Nightly news begins right now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening, a major attack on the internet is under way at this hour. The fbi and Homeland Security are urgently trying to find out who is behind the daylong series of intrusions, targeting a company that acts as an internet switchboard. The attack cutting off access to countless websites, from social media and news sites to music and payment services, and preventing routine transactions. The intermittent outages began this morning, primarily on the east coast, but followup attacks have been felt across the country. It all comes amid heightened anxieties over cyber attacks, leading up to the u. S. Election. Nbcs Miguel Almaguer has late details for us. Reporter the powerful and sophisticated cyber attacks, coming wave after wave. The u. S. , unable to load popular websites like twitter, netflix, amazon, paypal, and a long list of others. What we know is that a cyber
Refused to come out of the Embassy Suites last night. The hotel was put on lock down. Guests were told to stay in their rooms. Word if the suspect had a gun. Suspect was taken into custody without incident. When we learn more about what happened leading up to this well let you know. Today is your day to go out there and make a difference in the community. You can help 9news give back in with metro volunteers. We are helping dps students at the food bank of the rockies in denver. Meteorologist belen de leon is joining us there now. It is a tremendous effort by all the volunteers coming together to make a difference. Reporter absolutely. Good morning. I hear from folks saying we love to see you you are at every weekend. It is awesome for me to show show how our company is giving back to the community. Make a difference day is an initiative to encourage volunteers. We hope folks follow along and are able to do something for their community and make it a great place to live in. Lets get to
Ear is okay. Shes expected to make a full rye coverry. We have breaks news in san jose. Sky 7 is live over a fatal crash in san jose. Police say two people were inside. One died sadly. Were not sure of the other. It happened at intersection of north 1 street and tasmin drive. Vta suspended Light Rail Service in the area. Police figure out how this map happened three San Jose State University students charged with a racially motivated bullying of a dorm mate have been expelled from the university. The University Extended suspension of a fourth student. The fourth student accused of toermenting their black roommate for week was racial slurs and physical violence the students are barred from enrolling from any college in the system. Breaking news out of the south bay. A jury just reached a verdict in a trial between apple and samsung. A jury has been deliberating three days. Apple asking for billion if damage well bring you the verdict as soon as it is announced. Authorities raided a doze
The world is in shutdown in football in europe, that means all the big leagues are suspended. The Italian Football Federation is calling on uefa to postpone the euro 2020 championship which is set to start injune. So that domestic leagues can potentially complete their season. Heres our football reporter simon stone. Apart from five countries, of 55 uefa nations didnt play football on the weekend. There is no realistic possibility of any of them restarting. And how do you finish these seasons . The only way realistically that these seasons are going to come to a conclusion is by creating space, and the only way of creating space, and the only way of creating space, and the only way of creating space is to get rid of the euros from the calendar. The organisers of the Olympic Games will meet Via Teleconference on tuesday too, to discuss the impact on the 2020 tokyo games. A lot of International Sports federations are struggling to hold their qualifying events for the olympics because of
High profile bidders are lining up to bid for the l. A. Clippers. Thanks for joining us. Youre watching cnn newsroom. Acting president admits theres not much kiev can do about separatists seizing control of the east. Masked men with automatic weapons stand guard. Its become one of more than a dozen cities falling under pro russian control. Despite the control, the economy is getting help from the imf fund. Alexander pachinof says combat troops are on full readiness to stop the terrorist threat. Judging from whats going on around the city, that may not be enough. Nick payton walsh has the story. Reporter when they say theyre losing control you can see why. They saw about ten Ukrainian Armored personnel carriers. They pulled back. A week ago a similar assault killed three of them, they say. But the smoke obscured the scene and quickly to their surprise, pretty well armed men say only the soldiers saw the armor turn back. Locals bring them food as they protect them from the poor and joble