what a great ride he took us on. >> to the finish, american pharoah, victor espinoza.they are into the stretch in the slot at pimlico. american pharoah has pulled away. the 37 year wait is over, american pharoah has won the triple crown! and they are into the stretch. american pharoah has a four length lead. american pharoah comes into his final furlong. he's got a five, a six-length lead. a triple crown winner, breeders' cup winner, the horse of a lifetime. vikts now at 6:00, details on friday's chemistry class fire. what we have learned. hundreds dead after a russian jet liner crashes. who is taking responsibility for the tragedy and what russian investigators are saying about the wreck. >> reporter: making sure the scariest thing you encounter tonight is a costume, not the ride home. details coming up on news 4. >>> announcer: news 4 at 6:00 starts now. >>> we have new details on that chem class fire that rocked the high school in fairfax county. we have learned the name of one of the students burned. we talked to her family. sonia is doing better. the family set up

what a great ride he took us on. >> to the finish, american pharoah, victor espinoza. and they are into the stretch in the slot at pimlico. american pharoah has pulled away. the 37 year wait is over, american pharoah has won the triple crown! and they are into the stretch. american pharoah has a four length lead. american pharoah comes into his final furlong. he's got a five, a six-length lead. a triple crown winner, breeders' cup winner, the horse of a now at 6:00, we are following a developing story. a teen tragedy in franklin late last night. crashing her car into a tree. they were trying to pull her from the car. >> but they can't save her in time. >>reporter: that's right. in fact, friends of hers and faculty members were here at the high school from noon to 4:00 while grief counsellors were available. 17-year-old madison died in a car accident last night. it happened at 11:30 last night. nobody else was in the car and no other vehicles were involved. fire fighters arrived within minutes but it was too late. she was an excellent young woman, three team athlete. we

what a great ride he took us on. >> to the finish, american pharoah, victor espinoza.they are into the stretch in the slot at pimlico. american pharoah has pulled away. the 37 year wait is over, american pharoah has won the triple crown! and they are into the stretch. american pharoah has a four length lead. american pharoah comes into his final furlong. he's got a five, a six-length lead. a triple crown winner, breeders' cup winner, the horse of a lifetime. >>> right now at 6:00, as the screaming fans show, the spotlight is on the temple owls. the undefeated football team is preparing to play the biggest game in the history of its program. the owls face off against the notre dame fighting irish tonight. kickoff is less than two hours away at 8:00 p.m. good evening. i'm denise nakano. here's a live look inside lincoln financial field from our eagles nest camera, where all the action is taking place. and tonight, we've got your team coverage. we begin with george spencer, who's been talking to excited fans outside the stadium. george, tell us how the fans are feeling ab

victor espinoza riding him to the line, a decisive winner and the crowd going crazy just as they had when he won the triple crown. american pharoah is the breeders' cup classic champion. been conditioned perfectly by bob baffert and his wife jill already in tears. the zayats did such a great job of sharing their horse with america all year long. they could only breathe a sigh of relief as he goes out a big-time winner with a big smile from victor espinoza and thanks to superstar colt american pharoah. bob baffert urging the crowd to enjoy it, because it's the final time you'll see american pharoah. a wave to everyone. good. very good. you see something moving off the shelves and your first thought is to investigate the company. you are type e . yes, investment opportunities can be anywhere... or not. but you know the difference. e trade' s bar code scanner. shorten the distance between intuition and action. e trade opportunity is everywhere. for less than the average price of a car, you could be driving an extraordinary mercedes-benz. one that shatters the molds of design... shatters

kudos to victor espinoza. he did a marvelous job with the horse of a lifetime. american pharaoh. love this horse. i will tell you, over the years, great horses, but this one i love the best. look for magic at citi field. back to the studio. >> thanks very much, bruce. >> an update on the breaking news we have been following on the morris park section of the bronx where an out-of-control car jumped a curb and ran down five people behind the officers one person was killed and among the victims, two are children in critical condition. >> we know the crews had to pull one person out of the car and another from underneath. we will continue working on the story and find out more about the victims. stay tuned on news 4 at 11:00. >> drive safe out there. that's it for news 4. >> see you at 11:00. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" reporting tonight, kristen welker. >>> we begin tonight with yet another tragedy in the skies. this time, a russian plane crashed in egypt claiming the lives of all 224 people on board. most of the passengers were russi

the award-winning race horse along with the jockey victor espinoza was the favorite going into the race. american pharoah is a 3-year-old colt. he has won unbelievably 9 of his 11 career starts including the first sweep of the kentucky derby, the preakness, the belmont, the trim crown of course, in 37 years. hasn't happened in that span of time. this is his final race before he retires. >> and lives the good life. >> and i think we know what he's going to be doing in retirement. yes, sirree. >> well, congratulations. that's exciting. >> lucky guy. >> okay. moving on now. the obama administration defending the decision to send american special operations teams to syria. >> it is not a decision to enter into syria's civil war. it is not an action nor a choice focused on assad. it is focused exclusively on daesh. >> the white house says it is not a combat mission, but how realistic is that given the aggressive nature of isis? we'll take a closer look at this foreign policy shift. >>> and a new warning about the dangers of not wearing your seat belt after a driver is thrown from his car int