Right now. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt, reporting tonight from los angeles. Good evening. How many times lately have we had to ask what on earth drives someone to open fire on and kill innocent strangers . Sadly, we can add lafayette, louisiana to the long list of communities now left to struggle with that question. It was there that 59yearold john houser may have taken some of the answers to his grave last night, killing himself right after he shot and killed two people and wounded nine others inside a crowded Movie Theater. But today details of housers troubled mental history and the deep worries expressed by his family began to emerge filling in at least some of the blanks. We begin our coverage with nbc National News correspondent miguel almaguer. Reporter this was the scramble to save lives. The victims carried away nine injured, two dead. What began as a thursday night at the movies. It was just chaos everywhere. Cars sirens. Reporter 20 minutes into a com
Unit. He got there about 30 minutes before she returned home. This was week ago yesterday. Thursday afternoon. Catching her off guard. Beating and strangling her. Police say that harris then used bleach to clean up the room before leaving. Jasmine apparently was on the phone with her mother in virginia at the time of the attack when that phone line suddenly went dead. Now, police say they do have what they believe is a pretty open and shut case here. Neighbors want to know who is responsible for james harris still having keys to the building after being fired. They have to lay their head down at night and they need to answer some questions and need to talk to jasmines family, and just, you know, explain what happened. Im just so sorry but im so glad. Im so glad that this murder is wrapped up. Hes not talking to us. Hes hes a monster. Hes career criminal lock up 31 times. Hes probably not going to tell us anything upstairs. We dont need that. We dont need that because we have the dna an
T in a movienr theater last nightn lafayette, louisiana. He killed two young women and wounded nine others for no apparent reason. The gunman had anr history of mental illness. Omar villafranca begins our coverage from lafayette. Tense moments outside the grand 16 theater. Inside, people scrambled to escape the rampage. A crowd of people were trying to get out. Reporter Lucas Knepper was sitting in the secondtolast row of the ambassador screening room, six to eight inches away from thenit shooter. Did he sayni anything . Nothing at all. He just stood up and was shooting, blank stare. Not at anyone in particular just the crowd. Reporter as trainwreck played on the screen police say 59yearold john houser Fire Department twice hitting two people directly in front of him and randomly at least tenni more times. You could see theni reflecting from the movie and the flash coming from the chamber. It was awful. Reporter two teachers are credited for saving lives, onexd shot in the leg pulled a
The president raising eyebrows when he addressed corruption and gay rights. Andrew simmonds has the details. President obama started his day in relaxed style, addressing the summit without a teleprompter notes or a speech. He did it ad lib and used kenyanswahili slang, and praised them for the way they were doing business, encouraging entrepreneurs to do more, and to help them, and said that africa was open for business. The economy was doing so much better. He had these words. When i was here in nairobi 10 years ago, it looked different than it does today, and the incredible progress that has been made imagine what could happen if more and more of our Global Business leaders, and Global Capital paid a visit. And actually had a conversation as opposed to just being blinded by some of the stereotypes promoted. It could move faster. Later it was on to state house and talks with kenyatta, the kenyan president. They want more help in the war against terror meaning cash for security and tra
Up. This is Aljazeera America. Good morning. President obama is in ethiopia this morning wrapping up a News Conference with the countrys Prime Minister. The leaders are talking about security and fume rights. He pledged to help ethiopia keep up the pressure on groups like al shabab. Critics say the visit legitimizes the oppressive government, but president obama disagreed. This visit reflects the importance the United States places on our relationship with ethiopia continued growth in ethiopia dependency on the free flow of information and open exchanges of ideas. I believe that when all voices are being heard the people know that theyre included in the political process that makes a country stronger. We are live in ethiopia this morning. Why are human rights activists complaining about president obamas visit . They are saying that the visit might give legitimacy to the government that is clamping down on free speech as well as reege leaders. This is something the president addressed a