. >> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. viewers in the west, nice to have you with us on this friday. maybe you've seen this movie before. a republican majority still finding it hard to get the votes for a signature issue to repeal and replace obamacare. much like what their counterparts in the house of representatives faced during their first try back in march. senate republicans tonight find themselves short of the votes needed to pass a draft healthcare plan that they uncloaked yesterday after weeks of secrecy. in classic washington style, battle lines are drawn, but the ones of most immediate concern to republicans are those within their own ranks with just a week until the vote deadline. our kasie hunt has late details. >> all: health care is a human right all day, all night! >> reporter: republican senators under fire at home today. >> senator toomey, do the right thing. show up and give us healthcare. >> reporter: with the senate republican healthcare plan finally released, democrats trying to keep up the pr

. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening to our viewers in the west. it's great to have you with us here tonight. as at least one prominent republican said today, this morning's tweet by president trump is beneath the office of the presidency. mr. trump's particularly personal tweet about one of his frequent critics, msnbc host mika brzezinski, and her appearance is earning the president sharp criticism from the left and right, especially among women. a president who has thrived on pushing the envelope of civility and pounding his critics, proving he has not lost the ability to shock and change the conversation. white house correspondent kristen welker has details. >> reporter: president trump touting his energy policy today, but once again drowning out his own message with a tweet. this time lashing out at msnbc's "morning joe" for criticizing him. "how come low i.q. crazy mika along with psycho joe came to mar-a-lago three nights in a row around new year's eve and insisted on joining me? she was bleeding badly

. >> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. we're glad you're with us on this thursday night. the cat is out of the bag tonight on the senate republican plan to overhaul obamacare. jeff jeff and now being seen by most members of the senate for first time, just a week before the likely vote. democrats predictably are unhappy, saying it will put millions at risk who depend on coverage, but it's dissent among a handful of republicans that threaten to doom the passage of the plan as it stands tonight. kasie hunt on how the law might affect you and the battle lines forming tonight. >> reporter: wheelchair-bound protesters. >> save our liberty. >> reporter: 43 arrested and dragged from a senate office building. >> i worked all my life with my disability, but i'm not rich enough to keep my daughter alive without medicaid. >> reporter: all happening just as the draft of the gop plan to repeal and replace obamacare was finally made public this morning. the draft senate bill would repeal the mandate to buy insurance but keeps pr

jo ling kent, nbc news, burbank, california. >>> there's sad news about a member of our own nbc news family. gabe pressman who spent more than six decades on the air here in new york has died. an emmy-award winning icon, he made his tv debut in 1956. you name it, pressman covered it, from the sinking of the "andrea doria coun doria" to the september 11th attacks. he also interviewed every president from truman to clinton. gabe pressman was 93. >>> still ahead tonight, rehab scam. allegations of rampant corruption in south florida's drug rehabilitation industry. why some officials say it's fueling rather than fighting the nation's deadly overdose epidemic. >>> also, a coaster comeback. the no attraction rising from the floodwat to folks everywhere whose diabetic... ...nerve pain shoots and burns its way into your day... ...i hear you. when that pain makes simple errands simply unbearable... ...i hear you. i hear you because my dad struggled with this pain. make sure your doctor hears you too. so folks, don't wait. step on up. and talk to your doctor. because you have places to go... ..

"nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is bc nightly news with lester holt." >>> good evening to our viewers in the west. good to have you with us tonight. you may or may not immediately recall the name philando castile, horrific images after he was shot by a police officer during a traffic stop. late today a jury in minnesota acquitted the officer of manslaughter in his death. he was shot several times after informing the officer he had a handgun in his car. his girlfriend, seated next to him, streamed the aftermath for the world to see. tonight, in the wake of the verdict, minnesota's governor is expressing his condolences to the castile familiy. nbc's blake mccoy has the latest. >> reporter: it was the video seen around the world. >> oh my god, please don't tell me he's dead. please don't tell me my boyfriend just went like that. >> reporter: 32-year-old philando castile shot during a traffic stop. his girlfriend diamond reynolds streaming the aftermath live on facebook. reynold's 4-year-old daughter in the backseat. >> it'

