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New video of the heartstoppping moments a gunman walks into Paul's Valley High School in Oklahoma. You can see a pistol in hand. But watch what unfolds next.Principal Kirk Moore in the blue shirt emerging from another door and tackling the suspect identified by police as 20-year-old Victor Hawkins, a former student of the school. Just feet away, you can see a young person slip out during Moore's fast acting efforts. Authorities say the principal was shot in the chaos but managed to get the suspect to drop t ...

Breaking news tonight. Dangerous storms on the move right now, targeting more than 60 million Americans. Tornadoes ripping across neighborhoods.And the threat is far from over. Violent funnel clouds tearing across the central US. Drone video showing home after home destroyed.RVs and campers tossed across lawns. Plus, blinding snow sparking this massive 75 vehicle pileup. Al Roker standing by tonight with where the storms are headed next.New accusations against now former Congressman Eric Swallwell. A woman ...

We are coming on the air tonight with intense weather putting some 60 million people on high alert with dangerous wind and baseballsized hail on the way after a dozen reported tornadoes touched down in just the last 24 hours. We're live with what to expect after dark tonight. Then the new sex assault allegations against the former California congressman who just submitted his resignation letter.What we're learning about the investigation into Eric Swallwell. Plus, the new details just into us about the mome ...

Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, he was on ABC this week. He said, and I quote, he tried to get rid of Suwell 6 to eight years ago. He was then subsequently asked as to whether or not this was about the sexual misconduct allegations.Here are some of what he said. >> Every member in Congress knows not to not to let any young staffer get around Swallow or Matt Gates. It it it's it's not a secret there.There's a reason why you didn't want those two people around. We should know, by the way, that former Con ...

It's coming right at us. >> Devastating tornadoes ripping across the heartland, hitting hard in both Iowa, >> this is crazy, >> and Kansas. At least 15 reported tornadoes wreaking a path of destruction across the Midwest.>> Pretty obvious funnel on a rotating wall cloud getting pretty close to the ground. >> In Hillsdale, Kansas, the walls of these homes shredded to pieces. Crews already racing to repair the downed power lines littered across the roads.People left stunned from the damage. >> Oh my gosh, I c ...

Former University of Michigan football coach Chiron Moore learned he will not go to prison. A judge is giving Moore 18 months of probation on two misdemeanor related to an inappropriate relationship with a staffer. You might remember prosecutors dropped felony charges of stalking and home invasion after Moore took a plea.His next hearing is in October. ...

Tonight, President Trump says more in-person peace talks between the US and Iran could be happening over the next two days in Pakistan. A person familiar with the ongoing negotiations tells NBC News the US asked Iran for a 20-year suspension of uranium enrichment. The source says Iran agreed to 3 to 5 years, which President Trump has said is not acceptable, and that there are ongoing discussions over how to move or even dilute the enriched uranium Iran already has.>> The president wants to make he doesn't w ...

What I think we could be on the verge of here is a reckoning in the halls of Congress about how to treat the behavior of members, mainly almost exclusively men, and the way that they treat the young women that are in and around Capitol Hill. Hey everybody and welcome to Here's the Scoop from NBC News. I'm Yasmin Vossoughian. Today on the show, Congress is back in session with two fewer lawmakers, California Democrat Eric Swalwell and Texas Republican Tony Gonzales, they're giving up their seats in the face ...

Also tonight, one suspect is dead, a child is recovering after a very scary incident at a Walmart in Nebraska, where police say somebody tried to kidnap a toddler at knife point. Investigators are still trying to piece together what happened here, but they say officers approached the suspect outside the store. She had had a knife.They said drop the knife, and that is when they say she slashed this 3-year-old across the face. At least one officer then opened fire. Fortunately, that little boy, that 3-year-ol ...