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smart seeker as a virtual witness in a murder trial? nightly news begins right now. from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. i m tamron hall, in for lester. she was a force all her own. actress and writer carrie fisher who are rose to fame as princess leia in one of the biggest blockbuster series of all times, star wars, has died at age 60. the iconic star passed away days after suffering a massive heart attack on board a flight from london to l.a. from birth, she was part of hollywood royalty, and tonight, her legions of fans reflect on the legacy she created all over own. nbc s harry smith with more. reporter: in star wars, carrie fisher was going to save her people from the evil darth vader. what the hell are you doing! somebody needs to save our skin. reporter: star wars is not just a film franchise, it is perhaps the film franchise. she was the dominant force of those first few ....
east peace is in jeopardy and a fiery speech, he defended the obama administration s policies for israel and the palestinians. backlash from the jewish state and america s incoming president seemingly boiling over with the white house. mr. trump calling out president obama and the u.n. in a new series of tweets promising change after january 20th. we ll talk about it. in jerusalem, you may have seen, this prime minister benjamin netanyahu issuing his own televised statement condemning mr. kerry s comments as anti-israel. a lot of back and forth between ourselves and israel today. back on the home front, though, amazon facing off against law enforcement and bentonville, arkansas. the online shopping giant echo device and alexa feature seen as the key to solving a murder. why isn t amazon going to help the police out? the right to privacy versus public safety debate. i m cheryl casone in for liz claman on the floor of the new york stock exchange. let s start our coun ....
been canceled as of this moment. all lanes have remained open. however, it looks like we re still seeing a few cones out in that area. we ll keep a close eye on any backup. we have team coverage of that crash on 280. let s get straight to today in the bay s tom jensen who has been on the scene this morning talking to investigators. tom, you actually had to move locations at one point. what kind of updates do you have? reporter: we had to be moved from the location because they re opening the lanes right now. you can see the traffic at least where we are south of the accident scene, all five lanes are open. we did notice when we were coming down here, there were still flares in a couple lanes. that might be causing a bit of a backup. this is a horrific accident, if we can go to the video we got earlier today. wrong-way driver, a volkswagen heading northbound in the southbound hit the red car. the engine was actually blown out of the vehicle and was wrolg down the ....
the key to cracking the case? and drifting away. it s doing it! whoo! we ll take you behind the scenes and behind the wheel of the new technology designed to keep you and your family safe like never before. today, wednesday, december 28, 2016. announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and welcome to today on this tuesday morning. i m tamron hall alongside carson daly. matt has the morning off and savannah of course is on maternity leave. we ve been talking before the show started about carrie fisher and some memories of her being here just last month. 2016 seems to be a year we re getting robbed of people we ve lost too soon. we begin with the loss of a true force in hollywood. actress and best-selling author carrie fisher. her career took off with her role in star wars but her legacy stretches well beyond that legendary franchise. stephanie gosk has the latest. good morn ....
winding down. a few people will be bundled up. some could see snow before we hit 2017. erika martin has more in the forecast. that s right. we are tracking cooler temperatures. yesterday s high was 64 degrees. it looks like we will see developing clouds moving in from west to east. right now mainly thick mid-and upper level clouds. we will see partly cloudy skies by later this afternoon. satellite and radar image, notice we are seeing a little bit of an influence there. lake effect snow making it northwest of our region. we do have wind coming out of the northwest currently at 13 miles per hour in philadelphia. that will be the trend pretty much all day long. by 4:00 p.m. seeing temperatures in the low to mid-40s and partly cloudy skies. your neighborhood forecast seeing mainly 40s. chestnut hill 42 for you. notice how mild these temperatures are right now but certainly a lot cooler than we saw yesterday. kensington at 42 degrees. you ll see your local neighborhood ....