This is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Another american has been brutally murdered by isis thugs. The awful news of the beheading of aid worker peter kassig came in a graphic isis video released earlier today. We wont show you even a frame on this broadcast, but we can tell you like all of the others, it demonstrates the sheer lethalness of the group. This is over a year after he was taken prison. Tonight from the president on down, there are expressions of condemnation and from his family, the hope their son will be remembered for the good he was trying to do. Richard engel reports tonight from turkey. Richard . Reporter good evening, lester. Unfortunately this very graphic 16 minute video has been authenticated, makingthe fifth western hostage executed by isis since august, and the third american. Peter kassig made it his lifes work to help others but paid for that selflessness with his own life. Today the president called it an act of pure evil by a terrorist group
President obama calls the beheading of peter kassig an act of pure evil. Isis is holding an american fee mail. The cold air will blast its way south and east through wednesday. I cant believe im out here already. I dont each have my boots yet. The u. S. State department has become the latest target of online hackers. Officials say no classified information was affected. At least three nfl teams got surprise visits from federal Drug Enforcement agents. After a distribution of painkillers. The popp will be there for world catholic day. People Walking Around with little buckets of sanitizer. If you have a sweet tooth, brace yourself. Two of the largest chocolate makers could be running out of chocolate. Hundreds of fireworks going off at the same time. It was an accident. Kevin harvick. Hes going to do it. Hes going win. Oh, big hit. Sanders gets walloped. Look at that. Bill belichicks guys really shut them down. And all that matters. Another example of the sorry state of american politic
With scott pelley. Reporting tonight from washington. Pelley good evening. The tension in the st. Louis area is rising as a state grand jury gets closer to a decision on whether to indict Ferguson Police officer Darren Wilson in the Fatal Shooting of michael brown. Today the governor declared a state of emergency and authorized the National Guard to help keep the peace when that decision comes in. Dean reynolds is at the courthouse in clayton, missouri. Hands up. Dont shoot. Reporter in 25degree weather, protesters marched near the st. Louis county courthouse today, where grand juries will soon make their decision known. 21 days and still no justice. Deray mckesson is a protest organizer. Were helping people learn how to peacefully protest and disrupt systems and daily life here in st. Louis as we get closer to the indictment decision, and we want to bring that disruption back to the people, back to the system that caused this pain for the community. Reporter the protesters say when th
On a stalled battle to retake the city from the Islamic State. We take it all up with Major General robert scales. And it turns out that the president s relationship where the israeli Prime Minister could hardly worsen. According to the wall street journal, israel spied on talks with iran. The white house, as you might expect wasnt pleased. Republicans strategist karl rove joins us to talk about the president s latest clash with our key ally in the middle east and the entry of the first candidate for his partys nomination for 2016. We begin now with the president s crumbling Foreign Policy. The charges against Bowe Bergdahl and the taliban s. W. A. T. Not the only reversals today for the administration. Yemen is on the verge of collapse with its president fleeing while the rebels advance on aiden. In washington, d. C. The president decline toes meet with nato secretary general even as europe and nato nations are faced with growing threats from russia. And an Incredible Development in i
The city from the Islamic State. We take it all up with Major General robert scales. And it turns out that the president s relationship where the israeli Prime Minister could hardly worsen. According to the wall street journal, israel spied on talks with iran. The white house, as you might expect wasnt pleased. Republicans strategist karl rove joins us to talk about the president s latest clash with our key ally in the middle east and the entry of the first candidate for his partys nomination for 2016. We begin now with the president s crumbling Foreign Policy. The charges against Bowe Bergdahl and the taliban s. W. A. T. Not the only reversals today for the administration. Yemen is on the verge of collapse with its president fleeing while the rebels advance on aiden. In washington, d. C. The president decline toes meet with nato secretary general even as europe and nato nations are faced with growing threats from russia. And an Incredible Development in iraq where the pentagon is now