London police have provided an update on the dog that was traveling with the two suspects killed in an officer-involved shooting after a chase and hostage standoff in Vandalia this week.
the evidence in this trial proved that the defendant acted because of white supremacist, anti-semitic, and bigoted views. reporter: tomorrow the judge will formally sentence robert bowers to death and we anticipate an emotional day with victim impact statements. lester. all right, kathy park, thank you. in dayton, ohio, a hostage standoff came to an end early today with police fatally shooting two suspects, who had hijacked a parked semi truck with the driver inside. police said as officers approached the truck, they were fired on. they returned fire hitting both suspects, one male, one female, who died at a hospital. the driver received only minor injuries. now, to the dueling economic narratives playing out with new strong data on jobs and more voices saying a recession is not in the cards, and yet markets falling today after credit rating agency fitch stripped the u.s. of its aaa status citing political dysfunction. here s tom costello. reporter: from his juicery named a
certainly something to watch. mark stewart, thank you. just ahead for us, a hostage standoff on the vegas strip. a s.w.a.t. team confronting the suspect holed up in a hotel room. and plus an escaped inmate leaving clues behind. and a judge giving res r-e-s-p-e-c-t inside the will lf aretha franklin. yaaay! woo hoo! ensure with 25 vitamins and mininerals and ensure complete with 30 grams of protein.
infectious disease, detected in the u.s. for the first time in 20 years. the effort to control the mosquitos that carry it. the hostage standoff at caesar s palace. the suspect tossing furniture from stories above. and after his big upset at wimbledon, could he be america s next tennis sensation? announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. and good evening. i m tom llamas, in for lester tonight. it s being called historic and catastrophic. the flooding emergency that is nowhere close to being over tonight. parts of vermont remain covered in water and mud after the river that runs through the capitol crested at more than 21 feet. more than 100 rescues have been carried out after dozens of locations in the state received 6 inches of rain or more since sunday. and tonight, all eyes on a dam that could overflow and make things even worse,
shootings, hostage taking, assaults on jews in broad daylight in new york city, it goes on and on. will this be a der ternt? i think it s too soon to tell. but when the systems work, when justice is served, that s a sign to would-be antisemites, whether they are extremists or from the left, that there s no place for this kind of rhetoric. that alone is a very important message. thot just to the culprits, but to the jewish community. to know that the systems can work for us, and that we can be protected as well. as you re talking, i m thinking about texas. that attack, i was there. i went and visited that synagogue and talked to a couple of the people who survived. it was a hostage standoff. but the person who held them hostage was ultimately killed by