From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening, im Peter Alexander, in tonight for lester. For millions of americans at the end of the long Holiday Weekend, the weather is a top concern tonight. Already the post christmas rush is off to a slow start after whiteout conditions and fierce winds in parts of the plains and upper midwest. And freezing rain that could complicate travel in the northeast. Tonight for the first time, were also hearing one mothers incredible survival story, hiking 26 miles in the snow after her familys car got trapped near the grand canyon. Dave gutierrez is tracking the worst of the weather tonight. Reporter tonight the upper midwest is digging out after a relentless christmas blizzard. How the heck am i getting out of here . Reporter many roads in the dakotas, impassable. 240 miles of i94 shut down. A foot of snow blanketed bismarck. While treacherous wind, snarled air traffic. We pulled up to check our bag
Boston marathon making history again today 50 years later. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. There is great urgency to find and stop the killer that showed not even the slightest hesitation before the executionstyle shooting of an elderly stranger on the street. And posting video of the horrible act on facebook. The city of cleveland is gripped with anxiety as police carry out a massive and dramatic manhunt for the 37yearold suspect. They are pleading for him to turn himself out while the family of the victim grapples with his sudden, senseless and violent death. Ron mott is in cleveland tonight with the latest. Reporter tonight, Cleveland Police with the fbi say the search for 37yearold suspected killer Steve Stephens recorded and uploaded a brazen daylight murder to facebook is a nationwide manhunt. Basically all over this country. We are not going to leave any stone unturned
Android and apple. Breaking news from milwaukees northwest side. Crews are investigating a possible explosive device found on a lawn near 52nd and hemlock. Police are trying to determine if its a firework or Something Else. No one has been hurt. Now to a story youll see only on fox6. Two milwaukee mothers say they are waiting for justice. Their sons were hit and killed while they rode their motorcycles eal struck them was initially taken into custody but hasnt yet been charged. Fox 6s ashley sears is live at 6th and mckinley to explain. The two women say they are frustrated. They thought the driver would be charged after authorities found eopened alcohol bottles and Drug Paraphernalia in his truck. It hasnt happened yet, they are last month its been rough. Two mothers have shared the same pain. Remembering their sons only in pictures. Its just a whole lot of Unanswered Questions and its very frustrating. Their sons were friends, riding their motorcycles together in the Early Morning of
Starting to make its way into cream southern pinellas. Weve had some wind gusts reports near the skyway on that southern end gusting already up to 40 miles finance hour. Thats obviously being caused by some of the squalls which are working there way along the coastline. Now you look some rainfall totals, this is basically since last night. You can see throughout Hillsborough County, one, 1. 7, 1. 8 nearly two inches of rain in fact into western Hillsborough County. But then along the coastline, this is Pinellas County. And you can rainfall estimates right near the coastline and weve got several more days to be dealing with this kind of weather. Heres the view, the enhanced satellite view action you can see this system is certainly been producing some very vigorous storms through overnight hours. Still has been dealing with some wind sheer. But wind sheer has been in that moderate level which i say lewd for center to basically kind of get underneath. Some of thunderstorm activity. Now,
9. We will start with the big picture. That is hurricane gaston moving away. Then, depression number 8 brushing the banks moving away. Tropical storm number 9 looks more formittable than number 8 during the day today. For most of the day stationary. This evening it is beginning to move to the northeast at 5 miles an hour. The westerlies are starting to pick it up. Top winds are still at 35 miles an hour. It might become a Tropical Storm tomorrow. Tropical storm afternoon, top winds maybe at 40 miles an hour if it gets its act together moving to the north and east. Thursday morning, top winds, 45, moving farther into the north atlantic. Really, not a big issue for North Carolina. But, the one that is in the gulf of mexico that is expected to be a Tropical Storm tomorrow, tropical depression number 9 may have a far greater impact of North Carolina. Locally as well. We will talk about this in greater detail. You will want to stick around for this coming up. Thank you, mike. People along t