News for thursday, april 23d, 2015. Good morning. Im Alison Harmelin in for annemarie green. Turns out doug Hughes Department as he drove his gyrocopter from gettiesburg to washington, d. C. He was being tracked. He was being tracked by the nations top security agencies. And as he entered restricted airspace near the capitol, authorities aimed multiple weapons aet the aircraft. Next Week Congress will hold hearings to determine why hughes wasnt stopped. Mark alberts in washington. Good morning, mark. Good morning, alison. Last night lawmakers got their first indepth briefing on this that lasted about 45 minutes. The ease with which the gyrocopter was able to penetrate the nations most secure airspace has rattled lawmakers who are demanding accountability. Hes lucky to be alive. He should have been blown out of the air. House Oversight Committee chair Jason Chaifetz had harsh words for postal worker doug hughes who flew a gyrocopter through restricted airspace last week, landing it on t
Annemarie green. Turns out doug Hughes Department fly under the radar after all. He was being tracked by the nations top security agencies. And as he entered restricted airspace near the capitol, authorities aimed multiple weapons aet the aircraft. Next Week Congress will hold hearings to determine why hughes wasnt stopped. Mark alberts in washington. Good morning, mark. Good morning, alison. Last night lawmakers got their first indepth briefing on this that lasted about 45 minutes. The ease with which he was able to penetrate the nations most secure airspace is demanding lawmakers to ask for accountability. Reporter House Oversight Committee Chair Jason Chaifetz had harsh words for postal worker doug hughes who flew a gyrocopter landing on the capitol lawn. But chaifetz was even tougher on norad and the fcc. They chose not to brief us. Reporter during a closed door briefing wednesday officials from the secret service and Capitol Police revealed multiple agencies tracked the aircraft b
This is nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight, lester holt. Good evening. There is a lot to tell you about tonight. We want to start with the threat of dangerous weather. Strong storms and the potential for tornadoes popping up across a huge part of the country this hour. Storms from texas all the way to connecticut. It started what is looking like a severalday outbreak. Lets turn to al roker who joins me in the studio. Al where is the biggest risk tonight . Right now, texas, lester. In fact we have a tornado watch in effect for northern texas and a cell around amarillo. There is a funnel cloud on the ground. Warning is in effect until the top of the hour. For tonight we are looking at this risk of strong storms from lubbock, houston, austin but we also have an enhanced risk including dallas. 22 Million People at risk for severe storms and 70mileperhour wind gusts and tornadoes, twoinch hail. Tomorrow the risk moves to the east. New orleans under the gun. 24 million folks at risk. Damagi
I95. You can see folks, these delays are real. Theyve only been getting worse throughout the morning. So if you are normally you normally drive this area, we suggest that you get out of the house as quickly as you possibly can because it is clearly not getting any better. Route 1 would normally be the alternate that we would normally give but thats not Getting Better either. Thats at a standstill as well. Well have much more information coming up in about ten minutes. As you can see right now, right now we will continue to follow the story and give you more information when we can. Allyson . We are starting off chilly and a gorgeous start from our michael son camera but it is cool, much cooler than we have been and much cooler than average. Were going to stay cool not only today and tomorrow but right through the weekend. And for most of your sevenday. Temperatures 46 degrees. We are having a wind mainly out of the west. It will be out of the northwest late other this afternoon and bre
Reporting tonight, lester holt. Good evening. There is a lot to tell you about tonight. We want to start with the threat of dangerous weather. Strong storms and the potential for tornadoes popping up across a huge part of the country this hour. Storms from texas all the way to connecticut. It started what is looking like a severalday outbreak. Lets turn to al roker who joins me in the studio. Al, where is the bigge tonight . Right now, texas, lester. In fact we have a tornado watch in effect for northern texas and a Tornado Warning currently just south of amarillo. Were watching this cell develop. It was a funnel cloud on ground. Warning is in effect until the top of the hour. For tonight we are looking at this risk of strong storms from lubbock, houston, austin, but we also have an enhanced risk, including dallas. 22 Million People at risk for severe storms and 70mileperhour wind gusts and tornadoes, twoinch hail. Tomorrow the risk moves to the east. New orleans under the gun. 24 mill