i'm lester holt. >> and i'm chris jansing in for jenna wolfe. welcome back. you made it. >> in san diego for comicon and took the red eye and got in moments ago. >> you were working? >> i was working. >> an important point. there is no cape. >> for those who have hd, you'll know why they call it the red eye flight. it's kind of a tough turn around. >> we are happy to see you here. thank you very much. >>> we have a pretty gruesome case unfolding in cleveland. police found several bodies and are searching for more as they try to figure out if there is a serial killer behind the murders. >>> kobe bryant's parents are finally making money from selling his memorabilia. able to auction off some of his stuff. we'll tell you how much they were able to get. >>> a little later as the world continues to wait and wait and wait for that royal baby, we will ask how will the queen do as a great grandmother? and what about prince charles as a grandfather? do you think they'll spoil that child rotten? >> i think just a little bit. >> possibility. >> before we get to all that

i'm lester holt reporting tomorrow morning on "today" and then back here tomorrow evening. tomorrow morning on "today" and then back here tomorrow evening. good evening, everyone. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> frustration continues to mount for the defending world champions, losing five of the last six. but the bright spot has been the consistent pitching of madison bumgarn bumgarner. he will try to be the stopper in the series. giants/cubs, next. on a beautiful night in late july in downtown san francisco, giants baseball, tonight, the c cubs and the giants. at 24

. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. the more we learn about yesterday's fatal bus crash in indianapolis, the more heartbreaking it becomes. it was a story just developing when we came on the air last night. 3 people died and 26 others injured in a bus returning from a church youth camp went out of control and flipped on its side. it happened at the end of a long journey just minutes before the group was to return home. among the dead a young minister and his pregnant wife. while a community of faith grieves, investigators are trying to understand how it happened. nbc's john yang is in indianapolis for us tonight. john? >> reporter: good evening, lester. right now the colonial hill baptist church is holding its regular evening worship service. tonight it's taking on special meaning. hundreds of worshippers arrived at church this morning just blocks from the crash that killed young pastor and his wife courtney. both in their mid-20s, courtney eight months pregnant. >> he set an example of his faith for us to all

i'm lester holt. >> i'm erica hill alongside jenna wolfe. we are back together again. >> it was all your fault. >> i shouldn't take vacation. >> what's that like in. >> it's kind of nice. you should try it. >> my vacation is coming up in march. >> one of these days we'll take a day off. >> nice to have you back. >> nice to be back. >>> near miami, seven people are dead after a man opens fire inside an apartment complex. this is called one of the worst shootings in the history. we are going to update you on that. that's coming up in a few minutes. >>> the end of the korean war in north korea and south korea are marking the occasion differently. ann curry is live in north korea with rare access inside the entry. >>> new concerns over food safety. they have the fda looking add imported food. one sixth of our food comes from other countries but the fda only inspects some of them. there's a new proposal to make sure the foods are safe to eat and tips how you can do your part at home. we want to start with the breaking news in egypt. good morning.

i'm erica hill. >> i'm lester holt. this is the image that's had a lot of us transfixed, the wreckage of asiana 214 as it lie us off the rubway. you look at that and you have to be amazed so many people were able to survive, to get out of that plane, which as we know was ungulfed in fire. two people are dead. it could have been so much worse. this by the way is the first fatal crash involving a major airliner in this country since 2001. >> we want to update you on some of the latest information we have this morning. just hours ago the president of asiana airlines confirming that the two passengers who were killed were in fact chinese citizens. their seats we're told are at the very back of the plane. he also said two veteran pilots were at the controls during the landing and that the airline does not believe there was any sort of engine failure. just a short time ago the ntsb rortded it has recovered the plane's black boxes and already on their way to headquarters in washington where they'll be analyzed. those of course

i'm lester holt reporting from new york. we will be back here tomorrow evening. good night, everyone. >>> good evening i'm dianne dwyer. >> and terry mcsween my. all four runways are operating tonight one week after the arabian airplane crashed one week. >> reporter: plans have sbn landing all day long. in fact you see one coming in right now about to land on runway 2-8 left where the asiana plane crash happened last saturday. so far there have been no issues. the runway opened last night at 5:05 in the evening and sfo is only reporting a few delays this afternoon. now, earlier today a few people came together to honor two of the girls killed in the crash. an international buddhist relief group organized the ceremony. a letter was read from farnts saying that loving will help us heal. organizer say the family was touched by the outpouring of support here in the bay area. >> they're happy b

lester holt is back with us. lester, you are looking at presumably the same picture i'm looking at. the fuselage, while intact looks to be in awful shape. >> well, i think what you are seei seeing, i don't see the exact picture you have. the fire looks like it continued to burn even after the evacuation of the planes. the latest pictures show a total loss. the fuselage of the airplane consumed by fire. the critical thing to look at are the wings, if not separated, they have been twisted away. the engines have detached as well as the tail section. that leads open a huge range of possibilities. the airplane at a high range. made a tail strike. very unclear. this is incredible popular safe plane. the boeing 777 made in the mid-1990s. they have sold a ton of them. to my knowledge, there's never been a fatal crash involving a 777. the weather picture appears to be clear. this would have been a visual landing, meaning the pilot was not dealing with clouds, smoke or haze. simply seeing the runway and landing. very unclear what could have gone wrong. the pilots are generally the most experi

