Inmates to cover their prison costs. The white house is asking for help from Silicon Valley in the fight of i. S. I. L. We begin this evening with a capture of one of the worlds most infamous drug lords el chopo. He was taken into custody this morning in the central western coastal state. The arrest came seven months after he made a dramatic prison escape through a tunnel. The man known as el chopo or shorty has taken on wrshgs ythic status. He has escaped before and he will escape again. For the president it was an opportunity to reclaim the upper hand after his embarrassing escape last july from mexicos most secure prison. Translation today is extremely important for the Mexican Government. Today our sfugss have demonstrated once again that citizens can trust them. Reporter the Mexican Government says it honed in on the drug lord friday morning in his home state. A citizen called police to complain about armed men holed up in a house. The military arrived and says during the shoot ou
Back down the temperatures. Really not that bad. Were talking about 70s, which is where its supposed to be for this time of year. We lost our perspective a little bit. Another comfortable, beautiful morning out there. Warm temperatures with sunshine continues this afternoon. Highs back into the mid and row. And a really fantastic friday evening with temperatures mostly clear sky. Right now in the city, were holding on to that 70degree mark. Most folks in the 60s and 50s, but its a beautiful start to the day. Look at those sun symbols. Out there again in full force. 87 by 3 00. That should be the High Temperature for the day. Well talk about that cooling trend in a bit. Heres emily west. Lets talk subways. Downtown delays on the 6 train. Thats due to signal problems this morning. Also for fast track, that should wrap up soon, but no f trains briarwood. Also, overnight track work with these lines. Suspensions on the 5, a, and l this morning. Okay. Everything is on schedule. Alternate sid
Family says the wrong person is behind bars. We get the latest tonight from nbc. Reporter shaking his head as the charges were listed. Four counts of endangerment Reporter Police say the suspect Leslie Allen Merritt jr. A 21yearold landscaper terrorized drivers along i10. He was arrested friday night at this walmart. All i have to say is that im the wrong guy. I tried telling the detectives that. My guns been in the pawn shop for the last two months. I havent even had access to a weapon. Reporter his bond set at 1 million. I could never afford that bond. I got two kids. Reporter police say merritts gun was linked to the first four of the highway shootings. And according to a court document, the gun was not in pawn status during the time of the shootings. The crime lab testfired the firearm pawned by what we believe to be mr. Merritt. The testfired bullets were matched to bullet fragments from four casings over the last weekend in august. Reporter investigators say merritt sold the gun
From nbc World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight, tamron hall. Good evening, we begin tonight with yet another controversial comment from a gop candidate for president. And this time its not donald trump. Dr. Ben carson is now under fire for comments he made today to our own chuck todd on meet the press. Carson saying he does not believe a muslim should be president. His remarks now another distraction for the republican party. Nbcs Holly Jackson joins us with more. Good evening, tamron. Ben carsons campaign tells me he probably will reach out to members of the Muslim Community, as tonight theres new fallout from those comments, with one Group Calling on carson to drop out of this race altogether. From a typically softspoken candidate, a response making lots of noise today, after ben carson was asked on meet the press whether a president s faith should matter to voters . If it fits within the realm of america and consistent with the constitution, i h
Holding. We are about an hour away from the close of the trade. It has been a stomach turning day based on where oil prices have gone. Julie hyman has the latest. We thought we would keep the gains from china. Julie it did not turn out that way. Stocks have been bouncing around all day. Right now, major averages are in the green. Anything goes. Take a look at the s p over the course of the day. Above and below, at least half a dozen times if not more. All this volatility. We look at oil prices. There has been some degree of volatility there but it is a much tighter range and the direction has clearly down. Here, 2993 for the price of crude. Come back but a still sharply lower on the day. Also off tos, oil, a bad start. Today, 17. 5 percent. This is on top of the 30 decline last year and a 45 decline in 2014. Still a lot of pessimism out there. People keep looking for a bottom and they have not found it yet. The s p 500 meanwhile for your today, down 5. 6 . Is there any light at the end