Heroes were given medals. And the americans getting a personal thank you call from president obama. Frances president will thank him and his friends in person. Tonight, french media are reporting that the suspect traveled to syria and had been flagged as an extremist in belgium, sprain, and germany. Nbc news has not confirmed that. Already some european leaders are calling for an emergency meeting to talk about how to make trains more secure. Erica . Kelly cobiella dont. Kelly, thank you. Dramatic pictures of a fiery military jet crash during an airshow today. Several people were killed when the plane slammed onto a highway in southern england. Spectators looked on in horror. That entire event was also being streamed online. Warning, some may find thue moment of impact disturbing. Reporter it quickly turned tragic. The whole thing captured live as it plummets into a busy highway, exploding into a ball of fire and thick, black smoke, killing at least seven on the ground, the pilot in cr
School districts scramble to fill a void in critical areas like math and science. The measure some cities are taking to lure teachers into their schools. Nightly news begins now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight, erica hill. Three childhood friends are being hailed as heroes tonight as authorities try to determine just what the gunman they tackled was planning when he boarded a parisbound train friday night, carrying an ak47 and a handgun. Three Young Americans and a british man prevented a possible massacre. Belgiums Prime Minister is calling this a terrorist attack. While french officials have avoided that label, there are new signs for possible terror connections for the gunman. Kelly cobiella has more tonight from london. Reporter the strain is still moving as they capture the chaotic seconds after a gunman is subdued. An ak47. The suspect restrained with a neck tie. Moments earlier, three childhood friends made a splitsecond
Pretty exciting. The last one came later than expected. In fact, folks who maybe didnt stay up for the 11 00 it wasnt in the 11 00 newscast. All new this morning. Sure is. Theyre so tiny. First, we want talk about your weather. And another gorgeous day in store for us. Yeah, Lauryn Ricketts is tracking it for us. We may have a few clouds pushing in late throughout the day, but other than that its another Beautiful Day out there with temperatures maybe a touch warmer than yesterday. We made it up to 86 degrees. Were in the upper 80s today after a cool start. Then well have humidity settle in overnight, a little muggy for your monday. But a cold front will sweep it out of here. Yes, its on the chilly side. 67 in d. C. But then step out once again, kind of similar to yesterday morning. We are talking about mid 50s in the shenandoah valley. Cool throughout the morning, but then well warm up rather nicely. Well warm up to around 90 degrees in some spots. But enjoy the morning. And again, te
Back off to the south, west and south well see at warning extended as well that warning extends all the way down that line that we talked about as we head to the next hour, hour and a half the storms will evolve and move through out of the tv9 viewing a aa well continue see if we have any storm damage reports. Weve had some damage in the western part of the state and if you have damage reports share them with the newsroom postthem on the Facebook Twitter page as well keep safe you have damage reports wed like to pass it on to the National Weather service as well. I. Ill bounce back and forth. Potential rotation Near West Branch im still seeing it. So at this point youre under Severe Thunderstorm Warning. You still need to be in your safe place of course. These winds could be highgh as about 70, 60 to 70 miles an hour as they move in here. Cedar rapids area still seeing thunderstorm reat is ovov with. Now behind this line of storms there have been some gusty winds that have kicked in no
The morning. Nbc 10s lu ann cahn talked to casino workers as well as an Industry Expert tonight. Shes live tonight in Atlantic City. Lu ann . Reporter yeah, you remembered just a week ago revel casino announced it could be closing its doors soon. Showboat now could be closing within 60 days. Casino workers on this boardwalk are reeling. How long you work here . Like, two months. Reporter juan is a cook at showboat casino. Where did he work before . Revel casino whose owners announced last week theyll close without a buyer. You worked at revel, heard they were closing then you came here . Yes. Now im trying to find another job because i cant stay without job. I feel really sorry for the employees. You know, its going to hurt the economy. This was the worst kept secret in Atlantic City for many months. Showboat was most likely to close down. Reporter roger gross is a journalist whos been covering the gaming industry for 30 years. He says showboat Parent Company cesars entertainment have