Granddaughter of the late Strom Thurmond, the longterm South Carolina segregationist, governor, and senator who ran for president in 1948 opposing civil rights. It simply means just another effort on the part of this [indiscernible] to dominate this country by force and to put into effect these uncalled for in these them noble proposals recommended under the guise of socalled civil rights. Amy after his death in 2003, it was revealed Strom Thurmond had secretly had a child with his black maid. Their granddaughter will join us today from the capital of South Carolina. Then to new york were Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced plans to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Police Killings of unarmed civilians. This situation we are addressing is a crisis, a crisis in the state and a crisis nationwide. It is a crisis of confidence in the criminal justice system. Amy we will speak to gwen carr, the mother of eric garner who died a year ago in Staten Island after being placed in a poli
Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc 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 t. 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 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
A little breezy and altogether a nice one. When i step inside well talk about the weekend call, a little warm but nice overall. Matt pellman details coming up. Reporter time to make the donuts, some people heading to work early this morning were seeing them on the schuylkill expressway. Starting to stack on the westbound side from approaching this point to city avenue to gladwyn. About five extra minutes on the westbound traffic time so far and only getting longer. On i95 southbound side speeds are dropping by cottman again from past the betsy ross bridge into girard. Otherwise not too bad on the boulevard or the vine street expressway so far this morning. But theres a new crash to watch out for on 30. We have storm cleanup from last night. In Chester County a downed tree blocks 401 conostoga road stay on 23 ridge road to get around that blockage in wore wick township. Ben franklin bridge westbound side building traffic youre without the westbound right lane round the clock because of
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
Incident. What we know at this time five people dead, fourma reaps and the four marines and the sole gunman. It appears military recruiting stations may have been targeted. One was an Armed Forces Career center in a strip mall. The other several miles away at a marine and navy center. Weve got an officer down, someone was shooting at our army reserve center. That happened all before 11 00 eastern time this morning. The shooting happened at a strip mall in chattanooga. On the ground too many evidence markers to count, nearby colleges, hospitals and all in a lockdown situation. Witnesses say the shooter came up in his car, started shooting at the officers and left the scene. We went inside and the place was like something on tv. Furniture shot up, bullet holes in the walls. What i thought was a marine sitting on the sidewalk who had been injured in the leg. Reporter the mayor from chattanooga sent this tweet. Federal, state and local Law Enforcement agencies are all working this case, th