Hello and welcome to bbc news. Five people have been shot dead and 21 others injured after a gunman opened fire from a vehicle in the us state of texas. It happened on a road between the towns of midland and odessa. The gunman has been shot dead by the police. Our north america correspondent peter bowes has this update. The latest information is that the Police Believe although it is not definitely confirmed, but they believe that this gunmam was acting alone. Since he was tackled and killed by the police, there have been no further reports of shooting. At one stage, there was concern, in fact, many reports that there could be a number of gunmen responsible for what was happening. It seemed like multiple shootings over quite a wide area. It seems now it may simply have been the work of this one gunman, and the police are stressing that this information that they are giving us could still change. Its a fluid situation, they are still checking out reports and making sure that the area is
Michael phelps faces a familiar foe, ryan lochte, in his first comeback final. The thrilling finish today, friday, april 25th, 2014. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Im matt lauer. And im Natalie Morales along with al roker and tamron hall. Savannah has the morning off. What a way to make a comeback for a guy who basically took the last couple of years. Says he played golf, gained 30 pounds, but its nice to hear those two names in the same sentence again, phelps and lochte, phelps and lochte. Headtohead the whole way, but were not going to tell you how it ends just yet. Youve got to hang on a little while. But first, we want to get to todays top story. Frightening moments for the crew of a Virgin Australia flight headed to bali. A passenger now under arrest after rushing the cockpit. Nbcs katy tur is in perth, australia, with the latest on this. Katy, goo
Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. A disease once thought to be gone in the United States is making a come back and today, the centers for Disease Control pushed back at parents who are declining vaccines for their children. The number of children with measles in this country is spiking, along with mumps and whooping cough and in light of the new numbers, an Infectious Disease expert blamed rumors and conspiracy theories for a fall off in vaccinations. Young parents today havent seen these diseases, and they dont respect or fear them. This is an issue of Public Health and where we begin tonight with dr. Nancy snyderman. Reporter new mom Meredith Greenstein had a scar lately saying three month old raleigh might have been exposed to measles. We knew something had to be done. So on the advice of our pediatrici pediatrician, we took her immediately to the emergency room. Reporter greenstein, an nbc employee, says everything turned out okay
Fence jumper in court. Why did the secret service allow an armed felon in the elerator. It is right for a 20 20 mack over of the secret service. And a man suspected of kidnapping heather graham. And now listeninged to another case. How much does he know and when keys they need to crack open the mystery. It is all happening now. And first we start with our top story. Meeting in the oval office about isis. And criticism of the obamas handling of the crisis. Israeli Prime Minister netanyahu meeting with obama. He is linking isis to iran and hamas. They join us live from the white house. Reporter the two leaders talked about islamic extremism and they have different priorities and that carried over from the speeches in the u. N. General assembly. President obama is under the pressure with the democrats who are wary of u. S. Involvement in iraq. And republicans ask if he understands the threat of isil. I will be brief. Bb, the work we are doing and degrade isil, and the broader agenda that