nbc news, ft. lauderdale. >>> now to a classroom emergency, two high school students from northern virginia are in a burn unit after a serious fire broke out in their chemistry lab as the teacher was demonstrating various types of chemical fires. and as tom costello reports it is the latest example of how dangerous school labs can be if things don't go right. >> reporter: it happened at one of the top high schools in the country. wt woodson high. fairfax county fire rescue dispatched just after 9:40 this morning. >> building fire at 9525 main street, woodson high school, report of a fire in a room, k 105. >> k-105, the chemistry classroom. >> result is an ethanol fire. we do have fire in the room. with sprinkler activation. >> reporter: a teacher and five students burned, all taken to area hospitals. two airlifted to d.c. burn units, one in critical condition and rushed to surgery. investigators say it happened during a routine demonstration. >> it was a demonstration on fire and the different colo

"nightly news" begins right now. >> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news with lester holt." >> there is turmoil with law makers. the man many thought on track for the job shocked the political establishment when he bowed out of the race to become speaker of the house. who succeeds current speaker john boehner raises the spector of a possible spending showdown and another government shutdown. national correspondent peter alexander is on the story for us tonight. >> reporter: it was a political bombshell just hours after kevin mccarthy made his final pitch to replace john boehner as house speaker. the california republican stunned colleagues by pulling out of the race. >> we should put this conference first. i think there is something to be said for us to unite. we probably need a fresh face. >> reporter: under fierce opposition from party conservatives and criticism for his speaking skills. >> today is the day that should really look to and the pressure mount to actually let the people have a say. >> strong, english-like words. >> reporter: mccarthy re

news" begins now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news". reporting tonight, thomas roberts. >>> good evening. tonight millions of americans are bracing for winter weather from mother nature and only four weeks into fall. in fact, some parts of michigan have already reported more than 5 1/2 inches of snow. from the midwest to the northeast and far south to alabama, there are freeze warnings and watches. out west, more rain is in the forecast, which could add insult to injury if more mudslides are triggered where waist-deep mud already shut down roads and trapped drivers this week. nbc meteorologist dylan dreyer starts us off. >> reporter: a winter blast across the northeast and parts of the midwest today, from new york to michigan and pennsylvania. snow has arrived, and it's only october. >> i woke up this morning, and i said, "happy birthday" to my husband, "i got you a gift." there's snow outside, two inches of snow, and he goes, you've got to be kidding me. >> reporter: virginhave. vermont's resort isn't scheduled to open, but the trails

we have a brand new nbc news online poll conducted by survey monkey. the first since wednesday's republican debate showing ben carson in a dead heat with donald trump for the lead. but as for who actually won the debate, the polls show ted cruz on top followed by marco rubio and then trump and carson. over all jep bush fared worst in the debate. hallie jackson is on the campaign trail in iowa. >> reporter: a kind of victory trap planned in iowa but it is colorado the focus today after wednesday's debate. multiple campaigns planning to huddle to compare campaigns. >> just a minute. >> let me finish. >> reporter: now the republican party is suspending february's nbc news telemundo debate, the only debate to be aired on spanish language tv, writing the moderators in engaged in a series of gotcha questions and petty and mean spirit the in tone and designed to embarrass the candidates. nbc news said people who want to be president of the united states should be able to answer tough questions. nbc news owned by the same parent company as cnbc called it a dis

>>> nbc 10 news starts now. >>> right now on nbc 10 news today, it was all hands on deck as flames engulfed this building overnight. it took crews nearly an hour to get the fire under control. coming up, who was hurt, what may have sparked it? >>> all eyes on philadelphia as temple prepares for notre dame, the hoopla ahead of the game is in high gear hours from now. we are live from independence hall with a preview. >>> you want a warm jacket this morning if you head out. a typical fall day and brisk conditions. this is a live look at the philadelphia museum of art where runners start in moments. that's coming up. plus, the temple game day forecast, a look the at rest of the weekend. good morning, this is nbc 10 news today. i'm rosemary connors, just after 5:00 on this saturday, and michelle grossman has the check of the forecast. happy halloween, my shell. >> not a bad forecast, cold to start the day, but dry throughout the day. good news for halloween and temple game. a live look outside, clear skies, waking up to cold temperatures in the 30s and 40s, and we are waking up to temperatures,

new details coming in. nbcat a plane has crashed, it took off from sharm el sheikh, bound for st. petersburg, russia. we do know that there are according to reuters there are emergency crews on site. 224 people were on board the flight. 200 adults, 17 children and seven crew members. it's a metro jet flight 79268. it's a single aircraft, it's an airbus 321. apparently there are very many in europe and in this area. rather common airplane. the reports say that the russian airliner was carrying the passengers from sharm el sheikh and going to st. petersburg. the agency says it was supposed to contact air traffic control in cyprus, but it never did. it lost control about 23 minutes into the air. it apparently started to descend at 6,000 feet and started dropping. we do have reports coming in that there have been bodies found and also possible survivors and that the airplane possibly had a controlled landing and split in half. so right now, the emergency crews are looking at the debris field and they're obviously l