"nightly news" begins right now. >>> in nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, it's great to be back with you on this monday. our top story tonight, a cold-blooded act of workplace sells. five workers, four men and one woman, singled out for murder on the job just as the day was starting at an orlando r.v. business. police say the killer was a former co-worker. he, too, is now dead as police try to unravel the depth of the anger that drove him to kill. a category of violence happening in this country with increasing regulator. nbc's kerry sanders has the latest details. >> reporter: deputies say a disgruntled former employee at a small manufacturing warehouse in orlando had one mission this morning -- to kill. >> we have five no-code, no vitals, on scene. >> reporter: according to investigators, 45-year-old army vet john robert newman armed with a knife and a pistol, targeted and murdered his former co-workers before then turning the gun on himself. >> a former employee of this business. he was fired sometime in april of

"nightly news" begins now. ♪ >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly newswith kate snow. >>> good evening. in the heat of summer, forest fires are not uncommon in southern europe, but the massive fire raging in portugal tonight is being called one of the worst in decades. more than 60 lives lost, many of them trapped in their cars as they tried to flee the flames. several european nations are now offering assistance as high winds and high temperatures tonight are making it even more difficult to control the blaze burning northeast of lisbon. we begin tonight with lucy kafanov. >> reporter: a deadly inferno like no other. the wildfires that began spreading across this mountainous region late last night spared nothing in their path. panic and fear as residents fled the fast-moving flames. anguish the moment this womanealized she's lost everything but her life. more than 60 people killed, nearly half died as they tried to escape, trapped in their cars on a road north of lisbon that was suddenly engulfed by fire. this woman says she was inside her home when it

blake mccoy, nbc news, flint, michigan. extreme weather across the south. waterlogged cities from what was tropical storm cindy dropping torrential rain and spawning tornadoes, leaving a path of damage in its wake. nbc's kerry sanders is in the storm zone again for us tonight. >> coming down, coming down, coming down. >> reporter: a tornado touching down near birmingham, alabama, today. those in the path scrambling for cover. >> it got really really dark and just dropped from the sky and came straight up through here. >> reporter: several buildings leveled. >> several small amount of injuries. >> reporter: remarkably no serious injuries. inside this car as the tornado approached, she ducked and survived. >> all i can do is just cover myself and pray. >> reporter: along the gulf coast high surf and strong winds as tropical storm cindy, now a depression, made landfall. crews now clearing the only road in and out of the west end of dauphin island. residents were encouraged to leave. those that sd vacationers who had rented homes here on the western end of the i

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. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. to our viewers in the west. great to have you with us on this tuesday night. it is deja vu for president trump and congressional republicans tonight. this time senate leaders have blinked, delaying this week's planned vote on health care on internal resistance of how many americans could lose their coverage under the plan. late today, president trump who made repealing and replacing obamacare a signature campaign promise, met with republican senators to discuss the way forward. our kasie hunt has late details. >> reporter: after seven years of promising to repeal and replace obamacare, a stunning delay. and a major blow to president trump and his republican party. they don't have the votes in the senate. >> we will not be on the bill this week. but we're still working toward getting at least 50 people in a comfortable place. >> reporter: republican leader mitch mcconnell retreating today after he promised over and over again he would hold a vote before july 4th

"nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. >> and good evening. i'm jose diaz-balart in for lester. we begin with an nbc news exclusive, a first look at the interview conducted just hours ago with president vladimir putin of russia. this is the first american television interview with putin since the u.s. presidential election, and comes as a special counsel is overseeing the investigation into alleged russian election interference and possible ties between the trump campaign and russian officials. nbc's megyn kelly sat down with putin for a wide-ranging discussion. megyn joins us from st. petersburg tonight, megyn? >> reporter: jose, it was an eye-opening exchange with a defiant president putin in st. petersburg today. he has denied russian involvement in the hacking and interference with the u.s. presidential election and that changed this week and the story appears to be evolving yet again. >> translator: hackers can be anywhere. they can be in russia, in asia, even in america, latin americ

"nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. we're glad to have you with us tonight. the usual political tug-of-war in washington took a backseat again today as members of congress focused thoughts on a colleague wounded much more seriously than first thought in yesterday's shooting attack in alexandria, virginia. congressman steve scalise is in critical condition along with a lobbyist. they were seriously injured when a man opened fire on lawmakers practicing for a charity baseball game and tonight, we're hearing from the shooter's wife for the first time. as the game is about to be played, democrats and republicans on a face-off, mindful more than ever they are on the same team. tom costello has the latest. >> reporter: louisiana congressman steve scalise remains in critical condition. having undergone a third surgery since yesterday morning. vice president pence at the hospital today, president and mrs. trump visited last night. >> he's in some trouble. he's a great fighte

. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. to our viewers in the west, great to have you with us on this wednesday night. after london, paris, brussels, tonight you can add flint, michigan, as the latest target of terror. the fbi is calling the vicious knife attack on a police officer at flint's bishop international airport this morning an act of terror. authorities say his attacker is a canadian man who stabbed the officer in the neck, declaring god is great in arabic and making references to overseas conflicts. the wounded officer is recovering tonight as authorities on both sides of the border urgently try to learn more about the accused attacker. nbc's blake mccoy has late details now from flint. >> second floor inside the terminal. we've got an officer down. >> reporter: urgent calls for help this morning at bishop airport in flint, michigan, after a man stabbed an airport police officer. >> it sounds like a stabbing through the neck. >> reporter: everyone was evacuated from the airport, which was quickly sh

. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with kate snow. >>> good evening. it will be the talk of capitol hill this week the republican effort to finally make good on a prosemio trepeal and replace obamacare. senate lead verse said they want to vote by the end this week, but with opposition from at least five republican senators, it's unclear if the white house will get the win president trump is looking for. kelly o'donnell has been following all the latest developments. >> reporter: the president's prescription. >> i want to see a kbil with heart. health care is a complicated subject. >> reporter: and his diagnosis of the acute political challenges around the senate republican health care bill. >> you move it this way and this group doesn't like it. you move it a little bit over here, you have a very narrow path. and, honestly, nobody can be totally happy. >> reporter: the dissatisfaction is palpable as several reluctant republican senators want to pump the brakes. >> i have a hard time believing that myself or my constituents will be able to revi

stephanie gosk, nbc news, new york. >>> and now to a scare in the air, a laptop catching fire on a cross country flight forcing an emergency landing and also raising concerns as the trump administration is considering banning personal electronics larger than a cell phone on board flights to the u.s. from europe. safety experts say this incident shows why that could pose a new risk. nbc's tom costello explains why. >> reporter: at the gate in grand rapids michigan, jetblue 915 after a smoking laptop forced an emergency landing. >> it was pretty scary to see smoke on the plane. we're at 35,000 feet. >> reporter: now aviation safety experts say it should be a red flag warning to homeland security that placing all electronics larger than a cell phone in the cargo hold on flights from europe could be dangerous. on friday, homeland security secretary john kelly insisted lithium ion batteries are dangerous if loose but pose little risk if in a device. >> and the device is not on, it's quite safe i'm told by all the studies. >> reporter: but the faa has long warned about the fire danger. in a re

. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. great to have you with us on this monday. there are two big stories playing out this evening that are putting key parts of the trump agenda on the line including the u.s. supreme court allowing parts of the president's travel ban to go into effect for now. but we start with a major new wrinkle in the fight to win passage of a healthcare bill in the senate. the independent congressional budget office has crunched the numbers and the republican plan tonight it estimates 22 million americans could lose their health coverage over the next ten years. already facing mounting reluctance within their own party, republican leaders are still insisting on getting a vote our coverage starts with nbc's kasie hunt. >> reporter: healthcare for 22 million people hanging in the balance. that's how many could lose coverage in the next decade over the senate healthcare bill. according to the congressional budget office. for the senators deciding how to vote, it's millions more uninsured th

"nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is ""nbc nightly news with lester holt. >>> good evening to our viewers in the west. glad to have you here with us tonight. paris in one of its most famous landmarks has become the latest target in a wave of attacks to strike europe in recent weeks. a man launched a brazen assault on a police officer using a hammer outside the notre dame cathedral while screaming this is for syria. the attack showing the simple method used in recent attacks. police opened fire as hundreds of stunned tourists ran to safety. nbc's keir simmons is in paris. >> reporter: chaos in front of the famous notre dame cathedral. terrified tourists running, algerian student armed with a hammer attacking a french police officer. >> we were at the front and people came running towards us. you had to keep running. we didn't know what the cause of it was. >> reporter: the suspect, seen here, after being shot by other officers screaming, this is for syria, as he launched the attack carrying kitchen knives in addition tottenhamer. hundreds o

. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with kate snow. >> good evening. jose is off tonight. on this third day of summer, extreme heat has taken over much of the western u.s. temperatures as high as 120 degrees in some places and 27 million people under excessive heat warnings and advisories and the heat has been deadly. in less than a month, six children have died after being left inside hot cars. the latest, just last night. catie beck starts us off with the danger and new pressure to change the law. >> reporter: terrifying moments this week. a child trapped in suffocating heat. an indiana officer rescued a 4-month-old baby who they say was locked inside a car for more than two hours. scenes like this captured on camera so many times before. >> you left her in your car! >> i'm sorry! >> no sorry. she could have died! >> reporter: and too often they end tragically. last night in houston, a 7-month-old died in a hot car after police say his father forgot him inside. cynthia randolph was arrested in connection with the death of her two yo

. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, to our viewers in the west. it's great to have you here tonight. we got a big surprise late today from fired fbi director james comey on the eve of his highly anticipated public appearance before a senate committee. comey's written testimony was released this afternoon. seven potentially explosive pages in which he describes in great detail uncomfortable and concerning conversations with president trump about the russia investigation. his preoccupation with having his name publicly cleared, and the president he says urging him to drop the investigation into michael flynn. comey was so rattled by his encounters, he says he took steps to avoid being with the president alone. nbc news justice correspondent pete williams has details. >> reporter: james comey gives a dramatic account often in vivid detail of five one on one conversations with donald trump. the first with president-elect trump in new york january 6th. a briefing on the investigation of russia's elect

. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with kate snow. >>> good evening. more than 72 hours after james comey's dramatic testimony on capitol hill, president trump is still talking about it. today, taking a shot at the character of his former fbi director and again accusing him of leak og the press. some republicans urging the president to stop commenting. this week, it's comey's former boss, the attorney general, who will be in the hot seat. though it's unclear whether that hearing will be public. our kelly o'conne con del is with the president tonight. >> reporter: not satisfied branding the former fbi director in the rose garden. >> he is a leaker. >> reporter: today from the new jersey home the president fired at james comey again. another accusation and insult. president trump tweeted, i believe be far more than prevalent than anybody thought possible. totally illegal? very cowardly. cowardly in quotes and an apparent personal shot at comey's own concession thursday. he told the president he would see what the fbi could do, claiming the presi

. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with jose di diaz balart. >>> good evening, i'm kristen welker in for jose tonight. it was a dramatic outcome to a court case that gripped the nation. a pennsylvania judge declared a mistrial in the sexual assault case against bill cosby. the jury was deadlocked on its sixth day of deliberations. this case has forced difficult questions about race, consent and the power of celebrity. ron allen starts our coverage tonight. >> reporter: for bill cosby, neither vindication nor conviction. the jury deliberated 52 hours, longer than the entire trial. unable to agree whether cosby drugged and sexual assaulted andrea constand. cosby claimed the encounter was consensual. in a statement, constand's lawyer saying, we are confident these proceedings have given a voice to many victims who felt powerless and silenced. other women who have accused cosby of assault vowing to keep fighting for justice. >> only 2% of rapists in this country ever spend one day in jail. it's time for reform, people. open your eyes. >> re

tom costello, nbc news, washington. >>> talk about a jumbo jet? 's rolling out of the hangar for the first time, and claiming a new world record. >>> new videos released by police tonight are giving us a look at the moments right after tiger woods was arrested for dui, including images of the golf legend as he submitted to a breathalyzer test. kerry sanders has the late details. >> turn around? >> tiger woods barefoot, handcuffed. the jupiter police officer who arrested one of golf's greatest players ever. just offcamera. >> sir, will you please state your full name? >> tiger woods. >> the arrest affidavit notes he slurred his words and at times seemed to fall asleep. at 3:00 a.m., police discovered tiger woods, behind the wheel of his mercedes, two tires flat, the engine still running. recite the alphabet. >> what were the instructions? >> not to sing the national anthem backwards. >> not to sing the national anthem backwards? >> yes. >> woods says he was not drinking that night, but had an un expected reaction to prescription medications. if conv

. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. to our viewers in the west. thank you for being with us tonight. there is sad news about the american student medically evacuated from a north korean prison last week in a coma. the family of otto warmbier says the 22-year-old died today. doctors who treated warmbier upon his return to the u.s. reported he had suffered severe brain damage while in custody. his family near cincinnati tonight calling their son the victim of torturous mistreatment. president trump reacting to the news called north korea a brutal regime. but it remains unclear what happened to warmbier during his nearly 1 1/2 years behind bars. nbc's gabe gutierrez has late details. >> please think of my family. >> reporter: otto warmbier was just 22 years old when he suddenly arrived from north korea in a coma. late today his family confirmed he would never wake up. his family now says the awful torturous mistreatment our son received at the hands of the north koreans ensured that no other outcome was possi

the very latest on this coming up next on "nbc nightly news." and also, on nbc 10 news at 11:00. at's it for nbc 10 news at 6:00. for erika and all of us here, i'm ted greenburg. hope to see you back here at 11:00. have a good night. d >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this "nbc nightly news" with jose diaz-belart. >> good evening. we begin our broadcast tonight watching a situation unfolding in london at this hour. at the famed london bridge, where there are reports that a van has run into a number of pedestrians. nbc's lucy kafanov is in london with the latest. lucy? >> good evening, jose. this is obviously a developing situation, but we understand that a vehicle, a white van plowed into a crowd of people on london bridge. british police have said that they have deployed multiple resources to handle this incident. we've seen footage of ambulances rushing to the scene, armed

"nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening, everyone. glad to have you here tonight. paris and one of its most famous landmarks has become the latest target in a wave of attacks to strike europe in recent weeks. french authorities say a man launched a brazen assault on a police officer use hamminger outside the notre dame cathedral screaming, this is for syria, the simple methods used in other terror attacks. police opened fire on the man as hundreds of stunned tourists ran to safety. the latest. >> reporter: chaos in front of the world famous notre dame cathedral, terrified students running from gunshots. an algerian student running to attack a french police officer. >> we were running but we didn't know if it was gunshot what the cause of it was. >> reporter: the suspect seen here after being shot by other officers screaming, this is for syria, as he launched the attack, carrying kitchen knives in addition to the hammer. hundreds of visitors locked inside the cathedral told

. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening to our viewers in the west. nice to have with you us this evening. big announcement today that many air travelers have been bracing for over whether we will still be able to bring our electronic gadgets on board airplanes. the department of homeland security saying it is going to forgo the ban on expanding bringing laptops and other common electronics on board flights to the u.s., but while you can keep your computer with you, the trade-off might be more time spent at the airport because of a whole new layer of screening before we board a plane as security officials try to stay ahead of potential new terror methods. nbc's tom costello has details. >> reporter: the new security steps being phased in this summer will affect 2,000 flights every day coming from 105 countries. every flight to the u.s. from abroad. the new procedures could include more thorough carry-on bag checks, more bomb-sniffing dogs, more swabbing for explosives and eventually next-generation bag screening tec

"nightly news" bs >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, it's great to have you with us on this friday. president trump broke his silence on the james comey testimony today, spinning comey's mixed bag of conclusions, hunches, and outright allegations into a good day for him and a bad one for the fbi boss he fired. a defiant president today claiming vindication, and saying he's willing to testify under oath about the russia matter, apparently ready to challenge comey's allegation that the president directed him to drop the criminal investigation of his former national security adviser. our chief white house correspondent, hallie jackson, has details. >> reporter: president trump punching back, pitting his word against james comey's, saying he lied and willing to swear to it under oath. >> reporter: the president prepared to talk to a special counsel, calling some of his former fbi director's testimony not true and some of it "vindication," he says. like when comey acknowledged the president was not personally under in