Investigative piece for news week about donald trump showing that donald trump might have kmiltsed per injury. And also president obamas chief speechwriter will take us inside the agonies of the debate prep process. And just how crazy it drove jon favreau and to a certain extent, president obama. But first, our focus remains on shar rot tonigcharlotte tonight video was released, raising new questions about the Police Conduct at the scene of that shooting. Tonight in charlotte, protesters are still asking police to row lease the individu release the police video. They were joined in that request today by Hillary Clinton, who said charlotte should release the police video, without delay. Hillary clinton announced earlier today that she would go to charlotte on sunday, the day before the first president ial debate. The Trump Campaign announced that he planned to go to charlotte on tuesday, then the mayor of charlotte said she thought it would be better, better for the city if the candidat
Questions about the Police Conduct at the scene of that shooting. Tonight in charlotte, protesters are still asking police to row release the police video. They were joined in that request today by Hillary Clinton, who said charlotte should release the police video, without delay. Hillary clinton announced earlier today that she would go to charlotte on sunday, the day before the first president ial debate. The Trump Campaign announced that he planned to go to charlotte on tuesday, then the mayor of charlotte said she thought it would be better, better for the city if the candidates could delay their trips to charlotte. And just moments ago, Hillary Clintons campaign issued this statement, after further discussion with community leaders, we have decided to postpone sundays trip as to not impact the citys resources. She will plan to visit charlotte next sunday, provided circumstances allow. New video of the shooting was released today, by mr. Scotts wife, who was on the scene when the s
We are grateful that youre with us. Good morning, im christi paul. And im Martin Savidge in for victor blackwell. We welcome viewers from the u. S. And around the world. We begin with breaking news from cuba. Former cuban leader fidel castro is dead at the age of 90. You just heard the sounds of cheering on the streets of Little Havana on miami. As cuban exiles escaped his regime celebrated after hearing of his death. Although a lot of them are the next generation. Very good to point out. In havana, though, take a look there. The streets are quiet. People are finding out. And as cubas president and Fidel Castros brother raul castro made the announcement. Nine days of mourning started just about an hour ago. The video that you see here for his 90th Birthday Celebration, that was back in august. We want to go to patrick oppmann, now, he is there in cuba. And patrick, i was just talking to martin about this you are going to have an interesting place in history for a lot of these people in
Were injured after he drove into the crowd. The police have detained the man and taken him away. They have not provided any details about him yet. They havent provided details about the number of causalities, about the nature of injuries at this time, and at the moment the police are saying they are investigating this incident. Its not clear what caused it. The police have responded rapidly with a huge presence. The area thats cordoned off is, perhaps, a half a mile by half a mile by half a mile. I can see cars at the side of the road. There were armed officers on the scene here. This is typical if the Police Suspect that this could be, potentially, a terrorism incident that they would deploy this type of armed officers. They havent said its a terrorist incident, but given the number of attacks in london over this summer and in particular two incidents where pedestrians were mowed down by drivers, police in this incident not taking any chances. Popular with tourists and an area for man
The only serious injuries were to the attacker himself. Let us start with the latest on the suspect and the attack. Nbc justice correspondent pete williams, Chris Jansing is on the scene in times square as well. Pete, what have the investigators learned so far about the suspect . Any idea if he had any connections, how he entered the u. S. And that kind of thing . Theres a fair amount known about his background. He came here in february of 2011 on a kind of visa that you use when youre coming here to join family members who are already in the u. S. We know he has a brother here, other family members. So, thats how he got to the u. S. And hes been here since 2011. He had a taxi drivers license from 2012 through 2015. We dont know if he actually drove a taxi or if he drove some kind of other ridesharing program, which we have to have a taxi drivers license in new york to do. But and we dont know what he was doing for a living at the time this happened. As you say, authorities are searchi