Right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. First the deal now the sell. With todays historic agreement to curb Irans Nuclear program the Obama White House tonight is trying to convince nervous mideast neighbors and the American Congress that there is no better alternative. The u. S. And five other nations struck the deal with iran overnight, offering iran relief from economic sanctions in exchange for limits on Nuclear Production. But questions over compliance and verification along with irans history of provoking instability in the middle east are planting seeds of doubt in high places. We have full coverage tonight. We begin with our chief Foreign Affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell from vienna. Andrea . Reporter good evening, lester. Well after years and decades in fact of calling each other the great satan and the axis of evil iran and the u. S. Are now entering uncharted territory. A diplomatic agree
County to the Eastern Shore of the bay. There were heavier showers there earlier. They will move out. Farther west we are tracking an area of showers across western maryland that will move east as well. The larger area is farther northwest. Look at this. A huge area of intense thunderstorms. For us it will miss us and it will head south southeast. But the same time we have to deal with a cold front. Rain totals today are well over an inch in many areas. In washington we have had 15 inches of rain just since the first day of june. Guess what else . We have the third Tropical Storm of the season. A few hundred miles off the coast of ocean city. A busy day. Kellye thank you doug. The heavy rain caused nodding in part of Shenandoah County in virginia leading to evacuations. We continue with the Northern Bureau chief Jeff Goldberg in woodstock. Jeff . Jeff well you can take a look. The flooding is bad. While it is bad its not as significant as it was a few hours ago. The water has really re
Cheeseburger a few years back. Candidate about donald trump and his own familys own political disagreements. But first the nightline five. What does it take to stay close to a dad thats oceans away . A box of crayons . A fleet of paper airplanes . A next door neighbor with a box . And a delivery from overseas. That make the distance disappear. Paper and packaging, how life unfolds. Number one in just 60 seconds. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Tonight, the hunt is on for one of the most dangerous criminals on earth, the notorious mexican drug lord el chapo. He is skapdescaped from a maximum security prison for the second time. Gio benitez on the ground with new details about the jailbreak. Reporter on the run one of the richest most powerful drug kingpins in the world, Joaquin Guzman known as el chapo. Like the Osama Bin Laden of drug trafficking. Reporter el chapo serving a 400 year sentence for being the head of the silanoa cartel escaped from a prison 55 miles outside mexico
We start with the hunt for one of the worlds most notorious and dangerous drug lords. Yeah Joaquin El Chapo guzman escaped. He escaped through a long tunnel that led out into a neighborhood. There are indications that that tunnel was being built for at least a year. This morning, the allout manhunt for el chapo guzman. This is a huge failure. Hes one of the most powerful Drug Cartel Leaders in mexico if not the most powerful. He slipped through a small hole in his cell. Escaping to freedom through a converted tunnel nearly a mile long that connects to this house. Hes been notorious for his use of tunnels. The Sinaloa Cartel has a team of engineers and miners that has built over 100 tunnels between the u. S. And mexico. Guzman spent 13 years on the run after a previous prison escape. Mexican authorities paraded him in handcuffs. He was the head of the Mexican Drug Cartel bee hyped onequarter of all of the drugs sold in the u. S. His criminal empire blamed for thousands of deaths. Hes li
Police are looking for the two men who robbed a Popular Center city restaurant tria early this morning and the thieves got away with thousands of dollars. David henry live outside that restaurant at 12th and spruce with more on the investigation today. David. Reporter yeah, brian the robbery has gelled residents of this neighborhoods of townhouses, apartments and corner shops. It happened early this morning at closing time around 1 15. Outside of tria which is a busy corner got robbed. I guess go for something that you wouldnt expect. Reporter it was business as usual for the tria cafe after a terrifying ordeal for one of the employees early this morning. The cafe had closed and the night manager was in the Basement Office countering money. Police say the two robbers walked into the office and forced the manager to the floor. One of them placed a hard object to the back of his head and threatened to shoot him. They then forced him to open the safe and hand over the cash. They got about