Vanderbilt Television News Archive

NBC Evening News for 2016-05-30

This program is 30 minutes long

• Preview/Introduction

  #1172205

  12:00:27 am — 12:01:28 am

  Tonight zoo outrage growing backlash over a gorilla shot dead after dragging a child who breached its enclosure demands tonight to charge that boy's parents. Deadly floods rushing waters mandatory evacuations. Many frantically trying to save what they can with even more severe storms on the way. Mystery candidate rumors stoked of a big name independent about to enter the presidential race provoking an angry warning from Donald Trump. To the rescue. Three women hailed as heroes across the world. ...

• Cincinnati / Thomas Roberts / Anthony Seta / Jeff Corwin

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  12:01:29 am — 12:04:17 am

  Good evening I'm Thomas Roberts in for Lester. Tonight Cincinnati Zoo officials are fielding fast and furious reactions over their judgment to kill the silverback named Harambe as the best choice to save a child trapped in the gorilla enclosure. A viral video captured over the holiday weekend shows the scene after a three year old boy crawled and climbed into the exhibit ending up face to face with a massive primate. And now there's even a public call asking for the toddler's parents to be held ...

• Texas / Carlo Jimenez / Terry Birds / Laurel Rendan

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  12:04:18 am — 12:06:36 am

  Now in the deadly flood emergency in the south tonight at least six people are dead in Texas where evacuations continue after historic rainfall pushed several rivers to overflow and now residents are bracing for even more severe weather. NBC is Gabe Gutierrez has more from South Texas where the danger is far from over. Today the Brazos River swelled quickly. How fast is it coming up right now. It's very very fast. When I went through there it's over my knees. The rising water creeping closer to ...

• San Antonio / Thomas Dylan / Bonnie

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  12:06:36 am — 12:07:27 am

  We're going to talk about that rain right now with NBC News meteorologist Dylan Dreyer. So Dylan it really has been a rough few days in the south and there's more wet weather on the way. There certainly is Thomas. It's quiet right now across Texas but as we go through the next couple of days we are going to see more isolated severe storms begin to develop. But as we get to Wednesday and this cold front moves in that's our best chance of seeing really heavy rain with some areas picking up as much...

• None

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  12:07:27 am — 12:07:47 am

  And now some good news for the millions making that journey home tonight as this unofficial start to summer comes to a close. After weeks of horror stories about long waits at airports the TSA and industry watchdogs are reporting no significant delays. Many more though are driving with Triple A predicting over 38 million people on the roads this Memorial Day....

• Washington / Gary Johnson / Donald Trump / Clinton

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  12:07:48 am — 12:09:59 am

  Now to politics and a new twist this evening in what's already been a wild race for president. Talk that a prominent independent candidate may enter the race at this late stage. Donald Trump worried that could draw votes away from him has already lashed out and as NBC is Hallie Jackson reports there's a lot of buzz over who this mystery candidate may be. With his competitors parading on Memorial Day Donald Trump's marching toward the general election. Now looking at a possible new challenger aft...

• White House / President Obama

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  12:09:59 am — 12:10:17 am

  A scare at the White House prompted a partial lockdown for hours today a hazmat team descended on the grounds there after authorities say an object was thrown over the fence. President Obama was inside the White House at the time but the object was later deemed harmless. A woman was placed in handcuffs and detained over that incident....

• Afghanistan / Josh Wheeler / U.S. Army / ISIS

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  12:10:17 am — 12:11:53 am

  Earlier in the day President Obama marked his final memorial day in office with a traditional appearance at Arlington National Cemetery. He used that moment to pay respects to those American troops killed overseas in the last year NBC Jim Miklaszewski has the details that President Obama laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns amidst what he called the silence of these sacred hills at Arlington National Cemetery. The president then challenged all Americans to live up to the sacrifice of the fa...

• Fallujah / Jack Jacobs / ISIS / Bruno Geddo

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  12:11:55 am — 12:13:36 am

  On this Memorial Day a major offensive is underway to retake a key city where 100 American troops died during the Iraq war. The circumstances have changed since the battle for Fallujah in 2004. Now it's Iraqi forces backed by Iran trying to drive ISIS from its stronghold in the city. NBC Keir Simmons has our report. A blast of artillery beginning the offensive this morning a multipronged assault on Fallujah suburbs but victory for these Iraqi forces is likely a long way off. Tonight ISIS is figh...

• Commercial

  #1172214

  12:13:36 am — 12:13:53 am

  Still ahead tonight a fun evening out takes a dark turn when three friends say they saw a man slipping something into another woman's drink. What they did next made them social media heroes. Also terror in the water as sharks attack on both coasts....

