Begins now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with jose diaz balart. Good evening. Im Peter Alexander in for jose. New years festivities are well underway across the globe. Here in the u. S. As the clock ticks down to midnight, americans are preparing to ring in 2017 surrounded by beefed up security. Police are out in force in the wakes of attacks from brussels to berlin even employing physical barriers like giant sand trucks to protect crowds. Millions are expecting to watch the ball drop in times square. Thats where we begin with nbcs ann thompson. Reporter a dazzling start to 2017. Amid reminders of the everpresent danger. New york preparing with a record 7,000 officers in times square. How confident are you that you can keep all of these people safe . Im extremely confident. We are so well prepared to do this, this is something that the nypd does so well. Reporter people already waiting for hours. Its been on my bucket list since i was
Nightly news begins now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with jose diaz balart. Good evening. Im Peter Alexander in for jose. New years festivities are well underway across the globe. Here in the u. S. As the clock ticks down to midnight, americans are preparing to ring in 2017 surrounded by beefed up security. Police are out in force in the wakes of attacks from brussels to berlin even employing physical barriers like giant sand trucks to protect crowds. Millions are expecting to watch the ball drop in times square. Thats where we begin with nbcs ann thompson. Reporter a dazzling start to 2017. Amid reminders of the everpresent danger. New york preparing with a record 7,000 officers in times square. How confident are you that you can keep im extremely confident. We are so well prepared to do this, this is something that the nypd does so well. Reporter people already waiting for hours. Its been on my bucket list since i was little. Repor
Nightly news begins now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with jose diaz balart. Good evening. Im Peter Alexander in for jose. New years festivities are well underway across the globe. Here in the u. S. As the clock ticks down to midnight, americans are preparing to ring in 2017 surrounded by beefed up security. Police are out in force in the wakes of attacks from brussels to berlin even employing physical barriers like giant sand trucks to protect crowds. Millions are expecting to watch the ball drop in times square. Thats where we begin with nbcs ann thompson. Reporter a dazzling start to 2017. Amid reminders of the everpresent danger. New york preparing with a record 7,000 officers in times square. How confident are you that you can keep im extremely confident. We are so well prepared to do this, this is something that the nypd does so well. Reporter people already waiting for hours. Its been on my bucket list since i was little. Repor
Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news, with lester holt. Good evening, airport baggage claim became a scene of carnage and bloolshed when a gunman began firing into a crowd of paepgs today at floridas ft. Lauderdale Hollywood International airport. 13 people were shot, five killed before the 26yearold suspect was finally subdued. The shooting touched off a panic that sent passengers and airport workers fleeing onto the tarmac. S. W. A. T. Teams descended on the airport amid concerns there might be other attackers. But tonight, police say the gunman operated alone and had himself just arrived off a flight and used a weapon that had apparently been in his checked luggage. Our team is in place for coverage of the attack and investigation. Lets begin with nbcs Kerry Sanders who has been at the scene all afternoon. Whats the latest . Well good evening, lester. The airport remains shut down, all roads in and out closed. There are tens of thousands o
Disaster at sea . Tonight an intriguing new look. Nightly news begins now. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with jose diaz bullard. Good evening from ft. Lauderdale where the mundane task of waiting for luggage turned into a horrific scene of panic, tears and death. Today were learning much more about the people who lost their lives at terminal 2, the man accused of carrying out the massacre and what may have prompted this deadly assault. Kerry sanders and Gabe Gutierrez are in ft. Lauderdale, Gadi Schwartz in alaska, Pete Williams in washington, d. C. We begin with Kerry Sanders and the aftermath of the deadly chaos. Today, deputies began to review what went right and wrong. Around us. Investigators have reviewed security videos of the chaos and interviewed 175 witnesses. Im still numb. Reporter survivor mike leah riefd on the same minneapolis to ft. Lauderdale flight as the alleged gunman, 26yearold esteban santiago. The carnage unfolded in baggage claim. Officials say santiago fol