city hall. jamming with none other than rocker john fogerty. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening from los angeles, where picket lines went up today in front of major film studios the people who write the plots that enthrall and entertain millions of american tv and film watchers sidelined tonight by a writers strike 11,000 writers off the job after talks with producers reached an impasse overnight. at the root of the dispute, some of the very things that have transformed how all of us watch our favorite shows. think streaming and the impact of emergiging technonology thinink virtual l reality. tonighght the writiters and d productionon cocompanies, i including our parentnt company nbcuniveversal appeaear to be farar apart, virtually y guaranteeieing rereruns will l be coming g to screens as productions grind to a halt for some shows, the impact will be felt immediately. miguel almaguer has the latest what do we want a fair contract re
lester miguel almaguer starting us off in los angeles, thank you there is breaking news from london, where police arrested a man and put buckingham palace on lockdown just days before the coronation of king charles. kelly cobiella is there. kelly, is the lockdown still in place reporter: well, police say most of the cordons have now been lifted, and rehearsals are continuing here tonight. but earlier, there was a heavy police presence, the palace locked down, police arresting a man suspected of carrying a weapon they say he threw a number of items believed to be shotgun cartridges on to palace grounds and also had a suspicious bag which was destroyed in a controlled explosion worth noting, police say this is not terrorism-related, and king charles was not here at the time lester kelly cobiella, thank you. now to that catastrophe on a highway in illinois one day after a blinding dust storm led to crashes that