Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. And on this eve of christmas eve, the weather is making news with so Many Americans on the move. Because of this, the mass of weather east of the rockies to the eastern seaboard, its going to be a mess for so many. And as of tonight its turned violent. Weve had twisters on the ground with watches and warnings in place through 11 00 p. M. Tonight. Theres a lot to this system, and its going to affect well over half the nations population before its out of here after christmas. Its already impacted air travel. There are reports of fatalities as a result of these tornadoes. We begin tonight with nbcs tom costello. Reporter it was a rare december tornado touching down in southern mississippi, moving right through the town of columbia, knocking out power to thousands, flipping over vehicles and damaging dozens of homes and businesses. We had reports of debris falling out of the
Cold air is blowing into the area. Its especially chilly on this manmade rink. Tonight will be the coldest were seen so far. Is it bad that i want to wait until its a little bit warmer to get on that ice . Im right there with us. It will be with us for a while. Yeah, you know, its going to get quite a bit colder than it has been today. Temperatures have been dropping off. We have felt that as we ended out the week. Just a couple days ago we had 70 degrees. Now 40 in philadelphia. 37 allentown and reading. Below freezing right now in the poconos. 39 right now in dover. Take a look at what most of the country is seeing. 30s stretch all the way down into dallas. Much of the southeast seeing about 40degree temperatures. Many of us are either near freezing or below freezing. So the cold air is really taking its grip and its not going to let go any time soon. By 6 00 p. M. , upper 30s. Friday night, 10 00, temperatures dropping closer to freezing. Tomorrow morning will be the coldest so far.
Nightly news begins now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. It was so brazen and so scary coming as it did after weeks of antipolice protests in this country, the assassination of two new York City Police officers by a deeply disturbed career criminal has had a Chilling Effect on Police Departments across this country. And in new york its causing great tension as the mayor of the nations largest city is forced to defend himself against charges that he has not been supportive enough of those whose job it is to protect and serve. Its where we begin tonight with nbcs Stephanie Gosk in brooklyn. Stephanie, good evening. Reporter hey, good evening, brian. Tonight, the new York Police Commissioner says theres been a number of unsubstantiated copycat threats. Nbc news has learned that on the night of this murder the Police Patrol reached out to all precincts and asked Police Officers to link up foot patrols today Police Re
Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. And on this eve of christmas eve, the weather is making news with so Many Americans on the move. Because of this, the mass of weather east of the rockies to the eastern seaboard, its going to be a mess for so many. And as of tonight, it has turned violent. Weve had twisters on the ground with watches and warnings in place through 11 00 p. M. Tonight. Theres a lot to this system, and its going to affect well over half the nations population before its out of here after christmas. Its already impacted air travel. There are reports of fatalities as a result of these tornadoes. We begin tonight with nbcs tom costello. Reporter it was a rare december tornado touching down in southern mississippi, moving right through the town of columbia, knocking out power to thousands, flipping over vehicles and damaging dozens of homes and businesses. We had reports of debris falling out of
Joe cocker. Nightly news begins now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. It was so brazen and so scary coming as it did after weeks of antipolice protests in this country, the assassination of two new York City Police officers by a deeply disturbed career criminal has had a Chilling Effect on Police Departments across this country. And in new york its causing great tension as the mayor of the nations largest city is forced to defend himself against charges that he has not been supportive enough of those whose job it is to protect and serve. Its where we begin tonight with nbcs Stephanie Gosk in brooklyn. Stephanie, good evening. Reporter hey, good evening, brian. Tonight, the new York Police Commissioner says theres been a number of unsubstantiated copycat threats against police. Nbc news has learned that on the night of this murder the chief patrol reached out to all precincts and asked Police Officers to doubleup o