They push further into the embattled city. For those that do escape the fighting. The danger is far from over. Football fans will be cheering the strikers on the field and cursing the strikers off the field. Boxing legend muhammad ali. Gathering for one final goodbyb. Earlier, thousands of people lined the streets of the city as the funeral procession passed through. The pallbearers include the former heavyweight champion. And actor will smith that played him in the film about his life. Muhammad ali died a week ago at the age of 74. I am joined now by maries jackson who is an associate professor. And and affiliated. Good afternoon. We understand we met. I dropped out of school in a turbulent. Perhaps i was the most underdressed because i had on workboots. What do you do . I am working as a longshoreman and trying to get the money to go back to school. I will make you a promise. And you are a professor at georgetown university. You can say just with that one encounter. He set the model,
Congratulations. I think they are waiting for you over there. Tom . All right. Having seen him here in the 10,000 is the double doable in rio . Two miles is an easy day for you, too, right . I think the double is possible. Well have disagreements over the next few weeks about this. But galen rupp says hes come to love distance running. He didnt used to like the distance running. He liked the speed on the track. Hes come to love the distance running and thats important. He can embrace the 10,000 as his primary track event which needs the strength of marathoning and he can engage in a great marathon. Hes got eight days to recover from that first race. I think hes got a shot to do both well. Im a little more skeptical about this. I think hes emotionally attached to the 10,000. I think the final is on friday and hes got to focus on rios marathon or he could blow it. The hundreds in men and women tomorrow, what are we looking for . Justin gatlin gets going. That will do it. Day one is in th
From andre himself. He knows he says that that may never come, but he hopes his mother would be proud that he finally spoke up. I try to live my life to make her proud of me. Im never going to give up. Never going to give up on anything that i feel is important. And and thats her. And thats her. Thats living for her. Thats honoring her and honoring her name. Thats all for this edition of dateline. Im lester holt. Thanks for joining us. Anks for nbc 10 news starts now. Under water. Heavy rain brings flooding to our area during the start of the holiday weekend. Good evening, im jaclyn london. And im jay rosenfield. Streets and neighborhoods left really unrecognizable. The floodwater rose fast, and there was really nowhere to go. Neighborhoods are still trying to dry out tonight. Reporter check this out, water from a flooded back yard is flowing down this driveway into a drain which was overwhelmed for hours tonight. There was just too much water that came too quickly. Skyforce 10 above a
Congratulations. I think they are waiting for you over there. Tom . All right. Having seen him here in the 10,000 is the double doable in rio . Two miles is an easy day for you, too, right . I think the double is possible. Well have disagreements over the next few weeks about this. But galen rupp says hes come to love distance running. He didnt used to like the distance running. He liked the speed on the track. Hes come to love the distance running and thats important. He can embrace the 10,000 as his primary track event which needs the strength of marathoning and he can engage in a great marathon. Hes got eight days to recover from that first race. I think hes got a shot to do both well. Im a little more skeptical about this. I think hes emotionally attached to the 10,000. I think the final is on friday and hes got to focus on rios marathon or he tomorrow, what are we looking for . Justin gatlin gets going. That will do it. Day one is in the books of the u. S. Olympic trials for track
From andre himself. He knows he says that that may never come, but he hopes his mother would be proud that he finally spoke up. I try to live my life to make her proud of me. Im never going to give up. Never going to give up on anything that i feel is important. And and thats her. And thats her. Thats living for her. Thats honoring her and honoring her name. Thats all for this edition of dateline. Im lester holt. Thanks for joining us. Anks for. Breaking news. Commandos storming a bakery. Right now trying to free hostages taken by isis. We will have the latest bangladesh. Cracking down on illegal fireworks sales. Firefighters urging you to leave the big stuff to the pros. An all nighter. The celebration going on until down at the air and space museum. First we begin with insane back backup. Chopper live over route 50 west of the Chesapeake Bay bridge. At 11 00, we have serious delays to the eastern shore. Backups up to 4 1 2 miles as recently as an hour ago. Headlights as far as the ey