Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savian guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a tuesday morning. Im Savannah Guthrie. Im matt lauer and that was incredible news coming out of alabama, the raid that freed that 5yearold boy. Incredible for the parents. The little boy, ethan, spent the night in an alabama hospital, where he is said to be in good spirit this is morning. Agents entered the bunker using a distractive device, some sort of explosive. When it was all said and done, the boys captor was dead and the little boy not hurt. Were hearing from senator Robert Menendez for the first time about claims that he was with prostitutes during overseas trips. Coming up, his emotional response to what he says is a false attack. Weve got more details this morning on just what caused the lights to go out during the super bowl. Well go live to new orleans where some people are saying it happened twice during beyonces r
From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with Brian Williams. Good evening. The people at the Brady Campaign to prevent gun violence, the people who also compile the numbers, tell us that so far today, 203 people have been shot in this country. Thats just today, and just as of 6 00 p. M. Eastern time. Among the shootings, kauffman, texas, an assistant District Attorney gunned down and killed outside the courthouse where he worked. Lincoln, nebraska. A man shot while in his Apartment Building after two armed men burst in. Atlanta, georgia. A 14yearold student shot in the head at Price Middle School this afternoon, one person in police custody. And then, of course, theres the city of chicago. More People Killed there last year than american troops killed in afghanistan. More than 40 gun murders so far just this year, and today they announced a new strategy. Nbcs Kevin Tibbles starts us off from there tonight. Good evening. Brian, 2013 is barely a month old a
Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savian guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a tuesday morning. Im Savannah Guthrie. Im matt lauer and that was incredible news coming out of alabama, the raid that freed that 5yearold boy. Incredible for the parents. The little boy, ethan, spent the night in an alabama hospital, where he is said to be in good spirit this is morning. Agents entered the bunker using a distractive device, some sort of explosive. When it was all said and done, the boys captor was dead and the little boy not hurt. Were hearing from senator Robert Menendez for the first time about claims that he was with prostitutes during overseas trips. Coming up, his emotional response to what he says is a false attack. Weve got more details this morning on just what caused the lights to go out during the super bowl. Well go live to new orleans where some people are saying it happened twice during beyonces r
From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. It was the saddest news this weekend. Over 230 People Killed in a single, horrifying incident. And beyond the tragedy itself, it made so many people think of their own lives and situations theyve been in, and incidents like it in the past. A nightclub in brazil, packed with happy people on a saturday night, listening to a band at 2 30 in the morning. Suddenly, a fire. Started small and then engulfed the club, filling it with smoke and hundreds of people in a panic. It got more urgent and complicated when some of the victims werent allowed out. And today we learned of arrests and an investigation that is just getting under way. Nbcs keir simmons is with us tonight to start us off from santa maria, brazil. Keir, good evening. Reporter good evening, brian. The death toll here is almost unimaginable. The gymnasium behind me became a makeshift morgue. More than 230 lives were lost, and
Decided to move in. A dramatic end to a sixday standoff. In alabama monday, a federal hostage team stormed an underground bunker, where this man, 65yearold jimmy lee dykes, was holding a 5yearold, known only as ethan, captive. Very special child. He has been through a lot. He has endured a lot. By the grace of god, you know, reporter the two spent 143 hours in the underground shelter, stocked with supplies. Law enforcement officials watching closely every minute from the ground and the air, using small, unmanned aircraft. Based on sketches from a neighbor who says he was once inside dykes bunker, we now know the shelter had a hatch and ladder and pvc pipe that, at times was used to communicate with dykes actually ran sideways, 50 yards under ground to his property. Authorities were able to get a camera inside the bunker. Though theyre not saying how. Monday they saw dykes holding a gun. Believing that ethan was in danger, they decided to breach the bunker. Neighbors heard an explosive,