on this sunday night, game on. >> i'm running for president. >> hillary clinton begins hers race for the white house. are her challenge this is time even bigger than '08? the investigation after the beating and a wild police chase. tonight focus shifts after what was heard on the police radio. thieves seen stealing tens of millions in precious jewels. how in the world did they pull it off? back to basics a school that has kids doing the dirty work and learning valuable lessons.

lessons. good evening. she surprised exactly no one. this afternoon with a 16 word tweet and two minute video, hillary clinton managed to electrify the race for president among political supporters and her political opponents. she is running for president and says next stop iowa. tonight both sides are braced for what comes next. for clinton it's about raising cash and trying to build from the lesson of 2008 defeat with a more approachable image. opponents are looking to define her by benghazi and personal e-mails. we have two reports starting with kristin welker on how it unfolded. >> reporter: lester good evening. hillary clinton posted online late this afternoon. her message, she wants to fight for the middle class as she tries once again to become the first female president. >> everyday americans need a champion. i want to be that champion. >> in an online video, hillary

clinton announced her highly anticipated second bid for the white house. her strategy convincing voters she is the right person to address economic inequality and aims to show democrats who claim she's not prepared enough. >> the deck is stacked in favor of those at the pot. >> the video stands in contrast to her online announcement in '08. >> i announce today i'm forming -- >> instead of oncamera speech this message is about the voter. clinton doesn't appear until half way through the video. it's about different americans of different ages races, sexual orientation. it's a turn around from her last campaign a that portrayed her as the inevitable nominee. clinton updated the social media pages today showing her on the blackberry with fresh images on facebook and twitter.

minutes later, daughter chelsea posted. proud of you prom. >> i think she would be an excellent president. >> preimp tif strikes were passed outside her headquarters in brooklyn. they released their own video jab today. >> hillary clinton represents the worst of the washington machine, the arrogance of power, corruption and cover up. >> we must do better than the obama clinton foreign policy that damaged relationships with allies and imboldened enemies. >> does america want a third obama term or are we strong for strong conservative leadership to make america great again? >> the republican national committee released a statement. meanwhile the clinton campaign announced her first stop will be in iowa tuesday, a state she lost in 2008. polls show her over all her democratic challengers her and across the country.

lester? >> kristin welker thank you. now that she's in the race clinton's team is focused on keeping her the front runner, the challenge avoiding pitfalls of last campaign with new obstacles. we get more from andrea mitchell. >> hillary clinton 2.0 won't be holding huge rallies in iowa at first like last time. >> i'm running for president, and i'm in it to win it. >> but her promise today isn't that different from what she promised back then. >> i want to have this as a one on one conversation. >> this time she says she means it. it will be about you, the voter, not her. >> after five years of raising my children i am now going back to work. >> she's promising a more down to earth campaign smaller events focussing on middle class, up close and personal.

>> people will come with questions. she needs to be prepared with answers. >> running as a mom and grandmother, warm and approachable. tim she down played her gender. now after four years as secretary of state, aids say she doesn't have to proof she can be commander-in-chief. this time she hired former obama aids including the image maker credited with michelle obama's shopping trip to target let's move campaign and dancing on fallon. >> you're the best known political figure in america. >> the real thing people are watching and listening for is how she talks about why she's running for president. >> in politics all things are easier said than done. clinton's book tour was pinned for errors. >> we came out of the white house not only dead broke but in debt.

>> recent speeches flat. her policy criticizes too little too a late. >> i thought it would be easier to carry one device for my work and personal e-mails instead of two. >> she's still facing questions about benghazi. congressional hearings won't let up. then bill, a huge political asset that produced bad headlines this time around. this time he says he'll be a backstage advisor for now. >> her substance, what's her vision for the future how does she explain why she wants to be president? >> thanks. there's questions, specifically what was heard on the police dispatch radio. halle jackson has our report. >> new details today about the violent end to this bizarre police chase through the san bernadino desert.

pusok kicked again and again. now his attorneys say it was captured all. two women that heard the exchange on a police scanner heard this. >> there's an open mic warning officers. >> the sheriffs office could not confirm that takes place but says dispatches are taped. the officers involved were also wearing audio recorders. >> that will all be part of the criminal investigation as well. >> ten deputies are on paid administrative leave during that internal inquiry. caught on our camera by our station. he fled from officers on a stolen horse. he has a criminal history including attempted robbery and arrest. his girlfriend says the last few days have been stressful and frustrating. >> i'm nervous at what i'm going to see.

i think it's going to be quite emotional. >> the fbi is pursuing it's own civil rights investigation as the family considering a lawsuit. >> it's going to be hard to explain those actions especially in the case the person seems to be subdued. you're kicking him in the head. >> pusok is due in court on charges including felony evading and horse theft. meantime the sheriff's department in tulsa, oklahoma has released video of what it's calling a deadly deadly accident. an officer accidentally grabbed his gun instead of a taser. he is seen pinned down by deputies heard hearing expletives. he later died at the hospital. the deputy could face charges. this raises questions about whether more officers should be outfitted with body cameras, especially after the fatal

encounter in south carolina partially caught on tape. tonight we have a look at one city where they're already put to use. nbc joe friar with our report tonight from from seat mtleseattle. >> what initially unfolded was caught on dash cam. it shows walter scott bolting. now the emphasis ending was recorded by a bystander on his cell phone. what happens in the precious moments between? was there a scuffle? what prompted scott to run? we might know if the officer had on a body camera like the ones now worn in seattle. george is one of a dozen officers testing out the technology as part of a pilot program. >> how easy it is to turn the cameras on? >> really easy. like that it's on. >> they're turned on for most

