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i'm lester holt. thank you from all of us for watching. good night. "nbc nightly news" is always available and on streaming. follow the latest cover on the nbc app. >> you have to see this to believe. now: good evening and thanks for joining >>> the news at 6:00 starts right now. good evening, thank you for joining us, i'm janelle wang. >> and i'm raj mathai. moments from now, the president will address the nation with his announcement for his supreme court pick. this is a live look at the white house where president trump will announce his nominee. this comes after justice kennedy announced husba announced his retirement last month. >> pete williams confirmed brett kavanaugh is the president's pick. >> we'll send things over to lester holt. again, president trump will be addressing the nation from the east room of the white house with his nomination of the supreme court. and again, it's mr. kavanaugh, nbc news is reporting that he'll be making this announcement a short time from now. >> judge kavanaugh is a couplju graduated from yale and serves on t

lester holt is next. >>> tonight, president trump goes for a do-over after siding with putin and blaming america. mr. trump now saying he misspoke and says he accepts u.s. intelligence that russia interfered in the election. >> i have a full faith in our intelligence agencies. >> the moment the lights went out at the white house. can the damage be undone? >>> a suspected serial killer caught when he returned to the scene of the crime, spotted by a news photographer. >> this guy looks right at me, i'm thinking, is this the guy? . >>> setting off a wild chase and dramatic arrest. a fatal collision in mid-air, two planes crash into each other over the everglades. >>> it was the deadliest mass shooting in modern american history. tonight, why the victims are being sued by the vegas hotel where it happened. >>> frighteni ining new video oe moment a lava bomb rained down on a packed tour boat in hawaii. >>> in our spotlight, it's the only one left in america. our visit to the last blockbuster. >>> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening everyone. welcome to our viewers in

lester holt is next. bye. >>> tonight, facebook's $100 billion plunge, the biggest one-day drop in history. new fallout after a year of scandals and the company says it's putting privacy over profit. >>> a state of emergency and new mandatory evacuations as infernos explode across california. >> it's devastating seeing everything go like this. >> reporter: yosemite shut down, homes burned to the ground and a fight to save thousands more in danger. >>> an alarming trend for new moms, the dangers at the hospital and the warning signs all expecting women should be looking for. >>> the missing student mystery in iowa, vanished without a trace after heading out for a run. her family pleading for answers. >> we just want her home. >> tonight, what investigators hope could be a critical clue to find her. >>> and a big day for a pair of living legends, mick jagger marks a milestone as paul mccartney returns to rock the birthplace of beatle mania. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good

i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thanks for watching, and good night. >>> right in and out at 6:00. new video into the news room. that's lake ta hoe. in smoke. the fire more than 100 miles away putting a damper on summer travel. >> it is one hot job market. the local county attracts moren the state. first. >>> the repeated acts of disrespect by the current ipa are reprehensible. >> one picture. is refuelling a battle. san jose police vs. the independent auditor. >>> the news at 6:00 starts now. good evening. thanks for being with us on friday. >> he is the man who is supposed to police the san jose police. today the officers are calling for him to resign or be fired. the police union says the city independent police auditor is anything but indpen. he even took part in an antipolice rally. we broke the story on twitter this morning. live. the auditor is denying the accusations. >> that's right. things have been building for white a while. today emotions finally erupted. the police yin was al

as a reminder, "nightly news" is next with lester holt. stay with us. >> bye. >>> tonight, shock waves. from an extraordinary scene, president trump standing shoulder to shoulder with vladimir putin refusing to say he believes u.s. intelligence over putin's denials. >> he just said it's not russia. i will say this. i don't see any reason why it would be. >> the president instead heaping praise on putin and blaming america. >> i hold both countries responsible. i think that the united states has been foolish. i think we have all been foolish. >> tonight, the former director of the cia calls the president's performance nothing short of treasonous and putin telling the world he wanted trump to win. >> translator: yes, i did. yes, i did. >> tonight, for the first time, how the russian leader answered this. >> do you -- does the russian government have any compromising material on president trump or his family? >> we have a flood of reaction and richard engel in moscow. what must the russians be thinking? >>> also, a lot of news back home. big

