And lower 70s to the cape and brighter down here, clouds filling in pretty quickly in the boston area and kids going back to school mostly cloudy skies and temperatures working way into the lower 80s in worcester and clearing out during the afternoon. Boston though going to stay a little bit warmer this afternoon, 9 00 a. M. 77 . , 11 00 a. M. 82, middle 80s here early this afternoon. We should hit the upper 80s as we clear out later today. 84 to 92 for your range of highs, morning spritz possible with thicker clouds. Afternoon im going to time out the clearing from north to south and update on Commuter Rail. Julie issues on Framingham Worcester line because of medical emergency. Many trains on worcester line are impacted. Head to the website or check out twitter handle which is at Julie Grauert if youre going to be running late this morning. Shifting over to the maps, route 193 south pretty typical volume right now make way south into boston. Expressway jampacked from the braintree sp
Lester holt. Good evening. American war planes once again today struck isis targets near the critical mosul dam in iraq. The latest strike comes a day after the Obama Administration acknowledged it is considering expanding attacks against the Islamic State fighters into syria. And that has opened a vigorous discussion over just how serious a threat isis poses outside the middle east, more specifically the united states. The grisly execution murder of american journalist james foley this week underscored the brutal nature of the group. And just yesterday the white house said isis is more dangerous than it was six months ago, a telling admission from an administration that not long ago was downplaying the terror groups capabilities. Lets begin our coverage tonight with Kristen Welker who is in Marthas Vineyard where the president remains on vacation. Kristen, good evening. Reporter lester, good evening. The pentagon is drawing up military options for syria, even identifying possible isis
From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. American war planes once again today struck isis targets near the critical mosul dam in iraq. The latest strike comes a day after the Obama Administration acknowledged it is considering expanding attacks against the Islamic State fighters into syria. And that has opened a vigorous discussion over just how serious a threat isis poses outside the middle east, more specifically the united states. The grisly execution murder of american journalist james foley this week underscored the brutal nature of the group. And just yesterday the white house said isis is more dangerous than it was six months ago, a telling admission from an administration that not long ago was downplaying the terror groups capabilities. Lets begin our coverage tonight with Kristen Welker who is in Marthas Vineyard where the president remains on vacation. Kristen, good evening. Reporter lester, good evening. The penta
Good evening. American war planes once again today struck isis targets near the critical mosul dam in iraq. The latest strike comes a day after the Obama Administration acknowledged it is considering expanding attacks against the Islamic State fighters into syria. And that has opened a vigorous discussion over just how serious a threat isis poses outside the middle east, more specifically the united states. The grisly execution murder of american journalist james foley this week underscored the brutal nature of the group. And just yesterday the white house said isis is more dangerous than it was six months ago, a telling admission from an administration that not long ago was downplaying the terror groups capabilities. Lets begin our coverage tonight with Kristen Welker who is in Marthas Vineyard where the president remains on vacation. Kristen, good evening. Reporter lester, good evening. The pentagon is drawing up military options for syria, even identifying possible isis targets in t
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