Lebron james. And hes officially coming to philly. Now, it wasnt a surprise, but it was still cause for celebration. Good evening. Im jacqueline london. And im jim rosen. We have Team Coverage starting with john clark. Hes live at the Barclays Center in brooklyn where the draft happened. A lot of hopes and dreams riding on this pick. It was 20 years ago when Allen Iverson was the number one overall draft pick for the 76ers. The last number one overall pick. And you saw how he changed around the fortunes of the sixers franchise and the sixers are hoping ben simmons can do the same thing. Here he is being selected tonight. The philadelphia 76ers select ben simmons. From melbourne, australia. And Louisiana State university. Reporter ben simmons grew up in australia. His dad played for sixers coach brett brown in australia. So this is a dream come true. He left australia to go play hoops here in america in high school. He had to talk his mom and dad into it. And boy, did it pay off. The nu
Tonight, the final trip of a champion. Muhammad ali in his last days. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer this is nnbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Just six days into the official hurricane season, and already the years third named atlantic storm is on the move. Tropical storm colin is beating a dangerous path onto floridas gulf coast at this hour, bringing several inches 6 rain, and the threat of serious flooding. Floridas governor has declared a state of emergency. Sandbags have been distributed and some schools closed early in advance of tonights landfall. Nbcs Kerry Sanders is leading our team on the ground there and has the latest. Reporter tonight more than half of florida under a state of emergency, as Tropical Storm colin pounds the coastline, and floods lowlying areas. 6,000 National Guardsmen on standby, waiting for the storm to create more havoc. This is going to impact pretty much our entire state. We have the risk of tornadoes, lightning, hail, rip cur
Surrounds city hall. Our first demand is that bill de blasio must fire bratton. Reporter millions march nyc says they want to see change in the way new york city is run, starting from the top. Theyre focused on the nypd, their demand to do away with the agency all together. To reinvest that money with black and brown communities. Reporter Holding Names of those killed by officers across the demanding nypd funds go to people who have been wrong. The city must pay reparations from the nypd budget. Reporter others joined millions march nyc to fight for better quality of life in neighborhoods they say theyre being forced out of. Fighting for education, land, and housing, and Mental Health. Reporter protesters pledged to peacefully occupy City Hall Park until they declare victory. Demands are met. They were peacefully moved from City Hall Park down here around 10 00 last night but they are pledging they will be back at city hall to continue their demonstrations this morning. Lets get to tra
Good evening, and thank you for joining us on this saturday. Im cecilia vega. Tonight, the goodbyes are pouring in for an american icon. A man who was perhaps the greatest fighter of all time, whose courage and whose principles changed sports and our nation. In his hometown of louisville, kentucky, the memorials for muhammad ali growing tonight, and preparations are under way there for what will be a historic goodbye. We know his family was at his bedside in his final moment. They said a prayer. They held hands. His daughter saying today, our hearts are literally hurting. Those hands made ali a world champion, winning a gold medal at 18 and then three heavyweight titles. The tributes coming from all corners after ali lost his fight against parkinsons disease. President obama posting this photo, ali towering over him. The ali shook up the world and the world is better for it. Were all better for it. Tonight we celebrate that life and legacy. Abcs jim avila begins Team Coverage in phoeni
Made it to the halfway mark. Good wednesday morning. Well begin with the speeches in the race for the white house. Donald trump, of course, and Hillary Clinton mincing no words. Clinton ripped into trump on the economy warning that the country would plunge into a recession under his watch. But trump is poised to deliver a fiery speech of his own today and he got a little bit of a head start slamming clinton for her email controversy and record on trade. Good morning, lauren. Reporter you know, clinton calls him the king of debt. He calls her lying, crooked hillary and is even launching a website with that url and the candidates are not pulling punches when it comes to attacking each others economic plans. In the race for president , the gloves are off and the economy is in focus. She has a bad temperament, she would do so badly with the economy. Reporter donald trump taking on Hillary Clinton in a sitdown with abcs david muir after she blasted the nominee for 45 minutes in this ohio sp