"nightly news" begins right now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news with lster holt." >> good evening. we learned today it will be up to the next president to end the american war in afghanistan. a conflict that lasted as long as world wars one and two and the civil war combined. today president obama did an about-face on his previous pledge to bring home all but an embassy security force by the end of next year. instead he announced there will be at least 5,500 american troops in afghanistan into 2017. beyond the end of his term in office. but will more time and more troops make a difference? nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel has been there for some of the war's fiercest battles and has you are a report. >> reporter: it's a war that just won't end. after 14 years, $1 trillion and more than 2,300 american lives lost. the president said today the mission is still not over. >> i've decided to maintain our current posture of 9800 troops in afghanistan through months ofers in yeek 2016. >> reporter: it meant going back on a promise m

i'm lauren mayk, nbc 10 news. >>> from our nbc 10 delaware news bureau, the fbi is offering a $10,000 reward for the arrest of a murder suspect. take a good look at this photo of damian thomas. authorities believe he may be hiding in atlanta. police say thomas shot and killed shannon reid on west 27th street in wilmington back in april. they say he took off after the crime and hasn't been seen in the area since. >>> second man wanted in connection with a deadly home invasion in newcastle county is now in police custody. he was on the run since last week. shabazz and a second man broke into a home in dover, killed the home owner and an 18-year-old woman. the home owner's son was injured. the second suspect turned himself into police earlier this week. >>> getting in shape could put your security at risk. that is if you use those popular fitbits. >> coming up next, how the company is responding to allegations the device could be hacked and hurt computers, too. >> plus, the three sports that put high school girls most at risk for knee injuries. it used to be illegal. atlantic county didn

nightly news" begins right now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening. the east coast from the carolinas all the way to new york are right now slowly beginning to brace for the possibility of a major hurricane coming ashore this weekend. hurricane joaquin is currently a category 1 storm making its way toward the bahamas, with sustained winds of 85 miles per hour and continuing to gain strength. but by friday it's expected to make a big turn with the east coast in its sight as strong as a category 3 hurricane. and just a short time ago virginia's governor declared a state of emergency. al roker has been looking at the best and worst case scenarios. al, what are you seeing? >> well, lester, it doesn't look great right now. this is a storm that is going to grow in strength. as you mentioned right now it's 175 miles east-northeast of the central bahamas. 85-mile-per-hour winds moving southwest at 8 so forward speed has started to pick up. we already have hurricane watches and warnings for the bahamas. five to ten inch

. >> for all of us on nbc 10, i'm jim rosenfield. the news continues now with nbc nightly news with lester hold. >>> tonight, the death toll rising in the carolinas after 11 trillion gallons of rain fell in a matter of days. >>> rivers and dams at record levels and homeowners returning to utter devastation. >>> striking admission. the top u.s. commander in afghanistan changing the military story yet again by revealing u.s. forces did in fact attack a hospital by mistake. >>> verdict over turned. in the courtroom when a man convicted for a murder in the new york sub way learns he is going free after 24 years. >>> and fantasy scandal. the popular world of online fantasy sports rocked by accusations big pay days may be going to insiders rigging the game. "nightly news" begins right now. >>> good evening. the death toll has reached at least 17 amid historic flood emergencies in the carolinas today. first rays of sunshine there could not put a bright light on the perilous landscape as dams remained threatened and river banks swollen. more evacuati

