Good mornings, im Marci Gonzalez filling in for reena ninan. And im phil llip mena. The flames fueled by erratic winds and skornling heat are taking a toll on firefighters. And forcing the evacuation of campgrounds near los angeles. This firefighting plane dubbed the super scooper swooping down near beachgoers to fill up with water. More from abcs kenneth moton. Reporter its a fire fight across the pacific northwest. Tens of thousands of acres in california, washington, oregon, destroying homes. Our states resources are stretched so thin. Its up to us to defend our own property. Thats what people do. Reporter the worst, the ridge viewer in washington. Burning more than 50,000 acres. An assault from the air and on the ground where thousands of firefighters are getting backup from the Washington National guard. 75 homes and businesses, possibly more, are gone. At one point, more than 10,000 people were without power. We dont have enough resources to put this huge containment line around
Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. We were warned that this upsetting ride wasnt over, and the markets proved that in dramatic fashion today. What looked like a spectacular comeback run after mondays wall street wipeout stumbled badly at the finish line. The markets falling into even deeper negative territory this afternoon with the dow shedding another 205 points. So these are confusing times for a lot of americans trying to protect their hardearned savings. On one hand the value of their investments is falling. On the other, indicators that might suggest our economys doing just fine. Cnbcs Carl Quintanilla is here with the big picture. Hello, carl. Reporter hello, lester. Today was not encouraging. Stocks are down six days in a row for the first time in three years, and a growing sense that more dramatic days lie ahead. It was the biggest opening rally of the year. A quick 400point gain on the dow, seen her
Thank you. Officials in france have opened a terrorism investigation for the attack aboard a highspeed train. They say theres clear evidence the gunman stopped by the americans on board planned to carry out mass murder and has apparent ties to radical islam. And now Authorities Say someone was helping him. Nbcs Kelly Cobiella has the latest. Reporter ayoub el khazzani, barefoot and blindfolded, was led into the french courthouse today, where he was charged with attempted murder, attempted mass murder, and membership i ha terrorist organization. This was premeditated and targeted, the prosecutor said, detailing el arsenal. An akm assault rifle. Nine clips fully loaded with 270 rounds. An automatic luger m80 handgun and a a box cutter. A bottle of gasoline. And a cell phone. The prosecutor said el khazzani bought a 170 firstclass ticket and while on board listened to a youtube clip calling on the faithful to take up arms. On what appears to be his Facebook Page one post calling france a
Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. We were warned that this upsetting ride wasnt over, and the markets proved that in dramatic fashion today. What looked like a spectacular comeback run after mondays wall street wipeout stumbled badly at the finish line. The markets falling into even deeper negative territory this afternoon, with the dow shedding another 205 points. And so these are confusing times for a lot of americans trying to protect their hardearned savings. On one hand, the value of their investments is falling. On the other, indicators that might suggest our economys doing just fine. Cnbcs Carl Quintanilla is here with the big picture. Hello, carl. Hello, lester. Today was not encouraging. Stocks are down six days in a row for the first time in three years and a growing sense that more dramatic days lie ahead. It was the biggest opening rally of the year. A quick 400point gain on the dow, seen here on
Take a look at this, it is the allstar cast of the new disney live action lion king remake. Its being released this morning and we now know queen bee, beyonce will star as nala. John oliver as zazu the bird, seth rogen, Billy Eichner timon and pumba it opens july 2019. Trevor wow, im excited. So excited, a live action lion kij, are you kidding and beyonce is playing nalla simbas girlfriend. Or since its beyonce, its probably more accurate to say that simba is playing beyonces boyfriend. Lets be honest. Im really excited. They are actually adding an all new scene in this one whereas sister beats the [bleep] out of simba in an elevator. Really, really up to date, edgy, edgy. But it looks like an amazing cast. Beyonce, donald glover, james earl jones, and john oliver is playing zazu. Which is going to be amazing. I mean it really is. Although like if they wanted a late night host to play an african character, i feel like they were maybe like some other options. I dont know, maybe someone