Scientists track them and discover a kind of feline frankenstein. Good evening. We begin with that wall of wind howling across the country tonight. Millions of americans bracing for the impact, everything from stalled trains and planes to tornadoes. And here is the map. An area from the Florida Panhandle to new york, under a Severe Weather warning. Abcs Steve Osunsami is outside atlanta tonight in adairsville, georgia, where one powerful tornado has already torn through town. Reporter an hour north of atlanta, an amazing picture, the sky was falling. Weve got debris flying to the left and center of this system. The sirens have been going off here. The wind is kicking up, along with the rain. Again, a funnel crossing the interstate here in adairsville. Reporter witnesses here say the tornado was on the ground, churning through homes, Office Buildings and factories for more than 20 minutes. Scientists think it was an ef2 or greater, with wind speeds more than 125 miles an hour. Please ta
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From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. It takes just a moment to remember back clearly to the very moment we learned about the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in newtown, connecticut. To remember how shocked we all were and how sad and sorry a scene that was. Well, this is still very much the post newtown era. So there was great emotion today at a hearing on guns on capitol hill. Especially when a very wellknown survivor of gun violence, Gabby Giffords, came forward to deliver her own remarks. And yet during the hearing, we learned of another shooting. This one in arizona. A workplace, one gunman, three shooting victims, one fatal. We begin tonight with this emotional issue. Our report from Nbcs Kelly Odonnell on capitol hill. Reporter good evening, brian. The passion so deep, this hearing room was packed, included many families and survivors, victims of other shootings. And it was a group of people asking con
Whats interesting about one goal is that it pinpoints and targets lowincome, underperforming students in non selective Chicago Public schools, students who are least likely to graduate from high school, let alone college. Suarez we look at newly released documents showing leaders in the Catholic Church in los angeles shielded pedophile priests and failed to report allegations of child abuse. Brown and gwen ifill talks with biographer jeanne theo haris, who offers a complex ait of the woman best known for refusing to give up her seat on an alabama bus in 1955. She is celebrated for one act and i think part of that celebration puts it all in the past, right, when the actual rosa parks keeps working on racial and social justice issues all the way up to the end of her life. Brown thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting
Oh i get it, you wanna pass the time, huh. holds up phone fruit ninja emergency roadside assistance. Just a click away with the geico mobile app. Good morning. Im thomas roberts. Tolling our agenda today, game of drones. Develops right now, nominee for cia director john brennan going on the hot seat in a matter of hours as the white house makes an about face on its controversial Drone Program and the targeting of americans overseas. The Obama Administration now breaking years of secrecy and handing over a confidential 16page memo that justifies the targeting killing of u. S. Citizens abroad suspected of being terrorists. This decision to release the document came hours before brennan was to face a serious grilling by lawmakers outraged over the program. The biggest critic, democratic senator ron wyden who says the president has been stonewalling congress for years and suggested blocking brennans nomination. President obama called wyden specifically last night. Clearly, the president s