Burglaries. Most of the protesters are not destructive or violent but little more than an hour ago, despite the relative piece, police fired tear gas where ali was reporting in minneapolis, unprovoked by protesters. Reporter nobody was doing anything. They pulled in, opening fire. Working towards us. Get back, get back, hes hit. Step back. Step back. I got it, whoa, watch it guys. Got gas here. All right. Back up, back up, back up. They are now moving toward us. Moving toward us. There was shooting at us. Reporter theyre shooting. Put your helmets on, miguel, stay with me. We got gassed. Highly dramatic situation as you can see. Tensions are flared in other cities, philadelphia to pittsburgh to columbia, south carolina, new york city. Windows shattered, and authorities deployed tear gas and rubber bullets. Nine states are all joining minneapolis in calling their National Guard forces to respond to those protests. George floyds brother told reverend al sharpton he spoke with President T
Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. It is one of the greatest mysteries of our time. The fate of malaysia air flight 370 and the 239 people on board. Tonight many are holding their breath, wondering if its finally on the verge of being solved. Video and photos of a large piece of plane wreckage found on a Remote Island in the indian ocean are carefully being scrutinized. We should tell you from the start not all the experts agree. Investigators believe the debris in the images is consistent with a boeing 777. The same as the missing Malaysia Airlines jet. Nbcs tom costello has been working the story all day. What do we know right now . Reporter lots of phone calls. And sources now tell nbc news that boeing investigators have looked at the photo and they believe it is in fact a piece of a wing. Perhaps a flap from a boeing 777. Theres only one boeing 777 thats missing in the world
And from rio, the final showdown. What Michael Phelps and ryan lochte said about each other before their faceoff tonight. And of course, the other breaking headline from rio tonight. Shes made america very proud. Good evening. And we begin tonight with the urgent search for the missing at this hour, after a deadly explosion at an apartment complex in maryland. The explosion in the middle of the night, and you can see family members climbing out of windows. One man holding his phone light there to get the rescuers attention. Heres what we know tonight. At least two people were killed in the inferno. Dozens hurt, including several firefighters. The blast rocking the entire neighborhood. Abcs Gloria Riviera is on the scene tonight, amid growing questions over whether this was a gas explosion. Reporter tonight, the smoldering devastation from above, all thats left of this maryland apartment complex. It appears there was some sort of explosion. The debris has covered the entire road. Report