Nightly news begins right now. Good evening. Tonight, four years after the u. S. Military raid that took his life, were getting our closest look yet into the mind of bin laden. The government has just released a stunning trove of documents taken from inside the hideout where he was killed. From messages about al qaeda strategy and his focus on killing americans to the american books he chose to read, even messages he sent to his wife and thoughts about leaving his hideout. Our chief Foreign Affairs correspondent, Andrea Mitchell has been pouring over the documents. Reporter from the grave, a new portrait of Osama Bin Laden revealed in hundreds of document, letters, books, video games, found by s. E. A. L. Team 6 at his compound. The al qaeda leader telling followers not to grab territory, to keep going after american targets. You should ask them to avoid insisting on the formation of an Islamic State for the time being to work on breaking the power of our main enemy by attacking the am
Reporter surf pounding in alabama. Storms streaming on shore in louisiana. All ahead of Tropical Storm karen. Now less than a day from making landfall on the gulf coast. Hide from the wind, and go visit a relative for the weekend. Reporter in mississippi, they are putting everything up. And slamming for sandbags outside new orleans. Better to be safe than sorry. We werent prepared before. Reporter several oil rigs shut down in the gulf. Some of those furloughed fema workers back on to help prep for karen. Up to ten inches of rain, and five feet of storm surge is only one of the weather headlines tonight. A record setting snowstorm is attacking parts of wyoming, nebraska and south dakota. The rapid city airport is closed. A whiteout, as stretches of i90 in south dakota shut down. And snow, up to two feet deep, smothering backyards. Like this october monstrosity. Tearing at trees and power lines. Threatening iowa, minnesota and others along this cold front, with more severe weather. Ging
With friends when some argument occurred between them and another group. Here in the district a massive rally for Immigration Reform puts nearly 200 people in handcuffs including in several congressman. Ra thel rally on the National Mall aimed at getting republicans to vote on a stalled bill. Organizers werent going to to let the shutdown stop them from proving a point. At least let the republicans do something, if if theyre going to tear downr the country fiscally, tear down the government. Men do something morally right. Reporter new york representative charles wrankle among eight members of congress released fromased Police Custody after being arrested along with 200 demonstrators during a massive Immigration Reform rally on the National Mall. Earlier in the house House Democratic leader addressed the thousands. E Immigration Reform will reduce our deficit by 900 billion over the next two decades. Its good for business its good for workers and its good for families. Its good for our
A special good evening to our viewers in the west. We begin tonight with that oil spill stretching for miles along the picturesque Southern California coastline. Crews racing to contain the environmental damage from the pipeline, which may have spilled up to 105,000 gallons of oil into the ocean. Thats far more than first thought. And officials have just shut down a second beach near Santa Barbara. Headed into the memorial day weekend nbcs Hallie Jackson starts us off from there. Reporter two slicks now stretch nine miles down the Santa Barbara coast, both with booms trying to contain the crude oil. And on the normally pristine beach, workers meticulously rake slick sludge, suited up in hazmat gear. A mile down the shoreline, volunteers use bare hands. Some volunteers are using shovels to try to get this oil into buckets. Others say its actually easier to use their hands to scoop up this oil from the stand and take it off the beach. Some came hoping to help wildlife only finding there
You safe. Good morning to you. Welcome to early start. We are happy youre with us, arent we . So happy. Im john berman. Im zoraida sambolin. It is october 3rd, 2013, at 4 00 a. M. No break in the stalemate that has left the government closed. Ea senior White House Correspondent Brianna Keilar has the very latest. Reporter for the First Time Since the Government Shutdown, congressional leaders met facetoface with president obama at the white House Wednesday night. Both sides emerging with no deal and no signs of progress to end the stalemate. The president reiterate one more time tonight that he will not negotiate. We are through playing these little games. Reporter republicans still demanding president obama xep a delay to his Signature Health care program. All we are asking for is a discussion and fairness for the American People under obama care. Am i exasperated, absolutely i am exasperated. Reporter if House Republicans first agree to reopen the government for several weeks. We hav