Good evening. For many americans, a Summer Holiday weekend is best spent outdoors. The chance to relax in the fresh air. Catch up with family and friends. Yet there are sober reminders tonight that something as carefree as a gathering on the deck can invite serious danger. Millions of decks across the country are aging, making them vulnerable to collapse. In North Carolina on saturday night, two dozen family members ages 5 to 94 were injured when the deck they were standing on plunged to the ground. Nbcs Dave Gutierrez has more from emerald isle, North Carolina. I need all the ambulances i can get. Reporter dispatchers got the first panicked calls around 7 00 p. M. Saturday. I was on the phone with 911, so i just counted people on the ground and i counted up to 21 and i just said you just need to get as many ambulances as you can here. All off duty personnel report to station 45. Reporter a deck holding at least two dozen people including children, had collapsed. They went to take a fa
Right now. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt reporting tonight from los angeles. Good evening. In a year donald trump defied the pun dance and soared to the top. This there is so much interest in todays republican debates in cleveland and yes, i said debates. There are so many candidates 17, that fox slated two rounds. The first ended just a little while ago. But its the top tier candidates in the polls facing off later tonight, but were getting most of the attention, especially trump. In a minute well check in with chuck todd but first, Peter Alexander is at the site of the debate. Reporter good evening to you. The energy feels like what you would see during a general Election Debate but were still 15 months away from when the next president will be picked. Tonight millions of americans will see donald trump as both politician and celebrity. All eyes tonight on donald trump. Ive been preparing all my life. Reporter he says hes not a debater and called for a civil deb
Reporter the top ten candidates faceoff tonight today rubio and bush attended mass, walker swung by the wisconsin state fhtr and make huckabee enjoyed rock n roll. Appearing upbeat and relaxed. We got to look and see how it works. Them desperately wanting to come out on top. Hunger games, some say. That intense. It is a little bit. Im sure there will be jabs, but thats okay as long as it doeout get nasty. Reporter questions about the small afternoon audience, late tonight Republican Leaders say that fox news has restricted access to the candidates friends and family only but insist there will be roughly 5,000 people in attendant here at the quaken loans arena here. Lets bring in moderator of meet the press chuck todd. That is what nine other candidate whose will share a stage with him are trying to figure out, lester. Fi wrst of all, lets put to rest one piece of conventional wisdom, the idea of being in the first debate might be more beneficial than beincome a debate with donald trump
Today take a look. Berkeley, thousands of people with multiple messages and different agendas. Some came to spread hate, and they were met with violence. This is Civil Center Park right near Berkeley High school. There were confrontations andats times they got violent. Berkeley police choosing not to stay back and instead used force to take control. Tis is a different strategy than what weve seen from other protests. Even after organizers called off the rally in berkeley today, counter protesters show said up from all across the bay area, thousands of them. We have a look at the many sides that came to be heard today. Most were peaceful, but some determined to cause trouble. Reporter well, the vast majority of the people who did come to berkeley say they wanted to show a united front against what they thought was an alt right group that was going to be coming here to berkeley for a demonstration. Those who came had to setup away from cisc center park because the city banned any organiz
Path of destruction. The island of st. Martin was particularly hard hit. Animal loves are going door to door to rescue the pets. In the florida keys thousands of home wheres destroyed. National guard is on the ground helping out, clearing debris and bringing food, water and other supplies to storm victims, one soldier says many residents are still struggling to contact their loved ones. They captain get in contact with their families. Some of them have handed soldiers Contact Information to try to pass that information on. Its a devastation out here. President trump will travel to naples, florida, later this morning to check in on the states recovery. The governor expressed appreciation for support and local efforts. People are hurting we got to get this done. Our expectation everybody does their job. Plenty of residents are pitching in to clear the many trees knocked over by the storm including sister anne margaret. She explained to msnbc why she was out wielding a chain saw. We just