A deadly bridge disaster. A packed span suddenly collapses in a powerful storm, cars plunging below. Tonight many dead and a frantic search for survivors in the rubble. A terrorattack in the heart of london, a car plowing into a crowd. Late word of injuries as a massive gas explosion blows a home to pieces. Prayers for the queen. The latest on the health of Aretha Franklin, ailing tonight in detroit. This is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Welcome to our viewers in the west. We begin with a shameful tragedy now revealed and shocking the Catholic Church tonight from pennsylvania to the vatican. An explosive grand jury report is out, revealing graphic details of the molestation of more than 1,000 children by hundreds of predator priests in pennsylvania, abuse allegedly covered up for decades by Senior Church officials. Tonight we hear from a victim amid questions of whether justice can be served. Heres anne thompson. Reporter in searing, damning language the grand jury report revealed the dark secrets of the Catholic Church in pennsylvania. Priests were raping little boys and girls and the men of god who were responsible for them did nothing. They hid it all. It was child sexual abuse, including rape, committed by grown men, priests, against children. Reporter the report found over 1,000 child victims, identified in the churchs own records. The alleged crimes often described as inappropriate contact or boundary issues. I am so angry. Reporter Julianne Bortz says she was molested as a teen. When she came forward in 2002 she says the church said it was hiring a private investigator. I found out today that it wasnt him that they were looking at, they were looking at me. Reporter the report finding a pattern among the bishops and church leaders. The main thing was not to help children but to avoid scandal. It names more than 300 predator priests in six diocese, from one end of the state to the other, home to more than 1. 7 million catholics. Almost every instance of abuse too old to be prosecuted, but the investigation did result in two priests being criminally charged with sexually assaulting children during the past decade. From the diocese today, apologies. I ask you, the church asks you for forgiveness. Reporter but for some, words are not enough. People want total transparency. They want the bishops to report what happened, why it happened, and how theyre going to make sure that it never happens again. Reporter many of those same bishops th this investigation, including Cardinal Donald whirl, the former bishop of pittsburgh. Whirl, now in washington, says he acted with diligence, concern for victims and to prevent future abuse. Ann, you say some of the cases are too old for court. What can be done . The grand jury wants to change that, lester. The grand jury brings forward its recommendations, including eliminating the statute of limitations that protects predators instead of victims, and it recommends barring those nondisclosure agreements in criminal cases. Thank you, anne thompson. Now the ugly war of words between a pair of exreality tv stars, one the president , the other his fired white house aide. President trump tried to push back today on omarosas allegation that he had been caught on tape using the n word by calling her a dog. Our White House Correspondent Kristen Welker was at the First White House briefing in 12 days and asked the question about that alleged tape pointblank. The podium and guarantee the American People theyll never hear donald trump utter the n word on a recording in any context . I cant guarantee anything, but i can tell you that the president addressed this question directly. I can tell you that i have never heard it. Reporter just to be clear, you cant guarantee it . Look, i havent been in every single room. I can tell you the president has addressed this directly. A defiant President Trump denies using the n word and overnight tweeted apprentice producer mark burnett told him there are no tapes. I dont have that word in my vocabulary and never have. But thats the looming question after ousted top adviser Omarosa Manigault newman said she heard an outtake from the first season of the apprentice with mr. Trump allegedly using that slur. How many times did you hear him use the n word . Multiple times. Reporter today, he called his former apprentice a crazed, crying lowlife, adding good work for general kelly for quickly firing that dog, a raciallycharged term that sparked public criticism and this firm response. It just shows you if he would say that publicly, what else would he say about me privately . He has absolutely no respect for women, for africanamericans. Reporter it is not just Manigault Newman. The president has used dehumanizing terms to take aim at a range of political rivals, but his recent attacks questioning the intelligence of africanamericans in politics and pop culture have come under scrutiny. This has absolutely