Spanish police say theyve shot dead the main suspect responsible for carrying out last weeks terror attack in barcelona. According to police, the man appeared to be wearing a suicide belt. 22 year old Younes Abouyaaqoub was named as the man who drove the van which hit pedestrians on las ramblas boulevard last thursday killing 13 people. Police also said a moroccan imam, who is suspected to have radicalised those involved in the attacks, was killed in an explosion. 0ur correspondent James Reynolds has the latest from spain. The police say that the hunt for Younes Abouyaaqoub, on the run for four days, is now over. 0fficers rushed to a small town after a woman reported a man hiding by a petrol station. Reports say the police shot the man when he failed to take off a suspected explosives belt. A bomb squad then sent in a robot to check him on the ground. The authorities now confirm it was the man they had been looking for since thursday, since he rented a van and drove it down barcelonas
Spanish police say theyve shot dead the main suspect responsible for carrying out last weeks terror attack in barcelona. According to police, the man appeared to be wearing a suicide belt. 22 year old Younes Abouyaaqoub was named as the man who drove the van which hit pedestrians on las ramblas boulevard last thursday killing 13 people. Police also said a moroccan imam, who is suspected to have radicalised those involved in the attacks, was killed in an explosion. 0ur correspondent James Reynolds has the latest from spain. The police say that the hunt for Younes Abouyaaqoub, on the run for four days, is now over. 0fficers rushed to a small town after a woman reported a man hiding by a petrol station. Reports say the police shot the man when he failed to take off a suspected explosives belt. A bomb squad then sent in a robot to check him on the ground. The authorities now confirm it was the man they had been looking for since thursday, since he rented a van and drove it down barcelonas
You got a guess mike . Old tshirts. Tshirts yeah. Underwear. I was going to, i was torn between underwear and tshirts. [laughter] ten years . Come on guys. One in ten guys. Its not like a huge amount of guys, but, those guys need to go shopping for new underwear. When they always say they dont want socks or underwear for christmas too bad. Thats what my grandma always gave my dad for christmas, new sh tshirts. Joe how long you keep your underwear . He is like i dont know. Dont ruin them. Ten years right there. Great tip on how to not burn out on holiday shopping. I think this is a fantastic tip i will give maybe one each day if we have time for it. Everybody did friday, saturday, sunday then hopefully gave yesterday on tuesday. I think people are a little stressed out. This. Instead of getting five great scarfs for five great friends, all the same getting one same friends at one store you go all over town finding and individual gift for each one to make them feel special. They call it
News begins now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening, im kate snow in for lester, happy fourth. On this Holiday Weekend, there are so many concerns of terror over the last week, a bombing in baghdad and three bombings today in saudi arabia. While the department of Homeland Security say there are no specific or Credible Threats to the nation, authorities are taking no chances. Rehema ellis has more from new york where 1 Million People are gathering for fireworks. Reporter as the nation celebrates the fourth of july, Security Forces are keeping a close watch and police are putting on a show of force. In chicago, more than 5,000 officers on the streets, where two people were killed, 30 wounded. In the nations capital, boats patrolled the potomac, while bomb sniffing dogs made their way through the airport. Boston is preparing for their annual fireworks extravagance a with barricades and police patrols. And in new
Um, sweden, you know a lot of people know in the past there has been a place in sweden i think it was gotten berg or Something Like that that had gone to a 6 hour work day instead of 8. Now more of sweden is adopting it because basically they are finding the productivity is really great. People are happier, they feel more successful, they have more time fa for personal lives. Productivity has gone up, wage i would like america to be a country that moves to a three day weekend. So a four day work week. I agree. You know. Something like that. You would be fine with 8 hours as long as it is four days. Yeah the 6 hour thing i would take too. I think that is fantastic. They found people are productive in the same way in six hours as they are in eight hours they dont get anymore done with the extra two hours. Im not surprised. Kind of interesting. Say. That is kind of interesting. How often do you call your mom . Your mom is here i know you talk to her a lot. Probably almost every day. Reall