 miles of coastline, drawing 59 m

news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. since news of this strange story in cleveland first broke, people across this country, around the world for that matter, have wondered how could anyone have possibly pulled this off, imprisoned three young women for upwards of a decade. thanks to a late-in-the-day police briefing in cleveland, we just learned a lot more about what investigators say life was like in that house now that these human prisoners have been freed. it's where we begin again tonight. nbc's ron allen standing by in cleveland. ron, good evening. >> reporter: good evening to you, brian. yes. late today 52-year-old ariel castro was charged with kidnapping and rape. interestingly, his two brothers who were also arrested were not charged. prosecutors said there was not enough evidence against them. meanwhile, here in the neighborhoods, we are outside the home of one of the victims -- gina dejesus. a very jubilant day here today, a time for celebration, a time to breathe a big sigh of relief as she finally came home. [

anne thompson, nbc news, new york. >>> and that is our broadcast on a friday night and for this week.hank you for being here with us. don't forget. we are back on the air tonight with an all new "rock center" at 10:00/9:00 central. tonight from the boardwalk in seaside heights we have a candid conversation with new jersey governor chris christie. also tonight, jimmy connors and the first look at his eye-opening new autobiography about his life in tennis and beyond. i'm brian williams. we'll look for you right back here, of course, on monday night. in the meantime, have a good weekend. in the meantime, have a good weekend. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good evening, everyone, i'm jessica aguirre. >> i'm raj mathai. it's an international story that starts and might end here in the bay area. new details tonight about that deadly america's cup crash. what happened and what's the future of this event. will it still happen this summer? the swedish racing team training for this upcoming race lost one of its own when its boat capsized. a 36-year-old olympic medal winne

news, weather and sports and so much more. i'm dara brown. thanks for watching "early today," your first stop of the day, today, on your nbc station. have a good one. . . >>> a small northern california town rattled to the core. a 12-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with the stabbing death of his 8-year-old sister. >>> new trouble for the span of the bay bridge this morning. we have the report that shows bolts are not the only construction that crews are worried about. >>> an entire neighborhood slowly sinking. homes being swallowed up in one northern california town. what may be behind the mysterious destruction coming up. >>> right now, a live look out of the south bay. that is the hp pavilion, day one of your workweek. here we go. it is monday, may 13th. this is "today in the bay."

officials tell nbc news there's been no new movement on that. but there is a growing realization and a concern that something must be done, because this is what's happening without action. at least 80,000 dead in syria so far, more than 1 million refugees, iraq is going back to a civil war, lebanon is heading toward on internal conflict as well. almost every day now there are funerals for hezbollah fighters who crossed into syria to fight in the city of qusseir. today the rebel syrian army gave hezbollah 24 hours to leave syria or it would declare war. the u.s. is pushing for diplomacy. it wants a conference in geneva next month but that hit a snag. the syrian opposition meeting in istanbul can't agree, brian, on who to send. >> richard engel with us tonight from beirut, thanks. >>> in oregon tonight, law enforcement calling it a close call, the arrest of a 17-year-old high school student with what they said was an arsenal of explosives that he wanted to use to blow up his school before taking his own life. nbc's mike taibbi has the story. from

for all of us here at nbc news, williams. for all of us here at nbc news, thank you and good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good friday evening, everyone. i'm janelle wang. >> and i'm jessica aguirre. >>> a basketball player is getting attention for an accusation of murder. the once budding athlete is now in jail charged with killing an emerging rap star. mary an favo joins us live with details and reaction from white's father, mary ann. >> well, the murder he's accused of happened nearly a year ago, in june of last year. he is accused of murdering a rapper. and he is well known in the bay area sports world. he played at two different universities here, including santa clara university. it was this amazing shot from beyond half court that brought san francisco state basketball player desense white nationwide attention. now the basketball star is getting attention for something that happened off the court. white is accused of murdering a man in george. u.s. marshals arrested him april 24 in pacifica. >> mr. w

andrea mitchell, nbc news, washington. >>> now to the stunning news we woke up to this morning, one of the most famous women in the world, angelina jolie, is going public with a very personal decision, she has revealed she had a preventative double tomyfter a test showed she carries a very rare gene that made it extremely likely, an 87% chance she would develop breast cancer, and increase her risk of ovarian cancer, which killed her mother. tonight her decision and the test that prompted it is raising questions for a lot of women. our report from our chief medical editor dr. nancy snyderman. >> reporter: it is a stunning announcement by one of hollywood's most glamorous leading ladies. oscar winning actress angelina jolie disclosed in today's "new york times" that she had a double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery earlier this year, a decision prompted by family history and genetic testing. jolie wrote, "i carry a faulty gene, brca1 which sharply increases my risk of developing breast cancer and ovarian cancer. i decided to be proactive and to minimize the risk as much as i could."