• Commercial

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  12:13:55 am — 12:14:25 am

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• Commercial: SeaBond

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  12:14:26 am — 12:14:40 am

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• Commercial: Claritin

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  12:14:41 am — 12:14:56 am

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• Commercial: Prevagen

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  12:14:56 am — 12:15:10 am

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• Commercial

  #1172219

  12:15:12 am — 12:15:24 am

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• Commercial

  #1172220

  12:15:27 am — 12:15:55 am

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• Commercial

  #1172221

  12:15:56 am — 12:16:09 am

  This week Roston reports on keeping your family safe this summer from foolish water boarding. Plus how to protect yourself at the beach and what to do if something goes wrong. Thank you so much for saving me this week on Today....

• Commercial

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  12:16:11 am — 12:16:25 am

  Friday she said she felt like she's being watched. She was bright and then she was gone. It was devastating. I think this case illustrates every woman's nightmare. Dateline. Don't watch over....

• California / Michael Hsu / Sonia Ulrick / CDC

  #1172223

  12:16:27 am — 12:18:34 am

  We are back with a story millions are talking about across the world. Three women out for a night of fun in California when they spotted a man they believed was up to no good. And rather than sit idly by. They took action and now they're being hailed for stopping an alleged sexual assault attempt. NBC's Gadi Schwartz has details. It's a hero story grabbing headlines all over the world. Germany Australia India. All talking about three friends in Santa Monica California who say they stopped a woma...

• Commercial

  #1172224

  12:18:36 am — 12:18:40 am

  We are back in a moment with a frightening crash that's in a tractor trailer over the edge....

• Commercial: Entrestro

  #1172225

  12:18:44 am — 12:19:39 am

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• Commercial: Scholl

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  12:19:47 am — 12:19:59 am

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• Commercial: Zapotec

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  12:19:59 am — 12:20:14 am

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• Commercial: Mary Ellen / Nicklin / Chantix

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  12:20:14 am — 12:21:12 am

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• Commercial: Auto Masters

  #1172229

  12:21:15 am — 12:21:43 am

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• New York /

  #1172230

  12:21:46 am — 12:22:05 am

  Holiday traffic was snarled along a major expressway here in New York when an accident left a tractor trailer dangling from an overpass. Officials say the driver lost control and hit the car in front of him with two other vehicles also involved. The driver was able to crawl out of the cab with minor injuries. Two others also had minor injuries....

• Florida / Great White

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  12:22:05 am — 12:22:26 am

  Scary moments on both coasts this holiday weekend when sharks attack two swimmers. A woman was pulled out of the water in Newport Beach California with injuries that appeared to be from a Great White. And in Florida a teen suffered a gash on his leg from what's believed to be a five to six foot shark. Neither shark was located after the attacks....

• Earth /

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  12:22:26 am — 12:22:45 am

  Now you can catch an amazing sight in the sky tonight. And you don't even need a telescope to do it. Mars will be visible to the naked eye this evening because this is the closest the Red Planet has come to Earth in eleven years. Forty six million miles away. Now the best chance for viewing this evening but you might also still catch a glimpse through Friday....

• Commercial

  #1172233

  12:22:45 am — 12:22:54 am

  So when we come back a veteran we've followed from his injury and battle to the graduation stage. His new mission helping others just like it....

• Commercial: Simba / emphysema

  #1172234

  12:22:56 am — 12:23:56 am

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• Commercial

  #1172235

  12:23:57 am — 12:24:10 am

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• Commercial: Salonpas

  #1172236

  12:24:11 am — 12:24:46 am

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• Commercial: Nexium

  #1172237

  12:24:46 am — 12:24:56 am

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• Commercial: National Eye Institute / PreserVision Areds 2

  #1172238

  12:24:57 am — 12:25:26 am

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• Commercial: Channel 4 News

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  12:25:27 am — 12:25:42 am

  Channel 4 News. Relentless in pursuing the truth relentless in exposing the story behind the story relentless covering breaking news and relentless in our commitment to bring you news wherever you are. On air online and social. Channel 4 News we never stopped working for you....

• Iraq / Evan Thomas Cole / Bob Brazell / Evan Cole

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  12:25:44 am — 12:29:08 am

  Finally tonight on this Memorial Day a veteran's incredible journey. Our team first met him in a makeshift hospital in Iraq as part of our series wounds of war. Now he's celebrating an incredible achievement in memory of fallen friends. Our longtime correspondent and member of the NBC News family Robert Bazell now retired returns tonight with his remarkable new chapter in the life of an American hero whom he's followed now for nearly a decade. Graduation day at the Catholic University of America...

• Good Night

  #1172241

  12:29:08 am — 12:29:16 am

  That will do it for us tonight on this Monday. I'm Thomas Roberts in for Lester for all of us at NBC News. Thank you for watching and good night....