video. this is outside the train station. we'll see go to the driver side, wildly answer some of the door. police he saw them after the crash said she couldn't maintain about that have heavy sword speech. kenneth lewis goes to the passenger side of the two appear to share and embrace that into the car. around in the car, lights on, lights off and then she drives. they say she crashes less than a mile away. despite the to be clearly inside the car the chemistry driver, a black male lost control of the vehicle and the blackmail that ran from the accident in an unknown direction. even to please the suspect was wearing a red ball cap, dark colored shirt and camouflage shorts. where was this misty driver? in the minds of these two

they made it up. the case putting national headlines like these. don't blame your cars on a fake black man. good advice for lawyers and human beings. both were sentenced to 10 days. after drop the distance between the bar and the crash site several times and they said there on the road for one minute, 40 seconds. it doesn't seem like a lot of time but a lot can happen between that. more than 3600 people die between 2003 and 2012 because of drug driving. much -- city leaders hope a new set of policies help change the relationship between officers and the people they serve. the firm please the city and the justice department asked a federal judge to approve a new use of force policy which requires officers to try to de- escalate dangerous situations and if force must be used must be reasonable and proportional to its happening. also an officer must stop fellow officers from using too

it's time we pay a lot more for prescription drugs. drug copies are lining the pockets of how members of congress with lives of dollars in campaign contusions. the investigators look at whose interests they serve in this part two of this exclusive investigation. your front, us senator rob portman. >> reporter: rob portman reelected with help from drug and healthcare companies. they pitched in well over a quarter million dollars to his campaign. more than 700,000 since he came to dc six years ago. dutra companies expect anything in return? the staff objected and ushered him away. we pressed for answers. >> this supports everybody. >> reporter: critics accuse politicians are standing on the sidelines on drug prices soar.

past four years. >> they spent a lot of money on lobbyists and campaign contusions. they too often get their way with congress. >> that's senator sherrod brown. he's taken 500 grant from drug companies that's over 23 years. former house speaker and ohio congressman john weiner was gifted more than $1 million for commands to elyria congressman nearly 800,000. former senator and current ohio attorney general mike dewine and the 500,000. commerce in germany see nearly hundred 80 grand. very appealing. >> big pharmaceuticals are largely unrelated. congress even banned medicare from negotiating prices in 2003. janet snyder is recovering heart transplant patient. permits have gone up by more than 500%. >> it kills us. it literally kills us. >> reporter: we did some digging and checked out voting records.

on healthcare according to medicare votes.org. raise record tends to favor the industry. he received a thumbs down on 15 of 16 votes. he denies doing the drug companies any favors.>> supporters i support raising this is pencils. >> reporter: representative fund received all positive ratings, 2020 thumbs up. partner received a thumbs down on all three votes. tv or 18 and 20 thumbs down and joyce, 12 of 13 >> target date in washington when you think the drug companies have them in their back pocket in order to get them to vote the way they want them to vote for the congress may be under attack for not taking action but critics also blame middlemen. tomorrow, industry insider reveals how they are taking advantage of lax government oversight and caching and by driving up prices.

disability and calls are believed to stop. look at atm have next in line might be exposed to what you ate for dinner. will tell you what toys a safety group says you should avoid. here we go. as a couple days away from record high. that's what will be coming our way in three days

many remember his role as walter junior on the smash hit tv show breaking bad. character, rj midi has mild cerebral palsy. he travels the world teaching tolerance for the >> the anti-bullying campaign brought him to kansas as part of kent state start feature speaker series. don kendrick has his story. in breaking bad, walter junior walks with leg braces,

life fighting. the 24-year-old actor who played walt had district has cerebral palsy. it has a bowling, it's been there, done that for you. >> i had my hands broken, my the broken was pushed and shoved. i verbal and physical. i never really allow people to belittle me. >> reporter: digress was >> i never allowed my disability to be perceived as a weakness. >> now he beats down bullying, advocating internationally for equity and diversity. >> last top, kent state university. >> the decision of i'm going to do this, setting back role in achieving that goal. triggerman 19-year-old elizabeth when she turned her story for policy into the possible it may say to your goal to walk at high school

doder depalma and hard-fought 41 minute walk across stage. is 50 feet of triumph. we told our inspiration personified dymo for the >> why stop there? check is not surprising considering who wasted. >> that has been our whole philosophy, you just work hard and overcome it and do your best.>> this industry turned it into a career. i'm not ashamed of it. it is what it is. it's what makes yo >> god has opened doors for him. he has walked through those doors and he lives by walking through the stores and we just continue to pray that god keeps opening more doors and we just keep walking through them. >> a very impressive young man. just in time for the holidays, toy safety group visit annual 10 worst toy list. this is the toys have the potential to cause injuries. the toys include the slimeball

helping which, maybe magic feet and play, nor rival apollo bluster, flying his or hero superman launcher, kids time maybe children's elephant hello happy pups bonsai bump and bounce baby bumpers[ laughter ] wirecroft doom hammer and a favorite cup of pigs puddles family. the toy industry association says all toys sold in the us needs more than 100 safety requirements. there's no surprise atm touchpads are covered in germs. digital you can also be exposed to someone's dinner while getting cash? no current university researchers say swabs show most microbes came from human skin and food.