nightly news with lester holt up next. we'll see you back here at 6:00. >>> tonight, miracle discovery. new video capturing the moment a boys' soccer team and their coach trapped in a flooded cave for over a week were found alive. >>> the chilling terror plot to attack the july 4th parade and fireworks in a major american city. how the fbi foiled it. >>> summer scorcher. the dangerous sizzling heat wave threatening 60 million. is there any relief on the way for the 4th? >>> deadly explosion aboard a >> people were jumping off the boat. people were already in the aking out to us tonight. >>> urgent manhunt. thousands of police officers searching for a notorious criminal after his brazen prison escape on a hijacked chopper. >>> and nba superstar lebron james with a huge game changer, taking his talents to the west coast. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. we begin with good news tonight in a drama followed around the world. tonight, the miracle so many prayed for granted in the searc

. >> that's all for now, coming up next, nightly news with lester holt >>> tonight, president trump's unprecedented new threat targeting former top national security chiefs, threatening to strip security clearances. is he using the power of the presidency to try to silence his critics? >>> also, the fallout from that all caps threat to iran. is there a strategy behind the bluster? >>> the mystery after the mass shooting rampage in toronto. why did a gunman dressed in black suddenly open fire on a busy street? >> the scariest thing is nobody knew it was going on. >> 15 people shot, a 10-year-old girl among the dead. >>> dangerous weather from coast to coast. bracing for severe floods in the east, baking under scorching heat in the west. >>> who is watching you when you hop in an uber or lyft? a driver fired after live streaming hundreds of rides, passengers unaware they were online for anyone to see. >>> and a sudden collapse caught on camera. the shocking moment a miami beach condo building comes tumbling down. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evenin

. >> our own lester holt goes in-depth with one of the nfl's most prolific players over of the anthem controversy. >> we've seen extremes from coast to coast. >> and the crazy lengths some will go to set a world record. "early today" starts right now. >> good thursday morning. i'm frances rivera. >> and i'm phillip mena. deputy attorney general rod rosenstein under fire this morning. a group of republicans in the house have launched an effort to impeach him. accusing rosenstein of impeding congressional oversight for special counsel robert mueller's investigation into russian election meddling. house freedom caucus chairman mark meadows, ohio congressman jim jordan, and nine co-sponsors have introduced articles of impeachment claiming rosenstein has withheld documents and misled congress. >> for nine months we've asked for documents and that's all we want are the documents. and what we found is not only have subpoenas been ignored, but information has been hidden. the efforts have been stone walled. >> conservative lawmakers have accused the justice department of trying to smear presi

i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc nighne how about a 4-day work w?t now at 6:00. how about a four day wrk week? new information you'll want to bring to your boss tomorrow. >>> also sophistication they have never seen before. the illegal gambling bust influenced by silicon valley technology. plus. we have seen snakes on walks through the neighborhood. but never inside the house. >> you heard right a snake care for a south bay couple. the neighborhood on edge. after that slithering site. >> the news at 6:00 starts now. good evening. >> be careful where you sit. an unsettling surprise for a couple in san jose relaxing and watching tv. a snake inches away from the couch. >> now from the neighborhood. pretty scary if you don't like snakes. >> that's right. i don't know many people who like snakes. it gives you a chill. it's a beautiful neighborhood with newly built town homes. two people in the area reporting they found snakes inside the home. one man telling us he's never seen such a thing inside a home in san jose. >> it doesn't seem like a place you wo

i'm lester holt. thanks for joining us. i called my mom, and she didn't answer. i pretty much knew in my heart that something was wrong. >> a mother vanished. >> i cried myself to sleep. it was just awful realizing that your worst nightmare had come true. >> a family anguished. >> she's gone. do you have any idea how hard that was? >> now the questions begin. in a southern, gothic mystery. >> the case is puzzling. >> we didn't really know what had happened. >> who would ever have imagined you'd have a murder in your family? >> soon, there'd be secrets. >> we were dealing with a person that was leading a double life. >> and one of them would prove deadly. >> have you ever said i know that you did this? >> it hurts too much for me to say it out loud. >>> suppose for a minute you were sitting in your car, smack-dab in the middle of tuscaloosa, alabama, and you kept an eye down highway 69 and kept a close eye. you rolled into a town called moundville. been around for a long time, has moundville. but it's a sad truth as the sheriff says, even here, where everybody use

