one of the victims, his tribute tonight. the abortion battle, the future of the pill used for more than two decades, uncertain after competing rulings by two federal judges. the latest action by the justice department. a virginia grand jury indicts the mother of that 6-year-old boy who shot his f first gradede teacacher in a classrsroom. what his mother is charged with. the fallout over dozens of leaked classified documents. what they reveal about russia, the war in ukraine, israeli intelligence, and more. and what american intelligence officials fear tonight. president biden making his most definitive statement yet about running for re-election. what he told our al roker. she fainted after getting the covid vaccine and became the focus of a massive internet conspiracy. now tiffany dover is breaking her silence exclusively to nbc news. and his performance at augusta as an amateur was nothing short of masterful, and it s inspiring america. announcer: this is nbc
intelligence officials fear tonight president bide mang his most definitive statement yet about running for re-election. what he told our al roker. she fainted after getting the covid vaccine and became the focus of a massive internet conspiracy. now tiffany dover is breaking her silence exclusively to nbc news and his performance at augusta as an amateur was nothing short of masterful, and it s inspiring america. announcer: this is nbchtly news with lester holt gowelcome, everyone. it seems we can barely catch our breaths or dry the tears before another mass shooting rocks an american city just two weeks ago i stood right here reporting the heartbreaking details of a school shooting in nashville today it happened at a bank in louisville, kentucky in what the city s mayor calls an evil act of targeted violence, after a man in his 20s armed with a rifle went on a rampage in a workplace attack, streaming the horror online as he carried out the crime. four people wer
announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and welcome everyone. it seems we can barely catch our breaths or dry the tears before another mass shooting rocks an american city. just two weeks ago i stood right here reporting the heartbreaking details of a school shooting in nashville. today it happened at a bank in louisville, kentucky. in what the city s mayor calls an evil act of targeted violence, after a man in his 20s armed with a rifle went on a rampage in a workplace attack, streaming the horror online as he carried out the crime. four people were killed. nine others rushed to a hospital for treatment. officers ran to the threat, confronting the gunman in an exchange of gunfire, killing the shooter. two police officers were among the wounded. maggie vespa is in louisville tonight and has late details. [ sound of gunfire ]
radicalized usually have a huge void in their life, either emotional or psychological, they feel alienated or alienate themselves and the void needs to be filled somehow so when they find somebody else like mooiind this is america, the american dream, we re not getting ahead, they feed each other and that s how it blows up in their head, we can get this done together as a partnership and that s what makes it possible. we ve never seen anything like this before, but we probably will again. what about the working theory among some law enforcement officials that this was a hybrid attack, yes, there was a radicalization component, but also this workplace grievance component. do you think the latter part should be given any instigated that before i knew anything, because i m very careful and responsible about not jumping to conclusions. the indicators were at the very beginning it was a workplace attack. we do not see first of all we thought it was three people, didn t know the last
her allegiance to al baghdadi, the leader of isis, after the murders. that s very significant. a known isis blogger had called them supporters so you need to take some aftershave lotion on your face if you don t believe it s international terrorism. what the investigators of the joint terrorism task force are trying to figure out is it inspired alone by the two, are i that connected to others locally or abroad? that s the question. when you slaughter people like this and you pledge allegiance to al baghdadi, i don t know if someone is looking for an isis i.d. card. this is what it is. it s international terrorism. now, the workplace attack, i don t think it s the main attack. i think that s a revenge attack. like the nbc reporter on the ground just said, maybe someone making fun of his beard. that may not have been mean natured but he might have accepted it that way. and he wanted revenge on his workplace before, maybe the main