Good evening. As the latest american ebola victim has arrived in this country for treatment, a young man who happens to be a member of our extended nbc news family. Late today the president said the u. S. Is considering adding additional screening measures at some u. S. Airports. Major ports of entry for travelers arriving from west africa. Nbc news has learned those efforts would likely include cdc personnel at newark, jfk, chicago and washington dulles airports, asking passengers about their travel history and taking temperatures. First tonight and out of immediate concern, the latest american to arrive, the second ebola patient now taken to nebraska for treatment. Tonight, our national correspondent, kate snow, is there to start us off. Kate, good evening. Reporter good evening, brian. Ashoka mukpo was working with dr. Nancy snydermans team on the ground as a freelance cameraman in liberia. Doctors said his symptoms do seem to be getting worse, with that said hes also in the early s
Are they the greatest of alltime . Nightly news from rio begins right now. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt reporting tonight from the olympic summer games in rio. Good evening, from the olympics. Full coverage of the headlines from here ahead, but our top story is back home where the death toll and the misery index is rising because of the devastation in louisiana. At least switch deaths reported, 12,000 others are living in shelters. The number of rescues has reached 20,000 after a Staggering Amount of rain, as much as 2 1 2 feet inside 72 hours in some places. From overhead, baton rouge this evening, were looking at a watery scene that is in some ways reminiscent of the aftermath of katrina. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez is in louisiana with the latest. Reporter the devastation is massive, wide swathes of louisiana under water, now a federal disaster area. What are we looking at right here . Once a shopping center, and clearly a major retail area here is compromised. Report
how do you@tp erstand when somebody does something like that? it is pretty sickening. reporter: arthur kuntz has a daughter in the first grade and another in the new .!6 district. he says that schools need to do a better job to screen the teachers, and parents need to educate kids. there is no education to what z it is left up to the parents.ñró unfortunately, no parent wants to have that talk but we re in a situation where we need to so it doesn t happen to her. reporter: polacv say howey has no prior criminal history. he was a teacher at the xdçócab elementary school before it shut down in 2007. districtxnofficials are working with police andçó counselors ha been brought in. the focus, they say is on the students. our district, the parents, ñi lñchers, administrators are all trying toñi make sure the kids e safe. reporter: howey has been held on $1.5 millionñr bail and is expected to make his first couri appearance tomorrow. police do want to hear fro
campus. he met with stevens just before he left the u.s. for his new job as ambassador to libya. i was struck by the fact that he was eager to go. he was earnest. i think he was looking forward to his first ambassadorship. reporter: george served with stevens in the peace corps in the 80s. he taught english to kids in a small moroccan town and he says even back then, stevens dreamed of becoming an ambassador. he just fell in love with morocco and that part of the world. it was the shark that shaped the rest of his career. reporter: the east bay native studied law at uc hastings in san francisco. he would pop in my office if he was in town. levine says he s not at all surprised stevens gave his life trying to save others. he could have literally sent in the marines. there s a battalion there protecting the embassy. he didn t do that. he wanted to be there and take his people and get them back to safety. he knew he was taking a risk. he did it any way. what more
traffic is slowly getting back to norm after a officer involved shooting the suspect is dead and the chp officer in critical condition tonight. it all began at 8:20 this morning. a chp officer pulled over the car you see here. police are not saying why the car was pulled over. contra costa county spoke person jimmy lee. one of the officers contacted the driver, the driver then pulled out a gun and shot at that officer, severely injuring him. that officer was taken to the medical center and is now in critical condition. the identity of the officer is not being released at this time. as you take a look at the live chopper overhead, it s important to note that a second chp officer arrived on the scene, fired at the suspect, as we have been telling you he is now dead. what we are looking at now are live pictures from our chopper, four of the five lanes are now open near the shooting scene. according to caltrans 180 cars a day travel on that stretch of i-68 i-680. dozeni