Viva las vegas. Headlines overseas. Top story. President trumps wide ranging News Conference hours ago and an extraordinary offer to meet the north korean dictator kim jongun in the Demilitarized Zone between north and south korea tomorrow. Kristin welker is traveling with the president. She was at the News Conference in japan. Kristin, good morning. Reporter peter, good morning to you from osaka. This is a diplomatic cliffhanger. Will kim jongun accept President Trumps invitation to meet him at the dmz . The president building suspense with that freewheeling News Conference that lasted more than an hour overnight, all coming on the heels of critical Foreign Policy talks. This morning President Trump touching down in south korea after unleashing this extraordinary tweet. If chairman kim of north korea sees this, i would meet him at the border dmz just to shake his hand and say hello. During an overnight News Conference the president was pressed on whether the meeting will actually take
for drug charges in russia how the white house responded today. the four vietnam veterans awarded the highest honor, the bravery that earned them the medal of honor the news tonight of the last surviving member from the famous band of world war ii heroes. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt, recording from highland park, illinois reporter: good evening from the chicago suburbs, the latest site of the deadly mass shooting another community grieving of gun violence this time at a parade celebrating our nation s independence tonight we learned that a seventh person in highland park has now died from injuries sustained during the rampage in addition to nearly 40 others injured. a short time ago, police announcing the suspect has been charged with seven counts of first-degree murder. and there are disturbing new details about how he allegedly preplanned the attack for weeks. how he disguised himself as a woman to make his escape our former nbc news, kevi
stephanie ruhle, the chicago suburb of highland park is the latest community struggling to come to grips with the horror of a deadly mass shooting. tonight the town held a vigil for the seven people killed when a gunman opened fire on a fourth of july parade. the attack also left dozens of people injured. just a few hours ago, vice president kamala harris visited the scene to pay tribute to the victims. police say the suspected gunman fired more than 70 rounds from a rooftop shortly after the parade got underway is today morning. [noise] [noise] [noise] authorities have charged 21 year old male robert with seven counts of murder, and say could eventually face more charges. these are just the first of many charges that will be filed against mr. crimo. i want to emphasize that. there will be more charges. we anticipate dozens more charges, centering around each of the victims, psychological victims, physical victims. so far, police have not identified a motive. but they s
president kamala harris visited the scene to pay tribute to the victims. police say the suspected gunman fired more than 70 rounds from a rooftop shortly after the parade got underway is today morning. [noise] [noise] [noise] authorities have charged 21 year old male robert crimo with seven counts of murder, and say could eventually face more charges. these are just the first of many charges that will be filed against mr. crimo. i want to emphasize that. there will be more charges. we anticipate dozens more charges, centering around each of the victims, psychological victims, physical victims. so far, police have not identified a motive. but they say crimo allegedly planned the attack for weeks. he disguised himself as a woman to make his escape. officials say he legally purchased multiple weapons, including at least two rifles before the shooting. they also revealed that police had to prior contacts with a suspect in 2019 a family member reported he threatened to kill ev
charged in the murder of george floyd. the questions prospective jurors are being asked and the moment that caused floyd s sister to leave the courtroom. queen elizabeth breaking her silence on harry and meghan s explosive interview. what left her saddened and what she said about their allegations of racism against the family new surveillance of the person who placed pipe bombs before the capitol riot walking with a backpack the moment the suspect may have left a bomb in a park near democratic headquarters tonight the manhunt and the plea from the fbi. and a potentially life-saving change for cancer screenings. we ll tell you what you need to know announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone, and welcome. reckless or realistic? across the country states are edging closer to reopening, emboldened by declining infection and hospitalization rates and the increasing number of fully vaccinated americans, now 10% of the population but the