"nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news with lester holt." >>> good evening. with one dead, the other now in custody and reportedly talking to police, the sordid tale of how those two escaped new york killers planned to make their getaway is coming out, and it involved among other things murder and a brazen run for the border. of course it all quickly unraveled as soon as they got outside the prison walls. and yet for three weeks they somehow eluded a dragnet the likes of which we've rarely seen. tonight our stephanie gosk takes us inside one of their hideouts as stunning new details of their escape plan emerge. >> reporter: with two gunshot wounds, david sweat was rushed to a hospital in albany. in serious condition, he is already talking. sweat says he and fellow escapee richard matt planned to drive to mexico in prison worker joyce mitchell's car. according to new york governor andrew cuomo, they also planned to kill her husband. >> on the theory that mitchell was in love with one or both of them and th

nbc "nightly news." reporting tonight, lester holt. >>> good evening. a search that extends as far away as mexico for those escaped killers from new york is right now refocusing much closer to the scene of their prison breakout. after four days on the lam, a possible sighting and a fresh scent picked up by tracker dogs as an army of cops descending on the woods surrounding a tiny hamlet just 40 miles from the prison. with police on what could be a warm trail, there's that other mystery to be solved, who may have helped them stage their daring escape? in a moment an interview you won't see anywhere else with a man whose mom, a prison employee, has become a person of interest. but first the search. nbc's miguel almaguer is in willsboro, new york. >> reporter: tonight the mass mobilization. a flood of highly trained, heavily armed officers closing in on new leads. prison break suspects david sweat and richard matt may be on the move near willsboro, new york. matt's son speaking tonight to nbc news. >> he's

" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this the "nbc nightly news." report tonight, lester hold. >>> good evening, details of our top story are still breaking. word coming down late this afternoon of what sources are telling us is a massive chinese hack of u.s. government computers. perhaps on a scale never seen in this country before. the target -- the agency that handles government employee records. putting at risk the personnel files of millions of current and former federal employees. nbc's andrea mitchell is on it and has late details. >> reporter: officials say this could be the biggest cyberattack in american history. the culprit, they say, china. as many as 4 million current and former government employees have been told their personal information, including names, social security numbers, and birthdays, could have been hacked from the office of personnel management, the agency that screens and hires federal workers and does security clearances for 90% of the federal government. tonight the obama administration is scrambling to assess t

"nbc nightly news." reporting tonight, lester holt. >> good evening. we begin with an alarming lapse involving those charged with protecting the planes we fly on. for anyone whose had their luggage searched over a bottle of water, a draft from the homeland security inspector general today may come as a shock. that tsa checkpoint screeners failed miserably at detecting concealed explosives and weapons. tonight the agency is under orders to immediately plug security holes after undercover testers exposed shocking gaps at dozens of airports. nbc's tom costello reports. >> reporter: the tests were conducted by homeland security red teams charged with probing tsa checkpoints nationwide. nbc news has confirmed tsa screening officers failed to detect smuggled weapons in 67 out of 70 attempts. a 95% failure rate. in one case an alarm sounded on a magnetometer, but during a patdown, the screening officer failed to find a fake plastic explosive taped to a person's back. they call the red teams super terrorists bec

"nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york this is "nbc nightly news with lester holt." >>> good evening. in a state still reeling from the massacre of nine black worshippers, the effort to remove from the south carolina state capitol grounds a racially charged symbol wrapped in a painful history gained a powerful voice today. the state's governor nikki haley, a republican joining a growing chorus of those now calling for the removal of the confederate battle flag, the same flag embraced by the young white man accused in the charleston church shooting. ron allen leads off our coverage. >> reporter: few symbols in american culture evoke such intense passion. emblem of southern pride and states' rights or the scourge of slavery and racism. today governor nikki haley weighed, in flanked by a bipartisan group of state leaders. >> today we are here in a moment of unity in our state without ill will to say it's time to move the flag from the capitol grounds. >> reporter: south carolina's house and senate must approve the removal of the flag.

