Developing story. The Justice Department is saying now it will go ahead with its efforts to block texas new voter i. D. Law. It was implemented after the Supreme Court back in june struck down a key provision of the 1965 Voting Rights act. Nbc news justice correspondent Pete Williams joins us live. Its making headlines. It escalates the battle. The center piece is the Supreme Courts decision striking down the heart of the Voting Rights act. Before the court ruled texas had to get preclearance for any changes on the election law and the federal court said no both to texas changing its voter i. D. Law and redrawing its district lines for congressional and legislative districts. After that the Justice Department is pursuing new courts. We cant stop you under the old Voting Rights act but well use a new section to claim this voter i. D. Law is unconstitutional. A written statement says we will not allow the Supreme Courts decision to be determined as open season for the states to pursue me
Fwr breathtaking view thats disappearing fast. Nightly news begins now. Announcer from nbc World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening, im lester holt sitting in for brian. We shudder at the thought as to how this broadcast might have read. The word of shots fired inside Mcnair Discovery Learning Center in decatur, georgia, was quickly followed by images of s. W. A. T. Teams surrounding the school, children being hurried to safety by teachers. A scene we have witnessed far too many times with horrifying outcomes. This time thankfully no one was injured, but as the School Year Begins around the country, todays scare raises new and difficult questions about what we have really learned from the newtown tragedy. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez joins us from decatur now with details. Gabe . Reporter lester, all 800plus students have been accounted for tonight, and no injuries have been reported. Visitors are supposed to be buzzed into the school, but someh
2013. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. Good morning everyone. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Im savannah guthrie. I am carl along with al roebgroebg and nationally morales. Matt has the morning off. Good to see you carl. We are going to start with syria this morning. Pretty disturbing reports coming out of that country. Richard engle is there. I know you have been talking to representatives from the rebel group there. What are you hearing about an alleged gas attack by the government . Reporter good morning, savannah. If this is confirmed it would be one of the worst atrocities of the war in syria. Rebels tell us, there was a series of chemical weapons attack this morning starting around 2 00 a. M. At least 10 different towns and villages to the east and north of damascus were hit by surface to surface rockets fired by the regime and they were tipped with chemical weapons. The death toll acc
Most recently known for his hbo hit the newsroom. He woke up to a harsh headline mother jones this morning. It says that sorkin said the Huffington Post sucks. He had this response to me. Im here in d. C. I did an event last night for the new republic at the Motion Picture association. We screened this sundays episode and there was a q a after. And mother jones, terrific outlet, posted a story this morning saying that i said the Huffington Post sucks. And i certainly did not say that. The headline writer didnt take me out of context. The headline writer didnt exaggerate. The headline writer lied. And i just want to make sure that david corn, everybody im sorry, that arianna and everybody at the Huffington Post knows that i did never and would never say that. Well, we reached out to mother jones to get a comment. I actually spoke with david corn, the bureau chief of the Washington Bureau and he said mother jones has withdrawn that sucks headline. Joining me now for our daily fix to talk
Atlanta suburb after a runin with a gunman. Students were evacuated from an Elementary School in decatur after a man with an ak47 walked in tuesday, ordered a employee to call a local tv station and opened fire. Thankfully, no one was injured. Kurt gregory has more. Reporter just after lunchtime, a terrifying scene. Reports of gunfire at Ronald Mcnair Discovery Learning Academy near atlanta. The children were escorted to the back of the School Grounds for safety as dozens of Law Enforcement agents scoured the campus. I never thought Something Like that would happen in my neighborhood, period. Reporter police say a 20yearold Michael Brandon hill carrying an ak47 and other weapons slipped past a buzzer Security System and into the school by following someone who was authorized to be there. He didnt get any further than the front office. He barricaded himself with a couple office employees. Reporter as police arrived, the gunman left the Office Firing at least half a dozen rounds at respo