brian moore, nbc news, washington. >>> in turkey, leaders say it's time for the world to get involvedin the civil war in neighboring syria. that after two car bombs blew up in turkey this weekend, killing dozens of people. reports that turkish officials are blaming the syrian government for the bromings. mournings gathered to bury some of the more than 40 kills in saturday's blast. a much different mood dominated major turkish cities like istanbul. hundreds of protesters are outraged over the explosions they blame on the syrian government. it's a sentiment echoed by turkish authorities who arrested nine people in the attacks. investigators say they're all turkish citizens, all with direct links to the regime of syrian leader bashar al assad. the incident is the most violent since the start of the civil war more than two years ago. turkey's prime minister warned anyone who wants to harm turkey will have to pay a price, but stopped short of calling on military retaliation. syria has denied any involvement in the blast, but turkey points to the town where the blast occurred as being a hu

this is nbc "nightly news" with brian williams reporting tonight from moore, oklahoma. >> and welcome back to those of you following us on our local nbc stations to what is our second half hour, special hour-long coverage tonight from this devastated city of moore, oklahoma, south of oklahoma city where we've had confirmation today these were some of the strongest winds on earth. an ef-5 tornado. that is the strongest possible category. we woke up to some good news. the wildly fluctuating death toll, which stood at 51 when so many americans went to bed last night, rose to 91 overnight in the fog of war that can often follow a disaster like this. we woke up to a lesser number of 24 souls confirmed lost in this with hundreds of injuries. lester holt here again to start off th half hour of our coverage. lester, we have a dandy nbc station in oklahoma city, kfor. k-f-o-r. they have helicopter coverage. they gave you a ride today to give you perspective on this area. >> reporter: it is important to get perspective. we've sat and stood in front of wreckage like this before and you can look

news, weather, sports and more. i'm dara brown. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. > a bay area congresswoman targeted by threats. now the fed and facebook are entering the fray. >>> first, the bolts, then the rods. another problem has surfaced on the new span of the bay bridge. >>> and inside the debate of how to fight a common disease as california courts prepare to make a landmark decision. we take you live to san francisco, give you a live look at the bay bridge. looks gorgeous as always on this wednesday, may 29th. you're watching "today in the bay." >> good morning, it's 4:30

nbc news' tracy potts is in washington with a preview. >> hi, betty. happy memorial day. that will not be the focus today here in washington. yes, the president is headed to arlington, also the focus today on how america plans to deal with the war on terror going forward. today, america remembers the loss of brave soldiers who died fighting for freedom, with flags at every gravy, this morning, president obama heads to arlington cemetery to once again lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknown, looking ahead, america faces new threats, skwaed dismantled but not destroyed. the president wants to scale back our use of force against terrorists. >> not every collection of thuks that labels themselves al qaeda will pose a credible threat to the united states. >> reporter: republicans accuse him of going soft on the enemy. >> the idea we can vice president a counterterrorism foot print to respond to the future bin ladins in the world is dangerous. >> at the time we need to respond the most, we are sounding retreat. our enemies are emboldened all across the planet ♪ god bless americ

jay gray, nbc news, seaside heights, new jersey. >> appreciate it. emergency meeting scheduled to talk about houses sinking right into the ground in northern california. about two dozen homes swallowed by the soil in lake port. that's about 100 miles north of san francisco. a total of seven homes have been red tagged signaling severe problems there. several other home owners have voluntarily left their homes. just yesterday the public water system sesk that area found two small leaks in the area. they are not sure at this point if those leaks which have been repaired are responsible for this major slide. >> how about this. palo alto's public parks will soon be smoke-free. the city council voted to ban smoking in all 38 of the city's parks and open spaces. the city's parks and recreation department will decide whether the largest open spaces will have designated smoking areas. the ordinance also increases no smoking buffers from 5 feet to 25 feet. it's expected to go into effect in mid july. >>> square, the folks that brought you the iphone credit car