chris jansing, nbc news, washington. >> we salute their honor and memories tonight. that will do it for us on this tuesday evening. i'm lester holt for all of us at >>> kim kardashian's first words on caitlyn jenner. >> this is caitlyn's moment. >> and "vanity fair's" 007-style mission to keep the cover from leaking out, now on "extra." >>> new video caitlyn jenner surrounded by her glam squad fixing her lipstick prepping for her world premier. >> she is beautiful. right? >> from kim an kanye to the president and the stars, the world reacts. and heartbreaking new details today on jenner's journey. >> the headline that had bruce contemplating suicide. >>> then a breast job, a nose job, we break down bruce's surgical transformation. >>> iggy azalea caught on camera engagement. >> will you marry me? >> wait until you see the giant yellow diamond ring. >>> new york's night of fashion turned hydra ma. >> why the twins stormed off the red carpet and whose dress literally caught on fire. >>> and who was the entourage stars put in their real-life entourage? >> i think -- >>

"nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news." reporting tonight, carl quintanilla. >> good evening. >> the long manhunt for those two convicted killers who escaped from a new york prison is over tonight. david sweat was shot and apprehended near the canadian border two days after richard matt was killed in that confrontation with police. this photo of sweat was taken just after his capture, his condition is unknown. but we are learning more tonight about what led authorities to some of the most wanted men in the united states. we begin with nbc's stephanie gosk. >> reporter: after 23 days on the run, after a prison break that captivated the country, 35-year-old david sweat is in custody tonight, shot and wounded by law enforcement just two miles from the canadian border. >> can we get an ambulance to stage at the constable station for any possible further responses? >> copy. give me an ambulance to stage at my station for malone, please. >> reporter: authorities say sweat was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. roads surr

"nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york this is nbc "nightly news." reporting tonight, savannah guthrie. >>> and good evening. their words rang out in a courtroom in charleston today. words more powerful and resonant than any act of hate. victims' families addressing directly the man accused of opening fire inside the mother emanuel church telling of pain loss, and most remarkably of forgiveness. today the judge held 21-year-old dylann roof without bail. investigators telling nbc news he confessed almost immediately to taking those nine lives, and this chilling detail that their kindness to him at that wednesday prayer service almost convinced him to abandon his plan. tonight a vigil honoring those lives lost at charleston's 5,000-seat arena. but we will start with today's extraordinary moments in court, including some surprising and controversial remarks from the judge. nbc's chris jansing leads us off. >> reporter: dylann roof stood in a small jailhouse room flanked by armed guards showing no emotion. >> what is your age? >> 21. >> y

"nbc nightly news" is next. more local news on nbc bay area at 6:00. >> hope to see you then. >>> on this sunday night, getaway plan. stunning details about the alleged accomplice of two escaped prisoners, including claims the three planned to go on the run together. >>> nightmare flight. passengers stranded for more than 20 hours in a cold military barracks after their plane is diverted, but with little explanation. >>> on the loose, tigers, bears, even a hio, take to the streets. after raging floodwaters destroy a zoo. >>> and a recipe for success. a school bus that offers a movable feast for kids in need. "nightly news" begins now. >> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. substituting tonight, carl quintanilla. >>> good evening, day nine of the search for those convicted murderers who escaped from a new york prison and not only are there no clear leads, officials say they could be near canada or mexico by now. the manhunt remains focused on the woods of the adirondack mountains and we're learning new d

is "nbc nightly news." reporting tonight, lester holt. >>> we're watching a flurry of police activity taking place practically walking distance from the new york prison where two dangerous cons broke out a week ago. today new clues and a fresh scent that forced a massive response. it's perhaps the biggest concentration of law enforcement we've seen yet. it's all happening in a wooded area about three miles away. guns are drawn, police trying to flush the men out. all this hitting way too close to home for many people who live around there, who remain locked in their homes ordered to stay inside. the question on everyone's mind, is it another false lead, or has this trail suddenly become red hot? i want to go right now to miguel almaguer for more. >> reporter: lester, good evening. the lockdown in this community is well underway and the search that began last night is expected to intensify tonight. authorities trying to corner the inmates who have been on the run six straight days. tonight the army and the m

nbc "nightly news." reporting tonight, lester holt. >>> good evening. day five, and a lot has happened in the hunt for those two killers who escaped from a new york state prison. police are reaching out to family and those close to the prisoners. the search itself is literally changing direction. some of the focus now turning to vermont. and interest continues to ramp prison employee. sources tell nbc news she is still answering questions from investigators. nbc national correspondent miguel almaguer leads our coverage tonight. miguel, what's the latest? >> reporter: lester, good evening. tonight investigators are following some 500 leads including some new information, as you mentioned, that authorities are concerned those inmates may be headed toward vermont. so tonight officials are stepping up patrols, worried that these dangerous men are getting even more desperate. in a show of force and firepower, tonight the search for david sweat and richard matt going door to door. this is joyce mitchell, a civ

