Hernandez was sentenced to life with a parole for nondrug violent for a drug nonviolent offense. His sentence was commuted by president obama in 2013. He was jailed at the federal prison obama visited on thursday. We will also speak to Maya Schenwar, author of locked down, locked out, why prison doesnt work and how we can do better. Then after a twoyear battle federal judge has ordered the release of Police Dashcam footage of a Police Killing of an unarmed man in gardena, california that shows officers ordering Ricardo Diaz Zeferino and two other men to raise their hands in the air, which they do. Three officers then open fire, killing him with eight bullets. We will speak with Sonia Mercado , civil rights attorney representing the family of the victim. Then a gunman opens fire on two separate military sites in chattanooga, tennessee. The rampage left four marines and the gunman dead and at least three people injured. This obviously has been horrible day for chattanooga in a tragic day
Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening and good luck to republican president ial contenders desperately trying to be heard above donald trump, who today again managed to provoke outrage and drive a lot of the discussion online by publicly revealing the personal phone number of opponent and senator Lindsey Graham. The stunt also managed to overshadow the entrance into the race today of Ohio Governor john kasich. Trump remains atop the polls, and while some dismiss his success as shortlived and the direct result of Media Exposure others wonder whether his brash approach has simply hit home with a lot of voters. Tonight more on trump, john kasichs big day and the state of the race. Lets start with katy tur in south carolina. Katy . Reporter lester the voters at these Campaign Stops tell me that they do not trust politicians, they dont trust the media, but they do trust donald trump becau
Wildfires force california residents to flee. Both nasa and yolo counties. Just 5 contanned. 200 structures of threatened. Isis is more of a threat than al qaeda. Ashton carter making a surprise visit to iraq. The United States vows to keep up the fight against the terror group. Were hearing a haunting voice mail. How did switching lanes with no signal amount to all of thus. A lot of people very excited that im going to the border. In oklahoma five people were murdered. Two teenagers are in custody. Theyre apparently released to the victims. A flight declared an Emergency Landing in colorado. Scare for thousands of passengers on board a cruise ship that caught fire off the coast of jamaica. North carolina, the street car out of control crashing into an suv. The passengers were not hrt. All that Siberian Airlines flight an argument some of sort turned into a brawl. And all that matters. The iran nuclear deal. John kerry expected to face tough questions this morning. Historically bad dea
Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. New Police Dashcam video has begun to answer at least some of the burning questions surrounding how a simple traffic stop landed a woman in a texas jail where she was later found hanged to death. Sandra blands family and others have questioned the official version of her death and why she ended up in custody. Now there are questions being raised today about that new tape which shows what starts as a cordial encounter between bland and the officer who pulled her over. But as youre about to see, things quickly go downhill. John yang reports from hempstead, texas. Hello, maam. Were the texas state highway patrol. The reason for your stop is you failed to signal a lane change. Reporter at first the traffic stop seemed routine enough. The trooper takes Sandra Blands license. When he returns after about five minutes you okay . The tone shifts. Would you mind putting ought your ciga
Surveilleo from nearby businesses apparently shows two people approaching the machine, then running away. Moments later, there was a blast. Debris flying about 100 feet. No cash was lost from that machine though. The california interstate where a brin was washed away by floodwaters will partially reopen friday. 10 is the main route connecting los angeles and phoenix. Drivers have to scramble for alternate routes since sunday when the bridge collapsed. Travel will still be slow. One lane in each direction will be open to traffic. Heres a look at your hump day weather forecast. Pleasantly warm in the midatlantic. Typical heat and hum texas and the gulf coast. Dry in the midwest. Showers and storms possible from oklahoma to the carolinas. 105 in phoenix, above average for this time of year. Pleasant in chicago and detroit. Atlanta, miami in the low 90s. Barry bonds says he is relieved and humbled now that the government has dropped its nearly decadelong steroids prosecution of him. Bond i