interactions with people who might be breaking the law. >> it's okay to panhandle, but you can't sit. >> officer george welcomes the new technology. >> i argue for myself personally i want my actions to be recorded. i want to be able to stand up and say this is what happened. here's the video of it. >> seattle is one of at least 20 police departments investigate are ed by the obama administration for alleged bias. the department added body cameras as part of the reform. seattle is going one step further posting on youtube for the public to see. dozens of clips now online most fairly mundane. >> don't judge it. just put it out there and let people see it. >> the challenge balancing transparency with privacy. many are blurred. just a few days ago, this

confrontation was released. during an arrest officers found one teenage area carrying a loaded stolen handgun. >> is that a bb gun? that's a real gun. >> this is where the future is going to lead. >> the future in this city and perhaps some day providing answers in others. joe friar, nbc news seattle. we turn overseas now to syria where top u.n. officials warn of a humanitarian catastrophe. tens of thousands, many of them children living in the refugee camp under siege by isis militants. though on the outskirts of damascus those at camp are cut off from what they need to survive. our chief foreign correspondent richard engle has more for us. >> the refugee camp in damascus or what's left of it bombarded, punishment for those that rose up and demanded democracy.

no power, no food or water let in two years as the u.n. describes conditions as beyond inhumane. now it's gotten even worse. isis moved in earlier this month releasing this video claiming to show how they've pushed out local rebels and taken over. the u.n. has launched a hashtag campaign #saveyarmouk. it shows residents burning clothing to stay warm. this week the security council met. it is said it has become a death camp. >> the children are hungry. they're eating from the grass of the street. there is no clean water. there is no medical help. there is nothing there. >> yarmouk 18,000 residents are palestinian refugees driven here

long ago by war. now they could become refugees again. >> nearly 10 million have been displaced from their homes. that's almost half the country's population. many have escaped to neighboring turkey only to find themselves homeless and unemployed. >> the u.n. is calling for humanitarian access to yarmouk. aid workers can't work there as long as isis is there. it's miles from the presidential palace. the assad government is pounding harder to keep isis back. while the people of yarmouk try to hang on. richard engle, nbc news. >> isis has released a video which it claims shows destruction of the ancient city in northern iraq. militants are shown using sledge hammers and electric drills to destroy artifacts at 3,000-year-old city before leveling it with explosives.

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perhaps we thought the last americans to die in the conflict. something even their loved ones told us they didn't dare believe. their names are somber footnotes to america's longest war. 37-year-old sergeant ramon morris. >> very loyal, dedicated and handsome. >> and 32-year-old martin. both were killed in an ied attack december two weeks before the flags were lowered in kabul and this war was declared over. it was sergeant morris' third deployment. >> the e-mail i got he said he was a couple of weeks from coming home. i got that thursday and it happened friday. >> christina strange, was morris' fiance. >> how do you put that together that he ultimately along with another soldier, were the last soldiers to die in the war as we

know it? >> i don't agree i guess. i don't know how to say it. the war to me is not over. >> nor is it for 9800 american troops still serving in afghanistan. just last month, president obama announced troop levels would not go down this year as planned. as long as our men and women in uniform are serving in afghanistan, there are risks involved. >> wyatt martin's family understood he would not be the last to die. >> they're really not the last ones. >> and they weren't. last week's deadly attack a reminder the war and combat mission are over in name only. sergeant morris' fiance was 12 when the war began. >> who's favorite color is blue? >> daddy. >> today she's a mom to their daughter and to all intents a

war widow. >> how do you explain to a 3-year-old what's happened? >> i don't have an answer to that one. i don't think that she understands that he's not coming home. >> more than 2300 americans have paid the price in afghanistan. >> we thought he was over there helping us protecting us. >> this is from his helmet. >> two anguished families who's wish is until the last american comes home we don't forget. >> knowing what we've been through and knowing what he went over there for, i wouldn't really feel like it was right to say it's over for another family that might go through this. >> because it could very well a happen again. >> i'm sure it will happen again. >> to be clear, specialist dawson was killed in the attack in afghanistan last week. the president says the u.s. military mission remains on track to end close of 2016 leaving only an embassy security force in place. still ahead for one group of kids a very the real question that needs to be asked is "what is it that we can do

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tonight it has parents, let's face it swept away. >> every school day, something unusual happens at brentwood academy in tennessee. without a word of instruction or admonishment the students there clean up. yes, clean up just about everything. >> our hallways lunchroom and places we socialize. >> it's not always pleasant. >> i definitely appreciate not having to clean the toilets. >> it's not always easy, but it's what they do. >> we really don't fuss about it. it's like an everyday routine. >> what started as a cost saving measure decades ago has become part of the school's culture. that's a good thing says headmaster headma we could hire someone to do these jobs but we believe it's helping kids to learn to give of themselves and to serve. sometimes even learning to suffer is an important part of

growing up. >> parents say go for it. >> i love the fact the school was going to instill what we as apparents instill many our children a daily discipline and responsibility. >> her son brock has totally bought in. he tidies up in the school weight room. >> there's a joy making your campus more beautiful and knowing you had an impact on that. >> if you're a parent who has trouble getting your child to clean his room this u.s. seem like a dream. >> my parents like it. they like to mess with me and say you're the maid at school you can be the maid at home too. >> after all, cleanliness as they say -- >> looks out of something in a movie -- >> it's next to godliness. >> that's nbc "nightly news." i'm lester holt. i'll see you back here tomorrow

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