Weekend. Nightly news begins now. Mzp from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with kate snow. Good evening. In the heat of summer, forest fires are not uncommon in southern europe, but the massive fire raging in portugal tonight is being called one of the worst in decades. More than 60 lives lost, many of them trapped in their cars as they tried to flee the flames. Several european nations are offering assistance as high winds and high temperatures tonight are making it even more difficult to control the blaze burning northeast of lisbon. We begin with lucy cavanaugh. Reporter a deadly inferno like no other. The wildfires that began spreading across this mountainous region late last night spared nothing in their path. Panic and fear as residents fled the fastmoving flames. Anguish the moment this wok realized she lost everything but her life. More than 60 people killed, nearly half died as they tried to escape, trapped in their cars on a road north of li
the national sex offender registry since the filing of the lawsuit. that tells you something. and i think there s a responsibility on both the individual wanting to date and the service providing it. i don t think this is going away at all. i think it s a very serious, fascinating case. and it s serious, too, because this young lady, carol marken, is filing the suit against match.com because she says she was assaulted on the second date with this person that she was connected with from match.com. and you don t think, richard, that that is something that will help further this case? you know, fred, despite the language, again, in the contract in bold print on paragraph seven, she says after the second date, she went on the internet. and it disclosed the fact that he was on a federal sex registry. so she found this information out. it was readily available to her. enter at your own risk, buyer beware. this case is really going nowhere. avery, put a dinner on this one.
the damage was so bad that one witness called it a war zone. other witnesses say kids were crying and everyone was so freaked out that no one was actually talking to one another. this was the scene just as the storm hit. take a look. hear that? that was an airport official yelling, get out. at one point, it was thought that the roof on one of the concourses might actually collapse. as we see right here, it does have extensive damage. a plane was about to take off when the storm hit. and the passengers were evacuated. for a moment, you could feel the airplane moving under you. it ultimately became clear that we had moved pretty significantly because when we were evacuated from the airplane, we could see that we had been lifted. we were parked at the gate. we had been lifted from the gate and moved a good 15 or 20 feet from the gate during this episode. incredible winds. not just damaging the airport there but nearby homes and businesses. with the damage reported across t
2009. only a handful of states require that sites disclose whether they perform background checks. e harmony says it does and now match.com says it is beginning the practice as well. why the sudden change of heart? carol marken says a man she met on the site had a prior record of offenses and that man assaulted her. thanks so much, carol, for joining us this morning. we appreciate it. thank you for having me. it is rare to are a victim of sexual assault to reveal herself. so thank you for your courage. i know you were matched with this man u went on a first date. it went okay. it was the second date that you saw trouble. what happened? he basically assaulted me and forced me into sex when we went back to my place. then, he left.
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