Weather. Midday news starts right now. Another historic day plays out with president obama. He is meeting right now with cubas leader raul castro. A formal ceremony is happening right now after the two shook hands a few minutes ago. They are meeting in the formal palace there in havana. And were just watching as the formal ceremony gets started, just beginning just a few minutes ago. The National Anthem playing out there. Just about 30 minutes ago, we watched the president take part in a wreath laying ceremony. Its been a busy morning. This is at the jose marti memorial, which is an important landmark for the cuban, also very formal, where the si participated in that event. This is the president s first visit to the communist nation in more than 90 years. Once the two president s actually sit down and have their chat, they are expected to talk about lifting the trade embargo and touch on the deep divide on human rights. And then at some point today, we expect the president to make an a
Now at 11 00, a st. Patricks Day Celebration turns olent. A man stabbed with a broken bottle blocks fnom an annual parade. An 11yeaoold boy finds both of his parents bead in their home. Tonight who police are focussing their investigation on. Plus, arizona battleground. Tensions heating up, fists fly and protestors block traffic in the ground war to try to stop donald trump. Good evening and thanks for joining us. Well have more on those stories here in a moment but first the weather and while htomorrow marks ehe first d of spring, wmeter willsryo deliver a sucker punch. Storm is moving up the coast and could blanket part of the area in onow. The rest of us want to get in the clear. We are looking at a little line is going to have a bigger impact on the way it manifests for us. Were not changing our snowfall totals at all but you will feel a different impact from this storm because of its later arrival. It will be dry most of the day tomorrow. Thats good news for the runners for the h
Begins right now. Announcer from 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 in search of radioactive materials for a dirty bomb attack. Nbcs chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel has late details now from brussels. Reporter were americans the target of the brussels bombers . The state Department Toda
Attacker finish the game. Now police are weighing criminal charges. Thumbs down. Facebook weighing the introduction of a kind of a dislike button. We all know you need more ways to show your disapproval on social media today. Wednesday, september 16th, 2015. Probably the last person in the world you should ask about anything having to do with facebook. But this has been coming it seems for a long time. A lot of people who are used to liking photographs and posts on facebook have thought there should be another button that better conveys the complexities of human emotions. Its more about empathy than disliking something. The top story. It is shaping up to be another difficult day for emergency crews out west. On one hand the devastating wildfire in Northern California. On the other, the aftermath of deadly flooding in utah. Two reports beginning with nbcs ron mott. Ron, good morning to you. Reporter good morning to you, matt. The death toll from these floored flash floods have devastate
San francisco and oakland combined. Scott boxes we have several reports for you this morning. Stephanie chuang is with evacuees. Kari hall is looking at the weather conditions. But lets begin with nbc bay areas bob redell who spent the morning with fire crews. Bob live a calfire spokesman indicated today could one bright spot is that that inversion, the cloud layer, hovering over the valley fire over the past two day has lifted. You can see blue sky through the smoky haze there. Which means the choppers and air tankers can start their attack today, much, much earlier than usual. These three here can start walking and checking homes. Reporter this was the scene 90 minutes ago this morning along bus canyon road. Unit leaders trying to figure out where on the fire lines men and women are needed most. Over the past 24 hours cal fire almost doubled the number of firefighters. There are around 2800 men and women assigned to put out the valley fire that has destroyed nearly 600 homes. The fir