. >> lester holt joins us next with "nightly news." thanks for tuning in. >>> tonight, >>> tonight, president trump blasts michael cohen, lashing out at his former lawyer, after the release of that explosive recording. >> why finance it? >> we'll have to pay. >> trump and cohen, weeks before the election, appearing to discuss a hush money payoff to a playboy model. is there legal jeopardy? tonight, inside the tale of the tape. >>> a new twist on the second summit with putin in washington. >>> rescues and homes destroyed as flash floods go from bad to worse. >>> and california in flames. parts of yosemite closed. thousands forced to evacuate. >>> new hope in the battle against alzheimer's. a drug that may slow down the progression of the disease affecting so many families. >>> a wild road rage brawl caught on camera. >>> and my revealing conversations with an nfl superstar. some players have taken a knee, others have held up a clenched fist. has that held course? >> i think it's starting to shift. >> malcolm jenkins on making a differen

lester holt anchors nightly news from helsinki, finland, coming up next. wel see you tonight at 1'l1: is america's friend and who is its foe? president trump twists diplomatic ties ahead of a avmmit with vladimir putin as the u.s.y flexes itsht military mig in sight of russia. >>> two breaking stories back igme. a n of violent protests on chicago's south side after police fatally shoot a man in broad day light. the body cam just released. > and police officers a shot in separate incidents in missouri and massachusetts. the latest on the violent and deadysunday. >>> seven minutes ofterror, oxygen masks drop as a plane descends. passengers saying theyr feared fo their lives. the

i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. >>> tonight, from helsinki, who now. good evening and >>> the news at 6:00 starts right now. good evening, everyone, thank you for joining us. i'm terry mcsweeney. >> i'm vicky nguyen. did you feel it? an earthquake hit the bay area. >> rob mayeda, not a large quake but a fairly large number of people felt it. >> where it occurred really important along the hayward fault, a 3.0 densely populated area. around the east bay. one of the more density populated areas. right before noon today. 11:52. a 3.0 earthquak smaller aftehock of 1.5 off to the north and east before noon today. keep in mind this area. >> light shaking, no damage likely from a 3.0. the next 25 years in the bay area, a greater than 72% ce

i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night.ow: good eveniing and thanks for joining us. i )m janelle wang, in for jessia aguirre. and i )m raj mathai. tonigjt -- there are still concerns .. and questions.. smouldering in morgan hill. fire crews are assesing the damage. and many people are grateful the flames never >>> tonight there are still flames in morgan hill. we talk with one family whose four horses were killed in sfire. robert honda is in morgan hill with the latest. >> reporter: we are here along hale avenue near that burned up barn. the only silver lining to her family's tragic day, one of their two horses that escaped the hale fire. the gonzalez family lost four horses during the fire yesterday which tore through multiple properties along hale road. she says the horse was able to run out of the burning barn and rescued by her brother-in-law. she said the family is in mourning, calling the horses family members. >> it's sad that they lost their horses. i saw them all the time. nice horses. >> reporter: nunez is also re

kate snow's sitting in for lester holt. >> we'll see you at 6:00 >>> breaking news tonight, the embattled chief of the epa is out, scott pruit facing scandals and spending taxpayer money stepping down today. >>> supreme court suspense, president trump narrowing down finalists. >>> desperate hours, rescuers facing a critical decision to save the soccer team trapped in a cave. >> it's zero visibility. it's a confined space. >> the clock ticking before monsoon rain. >>> on the front lines, infernos raging and scorching heat is adding fuel to the flames. nearly 90 million under heat triggering flash floods in a major american city. >>> a mother to the rescue shooting a carjacker trying to steal her suv with her two children inside. >>> and are you in the market for a high-tech home? the security warning you need to hear. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. i'm kate snow in for lester tonight. it was announced by president trump on twitter late this afternoon, he has accepted the resignation of his environmental protection agency administrator. scott pr

i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. shooting >>> right now at 6:00, new disturbing video of the moments leading to a police shooting in the east bay. what the family of the man killed says the video proves. >> help from above. we're the only tv station to go inside. >> a fire out of control. we're live in redding where we learn it's going to be a long night.w. >> no end in sight, cal fire describes the car fire as extreme and erratic. tornados devouring shasta county, including parts of redding, more than 40,000 acres have burned, at least 100 homes believed to be destroyed. 38,000 people are out of their homes right now. cal fire not mincing words, this is a life or death situation. >> these are extreme conditions. this is how fires are burning in california. we need to take heed, evacuate, evacuate, evacuate. >> firefighters across the state are stretched thin. these deinstruct iive fires cald the new normal.

