This is nbc nightly news with Brian Williams. Reporting tonight from normandy. Good evening. When they were young on a terrible day 70 years ago today, they dropped into the woods in parachutes, flew overhead in war planes and wave after wave on the beach with machine gun and artillery fire raining down on them from above. It was an enormous gamble. They paid under 10,000 souls rest in eternal peace behind us, somewhere they died, yet their efforts turned the tide in the war and helped to save the world. It was a Beautiful Day here today. Made more beautiful by how many of them made it back one more trip to normandy for the men who already took it once. Years ago, tom brokaw gave a bunch of them the perfect title, the greatest generation. Here today tom was back as well to witness this 70th reunion. Reporter this is why were here. Here above the beaches of normandy just beyond the water that brought liberty at a great sacrifice. For those who survived that day and for so many others, t
Squatters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. Police in las vegas today described it in the most chilling term, the flatout execution of two Police Officers who were seated in a pizza restaurant during their lunch break. Their two accused assassins, a young married couple dead have grown so suspicious of Law Enforcement and government that these two Police Officers represented all they were against. It turns out nbc news interviewed the accused leader, the husband and gunman in this case earlier this spring when he turned up at the stand off between the federal government and a ranch in arizona. Its where we begin tonight. Ai reporter for the police department, an agonizing solute to two fallen comrades and the daunting task of figuring out why this young people, jarp r j amanda miller. They were not part of a conspiracy or broader group. We believe they are connected to a certain ideology that is anti police and antigovernment but as of right now,
Nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. Police in las vegas today described it in the most chilling term, the flatout execution of two Police Officers who were seated in a pizza restaurant during their lunch break. Their two accused assassins, a young married couple, now dead, had grown so suspicious of Law Enforcement and government that these two Police Officers represented all they were against. It turns out nbc news interviewed the accused leader, the husband and gunman in this case earlier this spring when he turned up at the stand off between the federal government at a ranch in arizona. Its where we begin tonight. Mike taibbi is in los angeles. Reporter for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police department, an agonizing salute to two fallen comrades and the daunting task of figuring out why this young couple, jar rel anded and miller turned from conspiracy spurs into killers. They were not part of a conspiracy or broader group. We believe they are connected to a certain i
Endangering yourself, senator. Oh, no, dont worry about that. And from what youve heard and seen, apparently, there were several shootings. We know also of recent briefings. You were recounting to my colleague tamron hall, tell me about the security briefings that you and your colleagues have had. To americans, of course, Parliament Hill in ottawa would be a very different experience. It is what we knew of pre9 11 here in washington when the capitol was accessible to people. Yes, indeed. The tourists come on Parliament Hill and dont see any of our officers, our security staff with guns. Nobody has a gun visibly that you can see. In one portion of the center block, there are 20 Security Officers who wear plain clothing, so you think theyre just tourists, but they do have guns. Now, thats only in onehalf of the center block. Thats the house of commons half. The lower house. Then in the senate half, where i am, nobody has a gun. Nobody has any weapon as a Security Officer when you go in t
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