In his arms. What started the brawl. The investigation now under way. And the incredible rescue. Firefighters swooping in using a ladder truck to save a driver and his dog stuck in their car as dried land turned into this terrifying flood. Good morning, america. We hope you had a good weekend. That was some rescue. Absolutely. A great rescue. Those flash floods, they came on quickly in colorado and some Good Samaritans also jumped in to help with the rescue. Ginger is going to have the very latest on that in just a bit. Also this morning, we are following new developments out of washington. Overnight, President Trump spoke with japans Prime Minister about the response to escalating tensions with north korea in the wake of that missile launch. President putin has ordered the u. S. To cut 755 members of their diplomatic staff in russia. This comes as President Trumps new chief of staff, retired general john kelly, the secretary of Homeland Security, starts his new role as white house chi
Nightly news. Reporting tonight, lester holt. Good evening. The halls of power in washington, d. C. Were without power for a time today, as the lights blinked out from the white house to the capitol. And well beyond. Given the times we live in a lot of people briefly wondering if there was some kind of attack. For some it lasted moments, others were without power for quite some time. There were parts of the government left to carry on in the dark while elsewhere, forcing evacuations at some of the citys famous museums. All of it raising a lot of questions about how prepared the government really is for a bigger emergency. Chris jan sing is on e story for us tonight. Reporter the lights went out at the state department right in the middle of the daily briefing. Correct. Second thing reporter they finished using the lights fro even the Energy Department lost power. So did the white house. Though the backup generator kicked right in. The president did not notice. Reporter Oprah Winfrey sp
Good evening. The halls of power in washington, d. C. Were without power for a time today, as the lights blinked out from the white house to the capitol. And well beyond. Given the times we live in, a lot of people briefly wondering if there was some kind of attack. For some it lasted moments, others were without power for quite some time. There were parts of the government left to carry on in the dark while elsewhere, forcing evacuations at some of the citys famous museums. All of it raising a lot of questions about how prepared the government really is for a bigger emergency. Chris jansing is on the story for us tonight. Reporter the lights went out at the state department right in the middle of t daily briefing. Correct. Second thing reporter they finished using the lights from a phone. Even the Energy Department lost power. So did the white house. Though the backup generator kicked right in. The president did not notice. Reporter Oprah Winfrey speaking at an event honoring maya ang
Accident westbound 580 at north greenville. Everything is now cleared to the shoulder and unfortunately an earlier than usual backup especially through the live more valley. 16 Miles Per Hour now there may be some activity on the shoulder. And anyway its already backing up tracy and continuing straight on through the at hospital pass. But things look better to the dublin interchange where we have a live camera. Some fog but once again traffic moves well. Live look at the san mateo bridge once again traffic looks great into the and out of hayward. Bay bridge similar story and they should have cleared the overnight roadwork on the eastern span. Westbound 80 from the incline out to the island. And mass transit also still on time including b. A. R. T. Now with more than 30 trains all according to no delays. Thats traffic back to you guys. We missed it but there was a rare event in the sky in the middle of the night. Yes if you were away from the fog you could see a total eclipse of the moo
Carolina where a Police Officer has been charged with murder in the death of a man after a traffic stop. It comes in the wake of several Deadly Police encounters that sparked protests across the country. This incident happened over the weekend in North Charleston. In the video, which we want to warn you is disturbing, you can see the man appear to run away from the officer who then points his weapon and fires several times killing him. Nbcs Hallie Jackson has our report. Reporter in this new video posted online late today, a Police Officer pulls his gun as walter scott appears to run away. His back to the officer, who fires eight times. Killing scott, who falls to the ground. It was the deadly conclusion to a traffic stop on saturday. Shots fired. Subject is down. The video, apparently shot by a bistander and provided to the New York Times by scotts familys attorney shows officer michael slegr handcuffing scott who is face down on the ground. The report says that he fired his taser and