we have the lester holt interview and the tweets. mueller's team keeps trying to say, donald, if you have an explanation for this, you need to sit down and talk to me. >> we are talking about the case for obstruction as if we are talking about a normal client in the normal legal system. you are seeing these legal arguments being made by the president's defenders and the president's lawyers saying it is not obstruction if he does it in the course of official duties. none of that matters, because obstruction doesn't matter but for impeachment. there is not going to be any trial for obstructions of justice. they could return a report that says we believe the president obstructed justice. but they are not going to indict him for it. >> but they say they are going to follow the rule which is the president cannot be indicted. i didn't agree with that decision. we did issue a report which was given to the house in order to have a road map for impeachment. the difference between then and now is that this house will do nothing with it. they w

. >> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening. welcome to our viewers in the west. first, euphoria over their discovery alive inside a flooded cave in thailand. now comes new anguish and worry for the dozen children and an adult who remain trapped in that cave with few options to surface. not since the world held its breath in 2010 over the fates of 33 trapped miners in chile has a rescue drama so captivated the world. in this case, surrounded by water, the 13 kcave survivors, weakened by days without food, could have to make a marrowing underwater swim through narrow passages to reach freedom. nbc is there and has the latest. >> reporter: tonight, 24 hours after that miraculous discovery -- >> how many of you are here? 13. brilliant. >> reporter: thai officials say the 12 boys, ages 11-16 and their coach are all in stable condition. a huge challenge getting them out. one option starting the rescue now. oxygen tanks have now been placed along the exit route. but none of the boys knows how to swim, so they're scrambling to teach th

i'm lester holt. for all of us and nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. we )re following breaking: an active rescue in the east bay. our skyrange >>> right now at 6:00 we are following breaking news. you can see it here, an active rescue in the east bay. our sky ranger is live overhead in union city. what you're seeing there, firefighters trying to rescue a man stuck in that giant industrial cement mixer. nth whi 880 at a business called u.s. pipe. now no word yet t ot stuck in t but he's been in there nearly two hours. this is dry cement, this is on whipple avenue in union city. >>> good evening and thanks for being with us here at 6:00. i'm raj mathai. >> new information on the story we first broke in our 5:00 newscast. sfo is investigating an illegal drone found near a runway. federal agents are getting involved. nbc bay area is near sfo with more on the dangerous combination of drones and airplanes. anser? >> reporter: yeah, any size drone can be a problem for planes attempting to land. this drone may have gotten in the way of a plane attempting to la

. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening. welcome to our viewers in the west. what is happening in the west tonight is stunning even veteran firefighters. 100 wildfires burning, 17 of them in california. they're fierce, it's quick and it's behavior that is simply unpredictable. cameras near redding capturing this swirling tower of flames, a firenado. claimed thousands of structsure as another fire to the south near wine count wine country threatens thousands more. our national correspondent miguel almaguer is in the fire zone tonight. >> reporter: this is the fire fight crews are waging on the front lines after ripping into redding in northern california. the carr fire tore through more than 1,000 structures. at least six have lost their lives. melody bledsoe wrapped a wet blanket around her great grandchildren, emily and james, as fire engulfed their house. their bodies recovered over the weekend. >> you can't lose more than family and then you lose everything on top of that? >> reporter: the inferno so powerful it's creatin

next, nightly news with lester holt. . >>> tonight, they're all free. the final daring rescue from the cave. after 17 nights trapped, all the boys make it out alive. >>> tonight, all three, the final daring rescue from the cave the cave after 17 nights trapped, all the boys make it out alive. tonight, new health concerns as the boys are quarantined at the hospital. >>> breaking news from alaska, a plane crash in heavy fog and everybody survived. >>> the court fight just getting started. new info about the nominee and how the president made his pick. >>> the president slamming our allies before he made his appearance in europe as the head of eu warns stop attacking us, america, you don't have that many friends. >>> the miracle in the forest, a race against time, a police officer hearing a faint cry, finding a baby buried alive. >> when i heard that baby murmur, i was so happy. >> a man now under arrest. >>> george clooney in the hospital after a frightening crash, the latest on the star's major scare. >>> good evening, everyone. welcome to our viewers in

