The buy button late at night. How to prevent a big hangover when its time to pay the bills. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Its a major American City dealing with an epidemic of violence. The shooting of a man in broad daylight in the streets of chicago apparently captured on his own camera phone have brought into jarring focus a surge in shootings that has made this the most violent start of the year that city has seen in two decades. The jump in shootings close to double the number from this time a year ago. Nbcs blake mccoy is had a the details. Come. Reporter this cell phone video making the rounds on social media appears to show the moment a man is shot in broad daylight. Chicago police say the man shot is a known gang member in tonight, while the video is shocking, shootings in chicago are increasingly not. A whopping 677 through the end of march compared to 359 shootin
A woman trapped in her car. The Good Samaritans. And what they do to save her. Good evening. Its great to have you with us on a friday night. We begin tonight with the Severe Weather outbreak just as the weekend begins. Storms blowing across the gulf coast into the deep south. That system will now reach right up the east coast. An outbreak of tornadoes with this, including this one in mississippi. Another twister in indiana, tossing this car upsidedown. Rob marciano is standing by, but we begin with Steve Osunsami outside atlanta, where many were sheltering in place for a time as a reported tornado touched down. Reporter listen to that tornado siren. And take a look at how hard it was blowing today at Warner Robbins Airforce Base south of atlanta, in the middle of what many here believe was a twister. Everyone had to shelter in place. Flying sheets of metal were wrapping around road signs and power lines. The winds blew over a big rig nearby. When i looked out the back doors, couldnt s
Rice. That wasnt too much of a surprise but the shock is still setting in. Activists have kept tensions in check. America tonights Christof Putzel is in cleveland with what lies ahead. Outside clevelands Justice Center protestors called out his name. 12yearold tamir rice was shot dead by Police Officer thy low imran in a park, just after receiving calls, man with a gun. After a grand jury failed to indict lowman and his partner, the outrage over rices death still burns. We will have. We will have. Equal protection. Equal protection. Under the law. Under the law. Dante boyken is a community activist. We have to look deep within ourselves and is it, the law, can it be applied fairly and justly to each under every person in the nation . Its inhumane the actions taken by Police Officers but theres no accountability for their action he, even though theres standards, established policies and law and procedures in place. Given this perfect storm of human error, mistakes and miscommunications
For shooting death of tamir rice. That wasnt too much of a surprise but the shock is still setting in. Activists have kept tensions in check. America tonights Christof Putzel is in cleveland with what lies ahead. Outside clevelands Justice Center protestors called out his name. 12yearold tamir rice was shot dead by Police Officer thy low imran in a park, just after receiving calls, man with a gun. After a grand jury failed to indict lowman and his partner, the outrage over rices death still burns. We will have. We will have. Equal protection. Equal protection. Under the law. Under the law. Dante boyken is a community activist. We have to look deep within ourselves and is it, the law, can it be applied fairly and justly to each under every person in the nation . Its inhumane the actions taken by Police Officers but theres no accountability for their action he, even though theres standards, established policies and law and procedures in place. Given this perfect storm of human error, mis
Of conflict between a community and its Law Enforcement . Cleveland this time where a grand jury has declined to indict two local Police Officers for shooting death of tamir rice. That wasnt too much of a surprise but the shock is still setting in. Activists have kept tensions in check. America tonights Christof Putzel is in cleveland with what lies ahead. Outside clevelands Justice Center protestors called out his name. 12yearold tamir rice was shot dead by Police Officer thy low imran in a park, just after receiving calls, man with a gun. After a grand jury failed to indict lowman and his partner, the outrage over rices death still burns. We will have. We will have. Equal protection. Equal protection. Under the law. Under the law. Dante boyken is a community activist. We have to look deep within ourselves and is it, the law, can it be applied fairly and justly to each under every person in the nation . Its inhumane the actions taken by Police Officers but theres no accountability for