dave and buster s in times square a career criminal has been arrested accused of stabbing another man. in new orleans on friday six people injured in a shooting in a bar. one of the suspects was reportedly charged last october with two counts of second degree murder and two counts of attempted murder only to see those especially serious charges dropped by the city s liberal d.a. and it s hardly been easy in the big easy. murders in new orleans spiked 42%. new york city seeing a jump in shootings as well despite the mayor s promise to put more police officers on the streets. nate foy cover the news with us with more. nate. good afternoon, starting today, the nypd will focus on the five-hour window where they say half of all shootings in the city happen between 9:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m. unfortunately at some of the stories you mentioned it is coming too late for multiple new york city residents. a 27-year-old man shot in the head in the middle of the day in manhattan and you
stone, every pebble. they re talking about hundreds of names here. hundreds, thousands. she is driven. her tenacity is just remarkable. i knew i was going to find him. it was a competition between him and i. your heart is pounding like, oh, my gosh. this israel. i said, i found him. i know who killed helene. hello and welcome to dateline . helene pruszynski lift by a simple philosophy, smile and make the best of everything. the betting journalist had did just that as she started a college internship in radio. then helene was murdered. the investigation led detectives into the darkest corners of the criminal world, before a groundbreaking investigative tool helped bring the killer s secret to life. here s josh mankiewicz with a promise to helene . 40 years is a long time. that s 40 winters here in colorado. and countless snowfalls. it was on a day like this that young woman disappeared. her name was helene and helene had a friend named kimberly. a friend wh
good morning, everyone. poppy is off this week. saraside sidner is here. let s get started with five things to know for this thursday, august 31st. north carolina now getting pummel led by heavy rains from idalia. the tropical storm is packing a punch with 60 mile per hour winds after leaving a path of devastation in florida. mitch mcconnell freezes up in front of reporters, again. it s the second time this has happened this summer raising questions about both his health and his political future. and the attorney general says donald trump inn flated his wealth by $2.2 billion in a single year. this is part of the civil fraud lawsuit against the president and the trump organization. also a federal judge says rudy giuliani is liable for defaming two georgia election workers in his effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election. this is the first legal judgment against his former attorney ask an unsparing one after he failed to hand over crucial evidence in the case.
least 40 dead and over 100 injured. that s according to russian state news agencies. this is what we know right now. the attack occurred at crocus city hall, a large concert venue northwest of central moscow. according to our viewers, we re about to show some disturbing videos. you re now seeing the inside of the concert hall where at least three men in camouflage broke in and opened fire. shooting an unknown number of people. russian officials say several of these gunmen fires automatic weapons at the crowd. the fire also started inside the venue. firefighters evacuated about 100 people from the basement of the building and efforts are under way to rescue people from the roof. who committed this and why is still very much unknown. islamic state known as isis has claimed responsibility, but without providing proof for the attack on the concert venue. their claim came from an isis affiliated account on telegram. nbc news has not yet verified the claim, but russian officials sa
we begin this hour with all signs pointing to a fourth indictment of donald trump in georgia. two witnesses say they will appear tuesday before the fulton county grand jury. journalist george shady and former georgia lieutenant governor george duncan claude duncan put, quote, i look forward answering the questions around the 2021 election. republicans should never let honesty be mistaken for weakness. the fulton county georgia courthouse already on high alert, plastic and metal barricades blocking the building for traffic. bomb sniffing dogs inspecting media vehicles. trump meanwhile is proclaiming his innocence on the campaign trail. here is what he was asked about on a popular plea deal and georgia. any chance you take a plea deal in georgia? we did nothing wrong. we do not have to take a plea deal. yes sir, yes sir. we don t take plea deals, that is a wiseguy questions. we don t take plead eels because i did nothing wrong. trump s running commentary on his crimin