Chinas great wall. Nightly news begins now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight, Thomas Roberts. We begin tonight with jawdropping moments at the cincinnati zoo gorilla exhibit after a 3yearold boy somehow got through its fencing, falling at least ten feet into the pen and then getting cornered by a 400 pound silver back all as the childs mom watched in horror. At times the massive primate violently dragged the boy at lightning speeds and other times appeared to demonstrate a protective concern. With no time to spear, zookeepers acted with lethal force against the able to save the boy. Our Gadi Schwartz has the terrifying moments all caught on camera. Reporter ten minutes of terror. Mommys right here. Reporter this cell phone video showing a 400 pound gorilla and behind him in the corner of his exhibit, a 3yearold boy. Suddenly screams. [ screaming ] reporter the gorilla dragging the boy through the water then stops. You c
Route 422 and indian head road. The vine street expressway looks great. We were open all morning. Didnt have to deal with construction. Right now headed westbound towards the schuylkill, were doing just fine. Some construction signs but nothing tying people up. Eastbound towards 95 doing okay. Were following breaking news in philadelphia. One person is dead and two men are in custody after a shooting in the germantown section. Pamela osborne is live on scene. Pamela, police say they found the victim in the parking lot. Reporter thats right. They say, according to witnesses, they were telling police the victim was in an altercation with at least one or two other men in the parking lot moments before the shots were fired. The victim was shot in the chest. Police tell us he had two graze wounds to his head. He was transported to einstein where he was reported dead. All of this happening before 2 30 this morning. Investigators say at least 11 shots were fired from two separate guns. Were t
Of thunderstorm warnings. The difference is tornadic activity. Right now, coming out of bluemont and down toward philomont and moving east at about 30 miles per hour. , we had a Tornado Warning, and the state trooper in West Virginia did verify seeing a funnel cloud on the ground. The storm is not the same. Has only been identified in potential locations from the National Weather service. However, if you are in the area down toward middleburg, we urge you to proceed with caution. Get to a lower level in your or interior rooms. You want to get away from any area where debris could he thrown toward you. Could be thrown toward you. Some new warnings coming in. Another intense line of showers making its way toward us. In some of the far western counties, weirs turning to use the shower we are starting to see showers and storms getting closer to us. This is out toward maryland, to the west of petersburg. We can show you some of these areas to the far west are starting to be warned on. Curre
Split weekend, what does that mean, chris . Reporter one good, one bad. Its not really bad, it will be dicey tomorrow, afternoon thunderstorms, the entire day is not a wash. Were waking up to fog this morning, as you we look live on sky6 live hd its difficult to make out the skyscrapers there, well see sunshine this afternoon and stray showers possible and the bigger threat for storms exists tomorrow. Warm and sticky, 70 in reading. Allentown 69. Trenton, 65. Millville, 62. A pair of 6s in dover. Sat satellite and radar we have a frontal system fizzingle out down to the south fizzling out down the to the south. Theres a chance of a thunderstorm this afternoon. Mostly cloudy conditions, peeks of sunshine. Temperatures warm rapidly were in the low 80s by lunchtime. 1 00 p. M. , 82. 3 00 p. M. , 84. 5 00 p. M. , 84. The 85 will feel like 86 or 87. Sunday we have a hefty line of thunderstorms marching through associated with a cold front. The potential is there for Severe Weather and damag
Coming up. News 4 midday starts now. Want to show you a live look at the tomb of the unknowns at Arlington National cemetery. In just the last couple of minutes president obama arrived and started speaking in part of the wreath laying ceremony there. The president will then move to the cemeterys amp theater where a large crowd is gathered to hear from mr. Obama and defense secretary ash carter. The president is urging all americans to observe a National Moment of remembrance at 3 00 this afternoon in honor of all Fallen Service members. This was the ceremony this morning at the world war ii memorial. World war ii veterans were on hand for the memorial day event helping to lay wreaths in memory of the more than 400,000 americans killed in the war. Part in the ceremony. Those ceremonies just a few of the many memorial day events taking place right now. There are also parades planned around the area. News 4s derrick ward is live in rockville where the memorial day parade just got underway