Now. This is nbc nightly news with lester holt, reporting tonight from melbourne, florida. Good evening from it to our viewers in the west from the Central Florida coast, where we are just hours away from a direct hit by what officials are calling an unprecedented, even historic hurricane. Matthew, which has already killed over a hundred people in haiti, regained strength, as expected, earlier today, and is forecast to come as a category 4 storm, the second highest strength, with sustained winds of 140 Miles Per Hour near its core. Some 2 Million People in the southeast have heeded the dire warnings to evacuate. All told 19 Million People will be impacted by this storm. Its slow march means the southeast coast could take a punishing hit that will last for 60 hours or more. Our team is in place up and down the storm zone, plus al roker with the latest tracking, but first to miguel . Reporter lester, good evening. Just moments ago the sky here turned green, transformers are exploding. Th
Good evening. I am the executive director of the society of the cincinnati. It is my pleasure to introduce our speaker this evening. I want you all to do me a favor. This is his book. Hes going to talk to us about it. The book is the road to concord how four stolen cannon ignited the revolutionary war. He will defend that premise for us a little bit later. I want to tell you what my reaction to this book is because i have had the opportunity to read it already. It is one of three books in the last 20 years i read cover to cover in one sitting. I dont read quickly. The reason i read it cover to cover in one sitting is it is extremely well written. It is graceful prose of an oldfashioned sort. And second, it is wonderfully researched, when i was taught in graduate school to refer to as a revisionist work in history. All good works of history if they are good are revisionist in some way, but he is telling us a new story about the coming of the revolution in massachusetts. A story you migh
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Charlotte county, virginia and ended in our area. Monique braxton joins us live. What can you tell us . Reporter she was allegedly abducted by her father last week has been located and is safe. We also learned the father and her grandmother face charges. Here is video now of what we have been showing you overnight. We spoke with the chief of Police Moments ago. He confirmed the subject is fine and with family. They tell us about 5 00 this morning Dylan Richardson and his daughter arrived here at the police station. A friend and Family Member alerted him of the amber alert and he turned himself in. How is she doing . She is doing very well. She a happy little fouryearold girl that seems in good health and luckily doesnt realize whats going on. Reporter investigators in virginia tell us the little girl left charlotte, virginia with her father last wednesday. Richardson and his mother have both been charged with fugitive from justice. The chief declines to release further details. We have
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