Tonight after the deadly highway crash that left him so badly injured. What he just revealed. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york this is nbc nightly news. Lester hoelt. We begin with the dangerous mistake involving the deadly bacteria anthrax. The pentagon fessing up. Somehow lethal live anthrax was sent to labs in nine states and overseas shipped via fedex leading to questions of safety for the workers who received those. Jim miklaszewski has details. Reporter details came from utah where the u. S. Military develops ways to defend against biological and chemical weapons. Defense officials tell nbc news dugway mistakenly sent live anthrax instead of inactive bacteria to as many as 20 military facilities in nine states and as far away as south korea. The potentially deadly shipment came from a batch of anthrax that was produced at dugway more than a year ago and was radiated to render it inactive. But last week a commercial lab in maryl
Tonight after that deadly highway crash that left him so badly injured. What he just revealed. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york this is nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight, lester holt. Good evening. We start here tonight with a developing story. The admission late today by the u. S. Military of a dangerous mistake involving the deadly bacteria anthrax. The pentagon fessing up and instead of sending inactive samples, somehow lethal live anthrax was sent to labs in as many as nine states and overseas shipped via fedex. Leading to questions about the safety of the workers who received those shipments. Our pentagon correspondent Jim Miklaszewski has late details. Reporter the deadly anthrax came from the armys dugway proving ground in utah where the u. S. Military develops ways to defend against biological and chemical weapons. Defense officials tell nbc news dugway mistakenly sent live anthrax instead of inactive bacteria to as many as
Station who told us he was calm throughout and surprised by his lack of fear. Did you ever fear for your life . Nope nope. Reporter not 24 hours after he was held he said he was armed but not threatening. He repeated almost ten times, dont worry, i wont harm you, i wont harm you. Reporter as it turns out this was the suspects last stop on a spree that began with a car theft, police chase, crashnd and attempted carjack. A man ran up to my car with a gun pointing at me trying to get in the door. As soon as the dog came up in the window he stopped in his tracks and pointed the gun at me and my dog. Reporter he told me both he and his captor used security cameras to monitor the Police Activity outside including their use of a robot in an Armored Vehicle. By mid afternoon the suspect released first the 75yearold. Then a short time later his manager. Before walking out and surrendering to police. If that gentleman is listening, ill say good luck. I wish you all the best in the life and thank
That left him so badly injured. What he just revealed. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight, lester holt. Good evening. We start here tonight with a developing story. The admission late today by the u. S. Military of a dangerous mistake involving the deadly bacteria anthrax. The pentagon fessing up and instead of sending inactive samples, somehow lethal live anthrax was sent to labs in as many as nine states and overseas shipped via fedex. Leading to questions about the safety of the workers who received those shipments. Our pentagon correspondent Jim Miklaszewski has late details. Reporter the deadly anthrax came from the armys dugway proving ground in utah where the u. S. Military develops ways to defend against biological and chemical weapons. Defense officials tell nbc news dugway mistakenly sent live anthrax instead of inactive bacteria to as many as 20 military and commercial laboratorie