on this saturday night, facing justice. the first suspect charged in the benghazi attacks that killed four americans arrives on u.s. soil and appears in court. extreme weather. parts of this country are reeling from a round of tornados, thunderstorms and massive flooding. and it's not over yet. scathing report, a new report reviews systemic failures. what went wrong and probably how the obama administration plans to restore veteran's faith in the va. and fevered pitch. the stakes are higher than ever in what has become a nail biter of a world cup. we'll take you live to rio, where team usa is waiting for its moment on the field.

good evening, one of those suspected of being behind the murder of september 11th, 2012 terror attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya, was whisked into this country early this morning to face american justice. ahmed abu khatallah was captured in libya two weeks ago, by u.s. special forces and was formally arraigned late today in a washington courthouse. he is charged with providing support for the attack that lev four americans dead. and ignited a political firestorm here at home over how the obama white house responded and first characterized the attack. our justice correspondent pete williams has late developments for us. >> it was a brief court hearing

lasting about ten minutes, a very significant one. the first suspect making a highly unusual weekend appearance before a federal judge here in washington. >> under heightened security, he was brought early this morning to the federal courthouse at the foot of capitol hill. ending a 5,000 mile journey that lasted nearly two weeks. ahmed khatallah, around 43 years old, faces a charge of providing material support to terrorists. he appeared in court wearing a blue loaded sweatshirt and said only a few words through a translator. he played a role in the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya nearly two years ago, when militants killed chris stevens and three other americans. for more than a year, members of congress demanded to know why no one had been arrested, and

questioned hillary clinton about what happened. khatallah was snatched from a seaside villa outside benghazi on june 15th in a daring raid by u.s. special forces and fbi agents. they took him to a waiting u.s. navy warship, where a team began what became nearly two weeks of interrogation. he has provided valuable information. the obama administration insisted on bringing him to the u.s. to stand trial in a regular federal court, rejecting calls from republicans in congress to send him instead to guantanamo bay for more questioning. the investigation got off to a slow start when an fbi team sent to libya after the attack was unable to get to benghazi for several weeks because of security concerns. that complicates the job for prosecutors. >> their government inability to paint a complete and accurate picture of exactly what happened is certainly harmed by not being

able to get there quickly thereafter, take pictures, walk the distances, get a sense for the whole area. >> the government today disclosed very little about the case against him. prosecutor as parentally don't want to disclose the names of potential witnesses at this early stage. he'll be back again on wednesday for another hearing. lester? >> pete williams, tonight. thank you. president obama will name a new v.a. secretary as early add monday to replace eric shinseki. tonight a scathing new report on the v.a. cites significant and chronic system failures. nbc's kristen welker has more. >> the v.a. is plagued by a corrosive culture. rob neighbors told the president on friday, the v.a. needs to be restructured and reformed.

whistle blower dr. sam foote was the first to reveal widespread misconduct. >> i was somewhat shocked in how dead on accurate it was. clearly mr. neighbors and abilitying director sloan gibson did not pull any punches on this. >> reporter: the reports key finding, the goal of scheduling patients for treatment within 14 days is arbitrary, ildefined and misunderstood, and that may have incentivized inappropriate actions by va personnel to hide the treatment delays. the report also says the va has technology that's outdated and a shortage of doctors and other health care professionals. tom tarantino of the iraq and afghanistan veterans of america says the president needs to do a better job of coordinating with veterans. >> this report didn't need to be written, because we could have told the president all of this stuff going back years. and so it's a shame that he's not chosen to use this resource that he has available to him. >> the report proposes a number

of reforms, including increasing transparency and overhauling the entire structure, an agenda the new v.a. secretary will be expected to implement quickly. >> someone who is a strong manager, has experience in private industry, on working on these kinds of issue, but also has military experience, probably serving in the military, with distinction. someone who veterans can relate to. and look up to. >> and the president is looking for an incredibly strong manager to fix the problems at the va. remember, this is the federal government's second largest agency, treating almost a quarter of a million people every single day at some 1700 facilities nationwide, and again, the president could name his choice within 48 hours. lester? >> kristen, thanks. >> parts of this nation are in the midst of extreme weather, and it's far from over. tonight more than 19 million americans are at risk across the central u.s.

round one brought damaging tornados, hail and severe flooding. the weather channel's chris warren has what to expect from round two. >> in northwest kansas late friday. damaging winds kicked up huge amounts of dust and debris, lowering visibility on roads before covering them with hail. a tornado also touched down in colfax, wisconsin that afternoon. cutting a path down main street, knocking down trees and crashing through this gas station. emergency workers today cleaning up and repairing power lines. >> oh, my god. >> june has been a month of weather extremes, from tornadoeses in the plains, to a severe drought in the west. and now, more flooding expected in the upper midwest. daniel has been monitoring the weather in iowa and nebraska. >> in my 13 years, this is the worst season i've seen in terms of severe weather and heavy rain. >> flood warnings and watches have been issued in states from

