This section of the street here in colombia what street . Looks like a river. It does look like a river. Its called the most dangerous street in that area, because it is susceptible to torrential rain. The man youre about to see was on his way to being number 31 who died. You see right there. You see the bobbing head. Oh, my gosh. They say he was walking down the street, a platform collapsed, the water rushed at him, and there he is in the water. Now all these people are screaming. Somebody help him. But they cant. Oh. Holding on. Hes holding a plastic jug but that jug is not a flotation device. Its not helping him. You can see him again here in another video. Oh, my gosh. Somebody throw a rope. Anything. You can hear people screaming save him, save him. But nobody can really do thats why they just took one step into the water. Theyre going down as well. Hes helpless. The people on the sides of the street are helpless by the end of his journey hes gone over half a mile. At one point yo
Right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. The likelihood that heads will roll in the wake of that new york prison breakout grew today as word came down that 12 prison employees including the superintendent have been placed on leave. The Clinton Correctional Facility is the subject of a toptobottom investigation of how two killers managed to bust out. Some of the answers, however, are coming straight from the surviving escapee himself. David sweat is said to be spilling everything, including the fact that this was not the first time theyd made it outside the prison. National correspondent Miguel Almaguer is on the story for us tonight. Reporter tonight the prison top boss, his deputy and ten other employees are suspended from clinton correctional after the brazen escape here. Superintendent Steve Racette was the man who led Governor Cuomo on a tour of how the convicts broke free. How did they do that . Chi
It is pouring rain at the white house. Full faith in our intelligence agencies. Oops, they just turned off the lights. Former president barack obama back on the International Stage this morning, giving a speech at the mandela lecture series. Strongman politics are ascendant. gunfire wild video out of las vegas. Police in pursuit of two homicide suspects. gunfire one suspect was killed, another was injured. The officer was not hurt. screaming a lava bomb from a kilauea volcano landed on a tour boat in hawaii. Injuring 23 people. Suddenly, bedlam. There was screaming. You look on the floor and there were hot lava rocks. Can we talk about air force one for a second . Yeah. Your vision is for no powder blue . You know what colors were using . Red, white, and blue. And youve seen the design . I helped design it. A dramatic rescue monday near bakersfield, california. Rescue crews using a helicopter to hoist a man to safety. If youre headed to a river or lake this summer, officials remind you
Tonight, why the victims are being sued by the vegas hotel where it happened. Frighteni ining new video oe moment a lava bomb rained down on a packed tour boat in hawaii. In our spotlight, its the only one left in america. Our visit to the last blockbuster. This is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening everyone. Welcome to our viewers in the west. Back on american soil and facing blistering bipartisan criticism, President Trump today found the words that somehow escaped him yesterday in that press conference with vladamir putin in helsinki. Mr. Trump expressing what he claims he meant to say, that he believes u. S. Intelligence assessments that russia worked to influence the outcome of the 2016 election. Redent in damage control mode after he seemed to accept putins denial of the intrusion and not the findings of american intelligence experts. Our Peter Alexander has late details. I thought about the meeting i had with president putin was really strong. Reporter first, the ba
Charge of the country just like i consider myself to be responsible for things that happen in this country. So, certainly as the leader of a country you would have to hold him responsible. Yes. What did you say to them . Very strong on the fact that we cannot have meddling paid we cannot have any of that. Melissa we have Catherine Herridge life at the security conference with the view from the intelligence community. But we are going to start with Allison Barber at the white house. Hi, melissa. The president has spent a lot of time trying to backtrack and clarify a number of remarks that President Trump made during the press conference in helsinki. But even with the backtracking and the seemingly growing chorus of criticism, President Trump said that the summit was a great success. On twitter he attacked the media and said that he is looking forward to a second meeting with russia. His interview with cbs, the president as you just heard said that he told putin behind closed doors that