It is october 11th. This is today. Breaking overnight, onslaught. Israeli forces hammer gaza from the air for a fifth day and prepare to launch a Ground Invasion as even more brutal hamas atrocities against civilians come to light. Women and children found murdered in their own homes. The president weighing in from the white house. This was an act of sheer evil. So in this moment, it must be Crystal Clear. We stand with israel. This morning what can be done for the americans among the hostages. Were live on front lines and in washington with the very latest. House in no order. Republicans deeply divided over who will be the next speaker. Planning a key vote as early as today. Were live on capitol hill. Super soaker. Millions from texas to florida bracing for heavy rain and high winds and another powerful storm in the works that could impact the weekend from coast to coast. Als full forecast straight ahead. Fighting for her life. The daughter of Mary Lou Retton reveals she is in the hos
Cutting 100 manufacturing workers at two of its iowa factories. The layoffs will begin april 1 and will affect 80 workers in davenport and 20 in dubuque. Just last week deere cut its fullyear earnings forecast, citing weak sales of farm and construction equipment. Analysts say falling Commodity Prices have made farmers less likely to buy new equipment. Turning to news from around the state, a Blackhawk County man is dead after the gun he was carrying accidentally fired. The incident happened just after 12 30 this morning in Elk Run Heights just south of waterloo. Police say the unidentified man dropped the weapon when getting out of his car. They say the gun discharged and the bullet hit him in the leg. The man died later at a waterloo hospital. Des moines water works is taking another step in its efforts to get rid of nitrates in the citys water. It says it wants to do away with building a pipeline. The utility currently dumps nitrates and chloride back into the Raccoon River after th
, shaina, police still dont know the motive for this, right . Shaina no, they do not. Officials say the alleged shooter, 38yearold cedric ford, was killed by a responding officer. Fords coworkers say they never saw any red flags. Never came off to be a bad guy. And, like, he was someone i could talk to about anything. Shaina Police Say Three people were killed and 12 others injured thursday when ford opened fire inside the lawn mower products plant where he worked. Two other people were shot as ford randomly fired at drivers before getting to the plant. This morning, were hearing from some of the surviving victims for the first time. People were just running, saying somebody was shooting, and next thing you know i felt i running. Shaina the atf and fbi are helping with the investigation. At last check, at least of the five shooting victims in the condition. Also overnight, we learned the United States conducted a Nuclear Missile test over the Officials Say this was a routine test to en
Guy and, like, he was someone i could talk to about anything. Shaina Police Say Three people were killed and 12 others injured thursday when ford opened fire inside the lawn mower products plant where he worked. Two other people were shot as ford randomly fired at motorists before getting to the plant. This morning, were hearing from some of the surviving victims for the first time. People were just running , saying somebody was shooting and next thing you know i felt i got hit in the leg and thats when i turned and started running. Shaina the atf and fbi are helping with the investigation. At last check at least five of , the shooting victims in the hospital were in critical condition. We learned the United States conducted an unarmed missile test overnight over the pacific. Its a routine test to confirm the minuteman works correctly. It also serves as a show of strength to north korea, who tested a Hydrogen Bomb in and it u. S. Officials say the pentagon has launched a new campaign o
You. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. A violent and unseasonable weather outbreak is happening right now in the south. Already several tornadoes have touched down in louisiana. The first images showing a trail of damage and destruction, and forecasters say the risk will continue overnight. At this hour tornado watches are posted across parts of three states and several others are under flood watches with heavy downpours predicted. The National Weather service calling this a particularly dangerous situation. Up to 19 Million People are in the potential danger zone with alabama, mississippi and louisiana facing the worst of it right now, and louisiana is where we begin with nbcs jacob rascon. Reporter tonight a monster winter storm is wreaking havoc across the south and only getting started. There it is, its crossing the road. Reporter already tornadoes across louisiana, includi