To you live. Gmas special coverage of the royal baby heir to the throne begins now. And good morning, america. Those royal trumpets can mean only one thing. A little excitement here this morning. It wont be long before we learn about a future king or queen of england. Kate went to the hospital about six hours in Central London. Look at this crowd growing outside Buckingham Palace. Right now, more than a thousand people waiting for the royal announcement. And the duchess is in a private wing of that hospital right there in Central London. She arrived there shortly before 6 00 a. M. London time through a side door. And this morning the queen is at Windsor Castle and there is Prince Charles. Hes in york this morning. And for those of you who Pay Attention to this kind of thing, kate did go into labor during a full moon. Wow. For whatever that is worth. Wow. Whatever thats worth there, lara. Abcs amy robach is outside st. Marys hospital right now and has the very latest. Good morning, amy.
Our rachel smith brings us all of the bizarre sights and sounds of san diego comiccon. Good morning, everybody. Also in the news this morning, the parents of Trayvon Martin will be joining demonstrators hitting the streets across america today. One day after president obama made surprisingly personal remarks about this case. Saying Trayvon Martin could have been him 35 years ago. And he surprised one of our reporters, as well. Unscripted move by the president. We begin with our breaking story. A deadly fall from one of the tallest rollercoasters in the world. This is scary and sad. A mother falling to her death while riding the texas giant rollercoaster at six flags. There were people on the ride and in line that saw the whole thing. This is one of two Amusement Park accidents overnight. And abcs rob nelson is on the story. Good morning, rob. Reporter good morning, guys. The tragedy unfolded shortly before 7 00 p. M. Last night. A mother falling from that coaster. Her young son, in the
Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Substituting tonight, harry smith. Good evening. It is a week since a jury in florida found George Zimmerman not guilty in the death of Trayvon Martin. Since then americans have been grappling with the means of that verdict. Race has been an ines capable part of that conversation. Yesterday a pensive president obama spoke for 19 minutes about the case. He said Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago. Across the country today there were vigils and rallies. Michelle franzen is in Lower Manhattan with the latest. Good evening. Reporter good evening. The verdict in florida is a flash point over the laws, self defense laws and about race. Crowds gathered in protest and in prayer and called for outrage to be turned into action. Some echoing the president s own words. A day after president obama weighed in on the Trayvon Martin verdict. Trayvon martin could have been me 35 year ago. Thousands turned out in a show of solidarity as jus
Good evening. While race has dominated the National Conversation in the wake of the George Zimmerman acquittal, including remarks from the president himself, questions of race barely figured in the criminal trial itself. The question of selfdefense, however, did. Today that became the focus again as politicians lined up on either side of those controversial stand your ground laws that give citizens in several states broad latitude to defend themselves. We begin tonight with the latest fallout from the zimmerman verdict and nbc White House Correspondent kristen welker. Kristen, good evening. Reporter lester, good evening to you. Protesters took to the streets again today in some cities. The calls for renewed conversation and change growing louder. Today, protesters turned out in houston flanked by police on horses. A day after nationwide rally promptedly the verdict in the Trayvon Martin trial. All of this as the debate shift focused to stand your ground laws, which allowed deadly force
Axelrod good evening. Im jim axelrod with a special western edition of the broadcast. We begin tonight with the brutal heat thats gripped much of the eastern half of the nation last week. Its about to break. The heat and humidity has claimed at least 15 lives in the last six days, including five in milwaukee. In the northeast, the average temperature this week was ten Degrees Higher than the normal average temperature in july. At least 75 record highs were set at airports east of the mississippi. And yesterday, it felt as hot in lakehurst, new jersey 123 degrees as it did in death valley, california. But this blast of heat is about to run its course. Im joined now by meteorologist Jeff Berardelli of miami station wfor. Jeff, millions of people waiting to hear about a break in the heat. Are they going to get what theyre looking for . Theyre going to be very happy, especially as we head into tomorrow. Temperatures are going to drop by about 10 degrees, but the humidity is really going to