nbc news learned israel carried out an air strike on friday. officials say the target was a depot containing weapons that israel said were bound to leave syria on the way to hezbollah. this is the second time israel has done a strike like this. the last one in january. again, similar targets, weapons that israel claim were being shipped out of the country on their way to hezbollah. israel considers a red line, the transfer of any sophisticated game changing weaponry, that's the term israel uses or chemical weapons leaving syria on their way to hezbollah. it's operating in southern lebanon north of the border. this comes as the united states and many different countries are trying to come up with potentially a new strategy for syria as they watch the country and go deeper into chaos. there's a concern that not only will the weapons will leave the country, where will they go, hezbollah or islamic military group that is are operating openly inside syria? president obama does not see a scenario which american ground troops are sent in. that seems t

reporting live in oakland, i'm cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >> cheryl, thank you. we are also learning more about the investigation and the victims of this tragedy. our coverage continues with nbc bay area's kimberly tere. she joins us live from the san mateo bridge. >> reporter: terry, that limo was heading westbound on the san mateo bridge last night at about 10:10 when smoke started pouring into the passenger cabin. the driver managed to stop the limo as the women scrambled to get out. the san mateo county coroner says it was a party of nine women inside the limb hoe who noticed the smoke and got the driver's attention last night. the white lincoln town car was pulled over. but by then the back end was engulfed in flames. >> this has to be one of the worst fatalities that i have witnessed in the years i've been with the office. and just the sheer realization that these people were trying to escape from inside the vehicle. >> reporter: it was a graphic scene. this is cell phone video taken of the limousine on fire. inside five women, all in their 30s and 40s, were

the latest on the crack just now from nbc news' koern national correspondent. >> journalists should notk for doing their legal jobs. >> reporter: that was president obama last week announcing the justice department will review internal guidelines covering the news media, after prosecutors secretly seized the phone records of a.p. reporters and the private e-mails of a fox news journalists. but new questions of the role of the man ahead of that review attorney general eric holder. >> you cannot investigate yourself and i think it's a total conflict of interest. >> on friday, the justice department confirmed an nbc news report that holder had personally approved a 2010 sealed search warrant for fox news reporter james rosen's e-mails. in court papers, an fbi agent says rosen asked, solicited and encouraged a source to give him sensitive information about north korea and he was a possibly co-conspirator for violations of the espionage act. >> what the public must never condone is shut down reporters from asking the questions they need to ask. >> this is a campaign against journalism in my

nbc news has been invited. the new york times, the associated press, cnn and fox news are among those that have said they won't attend because the justice department wants the meetings to be off the record. the "washington post" and abc news have said they will attend. meanwhile, in a letter wednesday, two top republicans on the house judiciary committee expressed, quote, great concern about testimony that holder gave at a hearing two weeks ago, suggesting he may have misled congress when he said this. >> with regard to the potential prosecution of the press for the disclosure of material, that is not something that i've ever been involved in, heard of or would think would be a wise policy. >> so a week after that testimony, the justice department confirmed that holder was personally involved in signing off on a search warrant in 2010 to obtain phone records and e-mails of fox news correspondent james rosen. nbc news national investigative correspondent michael isikoff joins me now live from washington. first of

at five. >> stay with us for more local news in a couple minutes at 6:00. >>> nbc bay area news starts now. >>> good evening. welcome back. i'm diane dwyer. >> i'm terry mcsweeney. despite an accident on san francisco bay, the head of the america's cup says he expects the event will go forward as planned. the announcement comes as new questions emerges about the safety of the yacht participating in the race. monte francis spoke to the chief executive of the america's cup within the last-mile-an-hour. what did he have to say? >> reporter: well, terry, steven barclay said he would await the findings of an internal review before making a final decision but he said he expects the america's cup will go forward as planned. in addition to the coast guard investigation, the amera'

news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. we learned today the investigation into the boston marathon bombings is far from over. three more people were swept up today and charged by the feds. they were brought into court in handcuffs and shackles because of the role the feds say they played as friends of the bombers. the question now will become what did they know and when did they know it and what are they accused of doing? today we learn more about what investigators say was going on behind the scenes in the hours and days after the bombing. nbc's pete williams starts us off again tonight from our washington newsroom. pete, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening. the authorities stressed that there is no indication that these three young men charged today had anything to do with planning or carrying out the bombings. it's what they did afterward that's now landed them in federal court. the fbi says three days after the devastating bombing at the boston marathon, three college friends of the surviving bombing suspect

