Is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. Im lester holt sitting in tonight for brian. Will syria soon be in play as the u. S. Steps up its attacks on isis militants . Just days after the execution murder of american journalist james foley, the Obama Administration acknowledged that the Islamic State militant group is more dangerous than it was just six months ago. And signalled the u. S. Will not be restricted by borders suggesting it is prepared to carry the fight from iraq next door into syria. Of course isis doesnt recognize borders either. But for now the u. S. Has only attacked a group inside iraq. More than 90 strikes so far with several more today. But are the margins in this conflict about to be widened . Nbcs Kristen Welker is traveling with the president in Marthas Vineyard and has more on todays developments. Kristen. Reporter lester, good evening. Today the u. S. Government said the execution of james foley is the first terrorist attack by isis against the Uni
Atlantic city, the high, thin clouds are hanging tough north and west, weve changed the 0 wording in the forecast, well go mostly cloudy with patchy sunny breaks from time to time. Temperatures milder than yesterday at this time. Philadelphia sitting at 53 degrees, same number for millville. Allentown, 39. Trenton, 48. Dover, 57 degrees, not too bad down there. Sea isle city, 52 and beach haven 51. The mild air has moved on in. We neeld the clouds to move on out, it would be a perfect sunday around the delaware valley. Mostly cloudy skies for the remainder of the day, temperatures Holding Steady in the mid 50s, 53 degrees by 2 00. 355 by 4 00. 6 00 back down to 52. 8 00, 48 degrees, the sun will set this evening at 4 37. Coming up well take a look at the travel across the country and warm up in the sevenday forecast. A van and car collided on i95 causing the car to spin into the guardrail. The driver of the van was not injured, but the driver of the car was taken to christiana hospital
Morning around 6 00. Neighbors telling me they saw plenty of cop cars. This is not where he lives. This is where a former teammate lived. And this is where he ended up. He does have an apartment in santa clara. Thats where this entire ordeal began earlier this morning. Thats according to a source close to mcdonald who spoke with me. Lets look at the video from last august. That shows when mcdonald walked out after out of jail after Police Arrested homoallegations of Domestic Violence arrested him on allegations of Domestic Violence against his fiancee who was then pregnant. He went out with friends and then his santa clara apartment that he owns where his exfiancee, the same one, lives with their now2monthold baby boy. He told her to leave. Left with the driver to give her space. When he returned saw the police had been called. The source says that is when his driver took him to a friends house, again in the East San Jose hills, around 4 30 in the morning. The Police Arrived an hour an
An alexandria man is under arrest israel shimeles is his name. His car left unattended, caused quite a scene here. Capitol Police Spotted the car on the west side of the capitol. They checked it out and saw a Pressure Cooker inside. Now, the bomb squad came in. Detonated it. And as you can see from the video it caused quite a loud blast. Nothing else suspicious or hazardous found after another search. Once the device was detonated. All of this happened during the memorial day concert here on the mall and this became very concerning for police because Pressure Cooker bombs were used to set off explosions during the Boston Marathon two years ago. And that turned out to be quite deadly. Thats the latest from the National Mall here. Im molette green. Thank you. A building explosion caused a partial collapse at a business in beltsville. Look at this picture. That was on Old Baltimore pike in beltsville. The Branchville Fire Department said two vacuum pumps failed no one was in the building
Steps and faces what could be the worst drought in modern history. The ukraines protesters got a big endorsement from the United States today. Secretary of state john kerry met with opposition figures on the sidelines of the munich security conference. The u. S. Is considering sanctions against ukraine. Meanwhile, demonstrations continue demanding the president step down. Our jennifer glass joins us live from the capital of kiev. How productive were those talks today . Reporter jonathan, its not clear that they were terrible productive. The opposition leaders were offered anything concrete in munich but it was a big meeting for them in europe words of support. Its not clear what else. They are fighting for the right to associate with partners who help them realize their aspirations. The United States and eu stand with the people of ukraine in that fight. Despite a standoff in ukraine against the opposition and the government, a sign there is room for man your, opposition leaders saying