And coming up, chuck robins talking earnings. Thats moments away. Our top story in s. An egyptair flight. This appeared from radar over the mediterranean. They had 66 passengers and crew onboard. Weve been watching this story and she joins thus morning. Good morning. We just heard from the minister of Civil Aviation in egypt. He said he is launching a joint investigation with french authorities trying to find out what happened to egyptair flight 804. The big question Going Forward is what exactly happened once this plane left the radar. What we understand is that happened around 2 30 a. M. They were 20 minutes from landing. This was in the southern mediterranean. The Greek Defense minister saying that the plane was making sharp swerving moves before it was lost from the radar. Now what we heard a few moments ago from the egyptian authorities is the reports coming out of greece were as yet unconfirmed and they said theyre going to refuse to provide this plane anything but missing until
Glory, the incredible thrill of victory here in rio. Nightly news begins right now. Of victory here in rio. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt reporting tonight from the olympic summer games in rio. Good evening from copacabana beach as we begin the last weekend of the 2016 summer games. The fact that we are here in brazil reporting our top story tonight carries a certain degree of irony, because for all the worries about zika in theld rio olympics, it has traveled to florida raising new red flags tonight after five locally transmitted cases were identified. A new travel warning women against travel to two areas in miami. Word of new cases now threatens to deliver a blow to the areas vibrant tourist industry. Nbcs Kerry Sanders has details. Insecticide, but with so many highrises, planes cant swoop down to spray. At risk, public health, and a 24 billion tourism industry. Tourism is a driving force of our economy and this industry has the
And as weve been reporting during this eventful night on this of all days we also have the start of a ground war in the gaza strip with israeli troops invading tonight under a sky lit up by flares and incoming fire. So we begin this second half hour of the special edition of our newscast tonight with the downing of this 777. Nbcs tom costello who covers aviation for us has been covering this all day long. Tom, good evening once again. The malaysian Prime Minister said late today there was no distress call from this airline and it was flying in an ore declared safe by global Civil Aviation authorities. It left amsterdam at 1 30 p. M. Local time bound for kuala lumpur. They lost contact with the plane. Very quickly the Ukrainian Government reported that russianbacked separatists had shot down the plane using a surfacetoair missile. U. S. Intelligence and military sources confirm to nbc news that infrared satellites detected the missile laumpl and explosion. Malaysian flight 17 was a boei
Headquarters in new york this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. Im lester holt sitting in for brian. The man heading the search for airasia flight 8501 today said today what many of us have been thinking that the plane is likely at the bottom of the sea. Its been roughly 48 hours since the air bus with 162 people on board vanished from radar about halfway along its flight. The pilots were trying to avoid thunderstorms around the time contact was lost. Indonesian authorities admit they dont have a capability to conduct an extensive undersea search and is have asked the United States for help. A pentagon Spokesman Says details of assistance are being worked out. Were covering several angles of this story. We begin in singapore with nbcs katy tur. Katy whats the latest on the search . Reporter hi there, lester. It is morning here in singapore. The start of day three with still no sign of this plane. The search has resumed for the morning, but there are concerns that b
Beau bergdorf and kidnapping hoax the victim of a reported violent abduction shows up safe and sound. Police now believe the entire story was made up. The fact that weve essentially wasted all of these resources for really nothing is upsetting. Now that woman is missing again today, thursday march 26th 2015. From nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a if rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. What a stunner of a headline when you hear this pilot and the plane that crashed might have been outside the door. Every once in a while i get a piece of information that turns in a direction. This might be one of those pieces of information. Its our top story and Big Questions facing investigators now. Why did the pilot leave the cockpit and why was he then reportedly locked out . And one thing that is being ruled out, a midair explosion. Investigators are also saying at this point the crash does not appear t