>> that's it for us, on a sunday morning. >> i'll see you tonight on "nbc nightly news".dy, so long, and dylan, thanks for the gifts. >> thank you. >> see you. in the bay," trapped inside a limousine. a limo suddenly catches fire on the san mateo bridge trapping five women who were trapped inside. what the driver says he saw moments before the flames erupted. plus, they heard explosions and then they saw flames. the fire that left one family homeless and another sifting through debris. and the wind pick up across the bay area. the drastic drop in temperatures you will feel as you head outside this morning and when you can see rain back in the bay area. >>> and looking live at day break in san jose. a beautiful start to the day.

new santa clara stadium. the works department is about to ask the city council for more than $50,000 to add bike lanes near the stadium. that does not include the cost of any paint. nbc bay area's bob redell joins us live from the new site with what the money will go to. bob. >> reporter: good morning to you, marla. most towards studying whether or not the city of santa clara should add bike lanes along a one and a half stretch of tasmin drive that would include the segment in front of the new 49ers stadium. tonight the city council will decide whether or not to approve the $56,500 request that would cover the study and related services. we spoke with public works who acknowledgeded the cost of the study could end up being more expensive than the actual cost of restriping for bike lanes. >> like i said, we use our city forces to stripe it. so from that perspective, the city staff time is built into our operating budget. it will be the material cost. so yeah, if you compare it that way, yes, it may be slightly less than the study. yes. >> reporter: see, that's where people are going, why don't we go ahead and stripe it and forget the study. >> the question is what to

>> nbc news arranges for brokaw to interview schabowski after the press conference. >> do i understandctly, citizens of the gdr -- >> i had an interview with him, ran upstairs, got him to reread the statement -- >> it is possible for them to go through the wall at some point? >> it is possible for them to go through the border. >> i ran downstairs, and some of my newspaper colleagues were standing there still puzzling over the statement, and i said, i think the wall is down. >> joe alacastro is one of nbc news's field producers in berlin during the week. >> we knew right there we were probably sitting on the biggest story of the latter half of the 20th century. >> then there was a competitive situation, you look around saying cbs is not here, abc is not here, cnn is not -- we've got it. this is our story. >> and the discussion was how do we handle this? and we agreed ultimately we have to go live. >> we interrupt this program for an nbc news special report. here is garrick utley. >> and good afternoon again. >> so we call the bureau and say set up, we're going live with "nightly news"

. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening. it came down to a frantic 911 call. that was the start of it. soon after the world would learn three women missing and feared dead had been inside a cleveland, ohio, home for as long as a decade and were now free. and now the sorry and awful details are spilling out about the men accused of keeping human prisoners and about how this might have happened, how it might have gone on for so long with people coming and going and neighbors passing by all the while. starting when the story broke last night, it has made headlines around the world. at least there is a happy resolution to report in cleveland. we want to begin our coverage tonight with nbc's kristen dahlgren. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. yeah, there is a crowd gathered here tonight continuing the celebration. it's been an incredible 24 hours here. three men are now in custody. three women are free. including amanda berry who disappeared in 2003 at age 16 headed home from her job at burger king.

. >> yes, but, in fact, as nbc news first reported and the justice department first confirmed, eric holder personally signed off to fox news reporter james rosen.

we looked it up. >> we did. >> thanks for watching nbc bay area news at 5:00. >> "nbc nightly news" is next and more local news at 6:00. good night. >> see you then.

a number of news organizations, including nbc -- phone records seized and a fox news reporter had hist some who did attend yesterday's meeting said afterwards. >> they also expressed a commitment to making changes in the guidelines for issuing subpoenas and possible steps toward changes in the privacy act. >> i mean, it's the beginning of the conversation. there will be other conversations. i'm not sure anybody's satisfied until we know what happens. but it was a starting point. >> politico's white house reporter josh gersten joins us live. your colleague at politico reports yesterday's meeting lasted more than an hour. mr. holder sought to ensure journalists that he and the justice department were trying to seek that delicate balance between the demands of national security and, of course, the free flow of information. he apparently also sought suggestions from journalists as well. what else can you tell us about what happened at the meeting? >> well, i know right off the bat, there was a lot of discomfort about this issue of it being off the record. i don't think it's something that

nbc news is reporting that surviving suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev told investigators he and his brother inal low planned to set off the explosives during fourth of july. nightly news with brian williams will have more details on the investigation at the bottom of the hour. meanwhile, someone has come forward to claim the body of boston marathon suspect tamerlan tsarnaev. it was notified late today but offered no information. the medical examiner determined the cause ofç death on monday bt the information won't be made public until the 26-year-old's body has been released officially and a death certificate is filed. he died after a gunfight with police and being run over by his younger brother who was trying to flee police. >>> in health matters, could marijuana help hiv? thc is the ingredient in marijuana. patients might benefit from thc-like compounds when researchers added these compounds to hiv-infected cellsç a white blood cell receptor was activated. the compounds might even shield against hiv-related problems. researchers say weakening the hiv infection could help anti-viral therap

