"nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening. as we head into the first weekend of december we may be heading into another dicey and busy night in several american cities and towns. there are protesters already on the streets of some major population centers. this movement started in new york when we learned this week there would be no charges against the police officer in the chokehold death of a civilian during an arrest. before new york of course there was ferguson. and now all of it has taken the sm shape of a sprawling effort. nbc's stephanie gosk is out in it in the streets of new york to start us off. stephanie, good efbing. >> reporter: good evening, brian. as people gather here in lower manhattan, our nbc news affiliate in new york says the district attorney in staten island did not ask the grand jury to consider a charge of reckless endangerment. only more serious charges of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide. protesters are not letting up. three days after a grand jur

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"nightly news" begins now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening. when the power went out across a big section of the nation's 18th largest city today, the city we used to call the arsenal of democracy, a lot of people, especially those paying attention to the news of late, suspected the worst, perhaps even an outside entity. then the investigation zeroed in. the question became not so much who turned out the lights in detroit today but what. tonight the probable cause speaks to the aging pipes and wires and girders in so many american cities. it's where we begin tonight with nbc's john yang in detroit. >> reporter: a massive power outage in downtown detroit today. >> no power on this end of downtown. >> reporter: it started at about 10:30 this morning. a major cable failure at the masturski power generation plant triggered a blackout to the municipal power grid. courthouses, fire stations and schools all went dark. hospitals, forced to rely on generators, moved some critical care patients. students and s

"nightly news" begins now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> special good evening to our viewers out west tonight. that's where we begin our broadcast, in fact, with a situation of immediate concern. you can see it here on the radar loop, huge and powerful storm unleashing record amounts of rain, bringing with it major flooding and land slides. california, a state that is parched with drought, badly needs rain. as they say, not like this. we'll get our report tonight from nbc's jacob rascon in glendora. >> reporter: northern california was hit first and hit hard. the storm toppling trees and power lines, causing accidents and four-hour flight delays at sfo. >> we did miss the first one but got on the second. >> reporter: in southern california -- >> the storm is really coming. it's coming. it's coming. >> reporter: -- this is more than just a storm. >> the house could go. damage, severe, lives are at stake here, yeah, it's a big deal. >> reporter: the last time a strong storm hit, ed's home was buried. >> it took

in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. it was a risky call and a daring military rescue mission, but sadly it ended in failure for a young american journalist held hostage by al qaeda gunmen in yemen. killed as u.s. military commandos closed in on the terrorist hideout in an overnight raid. believing time was running out for 33-year-old luke somers, it was president obama who gave the green light for the rescue attempt. it was the second attempt to rescue somers in less than two weeks. tonight, we've learned more details of last night's mission and the difficult choices that white house and military planners faced. we're covering several angles of this story. we begin with our pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski. jim, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, lester. this was in fact the second time the u.s. military launched a mission to try to rescue american hostage luke somers. the first time his al qaeda captors simply moved him. today, they killed him. in afghanistan today, defense secretary chuck hagel declared l

"nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening. it was so brazen and so scary coming as it did after weeks of anti-police protests in this country, the assassination of two new york city police officers by a deeply disturbed career criminal has had a chilling effect on police departments across this country. and in new york it's causing great tension as the mayor of the nation's largest city is forced to defend himself against charges that he has not been supportive enough of those whose job it is to protect and serve. it's where we begin tonight with nbc's stephanie gosk in brooklyn. stephanie, good evening. >> reporter: hey, good evening, brian. tonight, the new york police commissioner says there's been a number of unsubstantiated copycat threats. nbc news has learned that on the night of this murder the police patrol reached out to all precincts and asked police officers to link up foot patrols -- today police released video of the suspect ismaaiyl brinsley. the small package in his hands

"nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening. after an eruption and flames and violence televised around the world, it was a thanksgiving weekend of relative calm in ferguson, missouri. but tonight it is very clear ferguson is far from over. from city streets far from the state of missouri, to an nfl football game this weekend, to the president in washington late today, the impact of this goes on. and in some cases has intensified since that initial explosion of violence over the findings of a grand jury. it's where we begin tonight with nbc's ron allen. >> reporter: good evening, brian. we've still not seen more of the violence that flared after the grand jury cleared darren wilson in the death of michael brown, but there's still a resistant feeling among here and across the country that justice was not done, and worry about whether the relative calm here will prevail. from new york to los angeles and washington, d.c., every day in the streets, cries of protest still demanding justice for

