Nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening and welcome. We begin tonight with breaking news, and a scene that will take away the breath of any parent who has sent their child on a Long Distance school trip northwest of new york city, a charter bus carrying High School Students plunged off a highway and down an embankment this afternoon, killing at least two adults, with the governor adding, there are at least five students in Critical Condition from the air, the extent of the disaster scene is apparent. A massive ems response medical teams seen tending to the injured along a highway. Emilie ikeda is there for us tonight with late details. Emilie, what are you finding out . Reporter lester, were learning moments ago, there were 44 people onboard the bus that crashed down a 50foot ravine many of them freshman. Officials say two women died, ages 77 and 43, as we get word that the ntsb is en route to investigation. Tonight, a chilling scene in new york, where a charter bus packed full
Biden at the white house, and his plea to congress for more aid, as republican support fades. The Tropical Storm warning for the east coast. Were tracking it. Rue put murdoch, the creator of fox news, stepping down as chair of his media empire after a tumultuous year. And for two days, he was lost at sea today, his reunion with those who saved his Life Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good evening and welcome. We begin tonight with breaking news, and a scene that will take away the breath of any parent who has sent their child on a Long Distance school trip northwest of new york city, a charter bus carrying High School Students plunged off a highway and down an embankment this afternoon, killing at least two adults, with the governor adding, there are at least five students in Critical Condition from the air, the extent of the Disaster Scene is apparent. A massive ems response medical teams seen tending to the injured along a highway. Emilie ikeda is there for us to
In the meantime, this is what im looking at. The euro having a little bit lower. Spain continuing to be on edge after its Prime Minister moved of thethe authority region. The nikkei up 1. 11 . Sent thees election region to elect to a record. Thats your market check. Lets get to the bloomberg first world news. Catalan separatists are meeting today to formulate their response. Catalan president is set to be ousted, but he vowed to fight on. His allies are signaling he could be declaring independence this week. Rex tillerson is calling on european allies to support new sanctions on iran. He is warning that companies doing business with tehran are doing so at their own risk. He was in riyadh for talks trying to bolster a new alliance between saudi arabia and iraq. Saudi arabia has rebuffed his requested in the fourmonth isolation of qatar. Mays efforts to get brexit legislation through parliament has hit a low new load lock new roadblock. Political political fragility was underlined by the
Ruoff. As always, we take your phone calls. Washington journal is next. Host flags at the Human Capital are at half staff this morning, the day after a First Baptist church in texas became a fight of americas latest. People died when according to authorities, a lone gunman opened fire. You are about the attacker who died yesterday. We spent the first hour of our program on washington journal hearing your reaction to this latest shooting attack in america. Give us a call. Democrats, 202 7488000. Epublicans, 202 7488001 independent callers, 202 7488002. You can also comment on facebook or twitter. Morning to you. Heres the banner headline across the san antonio express. Hime to worship turns to orror. The New York Times armed for war. The New York Times noting that the victims ranged in age from 572 and among the dead were thedren, pregnant women and pastors daughter. The deadliest mass shooting in texas history. Front page of usa today notes that the attacker was found fatally shot a sh
And how long did it take forak f them to realize he was suffocating. Threeyearold dead aftereaol choking on a meatball while in n daycare. Ycar now family members want to knowk what happened. Well have a life report. And later, bottoms up. Up. The hottest new trend for yoga fans. Fa might have lot more guys gettint in on the action. Actio good day at 9a starts right now. All right. Bottoms up. Up. Tv is on. Tv i good day d. C. Welcome. Welce. 9 01 is the time. 9 it is wednesday, january 18th. Wisdom martin, holly morris, Maureen Umeh Steve chenevey. Hene first at 9 00 lets talk about the weather a lot oft of people getting ready for theor t inauguration and theyre hopingd the rain will hold t off. O we are too. But first we have to make it through today. Hoday. Youre taking live look now at madam tussauds there is newests wax museum the donald himself president elect donald trump wax figure unveiled there at the t northwest location of madam tussauds very live like. Ve l we saw them do