Is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. This was a rare happy day in the sofar short history of ebola in the united states. Dozens today were given the allclear, including all of the people in the community quarantined after having contact with Thomas Duncan who later died of ebola. After that initial burst of hysteria, we are hoping this might mean here in the u. S. At least that the ebola fever has broken. Its where we begin again tonight with nbcs kate snow at the hospital in dallas. Kate, good evening. Reporter good evening, brian. Today the mayor called it a milestone day. Officials here definitely breathing easier. Of the 48 Community Members who came into contact with thomas eric duncan, 44 of them have now been told to go on with their lives. This as we heard from nurses for the first time who work at this hospital. Late this afternoon dozens of nurses from Texas Health Presbyterian with a Strong Defense of their embattled hospital. Were proud of our hospital. An
Supposed to be his allies. That lone shooter reportedly shot into a group of soldiers with an automatic weapon. Numbers have been fluctuating throughout the day, but we know that at least 15 people were injured, some of them very seriously. We also know that one person was killed. The person wases a Major General in the u. S. Army, Major General Harold Greene who was in afghanistan helping to train afghan soldiers. Specifically Training Afghan soldierses for life after the United States fully withdraws from that country. Major general greene was killed today, he became the highest ranking officer killed in combat since the vietnam war. Last officer of that rank to die in combat was Major General John Albert Dillard jr. He was killed in vietnam in may of 1970 when his helicopter was shot down. The United States still has almost 33,000 troops serving in afghanistan. Current withdrawal plan is for that number to go down to roughly 10,000 by the end of this year, but as of today, we still
Opened fire on people who were supposed to be his allies. That lone shooter reportedly shot into a group of soldiers with an automatic weapon. Numbers have been fluctuating throughout the day, but we know that at least 15 people were injured, some of them very seriously. We also know that one person was killed. The person was a Major General in the u. S. Army, Major General Harold Greene who was in afghanistan helping to train afghan soldiers. Specifically Training Afghan soldiers for life after the United States fully withdraws from that country. Major general greene was killed today, he became the highest ranking officer killed in combat since the vietnam war. Last officer of that rank to die in combat was Major General John Albert Dillard jr. He was killed in vietnam in may of 1970 when his helicopter was shot down. The United States still has almost 33,000 troops serving in afghanistan. Current withdrawal plan is for that number to go down to roughly 10,000 by the end of this year,
It was lovely. We have Mark Halperin here as you can see. Mike barnicle as you can see and in washington, d. C. , correspondent Senior Editor and White House Correspondent for the Huffington Post sam stein. How long are you out of school . Just a week. You must be so happy to be home in your own bed. Its joyous. It never gets old. This morning well look at two lame duck sessions and Lame Duck Congress for the next month and lame duck presidency for the next two years and the list of politicians jockeying to succeed barack obama continue to grow and he talks about that new car smell. Mark halperin, obviously this has been a tumultuous week for the president of the United States. Still a lot of people reeling from the executive order. Where does he stand going into the new year . The lame duck session has a lot of ambiguity to it. I think state of the union. People havent started to focus on that. Were just a couple months away from his last big chance to reset everything. Hell be talkin
To flood into new york city in the times square region particularly. They were chanting they do believe race was a factor when the police put eric garner in a chokehold back . July. Here is part of a tape of that incident. Bill on that recording garner saying he cant breathe 11 times. The white house reaction was quick. This is an issue we have been dealing with for a long time. Im not interested in talk, im interested in action. Im committed as president of the United States to making sure we have a country where everybody believes in the core principle that we are equal under the law. Bill between the Christmas Tree lighting at Rockefeller Center and the protests it was a busy scene. Reporter one demonstration is planned for later today, but at this hour in midtown man things are quiet but things could soon change. Demonstrators fanned out across the city. A few dozen laid down on the ground at Grand Central station, the major train station here trying to disrupt the major commuters.