from a meal might linger on a person's hands. some atms also had microbes from lactic acid the component in milk. let's go to the atm. [ laughter ] >> i was speaking of the s&l skits from back in the day of the toys, the toy factory, those guys >> i was on that level. >> going on. we'll start off with, temperatures going to be in the 40 degree range. will be in the low 40s. sunrise time 719 will be obscured by far. mostly sunny skies will be the rule. a dense fog advisory ineffectiveness for much of northern ohio. initially was was now it's expanded east. portage counties west on with back towards sandusky. to put it into a framework of

you'll run into varying conditions. take a look down more than side, this is i-70 one about 303, you can see it's murky. ugoh 19 miles south as the crow flies of this is the picture from load i at 71 and 76. very dense fog. depends on where you are and as you move through i think of it as tomorrow morning that bob will be very assuring varied as we go to the night this is how things should go with this fog. he'll be varied but 16 we should have this ability about a mile, some areas with just less than a mile visibility, we'll keep you updated on that throughout the morning. by nine the start of the work day to see that fog mixing out nicely. as far as the rest of the day, you will see it's not going to

into the 60s. going with an aggressive 66 because we have a change setting up across the country must same storm system since monday still on track. mr. lindsay the birth of our storm system, the surface reflection of what's going on upstairs. major changes will spawn this sort storm system. with winter storm warnings to the west of wind advisory south. as a storm was it will carry that nasty winter weather north of us. we'll get the wind and on the back side of that we get cold and lake erie in play that means lake effects. we record potential coming on friday with temperatures in the low 70s, cold front sweeps through saturday will be windy, rain likely change her rain snow mixed and lake effect snow gets going saturday, temperatures falling, thunder snow will be a possibility. it could be a humdinger.

continues to fall especially in those primary areas at least so as of right now, the preliminary outlook goes to-6 inches otherwise, we could have light accumulation outside of that as well. you know how lake effect goes.

hi everybody. no lebron james. nothing to worry about, back to back games they gave him the night off. jared smith still has a sore ankle. know when the cavaliers a loon for the second time this year. would love to see them in uniform. we would have gotten these pacers but not tonight on the second loss of the year. thompson the only -- it 12 rebounds. down by five. second quarter, kevin love will cavs demitra but they're chasing all night. 16 rebounds. irving will hit the fadeaway. yes 24 there down by four 8682 in the fourth quarter this is just kept their nose out front and right here that is you hit for six. indiana beats the cavaliers 103- 93. cast 9-2 on the year. corey in the boating for american leak cy young award he

remember, post the season is not added into this. it's held at the end of the regular season. he was automatic. in the second half we always got the ball and he always seemed to win. eight team times he was 18-9 on the year. he finished third. the guy who the indians pounded in game one of their playoffs against the red sox. during the regular season time he has won the cy young award. the voting results later like this. justin verlander gets more, he finishes second. zach the closer comes in and forth. in the national league, matt wins the national league cy

of the tigers and now in the national league as a member of the nationals. the browns steelers coming up on sunday, the steelers have lost four in a row. the browns hope that maybe, just maybe they can get a win. if they beat the steelers, they should get to wins. that's the whole rivalry. the cancer is back in as a starting quarterback he was relieved of his quarterbacking duties. with much speculation a week ago in baltimore when he wasn't moving the team but he will learn from that amigos right back sunday against the steelers. >> maybe we have been too harsh on him that way. he has done some things that have been impren he made jumps in areas. there are other areas he wants to make jumps in. i think quarterbacks do that from time to time. >> back in better times and congratulations clay matthews the great linebacker, for 16 years with the browns. 19 years in the nfl. he is one of 26 semifinals to go to the pro football hall of fame annex cut down is coming in january they go the final

tomorrow. there in the ncaa tournament. they'll take on villanova. they won the title in 2010, lost in the national semifinals last year. their tournament tested. >> since i set foot on campus, there's been a dream of mine to win the national championship. last year we came up short but was a great journey to get to where we were and was heartbreaking to lose. obviously the guys know one game at a time. the end goal is for everyone left is a national championship.

