>> and one of the names on a not so short list is brian william. can understand why they would want you to be the next host of "jeopardy," for the life of me, i don't understand why would you want to do thatment . >> a little while back on the web some list surfaced of a few of us, myself and anderson cooper among others. and while it is true that my legal representative got a call from sony studios to say would he ever be interested, we would sure love to have him. i answered in the form of a question. who is herb schemdek? >> you see? >> last week the republican party announced its plan to gain younger, more diverse voters. it reminds jon stewart of a very different campaign. >> welcome gop 2.0. we're going to overhaul our campaign mechanic structure to fully integrate our dem graphic engagement strategy. this new approach will be diverse year round, community based. we'll conduct a pilot program and target urban markets to test and refine these engagement efforts. >> you're going to go into minority neighborhoods, do market research then send pa

brian williams will have more on these stories coming up at 5:30. >>> still ahead -- a man who became famous in the boxing ring, what he's doing on a bay area stage. >>> plus, recently in the bay area, we've seen several fake crime reports and hoaxes. coming up, i look at the real consequences of the fake reports. >>> good afternoon. i'm jeff ranieri in the nbc bay area weather center. temperatures in the low to mid 70s. mill valley at 74. black hawk at 72. if you're going to the film festival tonight, might need that light jacket. temperatures in the upper 50s. i'm back with the record heat for tomorrow in just a few. >>> it never happened. uc santa cruz police today announced a reported rape on campus was just a hoax. and the coast guard is investigating a hoax from a sinking boat off the coast of monterey. >> reporter: for the past 11 days, all 17 officers at the uc santa cruz police department have been searching round the clock for a rapist, after a 21-year-old said she was sexually assaulted on campus. turns out that report was a lie. >> i think the bigger impact was -- [ inaudi

liberal news anchor brian williams says he's profoundly disappointed in america. guess what brian?e're disappointed in you. on "hannity" we expose the mainstream media helped in coverups and follows a reporter and obama aide with some incredibly threatening language and john sununu is here, and kicks the door at targeting u.s. citizens for assassination here on american soil? senator rand paul will explosively detail this disturbing development right here on "hannity" straight ahead. to go to the bathroom, there's dulcolax stool softener. dulcolax stool softener doesn't make you go, it just makes it easier to go. dulcolax stool softener. make yourself comfortable. it's not what you think. it's a phoenix with 4 wheels. it's a hawk with night vision goggles. it's marching to the beat of a different drum. and where beauty meets brains. it's big ideas with smaller footprints. and knowing there's always more in the world to see. it's the all-new lincoln mkz. [ male announcer ] how could a luminous protein in jellyfish, impact life expectancy in the u.s., real estate in hong kong, and th

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anchor brian williams revealed how he really feels about this country well who is chatting with his buddy left wing hollywood liberal father of the year alec baldwin on is i'm sure it's highly rated podcast listen to what he said i love this country i love the american idea i have profound disappointments and in my country i feel we ought to be in space i feel the dismantling of the manned space program why she would be in space because it meant so much to us all let me say this is the state run media of let's see david axelrod robert gibbs a propagandist and of course we have ed schultz let's rip dick cheney's heart out stop on it and shove it back at them and let's not forget throw up our like chris matthews well guess what mr williams the rest of the country appears to be disappointed with you because according to a new rasmussen poll only six percent of americans view the news reported by the mainstream lapdog obama mania media as very trustworthy and you don't want to know what we find so disappointing the fact that you your liberal mainstream media cohorts the people that work on yo

i have no words of is that is that the bone to pick with brian williams but truthfully it's hard for me to even fathom what he's saying here that the only the liberal media is the mainstream media so under his logic all liberal media is the mainstream making fox the target for you i think not you know the funniest thing about hannity is incoherent rant as if the report he used to prove his point actually doesn't prove it at all in fact it implicates fox news for the same bias in coverage. take a look only six percent rate news media as very trustworthy. i guess somewhere in hannity's war little world the broad term the news media is everything except for x. news but there's a logic handy you can't comprehend it says here fifty six percent of likely u.s. voters say they get most of their news from t.v. including thirty two percent who get it from cable news networks and let's not forget that fox news is leaving the ranks as the most watched cable news channel which means that fox is the most unattributed news source but i really be that surprised when this is the same news channel tha

