Season. Nightly news begins now. Good evening from Seaside Heights, new jersey, on the boardwalk. The rubble behind us represents one of the disasters we are covering as we come on the air this friday evening. Well have more in a moment on what happened here behind us and this compound tragedy now along the new jersey shore. First tonight, however, our attention is focused to the west in the reeockies. A desperate situation truly in and around boulder, colorado. A rising death toll, rising water. People both stranded and listed as missing. Sadly, no stop to the water. Nbcs Miguel Almaguer is in boulder tonight to start us off from there. Miguel, good evening. Brian, good evening. This is the boulder creek. Tonight it is a raging river. It is torrents like this that claimed at least four lives. Some 80 people are unaccounted for. While the rain here has stopped for now, the threat, the danger has not. Surrounded by surging rapids, several communities along colorados front range are islands. Locals pleading for help he any way they can. An hour ago that road was there. Reporter a harrowing rescue at big thompson canyon. Emergency crews used a zip line to bring this woman to safety. The National Guard deployed to evacuate the town of lions. 1600 people trapped by rising water. Are you happy to be on dry land, safe . Yeah. Reporter 9yearold alexandria, her mom and s siblings. Youre trapped. Reporter with damage as farce as the eye can see, many remain trapped, some unaccounted for. Holly stetson is worried. She hasnt heard from her father. We are anxious to get any word and see if hes okay. Reporter this is the reason why the National Guard cant reach so many residents. Roads have literally been washed away. This afternoon, helicopters became air bus withes. The governor says the flood stretches 130 miles. Even just a foot and a half of water can knock people over. If possible, stay off the roads. Reporter in a university town, not everyone listens. With nearly a years worth of rain in a single day, cities like longmont face an historic and catastrophic flood. Some creeks and rivers are running 50 times above normal. Evacuees got out any way they could. I had three boat rides, one surfboard, motorboat and a th canoe. We found lindsay looking at the road. It was absolutely terrifying. We were lucky to get out. My neighbor two doors down is missing. Reporter they rounded up molly, mr. Fin and dr. Watson as he took a last look at his home. What do you do now . Well, one step at a time. Reporter tonight flowers is safe but worried as new storm clouds move in. Miguel almaguer, nbc news, boulder, colorado. This is joe prior in Commerce City where rising flood waters forced an entire neighborhood to quickly flee yesterday, leaving a modest pile of sandbags to protect bonnies home. We had to carry the kids out on our back. We took maybe a set of clothes, panties and socks. We were just saturated. Trying to get dried out. Reporter when she returned today her worst fears were realized. That much. Reporter that much water . The flood drenched many things including precious family photos. My kids, grandkids, yeah. No flood insurance. Wasnt even in a flood zone. Reporter across town a dam breach prompted more evacuations. After the dam broke, this berm took over. This is whats keeping a massive amount of water 20 feet deep from rushing into the town down below. Still, as a precautious, one neighborhood remains off limits. A similar scene in Many Community where is the weber home returned home to salvage items. Whats weird is being told you cant go into your house. Reporter businesses are under water including david hayes auto body shop which employs ten people. My blood and guts are in here. Im worried. Reporter usually homecomings are a reason tole celebrate. I dont know. Reporter tonight across colorado, too many homecomings are filled with a flood of heartache. Joe friar, nbc news, Commerce City, colorado. A big problem for those folks tonight. Its not like the source of the water is just going to turn off. Weather channel meteorologist mike seidel is among our team members in boulder tonight. Mike, i saw you first thing this morning. The water behind you was much closer to the roadway on that overpass. That has to be at least a small victory. Yeah, it has tom down, brian. Boulder creek in the middle runs at one to two feet. Much more like a trickle. It crested at eight feet. Its come down today, but its roaring through town. This is what happens in a city that averages about 20 the inches of rain in a year. Picks up 75 of that in just a few days. Now, there are more showers and thunderstorms in the forecast over the weekend across new mexico, hard hit today, and colorado. Some of the rainfall totals could be another two to three inches. Rain chance is pegged at about 50 . There could be localized flash flooding. Early next week the atmosphere will dry out, the pattern will dry out. A state thats gone through horrible fires in recent years it snuffs out the fire danger and puts a big dent in a horrible drought. Brian . Mike seidel in boulder, colorado, tonight. Thanks. Lets bring it back to where we are standing tonight. You hear perhaps the off and on drown of television helicopters above us. For those of us who can trace childhood memories to this boardwalk and this stretch of shoreline generally, it was