Wlcome to today in new kyork, its sundayhe 20th of march. Cl cosing in on the end of this month, 11 day left. Im pat battle. Im gus rosendale. Weve got to talk about the snow. Just in a few showers, we have a snow alert issued for all five boroughs. You may not need the shovel, though. This is something you expect in january and february. Certainly not on the first day of spring, unless youve been around a while and remember the blizzard of april, i think 1983. Checkey beckford has more on the preparations under way around the city. Od morning, check. Reporter good morning, pat. First day of spring, no way. Just when you thought it was okay to put away the winter clothes. Noyot so much. I dig in the back of my closet to put it away. Even though its not snowing or raining, it feels like it could. It is freezing out here. Thats why the department of sanitation, as you mentioned, issued a snow alert beginning at 10 00 this morning. Not because they expect this to means, but they do want t
Mark a 17yearold who is described as a runaway is in custody after his mother saw him in a picture online with a gun. I m mark hayes. Lisa i m lisa cooney. His mother said it looked like he was near bridgetown middle school. Dan griffin is near that school with more on what we know. Dan good afternoon. Green Township Police are trying to iron out all the details. To School Officials in the oak hills district are telling us there was never a threat made. They did have police here this morning just to add calm to the fears. Is expelled from oak hills high has not been in contact with his she is saw a picture of him loading what appeared to be a facebook on bridgetwon campus. She believed it to be stolen. The police on the 17yearold last night without any kind of outstanding warrants, including obstructing justice, runaway, and theft. They found a shotgunstyle bb gun connected to him in some way at a different location after that. They say that one thing parents should know is that there
Milestone. Nightly news begins right now. This is nbc nightly news with lester holt reporting tonight from san francisco. Good evening, music fans everywhere are reacting to the stunning loss of pop superstar prince. One of the most unique and dynamic performers that gave us hits such as purple rain and little corvette. There is a growing memorial outside princes minneapolis area home as others are sharing grief on social media tonight. In his own statement, president obama writes the world lost a creative icon. The 57yearold who blasted onto the music scene in the 70s with his edgy mix of rock, soul and funk was found in his home today unresponsive and was declared dead a short time later. Well go back to minneapolis in a moment for more on here is nbcs cynthia mcfadden. I never meant to cause you any sorrow reporter he was given three names at birth, prince Rogers Nelson but he only needed one, prince. Purple rain, purple rain vaulting to super stardom with purple rain prince won an
What can you tell us . Has anyone been hurt . Janell no one is hurt. The parents are all here. It is a chaotic scene as parents rushed to the high school to pick up their children. The superintendent, i talked to him, he confirmed that a Security Guard, a School Security guard, is in custody for making the bomb threats throughout the week. This is the third time a bomb threat has been called in. The superintendent could not go into details about how they were able to make the link to the Security Guard, but the Security Guard has only been affiliated with the school for two weeks. He is a private Security Guard, and was hired here with other Security Guards, because of social media issues. The school was trying to take a proactive stance. The parents are still rushing just left the campus. She said the situation was getting out of hand. The School District asked the students to leave their back home. There relieved that they have someone in custody. We received 2 all call messages sayi
Sglfrlgs and Gary Shandling dies. The beloved comedian gone at age 66. Hollywood mourns his loss. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer there nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. In the aftermath of tuesdays deadly attacks in belgium, authorities in neighboring france have Just Announced that they have foiled a terror plot in the advanced stages there. Unrelated to the brussels bombings. While in brussels, red flags have emerged that possibly point to americans being targeted as part of this weeks attacks. At least 31 people were killed and 316 hurt. Dozens suffering critical injuries that doctors describe as looking more like wounds of war. And tonight as were getting our first look inside the apartment where the suitcase bombs were constructed, comes word two brothers involved in the attacks may have been radioactive materials for a dirty bomb attack. Nbcs chief are Foreign Correspondent hases details. Reporter the state