mark barger, nbc news. >> and you can watch the season finale of "saturday night live" here on nbc 4.t's right after news 4 at 11:00. ben affleck will host the show along with musical guest kanye west. i love keith morrison. i can watch that on youtube over and over and over again. >> he will live on past "snl." >>> is michael phelps really done with competition? >> why he may just be headed back into the pool. >>> now to a reunion that played out in the district. two sisters apart for 17 years unaware the other was living a few miles away. but that all changed recently at a high school track meet. we have the incredible story. >> reporter: they are like mini kids their age. di different schools, similar interests. they knew their families weren't like most others. robin, a senior, grew up in foster care. >> going from foster home to foster home, i only grew up with my one brother. that's all i knew. >> reporter: jordan a junior was adopted, something her mom never hid. >> her telling me i was adopted really wasn't that big of a deal. i just wanted to know more about it. >> reporter:

richard is now the chief correspondent for nbc news. his face has become indelibly associated with 100,000 american viewers with coverage of the iraq war. with the arab spring and the tumultuous scenes in egypt, libya, and syria. he has 17 news and documentary emmys and is the winner of a special citation for his personal video diary of the iraq war. even these laurels do not get the full story of the self-madeu ly one for the history books. winston churchill said history would be kind to him. he intended to write it. richard did the same. not that he needed any action kindness. -- extra kindness. he wrote his first book about his life before and after the iraq war. the book drew praise from chris matthews of msnbc, saying "this is hemingway country." he struggled with dyslexia. he went to stanford and then in a burst of intuition he decided to become a foreign correspondent by moving to cairo without really knowing a lick of arabic. he settled in a poor neighborhood to help build a street from the ground up. instead of enjoying the lap

new questions tonight about what the white house knew about the benghazi attack. and those questions being raised by white house e-mails obtained by nbc. >>> he was once involved in one of the most infamous trials. now he may be headed back to court. the new twists for o.j. simpson. >>> how a three-minute conversation will make one of them a $150,000 richer. look at them kids. [ sigh ] they have no idea what it was like before u-verse high speed internet. yeah, you couldn't just stream movies to a device like that. one time, i had to wait half a day to watch a movie. you watched movies?! i was lucky if i could watch a show. show?! man, i was happy to see a sneezing panda clip! trevor, have you eaten today? you sound a little grumpy. [ laughter ] [ male announcer ] connect all your wi-fi-enabled devices with u-verse high speed internet. rethink possible. >>> massaging the message. new information tonight that the obama administration was deeply involved in revising talking points about that deadly attack on the american compound in benghazi. it's been nearly eight months since the attack that killed ambassador christopher stevens and t

nancy snyderman, nbc news, new york. >>> we're back in a moment with what americans are telling surveyors they fear most about their seatmate on an airplane. for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created... a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more.. low and no-calorie beverages... adding clear calorie labels so you know... exactly what you're choosing... and in schools, replacing full-calorie soft drinks... with lower-calorie options. with more choices and fewer calories... america's beverage companies are delivering. >>> keep an eye on the aleutian islands chain. this is a story we may hear more about over the weekend. not one but two alaskan volcanos are active. in fact, they are at the highest alert level tonight for what officials call, quote, sudden explosions with little or no warning. lava has already spewed. it can be seen glowing at night from the top of one of them. and an ash cloud has already formed although it's well off the alaskan mainland, closer to russia than seattle. it is noted on air

reporting live in san jose, bob redell, nbc bay area news. >>> bob, thank you very much. we have more breaking news now. boston police say three more suspects have been taken into custody in connection to the marathon bombings. nbc's pete williams says these guys are roommates of the surviving suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev. sources tell nbc news three suspects are removing items from tsarnaev's dorm room now and they will be charged with lying to federal investigators. at this point it's not known if they had any involvement in the bombings or the aftermath. boston police say there's no threat to the public safety at this point and more information will be released sometime this afternoon. those three people taken into custody today, happens as the man carjacked by the bombings suspects is speaking out. he talked with matt lawyer, his first television interview since that horrifying note. nbc's jay gray has been following the bombings. he shares a story of a man investigators are now calling a hero. >> reporter: we're learning more about tamerlan and dzhokhar tsarnaev by a ma