"nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news." reporting tonight, carl quintanilla. >> good evening. >> the long manhunt for those two convicted killers who escaped from a new york prison is over tonight. david sweat was shot and apprehended near the canadian border two days after richard matt was killed in that confrontation with police. this photo of sweat was taken just after his capture, his condition is unknown. but we are learning more tonight about what led authorities to some of the most wanted men in the united states. we begin with nbc's stephanie gosk. >> reporter: after 23 days on the run, after a prison break that captivated the country, 35-year-old david sweat is in custody tonight, shot and wounded by law enforcement just two miles from the canadian border. >> can we get an ambulance to stage at the constable station for any possible further responses? >> copy. give me an ambulance to stage at my station for malone, please. >> reporter: authorities say sweat was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. roads surr

"nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news." reporting tonight, lester holt. >>> good evening. a search that extends as far away as mexico for those escaped killers from new york is right now refocusing much closer to the scene of their prison breakout. after four days on the lam, a possible sighting and a fresh scent picked up by tracker dogs as an army of cops descending on the woods surrounding a tiny hamlet just 40 miles from the prison. with police on what could be a warm trail, there's that other mystery to be solved, who may have helped them stage their daring escape? in a moment an interview you won't see anywhere else with a man whose mom, a prison employee, has become a person of interest. but first the search. nbc's miguel almaguer is in willsboro, new york. >> reporter: tonight the mass mobilization. a flood of highly trained, heavily armed officers closing in on new leads. prison break suspects david sweat and richard matt may be on the move near willsboro, new york. matt's son speaking tonight to

"celebrity apprentice" looking for a new host. as nbc cuts ties over his controversial comments about immigrants from mexico. "nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news with lester holt." >>> good evening. with one dead, the other now in custody and reportedly talking to police, the sordid tale of how those two escaped new york killers planned to make their getaway is coming out, and it involved among other things murder and a brazen run for the border. of course it all quickly unraveled as soon as they got outside the prison walls. and yet for three weeks they somehow eluded a dragnet the likes of which we've rarely seen. tonight our stephanie gosk takes us inside one of their hideouts as stunning new details of their escape plan emerge. >> reporter: with two gunshot wounds, david sweat was rushed to a hospital in albany. in serious condition, he is already talking. sweat says he and fellow escapee richard matt planned to drive to mexico in prison worker joyce m

"nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc world news headquarters in new york, this the requests nbc nightly news." rorlgtding tonight, lester holt. >>> good evening, we start here with a deadly confrontation outside boston today between law enforcement and a man they feared might be preparing to launch an isis inspired attack. that man who police and federal agents had gone to question is dead, shot after he came at them. authorities tonight still on the move in the boston area, trying to piece together what he may have been involved with, and whether others might be connected to it. our pete williams has late details. >> just after 7:00 aime officials say, a boston police officer and an fbi agent approached a man they wanted to question in a terrific expert when they say he drew this knife, came at them and refused to drop it. >> we saw the video, it appears that the law enforcement officers were backing away before they exercised deadly force. >> reporter: the man was identified as osama rahim. age 2669 roslindale section of boston. officials say he had been under inv

stephanie gosk nbc news new york. >>> speaking of that debate over domestic surveillance. the senate ended a battle over programs that were halted when the patriot act expired sunday night. the senate passed the freedom act which restores but also overhauls powers under the patriot act that will allow americans phone records to be collected again. telecom companies will hold the records and the government needs court approval to see them. >>> there were new scares today against commercial aircraft five flights threatened over the u.s. and mexico by someone claiming explosive devices were on board. nbc's tom costello reports. >> on the tarmac in philadelphia this morning, american flight 648 met by police and a bomb squad after someone phoned in a threat the pilot had just landed unaware of the threat when the tower asked for the number of people on board. >> those on board -- what seems to be the problem. >> it was a hoax phone threat. certainly not a funny one. >> it now brings to more than 20 the number of planes threatened over the past eight days and calls to the tsa o

world headquarters in new york, this the "nbc nightly news." report tonight, lester hold. >>> good evening, details of our top story are still breaking. word coming down late this afternoon of what sources are telling us is a massive chinese hack of u.s. government computers. perhaps on a scale never seen in this country before. the target -- the agency that handles government employee records. putting at risk the personnel files of millions of current and former federal employees. nbc's andrea mitchell is on it and has late details. >> reporter: officials say this could be the biggest cyberattack in american history. the culprit, they say, china. as many as 4 million current and former government employees have been told their personal information, including names, social security numbers, and birthdays, could have been hacked from the office of personnel management, the agency that screens and hires federal workers and does security clearances for 90% of the federal government. tonight the obama administration is scrambling to assess the dama

