Now. This is nbc nightly news with lester holt, reporting tonight from melbourne, florida. Good evening from it to our viewers in the west from the Central Florida coast, where we are just hours away from a direct hit by what officials are calling an unprecedented, even historic hurricane. Matthew, which has already killed over a hundred people in haiti, regained strength, as expected, earlier today, and is forecast to come as a category 4 storm, the second highest strength, with sustained winds of 140 Miles Per Hour near its core. Some 2 Million People in the southeast have heeded the dire warnings to evacuate. All told 19 Million People will be impacted by this storm. Its slow march means the southeast coast could take a punishing hit that will last for 60 hours or more. Our team is in place up and down the storm zone, plus al roker with the latest tracking, but first to miguel . Reporter lester, good evening. Just moments ago the sky here turned green, transformers are exploding. Th
Wednesday. Until the end. 8 1 2 pounds, youre ready. Thats a good, healthy weight. Anyway, we wish becky the best. Well be talking to becky im sure a lot. Hopefully well see becky, but probably not for a little while. A little boy and a girl. Its totally rounded out. In the meantime, we have so much to talk about. Well start with u. S. Equity futures and well get to the debates in just a second. Take a look at this, the dow jones up 77 points after last nights performance. The nasdaq up 21 points and the s p 500 up ten points higher. The asian markets in hong kong and japan are close d for the holiday. Youre looking at the european equities right now. As we flip the board around, were seeing everything up pretty much across the board. Finally, well take a quick look at crude, wti right now this morning. Youre looking at 49. 60. Yeah. So down about a half percent. It was down on friday. Pierced 50 for the First Time Since june last week. Well watch the saudis comments on that. Well get
Strangulation and assault and battery stemming from an incident last week. On the morning of november 10, Bourne Police say that a 14 yearold girl was walking to her bus stop when allen grabbed her and threw her to the ground. Of the witness called out the victims name and allen fled. Police dont know that the victim and allen know each other. The are uninjured. The aggravated part of the charge comes from her being under the age of 16. Reporter allen is scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow in Falmouth District court. Louisa moller, wbz news. And also tonight, going free. Massachusetts House Speaker sal dimasi will be released early, serving 5 years of his 8year sentence for corruption. And because of his rapidly declining health, he will get out. Beth germano has more. Beth . Reporter its not granted often but the judge granted what is qoan as compassion at release. It was u. S. Officials and the attorney who came together to help fighe and the illness made a different sentence. Reporte
Strangulation and assault and battery stemming from an incident last week. On the morning of november 10, Bourne Police say that a 14 yearold girl was walking to her bus stop when allen grabbed her and threw her to the ground. Of the witness called out the victims name and allen fled. Police dont know that the victim and allen know each other. The are uninjured. The aggravated part of the charge comes from her being under the age of 16. Reporter allen is scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow in Falmouth District court. Louisa moller, wbz news. And also tonight, going free. Massachusetts House Speaker sal dimasi will be released early, serving 5 years of his 8year sentence for corruption. And because of his rapidly declining health, he will get out. Beth germano has more. Beth . Reporter its not granted often but the judge granted what is qoan as compassion at release. It was u. S. Officials and the attorney who came together to help fighe and the illness made a different sentence. Reporte
Strangulation and assault and battery stemming from an incident last week. On the morning of november 10, Bourne Police say that a 14 yearold girl was walking to her bus stop when allen grabbed her and threw her to the ground. Of the witness called out the victims name and allen fled. Police dont know that the victim and allen know each other. The are uninjured. The aggravated part of the charge comes from her being under the age of 16. Reporter allen is scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow in Falmouth District court. Louisa moller, wbz news. And also tonight, going free. Massachusetts House Speaker sal dimasi will be released early, serving 5 years of his 8year sentence for corruption. And because of his rapidly declining health, he will get out. Beth germano has more. Beth . Reporter its not granted often but the judge granted what is qoan as compassion at release. It was u. S. Officials and the attorney who came together to help fighe and the illness made a different sentence. Reporte