From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. We begin tonight with grim news out of the middle east. The video surfaced within the last several hours purporting to show the beheading of another japanese hostage by one of his isis captors. The victim appears to be freelance war correspondent kenji goto. He would be the second japanese citizen to be killed by isis in just a week. In recent days his fate has been tied to that of a failed suicide bomber held by authorities in jordan. Jordan is where we begin tonight. Our bill neely is outside the Japanese Embassy in amman. Reporter good evening, lester. Two nations united in horror here tonight. Isis has already beheaded five American British and japanese hostages. Kenji goto appears to be the sixth. Another journalist another father another innocence in syrias war murdered it appears in cold blood. Dressed for a brutal death, kenji goto behind him a man with a knife and british acc
Readers everywhere. Nightly news begins now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. The terrorist group isis so determined to shock civilized people everywhere has now resorted to a new method of murder. They have executed a Jordanian Air force pilot by burning him alive and well point out just as quickly here were not going to air a bit of that here tonight. This execution while no more vial than any of the others may be different in terms of how jordan now reacts to the murder of a pilot and a muslim and in the background here is the knowledge that an American Woman is also being held by the same group. We have it covered tonight beginning with richard engel. Richard, good evening. Reporter good evening, brian. There is absolute outrage in jordan. People are furious. They are shocked. There are calls for military action action. And theres been a strong show of support for the monarchy. Locked in a metal cage
Nightly news begins now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. What happened in a residential area north of new york city last night turned into a mass casualty event. And its a huge warning about what can happen anywhere vehicles encounter Railroad Crossings in this country. This was a commuter train on the metronorth line out of new york. It hit an suv on the tracks in valhalla new york. The resulting flash fire consumed much of the first car and seemed to fuse the suv to the front of the train. The death toll stands at six including the driver now confirmed to be a mother of three. Its the third busiest rail line in the nation. The ntsb is there on the scene as is our own tom costello tonight. Tom, good evening. Reporter hi brian. Good evening. Just moments ago they moved the burned out carcas of that train just further down the train tracks just a little bit out of view. Meanwhile, the medical examiners now going th
Good evening. With more than four feet of snow on the ground this winter in another big storm bearing down on new england tonight. The mayor of boston warns they are simply running out of space to put it all. The latest storm building in upstate new york to Southern Maine with two feet of snow expected in some places. This on slot has blown through yearly snow removal budgets and quadrupled the number of snow days. The west is dealing with flooding from the pineapple express, tropical rains that left some communities under water. Al roekker is tracking systems tonight. Lets start with al first. Reporter good evening. This town 35 miles outside seattle was battered three days. This is the road partially washed away nearby homes flooded, a punishing storm that could dump even more water later tonight. Tonight outside brennan, water falls are raging rivers are rushing. The brunt of this storm has just passed. Each time we have one of these flood events i need to get this off my driveway.
No one is dying. Tom brady is right about that but not many are buying patriots explanation of deflategate. Tom brokaw stephanie rawlingsblake Helene Cooper and hugh hewitt. Welcome to sunday. Its meet the press. Announcer from nbc news in washington, this is meet the press with chuck todd. Good morning. The president arrived in india overnight and has already had a press conference where he vowed to continue americas counterterror strategy as the middle east continues to descend into chaos. The apparent murder of a apparent hostage by isis shown here on the left, a second hostage is still being held. And then theres yemen a country key to the u. S. s antiterror strategy, also in crisis with thousands taking to the streets protesting shia rebels who have seized the capital sanaa. Were hearing the resignation of president and cabinet. Meanwhile president obama will cut his india trip short to visit the saudi arabia capital to pay his respects for the death of king abdullah. We have some