Friends. Nightly news begins right now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Im Thomas Roberts in for lester. Tonight cincinnati zoo officials are fielding fast and furious reactions over their judgment to kill the silverback named harambe as the best choice to save a child trapped in the gorilla enclosure. A viral video captured over the Holiday Weekend shows the scene after a 3yearold boy crawled and climbed into the exhibit ending up facetoface with a massive primate. And now theres even a public call asking for the toddlers parents to be held responsible in the animals death. Reporter tonight outrage over an incident at the cincinnati zoo when a 3yearold boy fell into the gorilla enclosure saturday. For ten agonizing minutes onlookers watched including the boys mother who cried out to him. Mommys right here. Reporter at one point the male silverback named harambe grabbed the boys ankle and dragged him through the wat
Begins right now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Im Thomas Roberts in for lester. Tonight cincinnati zoo officials are fielding fast and furious reactions over their judgment to kill the silverback named harambe as the best choice to save a child trapped in the gorilla enclosure. A viral video captured over the Holiday Weekend shows the scene after a 3yearold boy crawled and climbed into the exhibit ending up facetoface with a massive primate. And now theres even a public call asking for the toddlers parents to be held responsible in the animals death. Blake mccoy has the latest. Reporter tonight outrage over an incident at the cincinnati zoo when a 3yearold boy fell into the gorilla enclosure saturday. For ten agonizing minutes onlookers watched including the boys mother who cried out to him. Reporter at one point the 420pound male silverback named harambe, grabbed the boys ankle and dragged him through the water.
Ago. We have very Little Information. On the phone, we have jennifer who apparently witnessed this event. Jennifer, can you hear me . Hello. Hi, jennifer. Hi, katie. Hi, can you please tell me what you saw and give me any information about whats going on there. Yes, i have its quite terrifying. Im in shock right now. I came out of the subway at bowling green. I was heading to work at battery park at the ritz carlton hotel. And i come out and i saw a big i heard a boom, looked up and there was a big ball of fire. Im now looking north at the World Trade Center. It is the left twin tower if im looking north. You can hear the emergency crews behind me. And it is unbelievable. When the fire first burst, it was hello . Go ahead, we can hear you. Like ive never seen before. And as you know, i used to work in news, ive never seen any
fire like this in the air. And pieces of the building were flying down. It looks like its like the top i cant even tell you. Maybe 20 floors. Intense smoke. Its h
Begins right now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Im Thomas Roberts in for lester. Tonight cincinnati zoo officials are fielding fast and furious reactions over their judgment to kill the silverback named harambe as the best choice to save a child trapped in the gorilla enclosure. A viral video captured over the Holiday Weekend shows the scene after a 3yearold boy crawled and climbed into the exhibit ending up facetoface with a massive primate. And now theres even a public call asking for the toddlers parents to be held responsible in the animals death. Blake mccoy has the latest. Reporter tonight outrage over an incident at the cincinnati zoo when a 3yearold boy fell into the gorilla enclosure saturday. For ten agonizing minutes onlookers watched including the boys mother who cried out to him. Mommys right here. Reporter at one point the 420pound male silverback named harambe, grabbed the boys ankle and dragged him