Very special child. Hes been through a lot. Hes endured a lot. By the grace of god, you know, hes hes okay. Reporter Teresa Singletary was on the bus with ethan when dykes grabbed him. Happy, hallelujah. Reporter its believed dykes may have taken the boy hostage in order to air some grievances. He has a story thats important it him. Although its very complex. Reporter authorities have not yet revealed how dykes died, nor any further details of the raid. And annemarie, the classes at Midland Elementary School resume today. Surely his classmates and teachers will have a reason to rejoice. And ethan has another reason to celebrate. His 6th birthday is tomorrow. Back to you. Great. Thank you very much, Teresa Garcia in midland city, alabama. Four members of the house, two republicans and two democrats, plan to announce a plan to make gun trafficking a federal crime. Yesterday president obama spent the day in minnesota promoting gun control. As Tara Mergener reports, the president is asking
Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. An awful drama has now come to an end tonight in the state of alabama. For the past seven days, a grown man has held a 5yearold boy in a bunker he built underground. It started when he stormed a local school bus and killed the driver. That started a long standoff, a delicate negotiation with this deeply troubled man who is now dead. Late today, when the fbi became troubled by his temperament, thats when they decided to storm the bunker and save the boy. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez has been covering at the scene for us. Hes with us from there tonight. Gabe, good evening. Reporter good evening, brian. Theres still a lot we dont know about how this standoff finally ended. But for the family of the 5yearold hostage and the dozens of local and federal Law Enforcement who worked so hard to rescue him, the important thing is, its over. Seven days after he was abducted from his school bus, a 5yearold hostage was free
From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. An awful drama has now come to an end tonight in the state of alabama. For the past seven days, a grown man has held a 5yearold boy in a bunker he built underground. It started when he stormed a local school bus and killed the driver. That started a long standoff, a delicate negotiation with this deeply troubled man who is now dead. Late today, when the fbi became troubled by his temperament, thats when they decided to storm the bunker and save the boy. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez has been covering at the scene for us. Hes with us from there tonight. Gabe, good evening. Reporter good evening, brian. Theres still a lot we dont know about how this standoff finally ended. But for the family of the 5yearold hostage and the dozens of local and federal Law Enforcement who worked so hard to rescue him, the important thing is, its over. Seven days after he was abducted from his school bus, a 5year
Held captive for nearly a week is back with his mother, and his captor is dead. A neighbor who lived near the bunker where the boy was held said he heard a loud boom yesterday followed by what sounded like a gunshot. Teresa garcia is in midland city with the latest. Good morning. Reporter good morning. You know, the officials here are telling us they decided to move in that Fbi Hostage Rescue Team after the negotiations started deteriorating with that kidnapper. So they basically got that team ready and made a major distraction. What they did was throw in some flash bang devices. Those give off a really blinding, bright light and a disorienting loud noise. Fbi agents shook hands and patted each others backs shortly after storming an underground bunker to save the 5yearold held hostage for seven days. The boy named ethan has been reunited with his family at a local hospital and is said to be doing well. Hes laughing, joking, playing, eating. The things that you would expect a normal 5 t
This man called police to report he was beaten up by the teenagers. He calls himself americas toughest sheriff but he got taken. Sheriff joe arpaio says his credit card msks was sto credit card information was stolen. Arpaio says he doesnt think he was a specific target, just a victim of a credit card fraud like many other folks. Thats it for me. Brooke baldwin takes it from here. Vacation nightmare. Men wearing hoods and carrying guns reportedly bursts into a resort and rape half a dozen women. Were on the case. Plus, who to kill and who to spare . A leaked memo raises serious questions about the president s kill list. And outrage over plans to shoot a tv movie about the newtown massacre. The news is now. Good to see you. Im Brooke Baldwin live in new york today. Before we get going here, i have to bring you this, the three schools in yuma, arizona, currently on lockdown as Police Investigate reports of a gunman on campus. Now, let me be clear, this is a possible gunman reportedly a s