i have no words because that fox news has a bone to pick with brian williams but truthfully it's hard for me to even fathom what he's saying here that the only the liberal media is the mainstream media so under his logic all liberal media is the mainstream making fox the target for you i think not you know the funniest thing about hannity is incoherent rant is that the report he used to prove his point actually doesn't prove it at all in fact it implicates fox news for the same bias in coverage take a look only six percent rate news media as very trustworthy. i guess somewhere in hannity's war little world the broad term the news media is everything except fox news but here's the logic handy can't comprehend it says here fifty six percent of likely u.s. voters say they get most of their news from t.v. including thirty two percent who get it from cable news networks and let's not forget that fox news is leaving the ranks as the most watched cable news channel which means that fox is the most on interested news source but i really be that's rise and this is the same news channel that pu

brian? >> pete williams at the court where the excitement starts tomorrow. pete, thanks. >>> in colorado springs today, a public me toirl service for the state's prison director, tom clements, shot to death last week as he answered the door at his home. governor john hickenlooper called clements a voice of wisdom and reason. we learned late today the bullets that killed clements came from a gun found along with former colorado inmate evan ebel who died in a police chase in texas two days after the shooting. >>> this comes after a growing debate this weekend on gun control with new york city mayor michael bloomberg right in the middle of it. he is using his own money -- and he's a billionaire -- to finance an ad campaign for universal background checks for gun purchases. that got under way today. our report tonight from nbc's ron mott. >> reporter: he's got one of the biggest personal bankrolls in america. >> this year there will be 12,000 people killed in this country with handguns -- illegal handguns. >> reporter: tonight michael bloomberg is spending some

brian? >> ian williams, seoul, south korea, for us tonight. ian, thanks. >>> another dangerous hot spot the u.s. has to keep a close eye on is syria where at least a dozen students were killed today when damascus university came under fire right in the heart of the capital. mortar strikes have increased in and around damascus in recent days as rebels fighting president assad's forces try to enter that city again. >>> as the holiest days of the catholic church calendar year are upon us, pope francis took part in a holy thursday ritual, a show of humility mirroring christ washing the feet of his disciples prior to his crucifixion. he went to a juvenile detention center in rome today, washed and kissed the feet of 12 young inmates held there. the banks were open in cyprus again today for the first time in almost two weeks after political leaders there accepted a financial bailout from the euro zone partners that will hit a lot of people's bank accounts. imagine your atm suddenly working after being idle and empty for days. michelle caruso cabrera

brian? >> pete williams in our d.c. newsroom tonight.e, thanks. >>> another terrible day in afghanistan. five u.s. service members were killed when their black hawk went down last night in bad weather. officials say it appears to be an accident, not the result of any incoming enemy fire. as we reported here last night, two u.s. special forces troops were killed in an insider attack. both incidents resulting in the deadliest day for u.s. forces in this year. >>> president obama made a rare daytime appearance at the u.s. capitol today. this time it was lunch with democrats after dinner with republicans last week. today's meeting, part of an effort to see if there's some way both sides can find some common ground on the budget. kelly o'donnell following it all for us all day on capitol hill. kelly, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. so why is this such a big deal? senate democrats say the president has not come to see them on their turf since 2009. and while there's some criticism that the personal diplomacy might be about medi

brian? >> pete williams on this still developing story tonight. pete, thanks. >>> now to chicago and the outrage expressed over mayor rahm emanuel's plan to close dozens of that city's public schools. 30,000 kids will be moved to different schools, most of them black on the city's south and west sides. chicago's not the only city where budget problems are forcing big changes in the public schools. our chief education correspondent rehema ellis is in detroit tonight after an all day conference as part of our education nation initiative. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. detroit is like a lot of cities struggling with budget deficits and closing schools like the one behind me. proposed shut-downs in chicago are more and bigger than any city has ever attempted all at one time. outrage intensified as word spread. 54 public schools in chicago are slated to close at the end of this school year. >> my child has been here since he's been going to school. >> it's so sad to think that they are all going to be separated. >> reporter: the city i

