Protected civil rights writ large. So this is going to require a longterm bipartisan commitment. But not just from us in washington but folks in the state capitals, city halls, and Police Departments across the country. Because ultimately its the local officials that have the responsibility to hire and fire the police chief, to make sure that bad Police Officers are removed from the force. And thats where the nearterm responsibility needs to lie, because we dont have that capability here. But we do believe, i do believe there are concrete steps we can take right now to address the racial injustices that were exposed once again with the death of mr. Floyd. So i appreciate senator scott and leader mcconnell for responding to this crisis with the urgency that it deserves, and im proud to be part of this effort in the senate. Mr. President , i yield the floor. The presiding officer the clerk will call the roll. Quorum call the presiding officer the senator from. The presiding officer the s
Pg e was not able to manage such a large power shutoff map. Reporter call centers were overloaded. Some officials were left in the dark. Pg e said they had to pull the plug to prevent their power lines from sparking a dead lie wildfire. Communicating with the customers with as much know tess as possible. Reporter the apology was not enough for regulators who accused pg e for failing. You need to get there now, not at the end of the year. How many counties have you talked to. I understand that theyre trying to save homes, but i mean, businesses should be reimbursed. Reporter he had to close his taco shop in oak land hills for two days. Factor in the food that went to waste. Chicken, ground beef, fish. Fish goes bad quickly. Reporter he said it cost his family 10,000 and hopes they learn a lesson. They dont care what we spend for food. Reporter melissa colorado, n nb k nbc news. Our reporter has been covering paekd for more than a decade. Jackson, whats in the fine print. What else did p
Terrified, that they would come back . Absolutely, the chilling matter, a young survivor driven to become a state senator. He was very, very passionate. What they ever come Out Of The Dark . I always get a little emotional and i cant believe its in here 30 years later, an answer. The Power Forgiveness. This is what my dad and my mom taught me. In his 40s and married again, he started fresh, here in the beach, in malibu. It was time, finally to put it to rest. Ali use hollywood to release those demons, get that in the rearview mirror. I look back and it was just building this coat of armor. And that was killing me and it was killing my marriages, my friendships. It was protecting me but it was keeping me away from people that i loved. After all, what else but a movie could make sense of it . But those people did to him. And then what came of it . You couldnt make up. And the movie, it turned out to be a decadeslong saga of crime and punishment retribution and forgiveness. Perhaps it was
hook parents for calling the massacre a hoax. also tonight, four current and former officers now facing federal civil rights charges for the raid that killed breonna taylor. what the justice department alleges they did. the biden administration declaring monkeypox a public health emergency. what it means for the federal response. the record-shattering heat. nearly 80 million on alert. al roker is standing by. the new twist in a nearly 40-year-old cold case. he spent decades in prison for a murder he didn t commit. who authorities have now charged. and the nfl preseason kicking off on nbc. why tonight s game head coaches. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone, from las vegas, where i m attending a gathering of black and hispanic journalists. we start tonight in moscow, where american pro basketball star brittney griner was sentenced today to nine years in a russian prison. the sentence coming right after the court pronounc
Footage of the queen as a 7yearold making the nazi salute. And whoa, baby [ baby cries ] caught on camera. A texas woman giving birth in the front seat of her car as dad video taped the entire thing and its going viral today, saturday july 18th 2015. From nbc news this is today live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And welcome to today on this saturday morning. Im carson daly. Im Sheinelle Jones in for erica hill. Is that the mom screaming . Can we pull over . Put the camera down dad. By the way, you can take all the birthing classes in the world. Nobody prepares you for what to do in the car. We will have more on that coming up. Lets get to the top story. The ferocious fire in california. It is spreading at a rapid rate. Nbcs Scottie Schwartz has more. Good morning. Reporter good morning, carson. This is the interstate 15. A popular interstate. One of the main thoroughfares from los angeles to vegas. This morning, traffic ground to a halt. When people looked off to the right in tr