Only on sunshine. Nightly news begins now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Im tamron hall in for lester. It is the last thing many of us want to think about happening on americas birthday. The potential for an isisinspired attack in the u. S. As millions of americans prepare to gather for back yard barbecues, spirited parades, and aweinspiring fireworks, Law Enforcement is at the ready from coast to coast while overseas u. S. Embassies and diplomatic posts have called in their Emergency Action committees to assess the threat not an unusual step but one that takes on new importance following a recent wave of deadly attacks across the globe. We start tonight with National Correspondent Peter Alexander and a world on high alert. Reporter across britain today a moment of silence. Fans pausing at wimbledon, the queen bowing her head. The uk remembering 30 of its citizens killed a week ago, where an isisinspired
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Experienced its own technical difficulties and inaccessible for almost an hour. Earlier this morning, another Computer System socalled glitch stranded, thousands of United Airlines passengers worldwide, causing an act of of heavy delays at most major airports. 3500 continental flights were affected over what the airline called a faulty router. Combination of the alleged glitches prompted Homeland Security secretary jeh johnson to step out in public and to address the matter. It appears from what we know at this stage that the malfunctions at unit and the Stock Exchange were not the result of any nefarious actor. We know less about the wall street journal at this point, except that their system is back up again as is the United Airline system. Lou all of this coming on the same day that fbi director james comey testified on capitol hill. Testifying about how illprepared the United States is for cyberattacks. Im here to tell the American People the tools youve given us are not working th
Experienced its own technical difficulties and inaccessible for almost an hour. Earlier this morning, another Computer System socalled glitch stranded, thousands of United Airlines passengers worldwide, causing an act of of heavy delays at most major airports. 3500 continental flights were affected over what the airline called a faulty router. Combination of the alleged glitches prompted Homeland Security secretary jeh johnson to step out in public and to address the matter. It appears from what we know at this stage that the malfunctions at unit and the Stock Exchange were not the result of any nefarious actor. We know less about the wall street journal at this point, except that their system is back up again as is the United Airline system. Lou all of this coming on the same day that fbi director james comey testified on capitol hill. Testifying about how illprepared the United States is for cyberattacks. Im here to tell the American People the tools youve given us are not working th
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