Transcripts For KPNX NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt 20160

Transcripts For KPNX NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt 20160929

Whats behind a startling rise in dangerous behavior at 30,000 feet. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. We begin with breaking news of another American School shooting this time an Elementary School in anderson county, south carolina. Where panicked parents learning that a teacher and two children had been wounded. One student airlifted to the hospital. Not far from the school, police have also found the body of an adult, the father of a teenager who tonight is in police custody, in connection with all of this. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez is there and has late details. The chaos erupted just before 2 00, reports of an active shooter in south carolina. A heavily armed s. W. A. T. Team swarming townville Elementary School. The shooter is going to be a white male, all black clothing and blonde teenager opened fire, wounding two students and a teacher before being taken into custody. Deputies were on scene within seven minutes. Authorities say it happened on a playground that the shooter never entered the school. Jamie brought one of the townville firefighters was actually one of the first outlook responders to get on scene. And he engaged the suspect and at that authorities now investigating a separate crime scene, a home two miles away. Where police say the alleged gunmans father was found dead. 911 received a call from his family, a short time after the incident at townville. And when officers arrived, they found mr. Osborne deceased. He died from a gunshot wound. Terrified parents scrambling to the school this womans daughter in kindergarten. She just told me they went to the bathroom and she said she didnt get shot. I was so scared. I dont want her to go to school now. Students evacuated tonight investigators here are searching for a motive. Classes now canceled for the rest of the week. We are heartbroken about this senseless act of violence. Reporter police have not said what connection if any the teenaged gunman had to this school. Tonight, the injured teacher and one of the wounded students have been treated and released. The other student was airlifted to the hospital. Gabe gutierrez, thank you. To president ial politics now, our brandnew nbc News Survey Monkey poll tonight showing a significant majority of likely voters believe Hillary Clinton won mondays first debate over donald trump. Both candidates on the trail today as clinton courted millennials with former rival Bernie Sanders. New trouble for trump, among women voters as he feuds with a former beauty queen. We have it all covered starting with nbcs hallie jackson. Reporter donald trump tonight trying to spin every Single Online poll had me winning. Reporter but 27 of women, a group he needs to win over, said their opinion of trump got worse after monday night. According to our nbc News Survey Monkey online poll. Multiple trump sources acknowledge he has work to do. One calling his performance a disaster. His team now considering more traditional prep, though trump himself tells nbcs katy tur in a statement, hard to be unhappen the gop nominee now facing fallout for what he said about alicia machado. What were the names he called you . Miss piggy, miss housekeeping, miss eating machine. It was horrible for me. Reporter machado, sharing her story with the help of Hillary Clintons campaign. Trying to force a conversation about trumps record with women. How does that help him appeal to this demographic . It is not helpful. And there are some things that can be shows eight in ten independent women say trump doesnt have the personality or temperament to be president. Along with one in four republican women. He needs to convince republican women that he is acceptable. And this i think is one of his problems, that he has not closed that gap. Reporter but many backers now brushing off trumps latest controversy. Its obviously not a very kind comment and not a comment you would ever want directed towards you. But i dont believe that it is something that we should be worried about as much in this election. Reporter hallie jackson, nbc news, milwaukee. Im Kristen Welker New Hampshire, where Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders rallied young voters today. It is imperative that we elect Hillary Clinton as our next president. Im proud of the primary campaign that bernie and i ran. We ran a campaign about issues, not insults. Reporter millennial overwhelmingly chose sanders in the primary race, helping him win big in places like New Hampshire. In the last two president ial elections, about one in five voters were i never thought i would hear someone running for president , my opponent, who says he wants to appoint Supreme Court justices who would overturn marriage equality. Reporter now all hands on deck, the first lady energizing young voters on College Campuses in pennsylvania today. She refrained from mentioning trump. But excoriated his birther conspiracy theory. Let me say, hurtful, deceitful questions deliberately designed to undermine his presidency. Be blamed on others, our swept under the rug, by an insincere sentence uttered at a press conference. Reporter clinton leads trump among millennials, 5034 . But today students at the university of New Hampshire still mixed. You all supported Bernie Sanders in the primary. Are you going to vote for Hillary Clinton in the election . I dont think shes a very honest person. I think it was hard for me to accept and process that bernie actually didnt win the nomination. Reporter in an with cosmopolitan Chelsea Clinton is slamming