i'm lester holt. >> i'm erica hill. it is a busy day, especially for all the royal baby watchers. >> there was no due date announced. am i wrong? >> no. there was something printed in the press that she was due in mid july. the palace never confirmed the due date, wisely i would say. >> wisely for them, not for the media. >> wisely for them, exactly. >> once you give somebody a due date, then as it gets closer and closer they like to tell you exactly what's going to happen. >> no one can even remember the due date. i asked you a hundred times when are you due again? >> you also asked me a hundred times for other things, too. >> belly still there. >> jenna not today, maybe the royal baby. >> who knows? >> glad we've cleared that up. >> a few other stories we're also following on this busy morning. as lester mentioned, a late development in the battle over abortion rights. overnight the texas senate passing one of the strictest anti-abortion measures in the country. as you kim imagine, reaction on both sides very strong t

i'm lester holt. have a good night, everyone. >>> good evening. i we begin with a breaking story. the clock ticking on union leaders to come up with a deal to avid a strike. a deadline less than six hours away. if a settlement is not reached, it could come to a hult tomorrow morning. the two sides are meeting right now. >> reporter: this meeting is likely the last hope to avoid a strike tomorrow. both sides are meeting inside this building on west grand avenue in oakland at this hour. the fact both sides are even in

. >> announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. substituting tonight, harry smith. >> good evening. it is a week since a jury in florida found george zimmerman not guilty in the death of trayvon martin. since then americans have been grappling with the means of that verdict. race has been an ines capable part of that conversation. yesterday a pensive president obama spoke for 19 minutes about the case. he said trayvon martin "could have been me 35 years ago." across the country today there were vigils and rallies. michelle franzen is in lower manhattan with the latest. good evening. >> reporter: good evening. the verdict in florida is a flash point over the laws, self defense laws and about race. crowds gathered in protest and in prayer and called for outrage to be turned into action. some echoing the president's own words. a day after president obama weighed in on the trayvon martin verdict. >> trayvon martin could have been me 35 year ago. >> thousands turned out in a show of solidarity as justice for trayvon vigils coast to coas

i'm lester holt reporting from new york. from all of us at nbc news, thanks for watching and good night. look at 'em. living on cloud nine with that u-verse wireless receiver. you see in my day, when my mom was repainting the house, you couldn't just set up a tv in the basement. i mean, come on! nope. we could only watch tv in the rooms that had a tv outlet. yeah if we wanted to watch tv someplace else, we'd have to go to my aunt sally's. have you ever sat on a plastic covered couch? [ kids cheering ] you're missing a good game over here. those kids wouldn't have lasted one day in our shoes. [ male announcer ] add a wireless receiver. call to get u-verse tv for just $19 a month with qualifying bundles. rethink possible. >>> good evening, i'm diane dwyer, terry mcsweeney has the night off. >>> a good samaritan is dead after trying to help victims of a car accident. the california highway patrol says the man was killed on 280 near the woodside exit this morning. kimberly tere joins us from redwood city with the story tonight.

i'm lester holt reporting from new york. from all of us at nbc news, good night. >> announcer: nbc bay area news begins with breaking news. >>> a call from one of the crew members to increase speed was made approximately seven seconds prior to impact. >> and that was the first sign of trouble, just seven seconds before the crash from the cockpit of this airplane. right now a live picture of the wreckage at sfo. we are learning more about why the plane went down and how one of the two teenage victims may have died in the chaos that followed the crash rather than in the crash itself. >>> good evening. i'm diane dwyer. terry mcsweeney has the night off. just into our newsroom tonight, a picture from inside the cabin. you can see the oxygen ma

inside studio 1a alongside lester holt, jenna wolf. erica taking time off. >> pretty shocking news. >> fans of the show "glee" woke up to sad news that the 37-year-old star was found dead. talk about his legacy, public struggle with drug addiction in a moment. >> and fear rampant along the sidelines of playing fields. parents now concerned about long-term effects of head injuries. now there's a new app to help them quickly diagnose concussions. we're going to show you how it works coming up. >>> and royal baby fever hitting fever pitch again. buckingham palace has only said the due date is some time in mid-july. and as the dates creep on, royal expectations are creeping. but there's new information this morning indicating royal watchers may have a little longer to wait. might not be as soon as we thought. we have a live report coming up from london. >> and christopher gore, star of the usa network hit "covert affairs" stops by to talk about his show's upcoming new season. >> and first we begin with "glee" star cory monteith. cory monte

