on camera. a chinese fighter jet comes within 400 feet of a u.s. air force plane. our richard engel s dangerous assignment inside an african nation pracactically rurun by a russian mercenary group. how it s fueling the war in ukraine mystery solved why the famed venice canal suddenly turned green. and a major comeback for the pitcher diagnosed with cancer just five months ago announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt and good evening i m tom llamas in for lester there is fear and outrage in iowa tonight as desperate families cling to hope that their loved ones may still be alive inside a partially collapsed apartment building in the city of davenport look at these images part of the building is totally gone, but then there was this amazing scene last night. a resident waving for help some 27 hours after the collapse not only that, it came after authorities said that first responders had checked the entire building and no one was left inside. in fact, th
trapped. the city under fire for trying to demolish the building today. we hear from desperate family members. also tonight, the most brazen attack inside russia yet. drones targeting residential areas in moscow. how president putin is responding tonight. the mass shooting on a boardwalk in florida. nine injured, four of them children while in california, a group of teens attacking these marines. the first big test in congress for the debt deal with a deadline to default just days away. news about former first lady rosalynn carter. her new diagnosis just announced. close call caught on camera. a chinese fighter jet comes within 400 feet of a u.s. air force plane. our richard engel s dangerous assigngnment insidide a african nation practically run by a russian mercenary group. how it s fuelling the war in ukraine. why the famed venice canal suddenly turned green. and a major comeback for the pitcher diagnosed with cancer just five months ago. announcer: this
promenade. most people got up from the restaurant, went around, hid in different places. reporter: hundreds scrambled for their lives amidst a volley of gunfire on memorial day. i think there was a child that was shot. we actually saw people bringing the child and getting into an ambulance. reporter: several individuals have been detained by law enforcement as police search for these three men they say are involved in yesterday s shooting, with nine victims, including a 1-year-old child. none of the injuries are considered life-threatening. you hear gunshots, you don t know what it is. reporter: steps away from the violence, cory offers a window into the holiday horror. new surveillance video from his cafe club shows a mom running by holding her child s hand, and a man plowing through a rope barricade. i was stunned, completely stunned. to have it happen in hollywood beach where there is always police surveilling the area, businesses are safe. everything is safe here. r
of people to help al qaeda accomplish their terroristic objectives. al al qaeda, isis also promoted this type of attack and it s been used a lot in recent years, particularly in europe. there have been a lot of instances of al qaeda and isis inspired terrorist to use truck to try to kill people on the street. the worst incident is what happened in nice last year, killing 86 people. this attack this year by a nazi sympathizer killed a 32-year-old woman, injured dozens of others. this was an al qaeda vehicle style attack, a man plowing into a crowd of people using his car. but because of the type of gathering this was, because of what we know about the perpetrator, there s also something very home grown about what just happened here. tactically it looks like international terrorism. as americans we know this as the
to kill people on the street. the worst incident is what happened in nice last year, on bastille day. that killed 86 people. this attack this year by a nazi sympathizer killed a 32-year-old woman, injured dozens of others. tactically speaking this was an al qaeda-style vehicle attack, a man plowing into a crowd of people using his car. but because of the type of gathering this was, because of what we know about the perpetrator, there s also something very home grown about what just happened here. tactically it looks like international terrorism. as americans we know this as the latest violent manifestation of a violent white supremacist infection that we ve been unable to eradicate in our country forever. joining us now for perspective on the history and evolution of that movement is carole anderson. she s the author of white rage: the unspoken truth of our