Lifelong dream and succeeds where his hero could not. Nightly news begins now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york. This is nbc nightly news with jose diaz balart. Good evening. We begin with a terrifying moment what was supposed to be a military charity run in new jersey. A pipe bomb type device ploex edded the smalltown in the jersey shore. Now federal agents are taking over the investigation searching for a suspect and motive. Amid the chaos, there is concern it could have been much worse. Tammy lig Tammy Lightner is in seaside park, new jersey. Reporter a massive response on the board walk of seaside park, new jersey. Its scary. So scary. Nowhere is safe especially not a town like this. Reporter an explosion rocking the course of a ma roan corps. Charity race just as 5,000 people were getting ready to run. The race is cancelled for today. Reporter the blast going off inside a cash can trash can. Securities used robots to secure the scene and investigating the dev
Shot. Why the gunman may have gone on the rampage. And controversial ceremony. Joe paterno set to be honored at penn state. But it is under scrutiny by those who say he stayed silent about the Jerry Sandusky scandal. And rocket man. A nearly impossible stunt nearly 40 years in the making. . Rt a daredevil following in evel knievels footsteps. Tries to complete the snake river jump that evel knievel could not pull off in the 70s. Can he do it . The stunt you have to see, today, saturday, september 17th. Announcer from nbc news, this is today. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Saturday morning. Im craig melvin alongside dylan dreyer and sheinelle jones. Stephanie ruhle has the day off. And the story of redemption. It was. I usually dont like watching those things happen. It was an attempt at redemption for the engineer. The guy who designed evel knievels back in the the chute opened early. The guys son used the same design this time around. It makes it better. Stay tuned. We will
New concerns along the east coast that gas prices could skyrocket. Official recall. Samsung finally forced to pull its exploding phones in the u. S. Refunding and replacing nearly a million after reports of overheating. Cars igniting and 26 people burned as apples new iphone goes on sale around the world this morning. The secret life of o. J. Simpson. The new report revealing how he spends his days behind bars. The former football star now sharing a cell in prison with another inmate and reportedly keeping a picture with Nicole Brown Simpson on his shelf. All as o. J. Makes a new push for freedom. And good morning, america. Happy friday. Robin and mike out on assignment today. We have a lot to get to. Just 53 days until the election, and new National Polls show a dead heat between donald trump and Hillary Clinton. And then, george, a lot of uncomfortable moment overnight with Donald Trumps hair on late night tv. That was bizarre. But also so was Donald Trumps interview with the Washing
Lakefront, thanks to a sw breeze at 1020 mph. There is a chance for a few pop up tshowers in the late afternoon, and a scattered rain before 10pm. Behind the front, drops and lows drop and lower 60s tonight. Keeping an eye on an incident near oak creek on 94 northbound at drexle ave semi in a ditch not affecting speeds tow truck on sight sheriffs on scene traffic is fine speeds at or above normal breaking news now another device exploded this morning appeared to contain pipe bombs near a new Jersey Transit station. According to the citys mayor, the device exploded as the bomb squads robot was cutting wires. The device was found in a backpack and contained as many as five explosives. The pack was found in a garbagecan by two men who thought it may have contained valuables. When they saw what was inside they reported it to police. It comes after a bombing saturday night injured 29 people in manhattan. In minnesota isis is claiming reponsibity for a stab rampage at a mall in st. Cloud. In
Shot. Why the gunman may have gone on the rampage. And controversial ceremony. Joe paterno set to be honored at penn state. But it is under scrutiny by those who say he stayed silent about the Jerry Sandusky scandal. And rocket man. A nearly impossible stunt nearly 40 years in the mang a daredevil following in evel knievels footsteps. Tries to complete the snake river jump that evel knievel could not pull off in the 70s. Can he do it . The stunt you have to see, today, saturday, september 17th. Announcer from nbc news, this is today. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Saturday morning. Im craig melvin alongside dylan dreyer and sheinelle jones. Stephanie ruhle has the day off. And the story of redemption. It was. I usually dont like watching those things happen. It was an attempt at redemption for the engineer. The guy who designed evel knievels back the chute opened early. The guys son used the same design this time around. It makes it better. Stay tuned. We will have more on t