Nightly news begins right now. Good evening. Just ahead of the spring and Summer Travel season we got a sobering update on zika today. The nations Top Health Officials warning the zika virus appears to be a lot scarier than first thought, spreading much faster, and the United States will soon be in the cross hairs with the mosquito population taking off in the coming warmer months. The National Institutes of health and the cdc issuing an urgent plea to Congress Today to act now to pay for immediate steps to protect americans. Nbcs tom costello has details. Reporter tonight, a stark warning that the Haunting Images of babies born with microcephaly in brazil abnormally small heads and brains are becoming a very real concern in the u. S. Everything we look at with this virus seems to be a bit initially thought. Reporter the zika virus is carried by a mosquito, until recently, researchers believed it was found in just 12 states. The new estimate, 30, further north than first thought, thoug
Lotions infused with weed. Even Hollywood Stars getting in on the action. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. As we come on the air in the united states, it is already saturday morning in southern japan where people are waking up to new damage from the second major earthquake there in as many days. Todays quake, the largest of the two at 7. 0, struck in the same region as yesterdays deadly shaker that killed at least nine people and forced tens of thousands from their homes. Were getting early reports of more collapsed buildings and additional deaths from todays quake while seismologists say there are likely more strong tumblers to follow. Nbcs Kelly Cobiella has the latest. Reporter this tv station capturing the moment the major earthquake struck, the 7. 0, the second in a day, sparking fires landslide. All of it happening just eight miles from the epicenter of yesterdays deadly
Important swing state of virginia. Julie . Reporter well, doreen, with the stroke of his pen, Governor Terry mcauliffe immediately restored voting and other civil rights to 206,000 exfelons in the general. Now the governor says its a matter of ending years of injustice, but republicans call it pure political opportunism. We will break barriers down. Reporter with those records, Governor Terry mcauliffe used his executive powers to wipe out a civil war era provision in virginias constitution p. He said it was to keep africanamericans from voting. It is time to embrace an honest, clean process. Were restoring the rights to these men and women. Who initially made it easier for nonviolent felons to vote again, but gop leaders accuse mcauliffe trying to build up democratic voter rolls for the election in november. Im stunned at his willingness to restore the rights of the ho most heinous criminals. Im just thrilled that we had this opportunity and continue to want to work for social justice
Out of town. Emergency worker went street to street urging residents to evacuate. People are talking about how to get out. This woman has been trying to leave since yesterday. She cries after learning that all of the planes have been grounded. A Government Official went on television warning about the storms power, strong enough, he said, to lift cars, to destroy homes and sweep people away. This hurricane is so strong, it is comparable to an ef4 tornado but huge compared to the size of a normal tornado. So where this comes ashore, we expect just total devastation. Reporter Hurricane Patricia is the strongest storm recorded in the western hemisphere with winds reaching an extraordinary 200 Miles Per Hour an hour. It is double the strength of superstorm sandy. Hurricane indicate was going 125 Miles Per Hour at landfall. Even hurricane andrew, a kakt five wasnt 165 miles an hour when it make landfall in florida, more than two dozen people lost their lives. Would you be lying if i said i
Aviation since 9 11. Including new evidence gleaned from the cockpit voice recorder of the crashed russian jet. Did d it capture the sound of an explosion. British and american authorities are not backing away from suspicions that the metrojet airbus may have been brought down over egypt by a bomb. Possibly planted by isis. And nbc fuse has learned that intercepted reveal isis operatives bragging about downing the plane. And now u. S. Is implementing brand new security options that will affect u. S. Bound air travelers. We have two reports. First bill neely from sharm el sheikh, egypt. Both of the black boxes have been analyzed from five countries, including france where the airbus was made. Sources told french media than on the cockpit voice recorder that the sound of an explosion could be heard distinctly. Because that the failure recorded on the second black box until the moment of the explosion. This doesnt solve what caused it. A bomb or a kata catastrophic internal failure. There