Costars. Why did Mark Wahlberg reportedly make over a Million Dollars for reshoots while costar Michelle Williams reportedly got less than 1,000 . A hollywood uproar. This is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening, everyone. Thank you for joining us. Distraught family members and neighbors have joined the grim search under way in california tonight for the missing in neighborhoods swept away by mud slides. There have been some dramatic rescues today from homes that are up to their roof tops in mud. But also a rising death toll. At least 15 following this weeks torrential rains. More than a hundred homes destroyed. And for some of those trapped, time is running out. The disaster is taking place two hours north of los angeles in montecito. Thats where we start with our National Correspondent miguel almaguer. Reporter tonight in montecito, the heartbreak is as overwhelming as the i dont know where she is. Reporter this is where hayden gower is searching for his mother, 69yearold
Good to be with you this morning. Im frances rivera. And im phillip mena. Search crews are racing against time to find survivors of the killer mudslides in southern california. At least 17 people are dead, dozens more injured. And 17 are still missing after a powerful winter storm unleashed mud, boulder, and flash floods into communities that were still reeling from last months massive wildfires. More than 100 homes have been destroyed, and thousands have been forced to flee, including celebrities in the affluent neighborhood of montecito. Tennis legend jimmy conner was evacuated by helicopter. He took to twitter tuesday to thank the u. S. Coast guard for rescuing him. And talc show host Ellen Degeneres was visibly emotional, sharing how she and her wife have evacuated yet again, just days after finally returning home after the massive thomas fire. Sunday night portia and i got a call that were under mandatory evacuation again, with most of the community of montecito. So, again, we eva
Good to be with you this morning. Im frances rivera. And im phillip mena. Search crews are racing against time to find survivors of the killer mudslides in southern california. At least 17 people are dead, dozens more injured. And 17 are still missing after a powerful winter storm unleashed mud, boulder, and flash floods into communities that were still reeling from last months massive wildfires. More than 100 homes have been destroyed, and thousands have been forced to flee, including celebrities in the affluent neighborhood of montecito. Tennis legend jimmy conner was evacuated by helicopter. He took to twitter tuesday to thank the u. S. Coast guard for rescuing him. And talc show host Ellen Degeneres was visibly emotional, sharing how she and her wife have evacuated yet again, just days after finally returning home after the massive thomas fire. Sunday night portia and i got a call that were under mandatory evacuation again, with most of the community of montecito. So, again, we eva
Reveal his idea. The suspect fired one shot. Then dragged the victim to the sidewalk and fired two more shots. The victim releases his backpack and the suspects ran south on bonita avenue. The victim was shot once and d5. The time i decided to let him grab my bag i was yelling help me. Please help me. Reporter i asked him why he initially refused to give up his backpack. He says it contained his laptop with his dissertation for his phd in mechanical engineering. The first reaction is to resist. It has the most important of my life. A Second Thought is that i have backup. Reporter he remembered his dissertation was saved so he let go. Now he feels lucky to be alive. I did not burst until burst into tears into the third day. The first and second day i am trying to to myself. Trying to remember what actually happened. It is only the third day i realized i could have been killed. Reporter the street was dark. He could not see what the suspect look like. They did not say anything to him. Po
And bonita. Authorities believe video showing the encounter on december 5 you see the suspects approached the victim. One grabbed his backpack and fired three shots before they ran away. A second video shows the suspects vehicle. A newer model light fourdoor sedan possibly a chevy impala. Amber talk to the shooting and robbery victim tonight. Reporter the victim tells me he is a graduate student at uc berkeley. He had been returning from school he parked his car and suddenly he was attack. The video shows the uc Berkeley Graduate Student in white getting out of a silver subaru hatchback after parking it. On the left two men are walking towards the student. One quickens his pace and tries to grab the victims backpack. He showed up right next to me. He pulled my bag. I pulled it back. As a reactive action. Reporter the victim asked us not to reveal his identity plan it shows the suspect firing oneshot and dragging the victim to the sidewalk and firing two more shots at him. The victim re