brian? >> pete williams in our washington bureau tonight. pete, thanks. >>> something is going on in washington tonight that you don't see that often. something jimmy stuart made famous. a real-live filibuster on the floor of the senate. while not quite as cinematic or dramatic, this one all day has been led by republican senator rand paul of connecticut. he has been talking on and off since 11:47 a.m. in order to delay a confirmation vote for the president's cia nominee, john brennan. he has been getting some help with his effort, other senators helping out. nbc's kelly o'donnell covering it all on the hill tonight. kelly, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. this is a senate talk-a-thon about drones. it's about pressuring the president to answer a question. does the administration believe it has the legal authority to use deadly drone strikes inside the u.s. against an american. the attorney general responded that the white house has no intention of using drones that way. but that was not definitive enough for senator paul. >> i

i'm brian williams. lester holt will be here with you tomorrow. we will look for you back here on monday night. in the meantime, please have a good weekend. good night. >>> right now at 6:00 only on nbc a south bay family is lashing out at the vta after a worker is killed on the job. good evening good evening. i'm terry mcsweeney in for raj mathai. >> and i'm janelle wang in for jessica aguirre. >> worker is killed after getting hit by a bus driven by a co-worker. he's the first vta employee to die on the job. and today we learned it wasn't the first accident involving an employee this week. nbc bay area's stephanie chuang, you spoke with the family of the employee killed and they're not happy with the v it ta. >> reporter: janel, they're not. here at this bus yard is where raul spent nearly three decades of his life. his family telling me they were supposed to celebrate easter and now they'll be celebrating his life. they add they are upset with how the vta handled the passing and are demanding answers as to what exactly happened. >> and he was a

send your letters to brian williams, nbc. [ laughter ] >> here is something interesting.ome of those who was gone unnoticed except in the last 10-15 years there are sensors to monitor nuclear blasts and the nuclear blast has the same sonic signature in the atmosphere as a meteor strike so now we can find them in unpopulated areas. >> jon: i noticed in the russian one they have dashboard came ranch i want one. it's great for alien abductions, you know? right? >> jon: it's not to say what the field pays but i would think you could afford a dashboard camera. you are a man of science or go to radio shack and build one. >> it's data. >> jon: do you have a drone? >> i'm not authorized to -- [laughter] >> jon: what was that? [laughter] was that a glance of people at the snrab. >> i may occasionally drone myself but i do not only a drone. >> jon: so no drone. do you not have a drone. what is the biggest -- what do you think will be the biggest threat to man's existence on this planet? do you believe it will be one of those asteroid events or is there something else you've been co

if the home audience wants to know what word i said send a self addressed envelope to brian williams at rock[cheers and app] >> jon: welcome back. the drug war -- tough segue. the drug war has cost countless litchs and endless dollars. now there's a terrifying front from an unexpected source. jason has more. >> everyone knows about the drug violence perpetrated by the ruthless mexican cartels but we haven't heard much about the violent ones up north in quebec. i sat down with a local reporter who agreed to speak with us on the condition we hid his identity. this say big deal in canada. the cartel accounts for three quarters of production. >> what are we talking about here? coke, heroin, marijuana. >> maple syrup. >> come again. >> maple syrup. >> sounds like you are saying maple syrup. >> yes, the condiment. >> put the lights on. what? >> a barrel of maple syrup the market value is 20 times that of a barrel of crude oil. >> holy (bleep), turn the lights out. this lucrative business is controlled by the cartel known as the confederation of maple syrup producers. i arranged the meeting

so we begin with our report from nbc's ian williams. >> reporter: brian, this island is less than ten miles from the north. there have been clashes in this area before. and today they watched anxiously as north korea summoned thousands to pyongyang in support of kim jong-un's call to arms. ♪ tens of thousands turned out in north korea's capital, chanting "death to the u.s. imperialists." north korean leader kim jong-un presided over what was called an urgent meeti

brian williams came by once and he walked through the lobby and i had my little i.d. g, and since my last name is williams, i looked at him, showed him my i.d. tag, and said, "dad?" [laughter] >> brian, of course, a newscaster at nbc. what did he say back? >> he looked back and said, "hey, anything's possible." [laughter] he's got a great sense of humor. >> he does. he's a great guy. anyone else in particular? >> um, i got to meet bill gates once, not at the theater. >> oh, okay. >> i was at some event at a microsoft office, and i was in the restroom and-- >> you met him in the bathroom? >> i met him in the bathroom. [laughter] and so i'm washing my hands, he came in, he washed his hands, and i was really cool at first. and as he was walking, i said, "now, sir, you know i'm gonna tell everybody about this. do you mind if i embellish and tell folks that we became best friends?" and he said, "oh, sure, have fun with it." >> oh, seriously? he didn't think you were a nut? >> he probably did. i'm a little nutty, but he was a good sport about it. >> well, i'm awful glad you