hard to watch pictures of yesterdays fire and not think we were watching the death of something great, at least a small piece of a Great American summer tradition. We are in Seaside Heights tonight, just over the border from seaside park. Behind us the scene of yesterdays inferno which at its height looked like a fire from another era, back how they used to burn before the days when firefighting equipment was invented. Once it started there was little to stop it. It tore through the boardwalk like a blowtorch, whipped by 30 miles an hour winds, fuelled by old timbers and the tar on rooftops. It burned for hours, destroying more than 50 businesses. Governor Chris Christie rushed to the scene and upon arrival said what a lot of people here were thinking. I feel like i want to throw up. Reporter its a visceral feeling because of what they have been through here. We are now overlooking some of the damage. Reporter this was the place the whole world saw after sandy. Its where the jetstar rollercoaster ended upstanding alone in the water. It was ripped to pieces, but they launched a huge public works project and they rebuilt in time for this past summer. [ cheers and applause ] reporter governor christie was here to cut the ribbon. He showed us around and was proud to show off a place getting up and running. Im focused on rebuilding. Reporter the very spot we stopped to talk with the governor back then was destroyed yesterday. Tim hussy reopened his french fry stand after sandy and last night was forced to watch it burn. It is flattened, wrecked, gone. Its a goner. There is nothing left. Reporter after sandy, john vertarosa put out a sign reading boardwalk open. After the fire, the sign was all thats left. Makes me wonder if i was bragging too much. Reporter police chief tommy boyd who was a local hero during sandy for the number of people he rescued told us today the fire was a body blow. Were taking a beating. This isnt fair. Im waiting for the frogs and locu locusts. It feels like something out of the bible. Its heartwrenching. Reporter everybody here had a story and remembrance today, even if it was reminiscing about a favorite grandson and his favorite ice cream order. He gets orange sherbet and vanilla mixed from the ice cream place. You know, its just a piece gone. Reporter the fire started near the coors ice cream stand. The cause is not the yet known. It could have been far worse. This fire was stopped only after a hail mary pass by firefighters. We had a lot of very brave people risking their lives. Reporter they used heavy equipment to cut away a 25foot section of the new boardwalk, a fire break just Like Fighting a forest fire. But the fire was moving too fast. It skipped over it, so they cut another fire break a block away. That one held. They had drawn a line in the sand and said this is where we are going to stop it. Reporter this storied place faces another season of rebuilding, another mountain to climb. Seaside is strong. We have to re build. Its going to be hard. You know, any time you get knocked down. Reporter by the way, volunteer firefighters in this part of the world were all equal in this fight. 400 of them last night. And the rallying cry in this area, we are stronger than the storm. As you will see later nobody mentioned a storm and then a fire. Turning overseas now, we continue to follow the syria story. President obama made it clear today any agreement on chemical weapons must be verifiable as the u. S. And russia continue their work on this plan to re move those weapons from syria somehow. Our chief Foreign Affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell is in geneva for us again. Good evening. Reporter good evening, brian. After two days of talks, some of it tense and lasting until midnight just before we came tonight, officials claimed progress. Specifically, they have narrowed differences over the amount of chemical weapons that assad has in his stockpiles. Headed over here on the plane a top official said that would be a credit i call test of whether the russians were serious. Its important they agree on how much there is and where it is before inspectors can collect and destroy it. The president said again today that any agreement has to be verifiable and enforceable. But the Administration Knows the russians will veto any u. N. Resolution that threatens force. Officials say there are other ways the u. N. Can punish assad, and they point out the president is not taking his military option off the table. Kerry and lavrov are expected to agree on a shorter timeline for u. N. Action on assads chemicals. Weeks not months as assad has been demanding. On monday the u. N. Inspectors report back on the chemical massacre with circumstantial evidence, im told, but no hard proof tying it to the regime. Brian . As they say, the whole world is watching. Andrea mitchell in geneva again for us. 