How to protect your family against it. And the show must go on for a top dog whose owner suffered in hurricane sandy. Tonight as he prepares to compete, how chauncey became a symbol of hope. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Tonight authorities in california are raising the stakes in their hunt for a former Los Angeles Policeman wanted in three murders. Announcing a huge reward leading to his arrest. The killings began a week ago today when two people were gunned down in a parking lot. What police say were revenge killings carried out by a disgraced excop. But in a surprising turn of events, police now say they will investigate fugitive Christopher Dorners claim that he was wrongfully fired from the lapd, even as they vow to capture him. Nbcs Miguel Almaguer is outside Police Headquarters in los angeles with the latest on the manhunt. Miguel . Reporter lester, good evening. Its the largest reward ever offered locally.
For the 1. 2 billion catholics around the world, then he should step down. Its something that nobody has considered in modern times. A pope today has to conduct, you know, hundreds if not thousands of audiences, meetings, encounters every year. It takes a tremendous physical toll. Reporter Pope Benedict xiv has just said i had enough of this. Hes also been kind of a lowkey person, who just wanted to retire into a Spiritual Life. Thats exactly what he will do now. He will retire to Spiritual Life into a monastery in the vatican for the rest of his life, while somebody else will take his place. President obama reacted with this statement today. He said on behalf of americans everywhere, michelle and i wish to extend our precious and prayers to his holyness Pope Benedict xiv. Michelle and i warmly remember our meeting with the holy father in 2009 and ive appreciated our Work Together over the last four years. The church plays a Critical Role in the United States and the world, an i wish t
Reporter dorner is believed to have killed four people since february 3. He posted a manifesto on facebook where he claimed he was seeking revenge for being fired from the lapd. Until the remains are positively identified, lapd is going to keep their protective details in place. They are going to be guarding the 50 officers and their families who are on the manifesto list as possible targets for Christopher Dorner. Reporting live south of big bear, Edward Lawrence. Now back to you. Edward, a couple of questions. Do authorities have any idea how long its going to take to identify that body they removed from the cabin . Reporter frank, they are saying it could be as little as two days or it could be several weeks. It just depends on what kind of forensic tests need to be done on that body to determine a positive id. If its dental records then it could be done fairly easily but if its a dna test, they have to send it off and get that completed. Edward, this manhunt that lasted for days, i
Morning. Im matt lauer. And im savannah guthrie. Cant say that this is unprecedented for a pope to just step down, but you have to go back 1600 years to find another example of it. Pope benedict xvi announcing he is stepping down as leader of the Catholic Church. Huge news for the worlds 1 billion catholics. And noncatholics as well. The 85yearold pope made the announcement moments ago, saying his strength is no longer adequate to carry on his duties. In a moment well talk about the decision with Timothy Cardinal dolan, the highest ranking catholic here in the united states. Claudeio is in rome. This morning, would you say this is total surprise . Reporter matt, this was total surprise. Always clear that Pope Benedict xvi was getting weaker by the month. Every time we saw him coming out on official celebration, he did look weaker and weaker, but then he again he is an 85yearold man. John paul ii before him was even in worse shape and he did not resign. Nobody was really expecting him t
Schiavocampo. 4200 passengers are hoping to set foot on dry land this morning after a disaster at sea. Carnivals triumph cruise liner lost power on sunday, causing it to become stranded with little food and even few you are working bathrooms. Nbcs jay gray is live in alabama where the ship is set to dock. Jay, good morning. Reporter good morning to you, mara. Yeah, passengers have described it as a difficult and disgusting trip, one that should end this afternoon has the ship is pulled into the cruise terminal here. A third tugboat joined the slow tow pulling the crippled cruise liner toward this dock at the port of mobile. Weve been doing a lost work to try to activate the terminal again. Weve been doing a lot of logistic security to make this experience not be one thats cumbersome for the passengers. Reporter more than 3,000 passengers who suffered through the fire on sunday suffered through lack of air conditioning and bathrooms. Worst part is the bathrooms. Theres no water. You can