a dramatic ♪ >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news with lester holt." >> and our coverage continues now with several developing stories including history made at the supreme court. a 5-4 ruling that same-sex marriage is a constitutional right now legal in every state from coast to coast. the reaction was swift from the court to the campaign trail, and there's no one better to provide insight for us than our political director, the moderator of "meet the press," chuck todd. and pete williams as well from the supreme court. and chuck, let me start with you. this caps a week of wins for the president after his health care victory, a big victory on trade in congress. how will this week be remembered when we assess his legacy? >> look, i think it's going to be potentially a transformational week. when the president was running for president, he said he wanted to be like ronald reagan more than he wanted to be like bill clinton. and he made that point by saying ronald reagan was a transformational president because he shifted the entire country's agend

"nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york this is "nbc nightly news with lester holt." >>> good evening. the likelihood that heads will roll in the wake of that new york prison breakout grew today as word came down that 12 prison employees including the september have been placed on leave. the clinton correctional facility is the subject of a top to bottom investigation of how two killers managed to bust out. some of the answers, however, are coming straight from the surviving escapee himself. david sweat is said to be spilling everything including the fact that this was not the first time they'd made it outside the prison. national correspondent miguel almaguer is on the story for us tonight. >> reporter: tonight the prison top boss his deputy and 10 other employees are suspended from clinton correctional after the brazen escape here. superintendent steve racit was the man who led governor cuomo on a tour of how the convicts broke free. >> how did they do this? >> reporter: this as federal authorities probe an alleged heroin ring that

"nightly news" begins now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york this is nbc "nightly news." reporting tonight, lester holt. >>> good evening. our top story is breaking as we come on the air. a suspected accomplice in the new york prison break is now under arrest. joyce mitchell a prison worker who police say may have developed relationships with both escaped cons is to be arraigned this evening after she apparently began spilling more details of romance and forbidden items supplied to the men. as for the search for the prisoners themselves it's been a day of more tantalizing hints and bursts of police activity as anticipation grows that police are drawing closer to their prey. we have it all covered. nbc's ron mott starts us off with this breaking news. ron? >> reporter: lester, good evening to you. joyce mitchell is being held tonight at the state police in new york near her home. she's being arraigned on two counts one a felony the other a misdemeanor. the felony is for promoting prison contraband. the miss demiknorr is criminal facilitation. and the felony charge h

katy tur, nbc news, new york. >> nbc universal is a partner in the pageant organization with donald trump and late today nbc issued a statement saying donald trump's opinions do not represent those of nbc and we do not agree with his positions on a number of issues, including his recent comments on immigration. >>> when we come back, the neighborhood where police are trying to replace the sound of gunshots with the sound of home runs. 6: a fire breaks out in the bay area. ===take vo janelle=== one building quickly burned. we'll have a live report from the scene. ===take vo peggy=== plus, the bay area doors that could soon open for the first time since 9/11. ===next close=== next. >>> finally tonight, at a time marked by when we've seen as so much outrage with police force against young african-americans, a refreshing sight in chicago. cops making a difference by finding common ground with kids on the baseball diamond. here's nbc's kevin tibbles. >> reporter: the crack inglewood police youth baseball league takes the field. here the cops and the kids are safe together because the cops are

. ♪ >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york this is "nbc nightly news with lester holt." >> and our coverage continues now with several developing stories including history made at the supreme court. a 5-4 ruling that same-sex marage is a constitutional right now legal in every state from coast to coast. the reaction was swift from the court to the campaign trail, and there's no one better to provide insight for us than our political director the moderator of "meet the press," chuck todd. and pete williams as well from the supreme court. and chuck, let me start with you. this caps a week of wins for the president after his health care victory, a big victory on trade, in congress. how will this week