>>> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. welcome to our viewers in the west. as we come on the air, 20% of the country is facing extreme heat or the threat of flooding. in the east, flood watches are posted from north carolina to new york, rising water, forcing evacuations and rescues, at least one person swept away, while blistering heat takes a deadly toll in the west, heat advisories and warnings from oregon to arizona taxing the power grid and fueling wildfires. we have it all covered with nbc's miguel almaguer. miguel, good evening. >>> that fire threat stretches across several states and going to get worse. in downtown los angeles behind me, the temperature hit 94 degrees a new record. tomorrow, it is only going to get hotter, and more dangerous. >> reporter: tonight the west faces a triple threat. fires, floods, and heat. 42 million are suffering through dangerously hot temperatures. in phoenix, a record 116. with first responders scrambling to calls of heat exhaustion. >> don't go out if you don't have to. >> reporte

kate snow is sitting in for lester holt and will join us in about 20 minutes. i a day to honor the life of a teenage girl who sparked a national debate on dying. she suffered complications during surgery, 5 years later, her family laid her to rest today. we have more. ♪ >> reporter: jahi's mother will tell you that she left the world on her own terms not by a doctor's order. her mother recalled the final words she whispered in to her daughter's ear. >> i see, if you are ready to go, you can go. >> reporter: at the church in oakland, a hundred people packed inside to remember the soft spoken teenager that was the center of a nationwide debate over life. >> there were these doctors, there were these doctors who looked at her and said to her, what part of dead don't you understand? >> reporter: jahi was 13 when she underwent tonsil surgery, she went in to cardiac arrest and was later declared brain dead, that launched a legal battle between the family and the hospital, who sought to remove jahi from a vent later. >> this girl spoke louder than anybody else in the

. >> nbc lester holt reports from heinki. >> reporter: it was one of the a most extraordiry moments betweenn american president and a russian leaderei meeting framed by friday'srt justice dent's department agents for election meddling. and the judgment of u.s. intelligence agencies including director of natnal intelligence director dan coates that russia interfered. president trump asked, who do you believe? president putin or the u.s. intelligence community? his answer? .> people came to me, dan coates and othe they said they think it's russia. i have president putin. he jus said it's not russia. i will say this. i don't see any reason why would be. >> and the president complimenting an offer from putid instf turning over the indicted russian agents, russian officials tould question agents themselves with special counsel bob mueller present. >> i have great confidence in my intelligence people, but i will tell you that president putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today. and what he did is an incredible offe he offered to have the people working on thease come and work wi

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. >>> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. r > good evening, thank you being here. back on american soil and facing blistering bipartisan criticism, president trump today found the words that somehow escaped him yesterday in that press conference with vladamir putin in helsinki. mr. trump expressing what he claims he meant to say, that he believed u.s. intelligence assessments th russia worked to influence the outcome of the 2016 election. he seemed to accept the ffdings america's intelligence experts and not the findings of vladamir putin. late details. >> i thought about the meeting i had with president putin was really strong. the porter: first, backlash, now the walkback, president trump tonight reading from prepared rerks livering his attempt at a do-over offering this explanation what he meant to say in helsinki. >> a key sentence in my remarks, i said the word "would" instead of "wouldn't." the sentence should have been i don't see any reason whwoi dn't or why it wouldn't be russia, sort of a double negative. so you can put that in and i think that probably c

. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evenince ok could use friends and likes tonight after a stunning and historic upset on wall street. losing tens of iant billions of dollars in value sliding nearly 20% for the biggest loss sustained by a pa co in stock market history, but it's a story behind facebook's problems being closely watched slowing growth and fewer daily users as the company grapples with lingering privacy and security scandals. our tom costello has details. >> reporter: the sell off was staggering and unprecedented. facebook losing $119 billionrket value today alone. the worst single day ever for a u.s. company after this profit warning from ceo mark zuckerberg. n > we're investing so much isecurity it will impact our profitability. >> reporter: zuckerberg lost $15 billion after two years of scandals and investigations. >> it seems you turned a blind eye to this, correct? >> congressman, i disagree with that assessment. >> reporter: from russian election to 87 million users whose private information was criticized. compromised by cambridge a

