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only on sunshine. nightly news begins now. announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. i m tamron hall in for lester. it is the last thing many of us want to think about happening on america s birthday. the potential for an isis-inspired attack in the u.s. as millions of americans prepare to gather for back yard barbecues, spirited parades, and awe-inspiring fireworks, law enforcement is at the ready from coast to coast while overseas u.s. embassies and diplomatic posts have called in their emergency action committees to assess the threat not an unusual step but one that takes on new importance following a recent wave of deadly attacks across the globe. we start tonight with national correspondent peter alexander and a world on high alert. reporter: across britain today a moment of silence. fans pausing at wimbledon, the queen bowing her head. the uk remembering 30 of its citizens killed a we ....
sunday session. the senate took up a measure to extend controversial provisions of the patriot act due to expire at midnight. but first politicians from both sides of the aisle stopped to remember beau biden. there s been an outpouring of grief for the vice president s eldest son including from majority leader mitch mcconnell. the senate offers its presiding officer and every member of his family our prayers and our sympathy. glor: beau biden passed away yesterday from brain cancer. his ill, had not been widely publi sides. he is the first child of a sitting president or vice president to die since president john f. kennedy s son patrick passed away two days after his birth in 1963. beau biden was 46 years old. major garrett has more from the white house. reporter: beau biden shared his father s name. the third generation of joseph robinette bidens, a son who followed his father into politics. i m beau biden and joe biden is my dad. reporter: at the democratic ....
dnce-mail hack and say it has all the hallmarks of cyberattacks launched by kremlin intelligence service. russian officials are calling americans paranoid, foreign minister sergey lavrov dismissed allegations when asked about them today. while they can t describe motive for the e-mail dump on eve of the democratic convention, u.s. officials long suspected ties between the kremlin and wikileaks. they say the episode strengthens sus missio suspicions. and the claim that russia is trying to help donald trump cast a cold war era intrigue over russia. russia stole it for my benefit. in north carolina, trump said he never met russian president vladamir putin. wouldn t it be nice if we did get along with russia. but he has long maintained he wants to build a relationship with him and has promoted policies like reducing the role of nato that would empower putin. whether or not moscow is trying to sway the u.s. election, officials say the leak fits into a pattern of russ ....
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desert and san diego, both places that hold significance in aviation history. the crews worked throughout the night to prep the airplane, wheeled it out of the hangar at around 3:00 this morning. the plane is amazing, carbon fiber, 5100 pounds, wing span is 231 feet. flies on batteries that charge at night. they tell us they can fly indefinitely powered by the sun. this round the world flight is meant to show the world that clean technology works and makes good business sense and is a win-win for humanity and the environment. these are very long flights. the longest one took five days to five nights. the pilot for this journey is andre borschberg. the other pilot is joining us now is bertrand piccard. you use hypnosis. tell us how that works. i m a doctor, i use hypnosis to treat my patients but also use it to be able to disassociate myself from the concentration of the stress of flying the airplane so if i have just 20 minutes free, i go into hypnosis, i relax comple ....