With signs of hope slowly emerging. Good morning. Its august 17th. This is today. Fire starter . Video showing downed power lines sparking a blaze. Just as work to recover more victims moves forward. A key road is reopened, clearing the way for more help to arrive. Were there live. Midair scares. Alarming video shows the engine of a Southwest Airlines plane in flames moments after takeoff. While on a flight from miami, the pilot suddenly collapses and dies. His crew safely landing that plane. Both incidents now under information. Well have the very latest. Extreme weather. Tens of millions under new heat alerts this morning, from the Pacific Northwest down to the south. Severe storms expected across the midwest and the northeast. Als tracking all of it. Shark watch. Officials increasing patrols, even holding rare drills on new york beaches after a string of attacks. You cant let go until help arrives. This morning, the new steps to keep swimmers safe heading into a busy summer weekend.
The east and the south now the Nations Capital braces for its strongest storm in a decade, and more Severe Weather on the way spells trouble for summer travel. Our weather team is tracking exactly when you might see those storms in ukraine, missiles rain down, leveling building, injuring dozens and killing several people we had have a live report with the latest babies are dying in nursing pillows with more than 160 deaths in the last 16 years. U. S. Officials are getting ready to issue safety regulations. Weve got the nbc investigative report asking why regulators havent stepped in sooner. Hollywood is honoring a revolutionary director William Friedkin has died at the age of 87. We look back at his films. A cubs fan looking to catch more than fly ball at a game shes looking for a kidney donor and hoping someone in the stadium will step up to the plate. Its tuesday, august 8 early today starts right now good morning. Im Jessica Layton glad youre with us im frances rivera. Wicked weathe
2020 election probe. Why his attorneys say the judge should reject it. Our nbc news exclusive on the Campaign Trail with ron desantis after years of avoiding questions about it, desantis now taking direct aim at Donald Trumps false claims about the 2020 election what he told us. The alleged plot to assassinate ukraines president zelenskyy foiled the woman in custody tonight. Our nbc news investigation. The potential deadly danger from infant Nursing Pillows. And remembering the oscarwinning director of the French Connection and the exorcist, the legendary William Friedkin announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone, and welcome. Severe weather on the march in the east tonight, forcing thousands of Flight Delays and cancellations. In washington, d. C. The government allowed federal workers to go home early today d. C. Under a Tornado Watch until midevening. The Storm Prediction Center warning of a widespread damaging wind event this evening. The line of st
Hello. Welcome. Im catherine byaruhanga. A us Military Ship is headed for gaza, carrying equipment to build a Temporary Port for aid deliveries. The us army says the support ship, set sailfrom a Military Base in virginia on saturday. The un has warned that around a quarter of the population of gaza, more than half a Million People, are facing famine. Meanwhile, a separate aid ship with around 200 tons of food is still waiting to set sail from cyprus. The eu wants a new sea route for aid from cyprus to gaza to start this weekend. Our correspondent zoe conway has the latest. It may not look like much, but on this barge since the 200 tons of food, set to leave cyprus later today, towed by a Spanish Charity ship. More than 200 miles to gaza. This is the root is not been tried before. The journey could be precarious. Translation ~. , translation we will tow the latform translation we will tow the platform to translation we will tow the platform to gaza translation we will tow the platform t
Hello. Im marc ashdown. A very good morning to you. We start in hollywood and the film industrys biggest night, the oscars. The awards, which celebrate the best films of the year, finished just a few hours ago, clocking in at a spritely 3. 5 hours. The big winner of the night was, as expected, the Christopher Nolan epic, oppenheimer, which racked Up Seven Awards from its 13 nominations, including best picture. Behind that on four wins is the quirky period dramedy poor things. Heres The Moment Acting Royalty Al Pacino presented the final award of the night for best picture. And oppenheimer. Yes, yes. I think any of us who make movies i think any of us who make movies know that you kind of Dream Movies Know that you kind of dream of movies know that you kind of dream of this moment. You know you do. Dream of this moment. You know you do, right . I could deny it but i you do, right . I could deny it but i have you do, right . I could deny it but i have been dreaming about this moment for