When washington burned tells the often forgotten story of august 24th, 1814, when the British Forces captured washington and threatened the survival of our young nation. Perhaps no single day in United States history was as threatening to the survival our nation as that when the British Forces captured washington. This unique moment have significantly altered nations path forward. But the event and the reasons it happened are little. Remember and little discussed, which is why were so to have dr. Watson here to talk with us. When washington burned narrates the British Campaign and the american missteps that led to the fall of the capital city, but also tells the redeeming story of courageous young clerks and a bold first lady who risked lives to save priceless documents, including the United States constitution. So who is dr. Watson . He was born in harrisburg, attended schools in nearby hershey, educated at virginia tech, where he was a member of the football hall and the track teams.
Now. This is nbc nightly news with lester holt, reporting tonight from melbourne, florida. Good evening from it to our viewers in the west from the Central Florida coast, where we are just hours away from a direct hit by what officials are calling an unprecedented, even historic hurricane. Matthew, which has already killed over a hundred people in haiti, regained strength, as expected, earlier today, and is forecast to come as a category 4 storm, the second highest strength, with sustained winds of 140 Miles Per Hour near its core. Some 2 Million People in the southeast have heeded the dire warnings to evacuate. All told 19 Million People will be impacted by this storm. Its slow march means the southeast coast could take a punishing hit that will last for 60 hours or more. Our team is in place up and down the storm zone, plus al roker with the latest tracking, but first to miguel . Reporter lester, good evening. Just moments ago the sky here turned green, transformers are exploding. Th
Weve seen elvis in see donald trump impersonator donald trump coming off a huge carolina he also won New Hampshire senator ted cruz won iowa its a three person race right now really with marco rubio who could have a big turnout at tomorrows nevada caucuses he has the local ties but its very exciting and with all the people showing up to this event tonight its clear he has support here in Las Vegas Valley well be here throughout the night and bring you what he says tonight at ten and 11 reporting live ew ffn llv closed captioning will resume shortly we will have more including a war of words between ted cruz and marco rubio. Later in the newscast. A man arrested. After a shooting near the strip leaves two women dead friday. Fox5s les krifaton is in our newsroom with more on the murder suspect. This afternoon metro released the arrest report talley. Talley is a local who attended Palo Verde High School and according to his Facebook Page studied at college of southern nevada. Talleys late
Series. Oh, man, chicago, how tough is it to be waking up in chicago . They didnt even fight. That was just a sweep. You think they gave it up . At one point my husband told me it was 7zip, the mets. Rosannas personal Sports Reporter he knows i can be a little, you know, off on my sports. [laughter] it was terrific for us, bad for them. The world series starts in well, we dont know yet, were going to play the blue jays or the royals. We know its going to start tuesday out of town, first home game will be friday. Everything is covered right here on fox 5. Weve got all the world series coverage right here. And we are seriously working every angle, every connection, calling in all kinds of favors well its going to be the hottest ticket in town. Friday night, home game at citi field, world series . What do you say . We may be there. There is rumor. There is rumor that we may do good day at game. Fingers crossed. In the meantime, lets check in on the, basically, its the wake in chicago. Oh,
Identifying him. Now, we know who he is. And the officer who fired those shots. Patranya Bhoolsuwan today, we went to an address listed for black. Our knocks at the door went unanswered although there were people inside. As for information about him. We dont know much. We couldnt find a criminal history or online profiles that might shed light on fridays incident. As for the officer, police say it was 45 year old george smith with metros Tourist Safety Division who fired the shot on the sidewalks near the bellagio fountains on friday night. This as authorities were trying to get to black who they say was Walking Around waving what appeared to be a gun at people on the strip. In the moments leading to the arrest, officer smith, fired the shot that grazed a child and went through another mans clothing. The childs injuries were not major and they were released from umc that night. We talked to a woman, who told while working nearby that night marie rios busker i thought saw police throw a