in stafford township, ted greenberg, nbc 10 news. >>> next all new tonight on nbc 10 news at 5:00, hatewhat police union officials are telling nbc 10 about them. >>> and another cold night through the area. then i'm watching a rainy stretch as we go into parts of next week. i'll show you that forecast, plus your weekend, of course, that's coming up. >>> and signing off afées 27 years after working for you, the viewer, nbc 10's lu ann cahn is hanging up her microphone. we'll look back at her career and ahead to her next challenge. all next on nbc 10 news at 5:00. >>> nbc 10 news starts now. >> it caused a lot of damage and we will respond. we will respondç proportionall and we'll respond in a place and time and manner that we choose. >> tonight president obama is vowing to respond to north korea. he spoke this afternoon a few hours after the fbi formally accused north korea of hacking sony. that hack resulted in the disclosure of tens of thousands of leaked e-mails and other material and it escalated to terrorist threats that led sony to cancel the christmas release of the movie "the in

"nightly news" begins now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >> good evening. i'm lester holt sitting in tonight for brian. there's such deep anguish for families of those aboard airasia 8501. debris and the bodies retrieved from the java sea today left little doubt about the fate of the plane and the 162 people on board. a blue suitcase an oxygen tank what appears to be an undeployed emergency slide are some of the items officials have now confirmed came from the jet. the debris from the airbus was discovered off the west coast of borneo roughly in line with the plane's flight path. with help of the united states standing by to help find and recover the jet's flight recorders, early indications suggest the flight met a sudden end as the crew tried to negotiate around violent thunderstorm cells in their path. once again tonight we're covering several angles of this story. let's start with katy tur in singapore with the latest on the search. katy? >> reporter: lester it is now day four of this search and rescue. they'r

that next on nbc 10 news at 5:00. 's what's coming up on nbc 10 news at 6:00. >>> this police officer has a history of stalking women but has been able to stay on the force. now he's wanted for murder. we're looking into his case and if laws are working to protect women. couldn't the on nbc 10 news at 6:00. >>> this is nbc 10 news. >>> the infamous missing child case of etan patz heading to trial. prosecutors want a tool used when patz first disappeared thrown out. they underwent hypnosis in hopes of getting more information about etan's disappearance. this man pleaded not guilty in patz's murder. >>> one of bill cosby's daughters is coming to her father's defense. 38-year-old evan cosby said in a statement obtained by "access hollywood" that cosby is, quote, the father you thought you knew. in recent weeks at least 15 women have accused bill cosby of drugging and sexually assaulting them. evan cosby wrote this one facebook quote saying men and women need to stand up and say something. there are plenty of them that hav

all new an nbc 10 news at 6:00. he change means for due upon the and its employees. >>> here are some of the stories making headlines on nbc 10 news. neighbors aren't talking about who shot a man and a child in philadelphia's grays ferry neighborhood. the two victims are okay. police believe the shooter knocked on wrong door, shot the man who came outside and shot through the home next çdoor, striking a 3-year-old. no one in the neighborhood dialed 911. >>> former philadelphia sports caster don tollefson spoke publicly today since withdrawing his guilty plea in a fraud case. tollefson says he's now representing himself. he also hinted at new evidence that will help him prove his innocence. >>> the suspect in a decade's old child murder case was in court today. today's hearing focused on allowing certain materials to be admitted at trial. in 2012 police arrested hernandez after family members alerted investigators that they believed hernandez was responsible for etan paetz death. his body was never found. he was one

nancy snyderman, nbc news, new york. >>> tonight residents across california are dealing with mudslides and storm damage after dozens of high water rescues today. days of torrential rain taking a heavy toll. our report tonight from nbc's jacob rascon. >> reporter: it was almost inevitable the days of torrential rain would lead to this, the community of gilman hot springs partially buried in a sea of mud. >> crews are on scene right now cleaning up the mess. look at that white suv. >> reporter: so deep and so thick it took half a day for bulldozers to even reach this car. its driver, like dozens of others nearby, had to be rescued. >> there was just this huge like crash and the whole house shook. >> reporter: there were homes smothered by trees, children stuck on a bus who had to be carried away, and farm animals left without pasture. this storm system seen from space stretches nearly the entire west coast. it was all a surprise for the new england patriots as they prepared to play the san diego chargers on sunday tweeting, looking more like new england weather than san diego weather tod

