Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. We begin here with another one of those stories that reminds us isis is determined to inspire a terror attack on our soil. This one comes from massachusetts. A young man busted by the feds. They say he was inspired by isis and was hatching a plot to explode bombs in College Cafeterias. In this case the suspect was already on authorities radar. It turns out his father a police captain, sounded the alarm and turned him in. Our ron mott has details. Reporter federal officials in boston announced the arrest of 23yearold Alexander Ciccolo the son of Boston Police captain Robert Ciccolo ciccolo. A Police Source told nbc news captain ciccolo reported his son to the fbi after learning he was allegedly plotting an isisinspired attack. According to court documents, ciccolo goes by the name Ali Al Amriki and was arrested july 4th after receiving four guns from an undercover agent. The g
Reporter a pass from senator marco rubio to a young fan doesnt go quite as planned. Why the president ial hopeful says the quarterback always gets the blame today, wednesday, august 19th, 2015. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. Good morning, welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Quarterback should not get the blame in this case. Rubio clearly told the kid you do a fourstep not the post pattern lets do the slow motion replay. Its much safer if politicians kiss babies, weve established that. More on that in a bit. Well start with a weather related top story, strong storms lash the midwest. New Severe Weather cropping up again. Whats the latest . Well be watching this, about a 24hour to 36hour problem. As we start off wrigley field, look at that rain. Theres wrigley field. You have heavy rain, a bit of a rain delay as you can imagine. All of that pushing through. Then we go to kansas and you can see more strong
Fan doesnt go quite as planned. Oh, no why the president ial hopeful says the quarterback always gets the blame today, wednesday, august 19, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from stay in Rockefeller Plaza. [ cheers and applause ] and good morning. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. The quarterback should not get the blame in this case. Marco rubio clearly told him to do a fourstep button hook not a post pattern and the kid is stuck in the head. Much safer if politicians just kiss babies. A little bit more on that funny video in a bit. Well start with a weatherrelated top story. Strong storms in the midwest. New Severe Weather cropping up. Al, whats the latest . Well be watching this. It will be a 24 to 36hour problem. Wrigley field, boy, look at the rain coming in. This is kansas. Theres wrigley field. You have heavy rain there. A bit of a rain delay as you can imagine. All that pushing through. Then we go to kansas. You can s
People of these United States of america. I pray that they will serve with humility, dignity and honor. To enact laws that would be fair , just and equitable. You have blessed this nation with great wealth and great resources. Thank you. Help us to be mindful of the disenfranchised, the despondent, the dejected and especially those who have been affected by Hurricane Harvey and we pray for your protection for those in the path of Hurricane Irma. Lord god, i humbly beseech you to hear my prayer and enable this gathering to hear and believe in the power of prayer. In your holy name i pray, amen. The speaker the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings. And announces to the house his approval thereof. The pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from michigan, mr. Walberg. Mr. Walberg i ask all to join in the pledge. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with l
Today, terror in new york. With matt lauer in studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza and savannah guthrie, live in tribeca. Good morning everyone, welcome to this split edition of today on wednesday morning, im matt lauer in studio 1a. Savannah is the the scene of this deadly attack in Lower Manhattan where an otherwise quiet halloween evening was turned into a night of chaos and carnage, savannah. It was, this was a neighborhood that was about to be full of kids trick or tre treating and enjoy the holiday. In a moment, everything changed. We have new information just this morning, matt, and i want to get to the latest on the investigation. As we know, eight people were killed, 11 seriously injured. This makes this the first deadly terror attack in new york city since. Sayfullo saipou, he drove his truck right on to a bike path, going nearly a mile before being shot by police. Hes under close yard in a hospital this morning. He is expected to survive. We have now learned that he entered the u.