Death two police officers, a civilian and themselves over the weekend. It turns out nbc news interviewed one of the shooters, jarod miller, earlier this spring when he turned up at a standoff against the federal government in arizona. Nbcs mike taibbi has more from las vegas. Reporter for the Las Vegas Metro police department, an agonizing salute to two fallen comrades and then the daunting task of figuring out why this young couple, jared and amanda miller, turned from antigovernment conspire ty buffs into alleged killers. The conclusion so far, they were not part of a conspiracy or broader group. We certainly believe that theyre connected to a certain ideology which is antipolice, antigovernment. But as of right now we have not been able to find any additional links or any additional suspects. Reporter but there were plenty of hints that something awful was brewing. Jared had briefly joined the armed protesters supporting clive lundi in april and spoke exclusively to nbc news. I feel
And gone fishing. The men of today load up the minivan and head to the water. Its stuck on the bottom ive got the bottom how are they biting down your way, carson . Not so good, actually. No. No. Its fun, though. Todays dads engage in male bonding and open up about the highs and lows of fatherhood, part of our modern dad series, today, tuesday, june 10th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Nice to have you along on a Tuesday Morning on today. Thats right. Weve got willie in for natalie, whos on assignment. We want to get right to our top story, its this breaking news out of afghan. Thats right, five american troops possibly killed in a friendly fire air strike while trying to repel a militant attack. Lets get right to Jim Miklaszewski at the pentagon for us. Mick, good morning. What happened here . Reporter savannah, defense and military officials are telling nbc news that
Ne® plus. On this saturday night, shooting rampage, a terrifying night as a gunman kills six people on and around a college campus. His motive in a chilling video promising a day of retribution. Firefight. The battle to contain a Massive Wildfire by making it even bigger, as tourists and businesses find themselves smoked out on this holiday weekend. Abortion battleground. The newest state to impose tough requirements on doctors who perform the procedure. Protecting women or denying them access . And all in the family. A most unlikely living arrangement and remarkably, it works. Lifelong friends and inseperable. From nbc news headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news kwtsz with lester holt. Police didnt have to wonder what caused a gunman to kill six people and injure seven others near a California College campus last night. The answer was a click away on youtube in a chilling manifesto. The victims were gunned down by a driveby killer on the streets of isla vista near the uni
Worlds attention today was focused on a horrific tragedy in brazil, the death toll tonight at least 230 after a fastmoving fire broke out in a crowded nightclub. Officials say too many people and too few exits turned the club into a death trap after a rock bands pyrotechnics apparently ignited the ceiling. Many patrons were left unable to get out, overwhelmed by the smoke, and in some cases, the flames themselves much the circumstances are eerily similar to some other deadly nightclub fires the past several years, including one in this country. Todays tragedy happened in the southern brazilen University Town of santa maria. Nbcs mike taibbi reports. Reporter the kiss nightclub was packed with the usual saturday night crowd when at 2 00 in the morning, a disaster. The ground floor was filled with smoke. Club security initially blocked several emergency exits, thinking patrons were leaving without paying and that left only a few ways out. In the ensuing panic, many victims were trampled,
We go now to nbcs mike taibbi who is in kabul with the developing details. Mike, what can you tell us . Reporter it happened at about 10 30 local time in the kabul suburb of wardock thats just east of this city. According to a Coalition Military source, a lone gunman dressed in an afghan army uniform was in the middle of a briefing with other soldiers, both coalition and afghan soldiers, turned his weapon on them and opened fire. The source said there were casualties but could not confirm that among those casualties were any fatalities. Theyre assessing the damage from that incident. Now, wardak has become controversial in the past month because of unconfirmed reports of abuses and attacks by Coalition Special forces and Afghan Special forces working with them against civilians in that province. And because of that, afghan President Hamid karzai had ordered that those special forces withdraw. He gave a twoweek deadline. Thats now passed. The withdrawal has not happened. Wardak controve