Campaign. Vice president Kamala Harris makes his historic Acceptance Speech. And Breaking News from germany. Reports of multiple deaths and injuries in a horrific Knife Attack. First toon tonight, the sprint so location day. A stirring address. We are not going back. Linsey the former president making a battleground blitz, and with the race extremely tight, robert Kennedy Jr. Suspends his campaign, throwing his support to Donald Trump. Will it tip the balance. Breaking news, reports of a deadly Knife Attack in germany what were learning. The economy tonight. Interest Rate Relief is on the way. The federal Reserve Chief says the time has come. When will the cuts happen . How big will he be . What does it mean for mortgages, Car Loans, and Credit Card Debt . Multiple Secret Service agents have now been reassigned after the Assassination Attempt on Donald Trump. And new Details Tonight about the Communication Lapses that cost precious seconds in the response. The former deputy charged wit
With 80 mileperhour winds and flash floods. From up to 9 inches of rain on the East Coast, high surf, sending this home into the ocean and creating dangerous Beach Conditions from maine to florida. Count down to the Democratic National Convention, chicago ramping up security with thousands of protesters expected and the new poll showing a shakeup in the race for key battleground states. Ukraines new battle front, troops destroying this bridge, as they push deeper into russia. Where the fight goes next. Global outrage over Venezuelas President ial election, protesters flooding streets, as Nicolas Maduro clings to power. My conversation with his opponent, and her warning to the u. S. Caught on camera, a hero steps in to stop an attempted kidnapping, one of two by the same suspect, police say. And just an hour apart. And why complaints about Amazon Delivery drones are soaring in one town. Announcer this is nbc Nightly News with jose diazbalart. Good evening, we start tonight with those da
nightly news begins right now. announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. the images coming out of tianjin china are of breathtaking devastation. virtually destroyed by two enormous industrial explosions seen and felt for miles around. right now the death toll already well into the dozens still rising. many people are still missing, and the search and recovery is being carried out amid serious concerns over what s in the air. nbc s ian williams is there. reporter: it s a scene of utter devastation. fires still burning, smoke still rising, more than 24 hours after this. new video shows the first blast light up the sky over tianjin followed by a far more powerful explosion captured on cell phone from a nearby apartment building until a photographer retreats in terror. among the american eyewitnesss, english teacher drew. all of a sudden there is a loud, like a shock wave sound. the first thing pe
still burning. this is a city in shock, but also, a city in fear of the potential toxic threat from this smoke. ian williams in china, thank you. in this country, warnings tonight of a one-two punch from nature that could devastate parts of the west already in the midst of a historic drought emergency. today fire officials raised the threat level to the highest fire danger possible, and that move comes as forecasters warned of what s being called a godzilla el nino event this winter that could trigger storms we haven t seen in decades. reporter: this is what they call level five. the highest fire danger rating in the nation triggered today. signals tinderbox. this year of extremes feeding on each other, fired by crippling drought compasser baited by a heat wave and the forecast calls for a monster el nino this winter, storms capable of triggering floods, mudslides and more. we had late spring rains and conditions firefighters have never seen. reporter: for now, the
of the rainbow. good evening everyone. i m katie in for dan tonight. i m amma. across the country today couple line up to get marriage licenses and get married. hash-tag loveins was tweeted 5.6illion times around the world. but inside the courts there was passionate difficult september as well in the 5 to 4 decision. terri has the celebration and the state where they vow to resist tonight news hit crowd outside the supreme court like a wildfire. justice anthony kennedy long time champion of gay rights on the courte wrote today landmark opinion. descre landmark opinion. describing the stake in the case in the loveiest term. no union is more profound than marriage he wrote for it embodies the high wrote for it embodies the highest ideal of love, fidelity hiest ideal of love, fidelity, devotion, zacchary physician and family. forming marital union 2 people become someing greater than once they were. it was hundreds of thousands of them across america as justice kennedy so of