Three, two, one, zero, ignition. Lift off. Go nasa, go spacex. Godspeed, bob and doug. Nasa astronauts make history as they blast off towards the International Space station in a commercial rocket theyre due to dock this afternoon good morning. After three months of waiting, elite sport is set to return. Behind closed doors and under strict regulations, the first major events begin in england from tomorrow. Good morning. Its dry, warm, and sunny for the final day of may. By the first few days ofjune will bring a change. Something cooler and possibly wetter on the way. Details later on breakfast. Good morning. Its sunday 31st may. Our top story there have been further protests across the United States, after the death of an unarmed black man in Police Custody. Curfews have been brought in after a fifth night of unrest. At least 30 cities have been hit by demonstrations, which have seen police cars set on fire and riot police clashing with protestors. Our north america correspondent davi
And misbehavior before the enemy. Whats next for Sergeant Bowe bergdahl . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Were following two breaking stories this hour. Investigators are gathering new clues into the horrific crash of an airliner that disintegrated when it slammed into the french alps. They have managed to retrieve a usable audio file from the cockpit voice recorder. The other black boxes still have not been recovered. Conditions are extraordinarily difficult at the crash site. Recovery teams must be lowered by helicopter. The state department now says a third american was among the 150 people who perished in the crash. Two of the three americans identified as a mother and daughter from virginia. Also tonight, a dramatic announcement from the United States military. Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl who walked away from his base in afghanistan back in 2009 and was exchanged last year for five taliban prisoners, has now been charged with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. Ou
Nightly news begins right now. From nbc world news headquarters in new york. This is nbc nightly news reporting tonight. Lester holt. Good evening. Police in waco, texas, had a lunch a planned weekend gathering of bikeer gangs would go bad, but nothing like the violence that broke out before their eyes. Gun fire, stabbings and beatings as members of criminal gangs waged battle with each other and turned on police in a restaurant parking lot. When it was over, nine people were dead, 18 injured, 170 arrested. Tonight we are learning more about the groups involved as police brace for possible retaliation attacks. Our National Correspondent Miguel Almaguer is in waco tonight with the latest. Reporter Police Called the crime scene at the twin peaks bar grill among the most violent and gruesome they have ever seen. A brawl between five rival motorcycle gangs leaves nine dead and 18 wounded. At last count we have 170 individuals that we have arrested. Those individuals are being charged with
Lets go outfront. Good evening. The breaking news the mystery crash of flight 925. We know the german airbus with 150 on board plunged tens of thousands of feet in just eight minutes. The plane is obliterated to use the word offense as of a local official. Debris and pieces scattered for miles. The question is what caused this deadly crash. One of the black boxes has been recovered hours after it crashed into the french alps. It was on a short flight going from barcelona, spain. It was cruising at 38,000 feet. The weather good. The plane had just been inspected yesterday. Within minutes it went into a steep drop and disappeared from radar. It crashed. If it took a full eight minutes to drop why was there no distress call from the cockpit. No comment from the cockpit at all. Fred is outfront live where the plane was scheduled to land earlier today. Almost half of those on board were german. What are officials saying about the cause of this crash now . Reporter at this point in time they
Forecast could complicate things. The flight from barcelona, spain, to dusseldorf germany, crashed tuesday less than an hour after takeoff. French Officials Say all 150 people on board were killed. The wreckage mostly in small pieces is strewn across a wide area high up in the rugged mountains. Weve just learned from reuters that the French Interior minister says one of the planes black boxes is damaged, but it can still be used to find information. Weve got live torchlgeam coverage for you. Clachlan with the latest. Rosie tompkins is in dusseldorf germany. Family have gathered waiting for word about their loved ones. First, erin Recovery Team have set up a staging area not tar from the crash site. Now that we have daylight, what are you expecting . Reporter it appears as though the Recovery Force have resumed. Just a short while ago, we saw four helicopters land in the field just behind me. Now this was the staging area yesterday for those air efforts. This morning, the spokesperson f