I just want to make sure we can earn every vote possible. The president ial race enters its final week, just seven days to go. President trump and joe biden making a big push in battlegrounds that will determine the outcome. Well break down the very latest numbers from those key states. Breaking overnight, outrage. Violent protests erupt in philadelphia, after the deadly shooting of a knifewielding black man. At least 30 officers hurt, dozens of demonstrators taken into custody. Well have the latest in a live report. Alarming trend. No matter how you look at it, its not good news. The u. S. Now averaging more than 70,000 new coronavirus cases per day. Hospitalizations up 40 . And the Ripple Effect now being felt on wall street. Wild weather. New wildfires in california forcing tens of thousands to evacuate. An ice storm in the plains bringing widespread power outages, while hurricane watches are once again posting along the gulf coast as zeta targets the region. Al is covering it all.
Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. There was high drama outside the white house late this afternoon when a confrontation between secret service and arnold man ended in gunfire. The secret service said an officer opened fire on the man wounding him after he approached a security checkpoint and pulled out a firearm. This all happening in play view of sightseers along the perimeter of the white house grounds and sent heavily Armed Secret Service teams fanning out as the white house was placed on a security lockdown. Jim miklaszewski was there and has late details for us. Reporter on what had been a serene sunny afternoon, the white house grounds suddenly looked like a war zone. Shouts and shots fired rang out. Secret Service Officers scrambled to their post. One with a sniper rifle atop the white house. A lone man brandishing a handgun walking to the Southwest Corner of the white house grounds. He had a gun out.
Jordans foreign minister telling cnn that his country will go after isis where ever they are with everything that we have. This as we have new video of co Coalition Air strikes. Youre looking at isis targets exploding. These are the first that jordan has participated in since the terrorists burned a Fighter Pilot alive. U. S. Jet fighters hit isis targets today. The u. S. Posting these images of exactly what happened in the aftermath of those strikes in iraq and syria. Earlier today president obama did not mince words in describing the isis terrorists. Isil brutal vicious death cult in the name of religion carrying out unspeakable acts of barbarism. Barbara starr is outfront from the pentagon tonight. We saw some of those videos. Coalition partners flying again. What did they hit . These were jordanian a air strikes. They say they hit training areas. About 20 targets in eastern syria. Thats what the video is of. Those jordanian f16s going against isis targets in syria. Jordan making cl
She also insisted negotiations must go on. Merkle will hold a Conference Call with french president Francois Hollande and Vladimir Putin later today. Meantime though the bloodshed continues. Eight people were killed by shelling in donetsk over the past day according to a rebel group official. Senior correspondent frederick plekton is live with the reaction from kiev from these developments or the lack of development. Fred . Reporter certainly, kiev has been frustrated and you saw that at the security conference when Petro Poroshenko said its absolutely clear in his mind that there are Russian Forces in ukraine and he held up russian passports up and said this is all the proof the world needs. Of course the russians have a different take on that. They said yes, there are russian fighters crossing the border but putin says these are not Russian Military personnel. These are volunteer fighters. The russians are still stating that they did not bring bring equipment across the border. At th