i'm lester holt reporting from new york, and from all of us here at nbc news, good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com no i didn't. you ate the bones. no, you ate the bones. nobody ate any bones. so, frank didn't eat the bones? no honey, frank did not eat any bones. well he's breathing on me. no i'm not. yes you are. no i'm not. yes you are. no i'm not. yes you are. [ male announcer ] it's kfc original recipe without the bones freshly prepared white or dark meat boneless and skinless try a 10 piece mixed bucket for just $14.99. today tastes so good. >>> good evening, i'm terry mcsweeney. >> i'm diane dwyer. our breaking news is a brush fire that is burning just east of the boulder ridge golf club. we have a reporter on the way. when she gets there we will bring you a live report and a update on that. now to another developing story. demonstrators are matchings in the protest for the not guilty verdict for george zimmerman. monte has more. >> the protestors left about 45

lester holt is here with you this weekend. we hope to see you back here on monday. in the meantime, have a good weekend. good night. >>> nbc bay area news begins with breaking news. >> that breaking news happening in san francisco. two women dead in a jewelry store shooting. what you're hoobing at is a live look at 9th and brannan. that is the bed bath and beyond. the street you're looking at is 9th, which is between brannan and that area right there is bryant, i should say. brannan and bryant. that's the way you go to get on the central freeway. it's jam-packed with people who have been stuck in this mess. good evening. >> we mentioned two women were found inside that victoga. the suspected killer opened fire on officers who were arriving at the scene. the suspect is now in police custody. it was a terrifying scene for employees and customers. the entire area was on lockdown while sfpd and the fbi searched for a possible second suspect. >> that is known as the design district and the jewelry district. they also have some high tech companies in that area. nbc has be

harry smith will be with you tomorrow night while lester holt enjoys a rare saturday night off. we hope to see you back here on monday night. good night. have a >>> nbc bay area news starts now. >>> good evening, and thanks for joining us on this friday, i'm raj mathai. >> developing news on the asiana flight. the coroner confirm thad a fire truck ran over and killed one of the young victims at the crash. this happened in the first moments when the fire crew was rushing onto the runway. we're live with how the family is doling with, and firefighters as well. >> reporter: that's right. a lot of people having to deal with this tragedy. there are about 100 firefighters stationed here at sfo who are specially trained to deal with incidents on the tarmac. they are combing through everything that happened that saturday. >> there was a lot of debris. >> reporter: by the sometime san francisco fair fighters arrived and people were desperately trying to evacuate the boeing triple 7 that had caught fire. >> it was a very dangerous, volatile situation. >> reporter: more than 250 firefight

lester holt will be here with you this weekend. i'm brian williams. we hope to see you right back here on monday night. have a good weekend. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> nbc bay area news starts now. >>> good friday evening, everyone. >> drug heading arunning and ho woman captive. both men in jail tonight accused of growing large quantities of pot and holding a 15 year old girl captive in a metal box. the girl in a rural section north of santa rosa. r jessica, the details of what that girl allegedly went through truly make your stomach turn. the details are all spilled out in these court documents. two men have been charged in federal court. the u.s. attorney's office says these are the two men behind a disturbing marijuana grow operation. investigators say they were not only growing more than a thousand marijuana plants in the rugged countryside of lake county, but had held a 15 year old girl captive there for weeks. the girl was kept locked inside a metal box that was hoisted at an angle for human waste to drain out. the gir

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. >>> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with lester holt and erica hill. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today" on this saturday morning. we are here with jenna wolfe. lester is on assignment and erika is off. i'm the lucky one. >> where was it warmer, california or new york? >> it's been so hot here. i don't know how you have been dealing with the heat. >> no problem. >> i had a softball game yesterday at noon. it was unbelievable. i never thought we would make it through, but we won. >> at the airport, 101 degrees the pilot announced t. waves came through the airplane. >> i was walking here and it was 87 already. >> we are going to have more on the heat and coming up, why firefighters outside palm springs are dealing with high temperatures themselves. >>> the somber anniversary. it's been one year since a gunman went on a rampage. we'll remember the victims and the one couple turning this day into one of the happiest of their lives. >> if you thought you might be waking up to baby news this morning -- >> sorry. >> there's still n

. ♪ >>> lester holt is here with a preview of what's coming up. if you only knew what was happening commercial breaks. i can't begin to tell you. >> i thought that was a ritual. >> this one too much. lester is here with a look at weekend today. >> coming up this holiday weekend on today, move over south beach and l.a. summertime in the windy city has squus as much to offer. sailing on the lake. i'll share how chicago natives spend the summer months. and military deployment never easy butter easy but erica talks with a family that makes it easier. >> a they're looking for the next big star and we tag along to some of the auditions. all that and more this weekend. >> lester your married. how do you keep your marriage alive. >> we keep dating. >> that's nice. ♪ we don't have a ten step filtering process for our water. we don't need it. because crystal geyser is made by nature, not by man. crystal geyser is always bottled at the mountain source. >>> good morning to you. it is 9:56. i'm marla tellez. investigators in southern california, they are try