From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening, a major attack on the internet is under way at this hour. The fbi and Homeland Security are urgently trying to find out who is behind the daylong series of intrusions, targeting a company that acts as an internet switchboard. The attack cutting off access to media and news sites to music and payment services, and preventing routine transactions. The intermittent outages began this morning, primarily on the east coast, but followup attacks have been felt across the country. It all comes amid heightened anxieties over cyber attacks, leading up to the u. S. Election. Nbcs Miguel Almaguer has late details for us. Reporter the powerful and sophisticated cyber attacks, coming wave after wave. Countries, but mostly here in the u. S. , unable to load popular websites like twitter, netflix, amazon, paypal, and a long list of others. What we know is that a cyber criminal group or a group of peo
Nightly news begins right now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening, a major attack on the internet is under way at this hour. The fbi and Homeland Security are urgently trying to find out who is behind the daylong series of intrusions, targeting a company that acts as an internet switchboard. The attack cutting off access to countless websites, from social media and news sites to music and payment services, and preventing routine transactions. The intermittent outages began this morning, primarily on the east coast, but followup attacks have been felt across the country. It all comes amid heightened anxieties over cyber attacks, leading up to the u. S. Election. Nbcs Miguel Almaguer has late details for us. Reporter the powerful and sophisticated cyber attacks, coming wave after wave. The u. S. , unable to load popular websites like twitter, netflix, amazon, paypal, and a long list of others. What we know is that a cyber
Studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on this Tuesday Morning. Youre just back from orlando. Its been so moving to see these tributes to the victims. Theres so much sadness down there. Im sure it is heart warming to people in orlando knowing people in other countries are keeping them in their prayers. Hopefully that is some comfort. We want to get right to overnight developments. Police have identified the 49th and final victim. Theres a glimmer of hope this morning. One of the hospitals treating the wounded says all patients have a positive prognosis and do appear to be improving. Thats really good news. Last night nearly 8,000 people gathered in downtown orlando to support the victims and survivors of the massacre. The bell tolled 49 times, one for each life lost. And the fbi is telling nbc news it is investigating claims that gunman omar mateen frequented that pulse nightclub in the past and that mateen may have profiles on a number of dating site
Today monday, june 13th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today, terror in orlando with matt lauer live from orlando, and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And we say good morning on this the monday morning, a special split edition of today, 7 00 on the west coast, a very somber morning here in orlando, florida. Im matt lauer. Savannah is back in studio 1a. The pulse nightclub just at the end of the block on orange avenue. You can see a lot of vehicles still out in front of it. People are still searching for evidence there was a team from the atf, from the fbi here just a second ago, walking down the street behind me. Side by side looking down, looking for any kind of evidence they could find. Once in a while stopping, bending over to put a marker in the spot where they were standing. Let us get to what we know right now, the developments as we said the death toll at 50. That includes omar mateen, the gunman who opened fire inside pul
Friday, july 15th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news this is a special edition of today. Terror in france with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on this friday morning. We were just talking about what words we can use to set this day apart from so many other days that weve started the show by talking about a major terrorist attack somewhere around the world. When you think about what happened. This moment of celebration in france and then horror. Its unspeakable. There really are no words to measure what happened. Here is where things stand this morning. The death toll rose overnight to at least 84. Including a 51yearold father from texas, and his 11yearold son. Just moments ago, after visiting a hospital in nice, frances president said around 50 people are in his words in absolute urgency between life and death. President obama issued a statement condemning this attack. He offered the u. S. s help with the in