A friendship between a College Student and a campus janitor, breaking down walls and making dreams come true. Nightly news begins right now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening, a major attack on the internet is under way at this hour, the fbi and Homeland Security are urgently the intrusions, targeting a company that acts as an internet switch board. The intermittent outages began this morning primarily on the east coast, but followup attacks have been felt across the country. It all comes amid heightened anxieties over cyber attacks, leading up to the u. S. Election. Nbcs Miguel Almaguer sophisticated cyber attacks, coming wave after wave. Internet users in at least six countries, but mostly here in the u. S. , unable to load popular websites like twitter, netflix, amazon, paypal, and a long list of others. What we know is that a cyber criminal group or a group of people created the opportunity where they had web traff
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Outlier. That is the close from friday. Theyre having a bank holiday in the uk. Finally, take a look at where we are on crude. Its been sliding throughout the morning. Its been in focus for equities here in the u. S. And across the world. Wti just slipped below 47 a barrel. Its down 1. 5 . Brent is trading roughly lower by about the same. That is below 50 a barrel. Scott . Loud noises at Los Angeles International airport causing panic late last night as many confused the sounds for gunshots. Passengers at lax were seen running from terminals on to a tarmac after Police Responded to 911 calls from many locations about a shooting at the airport. Around 11 45 p. M. Eastern time. Police conducted two sweeps and concluded the reports were unfounded and there was no shooting. In business news. Look for personal income and spending. On tuesday, we get the home price index and august consumer confidence. Wednesday, its adp employment report. Chicago pmi and pending home sales on thursday. Look
Tackling criticism for his recent comments about a disabled reporter. I would never mock a person that has difficulty. While ben carson is jordan visiting refugee camps, what hes saying overnight. And College Football frenzy, a wild day of amazing catches. Upsets. Around even a dancing coach. All the action just ahead of the College Football playoff. Hey, good morning. On the Busiest Airport travel day of the year. Ice storm hitting central part of the country. New storage on the way. Rob has your forecast coming up. We do start with the attack on the planned parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs. Were learning so much more about the suspect, his past, his political views and his potential motive for killing three and injuring nine others. This as the idyllic city of Colorado Springs looks to are recover from its second active shooter in a month. Clay toen sandell is there. Reporter the planned parenthood building behind is still a crime scene. Overnight, were learning that the alleged
Tackling criticism for his recent comments about a disabled reporter. I would never mock a person that has difficulty. While ben carson is jordan visiting refugee camps, what hes saying overnight. And College Football frenzy, a wild day of amazing catches. Upsets. Around even a dancing coach. All the action just ahead of the College Football playoff. Hey, good morning. On the Busiest Airport travel day of the year. Ice storm hitting central part new storage on the way. Rob has your forecast coming up. We do start with the attack on the planned parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs. Were learning so much more about the suspect, his past, his political views and his potential motive for killing three and injuring nine others. This as the idyllic city of Colorado Springs looks to are recover from its second active shooter in a month. Clay toen sandell is there. Reporter the planned parenthood building behind is still a crime scene. Overnight, were learning that the alleged gunman to autho