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Nightly news begins now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight lester holt. A special good evening to our viewers in the west where the state of california is resorting to drastic measures tonight to combat its severe drought. The governor ordering the strictest crackdown in the States History and that means big sacrifices for tens and millions of people. Miguel almaguer is outside of los angeles to start us off in a place that puts things in p...

Nbcs tom costello covers aviation for us and joins me this morning. Good morning. What do we know . Reporter we have five different aircraft today that we are told were affected by a bomb threat threats called in have all been deemed to be not credible, and four of the five flights were already on the ground safely. American 648, san diego to philly delta flight 55 los angeles to atlanta, united 995, which was San Francisco to chicago, and youre looking right there at the scene of philadelphia, ...

With police. Apparently being open about her role in this and why she may have been an accomplice to the killers. A source telling us richard matt the killer known as hacksaw, made her feel quote, special. Lets go to Miguel Marquez who was just talking to that state police spokeswoman, learning a little bit more miguel as far as the cabins in this wooded area there in upstate new york. Reporter look it is an all, an alleffort. Allout effort here by the state police and many agencies in this area...

Men who escaped from a maximum security prison in new york. The search enters its ninth day. Theyre trying to capture david sweat and richard matt. Theyre now ex sponding the search area focusing on wooded areas and the peoples homes surrounding the prison. Joyce mitchell the prison worker who allegedly helped them escape escape, is behind bars. She pleaded not guilty to the felony account of promoting prison contraband and could face up to eight years in prison. Now the d. A. Is telling us abou...

Could it maybe, just maybe have something to do with all the russian millionaires now living in london and all their russian money being pumped into the uk economy . And the National Lead and army officer accused of doing the very thing he trained prosecutors to go after. Sexual assault while a bill to reform how such cases are handled in the military dies in the senate. What hope is there for soldiers like our next guest who said she never saw justice after she was raped . Good afternoon, every...

The fact that we could even say that is shocking in itself. Radical islamist are pushing forward after capturing one city after another in just a matter of days. Were now learning that president obama could decide what action to take in iraq by this weekend but what action and where and how . Time is running out. The militants have faced little resistance from u. S. Trained iraqi troops who just melted away in many cases. Well bring you the angles this hour beginning with Senior International co...

With scott pelley reporting tonight from fort worth, texas. Pelley good evening. This is a Western Addition of the broadcast. We are coming to you from the Bob Schieffer college of communications, preparing the next generation of journalists on the campus of texas christian university. Tonight, yet another American School is dealing with the trauma of violence. Not a shooting this time, but a knife attack. A teenage student went on a rampage at his high school in murrysville, pennsylvania, just ...

Central government claims to be driving them back, the front line is as close as 37 miles from here. Faith in the government remains low. Trust in maliki to look out for all iraqis, shia, sunni, kurds, christians seemingly nonexistent. Against that backdrop, the Prime Minister is requesting and the Obama Administration is considering whether to have air strikes and other assistance. This afternoon president obama met with congressional leaders but not running through a list of possible actions t...

Baghdad will be just fine but predicts kobani will likely fall. The kurds are struggling to hold on, surrounded on three strides by isis who could capture the city and claim a huge propaganda victory from the west. Hi, peter. Eric, isis fighters are getting closer and closer to keep parts of baghdad despite a fresh rounds of air strikes. The state Department Says that american personnel on the ground there remains safe. We dont see an imminent threat to baghdad at this time. Theres been some spe...

Concerned. Peter joins us now live from washington with the update. Peter . Arthel, heres why isis has been trying so hard to take over kobani. That city in syria near the turkish border. If kobani falls to fighters, it will make travel between two of the other key syrian cities that they have taken over aleppo and raqqa a lot easier. Today u. S. Central command announced a fresh round of air strikes in support of kurdish fighters on the ground. Four strikes to the north of kobani and two strike...