This occasion. Stthere are a few that reference cities where the pope will be traveling like streets of philadelphia by Bruce Springsteen and another state of mind by alicia keys. There were mile stoens and breakthroughs, a touch of familiar on nbcs top nights t. Winners and highlights of the 67th prime time awards. I haveola davis. Vieola davis. Viola davis became the first plaque actress in her role. The only. That separates anyone from anyone else is opportunity. After seven losses, he crawled on stage to finally get his lands on the award. This is impossible. Ible possible. Samberg for his role transgender. Community. Thank you for letting us be a part of the change. Vin the best actress range. Julia louise dry fuss. Her show broke through as best samberg for the first time. I just one the emmys. Whohoo nbc the voice won best competition series. Amy schumer won and daly show won as best talk series. Thank you so much. You will never have to see me again. As tracy morgan returns to
Family says the wrong person is behind bars. We get the latest tonight from nbc. Reporter shaking his head as the charges were listed. Four counts of endangerment Reporter Police say the suspect Leslie Allen Merritt jr. A 21yearold landscaper terrorized drivers along i10. He was arrested friday night at this walmart. All i have to say is that im the wrong guy. I tried telling the detectives that. My guns been in the pawn shop for the last two months. I havent even had access to a weapon. Reporter his bond set at 1 million. I could never afford that bond. I got two kids. Reporter police say merritts gun was linked to the first four of the highway shootings. And according to a court document, the gun was not in pawn status during the time of the shootings. The crime lab testfired the firearm pawned by what we believe to be mr. Merritt. The testfired bullets were matched to bullet fragments from four casings over the last weekend in august. Reporter investigators say merritt sold the gun
From nbc World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight, tamron hall. Good evening, we begin tonight with yet another controversial comment from a gop candidate for president. And this time its not donald trump. Dr. Ben carson is now under fire for comments he made today to our own chuck todd on meet the press. Carson saying he does not believe a muslim should be president. His remarks now another distraction for the republican party. Nbcs Holly Jackson joins us with more. Good evening, tamron. Ben carsons campaign tells me he probably will reach out to members of the Muslim Community, as tonight theres new fallout from those comments, with one Group Calling on carson to drop out of this race altogether. From a typically softspoken candidate, a response making lots of noise today, after ben carson was asked on meet the press whether a president s faith should matter to voters . If it fits within the realm of america and consistent with the constitution, i h
Will serve as safe havens, offering food, shelter and medical care. Abc 7 News Reporter Marcy Gonzalez is in ferguson with the latest on preparations for this grand jury decision. Reporter a decision finally reached by the grand jury on whether or not to charge officer Darren Wilson for killing unarmed teenager Michael Brown. People here in ferguson, missouri now anxiously awaiting the announcement after days of buildup and anticipation. Last night, about 150 protesters closed down streets in st. Louis. Any time you have a Mass Movement of people of color like myself and you have Law Enforcement, it usually doesnt turn out too good. Reporter last night, it did. The demonstration was peaceful. Over the weekend, though, there were several arrests outside of Ferguson Police headquarters. And some Law Enforcement officials worry this was just a preview of the unrest yet to come. Police have been preparing, putting up barricades, planning to put 1,000 officers on the ground once the decisio
Todays loser will have the playoff hopes diminished. The last time they met it was the nfc championship game, with seattle winning. They won their first super bowl title two weeks later. The moment we remember from that game is the final interception to seal the w for the seahawks, thanks in part to Richard Sherman knocking down Colin Kaepernicks pass to michael crabtree. Colin is at levi stadium on the field. This game has been marked by both teams all season on their calendars. Reporter you said it. I guarantee you, everyone in the stadium will have their eyes glued on crabtree and sherman. Whenever they line up opposite one another tonight, lets be honest, it was the defining play of what turned out to be the gamewinning play in the nfc championship game, as you mentioned. Sherman with a handshake gesture toward crabtree. It preserved the 2317 lead for seattle. They went on to win the super bowl, like you said. Sherman thought crabtree disrespected him the previous offseason. Tonigh