nothing to do with race and everything to do with the president calling out someones lack of integrity. Reporter but Manigault Newman says a new recording, not confirmed by nbc news, backs up her claims. She says it captures a discussion during the 2016 campaign about the alleged in word tape with other aides, he said it. Hes embarrassed. Reporter pearson says the conversation is being incorrectly characterized. Apprentice producer mark burr burnett did not respond to our requests for comment. Tonight President Trumps campaign claims it is moving to shut omarosa down by forcing her into arbitration over a nondisclosure agreement she signed during the campaign. But as the stories grow, so do the voices who are alleging mr. Trump used raciallycharged language during the show, including actor tom arnold and comedian Penn Gillette and she had a lot to say, not just issues of race today. She talked about other accusations against the president. What were they . She did, lester. She told katy tur today that she has been interviewed by the internal and added she would be willing to speak with him again and turn over her tapes. In another bombshell, she said emails stolen from the Clinton Campaign before they were released by wikileaks but declined to give any evidence. No response from the white house or the special counsel about that. Thanks. Overseas to the horrific bridge disaster in italy. At least 23 people have been killed, 15 more injured, as crews now dig through the mangled rubble. It happened in the port city of genoa when a bridge collapsed during a storm, sending dozens of cars plunging. Lets get the latest from lucy kafanov who made her way to italy. Reporter this video capturing the horror. The moment a massive bridge collapses during a powerful storm, sending cars plunging, witnesses stunned. I got out of the car and i saw people running away from the bridge and some people there was even a guy with his face covered in blood. Reporter hundreds of first aid responders rushing to the scene, digging through tons of concrete and steel. This firefighter carrying out one rescue, lowering a survivor down from the bridge. Reporter what is the biggest danger for potential survivors . Well, now there is no gas leaks or anything. If there was any survivors, they are trapped in maybe some confined space. Reporter the bridge, seen here before the collapse, stretched over residential buildings and the water. This is how it looks tonight. That green truck avoiding disaster by inch Officials Say as many as 38 vehicles were on the 50yearold bridge which is part of a main road to france, when a 260foot span began crumbling. Tomorrow is a major summer holiday. Many traveling on the bridge to get to nearby beaches and mountains. Tonight Officials Say work was underway on the Bridges Foundation when the collapse happened and are launching an investigation to find out what sparked the disaster, which for dozens of drivers came without warning. The next few hours are critical for finding any survivors trapped beneath the rubble. Rescue teams say they will continue working through the night, but officials fear the death toll may rise. Lester. Lucy, thank you. In london tonight investigators say a car that plowed into a crowd Near Parliament was a deliberate attack. Several people hurt in what string of terrorist using vehiclebi neely. Reporter the car used as a weapon crashed outside parliament. Cctv captures it swerving into the wrong lane, hitting cyclists and heading for the most heavilyguarded building in britain, two Police Officers jumping out of its speeding path. In my opinion, the person knew what they were doing. Reporter armed police surrounded the car, the driver hauled out and handcuffed. Hes 29, british, born overseas. We are treating it as a terrorist incident. Reporter it happened just yards from last years vehicle attack that killed five. This driver also, it appears, acting alone. Police are now searching the mans car. They have found no weapons and theyre searching for a motive. He wasnt on any british terror watch list. Reminder of the terror threat. Bill neilly, nbc news, london. There is word tonight from california a firefighter was killed while battling the largest wildfire in that states history, the mendocino complex fire. Officials say Draper City Fire Department battalion chief Matthew Burchett from utah was in california to help crews there who were stretched thin. He is the eighth firefighter killed during this years california wildfires. Tonight huge parts of the east continue to be plagued by torrential rains and flooding. New rescues in cities and towns left underwater. And the weather is also creating headaches at the airports, delays and cancellations. And the Ripple Effect is being felt across the country. Nbcs Kristen Dahlgren has the latest. Reporter tonight residents in the northeast coming home to heartbreak. It is coming in faster than we can pump