donald trump for saying hes proud he didnt raise her fathers past infidelities in mondays debate. Chelsea telling cosmo its a distraction. Lester . Kristin welker, thank you. New outrage over another Deadly Police shooting in this country. Protests erupting near san diego after an officer killed an africanamerican man who police say removed something from his pocket and appeared to take aim, but it unarmed. Lets get more from nbcs miguel almaguer. Reporter tonight in suburban san diego, protesters back on the street. After a call for help ended with gunfire. Shots fired, send me an ambulance. Reporter investigators say this man, identified by family as Alfred Alongo took a quote shooting stance. Rapidly pulling an object from his pocket, clasping his hands together. The male refused concealed his hand in his pants pocket. Reporter police would shoot and kill alongo, an unarmed black man said to be mentally ill. I do not call the Police Officer to come and kill my reporter the shooten and tasing of the man captured on cell phone turned over to police immediately sparked angry protests. Hands up. Like dont shoot. I didnt hear the man say anything. Next thing, i see pow pow pow, five shots. Reporter tonight investigators have not released any video, only this still image. We will be transparent this will be investigated, this will be looked at by many sets of eyes, not just ours. Dont shoot him. Reporter the death here comes on the heels of officerinvolved shootings in charlotte and tulsa. Now another case tonight already leading to more protests on the an historic moment today in our nations capitol, Congress Handing president obama a stinging defeat overriding his veto for the first time of his presidency. The battle concerning a bill that would allow 9 11 family members to sue saudi arabia for an alleged role in those attacks. Nbcs Pete Williams has more. The the nays are 1. Reporter with one vote against, the senate and then the house, 348 to 77 easily came within the twothirds needed to override a veto from president obama and allow victims of the 9 11 attacks and their families to sue the government of saudi arabia. Watching the vote today, kerry strada, whose husband tom died in the attack on the world trade center. Congress worked beautifully together, bipartisan, even Hillary Clinton and donald trump agree that this bill should be passed. Reporter the families say saudi arabia gave financial and campaign, but the Obama Administration pushed hard to defeat the bill, saying it could expos u. S. Service members and diplomats overseas to legal retaliation. Its a dangerous precedent. And sometimes you have to do whats hard. And frankly, i Wish Congress here had done whats hard. Reporter supporters dismissed those fears, saying the bill allows suing only foreign governments, not individuals. The risk of shielding the perpetrators of terrorism from justice outweighs the risks on how other countries might respond to and perhaps compromise u. S. Interests. Reporter now the hard part years of legal wrangling in court over access to evidence. Pete williams, nbc news, washington. Tributes around the world tonight for a man who fought for israels independence and then fought for peace. Shimon peres, the former Prime Minister died last night at age 93. As Andrea Mitchell reports, peres witnessed history and made history. Maker. Brokering the first and so far only peace treaty with the palestinians. For which peres later shared in the nobel peace prize. Im sure i shall see peace in my lifetime. Even if i should have to extend my life for a year or two. I wont hesitate. Tonight, israel is in mourning. Flags lowered for one of the last of the nations pioneers. Twice israels Prime Minister, and for seven years its president , peres emigrated from poland to what was then palestine at the age of 11. Once a hawk, he created israels secret Nuclear Program and armed its military. Later a mentor to american president s and diplomats. Were here to pay tribute to the last living israeli who knew king david. President obama, who awarded peres the medal of freedom, saying a light has gone out, but the hope he gave us will burn forever. Praising him today, a political rival. Current Prime Minister netanyahu. An international figure, peres was serenaded by Barbra Streisand for his 90th birthday. . . . . Also known for his humor, peres posted a job hunting video when he left the presidency two years ago. President obama will leave the u. S. Delegation to attend his funeral friday, his vision for peace never realized but leaving an indelible imprint on generations of world leaders. Andrea news. Turning back home now, into a mystery at sea. This is only deepening this evening. Mother and her son went on an overnight fishing trip off rhode island and disappeared. A week later the son was found alive on a life raft and the mother presumed dead. Now were learning the son is a person of interest on his grandfathers unsolved murder. Nbcs ann thompson has details. 