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. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening and thank you for joining us. we begin with the tour boat disaster in missouri where tonight all 17 of those killed have been recovere from the now calm waters of a branson area lake, more than half of them froone mily. the same waters last night whipped into a frenzy ba violent summer storm. the waves overwhelming vessel hibious better known as a duck boat. the victims including many children unable ano escape before the boathed below the surface. tonight, there is shock, sadness and many questions about why the boatas on the lake in the face of an oncoming storm. our kerry sanders ths latest. >> reporter: today, a grim recovery effort as divers pulled four more bodies from table rock lake. the tragedy that left 17 people dein uding nine members of one family and driver bob williams began in a furious storm. >> a little storm. >> need a water rescue, will be north of the show boatll e a duck that has capsized. >> reporter: this de vio captured by a horrified woman on the shore. >> oh, those poor people. >> re

. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening from on a very busy day where president trump was hosted by the queen at windsor palace while rejected by protesting masses a heback at home the lid was ripped off over what the government says was a russian conspiracy to election.e american major new indictments by robert mueller's team announced today naming names and bombshell details charging 12 senior russian military intelligence officer with infiltrating democratic committee commuters among others leaking damaging e-mails. the indictments announced just hours after the president once again blasted the mueller inion as a witch hunt. some of putin's top people charged just three daore he's set to meet face-to-face with president trump. our justice correspondent pete williams has been digging thh the indictment. >> reporter: as n hillary clinto stumped for votes in march 2016, russian intelligence was burroing into computers ofer campaign and the democratic national committeeting more than 300 people. the charges say it was the work of 12 officers of rus

. >>> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>ood evening. there's breaking news as we come on the air tonight. a passenger plane has ashed near durango, mexico today, lane headed to mexico city. bl k smoke marks the spot of a wreckage where aeromexico says was the site of an accident. it apparently went down just after takeoff om rthwest mexico, with over 100 people on board. tammy leitner has late breaking details. >> reporter: tonight, emergency crews rushing to the scene of a plancrash in northwest mexico. the plane, 9 holding passengers and four crew crashed because the wind was too strong accordg to local reports which said they ran out of nway. the crash happened in durango, mexico. it's unknown if there are fatalities but officials say being e injured and rushed to hospitals near the scene.me aeco saying we are working to gather additional information and will provide more details as b thome available and confirmed. our priority is to guarantee is safety of the clients and crew. lester, this just in, initial reports from the u.s. gove

. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. still refining the mixed messaging from the last meeting the white house announced vladimir putin to another meeting with president trump. this time at the white orouse, whether it's a do oven extension of the last meeting is unclear but certainly a surprise to the nation's top intellence official what learned from andrea mitchell during an interview at an event in colorado. >> we have some the white house has announced on twitter that vladimir putin is coming to the white house in the fall. >> say that again. [ laughter ] >> vladimir putin -- >> did i hear you? >> yeah, yeah. >> okay. >> yeah. [ laughter ] >> that's going to be topecial. >> dirof national intelligence dan coats, one of several top officials nbc news questioned exclusivy appearing to the aspen security forum where the helsinki summit is very much top of mind. christopher wray said nothing said at the summit chang the bottom line about russian election meddling. tonight, two of president trump's law enforcement with re

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. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. it was a stuheing moment in inki today. the president of the united states standing with the leader of russia dismissing his own intelligence experts and their c sions that russia tried to interfere with the 2016 u.s. election. the moment came during a joint f ws conference at the end nearly day-long summit between presidents trump and putin. they apparently spoke of many things, mostly in private. it was putin's complete denial of russian meddling in our election and mr. trump's refusal to fully acknowledge the interference that earned him broad and bipartisan criticism tonight. the president appearing to place his trust in putin over his owen intell agencies. the implications are enormous. potentially emboldening russia to try and undermine future elections.it as one of the most extraordinary moments between an american president and a russian leader. their meeting framed by friday's justice department indictment of 12 russian agents for election j meddling and tgment of u.s. intell