it out. Reporter this family still waiting to see what the Rushing Water left behind. Im hoping it is the way i left it. My house is still there. Reporter four Million People spent another day under flash flood watches, the saturated ground no match for more rain. We had a guy trapped on top of a tractor, standing on top of the tractor until we got a boat to get him out. Reporter in conklin, new york, the governor getting a first hand look. When you have two or three feet of water come through your home, your life is shattered. Reporter in pennsylvania, a construction worker witnessed a couple swept away. The water came up and picked them up like a boat. Reporter in new albany, the flood so powerful it pushed the local library on to the street, while in little falls, new jersey the water receded, enough to see the severelydamaged foundations of homes. There are people here of 32 years that say theyve never seen anything like this. Reporter and as the rain starts back up here, millions remain under those flash flood watches. Meantime, when you take a look at some of the creeks and rivers and you see just how full they are, you can understand why Officials Say the threat is far from over, lester. Kristen dahlgren tonight. Thank you. In a dramatic twist a judge in new mexico granted bail to most of the suspects arrested when 11 starving children were rescued from a compound in new mexico. Gadi schwartz has the laet latest. Reporter four of the five suspects accused of abusing children in a new mexico compound expected to be released from jail, while the sheriff of taos county continued to dodge questions over how the investigation has been handled. How are they allowed to leave. Thank you. Reporter it is a dramatic turn in a case focused on allegations of starving children being taught to carry out school shootings. In a pretrial detention hearing those allegations rarely came up. I didnt hear anything about the conditions of the children which i expected to hear. Reporter instead, prosecutors focusing on interviews with two teenage boys rescued who detailed how one defendant performed an exorcism on his 3yearold son abdul until the boy died during one of the rituals in february. He would begin to choke and have white foam or slime coming from his mouth and then pass out. Reporter the children were told abdul would be resurrected as jesus and tell them which corrupt institutions they should attack. If these were white people of a Christian Faith who owned guns, it is not a big deal, we have a Second Amendment right to own firearms in this country. Reporter the judge asking about abduls death and the condition of the children who remain in foster home, deciding to release four of the suspects with gps monitoring. He remains held on a georgia warrant for kidnapping his son. Tonight the taos judge and the courthouse put on lockdown after what authorities call a credible threat. I want to show you what is happening out here right now live. These are Sheriff Department vehicles just brought in. Theres a Security Team that just went in. This is the taos county courthouse. It is an entire complex, and we know the judge inside has now received over 200 threats, one of them extremely credible saying that someone wanted to slit her throat. This over here, this is the Detention Center where the five suspects are still being held. It is unclear how this lockdown will affect their release. Lester, back to you. Continues to be a curious story. Gadi schwartz in new mexico. Thank you. Still ahead, was he pushed too far . The College Football player who collapsed on the field. Now the university admitting the mistakes that cost him his life. Also, the sudden blast leveling homes and the rush to rescue someone trapped inside. Stay with us. With College Football season just around the corner, the university of maryland apologized today for a tragedy on the field earlier this year. College officials admitted to mistakes that led to the heat stroke death of jordan mcnair, a player who collapsed at practice in may. Nbc National Correspondent Miguel Almaguer has the story. Reporter as the university of marylands Football Team resumed practice, today the president of the University Says the school accepts legal and moral responsibility for mistakes made in the death of a star player. You entrusted jordan to our reporter in may, 19yearold jordan mcnair died of heat stroke following a preseason workout in college park. The school says trainers never took mcnairs temperature or iced him down, both steps some experts say could have saved his life. The University Investigating the Football Teams culture after accusations head coach d. J. Durkin and members of his staff berated players when showing signs of exhaustion. We have changed how we practice and also how we train our staff. Reporter with durkin and members of his staff placed on leave, the school is now parting ways with conditioning Coach Rick Court