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tonight, officer charged after a fatal shooting caught on camera. a diver killed while his girlfriend pleaded in the passenger seat. the four-year-old in the car. the aftermath streamed live on facebook. new emergency evagszuations as wildfires explode across seven smoke blanketing big cities sending people rushing to the er. up in the air. trump tower as the president elect denies reports of chaos as a surprise name emerges for a powerful post. surprise medical bills. when a hospital takes your insurance, but the doctor who is treating you doesn't, a staggering one out of five patients paying the price in emergency. and attention poll holiday shoppers. the best way to save

nightly news begins right now. >> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. >> good evening. in a year of several high profile shootings by police officers, few have stood out or generated more shock than the live image streamed across social media or sas till moments after a traffic stop last we begin tonight with a major development on that case. that saint paul minnesota officer has now been criminally charged after prosecutors determined kas still did everything write complying with officers before he was fatally shot and key evidence in the case is that disturbing video captured by his girlfriend. nbc blake mccoy has details. >> oh, my god please don't tell me he's dead. >> reporter: the

seen around the world. tonight the officer who fired the fielt fatal shots is being charged. charged with second degree manslaughter carrying up to ten years in jail plus who counts of dangerously discharging a firearm. each carrying up to five years. previously said he thought he was reaching for a gun. he had a permit to carry and warned the officer. >> i told him not to reach for it. i told him to get his hand off it. >> you told him to get his id sir, his >> said he was calm and complying with officers commands. >> his dying words were in protest that he wasn't reaching for his gun. there simply was no objective threat posed to officer ganez. >> the july shooting sparked violent protests with the police. camped outside the minnesota governors mansion for weeks and the girlfriend gave several passions and

killed. >> it was god that made sure those bullets didn't ricochet. it could have been all three of us. >> the police union yan says it's disappointed with the charges adding no one can speak to what he encountered. with a not guilty plea expected, his mother warns it's just the beginning. >> it's a beginning to a different chapter and we all hope and pray the right thing is done. >> the outcome will be felt nationwide. wildfires impacting half a dozen states. air quality alerts as smoke blankets big cities sending people to the hospital. we get the latest from nbc carry standers. >> in north carolina a heavy aerosol on the flames. water dumped as new mandatory evacuations go into effect.

all my valuables. >> reporter: with his wedding photo in hand, david benson like hundreds of others now on the move. more than 80,000 acres ablaze. 5,000 firefighters from as far as alaska on the frontline. investigators still searching for what started the dozens of major fires. in tennessee two men charged in separate arson cases another police say that suspect admitted he set the fires to get more facebook likes. >> why would do you that? it's just sad. >> this part is hard. >> reporter: in athens alabama the cracked earth painful evidence of the record drought feeding the flames. 60 days without a drop of rain. >> we've been living here almost 37 years and the ponds have never been dry. >> reporter: officials

even parking off road for fear of igniing dry leaves below. >> there is a cold front coming. could bring gusty winds this weekend that might make matters worse. >> reporter: with that forecast, fears tonight these fires will only grow. across the south tonight, air quality levels are at a level red. that is unhealthy. it means anybody in the impacted area could be susceptible to breathing problems. plan to bottle the blazes overnight. hoping lack of wind giving them an upper hand, lester. now to drama surrounding white house transition of power. donald trump in a early morning series of tweets denying reports of turmoil inside his team as they race to fill key rolls. more on that and surprise name being considered to join the new administration. >> reporter: tonight,

countdown to cabinet selections. another name now in the mix for secretary of state. sources familiar with the discussion citing south carolina who backed trump even after constituents are embarrassed by her. >> governor, are you going to support donald trump. >> reporter: so far, no response from the governor's office. eight days in. president elect trump is looking like candidate trump did. inside during his campaign, internal joiking, leadership changes, complaints privately and publicly. no one really knows who is in charge. >> there is some confusion going on about a chain of command coming out of new york. >> reporter: vice president elect, mike pence, the new transition team leader touring soon to be home today with vice president joe biden. trump's team blames the griping on sour grammys from people forced out as they

i was at d.c. yesterday at boast transition offices. very engaged. >> reporter: made first cabinet nominations within a few days of potents conceding, it took president obama two weeks. president clint more than a month by that timeline president trump is on pace. >> every transition goes through chaos and turnover. >> reporter: trump is insisting his is going attacking the media. on day after dining with his family, but ditching the reporters assigned to follow him. breaking decades of protocol. his supporters slugging it off. >> i find it admirable. what he is saying there's a new way of doing things. there's a new sheriff in town. >> reporter: the white house correspondent association calls the move unacceptable. the point of the small group of press is to