Also coming up for you this hour, can chinas drivers be convinced to go green . We will have a report on the challenges facing electric carmakers there. And from baby fashion to bookmakers betting an az on the upcoming birth of the new royal baby. That and more coming your way. First, our top stories. First, hundreds of people are feared dead in the new migrant shipwreck off the coast of libya. One survivor says there were up to 950 people on board the ship and that some of them have been locked have been locked below deck by smugglers taking them to italy. It could be the deadliest migrant disaster to date in a year already heavy with victims. The Italian Coast Guard is still searching for bodies. It is our moral duty to concentrate on our responsibility as europeans to prevent this kind of tragedy from happening again and again. The main issue here is to build together the common sense a common sense of european responsibility. There is no easy or magic solution. But there is a respo
Of baltimore charges Six Police Officers with the death of freddie gray, lawyers of the police union filed a defense motion calling the charges to be dismissed and mosby to be removed. Their action came on the same day as the Justice Department announced yet another investigation into Baltimore Police. The first, to immigrants fleeing libya. [indiscernible] will magically stop. We ask there is an action that puts the human being in the center and stop labeling them as illegal. Amy expected to ask the wood secured a counsel to permit military action against human traffickers out of libya, we will look at a new report by mr. Turner national called libya is , full of cruelty stories of abduction, Sexual Violence and abuse from migrants and refugees. All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. A new report says the Obama Administration gave a false account of the hunting and killing of osama bin laden. Bin laden wa
Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. We begin here with another one of those stories that reminds us isis is determined to inspire a terror attack on our soil. This one comes from massachusetts. A young man busted by the feds. They say he was inspired by isis and was hatching a plot to explode bombs in College Cafeterias. In this case the suspect was already on authorities radar. It turns out his father, a police captain, sounded the alarm and turned him in. Our ron mott has details. Reporter federal officials in boston announced the arrest of 23yearold alexander ciccolo, the son of Boston Police captain robert ciccolo. A Police Source told nbc news captain ciccolo reported his son to the fbi after learning he was allegedly plotting an isisinspired attack. According to court documents, ciccolo goes by the name Ali Al Amriki and was arrested july 4th after receiving four guns from an undercover agent and buying a pressure cooker. The governm
Broadcast. Thousands of migrants, mostly from wartorn syria, finally crossed into austria today. Theyd been stuck for a week inside hungary, living in squalid conditions. Hungary has been overwhelmed by the flood of migrants escaping violence and poverty in the middle east and north africa, who are trying to begin new lives in europe. We begin our coverage with Charlie Dagata in vienna. Reporter not far from the border with hungary, the migrant arrive in a place a world away from where theyve just come. Reporter in the austrian town of nickelsdorf, the welcome was as comforting as the helpings of rice being served up. Austrian police said 6,000 migrant reached the country today alone. Theyd been stuck in hungary for days or weeks, and many ran out of food, water, and patience long ago. Now we are free. Four five days in hungary, in very, very bad position in the very, very bad position. Allah, god, thanks, god. Reporter Matina Adelsberger said she saw what was happening to the migrant
Also, how to fight back against vladimir putin. Lessons from petro poroshenko, the president of ukraine. His nation is literally on the front lines of russian aggression, and how to handle immigration from across the globe. Ill talk with mexicos president , switzerlands president and new zealands Prime Minister on their views about one of the most divisive issues today. But first, here is my take. President trumps speech on tuesday at the u. N. Was an intelligent, at times eloquent presentation of his America First world view. He laid out an approach of pursuing narrow selfinterest over broader global ones and action over multilateral cooperation. He might not realize as he withdraws america from these global arenas, the rest of the world is moving on without washington. Wittingly or not, donald trump seems to be hastening the arrival of a post american world. Take one of his first major actions, pulling out of the transpacific partnership. This sweeping trade deal was an attempt to op