hook parents for calling the massacre a hoax. also tonight, four current and former officers now facing federal civil rights charges for the raid that killed breonna taylor. what the justice department alleges they did. the biden administration declaring monkeypox a public health emergency. what it means for the federal response. the record-shattering heat. nearly 80 million on alert. al roker is standing by. the new twist in a nearly 40-year-old cold case. he spent decades in prison for a murder he didn t commit. who authorities have now charged. and the nfl preseason kicking off on nbc. why tonight s game head coaches. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone, from las vegas, where i m attending a gathering of black and hispanic journalists. we start tonight in moscow, where american pro basketball star brittney griner was sentenced today to nine years in a russian prison. the sentence coming right after the court pronounc
Tanker seized by being libyan rebels. Plus pastors confession. Married for 65 years. He reveals a secret life on his death bed. Our story coming up. Not sense Amelia Earhart disappeared over the pacific, has this mystery. The New York Times reporting a Computer System likely controlled by someone in the cock you pit sent the airplane far off course. The u. S. S. Kidt will be leaving. First our leas lisa stark has te latest. As investigators search the home of the captain and the copilot, authorities now say an analysis of the air traffic recording reveals who spoke the last words from the cockpit. It was the man in the right seat. Initial investigation indicates it was the copilot who basically spoke the last time it was recorded on tape. That was 27yearold farik agdul hamid who quietly said, all right, good night. Investigators revised their time line saying the two Communications Systems that were switched off on the jet may have been both disabled in the minutes after that final rad
And hidden talent. A successful author who fled syria for a new life in a taxicab. It is the longest war in american history. And now it appears it could be ending. Today president obama announced his exit plan for troops in afghanistan, and Mike Viqueira is in washington to tell us about it. Mike . It has been a Long Time Coming for president obama, and with todays announcement, the president hopes to turn the page to a new era in American Foreign policy. Appearing in the rose garden, president obama made the announcement that he has been working on for years. Its time to turn to foreign policy. Whats new are the details, the number of troops that will stay in afghanistan and their mission. At the height of mr. Obamas afghan surge between mid 2010 and spring 2011, the u. S. Had 100,000 troops on the ground. And that number was 32,000, and by the beginning of next year, there will be 9,008 americans left in afghanistan, with that number cut in half by the end of the year, and by 2016,
And if they really protect you. Plus to the rescue. One of the remarkable efforts to save the earths most endangered species. Theres no mistake tonight that iraq is in the throes of a civil war. The violence brutal and bar ba barbaric, the world is watching. The white house is watching and tonight, president obama is taking steps to safeguard americans at the u. S. Embassy in baghdad. Ordering 750 troops back ting baghdad. And talking with a foe, iran, on how to deal with this quickly unfolding crisis. Mike viqueria reports. The crisis has come to this secretary of state john kerry says the country is willing to work with iran to turn back rebel gains in iraq. I think we are open to any constructive process here that could minimize the violence, hold iraq together, the integrity of the country, and eliminate the presence of outside terrorist forces, that are ripping it apart. For now, that does not include military cooperation with iran. This as the pentagon sends more war ships to the
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