amid allegations of a toxic culture. The University President meeting with mcnairs family today to apologize. The university of maryland killed my nephew. That training staff, them people, they killed my nephew. Reporter with the mcnair family attorney calling for the firing of the head coach, the teams first game is next month. A season dedicated to a standout freshman who had a promising future on and off the field. Miguel almaguer, nbc news. Were going to take a short break and be back with the latest on the queen of soul, Aretha Franklin and the prayers pouring in for her tonight. Take a look at the massive damage from a reported natural gas explosion. The blast destroying a multifamily building in denver. It injured at least ten people. One person was rescued by firefighters after becoming trapped inside. Officials are ing th the biggest home explosion denver has seen in a decade. How much is a baseball signed by the likes of babe ruth, ty cobb and cy young worth . If you guess anything like a half million, youre not in the ballpark. The ball signed by 11 legends when the hall of fame opened in 1939 sold at auction for 623,000, which shattered the previous record for a ball signed by ruth and lou gehrig. From beyonce to stevie wonder, the stars sending well wishes to Aretha Franklin. A new. The bay area city once known for coming up, the hot Housing Market reach as new level. The city once known for murder thats now a haven for Million Dollar homes. Plus, a lawyer takes on donald trump jr. The aepsz he is looking for next. The legend on the minds of soae next. Naepsz he is looking for next. Saepsz he is looking for next. Waepsz he is looking for next. He is looking for next. He next. R he is looking for next. S he is looking for next. But the music icon has millions pulling for her, including some very famous fans. Reporter true royalty is a rarity in the world of music, but Aretha Franklin really is our queen of soul. The only one who could ever reach me was the son of a preacher man reporter especially in her beloved detroit, the place she calls home. Hurts my heart. Shes the queen, and she will forever have an impact on my soul. Reporter it is here beyonce and jayz dedicated their concert last night to franklin, an opening act that led the crowd in respect. Just a little bit what you need you know i got it reporter back in 1967, that song made franklin a star. The success of it caught even her off guard. Respct i had no idea that it would become the anthem that it did become. Reporter an anthem for civil rights and womens rights. Rolling stone says her recording of it is one of the five greatest songs of all time. You better think, think about what youre trying to do to me reporter more than 100 of her songs hit the billboard charts including freeway of love. Were going riding on the freeway of love in my pink cadillac reporter and natural woman which she belted on vh1 divas live surrounded by singers like celine dion and mariah carey. You make me feel like a natural woman reporter this week carey tweeted she is praying for the queen of soul, and franklin was reportedly visited by stevie wonder. Reporter as the world shows their respect for a legendary voice thats filled with jazz and gospel, rhythm and blues. In a word, soul, and aretha is the queen. Joe fryer, nbc news. Tell me, is there anybody better . Aretha is in our thoughts tonight. Im lester holt. For all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. The move by a former bay area powerhouse politician to right now at 6 00, still had the secret service, the move by a former bay area power house politician to find oitd what donald trump jr. Was up to on an over seas trip. Plus. Some are afraid. They want their families to have to go back to mexico. Crowds pack a south bay consulate. Mexican n american citizens citizenship. First, a clear sign the Housing Market is out of control. The bay area city set to join the list of Million Dollar median homes. The news at 6 00 starts right now. Good evening, thanks for joining us. Im jessica aguirre. Im raj matthai. Not long ago it was the murder capital of the united states. Tonight though, East Palo Alto has ascended into the range of Million Dollar homes. The tech boom has fueled the stunning back come. Despite the rising home prices half the kids in the School District are poverty stricken. Scott eastman jones us from East Palo Alto. Reporter a lot going on here, the School District saying it is an ongoing complication. They are trying to fight through it. Not made easier by the fact that as you say we are starting to see more and more expensive homes here in East Palo Alto, bringing with it a rapid legent ri phiing neighborhood. There is a mini housing boom going on on in East Palo Alto, which according to bedroom, one bath. Like what . Reporter Real Estate Agents like holly bahr say you can thank or blame
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