Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Well get to the impact of that big selloff on wall street in a moment. But right now weve got details coming in from france where two americans are injured and are being called heroes in a shooting attack aboard a highspeed train from amsterdam to paris. Without the intervention of the americans were told casualties could have been far worse. French Officials Say a man opened fire with an automatic weapon in whats being called a possible terrorist attack. Nbcs keir simmons is on the story. Reporter the attack left three passengers injured including two americans. At least one of them a member of the u. S. Military. A womans bag is left splattered with blood after a gunman reportedly opened fire aboard a highspeed train from amsterdam to paris. The French Interior minister at the scene said the two injured americans intervened to stop the attacker, who was reportedly armed wi
As well as the 80th anniversary of Social Security. In july, the white house conference on aging held a forum on the role and support for caregivers in the United States and Financial Planning and saving for retirement. The white house has held this conference each decade since the 1960s to address ways to improve the quality of life for Older Americans. Thank you. Good morning, everyone. Good morning. From the smiles that im seeing on your faces here, you share the awe that this day presents. We are privileged. We are a privileged few who are not only at the white house, the very center of the planning and strategy for the planning of our nations future but we are also those who have been chosen to focus our knowledge and our experience on the challenging that longevity has presented itself in our nations future. That is quite a dramatic challenge, you all are aware of that. But im convinced that we are all up to the task before us that we have today. I served as a delegate to the 196
Presents. We are privileged, we are a privileged few, who are not only at the white house, the very center of the planning strategically for our nations future, but we are also, those who have been chosen, to focus our knowledge and our experience on the challenges that longevity has presented itself am our nations future. That is quite a dramatic challenge, you all are aware of that. But im convinced that we are all up to the task before us that we have today. I served as a dell fwat to the 1961 white house conference. [ applause ]. Egate to the 1961 white house conference. [ applause ]. Thats why thats why im hanging on to the rails. [ laughter ] there are over 3,000 delegates at that time. We werent privileged to be in the white house. We were serving is the white house. We were divided into 13 specific sectional areas and a we had great discussions. As a matter of fact, although the convictions were strong, maybe thats not the word, i should say they were passionate, but delegates
Temperatures are going to be about ten to 15 degrees cooler today inland where well still make the 90s. 50s, 79, 70 and 709 your 7 00 temperatures. Well talk more about that impending heat wave coming up. Sue. Weem take a look right now outside and san jose. This is 101, those taillights headed southbound 880 at the overcrossing. Pretty good conditions for this morning for your commute leaving san jose northbound up towards the peninsula. Well also take a look at our roadmaps out there, green suspect good, obviously, everybodys moving at the limit. Little slow out of tracy as you approach the Altamont Pass but so far so good, about a 35 minute drive time from tracy into livermore and the dublin pleasanton interchange. We do slal bit of road work through the and well check back in just a few. Thank you. We are tracking the developing news out of texas where the death toll from harvey hasries tone seven. The red cross says the biggest shelter is beyond capacity now. Its original capacity
And there is a long term job to do. Theres an importantjob to be done in the united kingdom. We stand at a really critical time in the uk. Officials in texas warn of an incredibly dangerous situation involving a Chemical Plant in houston flooded in Tropical Storm harvey. 20 years after dianas death, we report on the tributes at Kensington Palace. We will be assessing dianas legacy and asking what reaction to her death meant for the british monarchy andindeed death meant for the british monarchy and indeed for britain itself. In the premier league, the transfer window closes on more than a £1 billion worth of business. Its 5. 00pm, our main story is that theres been no decisive progress on key issues in the latest brexit negotiations in brussels and that there are issues of trust between the two sides. Thats the assessment of the eus chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, who says negotiations on a future trade arrangement between the uk and the eu are still quite far away. He said talk abo