Across baltimore every night this week. Six officers have been suspended, and the mayor and Police Commissioner are promising the results of an investigation next week. Heres chip reid. Reporter this evening another mass protest in baltimore. Its become a daily ritual. Police commissioner anthony batts, in the job since 2012, has publicly vowed to end baltimores history of police misconduct. Today, he told cbs station wjz that the departments intentions were good but sometimes officers have gone too far. To an extent, were responsible for the pain in this community, where we thought we were doing gods work, where were going out trying to make communities safer weve made mass arrests and taken people to jail in numbers and weve obliterated this community. So we have to own that. Reporter but gene ryan, the head of baltimores fraternal police, today launched a spirited defense of the officers and in a statement likened the protesters like 2 a lynch mob. When youre trying to put somebody
This is nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight, lester holt. Good evening. There is a lot to tell you about tonight. We want to start with the threat of dangerous weather. Strong storms and the potential for tornadoes popping up across a huge part of the country this hour. Storms from texas all the way to connecticut. It started what is looking like a severalday outbreak. Lets turn to al roker who joins me in the studio. Al where is the biggest risk tonight . Right now, texas, lester. In fact we have a tornado watch in effect for northern texas and a cell around amarillo. There is a funnel cloud on the ground. Warning is in effect until the top of the hour. For tonight we are looking at this risk of strong storms from lubbock, houston, austin but we also have an enhanced risk including dallas. 22 Million People at risk for severe storms and 70mileperhour wind gusts and tornadoes, twoinch hail. Tomorrow the risk moves to the east. New orleans under the gun. 24 million folks at risk. Damagi
Across baltimore every night this week. Six officers have been suspended, and the mayor and Police Commissioner are promising the results of an investigation next week. Heres chip reid. Reporter this evening another mass protest in baltimore. Its become a daily ritual. Police commissioner anthony batts, in the job since 2012, has publicly vowed to end baltimores history of police misconduct. Today, he told cbs station wjz that the departments intentions were good but sometimes officers have gone too far. To an extent, were responsible for the pain in this community, where we thought we were doing gods work, where were going out trying to make communities safer weve made mass arrests and taken people to jail in numbers and weve obliterated this community. So we have to that. Reporter but gene ryan, the head of baltimores fraternal police, today launched a spirited defense of the officers and in a statement likened the protesters like 2 a lynch mob. When youre trying to put somebody in j
Reporting tonight, lester holt. Good evening. There is a lot to tell you about tonight. We want to start with the threat of dangerous weather. Strong storms and the potential for tornadoes popping up across a huge part of the country this hour. Storms from texas all the way to connecticut. It started what is looking like a severalday outbreak. Lets turn to al roker who joins me in the studio. Al, where is the bigge tonight . Right now, texas, lester. In fact we have a tornado watch in effect for northern texas and a Tornado Warning currently just south of amarillo. Were watching this cell develop. It was a funnel cloud on ground. Warning is in effect until the top of the hour. For tonight we are looking at this risk of strong storms from lubbock, houston, austin, but we also have an enhanced risk, including dallas. 22 Million People at risk for severe storms and 70mileperhour wind gusts and tornadoes, twoinch hail. Tomorrow the risk moves to the east. New orleans under the gun. 24 mill
Good evening. There is a lot to tell you about tonight. We want to start with the threat of dangerous weather. Strong storms and the potential for tornadoes popping up across a huge part of the country this hour. Storms from texas all the way to connecticut. It started what is looking like a severalday outbreak. Lets turn to al roker who joins me in the studio. Al, where is the biggest risk tonight . Right now, texas, lester. In fact we have a tornado watch in effect for northern texas and a Tornado Warning currently just south of amarillo. Were watching this cell develop. It was a funnel cloud on ground. Warning is in effect until the top of the hour. For tonight we are looking at this risk of strong storms from lubbock, houston, austin, but we also have an enhanced risk, including dallas. 22 Million People at risk for severe storms and 70mileperhour wind gusts and tornadoes, twoinch hail. Tomorrow the risk moves to the east. New orleans under the gun. 24 million folks at risk. Damagi