Nightly news begins right now. This is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. We start with an urgent warning. Government safety regulators have taken the rare step of urging owners of some 300,000 cars to stop driving them immediately because of a high risk of potentially deadly air bag ruptures. The cars, hondas and acuras, are part of a broad recall of defective air bags affecting millions of makes and models linked to numerous deaths and injuries. The government tonight telling drivers of specific models to park them until theyre repaired. Miguel almaguer has details. Reporter the defective air bags can explode, spraying shrapnel into the driver. More than a hundred people in the u. S. Have already been injured and ten killed including was driving this 2002 honda civic. The massive takata airbag recall was first made eight years ago, but no data shows those who havent made the fix face serious danger. We have brandnew Laboratory Testing thats showing some of these older m
In urban planning except sitting on this porch conjuring up what i want to do. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Los Angeles International airport. There is enhanced Police Presence in key locations across country. In new york city, a new class of more than 1200 officers was sworn in to complement the n. Y. P. D. s antiterror squad. Police commissioner William Bratton this year, they are here, fully trained, fully equipped. The name of the game when dealing with terrorist threats is to prevent to the greatest degree possible. Reporter federal official says there are no credible or specific threats this fourth of july weekend. Still, according to the department of homeland security, federal officials remain concerned about terroristinspired individuals and homegrown violent extremists who may be encouraged or inspired to target Public Events or places. San bernardino, paris, brussels, and orlando demonstrate that terrorists will consider a wide
Weave a red alert for monday. Monday will be a problem in most of the activity is over but we have seen a severe watch cancel however we have a new thunderstorm warning and this could be one of the last. Look at how quickly it is racing off. In Calvert County a Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 11 30 pm and i believe it will be canceled before that but flood warnings before the bay. Weve seen a little bit of this rain and almost near north beach. If you are across the bay you have a lot of rain and a lot less likely from what we saw 20 minutes ago. This is moving south east and oxford at oxford at 11 15 pm. This is a muggy night and dryer air is on the way. Temperatures range from mid70s to upper 60s better and as far as tomorrow a beautiful start to the weekend and it will not finish that way. Lots of sunshine and highs in the low 80s we will be back in a few minutes. We know what you are asking, how bad would it be for the fireworks to be canceled completely . We set Allison Barber t
Tonight. And weve just learned, there are casualtie breaking news. A disastrous earthquake rocked italy tonight and this are casualties. That earthquake destroyed buildings. Right now some people are buried under debris. Veronica de la cruz is tracking the latest developments. Veronica . Reporter the quake traveled to rome and italy, measured in a 6. 2. This is all thats left of some structures in the Mountain Town of omatrice tonight. The mayor said that past the town, no longer that half the town no longer exists. At least two people have died and a fear is that the death toll will climb much higher. Right now there is a desperate search for people trapped under the rubble. Several aftershocks followed the 6. 2 quake including one that measured at a magnitude of 5. 5 with blackouts in the area. Again, a magnitude 6. 2 quake rocking italy tonight. We will bring you updates as soon as we get them. This taxi plowed into a bay area sidewalk and plowed into pedestrians this afternoon. Two
Tonight. And weve just learned, there are casualtie breaking news. A disastrous earthquake rocked italy tonight and this are casualties. That earthquake destroyed buildings. Right now some people are buried under debris. Veronica de la cruz is tracking the latest developments. Veronica . Reporter the quake traveled to rome and italy, measured in a 6. 2. This is all thats left of some structures in the Mountain Town of omatrice tonight. The mayor said that past the town, no longer that half the town no longer exists. At least two people have died and a fear is that the death toll will climb much higher. Right now there is a desperate search for people trapped under the rubble. Several aftershocks followed the 6. 2 quake including one that measured at a magnitude of 5. 5 with blackouts in the area. Again, a magnitude 6. 2 quake rocking italy tonight. We will bring you updates as soon as we get them. This taxi plowed into a bay area sidewalk and plowed into pedestrians this afternoon. Two