Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meeting today in new york. The potentially historic peace deal they discussed and why the Meeting Place itself caused controversy. The recall on thousands of cases of kraft singles, the potential choking danger and the incredible images harry smith on the spectacular show in the sky. Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt good evening, everyone the nations top Law Enforcement official, Attorney General Merrick Garland, traveled to capitol hill today where he faced a gauntlet of tough questions and accusations, much of it centered on whether his office has put a thumb on the scale in the Special Counsel Investigation of President Bidens son, Hunter Garland testified in a contentious hearing before the house judiciary committee. Republicans pressing him on whether garland has meddled with the work of special counsel, david weiss, who was handling the hunter biden case. Biden was recently charged with three gunrelated counts garland also facing que
Quality. And other stories on our radar this wednesday, speaking up against hate. The push in san jose to fight back against groups looking to change school curriculum. Also, do you want a free covid test . With cases spiking, the government is actually ready to hand them out. Well tell you when and how you can get your hands on some. And youve likely seen it, gas prices keep just going up. Were tracking how much prices have spiked, and our scott budman will be joining us with whats causing it. Lets go ahead and begin now with our microclimate weather alert and those smoky skies. This is a live look. Plenty of haze. Not much blue this afternoon. Im with cinthia pimentel. Can you tell us which areas are seeing the worst air quality right now, and when do you think things will let up . When can things get better . Its looking really unhealthy out there. You cant escape it. If you look in any direction, the skies will be hazy for the next couple of days. And really its this weather patter
Walter allah mar. Walter, welcome to chasing news. How are you . Thank you. I am good. Thank you having me. Bill the statute has been up since 1961. Do you think it is offensive . Why, why do you want to site taken down . Let me start by saying it is not Italian Movement and we are fond of the Italian American culture in this country. But just like any other culture in any other nation, we have positive and negatives and in this instance, the statute of columbus is a name. I think also one of the main problems is that Many Americans are unaware of the atrocities that actually submitted against the Indigenous People in the caribbean. Bill so walter, let me ask you. We could go back and forth. I am sure you read up on the different tribes that columbus discovered and the different battles in the cannibalism and all of that. Astride that, why take the statute down knowing what it represents todays the discovery of the new world and the opportunity for people to live free and prosperous. T
Emotions are running high good evening im jessica dean. And im nicole brewer. Ukee washington has the night off. The closures affect thousands of students at six schools in the Monroe Township School District. David spunt is live from williamstown where tempers flared tonight. Reporter a lot of tempers. This meeting began at 7 00 tonight t it is 11 00 believe it or not there are still people inside Williamstown High School right now venting their frustrations and concerns. Tonight the entire district is affected. Hundreds of angry parents packed the Williamstown High School auditorium monday night during an Emergency School Board Meeting thanks to mold found in the schools the meeting was so filled people had to leave at the request of the fire marshall. We want to make sure everything is the way it should be. So everybody feels comfortable. Now people are far from comfortable. He would come home with headaches, a stomachaches, i changed his medications around. I did a lot. Reporter pa
Wildfires ripping through california. And smashing pumpkin. No not the band, this is vandalism and people in one town arent happy. Now fox 29 news at 10 00. Schools is out for kids in one local town of the problem is mold. A very Serious Health concern for students and their teachers. Thank you for joining us at 10 00i lucy noland. Im iain page. Ton night parents have had it and they unloaded on School Officials in Monroe Township. Fox 29s dave kinchen live in williamstown tonight. Dave, the gloves are really off tonight for parents. They went off. Reporter yeah, they did. I can tell you the parents actually cheered a group of parents and other school members, teachers that got together to investigate this issue themselves. But when it came to the school board itself, well, it wasnt too kind. We dont have a damn bit of information that these kids are safe. Reporter parents calling out Monroe Township School Board Members in an emergency meeting at the Williamstown High School theater o