Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. For a president who by his own acknowledgement has comforted far too many grieving communities, president obama faced an even more difficult challenge in dallas today, paying tribute to the five policemen murdered in thursdays ambush, praising the courage of Law Enforcement while at the same time speaking frankly about racial bias and invoking the names of africanamerican men killed by police. It was a delicate walk along the fault lines that the president believes are not as deep and wide as we may think. Reporter in a wide ranging speech, president obama seemed frustrated but hopeful. Im here to insist that we are not as divided as we seem. Know america. I know how far we have come against impossible odds. Reporter this the 11th time hes traveled to comfort a city after a mass shooting. I have seen how inadequate words can be in bringing about adequate change. Joined by Vi
In dec. A firefighter recovering right now northeast. We went up in flames this morning. Krist kristen, what did he have to say . Reporter we talked to her and she got the call on her way to work there was a fire in her building. We talked with sources who had inside knowledge of whats inside the building here. We understand they restored historic items, possibly from the u. S. Capitol building. Of course, serious concerns about this fire over night but we understand that everything that they were working on was saved. We are just very thankful. Thankful because it could have been a lot worse if firefighters did not get here the minute they did. We got a lot of wood in there. Northeast dc was on fire with all kinds of flammable things inside. There is a lot of fire trucks. Firefighters battled this one for an hour and a half. They had a hard time getting to the fire because of metal bars and shutters then they have to find the fire. It is an expansive building. They needed to extend th
Anns hall. In all of the instances, nobody was hurt. We still dont know if anything was taken or what exactly was taken. All we know is that some of the suspects were reportedly wearing dark black clothing and a dark mask. This is a story well stay on top of. Aaron, back to you. If youre driving along route 50 near bowie this morning, you may hear loud explosions or see thick black smoke. They are recreating a plane crash scene for a movie near the freeway airport. Filming is set to take place through friday from 10 00 in the morning to 6 00 in the evening. 4. 367891. Time for weather and traffic on the 1s. Tom is here with four things to know about the forecast. Look at the radar. Yeah, right now getting lingering showers far Southern Maryland. Theyre moving across the eastern shore, pulling away off to the north aas wednesday morning. Got a little haze in the air over the capitol. The four things to know over the next ten days, warm and humid mornings. Then some afternoon thundershow
80s by noon time. A few clouds coming and going. No more showers through the morning. Later this afternoon that well likely get the storms. I got the new hour by hour timing on that. That is coming up at 5 11. Were checking out work zones from the traffic center. Scott, its a bright sea road. The left lane is get by. Traffic will alternate by one direction at a time. Theyll be there until 6 00 in the morning. We have our Fire Department activity blocking blade ensburg road northeast at Eastern Avenue. You may find yourself redirected block by block which shouldnt cost you much time. Blaze bladensburg road, roads are closed due to this fire. Back to you. Thank you, jack. To the tragedy in dallas this morning. Three of the officers killed last week will be laid to rest today. The funerals for newly married d. A. R. T. Officer Brent Thompson will be neld a church south of dallas. Funerals are set for senior Corporal Lorne ahrens and Police Sergeant michael smith. The two remaining officer
Tom, good morning. We have a building fire that happened in the overnight hours. Authorities on scene are saying potentially by 7 00 they may have some lanes getting by. Bladensburg road is shut down between south dakota avenue and Eastern Avenue. Youll find 35th is a good option. Get to rhode island avenue. Bladensburg road is close neared Eastern Avenue. Work in maryland. State highway calling it emergency road work near the freeway airport. This is eastbound. It is not causing a delay. Back to you. Developing right now, People Living in one Prince Georges County neighborhood are waking up to learn there was a murder on their street. This happened around midnight in the 12,000 block of hunterton street in upper marlboro. Lets go to news 4s Kristen Wright who is live on the scene with more. Someone getting killed in your neighborhood is about the youre waking up in the morning. But that is the situation here on hunterton. A man was shot and killed. We do know that. It happened around