Defending the neighborhood. After a rash of robberies, one homeowner pulling a gun to scare off teen suspects before a second homeowner pulls the trigger, hitting one of them. Wild traffic assault. A suspect damaging several vehicles before ripping a sunroof from one car and attacking an officer with it. And extreme heat. Temperatures pushing triple digits as the west swelters. And tonight, the growing concerns about the wildfire threat. Good evening. Thanks for joining us on this saturday. Im tom llamas. We begin with President Trump again being called a racist after a nasty new attack on a top Ranking Member of congress and the district that he serves. The president on twitter today attacking House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings calling his district which includes parts of baltimore and is majority black, a rat and rodent infested mess that no human would want to live in. The attack follows remarks cummings made when the acting Homeland Security secretary testified befo
Reporter this is amerin peo terrified its happening in their town i thought i was going to watch my daughter get shot down in front of me reporter workers evacuated today at gannett virginia headquarters, after a report of a former employee with a gun we do have a lot of police now approaching the front of the building reporter authorities found no evidence of violence. But similar scenes across the country. Panic in new yorks times square last night, emma heaton capturing the moment that set off the stampede people were tripping over each other, kids on the floor, shoes all over the place reporter seeking safety wherever they could find it. Nbc news Lindsey Wolfson saw the fear firsthand the first instinct was oh, my god, this is an attack mkingbir actor gideon glick tweeting screaming civilians tried to storm our theater for safety the audience starting screaming and the cast fled the stage. This is th near salt lake city, shoppers ran for cover at west valley mall, mistaking a falli
Friends are. And the new video appearing to show the gunman with his sister hours before he killed her and eight other people also tonight, backlash against fitness chains equinox and soul cycle, why their billionaire owner is taking heat, celebrities calling for a boycott, Customers Using their wallets to send a message. Breaking news in the manhunt for two teens wanted in a killing spree, the grizly discovery tonight. Daycare danger, the alarmi infant dth announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening, we begin with a nation on edge several frightening scares revealing our fragile state on the heels of three deadly Mass Shootings in a weeks time the sound of a backfiring motorcycle enough to send thousands fleeing in panic through new yorks time square last night and then today, the virginia offices housing usa today were evacuated after an unfounded report of a man with a gun Anne Thompson reports. Reporter this is america on edge people running for their lives, t
Melissa White House Correspondent john roberts has more from the north lawn. Good afternoon to you. They are getting ripped his the president and first lady getting ready to leave Miami Valley Hospital in dayton where they have been there for a little more than on the last hour. While at the hospital, President Trump says you had god watching. I want you to know where with you all the way great close with the meeting with First Responders, law enforcement. The survivors and their family members that, as well. The president was asked on his way out the door about his critics who say his rhetoric is emboldening White Supremacists like the one who perpetrated the shooting in el paso, texas. The president saying that by and large his critics are people who are trying to score political points, and some of them are president ial candidates, as well. But he did agree with a republican colleague that on both sides of the political fence we need to use with the president said senator ted cruzs
Window, and what the Sheriffs Office originally said. Two American Teens linked to the murder of a Police Officer in rome. One teen now claiming selfdefense. What weve learned from italy tonight. North of the border this evening, one town on lockdown. Families told to stay indoors in the hunt for two teens wanted after an alleged killing spree that included that American Woman and her boyfriend. Tonight, the new shark attack just reported after two attacks already on the east coast. The Building Collapse today. The top floor giving way. Several workers rescued on stretchers. Several of them rushed to the hospital. And the missile launcher discovered by the tsa at an american airport. And good evening as we come on the air with the west. It is great to start another week with all of you at home. But we do begin tonight with new reporting after that deadly shooting rampage. Terrified families running for cover at a Food Festival in northern california. A band onstage when the shooting st