Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with jose dias balart. Good evening. We begin with an unfolding tragedy in norge california where it appears there could be a staggering death toll after a fire broke out as a warehouse being used for a party. It happened last yooek in oakland, just across the bay from possibility as many as 40 people may have lost their lives. And the questions about safety in that building are growing tonight. Nbcs Gotti Schwartz is there. Reporter overnight in oakland a Late Night Party turned into a warehouse inferno. Understand, dozens unable to escape what firefighters described as a worst case scenario. There is just a tragedy and there is the smoke clears, yellow tarps confirming a gutwrenching death toll expected to climb. Firefighters say about 75 people were inside the warehouse known as the oakland ghost ship when a fire broke out on the second story. The space home to a handful of artists most inside last nigh
We have a lot of sharks fans in our newsroom. Theyve died a lot in the 25 years since this team was born. But now, tonight, we can say team teal is head together stanley cup finals. Game six of the western conference finals tonight with st. Louis. Joel pavelsky not denied on the doorstep as the sharks built a 40 lead and had to hold off a late charge by the blues who scored a pair of goals in the third period just to make this a little bit interesting. This is a sharks team that had no expectations coming into this season. A new head coach in peter de boer, blending older players like Patrick Thornton with a brandnew goalie in martin jones. A 52 series clinching victory. They are going to the cup finals facing the winner of the Pittsburg Tampa bay series decided tomorrow. Very exciting it times for team teal. Well have lots more. A postgame reaction coming up later on in sports. Thank you larry. Hillary clinton is back in the bay area tonight. Yes, she attended a private fundraiser in
We have our own victims of war here in america. There were headlines recently when a 76yearold veteran shot himself to death outa va hospital in north port new york. Suicides by vets happen on average, 20 times a day. Tonight, jim axelrod has a remarkable story about an organization that is helping to rescue, vets in distress. After trying to drink himself past the demens that darkened his mind and after a second member of his old platoon committed suicide, Frank Lesnefsky got help. In his therapists office he can talk about his posttraumatic stress instead of being haunted by it. You know the tension across my chest. I was immobilized. Like being frozen. Just watching time pass. Its crazy. And contemplated taking his own life. I had a great person tell me once that you know, dont so, theyre killing us, theyre killing us over there and theyre still killing us here. The guy told me dont let it happen. Dont give them that satisfaction and let them know that. Reporter in 2014 he found hel
Trump as he told america what he would do as commanderinchief. His Foreign Policy speech in philadelphia was peppered with attacks on health hillary clintt for the most part he stuck to the script and the teleprompter. Heres major garrett. Sometimes it seems like there wasnt a country in the middle east that Hillary Clinton didnt want to invade, intervene in, or topple. Shes triggerhappy and very indictment of Hillary Clinton pinned former secretary of state for every problem in the middle east, citing her support for the iraq war and the overthrow of libyan dictator of moammar qaddafi, actions trump supported at the time. The current strategy of toppling regimes with no plan for what to do the day after only produces power vacuums that are filled simply by terrorists. Reporter trump promised to pull back from nation building despite this fanciful boast in december i know more about isis than the generals, do believe me. Reporter trump said he would be listening to military brass. Imme
Trump as he told america what he would do as commanderinchief. His Foreign Policy speech in philadelphia was peppered with attacks on health hillary clintt for the most part he stuck to the script and the teleprompter. Heres major garrett. Sometimes it seems like there wasnt a country in the middle east that Hillary Clinton didnt want to invade, intervene in, or topple. Shes triggerhappy and very unstable. Reporter Donald Trumps indictment of Hillary Clinton pinned former secretary of state for every problem in the middle east, citing her support for the iraq war and the overthrow of libyan dictator of moammar qaddafi, actions trump supported at the time. The current strategy of toppling regimes with no plan for what to do the day after only produces power vacuums that are filled simply by terrorists. Reporter trump promised to pull back from nation building and spreading democracy, and despite this fanciful boast in december i know more about isis than the generals, do believe me. Rep