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Clairton mayor speaks on deadly Pennsylvania steel factory explosion
NBC News· 2025-08-12 01:33
And joining us now is the mayor of Claron, Richard Latanzi. Mayor, welcome. Thank you so much for being with us.We just heard Adrian brought us talking about how the levels seem to not be elevated at this point. People are still saying to to have caution, keep those windows closed, stay inside if they can. Uh what does a community need to know right now.Well, that uh that uh it was it was uh brought to our attention from the Alageney County Health Department that everyone should air on a side of caution and ...
More details on President Trump and President Putin’s meeting in Alaska
NBC News· 2025-08-12 01:30
President Trump saying he's meeting with Russia's President Putin to find out what he wants. Probably in the first two minutes, I'll know exactly whether or not a deal can be made. Sources tell NBC News the White House considered including Ukraine's President Zinsky, but he is not invited.He wasn't a part of it. Uh I would say he could go, but he's gone to a lot of meetings. You know, he's been there for three and a half years.Nothing happened. Zinsk's fear that Trump and Putin will cut a deal without him. ...
Trump nominates E.J. Antoni to lead Bureau of Labor Statistics
NBC News· 2025-08-12 01:30
to tell you about. The president announced a little bit ago that he's going to nominate economist EJ Anthony from the Heritage Foundation to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Now, this comes after Donald Trump fired the last BLS commissioner earlier this month after the latest data showed that the job growth have been a lot weaker than previously reported.Trump claimed those numbers were quote rigged, but offered no proof to back that up. If Anton does indeed get the job, he'll have to be confirmed by th ...
Trump federalizes DC police and deploys National Guard
NBC News· 2025-08-12 01:00
In the nation's capital tonight, a dramatic change after crime scenes like these. President Trump declaring a public safety emergency, deploying 800 National Guard troops to DC and taking control of the district's police department. >> This is Liberation Day in DC, and we're going to take our capital back.>> That federal takeover can last up to 30 days without congressional approval. The troops set to fan out across DC over the next week, the White House says, to protect federal assets and deter violent cri ...
Sweeping flash floods devastate Midwest
NBC News· 2025-08-12 00:30
Maggie Vespa is in Wakaua where Maggie, that river there, it's still raging behind you. >> Yeah, Tom, it's still raging and it's still rising. The Fox River behind me has been creeping up here all day long with some flood warnings in the area extended into Wednesday and wild summer weather firing up coast to coast.New tonight, dramatic dash cam video of a massive lightning strike in South Carolina. Watch that again. A fireball erupts on the left, appearing to ignite power lines on the right, knocking out el ...
Emergency workers search for missing after plant explosion
NBC News· 2025-08-12 00:00
Tonight, urgent rescue efforts underway to find one missing worker from this steel plant. Officials say nearly a dozen people were injured and transported to local hospitals, one person killed. >> Their efforts are very focused on uh rescue at this point.We are still engaged in the incident. Our focus right now is just continuing our search uh for uh one unaccounted uh person. At this point, >> crews battling clouds of thick smoke billowing into the air.>> Caller heard a loud explosion now. black smoke in t ...
3 people killed in shooting at Texas Target
NBC News· 2025-08-11 23:54
Police say that three people are dead after a gunman opened fire in the parking lot of a North Austin target this afternoon. A 32-year-old male suspect has been taken into custody. Police say that this suspect has a history of mental health issues and a criminal record.Police say that they arrived on scene to find three people who had been shot. One of them the driver of a vehicle that the suspect used to flee the scene. Police say he then crashed that vehicle and hijacked another, but the police were ultim ...
Jeanine Pirro dismisses 'namby-pamby response' to Trump taking over D.C. police
NBC News· 2025-08-11 23:30
crime in DC according to DC Metro Police is down 26% since last year. So why do this now. Well, you know, the the operative part of that question is since last year.So if last year we had or the year before we had the fourth highest murder rate in the country, why are you so proud of the fact that crime has gone down. Gone down from what. Gone down from when.Crime is way too high in the district. And you know this Nambi Bambi response that all crime is down. No, it isn't down for the people who are victimiz ...
Calls grow louder for Arab nations to help bring Israel's war in Gaza to an end
NBC News· 2025-08-11 23:30
Some critics tonight slamming Israel after the deaths of five Al Jazzer journalists who the network says were killed in a targeted air strike in Gaza in just the last 24 hours. The IDF says the pe one of the people killed was a Hamas leader posing as a journalist. It's all happening as even a group of more than 600 retired members of the Israeli military are now calling for an immediate end to the war in Gaza.But the Israeli prime minister appears defiant in the face of outrage over his plan to take control ...
Netanyahu not facing ‘pressure’ from US to backdown from planned offensive: Fmr. Mideast negotiator
NBC News· 2025-08-11 23:00
I'm joined now by Aaron David Miller who served as an ArabIsraeli negotiator for the State Department. He's now a senior fellow for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Uh so Aaron, uh Netanyahu says that he has no choice but to quote finish the job.First of all, what does that even mean. And do you agree with him. Uh look, I think this is happening or at least the uh outlining an operation for Gaza City is happening because number one, President Trump is acquiescing.Uh number two, the Knesset is ...