Unspeakable acts of barbarism, terrorizing religious minorities like the yazidis, subjecting women to rape as a weapon of war, and claiming the mantle of religious authority for such actions. Nbc Foreign Correspondent Ayman Mohyeldin is here with me now. Ayman . Hey joy. As youve mentioned, the jordanians today are carrying out what theyve been doing throughout the last several months, which are air strikes. According to one senior u. S. Pentagon officials, the jordanians were given their flight package that involved the targets they were meant to carry out. Jordans 20 Fighter Pilots bombed various targets in syria, predominantly targets close to raqqa. It is where a lot of their major resources have been held. The jordanian Fighter Pilots took off from jordan targeting those locations inside syria as they have been for the past several months. It was a very important symbol from the jordanian monarch and government that theyre still very much committed to this fight. We also saw an im
Town of valhalla and why the collision was so deadly. With more on that heres nbc news correspondent tom costello. Reporter the First Arriving fire and ems units found twisted wreckage, fire and smoke and passengers climbing through windows, desperate to escape a burning train. All units, more ambulances are required for a car versus train Motor Vehicle accident. Reporter it happened at 6 00 p. M. , rush hour, that serves the northern commuter towns. So the front two cars, smoke billowing out from everywhere. An suv was near the tracks when the crossing arm came down on the car. The driver, a mother of three, got out to check for damage. Then inched forward, right into the path of an on coming plane. Exploding on impact. As the train carried the suv 1,000 feet down the tracks the electrified rail tore into first car. Chris gross was inside. Flames came up. About a foot away from my face. And then after that happened, you know, people are screaming, crying. We have one train hit on the
Possible new isis plot from Barbara Starr joining us from the pentagon. Are they buying these claims by isis . Reporter good evening, anderson. Right now, the Obama Administration officially saying it cannot verify it cannot corroborate any of isis claims about any of this. But look you look at the evidence there. No body. The claim that she alone was killed by the Jordanian Air strike. How would isis know the bomb came from a jordanian plane, not some other plane . Would one person be left alone in the multistory building . Would there not be other people there, security around her if she was a hostage . The whole thing just doesnt add up. I have to tell you, you know our evan perez is getting some indications this evening from intelligence sources in the administration that their working theory and we want to emphasize, its just a working theory, that perhaps kayla was killed several weeks ago and perhaps a manufactured cover story for isis to cover their tracks knowing killing a wom
From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. Five babies have been diagnosed with measles, all of them in the suburban chicago area all of them at one day care facility. Its part of this new Measles Outbreak that continues to grow. This news tonight about these five babies raises the issue of infants who are too young for vaccinations. This will no doubt prompt a lot of parents, if they havent already, to check what the vaccination requirements are where their children are cared for. And its where we begin tonight with nbcs hallie jackson. Reporter at this suburban chicago day care, five babies believed to be infected with measles. Their parents powerless to stop it since the infants are too young for the vaccine. Now a warning as many as ten other children may have been exposed to the virus and unvaccinated staff and kids are being asked to stay away for three weeks. There are likely to be more cases. And so we shouldnt be s
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