"nightly news" begins right now. >> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. an apology today by president obama for the deadly american attack on a hospital in afghanistan. the president calling an accident, the horrible tragedy that killed almost two dozen patients and medical staff. and jarred us back into the horrible reality of a war that many may have thought was over for the u.s. despite the apology, doctors without borders which operated the hospital is not dropping the demand for the attack to be investigated as a possible war crime. nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel has the latest. >> reporter: after struggling to explain how and why the u.s. bombed a hospital in afghanistan, today the president made a call. >> this morning from the oval office, president obama spoke by telephone with doctors without borders international president dr. joann liu to apologize and express his condolences for the msf staff and patients that were killed and injured when a u.s. military air strike mistakenly hit a

chris pollone, nbc news, new york. >>> coming up next on nbc 10 news at 6:00, monica lewinsky taking the stage here in philadelphia at forbes 30 under 30 summit this afternoon. we'll have a live recap. >>> and another beautiful sunny, warm day again tomorrow, but showers are heading in later this week and a big change in temperatures. my forecast coming up next. >>> first, the latest on the lockdown at philadelphia's community college today, what police are saying about the gun that triggered the scare. >>> nbc 10 news starts now. >> right now on nbc 10 news at 6:00, panic at community college of philadelphia, s.w.a.t. teams swarmed the campus looking for a gunman and some students tell us security left them in the dark. >> that's the thing, no one came and alerted us about anything. if the guy was up there, we would have had no idea. >> a teenager is now in custody for prompting the lockdown, but authorities can still not find the gun. >>> good evening, everyone, i'm jim rosenfield. no one was hurt during the incident and it all started as an argument between two people. the lockdow

news begins now. . >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news." reporting tonight, kate snow. >>> good evening. we begin with those new claims by a former staffer on the house benghazi committee that would seem to reinforce what hillary clinton has long been saying. an intelligence officer in the air force reserve who was fired from his job as an investigator on the benghazi committee said today it had evolved into "a partisan investigation." a characterization the committee vigorously rejects. it all comes just as republicans in the house are struggling to find new leadership, exposing deep divisions in the gop. we begin with nbc's kristen welker in washington. >> reporter: stunning allegations from air force major bradley pod liz cat. >> this has become a partisan investigation. >> reporter: former investigate with the republican-led committee investigating the benghazi attack says the group's actual target is hillary clinton. >> i honestly i do not believe this investigation was set to go up after hillary, i believe it shifted that way. >> repo

reporting live in the digital operations center, i'm aundrea kline-thomas, nbc 10 news. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> doesn't the sun feel great out there? warm columbus day right now, but there is rain on the way, of course. >> there is rain on the way. sheena parveen is here now with the nbc 10 first alert forecast. sheena? >> yeah, jacqueline and jim, beautiful day today, temperatures in the 70s for most of the area. here is a live look in the poconos where the fall foliage pretty much at its peak, so you want to get up into the poconos if you want to see the beautiful colors before the leaves fall off. clear skies across the area and that's what we're going to keep seeing through the evening. here's a look at the radar, barely any clouds around at all, no rain, we have to go far off to the west to see cloud cover, even some showers around. this is part of a cold front around chicago, but this is what's going to get closer tomorrow and increasing our rain chances. grab the umbrella before you leave, i think we'll see some spotty showers through part of the day for you

andrea mitchell, nbc news, washington. >>> and that is going to do it for us on this tuesday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. turning the page on a mult-million dollar debacle. tonight -- santa clara county hires a new contrio . >>> right now at 6:00, turning the page on a multimillion dollar debacle. santa clara county hires a new construction firm for botched hospital project. good evening, thanks for being with us. i'm raj mathai. >> i'm jessica aguirre. that new facility at san antonio saah clara valley was supposed to be open a week ago. turner is out and bolt is in. after a series of construction mishaps, delays and public fighting, they picked a new construction company to take over that embattled job. we're live at the hospital site. robert, this new construction company had taken over for turner at another job as well? >> reporter: that's right. they don't know if the pattern is the same. but they do know that this company has experience this taking over a project. of course, that is all much to the relief of county of

syria that's ripped through this country over the last four years, has cost about s/ ali arouzi/ nbc news/ vienna, "while these talks continue, we have to see if some sort of conclusion can be reached here but it's going to kerry said. ali arouzi, nbc news, vienna." treating tonight. we have a first look at the need to bundle up for tonight's beggers night. with jennifer mcdermed at the science center. ad lib wx quick the iowa department of health the iowa department of health says the flu season appears to be off to an early start in the state. even though influenza activity remains at a low level, cdc estimates an average of 300- thousand iowans get the flu each year. which causes 1-thousand deaths yearly in iowa. the flu can range from a fever, headache, tiredness, cough, sore throat, nasal congestion, and body aches. cdc says everyone six months or older should get vaccinated. they also recommend pregnant women be vaccinated to baby. a boil advisory is in place main break on the city's east side. the watermain break happened at east 46th and hubbell avenue. the boil advisory affects a

