As the disaster unfolds in a city and state under siege. Nightly news from houston begins right now. This is nbc nightly news with lester holt reporting tonight from houston. Good evening. The nations fourth biggest city is a city of islands tonight. Neighborhoods straited by rising flood waters in the face of an unprecedented amount of rain. Stalled Tropical Storm hor have i still tormenting the region two days after coming ashore as a hurricane. At least two people have died because of the storm, including one here in houston where rainfall amounts could reach 50 inches, 50, before its over. Tonight, 3,000 National Guard members are deployed across the disaster zone from houston to corpus christi. As crews move mounds of debris in the areas that took direct hits from harvey, tonight it is water that has this city on its heels. Too much of it too quickly and no place for it all to go. And not since katrina have we seen so many dramatic rescues. Urban water rescues. People desperate to
Office all still investigating the circumstances surrounding what happened here along those train tracks. Now, this is in the area under the mass. Pike. It is between buick street which is right off of Commonwealth Avenue here and storrow drive. Police got the call just after midnight, we are told. A short time later, they located the body of this 17yearold male. Investigators say the student appeared to be crossing the tracks when he was hit by an outbound m. B. T. A. Commuter train with 38 passengers now, no foul play is suspected at this hour. And the students name is being withheld until his family has been notified. As you can imagine, students who just started school are in shock this afternoon. It is numbing. There is a lot of students at b. U. You kind of hear about something once a year. But its numbing. You know, its very sad. Very sad. On the b. U. Campus that this student was a freshman here on campus. Because his name is not being released until family members have been no
Taylor. 3 thanks for waking up with us on this xxx morning. 3 light snow will linger into the Morning Hours through the area. By afternoon, most of the area will see overcast skies th a high of 22. Another band of light snow will move in overnight and linger into the Morning Hours tomorrow as well. Expect no more than 1 2 to 1 of additional snow. The rest of the day tomorrow will see overcast skies and a high of 20. Look for a very cold day on thursday with mostly cloudy skies and a high of 16 with the chance of a light flurry or two. The rest of the week and into the weekend will see a warm up and 3 3 3 3 3 3 sunny skies. Warm up and 3 sunny skies. 3 3 3 a cleveland grand jury decided not to bring criminal officers a year after they shot and killed a 12 year old playing with a toy gun. As reporter Demarco Morgan shows us. Prosecutors say evidence did not show criminal conduct by the Police Officers who shot at tamir rice. 3 sot timothy j. Mcginty 14 06 22 simply put, given this perfec
This is bbc news withjoanna gosling with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Scientists warn that Contact Tracing this is bbc news with in the uk isnt good enough the latest headlines to prevent a second, even bigger, for viewers in the uk wave of covid 19, once and around the world. Schools re open for the new term. Scientists warn that Contact Tracing the government says it is improving. In the uk isnt good enough this is not something we have ever to prevent a second, even bigger, wave of covid 19 once had to do before schools re open for the new term. And the lancet are absolutely right to say this matters the government says its improving. But dont underestimate what we have achieved here. This is not something an increase in exam weve had to do before, pass rates in scotland and the lancet are absolutely right as students are awarded grades after covid 19 forced to say that this matters, their exams to be cancelled. But dont underestimate what we have
This is bbc news, im carrie gracie, the headlines at 9am. Scientists warn that Contact Tracing in the uk isnt good enough to prevent a second even bigger wave of covid 19 once schools reopen for the new term. The government says its improving. This is not something weve had to do before, and the lancet are absolutely right to say that this matters, but dont underestimate what we have achieved here. Pupils in scotland find out what grades theyve been awarded after coronavirus forced their exams to be cancelled for the First Time Ever. I got exactly what i was hoping for, so it means im going to university and, yeah, im just so happy, i cant believe it. The oil company bp announces record losses and cuts its dividend in half, after the pandemic sent demand and prices plunging. The australian state of victoria
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