nightly news begins right now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york this is nbc nightly news. reporting tonight, lester holt. >>> good evening. as we head into the weekend. millions will need to keep a close eye on the weather after a violent outbreak destroyed homes and left neighborhoods under feet of hail in colorado. this afternoon, new tornado warnings were posted in the west. at least one tornado already spotted today near denver and the threat from these dangerous storms continues. our national correspondent miguel almaguer starts us out with the latest. >> reporter: across colorado this vie limit, punishing storm is packing it all, from multiple twisters to pounding golf ball sized hail. the sheriff outside denver says it's a miracle nobody was killed. >> it's really been unlike anything we've ever seen today. we actually sought tornado from our front porch. >> reporter: the small town took a direct and violent hit, one neighborhood obliterated. at least 25 homes damaged. this man's house literally blew away. >> it threw a bunch of shingles down to the bottom of the s

requests nbc nightly news." rorlgtding tonight, lester holt. >>> good evening, we start here with a deadly confrontation outside boston today between law enforcement and a man they feared might be preparing to launch an isis inspired attack. that man who police and federal agents had gone to question is dead, shot after he came at them. authorities tonight still on the move in the boston area, trying to piece together what he may have been involved with, and whether others might be connected to it. our pete williams has late details. >> just after 7:00 aime officials say, a boston police officer and an fbi agent approached a man they wanted to question in a terrific expert when they say he drew this knife, came at them and refused to drop it. >> we saw the video, it appears that the law enforcement officers were backing away before they exercised deadly force. >> reporter: the man was identified as osama rahim. age 2669 roslindale section of boston. officials say he had been under investigation for weeks by a jt

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and tonight nbc news has learned u.s. intelligence is bracing for a july 4th threat. >>> and amazing grace. a rousing, extraordinary tribute in charleston as president obama leads a church of mourners and a wounded city in song and an unforgettable remembrance. a very busy night, and our coverage begins right now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york this is "nbc nightly news with lester holt." >> good evening. quite frankly, we haven't seen a news day this busy in a very long time. so many major stories we're following. the day starting with a landmark decision by the u.s. supreme court, making same-sex marriage legal in all 50 states. emotional reactions across the country, marking a dramatic and historic shift in this country's social landscape. and a story we plan to have extensive coverage of tonight. but at this moment there are breaking developments in the hunt for those escaped killers in upstate new york. we want to get right to nbc's stephanie gosk in malone new york. stephanie, what's happened? >> r

in south philadelphia i'm rosemary connors, nbc 10 news. >>> now to an nbc 10 first alert. we have some serious weather in parts of our area. here's a live look at the nbc 10 first alert radar. showers have been popping up across the area. check out this downpour along the black horse pike in atlantic city earlier this afternoon. nbc 10 first alert chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz has a first look at the forecast for us. those threats still out there? >> there are still some showers out there but nothing like that big thunderstorm that went through the atlantic city area down towards sea isle city around 4:00 this afternoon. we have mostly sunny skies around the philadelphia area but there are some showers that are threatening over the next hour or two. you can see it's associated with this line of showers moving down from the poconos through the lehigh valley. at the same time you can see that atlantic city big thunderstorm, lots of lightning with that one but that is long gone. and so is the rain from the poconos. allentown, just about to get out of it. that

nbc "nightly news." reporting tonight, lester holt. >>> good evening. it's now been over 60 hours since two killers staged a daring and sophisticated breakout from a maximum security new york prison. time enough to have put thousands of miles between them and the prison walls. tonight the hunt for the men extends across international borders while still leaving communities closest to the prison gripped by fear and anxiety. the breakout was elaborate. the men penetrating steel walls, metal locks, pipes, and brick to make their escape. possibly authorities say with help. nbc's miguel almaguer is at the clinton correctional facility. miguel? >> reporter: lester good evening. tonight we're learning more about the convicts who may have used power tools to escape the prison behind me. nbc news has learned that they were housed in the so-called honor section, the "a" block of the prison where they may have had more freedom. the two said to be close friends. this as we also learn prison investigators may be look

stephanie gosk nbc news new york. >>> speaking of that debate over domestic surveillance. the senate ended a battle over programs that were halted when the patriot act expired sunday night. the senate passed the freedom act which restores but also overhauls powers under the patriot act that will allow americans phone records to be collected again. telecom companies will hold the records and the government needs court approval to see them. >>> there were new scares today against commercial aircraft five flights threatened over the u.s. and mexico by someone claiming explosive devices were on board. nbc's tom costello reports. >> on the tarmac in philadelphia this morning, american flight 648 met by police and a bomb squad after someone phoned in a threat the pilot had just landed unaware of the threat when the tower asked for the number of people on board. >> those on board -- what seems to be the problem. >> it was a hoax phone threat. certainly not a funny one. >> it now brings to more than 20 the number of planes threatened over the past eight days and calls to the tsa o

