Right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Today in the shadow of the South Carolina state house it took an honor guard just 36 seconds to lower a symbol that has divided this nation for a century and a half. The applause was thunderous and sustained. Look at the crowd. After 54 years the confederate battle flag was brought down from the site for the very last time. It was a swift and dramatic turn in history. Born of the racist murders of nine members of a black church in charleston less than a month ago by a man who embraced that flag. Tonight we have two reports. Ron allen starts us off from columbia. Ron, good evening. Reporter good evening, lester. All that remains of the Confederate Flag here now is the concrete slab behind that monument on the ground that the flag pole used to stand in. A flag that for more than 50 years as one editorial writer put it signaled to about a third of the states populatio
The breeze in San Francisco at 13. Breezy with the robust sea breeze and temperatures coming down as a result everywhere. 60s beaches, only 64 today around Half Moon Bay. 87 in campbell. 80 in milpitas. East of the bay i hear all of you breathing a sigh of relief under 100 degrees. 96 in brentwood for the outside number there, 89 in sonoma, 60s in the north bay beaches. The full forecast is coming up. 90 will feel cool, right . Oh. Awful so hot. All right. I want to show you this tweet that my traffic producer ryan took just after 12 30 this morning. Hard to believe. This is after that ballgame wrapped up. Our Radio Partners kcbs were still rerouting traffic around the bridge. You can traffic is finally easing up five hours later on the bay bridge in both directions. We have the overnight roadwork. Everything is now back to normal just in time for the morning commute. Man, it was brutal trying to get out of San Francisco last night. Here is a look at our sensors coming through the Alta
Publicity stunt and fundraising tactic. Anne makovec, kpix 5. Whats expected to happen after this . Reporter well, the congress resumes on july 5. And thats when all these congressional members are hoping to have sort of gained momentum in their individual districts. They are back in the districts during the holiday break to gape momentum. They say they are not letting up on the call for a vote. Back to you. Thank you. Now the also on the terror attack in turkey. 41 people are now confirmed dead after sued side bombings at istanbuls largest airport. The turkish government believes Islamic State extremists are behind the attack. U. S. Airports have increased security after the attack. Hena daniels reports. Reporter while air travel is slowly starting to resume to and from the United States and istanbul airport, the anxiety on the ground remains after the blast inside europes third Busiest Airport killed dozens of people and wound the more than 100 others. In the under the circumstances,
Has been expanded and in real estate and extended in time. Remains in effect until 7 oclock in all locations except the immediate shore line where once again tomorrow it will feel over 100 degrees. Well talk about that big change the break in the heat and the humidity and sharrie there are 70s for highs have that in that sevenday forecast. That should cool you down temporarily to think about it. Cant wait to see what day that will be. Adam thank you. Jeanette reyes continues our Team Coverage on this friday. Jeanette has been outside most of the day live in Rittenhouse Square. Hi, jeanette. Reporter hi, sharrie. A lot of people were getting ready for some cooler temperatures but 33 got tricked. Of course it is scorching out at a. We he got lit with feelslike temperatures in the triple digits. It was too hot for kids to stay in school. If youre looking for relief from this scorching hot summer lets say today didnt go as expected at least not for runner joanna training for a marathon in
Games to the u. S. We are invictus. This morning, the prince talks to Jenna Bush Hager about his mission to help Wounded Warriors, what his mother would think about it, and how hes had to overcome headlinegrabbing mistakes over the years. Its part of growing up. You have to find your own path. And rough landing. A plane crashes on to the top of a building in california. Why it could have been much worse. Today, monday, may 9th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on this monday morning. Willie is in for matt, who is on assignment for our 100 years of National Parks series. I can imagine him pitching his tent somewhere as we speak. Where . We dont know yet. It is an exciting week kicking off this morning with natalie and jenna in florida. Beautiful down there. Sipping a little tea, it looks like. Their adventure included a few stops. Well check in with them,