Nightly news. Reporting tonight, lester holt. Good evening. The halls of power in washington, d. C. Were without power for a time today, as the lights blinked out from the white house to the capitol. And well beyond. Given the times we live in a lot of people briefly wondering if there was some kind of attack. For some it lasted moments, others were without power for quite some time. There were parts of the government left to carry on in the dark while elsewhere, forcing evacuations at some of the citys famous museums. All of it raising a lot of questions about how prepared the government really is for a bigger emergency. Chris jan sing is on e story for us tonight. Reporter the lights went out at the state department right in the middle of the daily briefing. Correct. Second thing reporter they finished using the lights fro even the Energy Department lost power. So did the white house. Though the backup generator kicked right in. The president did not notice. Reporter Oprah Winfrey sp
District attorney lynne ape abraham. The former p kenney kenney. The former Vice President of margareting and communications for e1pgw, doug oifrlt. Otr t hahp hc rmer state senator milton jf street. Andt curren. 3 state in senator, anthony williams. Quickni reminder,82tu┐3uz onee1 minute to answer each question. We will begin with this. I think all of you would agree that education is really a key issue in this election. The 84 million budget shortfall is a cloudlp hanging over our city and over the education system. As you may know mayor nutter has proposed a 9. 3 property tax that your q solution . 4 and if not, where would you find the money. Lets start with you Lynne Abraham. Thank you, jim. And thanks to nbc 10. I believe in a the recommendation of our mayor uq we put anotherco ngocnr9. 3 tax on real estat] is really regressive, and it hurts the people that most need to hold on to their dollars. I think i have urged city council to take up thejf issue of School Funding before t
Determined that this was the appropriate disposition. Claudia is the ceo of the Womens Center and is watching how it moves through the courts closely. Dont believe they gave this case any special attention. Or special treatment. Yeah, this is what is available for any perpetrator of Domestic Violence and how minimum that is to what happened. Reporter a south Jersey Assembly woman said in light of this, i think we need to reexamine our pti law to make sure it is being applied appropriately and not misused in any way, at the very least, it cant hurt to start a constructive dialogue. The Assembly Woman went on to say it is easy to have a knee jerk reaction, but she would like careful and honest examination of the rehabilitative pti program to make sure there are strict guidelines in place so the public is not placed in jeopardy. Meantime, the Womens Center which fields about 6,000 Domestic Violence calls each year, we have their hot line, that crisis hot line number on our website. Find i
From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. The National Football league, the governing body, the business behind the most popular sport in this country is tonight dealing with a very big problem. An nfl player already in the news for Domestic Violence has been fired by his team, the baltimore ravens, and suspended from playing by the nfl. We had already seen running back ray rice on video taken outside an elevator dragging the unconscious body of the woman who is now his wife. But today the world saw the proof that he struck her with a terrible blow. The video from inside the elevator. And fair warning, while this is tough to watch, thats what sparked fresh outrage today that the nfl could no longer ignore. We begin tonight with nbcs josh elliott. Reporter ray rice is out of a job tonight. The nowformer nfl star had his reported 40 Million Contract terminated by the baltimore ravens. And late today he was suspended indefini
Or received over 200 pornographic emails over a fouryear period. We are being joined to break down mccaffreys career on the high court and the scandal which led to its end. Justice mccaffrey handed over his letter of resignation to governor corbett a week after being suspended by his colleagues on the state Supreme Court. For seven years, Justice Mccaffrey served on the pennsylvania Supreme Court. The c64yearolds life was fu of Public Service. First as a Philadelphia Police officer, then as the presiding judge, sorting out rambunctious eagles fans in what was known as eagles court, a courtroom in the veteran s stadium basement. Hes retiring monday. Emails were sent and received between 2008 and 2012. Mccaffreys retirement ends an investigation into his conduct. It also ends a 20year judicial career. Mccaffrey did not talk to the media. His only statement came from his resignation letter. It says in part, i am very proud of my 20 years of Public Service to the citizens of philadelphia.