But flying and circled before crashing just miles before the airport. One of the considerations the investigators are going to look at is if the airplane was too low on fuel and at its maximum range. A surviving Flight Attendant told rescuers the plane had run out of fuel. Accompanying the team on the plane, 21 journalists, hoping to cover a fairy tale ending for a team that had surpassed all expectations, only to end in tragedy. Late word that surgeons had to amputate the right leg of surviving goalkeeper jackson follmann. Meanwhile, the Colombian Team that was scheduled to play against the brazilians today asked the south american soccer the championship title to their brazilian competitors. Lester . Tom costello, thank you. Now to the investigation at ohio state where the fbi is trying to determine what set off a student to plow his car into a crowd, then go on a horrific stabbing spree yesterday. Was there a connection to isis, or any other terror group . Nbcs Stephanie Gosk has mo
Seconds. Hit the gas, hit the gas reporter residents and vacationers thought they were safe, until they looked out their windows. Panic. s panic. Constance, chloe and 9yearold lily are alive. She called from the house phone and said there were flames across the street from our house and she didnt know what to do. I told her to call 911 and get out. That was the last time i heard from her. Reporter tonight with the fire still burning, authorities are beginning to assess the damage. Entire neighborhoods destroyed. 14,000 ordered to evacuate. 2,000 fled to structures damaged or destroyed. Gatlinburg is a resort town about an hour from knoxville. The flames threatened several popular tourist destinations. The greatest smokey mountains, the most visited park in the country, an aquarium with 10,000 animals, and Dolly Partons dollywood theme park. Dollywood was spared, but this week, they released a Public Service announcement about wildfires, said shes heart broken and hotel, the fire trappe
Seconds. Hit the gas, hit the gas reporter residents and vacationers thought they were safe, until they looked out their windows. Panic. s panic. Constance, chloe and 9yearold lily are alive. She called from the house phone and said there were flames across the street from our house and she didnt know what to do. I told her to call 911 and get out. That was the last time i heard from her. Reporter tonight with the fire still burning, authorities are beginning to assess the damage. Entire neighborhoods destroyed. 14,000 ordered to evacuate. 2,000 fled to structures damaged or destroyed. Gatlinburg is a resort town about an hour from knoxville. The flames threatened several popular tourist destinations. The greatest smokey mountains, the most visited park in the country, an aquarium with 10,000 animals, and Dolly Partons dollywood theme park. Dollywood was spared, but this week, they released a Public Service announcement about wildfires, said shes heart broken and hotel, the fire trappe
Just two weeks ago. Did he sound frustrated with the country . No. At all. He actually loved america. He loved the fact of the opportunity he had here to go to school. Reporter bhu police say artan attacked that school. Flipped me up in the air. Reporter Professor William clark said he thought it was a Traffic Accident at first. But then several people started shouting immediately. Reporter tonight, only three of the 11 injured are still in the hospital. Stephanie gosk, nbc news, colombus, ohio. A late evening of cabinet picks from president elect donald trump. Nbc news has learned steven man uchin is expected to be named trumps pick for treasury secretary tomorrow. And investor william ross is expected to be his pick to lead the commerce department. Elaine chao, wife of Mitch Mcconnell is his transportation secretary. We have a lot more on that in just a moment. But first, the president elect is overshadowing his own cabinet picks with his threat today about jailing or perhaps revokin
An unbreakable bond, inspiring america. Nightly news begins right now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening, there was so little time to flee as near 90mileanhour wind gusts and plunging humidity set a wildfire exploding overnight into a deadly and destructive rampage outside gatlinburg, tennessee. Fleeing with little more than the clothes on their back. This evening, scores of homes and businesses are left in smouldering ruins. We learned today, at least three people have been killed. Its happening southeast of knoxville, around the popular resort areas of tennessees great smokey mountains. Thats where Kerry Sanders has the latest. Wow. Reporter the fire storm exploded in seconds. Hit the gas, hit the gas reporter residents and vacationers thought they were safe, until they looked out their windows. Panic. We could feel the heat coming off it was nothing but red. Oh, my god, its so hot. Reporter the escape was complicate