montana to illinois. as much as 3 to 5 inches of rain caused serious flash floods, stalling cars and shutting down sections of highways there. but the severe weather will return to the already waterlogged midwest this weekend. the minnesota river crested at over 20 feet friday. any additional rain could trigger flash flooding and add to existing river overflow. >> here in iowa and across the river in nebraska, this flooding is coming unusually late in the season. even though it's a nice day right now, it's going to change, and it's going to change in a big way, in the form of severe weather for the rest of today and tonight, that threat exists from texas all the way up to canada. the area shrinks a little bit on sunday, tomorrow. however, the storms could be more intense and still millions of people at risk, and lester, that threat tomorrow once again does include tornados. >> chris warren for the weather

channel, thank you. overseas now, government forces in iraq launched an assault against isis militants holding the city of tikrit, while clashes south of baghdad reportedly killed dozens on both sides. all this on the anniversary of another war in sarejevo 100 years ago today, world war i. that war reshaped the world, especially the middle east. richard engel is in baghdad tonight. richard? >> good evening, lester, the fighting is especially heavy in tikrit, and for the first time the government is reportedly making progress. lester, a lot of people see what's happening right now in this region that's fundamentally complicated, and it is, to understand it, you need to understand something about world war i. many of the nations in the middle east are creations of world war one. their borders drawn by europeans during world war i. and they were drawn badly, and we're seeing the consequences of that in the conflicts right now.

the chaos in iraq. terrorists taking over parts of the country. baghdad in lockdown. the country in danger of splitting apart as a religious war spreads like a plague. in many ways it all traces directly back to the shot heard around the world, the murder of arch duke ferdinand that triggered world war i, 100 years ago today. this is the world war i cemetery in baghdad. unfortunately, it's overgrown. few people come here these days. when the war broke out, the middle east was run from istanbul, from the saltan of the ottoman empire. they aligned themselves with germany, they picked the losing side. when germany lost, the ottoman empire became the victor's

spoils, carved up by britain and france, who drew new borders with little regard for old ethnic and religious divisions. what is now iraq, was created from three ottoman provinces, one shiite, one sunni, one kurdish. the same regions that are now breaking apart. what is now syria is just a shadow of what it was under the ottoman empire, it was carved up too. the sunni militant group isis is now fighting to recombine those areas under its command. instaebl instability that has its roots in another war a century ago. the era these soldiers fought and died to create is crumbling, like their tombstones here in baghdad. the middle east is violently reverting to what it was before. the map europeans drew for the middle east 100 years ago, is fading, and a much older system of ethnic and religious

divisions is returning. lester? >> richard engle in baghdad tonight, richard, thanks. while the eyes of much of the political world are locked on hillary clinton these days, waiting for her to decide whether to make a run for president in 2016, others are focused on the man who will likely help train her decision that would be her husband. some might call him adviser in chief, former president bill clinton. nbc's david gregory spoke with him exclusively about his role and what it means going-forward. >> you're just a bit player to secretary clinton? >> that's what i am. i'm a foot soldier in an army, i will do what i'm instructed to do. no, look. you know, it's funny. you reach our age, you look at it differently. we've had wonderful lives, we've been incredibly blessed. and we're looking forward to being grandparents. and i'm for it.

>> but it's -- it has to be her decision. and i agree with what she said. the most important thing is not do you want the job, or can you win. the most important thing is, why do you want the job and what do you propose to do if you get it. and how are you going to communicate that to the american people? that's the only thing that really matters. >> david joins us now from washington. david, president clinton was being quite humble there. did you get the sense he is more involved in this decision making than he wants to let on? >> absolutely, he is just a political animal, it's the life blood for him still. politics and policy, he combines. this week about the clinton's wealth and her response to it, has seemed like a campaign week. and it's not really. of course, she's not even a candidate. she seemed rustier than he was on the stump this week. >> we will see you tomorrow.

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>> reporter: a new arizona law says the individual can be brought in voluntarily to a mental health crisis response center without a warrant or court order or visible evidence of danger. >> are we preventing crime? i think we are. >> reporter: if they are, it's also because they roll with more information than many of their counterparts elsewhere. like the deputies in santa barbara who didn't know about elliott roger's legal gun purchases and didn't see the alarming amount of gun postings weeks before his rampage. and his true murderous intentions. here they respond to hundreds of mental health calls every month. the goal, not arrest, but involuntary mental health first aid. to get an individual past the explosion point and into treatment. >> we do know there could be violent acts perpetrated. >> violent acts like the guns and explosives ambush a man threatened against the police. this time the father had gotten

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of all the remaining members of gorman's world war ii unit. >> the 294th jasko who landed on omaha beach on d-day. >> there's nothing more bonding than being in combat together. >> you must realize we were facing death. >> veterans have been getting together annually since 1986. >> we got shot at. >> arthur tower, bob rhode and gorman have shared laughter and tears. >> we have a lot of good memories and a lot of good friendships. it's too bad that there aren't more of us to be here at this time. >> we feel that we are a band of brothers, and we do our best to support each other. we have from the very beginning. >> a band of brothers still by

each other's side, 70 years later. colonel jack jacobs, nbc news, whip annie, new jersey. >> that's nbc nightly news for this saturday. i'm lester holt reporting from new york. i'll see you tomorrow morning on "today" and then right back here tomorrow evening. go >> jennifer aniston appears 9 months after we last saw her. hi everybody. welcome to "access hollywood". this is weekend edition i'm shaun robin son. reemergence of jen happened at justin premiere. they have been engaged for almost 2 years and if there ever was ever any doubt they are still planning to wed her ring finger answered this. the

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