Nbc nightly news begins now. Announcer this is nbc nightly news reporting tonight from washington, Peter Alexander. Good evening. Tonight the chaos has finally simmered down in turkey, but there are growing concerns about the stability in the country. Turkeys government beating back a violent coup attempt, reestablishing control, but not before nearly 200 people were killed and thousands of military personnel there detained. The you recollectish Prime Minister calling the failed uprising a stain on the history of democracy. Its a situation the white house is watching closely. We begin tonight with our chief Foreign Correspondent richard engel. He is on the ground in istanbul. Reporter good evening, peter. Supporters of president erdogan have poured into the streets. I saw erdogan supporters standing on top of tanks cheering for their president. The turkish government said it survived a treasonness and disgraceful attempted coup by a faction in the military. And today supporters of pres
Forecast. We might as well make the best of it. Were still in the pattern. Scattered showers, possible thunderstorms. Cleveland welcome back to school today. Take umbrellas, head to work, school, and or whatever you have planned. Possibility will be there throughout the day. 74 at 9 00, 77 at lunch. Around 80 or so around hopkins. We wont have extreme place. Its still muggy. A lot of rain to our south and west. Were tracking as it trains slowly north and east. Right now light showers happen ago cross the area. No storms as you wake up. Thats important to note. Roads could be wet in spots. Dew points, as i said, making it feel wet. Upper 60s to low 70s. It is humid. We track hourly. Scattered rain this morning well track and look beyond today. Coming up, danielle has a look at your commute this morning sofa fer, any problems . So far, any problems . Yes. We have problems at harvard avenue and tracking slow traffic into downtown 71 north before the inner belt bridge. Approaching 91, 35 m
On their journeys toward olympic gold. The americans continue to lead in both overall and gold medals. Meanwhile, jamaica won its first two rio golds last night and tonight with Elaine Thompson and usain bolt claiming the titles of worlds fastest woman and man. And south africa won its first gold tonight with Wayde Van Niekerks world record performance in the 400 meters. It was also a tremendous sunday for Great Britain today. Five golds and across gymnastics, sailing, cycling, and tennis with andy murray winning a second straight singles title. And there was goal from justin rose in golfs return. And well leave you tonight with the first olympic golf medal ceremony since one was presumably held at glen Oak Hill Country club in st. Louis back in 1904. 112 years later it was time to justin rose with the gold. Swedens Henrik Stenson wins silver. And americas matt kuchar wins bronze. . . . . . . So thatll do it for us. Ryan seacrest coming up in late night. And tomorrow on the today show
Go back to school. Classes start today and Lakewood Police are reminding everyone to watch out for those little ones walking to school. There are156 schools with about 86thousand students returning to classrooms today. Officers with the Lakewood Police department are reminding everyone drivers, parents and students of all ages to stay safe. They say if youre driving near a school be aware everything from buses to students to bikes. Police also recommend that parents talk to their children and remind them to do things like use the crosswalk and stop, look and listen. Tarhonda thomas will be at bear tips coming up at 5. And back to school means back to homework. Kids are getting more and more tech savvy these days even when it comes to studying. Theres a big market for apps that help with penmanship, math, and science skills. And many students are all over it. Cut to teachers use an app called canvas where they post homework and extra study materials. Back in june toxic chemicals contami
We are tracking breaking news tracking breaking news a five firefighters have been taken to the hospital. Team 12s nico santos is live near 32nd right now homicide detectives working an overnight murder in tempe. Its a top story that police will be handling throughout the day. Team 12s bryan west is live near mill and baseline. Active scene it appears to be a biker gang fight that turned deadly. This all happened in the final sports bar n grill parking lot. Police tell us the shootings happened just after eleven last night. 911 calls placed described shots heard in this area near mill avenue and baseline. Tempe pd says what they can tell us is this started as a fight between two men. When officers came out here they say both of the men received gun shots. One died. Another was transported to the hospital. A witness that was on his balcony during the shooting tells 12 news it sounded like a biker gang fight inside the bar that investigators still out here gathering information. Mill ave