. >> and for all of us here at nbc 10, the news continues now with "nbc nightly news." have a good evening. >>> on this wednesday night, terror charges. new arrests in an isis inspired plot to kill police officers and behead a victim. what nbc news has learn good an imminent attack. the suspect armed with knives, the fbi listening in. >>> twice as bad as we were first told. turns out anthrax was fedexed to dozens of locations in at least 17 states and three different countries. far more people put at risk. what went wrong? >>> the cost of cancer. what's behind the skyrocketing price of cancer drugs? some costing $10,000 a month. for some, medications to survive means going bankrupt. >>> and here come the bride. so many of them flocking to a tiny post office for a very big reason. we'll lift the veil on a wedding secret you'll love. "nbc nightly news" begins right now. ♪ >>> good evening. in boston, new details this afternoon of an alleged terror plot to kill police officers including plans for a beheading. the fbi who had been surveilling one of the suspects says two

"nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york this is nbc "nightly news." reporting tonight, savannah guthrie. >>> good evening. there is a storm coming tonight. and for the parts of the gulf coast in the bullseye there may be no more frightening words to hear. this is the giant rain-making system heading at this hour toward texas, louisiana, and the ozarks. some of the very places drenched by historic rains just a few weeks ago. now the national weather service warning of potentially life-threatening floods. and tonight another dangerous storm system we're watching in the midwest. tornado sirens sounding in chicago. we've got it all covered starting with nbc's janet shamlian in houston. >> reporter: a tropical system targeting the gulf coast. tonight, the rush to get ready. >> want to be prepared just in case anything bad happens. >> reporter: potentially life-threatening flooding to hit texas, louisiana, oklahoma and the midwest. officials raising the alert level. this emergency war room now staffed around the clock. >> we need to be able

harry hairston, nbc 10 news. >> "nbc nightly news" will be an hour tonight with all of today's breaking news. it is one hour from 6:30 to 7:30, "nbc nightly news" tonight. >>> among those big stories, the same-sex marriage ruling out of washington, d.c. today and from philadelphia and across america, strong reaction tonight. the supreme court's decision makes it now legal for anyone to get married in all states. 14 states banned gay weddings prior to today's decision. this was the scene outside the supreme court when the announcement came out just before 10:00 this morning. >> here's the breakdown from the supremes. justice kennedy wrote the majority opinion in the 5-4 vote just as he did in the court's previous three major gay rights cases. these cases date back to 1996. >> this ruling is a victory for america. this decision affirms what millions of americans already believe in their hearts. when all americans are treated as equal, we are all more free. >> we have team coverage of today's same-sex marriage ruling. we start with nbc 10's jesse gary live on independence mall where a rall

. >>> nbc news exclusive. chris christie's first interview as he jumps into the race for president after that bridge scandal and sinking poll numbers. he tells matt lauer how he thinks he can win. >>> air disaster. a military plane slams into a neighborhood and hotel overseas. scores are dead and an urgent search for survivors who may be trapped. >>> and point of history, as a woman who has shattered so many barriers makes her biggest move yet with a generation of young girls wanting to follow in her footsteps. "nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news with lester holt." >>> good evening. the likelihood that heads will roll in the wake of that new york prison breakout grew today as word came down that 12 prison employees including the superintendent have been placed on leave. the clinton correctional facility is the subject of a top to bottom investigation of how two killers managed to bust out. some of the answers, however, are comin

nbc "nightly news." reporting tonight, savannah guthrie. >>> and good evening. you can just picture this scene. college students at a birthday party packed onto an apartment balcony, but it turned to horror when that balcony in berkeley california suddenly collapsed plunging nearly 40 feet to the ground. and tonight we know these are the six students who lost their lives. seven others gravely injured tonight. we begin our coverage with nbc's jacob rascon. >> reporter: tonight berkeley california is mourning the loss of six students and seven others are fighting nor lives after a four-story freefall. >> to have this happen at the start of the season is something that has left us all frozen in shock and in dibleefs. >> reporter: the victims, olivia burke, eoghan culligan niccolai schuster lorcan miller and eimear walsh and 22-year-old ashley done ojo from california. >> the balconies broke and at least ten people fell from the second or third floor. >> reporter: the five by ten-foot balcony on the fourth f

