What investigators have just taken. And the face revealed. Who is the mystery doctor . G good evening. And we begin tonight with that deadly disaster, the explosion here in the u. S. That took the lives of 15 and destroyed dozens of homes. Tonight, authorities have now revealed it was, in fact, a criminal act. It began with a fire at a fertilizer plant in west texas. And the massive explosion that followed, registering as strong as a magnitude 2. 1 earthquake. So many lives lost on that night. Hundreds, in fact, were injured. But this evening, three years and 400 interviews later, what authorities have just revealed, as they now issue a major reward for help. Abcs phillip mena is in texas. Reporter we remember that father in the car with his daughter you okay . Yeah, i cant hear. Reporter the explosion. The fear. Please, get out of here. Oh, my god. Reporter the blast, the smoke seen from all over town. Families sheltering one another. Cowering behind cars. Roofs collapsed. The top flo
Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Urgent help is on the way for travelers at one of the nations busiest airports tonight after hundreds missed their flights on sunday, because of understaffed tsa checkpoints and very long lines. Today the head of the tsa apologized to passengers affected by the bottleneck at chicagos ohare airport, and dispatched a crisis team to get things moving. Increasingly long waits at security checkpoints across the country have caused tens of thousands to miss flights this year, and the fact that were already seeing meltdowns on a scale of what happened sunday in chicago, ahead of the busy travel season is deepening concerns. The developments in this unfolding crisis. Reporter long lines again this morning at chicagos this, after many were forced to sleep on cots sunday. The entire airport, for the entire domestic flights. Its like crazy. Reporter today
Congratulations and are you going to be so happy. Donald trump divides the gop. Will you support him . Im just not ready to do that at this point. I want to see a candidate whos going to be more president ial. This isnt burger king. This is an election. You dont get it all the time just like you want it. This has been going on a year. What do they need to know . If i can snap my fingers and make everything instantly unified, i would. More evacuations under way in canada. Officials say the only thing that will stop this fire is rain. Air tankers are not going to stop this fire. You feel hopeless. Wheres the government . Washington, d. C. Surveillance video capturing the explosion. No injuries. Passengers sustained head injuries. I thought this was it. The plane was taking a nosedive. Officials are trying to determine what Hazardous Materials were released during a massive warehouse fire near houston. It was just a fireball. Oh, here it goes. In Southern California Police Chased a murder
First child. What shes saying this morning. You just want to move when you hear Janet Jackson and she hasnt confirmed it but all indications are a baby is on the way. No official word but a lot of clues out there. Yeah, there are a lot of clues. The pop superstar tweeting out damn baby. You dont say. I think thats a big indication. Also this morning well have a lot more. The incredible images of those wildfires. This is new dash cam video thats coming in. Look at this. Well have all the latest in a moment and well begin with the race for the white house. Donald trumps going to be the gop nominee. Everyone else has dropped out now thinking about a running mate and how to unify his party. Jon karl in washington with the latest. Good morning, jon. Reporter good morning, george. Now that donald trump has the republican nomination locked up he has to find a way to unite a party that is deeply divided over his victory. And then there was one. Donald trump now stands alone, the presumptive no
We gave it everything weve got. But the voters chose another path. Trump trails cruz in indiana. Its not an easy job when Reince Priebus had 17 eaglors, and now i guess egos, and now i guess hes down to one. Donald trump appears ready to be dump a lot on you. People have been dumping stuff on me for 25 years. I am on the brink of the first woman being nominated by a national party. Secretary clinton thinks this campaign is over. Ive got some bad news for her. [ cheers ] the u. S. Navy s. E. A. L. Killed in iraq identified as 31yearold Charlie Keating i v. Everyone at the white house including the first family extends our condolences. Workers in detroit returning after assurances that Union Members would get paid through the summer. We shouldnt be forcing people to work for free. They arent College Basketball players. In canada, an entire town of 80,000 in the path of an aggressive, outofcontrol wildfire. Lowery, halfcourt hea v heap overtime were this much closer to having a president