we just can't trust will pauls. >>> nbc 10 news starts now. >> right now on nbc 10 news at 6:00, this11-month-old boy who's fighting cancer may have gotten ten times the chemo treatment he needed at a philadelphia hospital. tonight we're learning more about how that could have happened. >>> but first, pennsylvania's attorney general can no longer practice law. kathleen kane's law license is suspended as of today, but she's still collecting her $158,000 salary. good evening, everyone, i'm jim rosenfield. on the first day with a success p pended license, questions are growing whether kathleen kane can run her office. some of the questions are coming from inside her own office. nbc 10's george spencer is joining us live in studio. george, there's concern this could have implications in the courtroom. >> jim, some attorneys are concerned that judges or defendants may take issue with cases brought to the court by the office kane runs, but today her spokesman told me she believes she can remain in office indefinitely, even without an active license. for weeks now attorney general kathleen k

news, thank you for watching and good night. of us at nbc, thank you for watching and good night. >>> lights, camera, access. >> do you think the moderators were a little unfair tonight? >> they were clearly gotcha type questions. >> this is the security that is needed. >> you saw the

lester. >> thanks. >>> late news from south africa. nbc news has learned oscar pistorius has been released from prison. a year after being convicted of gunning down his girlfriend in an incident he said was a terrible mistake. jeff rosson is in johannesberg. >> his lawyer confirming to nbc news a short time ago that his client was released from prison tonight. it is a full day early. he was secretly escorted from prison under the cloak of darkness. he is served less than one year of his five-year sentence. he was convicted of in voluntarily manslaughter for shooting and killing his model girlfriend reeva steenkamp. but tonight he is at his uncle's luxury compound a few miles away under house arrest. so much talk about him getting special treatment by officials. this will certainly spark the debate again. in fact, sources close to reeva's family telling nbc news, just moments ago, and i'm quoting here, it is insane what officials have done here tonight. >> thank you. >>> there is yet another tragedy amid the surging violence between israeli

nbc's mark potter was the first to report that el chapo was injured and now has new details about the fugitive. >> reporter: with mexican troops still on their manhunt, the mexican security ministry issued a statement confirming the nbc news exclusive report that fugitive kingpin joaquin "el chapo" guzman is now injured, having suffered leg and facial wounds while moving quickly to avoid recapture. three sources tell nbc news that american agents recently intercepted phone calls indicating chapo was hiding on a ranch in the rugged sierra madre mountains near the tiny town of cosala. mexican marines raided the ranch but faces heavy gunfire, and sources suspect chapo and his security team may have escaped on all-terrain vehicles. agents say chapo grew up in the mountains and knows where to hide and is protected by local residents, including officials he pays as lookouts. >> get the word out, hey, there's something different going on here in the area, and that word spreads. >> reporter: chapo boosted his legendary reputation in july, when for the second time he escaped from a maximum sec

live in the digital operations center, lauren mayk, nbc 10 news. >> nbc 10 and nbc news are following the latest developments from roseburg. nbc nightly news with lester holt will also have a full report coming up at 6:30. >>> our big story tonight, first alert for two major weather events. hurricane joaquin is strengthening to a category 4 storm right now. we received a new storm track and advisory a few minutes ago. sheena parveen will have that new information for you shortly. any potential impact from joaquin is still days away. here's what we're watching first. another round of storms that could bring heavy rain, flooding, and strong winds. we've already seen coastal flooding today as high winds hit the jersey and delaware coast. >> we have first alert weather team coverage tonight, we begin with sheena parveen. sheena, how soon do we need to worry about the next big ground of rain. >> it will mostly start overnight, into tomorrow, that's when the heaviest rain will be here tomorrow during the day and we'll see the winds increase, too. the winds will increase in intensity and be

tim furlong, nbc 10 news. >> now i'm just hungry. nbc 10 news at 5:00 is next. >> maybe that's what's for dinner tonight. here's keith jones. >>> next at 5:00, a transgender woman murdered in philadelphia. we have an update from police as they search for the people responsible. >>> plus, a suspect taken into custody after a gun scare locks down a college campus. how students learned about the threat and what police are still looking for in this case. >>> and we have more beautiful weather in the forecast, but then rain before the week's over. that's going to give us another cool down. that coming up next on nbc 10 news at 5:00. >>> gunman, everyone stay still. >> a gun scare has students hiding for safety and s.w.a.t. teams swarming. sky force 10 over the community college of philadelphia as the campus went into lockdown. nbc 10 also in the air as police brought their suspect into custody, but tonight the gun that caused all this fear is still missing. nbc 10 news at 5:00 starts right now. we'll bring you the latest on that lockdown i