this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening. thank you for ining us. first, euphoria over their discovery alive inside a flooded cave in thailand. tonight, comes new r anguish and worry the dozen children and an adult who remain ca trapped in tha with few options to safely reach the surface. not since the world r eld its breath in 2010 oe fates of 33 trapped miners in chile has a rescue drama so captivated the world. th 13 cave survivors weakened by days without food could have to make a harrowing underwater swim through narrowing passages to reach freedom. nbc is there and has the latest. >> reporter: tonht, 24 hours after that miraculous discovery -- >> how many of you are here? 13. brilliant. >> reporter: thai officials say the 12 e oys, 12-16 and their coach stable condition. a hugehallenge getting them out. one option starting the rescue now. oxygen tanks has been placed along the exit route. nout none of the boys how to swim so they're scrambling to teach them diving skills to navigate through tightel tutricky even for experienced divers. a dange

. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. the spt between president trump and his one-time fixer andwy couldn't be more glaring tonight after michael cohen's release of an audio recording he secretly de of mr. trump before the election. on the tape mr. trump appears to discuss a payoff who claimed an affair wit the question tonight is does the tape spell new legal jeopardy for the president? our hall jackson has details and reaction. >> reporter: outside and inside shouts thdrawing smirks i oval office with reporters pushing the president to talk about that tape between him anhis former attorney. >> did mhael cohen -- >> thank you very much. >> reporter: no te response repeay but on twitter, president trump more talkative asking what kindf a lawyer would tape a client? so sad. it's fallout from a recently revealed recording in which the president and michael cohen appeared to en casually refer a hush money payme two nths before the election to keep a playboy model quiet about an alleged affair, one the present denies. >> we'l

. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly new th lester holt. >>> good evening. we begin witgood news tonight in a drama followed around the world. tonight, the miracle so many prayed for granted in the searchr group of soccer players and their coach lost in a flood cave in thailand. there were tears ach rs of relief as the 13 were located inside the cave, all of them f alive, but ning a risky hurdle to reach the surface. our richard engel has the late. >> reporter: they emerge in the darkness, the missing boys alive. their first words to rescuers, thank you. >> how man you? 13? brilliant. >> reporter: it's the first light the boys have a week. over members of a thai soccer team, ages 11 and their coach have been totally cut off by flood waters and lost track of time in the cave. >> you have been here ten days. ten days. you are very stron >> reporter: the boys looking thin but grateful to be alive. >> i am really happy. >> we are too. >> reporter: today when an official announced our younger brothers have been found, there were cers, emotional families embracing

conference, the fbi director does not deny that he threatened to resign, during an interview with lester holt. >> have you ever hit a point on that issue of sources or methods or anything else when you said, this is a line? >> as i said, i'm a low-key, understated guy. but that should not be mistaken for what my spine is made out of. >>> good day, everyone. i'm andrea mitchell at the aspen security forum in colorado, where i'll be speaking exclusively in a couple of hours with the director of national intelligence, dan coats, about the mixed messages that we've been hearing from president trump this week on russia. >> dan coats came to me, and some others. they said, they think it's russia. i have president putin. he just said it's not russia. i will say this. i don't see any reason why it would be. i accept our intelligence community's conclusion that russia's meddling in the 2016 election took place. could be other people also. >> reporter: is russia still targeting the u.s.? is russia still targeting the u.s., mr. president? >> thank you very much. no. >> is putin lying to you? >> i don't

that is fbi director christopher wray talking to lester holt. on monday donald trump took the side of an adversary over his own, our own, really, intelligence committee. walked it back. today he again under cut. requiring another tortured explanation that the president meant no more questions. not no to whether he believes that russia is interfering. some republicans are saying these explanations suffice. joining me now. you are a popular guy in a safely republican state. why do you think that was a sufficient explanation. it is not going to hurt you say what you thought. you heard the president say it and most people didn't believe it. >> i think he made a mistake when he was speaking the first time and he corrected that. and i am happy with his explanation. >> you don't really believe that he made a mistake, right congressman? i got to know, because it is not really plausible the way he said it. there was a whole press conference where he reiterated the same sentence over and over again. >> where i come from, a man's word is his bond. consiste

