This is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Substituting tonight, Savannah Guthrie. Good evening. As we come on the air tonight, one section of the country is bracing for a wave of Severe Weather. Another is cleaning up after a night of powerful tornadoes. It is the upper midwest under the gun tonight with the threat of heavy thunderstorms and hail. And just look at the size of this twister. One of nearly 30 reported this week through the middle of the country over the weekend. Nbcs john yang joins us from broken arrow, oklahoma. John good evening. Reporter good evening. Take a look at the damage here in broken arrow. This isnt a limb off of the tree. This is the trunk of the tree the top snapped right off. Take a look at the house across the street. One of two. The tops just peeled off and opened up like an onion. Once again Tornado Alley has lived up to its billing. Oh my goodness. You can see it clear as day. Reporter overnight, tornadoes sliced across south western oklahoma. To the
This is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Substituting tonight, Savannah Guthrie. Good evening. As we come on the air tonight, one section of the country is bracing for a wave of Severe Weather. Another is cleaning up after a night of powerful tornadoes. It is the upper midwest under the gun tonight with the threat of heavy thunderstorms and hail. And just look at the size of this twister. One of nearly 30 reported this week through the middle of the country over the weekend. Nbcs john yang joins us from broken arrow, oklahoma. John good evening. Reporter good evening. Take a look at the damage here in broken arrow. This isnt a limb off of the tree. This is the trunk of the tree the top snapped right off. Take a look at the house across the street. One of two. The tops just peeled off and opened up like an onion. Once again Tornado Alley has lived up to its billing. Oh my goodness. You can see it clear as day. Reporter overnight, tornadoes sliced across south western oklahoma. To the
Seen as best running back in the league and he wont play this sunday because he now stands accused of child abuse. It is friday night and the big story on action news tonight is the indictment of Adrian Peterson of charges of reckless child endangering. A grand jury accused peterson of using a switch or tree branch to whip his son. The branch caused welts open the boys legs, buttocks and again tallies. Petersons lawyer says adrian is loving father that used judgment to discipline his child the way he was disciplined by his father. Peterson is cooperating with authorities. He has been benched for sundays game. Also, tonight, nfl players un yoon greed toe sweeping new drug policy the terms include holding off on immediate discipline and after a dui arrest and twogame suspension upon conviction for marijuana theyll double the level allowed in testing and players that tests positive will not be meetly suspended and independent arbitrators will hear appeals and theres also changes to perfor
If there is nfl running back considered to be better than rice its peterson of the Minnesota Vikings in fact widely seen as best running back in the league and he wont play this sunday because he now stands accused of child abuse. It is friday night and the big story on action news tonight is the indictment of Adrian Peterson of charges of reckless child endangering. A grand jury accused peterson of using a switch or tree branch to whip his son. The branch caused welts open the boys legs, buttocks and again tallies. Petersons lawyer says adrian is loving father that used judgment to discipline his child the way he was disciplined by his father. Peterson is cooperating with authorities. He has been benched for sundays game. Also, tonight, nfl players un yoon greed toe sweeping new drug policy the terms include holding off on immediate discipline and after a dui arrest and twogame suspension upon conviction for marijuana theyll double the level allowed in testing and players that tests p
Lemon. Thank you so much for joining us. Were going to start this broadcast with news of a killing at a gun range. And everyone involved, the alleged shooter and the victims are all former military men. One of the dead is wellknown former navy s. E. A. L. Chris kyle who wrote a bestselling book all about his career in special operations. He described himself as the most lethal sniper in u. S. Military history. Here is where he and another man died yesterday, a gun range outside ft. Worth, texas. Police say a third machine shot them both dead. The suspect is in custody now. Well have full details in a live report moments away on cnn. A man holding a boy hostage is allowing the delivery of potato chips, toys and medicine. Police say 56yearold jimmy lee dykes grabbed the autistic 6yearold after fatally shooting the driver who was trying to shield the children. Funeral services were held today. Pakistani activist Malala Yousufzai is awake and talking after successful operations to repair h