call our crime tip line at 8008-brian williams house. [laughter] i thought they were going to modernize the v.a. system. >> they are going to computerize claims. >> 97% of v.a. disability claims are on paper in. in the year 201397% are still on paper. >> jon: the v.a. still uses paper. i'm a 50-year-old man who still orders his cassette tapes from columbia house and i don't even use paper. today i read a magazine, paid my bills, sent a letter and found a recipe and wiped my ass all without using paper. [cheers and applause] which reminds me -- does remind me, can you wash a kindle? [laughter] [cheers and applause] so what happened? why haven't they modernized the system? >> the efforts to achieve electronic record capability have been limited by long-standing project management, weaknesses, inadequate accountability and poor oversight. >> jon: bureaucratic incompetence, i get it, probably caused by the republicans and the obstruction and underfunding. come on sound bite support my notion. come on. >> you need more people, processors, wha

my colleague, brian williams raised that with the president last october. >> why not visit israel ashe truth of the matter is that there are a number of countries i didn't visit. i visited israel just a couple months before i was president you know, given how important i think the situation in the middle east is, and our partner with israel, which is stronger than it's ever been, when i go to israel, i want to make sure we're moving something forward. >> that was, of course, nbc nightly news anchor brian williams with the president last october. now veteran nbc correspondent martin fletcher joins me here, an expert on all things in the region. the president said he wanted to have something concrete when he got here. he comes here without a concrete peace plan, with no notion of peace plan, though we believe secretary of state kerry will be coming back here saturday night to work on that very thing. so the is this a charm offensive, sort of sidestead israel, is that what initially poisoned the relationship? >> i think that the -- you know, you mentioned the charm offensive, you know,

. >> little did brian williams know as he was posing that very question was that he himself was going to be accused of crossing one of the emanuels. ari apparently wrote this very angry legal letter to nbc, not happy, remonstrated personally with brian williams. what was all that about? >> well, it's not about the book, but it's about the fact that whatever, i think the interview did not focus on the book and the agreement was to focus on the book and our growing up. i will say that when we were kids, and someone was being picked on unfairly, whether because some kids in the school were -- didn't fit in or that we were on the beach and people were calling us -- or whatever, we stood up to bullies. we are not going to shrink back from standing up to bullies. that has followed us all through our adult life and that's very important. on the other hand, you know, if you work for ari or rahm or me, i think there's fierce loyalty from those people. they know we're warm, they know we care about them, they know they're on a mission to do good things in the world, and that's i think really, re

in an interview set to air tomorrow on "today" show in rock center with brian williams, cate said she was, quote, both devastated and disappointed with her father. >>> stealth bombers carried out their drills over the korean peninsula. the military deployed two planes on a long duration round trip training mission. in a demonstration of the country's defense of south korea. >>> and take a look at this. fresh pictures from the european space agency showing newly discovered bright moon stars in the avella constellation. they are 1500 light years away and estimated to be between 25 and 30 million years old. scientists say their blue color because they are extremely hot. >>> turning to business now. investors are keeping a close eye on a tiny nation. mediterranean nation. we'll tell you about that in just a moment. but first a massive cyber attack is lightning down the internet all around the globe. a site has been hit by huge attack from groups that have been black-listed by the site. this is one of the largest publicly disclosed attacks in the history of the internet. >>> revenue from m

