Roaring tonight, lester holt. Good evening. The st. Louis county police chief is calling last nights shooting of two Police Officers in ferguson missouri, an ambush. Nbc news was there as the shots rang out striking and wounding the officers just hours after the citys Embattled Police chief agreed to resign. It happened near the end of a protest. Tonight, the hunt for the shooter goes on. And ferguson itself which has ridden a wave of anguish, mistrust and change since the Michael Brown killing, faces an unsettling future. Ron allen is back in ferguson for us tonight. Reporter without warning gunfire, at least three shots shattered the calm evening outside Ferguson Police headquarters. Shots fired. Officer down. Reporter a potentially deadly moment. Is he hit . Yeah, in the face. Reporter two officers hit. One took a bullet through the shoulder. The other hit in his face. Rushed from the scene. An nbc news team right in the middle of the chaos. The police said get down, get down and gu
Four Good Samaritans trying to save the driver. His arms and face was turning gray. And sparks fly in a major u. S. City. A teen kicked in the streets firing roman candles. A neighborhood on edge. It is all happening now. We begin on friday. The Obama Administration scrambling to contain the damage after a massive Cyber Security breach affecting 4 million federal employees. The high tech break in called one of the largest ever on government workers. Welcome i am jon scott. And both fbi and Homeland Security are investigating who is behind the hack attack. It is a big one, folks. The finger of suspigdz is pointing to china. Any response from china to this. China is denying any role in the attack. The spokesman goes beyond that and accusing the United States of unsubstanteated finger pointing. We hope that the u. S. Can stop being paranoid and show more trust and cooperation in this field. But there are strong indication that china was indeed behind the attack. Malware signatures are lin
Im john scott in for shep today. China may now have dirt on millions of u. S. Government workes both present and past, stretching back for 30 years. Thats the report from the Reuters News Agency and others, as unnamed american officials blame china for what could be the worst ever hack attack on our government. However the white house spokesman said today the administration is not ready to publicly name names. The hackers reportedly stole names, addresses and Social Security numbers of federal employees. But unlike many major breaches there are signs the hackers were not after money but were looking for americans americans who might betray their country as spies. In fact one unnamed official says the feds are investigating this as a National Security matter. Meaning a Foreign Government is behind the attack, not just a bunch of criminals. According to a member of the Senate Intelligence committee the hackers appear to be looking for iination on people with security clearances, along wi
World has erupted in outrage and rare concert against the groups brutality. With one breathtakingly vicious murder, the the New York Times reports, the Islamic State has united most of the region against it. But even in the face of widespread condemnation, news of brutality continues. The new video by isis urges attacks in france. They report some are speculating the fighter second from the right in that image could be a woman. Perhaps the widow of french terrorist coulibaly. Nbc news has not been able to confirm the fighters identity or if she is in fact a woman. In the meantime isis continues the bloody cam tan. Today a u. N. Watchdog says isis militants are selling abducted iraqi children at markets as sex slaves and crucifying them or burying them alive. It is a savagery president obama condemned during the National Prayer breakfast this morning. We see faith driving us to do right. But we also see faith being twisted. And distorted. Used as a wedge, or sometimes worse, used as a w
Still alive, even after isis says the american aide worker was killed during attacks against the terror group. Two Police Officers now learning about life on the other side of the law as a video leads to charges against them. Well show you more of that video. But first, want to wish you a good morning. Hope saturday has been good to you. Im christi paul. Im victor blackwell. 10 00 on the east coast, 7 00 out west. You are in the cnn newsroom. Highlevel talks with russian president Vladimir Putin have apparently failed to broker a peace deal and end the bloodshed in ukraine. World leaders are meeting in germany hoping to craft a solution to a crisis really on the verge of chaos. Already the conflict has claimed more than 5,000 lives and forced nearly 1 Million People to flee. Right now, Vice President joe biden is addressing the mounting crisis there. Listen to what he said just moments ago. America and europe are being tested. President putin has to understand that as he has changed, s