that's next if my first alert seven-day forecast. >>> all new tonight on nbc 10 news at 5:00, coming s? /you'd rather not know there is a menu loophole. >>> this is nbc 10 news. >> this dramatic new video that shows the moment australian police raided a cafe ending a 16-hour hostage siege. the footage shows commandos going inside the lindt chocolate store. two hostages and the gunman were killed by gunfire. >>> police arrested suspect in meningitis outbreak. >> that outbreak resulted in dozens of deaths in 2012. 14 were arrested this morning. tainted steroids manufactured by that company, necc, were blamed for 64 deaths and the infections of more than 650 others. >>> 62 small dogs and puppies are in a shelter tonight after being rescued from a home in lancaster county. these are just a few of the dogs found scattered in a house in lititz. animal cruelty charges are expected. the spca spends more than $4 million a year to rescue and treat neglected and abused animals in the state of pennsylvania. >>> southwest airline workers hitting the picket lines. the airline is neglecting employee

how it could impact your new year's eve and new year's day plans. >>> all new at nbc 10 news at 6:00,other huge honor for philly's own mo'ne davis. how the star beat one of the biggest names in professional sports. >>> here's some of the stories making headlines on nbc 10 news at 5:00. grief and unanswered questions surround the death of a child hit and killed by a police cruiser. so 10-year-old matthew mccloske was on his way to a sleeper. nicholas locilento was responding to a call at the time of the accident. >>> a bucks county resident will not face charges for shooting a man who broke into his apartment. police say he made his way to a second apartment, that's when resident shot him, suspect is now in the hospital. >>> teachers at philadelphia's walter palmer charter school packed up their belongings today just days after they learned the school was shutting down. halfway through the academic year. school officials say they have no other choice because they are in deep debt. >>> the second of two new york city police officers shot and killed during an ambush will be laid to rest

. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening. u.s. embassies and facilities around the world are preparing for possible violence within the next 24 hours. because of the intentional release of a report detailing the torture of terrorism suspects by the cia under the banner of the war on terror and in the wake of 9/11. this is not a leak. this is a prepared document, 600 pages in length, released by the democrats who still control the senate intelligence committee, who believe once this evidence is out for the world to see, the u.s. will never again use torture as a means of interrogation. it's where we begin here tonight with our chief foreign affairs correspondent, andrea mitchell. >> reporter: embassies in cairo and other capitals are on alert, bracing for the release of the explosive senate torture report. 2,000 marines are mobilized on amphibious ships equipped with ospreys in the gulf and on a base in sicily. a showdown between the cia director at the white house today and intelligence chair dianne feinstein

"nightly news" begins now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening. and on this eve of christmas eve, the weather is making news with so many americans on the move. because of this, the mass of weather east of the rockies to the eastern seaboard, it's going to be a mess for so many. and as of tonight it's turned violent. we've had twisters on the ground with watches and warnings in place through 11:00 p.m. tonight. there's a lot to this system, and it's going to affect well over half the nation's population before it's out of here after christmas. it's already impacted air travel. there are reports of fatalities as a result of these tornadoes. we begin tonight with nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: it was a rare december tornado touching down in southern mississippi, moving right through the town of columbia, knocking out power to thousands, flipping over vehicles and damaging dozens of homes and businesses. >> we had reports of debris falling out of the sky. >> reporter: this weather chaser is there. >> the

nbc news. >>> that is "nbc nightly news" for this sunday. brian williams will be here tomorrow. in america followed by the cowboys versus the eagles. i'm lester holt reporting from new york. for all of here at nbc news, good night. ♪ at kaiser permanente, everything you need is under one roof. another way care and coverage together makes life easier. okay, a little easier. become a member of kaiser permanente. because together, we thrive. ♪ . >> announcer: nbc sports. exclusive home of the nhl. premier league. primetime's number one show. sunday night football and super bowl xlix. >>> a look at the skyline of philadelphia where tonight first place is on the line in the nfc east as the 9-4 eagles host the 9-4 cowboys on sunday night football. celek and the eagles had a 33-10 loss onning thanksgiving. jason witten and the cowboys are trying to reach the post-season