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The sport of nascar likes to call itself the most popular spectator sport in the country. They are in the news now for reasons they are not entirely proud of. The earliest nascar drivers remember were moonshiners. Now it is a multi billion dollar enterprise but there is an old expression in racing you still hear to this day. If you aint cheating, you aint trying. Nascar is dealing with a cheating scandal and the problem with this is it was pretty much right out in the open for all to see. Our report tonight from nbcs Kevin Tibbles at chicagoland speedway. Reporter its fast and loud and wildly popular. But many of nascars fiercely loyal fans are angry. Nascar was built, you know, mainly rednecks and integrity and all that. You know, it was just a bunch of bullcrap that happened. Reporter hes referring to last week in richmond, virginia. In the final moments clinic boyer suddenly lost control. I bet its hot in there. Reporter some suggest team leaders sent coded radio messages signalling him to do it. Teammate Brian Vickers number 55 was told to make a pit stop. Radio communications seem to suggest vicker is confused. I dont understand. Pit now . Reporter vickers is congratulated when he pits. Oh, yeah. Reporter nascars governing body has ruled it was done to allow a teammate to move ahead and win a spot in the chase. Nascars playoffs. Stuff goes on a lot. I think people are more subtle about it. Reporter nascar levelled the largest fine in the history of the sport 300,000 against the Michael Waltrip racing team and deducted points from each driver. There was no master plan to manipulate the rice. Reporter owner Michael Waltrip says deals have always been a part of racing. Do you consider it cheating . There is not a rule i saying you cant pit your car, help a teammate. Reporter for nascars legion of fans a little bumping for position is all part of the excitement. Many here today say the waltrip team went too far. Yes, i do think it was cheating. When youre making big money, i guess you do whatever you need to do. Theres bending the rules and theres breaking the rules. Do you think they got too close to the edge . I think they went over the line, yes. Reporter citing unfair tactics by other teams, late today nascar said fan favorite jeff gordon, who didnt make the chase, would be reinstated. Still as the crowds gather at the chicagoland speedway, some maintain its all part of the game. A game in which billions of dollars are at stake. Kevin tibbles, nbc news, joliet, illinois. Were back in a moment with a story about your money, more than a billion in federal benefits that may have been paid out by mistake. Farm for 30 year. We raise black and red angus cattle. We also produce natural gas. Thats how we make our living and thats how we can pass the land and water back to future generations. 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From the now destroyed funtown pier to the now destroyed carousel. It was a landmark over 50 years old. We caught up today with its owner bob stewart and his son kevin who were among those fighting the fire last night. How we doing, fellas . Look at this place. Unbelievable. My arcade is on the other side of this building. I have been here all my life. I love this business. I used to kid my kids and say when i die, pop a couple boards up and slide me under the boardwalk. I love the boardwalk. A lot of kids took their first spin on that carousel. I think i was on it starting at age 4. Its been a staple here. Yeah. You know, after the storm, so many people all summer long came and said, oh, the carousel. Everybody loved it. You were back and up and running i lost twothirds of my building with the storm. I had a third left. I had that thing going. You know, right after labor day i thought, ive got this here. Its going to be all right. Well, no more. As you can see , its all gone. Me and my kids were on the roof trying to slow it down. When i was there you could feel the heat coming off the buildings. I was here for the hurricane. I had to call my mother and tell her the arcade was gone. It really wasnt. We had to call her this time. Its really gone. Reporter how much is one town supposed to take . Thats what i want to know, brian. Its very hard. I have been up here on the boardwalk 49 years. In this past year, i have seen devastation like i have never seen, you know . This is the love of my life. I never worked a day in my life because i worked on the boardwalk. If you love what you do you never work a day in your life. Thats me. I love the boardwalk. Its been pretty much everything to us. My father, my mother. Thats where they met. You know. Where it all started. Theres no giving up here, you know . Bunch of fighters on the boardwalk. When something bad happens, theres no turning back. You know, youve got to make it happen. Were jersey strong in seaside. We have to re build, put everything together like we did after sandy. You know, we can do this. We can do this. Reporter tough place, tough guy. Think of bobs situation. He both fought the fire and suffered such a great loss, all at the same time. As we said, one of these two tragedies we are following tonight. This and the Natural Disaster out west in colorado because our viewers often ask how they can help, we have put information on our website for you tonight. That is our broadcast for this friday night. Thank you for being here with us. Im brian williams. Again reporting tonight from Seaside Heights on the jersey shore. Lester holt will be here with you from new york this weekend. We hope to see you back on the broadcast on monday night. Have a good weekend in the meantime. Have a good weekend in the meantime. Good night. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com
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