"nightly news" begins right now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york this is "nbc nightly news." reporting tonight, lester holt. >>> good evening. as we head into the weekend, millions will need to keep a close eye on the weather after a violent outbreak destroyed homes and left neighborhoods under feet of hail in could could. this afternoon new tornado warnings were posted in the west. at least one tornado already spotted today near denver. and the threat from these dangerous storms continues. our national correspondent miguel almaguer starts us off tonight with the latest. >> we have touchdown, people. >> reporter: rumbling across colorado, this violent punishing storm is packing it all, from multiple twisters to pounding golf ball-sized hail. the sheriff outside denver says it's a miracle nobody was killed. >> it's really been unlike anything we've ever seen today. we talley saw the tornado from our front porch. >> reporter: the small town took a direct and violent hit, one neighborhood obliterated. at least 25 homes damaged. brandon scott's house literally flew away. >

"nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news." reporting tonight, lester holt. >> good evening. we begin with an alarming lapse involving those charged with protecting the planes we fly on. for anyone whose had their luggage searched over a bottle of water, a draft from the homeland security inspector general today may come as a shock. that tsa checkpoint screeners failed miserably at detecting concealed explosives and weapons. tonight the agency is under orders to immediately plug security holes after undercover testers exposed shocking gaps at dozens of airports. nbc's tom costello reports. >> reporter: the tests were conducted by homeland security red teams charged with probing tsa checkpoints nationwide. nbc news has confirmed tsa screening officers failed to detect smuggled weapons in 67 out of 70 attempts. a 95% failure rate. in one case an alarm sounded on a magnetometer, but during a patdown, the screening officer failed to find a fake plastic explosive taped to a person's back. they call the red teams s

deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >>> "nbc 10 news at 5:00" is next. >> here's keith jones. >>> next on "nbceaking news. one of the escaped prisoners from a new york prison is dead. the other still on the loose. we are monitoring the latest developments there. >>> plus i'm tracking changes in store as we head into the weekend. we even have a first alert weather day. i will let you know what you need to know to help plan around some of the heavy rain expected saturday. >>> it's a celebration at the supreme court after an historic ruling on same-sex marriage. we are live at independence mall. that's next on "nbc 10 news at 5:00." >>> right now at 5:00 major developments in the search for two escaped murderers in upstate new york. nbc news is reporting one of those inmates, the man here richard matt, has been shot and killed by police. >> let's go to nbc 10's jim rosenfield who is following the breaking details. jim? >> reporter: this has all been developing in the past 20 minutes or so. once again, it's two senior new york state officials who are telling nbc news that richard matt has been sho

. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news." reporting tonight, lester holt. >>> good evening. it's now been over 60 hours since two killers staged a daring and sophisticated breakout from a maximum security new york prison. time enough to have put thousands of miles between them and the prison walls. tonight, the hunt for the men extends across international borders, while still leaving communities closest to the prison gripped by fear and anxiety. the breakout was elaborate. the men penetrating steel walls, metal locks, pipes, and brick to make their escape. possibly, authorities say, with help. nbc's miguel almaguer is at the clinton correctional facility. miguel? >> reporter: lester, good evening. tonight, we're learning more about the convicts who may have used power tools to escape the prison behind me. nbc news has learned that they were housed in the so-called honor section, the "a" block of the prison, where they may have had more freedom. the two said to be close friends. this as we also learn prison investigators may

. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york this is "nbc nightly news with lester holt." >>> good evening. in a state still reeling from the massacre of nine black worshippers, the effort to remove from the south carolina state capitol grounds a racially charged symbol wrapped in a painful history gained a powerful voice today. the state's governor nikki haley, a republican joining a growing chorus of those now calling for the removal of the confederate battle flag, the same flag embraced by the young white man accused in the charleston church shooting. ron allen leads off our coverage. >> reporter: few symbols in american culture evoke such intense passion. emblem of southern pride and states' rights or the scourge of slavery and racism. today governor nikki haley weighed, in flanked by a bipartisan group of state leaders. >> today we are here in a moment of unity in our state without ill will to say it's time to move the flag from the capitol grounds. >> reporter: south carolina's house and senate must approve the removal of the flag. and the governor urged them to do

. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news." reporting tonight, lester holt. >>> good evening. day 5 and a lot has happened in the hunt for those two killers who escaped from a new york state prison. police are reaching out to family and those close to the prisoners. the search itself is literally changing direction. some of the focus now turning to vermont. and interest continues to ramp up in a female prison employee. sources telling nbc news that she is still answering questions from investigators. nbc national correspondent miguel almaguer leads our coverage again tonight. miguel what's the latest? >> reporter: lester good evening. tonight investigators are following some 500 leads, including some new information, as you mentioned, that authorities are concerned those inmates may be headed towards vermont. so tonight officials are stepping up patrols worried that these dangerous men are getting even more desperate. in a show of force and firepower, tonight the search for david sweat and richard matt going door to door. this

. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news." reporting tonight, lester holt. >>> we're watching a flurry of police activity taking place practically walking distance from the new york prison where two dangerous cons broke out a week ago. today new clues and a fresh scent that forced a massive response. it's perhaps the biggest concentration of law enforcement we've seen yet. it's all happening in a wooded area about three miles away. guns are drawn, police trying to flush the men out. all this hitting way too close to home for many people who live around there, who remain locked in their homes ordered to stay inside. the question on everyone's mind, is it another false lead, or has this trail suddenly become red hot? i want to go right now to miguel almaguer for more. >> reporter: lester, good evening. the lockdown in this community is well underway and the search that began last night is expected to intensify tonight. authorities trying to corner the inmates who have been on the run six straight days. tonight the army and the m

. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news." reporting tonight, savannah guthrie. >>> and good evening. their words rang out in a courtroom in charleston today. words more powerful and resonant than any act of hate. victims' families addressing directly the man accused of opening fire inside the mother emanuel church, telling of pain, loss, and most remarkably of forgiveness. today the judge held 21-year-old dylann roof without bail. investigators telling nbc news he confessed almost immediately to taking those nine lives and this chilling detail -- that their kindness to him at that wednesday prayer service almost convinced him to abandon his plan. tonight a vigil honoring those lives lost at charleston's 5,000-seat arena. but we will start with today's extraordinary moments in court, including some surprising and controversial remarks from the judge. nbc's chris jansing leads us off. >> reporter: dylann roof stood in a small jailhouse room flanked by armed guards, showing no emotion. >> what is your age? >> 21. >> you're 21 ye

anne thompson nbc news new york. >>> tonight an nbc news exclusive. the husband of joyce mitchell the prison worker accused of helping two killers escape is giving his side of the story right here. but first, day 18 of the manhunt in upstate new york for those escapees and we're learning more about how mitchell allegedly smuggled tools inside the prison and about the new evidence that convinced authorities they are hot on the trail again. here's nbc's stephanie gosk. >> reporter: in this remote new york town police hope they are closing in. every tip could be the one that leads to david sweat and richard matt. >> it's difficult terrain. you certainly couldn't travel very fast in a given day or a given time frame. >> reporter: sources close to the investigation tell nbc news the convicts were caught by surprise in a remote hunting cabin, leaving food and even underwear behind. today more detail about their escape. the d.a. says prison worker joyce mitchell said she smuggled the convicts tools, hidden in ground beef. corrections officer gene palmer who h

"nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york this is "nbc nightly news with lester holt." >>> good evening. the likelihood that heads will roll in the wake of that new york prison breakout grew today as word came down that 12 prison employees including the september have been placed on leave. the clinton correctional facility is the subject of a top to bottom investigation of how two killers managed to bust out. some of the answers, however, are coming straight from the surviving escapee himself. david sweat is said to be spilling everything including the fact that this was not the first time they'd made it outside the prison. national correspondent miguel almaguer is on the story for us tonight. >> reporter: tonight the prison top boss his deputy and 10 other employees are suspended from clinton correctional after the brazen escape here. superintendent steve racit was the man who led governor cuomo on a tour of how the convicts broke free. >> how did they do this? >> reporter: this as federal authorities probe an alleged heroin ring that

