Walking 671 feet on a rope no wider than a penny. And look at this Mission Impossible. Superstar tom cruise clinging to the side of a plane soaring 5,000 feet above england. The breathtaking stunt making headlines this morning. And good morning, america. Happy monday. How about that tom cruise, still doing his own stunts. Take a look at that. We showed him on the plane right there. Lara, youre bringing us that in just a little bit. That and dressed in a suit. And nik wallenda, every time he tries to top himself, blindfolded this time. There he is. With a stiff wind. Crazy. Thats so easy. So glad he made it. Oh, my gosh. I cant even look at that. Were going to begin with the wintry blast. Frigid temperatures across the country. Ginger back from chicago. Tracking it all for us. I got to feel the frigid temperatures. North carolina, tennessee, were talking record snow in the one to even almost twofoot category. Parts of tennessee had more than 22 inches. I want to show you the deep freeze
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. There will be a change in the weather. Temperatures are about to drop dramatically in much of the country. Its the return of the polar vortex that brought misery a year ago. That mass of swirling cold air will dip southward this weekend, sending the mercury plunging. As the cold air moves south and east, it has the potential to affect as many as 243 mill wherein people with wind chills in the Single Digits in some places and snow. Dean reynolds tells us all of this was triggered by a super typhoon named nuri. These pictures from the European Space agency show that nuri is a growing meteorological bomb blanketing the bering sea. The 50foot waves and 100mph winds will make conditions similar to these two years ago. It could make nuri the biggest storm of the year, but it will be wrong to think it will affect only alaskas farflung Aleutian Islands or those famous fishermen who work in the north pacific. I want to get eve
From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. The controversy surrounding the nfl is not going away even though a player who slugged a woman and knocked her out inside an elevator has been taken out of the game. Now its the nfls customer who is are having their say. And increasingly its the nfl commissioner, Roger Goodell, who is under fire being pursued with the same questions. What did the league know and when did they know it . And how is it possible they didnt see that video from inside the elevator before the rest of us did . Tonight, in fact the Associated Press is reporting an nfl executive was sent that video months ago. We begin our coverage tonight with nbcs peter alexander. Reporter for days the nfls been playing defense over questions whether the league saw this video last spring obtained by tmz sports. Nfl commissioner Roger Goodell told cbs news neither he nor anyone in the league saw that tape before this week.
From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Virgin galactic spaceship two lost in a deadly crash yesterday over californias Mojave Desert was no ordinary space vehicle. It was sent to be the first to carry paying passengers to the edge of space as soon as next year. Tonight its crash is also a first for the ntsb, the folks known for investigating plane, train and bus crashes now for the first time leading the investigation into the crash of a manned spaceship. Tonight as experts secure debris scattered on the desert floor, weve learned the identity of a 39yearold pilot who died in the crash as well as the other who was badly injured. Nbcs jacob rascon joins us from mojave now with late details on the investigation. Jacob, good evening. Reporter lester, good evening. Tonight were learning more about the pilots who were onboard, the surviving pilot was in surgery today. This is a first of its kind investigation with more than a d
High above chicago. Walking 671 feet on a rope no wider than a penny. And look at this Mission Impossible. Superstar tom cruise clinging to the side of a plane soaring 500 feet above england. And good morning, america. Happy monday. How about that tom cruise, still doing his own stunt. We showed him on the plane there. Lara, youre bringing us that in a little bit. That and dressed in a suit. And nik wallenda, every time he tries to top himself. Blindfolded this time. With a stiff wind. Crazy. Thats so easy. So glad he made it. Oh, my gosh. I cant look that. The wintry blast. Frigid temperatures across the country. Ginger back there chicago. I got to feel the frigid temperatures. North carolina, tennessee, record snow in the one to even almost twofoot category. Parts of tennessee, more than 22 inches. I want to show you the deep freeze in place from parts of mississippi up through pennsylvania. Warnings and advisories everywhere. The temperatures in the northeast, sub freezing for pitts