Tonight after the deadly highway crash that left him so badly injured. What he just revealed. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york this is nbc nightly news. Lester hoelt. We begin with the dangerous mistake involving the deadly bacteria anthrax. The pentagon fessing up. Somehow lethal live anthrax was sent to labs in nine states and overseas shipped via fedex leading to questions of safety for the workers who received those. Jim miklaszewski has details. Reporter details came from utah where the u. S. Military develops ways to defend against biological and chemical weapons. Defense officials tell nbc news dugway mistakenly sent live anthrax instead of inactive bacteria to as many as 20 military facilities in nine states and as far away as south korea. The potentially deadly shipment came from a batch of anthrax that was produced at dugway more than a year ago and was radiated to render it inactive. But last week a commercial lab in maryl
The 552 pound grouper that didnt get away. Today, wednesday, may 27th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Were going to need a bigger kayak. That is a big fish. A bigger fishing pole just everything larger. What a big guy. Well watch that in a couple of minutes. Well save that for later. Well roll the beautiful fish footage later. Meantime lets talk about the weather. Theres been no break from the storms hammering the south all week long. As we mentioned at the top, at least 19 people are dead. 14 others still missing at this hour. In texas 46 counties have issued disaster declarations. Houston has been brought to a stand still. The water rising there so fast drivers simply got out and abandoned 2500 cars. Lets get to Janet Shamlian. Shes in her hometown again for us. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning. No relief. As we come on the a
From nbc news World Headquarters in new york this is nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight, lester holt. Good evening. We begin with breaking news. The federal indictment announced of a man who was once one of most powerful politicians in this country. Former speaker of the house Dennis Hastert charged in connection with a scheme to pay more than 3 million of apparent hush money to someone and then lying to the fbi about the cash. The burning questions who is he paying and why . Our justice correspondent Pete Williams has late details. Reporter the charges are a bolt from the blue involving Dennis Hastert, a public official for more than 25 years an house speaker, the long serving republican in the house. The chair reporter since 2008 hes been a lobbyist here in washington. But prosecutors say for the past four years he has paid 1. 7 million in apparent hush money. Court payments say the payments went to someone identified only as individual a from illinois. The papers say he agreed to p
Question mark. We just dont know. Diane the autopsy has been completed investigators say further investigation and toxicology tests are still needed. The toddlers mother who has not been identified by authorities has been at a hospital under going a medical evaluation. Jennifer banks the toddlers aunt says her brother called her hysterically last week with the tragic news. What happened . We saw them two weeks ago. Diane banks says her brother was in court recently with the childs mother trying to get custody of the little boy but everything seemed fine in the days after. He wanted her to get herself together to better care for him. Diane her brother is in the process of doing what no parents imagines burying his youngest child. Its why banks set up a page online. When you have to worry about how you will pay for it, thats even worse. Diane if you have any information to help authorities call the Charles County sheriffs office. In la plata, diane cho, abc7 news. Maureen thank you diane
Shooting outside a mcdonalds in waldorf last week. Leon prince county georges county a Prince Georges County Police Officer is in jail and he joins his mother who is already in custody. Brad bell has more. Brad trying to show you in the breeze. This is tough. Worst kind of family portrait. Mug shots. Mother here son here. Both now charminged with a murder that allegedly took place last wednesday back at this mcdonalds. All stemming from a bitter custody battle. We can show you the video. Richard conway a Prince Georges County Police Officer involved in a longstanding custody battle with his ex. Last wednesday his mother shows up here at a time prearranged when mr. Conway the officer, was going to drop off the children with the ex. She had driven up from norfolk to get them. But instead the mother jumped in the car allegedly armed with the Officers Service weapon. There was an exchange of words. There is gunfire. The man 25yearold is shot dead. The woman runs but she is shot once in the