i'm lester holt. thank you for watching, have a good evening. >> well, as you just saw during our special report, president trump has made his choice for the u.s. supreme court, judge brett kavanaugh, the 53-year-old is currently on the u.s. court of appeals in washington, d.c. >> we'll have more on kavanaugh and the impact of this decision. our political analyst, larry gerston joins us in a few minutes. >>> a david versus goliath term. he claims that company knew its popular weedkiller called roundup has dangerous ingredients. sam brock joins us fromancisco . sam? >> reporter: raj, good there is am right now of plaintiffs lined up across the country, waiting to see how this case turns out, because it is going to affect their own fortunes. we're talking about lee johnson suffering from cancer, and he believes he got it from roundup, going up against one of the bigge biggest agricultural company on the planet. >> whether or not you want to be or not are part of history. >> reporter: a primer for the ju

including, what i told you, saying the investigation would go on to lester holt.hey can leave that off whenever they play that tape. amazing what they do with tapes. however, there is a narrow area which we might think about it and we are in discussion with a special counsel about it, it all has to do with collusion so there is no perjury trap. >> sean: i don't believe they could do it without setting a perjury trap. >> they will give up on the obstruction point, they're trying to set up the president against comey and the fact that he is one of the most incredible guys around. i think mueller wants to get it over with before the election. >> sean: for the good of the country. do you think is a good man? >> i think he's okay, i think he's got people around him including one with a record whose astoundingly bad. >> sean: great to see you as always. when we come back, we will show you why john brennan former cia director deserves to get his security clearance revoked and much more, straight ahead. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> sean: the white house announced this week it is looking into

he made it clear to lester holt he did it knowing the investigation was continuing so he couldn't obstructr hand, how does hillary not get prosecuted for destroying tapes, lying at least three or four times, having people felt totally phony stories, false exculpatory statements, destruction of evidence. he reads that all the way. >> sean: you told laura ingraham last night that there are no more tapes on donald trump. >> michael avenatti was running around all weekend saying he said it on abc. he cross-examined him and there were numerous tapes with president trump. the government must be hiding them if that is the case and i assure you the southern district in new york is not hiding evidence. >> sean: some of the best prosecutors came out of there. >> i can't imagine they are shocked by this unbelievable assault on the attorney-client privilege, my god. >> sean: america has been following this and i -- everything we reported has come true. i still say the heroes are going to be fbi and cia guys. is this now coming to an end? i watch dershowitz after, is there going to be a subpoena fight?

"omplete analysis on "nbc nightly ne with lester holt at 7:00. >>> try to explain this to your insuraent. giant chess pieces about the size of fire hydrant tossed off a luxury building, the kings and kwoens and pawns smaed the windshield of several cars littering the sidewalk andg caus a lot of damage. police believe four people were involved on the rooftop of the senate square apartment on monday night the. large chessboard andieces are part of the apartment's rooftop amenitie so far, no arrests. >>> an update to a story you saw first on 4:00 about bad concrete that's been use build the next phase of the metro line. the united states and state of virginia sued theompany that they say provide had showed cop sueate. the l aims to recoup money from universal concreteuc pr. reports were falsified to make it seem like bad contract wasoo actually in condition. officials are still wait for tests to seeof they have rip out and replace well over 1,000 concrete panels along the second fades of the silver line project. >> dr. gregory hutchings calls it ag. homecom the former t.c. williams high s

more of andrea mitchell's interview and lester holt's interview with fbito dir christopher wray ahea after news sports. >> drama in the democratic race for montgomery county executive. david blair officially filed a petition for a recount. earlier this week the board of elections certified the race for challenger mark ulrich but he has only an 80-vote lead blair believes a recount is appropriate because of the narrow vote margin and the numerous voting issues caused by an mva computertc g >> spokes with a new business model. >> and a hard foul and police called in a ckup game of basketball. doug? >> we're tracking a storm system. tornadoes that have made their way on the ground. got some video of that tt joiks we've got a reminder if you ride metro. red line closures arroyave this weekend. the brooklyn and anue stations will stay closed and closed until labor day. part of the red cineapital mprovement projects and next weekend the work zone will extend to the silver springs station closing the tacoma station and red line platform at ft. totten. free shuttle buses will be in place whe