a very busy night, and our coverage begins right now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york this is "nbc nightly news with lester holt." >> good evening. quite frankly, we haven't seen a news day this busy in a very long time. so many major stories we're following. the day starting with a landmark decision by the u.s. supreme court, making same-sex marriage legal in all 50 states. emotional reactions across the country, marking a dramatic and historic shift in this country's social landscape. and a story we plan to have extensive coverage of tonight. but at this moment there are breaking developments in the hunt for those escaped killers in upstate new york. we want to get right to nbc's stephanie gosk in malone new york. stephanie, what's happened? >> reporter: good evening, lester. this is an active scene in malone right now. two senior new york officials tell us that richard matt has been shot and killed but his sidekick david sweat, is on the loose in these woods. after a nearly three-week-long manhunt and a jaw-dropping prison break, this could finally be coming to an e

"nbc nightly news" is next. more local news on nbc bay area at 6:00. >> hope to see you then. >>> on this sunday night, getaway plan. stunning details about the alleged accomplice of two escaped prisoners, including claims the three planned to go on the run together. >>> nightmare flight. passengers stranded for more than 20 hours in a cold military barracks after their plane is diverted, but with little explanation. >>> on the loose, tigers, bears, even a hio, take to the streets. after raging floodwaters destroy a zoo. >>> and a recipe for success. a school bus that offers a movable feast for kids in need. "nightly news" begins now. >> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. substituting tonight, carl quintanilla. >>> good evening, day nine of the search for those convicted murderers who escaped from a new york prison and not only are there no clear leads, officials say they could be near canada or mexico by now. the manhunt remains focused on the woods of the adirondack mountains and we're learning new d

and good night. ♪ >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york this is "nbc nightly news with lester several developing stories including history made at the supreme court. a 5-4 ruling that same-sex marage is a constitutional right now legal in every state from coast to coast. the reaction was swift from the court to the campaign trail, and there's no one better to provide insight for us than our political director the moderator of "meet the press," chuck todd. and pete williams as well from the supreme court. and chuck, let me start with you. this caps a week of wins for the president after his health care victory, a big victory on trade, in congress. how will this week

a dramatic ♪ >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news with lesterolt." >> and our coverage continues now with several developing stories including history made at the supreme court. a 5-4 ruling that same-sex marriage is a constitutional right now legal in every state from coast to coast. the reaction was swift from the court to the campaign trail, and there's no one better to provide insight for us than our political director, the moderator of "meet the press," chuck todd. and pete williams as well from the supreme court. and chuck, let me start with you. this caps a week of wins for the president after his health care victory, a big victory on trade in congress. how will this week be remembered when we assess his legacy? >> look, i think it's going to be potentially a transformational week. when the president was running for president, he said he wanted to be like ronald reagan more than he wanted to be like bill clinton. and he made that point by saying ronald reagan was a transformational president because he shifted the entire country's agenda

. >> and for all of us here at nbc 10, the news continues now with "nbc nightly news." have a good evening. >>> on this wednesday night, terror charges. new arrests in an isis inspired plot to kill police officers and behead a victim. what nbc news has learn good an imminent attack. the suspect armed with knives, the fbi listening in. >>> twice as bad as we were first told. turns out anthrax was fedexed to dozens of locations in at least 17 states and three different countries. far more people put at risk. what went wrong? >>> the cost of cancer. what's behind the skyrocketing price of cancer drugs? some costing $10,000 a month. for some, medications to survive means going bankrupt. >>> and here come the bride. so many of them flocking to a tiny post office for a very big reason. we'll lift the veil on a wedding secret you'll love. "nbc nightly news" begins right now. ♪ >>> good evening. in boston, new details this afternoon of an alleged terror plot to kill police officers including plans for a beheading. the fbi who had been surveilling one of the suspects says two me

. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york this is nbc "nightly news." reporting tonight, lester holt. >>> good evening. our top story is breaking as we come on the air. a suspected accomplice in the new york prison break is now under arrest. joyce mitchell a prison worker who police say may have developed relationships with both escaped cons is to be arraigned this evening after she apparently began spilling more details of romance and forbidden items supplied to the men. as for the search for the prisoners themselves it's been a day of more tantalizing hints and bursts of police activity as anticipation grows that police are drawing closer to their prey. we have it all covered. nbc's ron mott starts us off with this breaking news. ron? >> reporter: lester, good evening to you. joyce mitchell is being held tonight at the state police in new york near her home. she's being arraigned on two counts one a felony the other a misdemeanor. the felony is for promoting prison contraband. the miss demiknorr is criminal facilitation. and the felony charge holds a