i'm steve handelsman, nbc news at the white house. >>> "nbc nightly news" will have more on the impactf the release of alan gross, that's coming up at 6:30 right here on nbc 10. >>> sony entertainment has just pulled the controversial comedy titled "the interview." the december 25th release date has been canceled. it's all because of growing fears over possible threats. the comedy is about an assassination attempt on north korean leader kim jong-un. several theater chains have opted not to play the film. >>> just hours after telling the nbc 10 investigators she was afraid her exboyfriend might kill her, a glenolden woman is dead. a former cop, her ex, is charged with murder. stephen rozniakowski killed her monday night and the woman's husband shot him. rozniakowski gunned down his exgirlfriend, valerie morrow at her home in glenolden. he shot and wounded morrow's teenage daughter. morrow's husband, also a cop, returned fire, injuring rozniakowski. hours before that shooting, police served rozniakowski with a court order to stay away from morrow. that's when she called the nbc 10 invest

world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. the spontaneous shock and anger we saw in the streets in the immediate aftermath of two grand jury decisions involving police use of deadly force against unarmed black suspects turned into a national call to action today. the biggest turnout was in washington, d.c., with thousands of marchers and organizers demanded reforms in how the justice system deals with such cases and greater police accountability. the controversial deaths in ferguson, missouri and new york's staten island involve white officers. but they were just two of several cases protesters focused on today that they believe are part of a broad and troubling pattern. kristen welker is in washington to tell us more. kristen, good evening. >> reporter: lester, good evening. the message here today, justice for all. more than 40,000 people turned out to express their anger, to express their grief. one of the largest days of protests we have seen in recent weeks. >> black lives matter! >> reporter: determined voices filled the

live at the 22nd district, north philadelphia, lu ann cahn, nbc 10 news. >>> nbc 10 is following a new accusation this afternoon against legendary comedian bill cosby. >> this time it's a high-profile accuser coming forward. nbc 10's keith jones is in the digital operations center following the latest developments. >> and keith, this allegation has some similarities to other accusations made against cosby, right? >> reporter: that's right. the latest woman to come forward, beverly johnson, a supermodel who was a top model in the '70s and '80s, the first african-american woman to appear on the cover of "vogue." in an essay online for "vanity fair" she alleges cosby drugged her when she was auditioning for the "cosby show" in president 1980s. in the essay johnson writes, "i've had my fun and experimented with my fair share of mood enhancers. i knew by the second sip of the drink cosby had given me that i'd been drugged and drugged good." johnson managed to escape and took a taxi home. she was inspired to finally speak up by the other women who came forward with their allegations with bil

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nbc 10 brought you this story as breaking news last night on nbc 10 news at 11:00. nbc 10's mitch blocker live this afternoon in bridgeton where the investigation continues. >> mitch tell us where things stand right now. >> reporter: well jim and renee, at this point, the cumberland county prosecutor did not want to talk to us about the investigation or shooting. in fact she only wanted to issue a press release. >> this is a real sentiment in the neighborhood. >> the press release, it's under investigation at this time the investigation is ongoing. >> reporter: the investigation starts at the corner of south avenue and henry street in bridgeton where neighbors say they are used to hearing gunfire. dawkins heard some stuff night. >> he had one hand on the door getting out like this and just started shooting. >> reporter: two bridgeton police officers opened fire on a car they were pulling over in this intersection. they say they saw and recovered a gun you can see a bullet hole in the windshield. multiple witnesses say this man was in the passenger seat of this car wh

. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening. it's not often the director of the cia invites reporters and cameras inside that fortress, the repository of secrets just outside washington. then again it's not often the cia's own people are accused of torturing prisoners, even if it was in the days after an attack on our nation that killed thousands of innocent people. while he criticized those who went outside the bounds, the director today wouldn't talk about torture. and he had no answer for the larger question, are we better off? it's where we begin again tonight with our chief foreign affairs correspondent, andrea mitchell. >> reporter: the cia is fighting back. going public in an unprecedented live press conference from the agency's secretive headquarters in langley, virginia. cia director john brennan, invoking 9/11. >> this agency did a lot of things right during this difficult time to keep this country strong and secure. >> reporter: while acknowledging some of the tactics since abandoned were abhorrent, he

the news continues with nbc nightly news. tonight why this year's flu shot may not protect you. >>> on the broadcast tonight, the fallout. what the grand jury in the eric garner case heard and saw that led to the decision not to indict. and with new protests tonight, the feds launch a new investigation. >>> hostage crisis, terrorists threatening to kill an american after a bold u.s. mission failed to rescue him. >>> flu shot warning, why you might still catch the flu anyway even if you got the vaccine this year. >>> and ready to fly. behind the scenes for the ultimate high wire act airing here tonight "peter pan" live. "nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening. i'm lester holt sitting in tonight for brian. it would seem to be the justice system itself on trial in the aftermath of yesterday's grand jury decision in new york to not indict a policeman in the choking death of eric garner during his arrest. on the heels of an identi

. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening. for the second time in as many weeks a grand jury has found the evidence is just not there to charge a white police officer in connection with the death of a black civilian. this time it's in the biggest city in the nation packed with tourists for the holiday season. these cases are wildly different and half a nation apart. this one involves the video seen around the world by now showing a man named eric garner being taken down by mostly plain clothed police officers while being placed under arrest. one of the officers employed a chokehold. moments later while on the ground after complaining he couldn't breathe he was dead. while tonight while so far peaceful there are protesters in the streets of new york city. some of them you see within about a block of rockefeller christmas tree which gets lit up a short time from now. again, the streets already packed with visitors. our coverage begins where this story started, nbc's stephanie gosk in new york's staten island. >>

. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening. it was one of the worst days in the modern history of one of the great cities in the world, sydney, australia. one man now dead, held 17 innocent people in standoff from day into night before it ended in flash bang grenades and gunfire. and not all the innocents got out alive. it's where we begin our coverage with nbc's sarah james in sydney, australia. sarah, good evening. >> reporter: sydney is in shock. no one believed something like this could happen here, brian, with two hostages dead and others injured. i'm standing just a few hundred yards from the cafe where it all began. and that is now a crime scene. many questions remain today. police say this is an active investigation. >> reporter: after more than 16 hours, the siege ended in violence. heavily armed police stormed the cafe, using what appeared to be stun grenades after hearing gunfire inside. as paramedics race to the scene, stretchers ready. >> they made the call because they believed at that time if they

that's all new tonight on nbc 10 news at 5:00. >>> this is nbc 10 news. >>> septa helps santa.ers put on their elf hats to big the big guy a hand. they sorted and attackaged gifts. it's all part of the septa yule toy drive. >>> a coat giveaway turned into much more. >> they got to go on a pre-christmas shopping spree of sorts. take a look. about 350 kids were at the store to get free cold weather gear. the store's owner, ceo decided to make a last-minute change. he decided to give them anything they wanted to make sure they have a happy holiday. >> we have a whole warehouse full of clothes. we love to give back. people shop with us all the time. we want to show them how much we care about the community. this is what we live for. >> lucky kids. >> they were all from the creative academy in camden. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> today's weather was pretty good for christmas shopping. found a lot of people at the cherry hill mall buying those last-minute gifts and the rain pretty much has held out in a good bitç of

next, all new tonight on "nbc 10 news at 5," we are following breaking news. titis scare spreads. first a local restaurant worker. now an elderly customer of that same restaurant. may have the illness. nbc 10 is live with the latest. >>> after a dry day, i am tracking the return of the rain, and an even bigger storm. get the details in my exclusive nbc 10 first alert seven-day forecast. >>> we begin with this breaking news on nbc 10. mercer county dealing with another highly likely case of hepatitis a. >> nbc 10 told you about the hepatitis scare at a hamilton township restaurant. one worker there has already been diagnosed. nbc 10's cydney long joins us live with the details on what looks like a second case. what do you know about this? >> reporter: well, jacqueline, i know we could know the test results from the state health department on that second patient as early as tonight, and this time it is not an employee of that restaurant, rosa's, instead, it is a customer. a 77-year-old man who we are told dined there quite often. now, what you're seeing happening

t here from nbc news.> pittsburgh, pennsylvania, where, tonight, in a final game of the nfl regular season, the afc north division title and a home playoff game will be awarded to the winner of bengals/steelers. heath miller and the steelers clenched their first playoff berth in three seasons last week. while andy dalton and the bengals punched their ticket to the postseason with an impressive win monday night at home against denver.