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"nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news." reporting tonight, savannah guthrie. >> good evening. >>> college students at an apartment building packed onto a balcony. it turned to horror when it suddenly collapsed, plunging nearly 40 feet to the ground. and tonight we know these are the six students who lost their lives. seven others gravely injured tonight. we begin our coverage with nbc's jacob rascon. >> reporter: tonight berkeley california is mourning the loss of six students and seven others are fighting for their lives after a four-story free-fall. >> to have this happen at the start of this season is something that has left us all frozen in shock and in disbelief. >> reporter: the victims late today, olivia burke, owen culligan nikolai schuster miller walsh and ashley done hoe donahoe from california. >> people saying one of the balconies broke and at least ten from the second or third floor. >> reporter: it suddenly separated from the building collapsing onto the pavement some 40 feet below. fellow irish

nbc "nightly news." reporting tonight, lester holt. >>> good evening. a search that extends as far away as mexico for those escaped killers from new york is right now refocusing much closer to the scene of their prison breakout.

nbc 10 news at 6:00 is next. >> here's jim rosenfield. >>> coming up next on "nbc 10 news at 6:00" we are following breaking news. one of the prison break suspects is dead tonight. >>> also new, a father arrested on septa while holding his child. why septa's top cop says he takes the blame for the officer putting the child in danger. >>> get ready for a lot of rain over part of the weekend. there is a chance for flooding. i'll have the first alert forecast next. >>> plus south jersey crops damaged from this week's damaging winds. what this means for a possible price hike at the market next on "nbc 10 news at 6:00." >>> we begin with several big stories on this friday evening. we are under a flood watch with rain expected tonight and get ready for a soggy saturday. >>> also president obama says today's same-sex marriage ruling arrived like a thunder bolt. tonight, we look into what's next after this landmark decision. good evening. i'm renee chenault-fattah. >> i'm jim rosenfield. >>> we begin with breaking news out of upstate new york. one of the two prison escapees on the run for thr

mark potter nbc news. >> who knew? that's nbc nightly news for that sunday. lester holt will be here tomorrow. i'm peter alexander reporting. from all of us at nbc news, good night. >>> nbc bay area news starts now. >> i landed on the highway just as i would on any normal runway. just took it down like that. once i touched it down i had a huge sigh of relief. >> right now at 6:00 quick thinking and a steady hand. a young pilot out of options lands his plane with four people onboard on a south bay freeway. good evening, everyone, i'm ter terry mcsweeney. >> i'm peggy bunker. that pilot 20 years old was able to land right on highway 101 south of coyote creek gulf club drive. chuck coppola is there at the airport, and boy chuck, this pilot

jay gray, nbc 10 news. >> count on nbc 10 news to bring you new developments on the south carolina church massacre as soon as we learn more we will pass it along on the nbc 10 news app. >>> a business pioneer from our area has died. ralph roberts, the founder of comcast, passed away last night. today, nbc 10 looks back on roberts' life and legacy from his humble beginnings to his creation of a communications empire. >> i just think i'm an example of what you can do in america starting with very little and if you have a good determination and are honest about what you do you can be successful. i think many people have proved that. i'm just one of many. >> ralph roberts in his own words calling himself one of many but today, admirers are calling him one of a kind. ralph roberts was 95 years old. >> he leaves a legacy expected to live on far longer. nbc 10's drew smith is live at one of the signature accomplishments of ralph roberts' comcast center in center city. >> you have been getting reaction from some of the thousands of comcast employees from our area. >> reporter: pretty much everybo

next on "nbc 10 news at 5," the new efforts to eradicate it. >>> nbc 10 news starts now. >> today the first in a series of public commemorations for delaware's former attorney general beau biden. right now he lies in honor in the state's senate chamber. the day began with a processional from wilmington to dover. beau biden, the vice president's son, died of brain cancer saturday at the age of 46. >> he lived a life that is a model for us all. a model for what a husband should be. his love for hallie was a source of joy to him, and an example to all of us. a model for what a father should be. natalie and hunter should know that even when you weren't around, your dad beamed with pride and love for you. >> tomorrow there's the viewing at st. anthony padua church in wilmington. a funeral mass will be held saturday. president obama will deliver the eulogy. more memorials are scheduled for tomorrow. beau biden will be laid to rest on saturday. >> in addition to friends, family, and dignitaries, thousands of people who never even met beau biden took time out of their day today to pay their r