. >> little did brian williams know as he was posing that very question was that he himself was goinged of crossing one of the emanuels. ari apparently wrote this very angry legal letter to nbc, not happy, remonstrated personally with brian williams. what was all that about? >> well, it's not about the book, but it's about the fact that whatever, i think the interview did not focus on the book and the agreement was to focus on the book and our growing up. i will say that when we were kids, and someone was being picked on unfairly, whether because some kids in the school were -- didn't fit in or that we were on the beach and people were calling us -- or whatever, we stood up to bullies. we are not going to shrink back from standing up to bullies. that has followed us all through our adult life and that's very important. on the other hand, you know, if you work for ari or rahm or me, i think there's fierce loyalty from those people. they know we're warm, they know we care about them, they know they're on a mission to do good things in the world, and that's i think really, really importa

question and caused an eruption of reporters say how dare you be mean to our fearless president and brian williams had to take time off, chuck todd is fine and laugh it off. that shows how desperate they are to preserve the mast master-slave relationship with-- >> well-- >> did the media ask to accomplish-- they did ask, definitely did ask that question and had a different take on it. >> and after ignoring the peace process, why now? >> i still don't think the peace process, even though he there was talk about it is at the forefront of that agenda. the agenda is clearly syria and iran and perhaps in the reverse order, but there, in egypt. keep your eye on egypt. as net several comment-- >> some of the media are totally clueless, here is the headline, it's beautiful, says everything. muslim brotherhood statement on women stirs liberals' fears. who knew that the muslim brotherhood didn't like women. >> jon: might crack down. >> ellen? >> it was interesting, one person even suggested the real reason he was doing this was so that israel would withdraw from ju-- >> and the favorite post, obama is from

. >>> tonight be sure to watch brian williams with "nbc nightly news." >>> finally, a look at what'soming up on the "today" show -- matt goes one on one with former governor jeb bush on the budget battle. his famous family and a possible presidential run. >>> hear what dennis rodman had to say about his trip to north korea. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports, and more. i'm richard lui. along with bill karins. thank you very much for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. have a great monday. >>> a deadly shooting and a suspect on the run in a quiet south bay neighborhood. this one is still an active scene this morning. we're live with the latest. >>> three days, five deaths, all linked to law enforcement. what people in the bay area are saying about a recent spike in officer involved shooting. >>> also a touching tribute to two santa cruz officers killed in the line of duty. >>> a live look outside. that's the city by the bay. plenty of cloud cover. we'll check the forecast with rob mayeda today on th

here's brian williams. >> good day from new york and the middle east in just a moment. as you may know president obama has started his first trip to israel as president. in jerusalem, the president and benjamin netanyahu are going to come before cameras and reporters. we expect joint statements. one first from netanyahu of israel and then president obama and then very limited questioning from the assembled press core there. our chief foreign correspondent richard engel is covering this. effective with netanyahu saying at the airports thank you for standing with israel. the business of this trip may have been accomplished meaning getting there was part of the issue. >> reporter: it certainly was. the president received a lot of criticism for waiting until his second term to come to israel. so much has changed since the president's first visit to the middle east when he went to cairo, addressed the arab world and talked about the need for democratic change. now in his second term he's coming to israel. it is surrounded by hostile nations and surrounded by chaos. a country

for more on the national political fallout from today's move, stay tuned with brian williams coming up at 5:30. >>> new at 5:00, three people are dead following a small plane crash at ft. lauderdale executive airport. the twin engine plane crashed into a warehouse area just after takeoff. witnesses say the plane had engine trouble moments before coming down. >>> 365 days without hearing her laugh or seeing her smile, that's the agonizing reality for marlene lamar. her daughter 15-year-old sierra lamar went missing one year ago tomorrow. the search for her daughter has been a long journey felt with indescribable pain and anguish. she said sierra did not deserve this and she's still holding out hope that her child is still alive. >> there hasn't been anything to indicate that her body hasn't been found so as far as i'm concerned, i as a parent, i'm not giving up and there's no real resolution at this point. >> there will be two key events tomorrow. the first includes a balloon release at the sierra lamar search center in morgan hill. that's on tilton road that gets under way at 9:00 a.m.

. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >weekend, there are numbers people should consider. and they came out just today. the new jobs numbers surprised even some of the experts. the unemployment rate dropped to its newest low for the last four years. 236,000 jobs were created in just february alone. the markets responded with another record close. that's the fourth in a row. dow was up 67 points today. nasdaq was up, s&p now within one point of its record high. there was even positive news in the housing sector. nbc's tom costello standing by to start us off. tell us what it all means. good evening. >> reporter: hi, brian. hours worked and hourly wages also increased. good signs. the question is whether the economy has truly started to turn the corner for kerri jolowski outside seattle. >> hi. is there anything i can help you with today.