for the investigators, i'm mitch blacher, nbc 10 news. >>> tonight on nbc 10 news at 11:00, nbc 10 investigates the problem of youth homelessness in our area. hundreds of young people in philadelphia sleeping on the streets, in abandoned homes, or in shelters. advocates say this issue is not getting the attention it deserves. nbc 10 spent two months looking into this problem. you're going to see the faces of homeless youth tonight at 11:00. >>> we have new surveillance video today of a man robbing a 7-eleven and threatening a customer yesterday morning. police say the guy walked in, pointed a gun and said he would kill the customer beside him if his demands weren't met. the worker gave the suspect money and he took off and is still on the loose right now. >>> a total loss, sky force 10 over this house fire in delaware county this morning, right here started on garden lane in aston after six. no one was hurt, but a family of three lost their home. the red cross says it will provide them with food and clothing. >>> an update to a massive apartment fire in kansas city we brought you last night. th

for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. eye >>> nbc bay area news starts now. >>> cannot take care of himself. he is now dependent on friends and family. >> one man's life forever changed because of something that fell from a free in a park. the fight he's now taking up to stop it from happening to anyone else. good evening. >> only on nbc bay area, a freak accident that caused permanent brain damage. a navy veteran says a 16-pound seed pod fell from a tree and hit him on the head. here is a picture now. the 50-year-old vet and his injury. you can see his eye and head there. he says it happened during fleet week of last year. we are in san francisco this evening. what exactly is a seed pod, and is there a risk now for other people? >> reporter: well, a seed pod is something that fell from a particular type of tree that isn't from this area. yes, it is a concern to other people. now that vet was here in maritime park. as you mentioned, he was here to watch the blue angels from that 16-pound seed pod came crashing down. he say

next on nbc 10 news at 5:00. >>> this is nbc 10 news. >> remember that?ast year when everyone was dumping ice water on their heads for charity, turns out the ice bucket challenge is a lot less lucrative this year. the als association says the challenge raised just over a million dollars this year. last year the campaign raised $115 million. >> being a part of some broader movement and broader audience and belonging to that is very, very powerful. however, it's very, very short term, and these kind of campaigns typically peak and then they disappear, and the biggest challenge is how do you build long-term awareness. >> the als association raises money to fight lou gehrig's disease. >>> connecticut could be the next state to adopt the new symbol for disability parking. here's how the symbol looks right now. it is a stick figure sitting in a wheelchair. compare it to the redesign. the new symbol is a more action oriented figure designed to show that people in wheelchairs can be independent. last year new york adopted this new symbol but some members of the d

for now, i'm jim rosenfield, nbc 10 news. back to you. >>> our coverage of the still developing story continues online at nbc10.com. you can also count on updates throughout our newscast every half hour here on nbc 10 news. >>> an update now on your first alert weather. we saw a few showers today, but an even bigger change is on the way. >> that's right, sheena parveen joins us now. let me get this right, we might need to bundle up a lot. >> yeah, going into the weekend, especially in the overnight hours if you're up early or out late, definitely need to bundle up quite a bit, but that's not until the weekend. in the meantime, we have a cool down coming as we go into tomorrow after the cold front moves through and a couple showers popping up on radar as the cold front approaches. it's sparking a few areas with isolated moderate rain showers near allentown, 78 there, 476, parts of montgomery county seeing small, moderate showers and some in newcastle county in from maryland, so we are going to watch a few showers pop up on rada

of course stay with nbc 10 news and the nbc 10 app for continuing coverage of this breaking news.more violence in that region. at least 40 people are dead after an air strike hit a marketplace. activists say they were fired by the syrian government. this video authenticated by the associated press shows a chaotic sce scene. more explosions could be heard in the background. this morning in austria, secretary of state john kerry launched a day of talks aimed at ending the syrian war. he said progress will be difficult but expresses hope of headway. a main focus of the talks with 19 foreign ministers is what to do about syrian president bashar al assad. saudi arabia, which is backed by the u.s., wants him ousted. iran and russia oppose that demand. philadelphia is get ready to root on the temple owls. the football team will play notre dame's fighting irish. the view is from the eagles' nest, we're calling it the owls' nest for this special weekend. the saturday night game will be one of the biggest team n temple history. 340e nia-malika braxton is live at independence mall, monique a