on this tough news day, i'm jim rosenfield. nbc "nightly news" with brian williams. >>> on our broadcast tonight, hostage raid, police storm in to end a 16-hour standoff in australia, but not everyone made it out alive. tonight, what we know about the dead hostage taker and his motivation. >>> studio scolding, sony pictures along with a big name in hollywood demanding the news media stop reporting on stolen e-mails. >>> to his defense, camille cosby speaks out for the first time about the accusations against her husband. contagious comeback, the growing number of grown-ups coming down with childhood diseases like mumps and chickenpox and how people can protect themselves. >>> and making a difference, a nationwide outpouring for the library that became a sanctuary in the middle of so much trouble in ferguson, missouri. "nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening. it was one of the worst days in the modern history of one of the great cit

world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. it was exactly one week ago today that two new york city police officers were shot to death, randomly targeted for execution simply because they wore a badge. for others who wear the same badge it doesn't get any more personal than that, and so today in an extraordinary show of unity and grief, more than 20,000 law men and women from around the country and beyond gathered shoulder-to-shoulder at a queens, new york church to say farewell to a fallen comrade. the first of two funerals following an act of violence that has shocked the nation during a particularly divisive period. nbc's ron mott joins us now with more. ron, good evening. >> reporter: lester, good evening. it was a very somber ceremony here at this church behind me today. a palpable sense of loss and grief in the air, but when asked to describe it afterwards the vice president simply said it was moving. they came from coast to coast and everywhere in between, beat cops, park rangers, jail guards, state troopers, thousands

00. >>> nbc 10 breaking news. >> nbc 10 news at 5:00 p.m.egins with this skyforce 10 over a breaking news situation a short time ago in delaware county. crews are on the scene of a deadly accident along south chester pike in glenolden. we just learned this was the end of a police chase. at least one person is dead. it's not clear yet who was killed or how the chase started. this happened about an hour ago. as soon as we know more information about this we'll make sure we let you know. >>> right now on nbc 10 news at 5:00 still searching despite an oily patch and debris floating on the surface of the java sea, there was no sign of the missing asiaair jetliner or the 162 passengers on board. >> some experts say bad weather shouldn't be the only reason the plane was brought down. it disappeared somewhere between indonesia and singapore. katy tur is in singapore with the latest on this search. >> reporter: it is night time here in singapore and the search has been suspended for the evening, they'll resume again tomorrow morning when daylight com

. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening. i'm natalie morales in for brian. he'll be back on monday. there are a lot of fast-moving developments tonight concerning the massive cyber attack on sony pictures. president obama had tough words for sony after making the decision to pull the film "the interview," its big christmas release, caving to hackers' demands. >> sony's a corporation. it suffered significant damage. there were threats against its employees. i am sympathetic to the concerns that they faced. having said all that, yes, i think they made a mistake. >> the president saying the attack caused a lot of damage. this as we learned today from the fbi it now knows north korea did it, calling it a game-changer. so what now? how will the u.s. respond? we have two reports and we begin with nbc's justice correspondent, pete williams, in washington. pete, good evening. >> reporter: natalie, president obama's surprisingly forceful comments followed a public statement from the fbi concluding that north korea was

"nightly news" begins now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening. it was two years and one day ago we were trying to process, along with everyone else, the horror we had just witnessed at a school in newtown, connecticut. the world was watching back then as they are again tonight. a school in pakistan was attacked today by the taliban. a suicide squad. and when it was over upwards of 145 people were dead, virtually all of them children. and so today, halfway around the world, parents were yet again looking for children's names on a list. we get our report tonight from our chief foreign correspondent, richard engel. [ sirens ] >> reporter: this was a well-planned massacre, a bloody eight-hour rampage executed without mercy. as the wounded arrived at a nearby hospital, they describe the horror. >> translator: we locked our classroom door from the inside but three attackers shot their way in and then shot at us. >> reporter: the shah was hiding under a desk and watched in horror as his teacher was killed. sh

find out the punishment they could face. >>> this is nbc 10 news. >>> right now at 4:30, nbc 10 firstrt weather is watching wet conditions moving into our area. just check out that green on your screen. some of it will be heavy rain for part of the weekend. >> might need the umbrella. >> the rain jackets, the whole thing. let's check in where the rain is at this moment. >> chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz is tracking it from the weather center. glenn? >> the greatest number of hours with the rain over the next 24 hours will be in areas north and west. this is route 22 up in lehigh valley and roads are wet. not icy. it's a close call. it's barely above freezing there and it is below freezing in the poconos. you can see the patchy areas of rain. most of it is on the light side. it's heavier back in central pennsylvania. the poconos, getting freezing rain in that area in in the pink. that's why there's a winter weather advisory for carbon and monroe counties until 1:00 in the morning with some icing but the temperature may actually be going up overnight tonight, changing th

count on nbc 10 news for i8<ñups as this developing story continues. mitch blocker, nbc 10 news. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather.