Nightly news begins now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york this is nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight, erica hill. Good evening on this Independence Day. As americans across the country celebrate the nations 239th birthday authorities are focused on an unseen threat one that had them all on heightened alert. While there is added security around the holidays may feel like your new normal it is raising concern. We begin with a look at how cities across the country are responding. Nbcs ron mott starts us off. Good evening. Reporter erica, good evening. Especially in the larger cities security is tight, hightech. They are deploys radiation and detection equipment, for example. Officials tell nbc news, a lot of enhanced security will not be visible. Around america this fourth of july authorities are on heightened alert. Added fire power from new york to boston to maintain street. Barricades and check points at the national mall. In the countrys largest city a neverending terror
From nbc news World Headquarters in new york this is nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight, erica hill. Good evening on this Independence Day. As americans across the country celebrate the nations 239th birthday authorities are focused on an unseen threat one that had them all on heightened alert. While there is added security around the holidays may feel like your new normal it is raising concern. We begin with a look at how cities across the country are responding. Nbcs ron mott starts us off. Good evening. Reporter erica, good evening. Especially in the larger cities security is tight, hightech. They are deploys radiation and detection equipment, for example. Officials tell nbc news, a lot of enhanced security will not be visible. Around america this fourth of july authorities are on heightened alert. Added fire power from new york to boston to maintain street. Barricades and check points at the national mall. In the countrys largest city a neverending terror target 7,000 police on pa
Youve got to look at other cars following behind that. We can be better but it is great to have the focus of nascar on the track, and even our teams to make the cars safe. Thank you, jimmie. Landon cassill, what do you think . It was unbelievable. It is tight racing and you just cant drive over the left rear of people. They wreck every time. Thats what happens. Im just so proud of my racing team. My snap finish chevy. We can run up front and we proved it. So im proud of our finish and the guys are just going to have to build another car and well go to talladega and be faster. From your perspective from the Steering Wheel what did you see . It looked like the 11 was fighting for space and the car behind him ran him over but that combination doesnt work. Its what causes wrecks here. So its just tight racing. I was in it earlier on the back stretch with the 55 car and tried to get out of the way and spun him out. And it just happened. But its fun racing and im glad that everybody is okay
It was an emotional conclusion to another dramatic case focussing on police and what some see as the excessive use of force. In cleveland today a white officer was acquitted in the shootingshoot shooting deaths of two unarmed black motorists. It ended with 137 shots fired all of them by officers. After deadly accounts with police in baltimore, ferguson and other cities the verdict is sparking new outrage in cleveland tonight and kevin is there. Reporter cleveland has been preparing for this verdict for weeks and tonight Community Leaders are urging calm as anger spreads over todays acquittal. I find the defendant not guilty of counts one and two as indicted. Reporter a not guilty verdict for the Police Officer charged with shooting and killing an unarmed couple in 2012. He was emotional and among 13 officers that opened fire on Timmy Russell and Melissa Williams during a high speed chase. More than 100 officers and 60 Police Vehicles were involved in an incident that ended in 137 shots
It was an emotional conclusion to another dramatic case focussing on police and what some see as the excessive use of force. In cleveland today a white officer was acquitted in the shootingshoot shooting deaths of two unarmed black motorists. It ended with 137 shots fired all of them by officers. After deadly accounts with police in baltimore, ferguson and other cities the verdict is sparking new outrage in cleveland tonight and kevin is there. Reporter cleveland has been preparing for this verdict for weeks and tonight Community Leaders are urging calm as anger spreads over todays acquittal. I find the defendant not guilty of counts one and two as indicted. Reporter a not guilty verdict for the Police Officer charged with shooting and killing an unarmed couple in 2012. He was emotional and among 13 officers that opened fire on Timmy Russell and Melissa Williams during a high speed chase. More than 100 officers and 60 Police Vehicles were involved in an incident that ended in 137 shots