for all of us at nbc 10 i'm jim rosenfield. the news continues with "nbc nightly news." >>> on the broadcast tonight, deadly collapse. a balcony packed with college students at a birthday party plunges nearly 40 feet to the ground. tonight the rising death toll. the victims fighting for their lives. and the questions, how did it happen? >>> direct hit from a powerful tropical storm tearing across texas, barreling no storm surge and tornado watches. major cities in the path. tens of millions in the threat zone right now. >>> nbc news exclusive. the former naacp chapter president accused of lying about her race. tonight, our revealing new interview with rachel dolezal. >> well i definitely am not white. >> what she told me about her physical transformation. >>> and spy games? a shocking baseball scandal. did a powerhouse team hack into a rival's computer? the fbi investigating. "nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news." reporting tonight, savannah guthrie. >> an

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"nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news." reporting tonight, lester holt. >> good evening. we begin with an alarming lapse involving those charged with protecting the planes we fly on. for anyone whose had their luggage searched over a bottle

. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york this is nbc "nightly news." reporting tonight, savannah guthrie. >>> good evening. there is a storm coming tonight. and for the parts of the gulf coast in the bullseye there may be no more frightening words to hear. this is the giant rain-making system heading at this hour toward texas, louisiana, and the ozarks. some of the very places drenched by historic rains just a few weeks ago. now the national weather service warning of potentially life-threatening floods. and tonight another dangerous storm system we're watching in the midwest. tornado sirens sounding in chicago. we've got it all covered starting with nbc's janet shamlian in houston. >> reporter: a tropical system targeting the gulf coast. tonight, the rush to get ready. >> want to be prepared just in case anything bad happens. >> reporter: potentially life-threatening flooding to hit texas, louisiana, oklahoma and the midwest. officials raising the alert level. this emergency war room now staffed around the clock. >> we need to be able to warn the publ

"nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. claiming victory, president obama today declared his signature health care program widely known as obamacare is here to stay. just hours after the u.s. supreme court upheld a key provision of the affordable care act, the president seen here celebrating the decision with his chief of staff took to a rose garden podium to proclaim obamacare has survived. >> after nearly a century of talk, decades of trying, a year of bipartisan debate, we finally declared that in america, health care is not a privilege for a few but a right for all. >> the case centered on what is essentially the underpinning of the entire law. the government subsidies make it cheaper for people to buy health insurance. the decision directly affects over 6 million americans and we'll walk you through the ruling who it affects and the political reaction and lots of that. let's start with our justice correspondent pete williams. pete good evening. >> lester good evenin

"nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news." reporting tonight, savannah guthrie. >>> and good evening. you can just picture this scene. college students at a birthday party packed onto an apartment balcony, but it turned to horror when that balcony in berkeley california suddenly collapsed plunging nearly 40 feet to the ground. and tonight we know these are the six students who lost their lives. seven others gravely injured tonight. we begin our coverage with nbc's jacob rascon. >> reporter: tonight berkeley california is mourning the loss of six students and seven others are fighting nor lives after a four-story freefall. >> to have this happen at the start of the season is something that has left us all frozen in shock and in dibleefs. >> reporter: the victims, olivia burke, eoghan culligan niccolai schuster lorcan miller and eimear walsh and 22-year-old ashley done ojo from california. >> the balconies broke and at least ten people fell from the second or third floor. >> reporter: the five by ten-foot balc

"nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news." reporting tonight, savannah guthrie. >> good evening. >>> college students at an apartment building packed onto a balcony. it turned to horror when it suddenly collapsed, plunging nearly 40 feet to the ground. and tonight we know these are the six students who lost their lives. seven others gravely injured tonight. we begin our coverage with nbc's jacob rascon. >> reporter: tonight berkeley california is mourning the loss of six students and seven others are fighting for their lives after a four-story free-fall. >> to have this happen at the start of this season is something that has left us all frozen in shock and in disbelief. >> reporter: the victims late today, olivia burke, owen culligan nikolai schuster miller walsh and ashley done hoe donahoe from california. >> people saying one of the balconies broke and at least ten from the second or third floor. >> reporter: it suddenly separated from the building collapsing onto the pavement some 40 feet below. fellow irish