Worked as a chef at the pfister the Hotel Released a statement saying theyve lost a respected colleague and work family member. Milwaukee is opening its new Mexican Consulate headquarters on the citys east side right now. This consulate will now cover 53 wisconsin counties. And 12 more in michigans upper penninsula. Theyll provideslegal advice. Healthcare advice. And community outreach. This morning remained warm and humid with lows today is the last warm and very humid day for awhile with highs in the lower to mid 80s despite mostly cloudy conditions, and scattered tshowers after 3pm along a cold front moving through the area. All showers will be gone before midnight, and tonight less humid with lows in the mid 60s in milwaukee, and 50s well inland. Hawaii is closely watching two hurricanes. Both are heading to the island. The swirling storm on the left is hurricane madeline. Currently a category four. Forecasters expect the center of madeline to pass dangerously close to the big isla
For example, were betraying that basic principle. At the same time, the certainty part of this is really lacking, so it is stunning that under half of Violent Crimes in the United States are cleared. That is lead to an arrest. Or some other form of resolution. And for Something Like burglaries its more like 15 . It means 85 of burglaries just kind of disappear in terms of some kind of resolution. If you think about someone thinking about attempting to make a burglary, the fact only one out of seven cases is anyone brought to justice, that, unfortunately, encourages the burglaries in a way that i think prison sentences, or the length of prison sentence, dont do much to offset. So now you might think, theres not much what we can do, it is what it is, burglaries are hard to solve and Violent Crime is hard to solve. The evidence is also very compels there is lots we can do. So as an example, jason furman mentioned empirical evidence suggests there is a positive return to police presence. P
Theres more road to the whos coverage this evening on the cspan networks. Donald trump is speaking in florida at the Trump National doral miami. A golf resort he owns. Thats at 7 00 eastern on cspan. And at k 30 here on cspan, texas senator ted cruz hold as town hall meeting in council bluffs, iowa. A house energy and commerce subcommittee held a hearing earlier today on protecting Senior Citizens from fraud. Texas congressman Michael Burgess chaired the hearing. Its two hours and 15 minutes. Mr. Burgess the subcommittee will now come to order. And the chair recognizes himself for five minutes for the purpose of an opening statement. This morning, first let me welcome our witnesses. This morning we will receive an update on the Consumer Protection efforts in place to address the fraud risk for americas seniors. As of july, 2013, there are over 44 million americans who are older than 65, thats lmost 14 of the population. The people 65 and older projects to outnumber the people younger t
Lester holt. Good evening. American war planes once again today struck isis targets near the critical mosul dam in iraq. The latest strike comes a day after the Obama Administration acknowledged it is considering expanding attacks against the Islamic State fighters into syria. And that has opened a vigorous discussion over just how serious a threat isis poses outside the middle east, more specifically the united states. The grisly execution murder of american journalist james foley this week underscored the brutal nature of the group. And just yesterday the white house said isis is more dangerous than it was six months ago, a telling admission from an administration that not long ago was downplaying the terror groups capabilities. Lets begin our coverage tonight with Kristen Welker who is in Marthas Vineyard where the president remains on vacation. Kristen, good evening. Reporter lester, good evening. The pentagon is drawing up military options for syria, even identifying possible isis
From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. American war planes once again today struck isis targets near the critical mosul dam in iraq. The latest strike comes a day after the Obama Administration acknowledged it is considering expanding attacks against the Islamic State fighters into syria. And that has opened a vigorous discussion over just how serious a threat isis poses outside the middle east, more specifically the united states. The grisly execution murder of american journalist james foley this week underscored the brutal nature of the group. And just yesterday the white house said isis is more dangerous than it was six months ago, a telling admission from an administration that not long ago was downplaying the terror groups capabilities. Lets begin our coverage tonight with Kristen Welker who is in Marthas Vineyard where the president remains on vacation. Kristen, good evening. Reporter lester, good evening. The penta