22yearold nathan carmen, police believe, may be the living link to deaths at sea and on land, vehemently denied today. They were the two most important people in his life. The mystery at sea involved nathans mom. The pair took off from point judith, rhode island in nathans fishing boat on september 17th. The next day out at block canyon, nathan said the boat started taking on water. He managed to get into a life raft, his mother did not. Eight days later he was picked up by a chinese freighter, 100 miles south of marthas vineyard. The boat dropped out from under my feet. When i saw the life raft, i did not see my mom. Have you found her . But Rhode Island Police are investigating. There was no distress call and in a search warrant States Nathan had made repairs to the boat that may have made it unsafe. Nathan told the boston globe today, he thought the boat was seaworthy and didnt do anything wrong. Emotionally ive been through a huge amount. And my request is just to be allowed to mourn of nathans grandfather in connecticut. Nathan was the last person to see john chockolos alive. He left a 42 million fortune to his heirs, including nathans mom. Connecticut Police Describe nathan as a person of interest in his grandfathers murder as the family mystery continues. An thompson, nbc news, vernon, vermont. Still ahead here tonight, air rage unruly passengers on bad the airlines are calling for a crackdown and International Agreement on how to combat it. And the man who risked his own life traveling to a war zone bringing precious were back now with troubling news that concerns anyone who gets on an airplane. An alarming rise in the number of air rage cases, both in the sky and on the ground. Now a Global Airline group is demanding new International Rules in how to deal with nbcs tom costello with more now. Take a seat. I said take a seat, sir. I dont want to take a seat. August 2nd, an intoxicated passenger gets physical with a pilot and flight attendant. You dont put your hands on my flight attendant. March 10, an allout brawl involving five passengers over loud music. July 2014, a canadian s. W. A. T. Team storms a plane passenger makes threats. Today, a group of World Airlines reported 1500 more air rage incidents last year alone. Nearly 11,000 cases worldwide. Thats one for every 1200 flights. While the majority involve verbal abuse, 11 got physical. This is the number one issue that we face when we come to work every single day. The problem, say flight attendants. Our aircraft are fuller than ever, the conditions that lead to an air rage incident are higher than ever. Deescalate the situation. No surprise, drugs and alcohol were a factor in a quarter of all air rage cases. And post9 11 pilots very often choose to divert to the nearest airport for police help. Im a captain that has had to make that decision before. And the consequences to the passenger were quite severe. The u. S. , up to a 25,000 fine and 20 years in prison. But the punishments vary from country to country. Now the Worlds Airlines say its time for a crackdown and an prison time. Lester . All right. Tom costello, thank you. Were back in a moment with new developments in the fbi search for two men caught on camera in a bombing investigation. The fbi thinks it has identified two witnesses its been searching for in the recent bombing in new york. Senior Law Enforcement sources say the two men, who were seen on Surveillance Video removing one of the bombs and taking the suitcase it was in, are believed to be are now back overseas. The fbi is trying to make contact with them, but does not consider them to be suspects in the case. A Television Pioneer has died, agnes nixon was a major force in daytime tv. Creating two of the longestrunning soap operas all my children and one life to live. Both shows ran for 40 years, on her programs, nixon helped introduce controversial issues to daytime audiences, including abortion, aids and samesex were saying farewell tonight to one of our own, our chief pentagon correspondent, jim miklaszewski, who is retiring after 31 years with nbc news. Mick, as we like to call him, guided us through some of the top stories in recent decades, including the war in iraq, the conflict in afghanistan and the 9 11 attack on the pentagon. The pentagon itself cited mick for setting what it called a standard of journalistic excellence, calling his reporting tough, thats something all of us here saw and appreciated day in and day out. We all wish mick the very best. When we come back here tonight, a man on a Dangerous Mission to bring a little happiness to the finally tonight, the ability to bring happiness to our children is something that most of us take for granted. But as you might imagine, thats a challenge in a place like syria, where the children have suffered from years of war. And its why one man has made the perilous journey back to his home country more than two dozen times. We get his story tonight from kelly kobiyea. Rami adham would know. He survived bombings, dodged snipers. Scaled fences. Risking his life to deliver precious cargo to syria. But not the kind you might think. If i make it, a lot of kids will be happy. Rami is carrying toys. They call you the toy smuggler. Yeah, i came to learn that lately. But i am, im known as rami has six kids at home in finland. Two sons, four daughters, plenty of toys, hes syrian and when the war broke out, he wanted to help. So did daughter yazmin. She said why adopt you take toys for them . I have toys i can give. The first family donation has turned into this, a mountain of toys. From children across finland. These kids havent had a chance to play kids should be kids, up to the last minute. And we have betrayed them. The whole world betrayed them. So in five years, 27 trips. 13,000 toys. And always more to do. You have someone in mind for this . Oh yeah. Oh yeah, definitely. A pony for an orphan named miral. Ill do the honor of smuggling this to her. Every two months, he leaves again. But supports him. Im the mother of six kids, i know what kind of joy he bring to the kids. Hes a good man with a big heart. Risking his life, time and again, for this. Kids deserve to be happy. These kids deserve to play. These kids deserve to be a child. So im here for them. And on his 28th trip, a special delivery. Kelly kobiyea, nbc right now are big story on 12 news at 6 00 people had planned for a quiet retirement thing

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