Standing with you is based on what you have done and not on our feeble efforts. Set your stronghold of protection firm against the foes of this land we love, as you use our haw makers to fulfill your purposes. Lord, in the midst of distracting problems, give our senators a vision of what america can become. Make this a nation of justice and plenty where vice shall cease to fester. Prepare us for the role committed to our fallible hands so that our lives will ghoarfy you. Glorify you. We flai your merciful name, amen. The president pro tempore pleae join me in reciting the pledge f allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The president pro tempore the majority leader. Mr. Reid mr. President , it is so good to see you. And to be back in this place where the presiding officer and i have spent a lot of the years of our life. Glad to se
Especially a man on a woman is not right. It is not right. It should not be tolerated. Its not right for society no matter what. You know, that is something that i stand by. I have to pay for that. The twogame suspension handed down by the commissioner of the nfl was too light. The league never saw the video. They did not have access to it and had not seen it no one in their office, until today. O it monica, we are expecting to hear from the bal mor baltimore raveh and players. The gunman went to the home and shot and killed the girlfriends sister and the girlfriends and son before shooting himself. The 42yearold gunman is in critical condition. We have a live report at 6 00. The authorities have made an arrest in a deadly hitandrun. Richard mclellan of mantua was struck and killed as he walked along a street in deptford county. He hit the victim with his dodge pickup truck and then kept going. Kawasha is free on 10,000 bail. A man that robbed a north philadelphia cafe on tuesday. He p
A young boy survives a Mountain Lion attack in california. But the big to her on action news this noon is the new school year for the kids in the cashstrapped Philadelphia School district. The bells rang across the city as 135,000 students went back to school, the first day of classes comes as the district is trying to overcome a budget deficit. John rawlins joins us outside the new link high school. The new school is in an unused portion of the middle school. As the district continues to battle an 81 milliondollar deficit, still the superintendent said its important to innovate and open the new schools. School open on time for the 130 Public School kids, but future operations remain in doubt. More than 1,000 employees could face pink slips unless harrisburg approves a cigarette tax hike. Well get to a time during the year where well have to make reductions. Im concerned about that. Reporter mayor nutter at the first day of school at one of the districts New High School dubbed link for
Disturbing video surfaces, showing him assaulting his fiance inside an Atlantic City casino elevator last february. We want to warn you, the pictures are graphic and hard to watch. Tmz sports obtained the Security Camera footage showing rice hitting janay palmer twice, the second time knocked palmer to the ground where she remains until he drags her partly out the door. Rice is charged with aggravated assault but received only a two game suspension from the league. And that drew a loud outcry after the incident and the treatment of players charged with crime. Rice apologized with his fiance by his side and the couple married a month later. And developing news in the south bay where a search continues for a Mountain Lion that bravely attacked a 6year old boy. And it is extremely unusual Authorities Say but not taking any chances with public safety. Kpix kit doe reports, crews have been searching around the clock for the cat. Reporter the game wardens say the Mountain Lions typically ret
From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. The National Football league, the governing body, the business behind the most popular sport in this country is tonight dealing with a very big problem. An nfl player already in the news for Domestic Violence has been fired by his team, the baltimore ravens, and suspended from playing by the nfl. We had already seen running back ray rice on video taken outside an elevator dragging the unconscious body of the woman who is now his wife. But today the world saw the proof that he struck her with a terrible blow. The video from inside the elevator. And fair warning, while this is tough to watch, thats what sparked fresh outrage today that the nfl could no longer ignore. We begin tonight with nbcs josh elliott. Reporter ray rice is out of a job tonight. The nowformer nfl star had his reported 40 Million Contract terminated by the baltimore ravens. And late today he was suspended indefini