and tonight, be sure to watch "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at all the lethal weapons seized at airports every day. >>> and "30 rock" tina fey tells savannah about her new romantic comedy "admission" and steamy shower scene with actor paul rudd. that's it for us. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm richard lui along with bill kari karins. thanks for watching "early today." just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. have a great tuesday. >>> set sail. a stolen yacht is on the move once again this morning. find out how crews were able to set it free and where it's headed right now. >> you couldn't forget. >> family and friends remembering the south bay teenager gunned down in campbell's first homicide in more than five years. >>> and the man now charged with keeping the oakland police department in line. >>> right now let's give you an early morning look at sfo. that's from our trust

i'm brian williams. we, of course, hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. racecar crash where the young driver slammed into his own cousin. >>> south bay parents finding how much the children may suffer as the district tries to deal with the huge budget short fall. >> it is a slam dunk for san jose. what the ncaa tournament means for the economy of the south bay. >>> nbc bay area news starts now. >>> good evening and thank you for joining us. i'm jessica aguirre. >> and i'm raj mathai. it is a sport that brought families together for generations but tonight that sport has left the family and two bay area communities in mourning. a well known north bay racer ran off the track this weekend hitting and killing two people. it happened on saturday. the petaluma boy, the victims his 14-year-old cousin and the 68-year-old owner of the racecar. she spoke with members of the family just trying to come to grips with this tragedy. >> reporter: i had a chance to talk to the boy's grandfather today. it was just last october when this family was celebrating at the petalu

i'm brian williams. and we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening.d night. >>> right now at 6:00, we're tracking the storm and we'll let you know how much rain will pick up and how long this will last coming up in a few minutes. >> i never thought it would happen to my daughter, my baby. i never thought -- >> new at 6:00, a dog targeted. how a south bay got too personal. >> replacing a south bay leader who stepped down after an arrest and admitting to a gambling problem. >>> good evening. thanks for joining us. i'm raj mathai. >> and i'm jessica aguirre. he got paid to help put criminals behind bars but tonight a santa clara county forensic toxicologist sits in jail facing 18 counts of molesting a young girl. it has the d.a.'s office scrambling to assess its potential impact on key evidence and more than two dozen pending criminal cases. chief investigator tony koval kovaleski broke the case. >> reporter: 44-year-old steven joseph joyner was arrest ed mor than a month ago. his alleged crimes not reported until a viewer called the nbc bay area investi

announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is shoe "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >> good evening. in an era where everything gets out and everything is first floated on social media, some may find it quaint. and you have to admire on the tradition as the vatican still relies on smoke signals. as we look live at the vatican tonight, it's the chimney atop the sistine chapel that will be the focal point. we've already had the first vote today. the first black smoke. nighttime in rome indicating no decision. but the cardinals will remain locked away in the conclave far from social or traditional media, for that matter, until that smoke turns white indicating a result. our team is there and in place tonight. and before we check in with lester holt, we begin with nbc's anne thompson. anne, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. the next chapter in the history of the cathoch

i'm brian williams. more tomorrow morning on "today."pe to see you back here tomorrow evening. we hope to see you back here tomorrow evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com now. >>> good evening and thanks for joining us on this wednesday. i'm raj mathai. >> and i'm jessica aguirre. catholics across the bay area are cheering the election of the new pope tonight, pope francis i. most are learning about the historic latin american jesuit but catholics have a unique resource. someone knows the pontiff personally. kris sanchez joins us live with more on the pope's local connection and how people here are reacting to him. >> reporter: hi, there, jessica. one of the priests here at santa clara university says he recognized the name right away because they spent time together in argentina and considered him a personal friend. he said he was shocked when he heard his friend's name on tv. they spent a few weekz together in the late 80s. a quiet name known for deep prayer, his kindness and commitment to the poor. >> he moved out

. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >nd, with americans planning to live their lives as usual, through no fault of theirs, tonight a series of budget cuts will begin. while we've been warned about this for days, while we've been told by the attorney general and the head of homeland security our nation will be less safe starting this weekend, congress has left town, the dire warnings didn't quite have the effect the white house had hoped for. there's not a profile and courage to be found in washington these days and the president seemed to be changing his tune today. all of it just a preview of the next fight over a full government shutdown. our chief white house correspondent, chuck todd, starts us off on a friday night.