on board a united plane, forcing it to turn around. multiple people injured. what officials say caused it. new images from the navy s recovery of the chinese spy balloon off the south carolina coast. the fbi examining the wreckage. what we re learning. the intensive assault on the ukrainian eastern city of bakhmut as russia prepares gnaw offensive. our richard engel on the ground. new evidence in the alex murdaugh trial. what his former law partner told the jury about murdaugh s alleged financial crimes. and the team of teachers that s inspiring america. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and thank you for being with us. sadly, the number killed in that catastrophic earthquake hitting turkey and syria has more than doubled since we were with you last night. now topping a staggering 7,500 people. these are desperate hours where time is quickly running out for those still trapped in the rubble. silence in some cases the most effect
Still nearly cut off by a 300foot mudslide. Our lives have been totally turned upside now. Reporter now freedman and her neighbors wonder when county officials will come to their aid. As it is, they can walk over the slide toward clayton, or drive a treacherous onelane road 45 minutes to livermore. We dont have garbage pickup. We have to ferry our garbage through the closure. No mail delivery. The fire and emergency services, there is a truck down near the closure, but its not manned. All in favor. Reporter this morning contra costa supervisors did act, passing a resolution to expedite the repair of the roadway wiped out by the slide. Were working very hard. Theres a lot of pieces. Were making sure its safe, were trying to make sure its stable. Its going to take a structural fix. Reporter the countys public works director told us it could take four weeks to finalize a plan for a retaining wall at the slide site. The more immediate goal is to find residents a safer way out. We are looki
Republican congress, republican senate, i think you need to get this movement from the ground up. Richmond became the first bay area city to pass a similar resolution two weeks ago. New this morning, hawaii has filed the first lawsuit against the president s new travel ban. Attorneys filed a new 40page request just before midnight last night asking a federal judge to issue a temporary restraining order against the ban. The president signed the new order on monday, banning travelers from six majority muslim countries from entering the u. S. For 90 days, also banning all refugees for 120 days. Hawaii and the Justice Department are asking the judge to fast track the issue so its heard before it goes into effect one week from tomorrow. An incredible breach of the cia. Wikileaks has published thousands of documents that if theyre authentic, expose some of the most powerful u. S. Intelligence tools. Abc has the latest from washington. Reporter Officials Say the documents appear to be authent
Everybody in the 60s at noon and then well be 59 at the coast, mid to upper 60s at 4 00 around the bay and inland and a very comfortable evening, 54 to 59. Heres alexis. Yeah, and i have heard one report of fog right around rohnert park, mike, but havent heard about any near napa. We are wide open through the bay bridge toll plaza. Metering lights should flip on about 5 30 today and well take a quick check of drive tiles here as well. Southbound 680, walnut creek to dublin, no issues there, southbound 101, santa rosa to San Francisco, 51 and northbound 17, if youre coming through the Santa Cruz Mountains between highway 1 los gatos, you are in the green. Well talk about mass transit coming up. Happening today, Congress Takes its first big step toward repealing and replacing obamacare. Two house committees scheduled to vote today on that new legislation introduced by gop leaders on monday. A number of conservative groups and lawmakers are lined up against the plan. They say the Trump Ad
If the documents are real, the cias most powerful tools may be useless or in the wrong hands. Here is brian ross. Reporter officials tonight are calling it a devastating Security Breach for the cia. Revealing in fascinating detail how the agency is using everyday household Electronic Devices to spy on its targets. If authentic and Officials Say they appear to be. The 8700 documents reveal a range of cia programs with code names like after midnight and brittle kangaroo. All now in the hands of terrorists and foreign targets. Legitimate targets are now going to button up. So this hurts . God, its without question that it hurts. Reporter one of the leak files reveals a program calls weeping angle that can remotely turn a samsung tv anywhere in the world into a secret listening device when appearing to be off. Weeping angle seems to come from the monster statutes on dr. Who which only attack when no one else is looking. The cia can hack into ipads and smart phones and turn them into listen