were you at oxford circus, catie? >> cati snerx. >> i'm losing you there. >> were you in oxford circus? is that where you were? >> i was at oxford station when all of this began. i was heading down the escalator to the victoria line when people turned around and started screaming and running back up the escalator that was going down to try and evacuate the station. very loud alarms went off. it took actually quite a while for them to turn the escalator off. there was mass panic as people were trying to run up the escalator as it was moving. i did not hear any gunfire when i was in the tube station when it started. i haven't heard gunfire since. but, yeah, like you said, we're still hearing multiple reports. shots being fired. >> so, catie, with british transport police reporting reports of a woman minor injuries. that makes sense to you. she might have been going down and people were going up or she may have fallen. a surge of people trying to get out of that station at rush hour. >> oh, definitely. i think it's very

nbc's catie beck has our "inspiring america" report. >> reporter: 13-year-old jordan phillips is a sewing machine. >> right away, i just loved sewing. >> reporter: hooked on the hobby when she was just 5. today she treasures her craft for a deeper reason. it got her through the toughest time of her life. >> it kept me busy while she was fighting cancer. >> reporter: she is jordan's mom nicole, diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015. how would you describe your relationship with your mom? >> i would say we're best friends definitely. >> what if i never get to see jordan walk down the aisle? what if i never get the opportunity to celebrate one more christmas with them? >> reporter: jordan put worry to work, sewing cup sleeves, cozies, hoping to raise money for breast cancer. >> i said, sure, i'll put it on facebook tonight, honey. that will be nice. thinking it would be a one-night thing. >> reporter: overnight success. orders flooding in

kelly o'donnell is in west palm beach and catie beck is in alabama talking to folks in the high-profile and high-stakes senate race. kelly, the president was tweeting earlier. what else did he say? >> reporter: well, the president is decidedly trying to make an argument that goes really to the heart of his own agenda, so it really is to benefit the president's, for example, tax cut plan, needing another republican in a very typically safe republican state like alabama represented in the senate. that is an undercurrent of what he is saying because he is not avid kating overtly for roy moore, he is pounding the democrat on issues that might inspire conservative voters to be engaged, things like the second amendment, talking act veterans, talking about crime in the military, things that might pique the interest of voters who, remember, just a year ago, largely supported the president himself. so it's threading a needle in a complicated quagmire of

we get more tonight from nbc's catie beck. >> reporter: embattled alabama senate candidate roy moore virtually invisible on his own campaign trail. his last public appearance a week ago. since then, his communications director john rogers quit. rogers' departure leaving just six staffers on the moore team. >> i sincerely appreciate your support. >> reporter: last thursday moore spoke out, refusing to take questions about the nine women accusing him of sexual misconduct, many claim, when they were teenagers. on tuesday, moore appeared on an alabama cable channel, interviewed by a supporter of his campaign. >> did you ever date or go out with underage women? >> no. no. >> reporter: opponent democr d with a new online attack ad. >> they were girls when roy moore immorally pursued them. >> reporter: meanwhile, jones making campaign stops across the state this week, even seen on thanksgiving.

catie beck, nbc news, athens, ohio. >>> we appreciate you spending part of your evening with us.s "nightly news" on a wednesday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, good night. building strength and moving closer. a major storm bringing strong winds and heavy rains to the bay >>> right now at 6:00, building strength and mooifring closer. a major storm bringing strong winds and heavy rains to the bay area. >> we are in midst of a m microclimate weather alert. you can see it. it's raining buckets there. obviously, this is an area of concern following last month's devastating fire. the worry is those burn zones could trigger mudslides. >> we have live team coverage tonight. jodi hernandez is live in the fire ravaged area. let's begin with chief meteorologist. >> the reason it's been so slow to move in and our flooding threat will remain high. it's a nearly stationary frontal boundary that's going to entrain this wet weather right across it so it's going to get some motion behind it and continue throughout the bay area tonight into tomorrow. mudslides is really one of t

catie beck, nbc news, washington. >> see? there's still some joy in flying. >>> we appreciate you spending part of your evening with us. that is "nightly news" for this wednesday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. right now at 6: an 11 year old getaway driver. the teen crime spree in the south bay. the news at six starts right now: thanks for joining us. i )m janelle wang, sitting in fr raj mathai. and i )m jessica aguirre. kids on a crime spree - police say they comitted crime after crime in the south bay - from armed robberies in broad daylight to carjackings.. and even a police pursuit - in which an 11 year old was behind the wheel.. nbc bay area )s robert handa joins us from police headquarters with details of the crimes .. the youngsters who pulled them off... robert. we have details of the crimes and we're literally talking about children who pulled them off, robert. >> reporter: that's right. even more police officers were stunned to hear an 11-year-old being invol

catie beck has more. >> reporter: i thought he was going to rape me. >> reporter: beverly young nelson is the fifth woman to accuse alabama senate candidate roy moore of improper sexual advances when she was a teenager. >> i was twisting and i was struggling, and i was begging him to stop. >> reporter: nelson, then 16 says moore was a regular customer at a restaurant where she worked. she claims moore then district attorney offered her a ride home. but instead parked the car behind the business and assaulted her. >> he began squeezing my neck, attempting to force my head on to his crotch. >> reporter: nelson claims she was left with bruises. but moore and warn herd no one would believe her. moore has denied all of the accusations, just as he denied the allegations of sexual misconduct with a 14-year-old girl reported by "the washington post" last week. >> they're completely false and untrue. >> reporter: he is refusing to drop out, calling the attention a witch-hunt, placing blame on the media and establishment republicans, and threatening to sue over the allegations. his democrat oppo

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. >> nbc's catie beck is on the ground there. catie, what are you hearing from people there?gine it's mixed. >> reporter: yes, alex, it's fascinating to be on the ground and hear how far apart these opinions still are. those right wing evangelical voters are still behind moore, others are wondering who to believe. you can find passionate views on the same street. >> he's got a great chance of winning especially just because of the values that he has. and like, begin, i said, he is innocent until proven guilty. >> i would rather be mauled by badgers than vote for roy moore. i think doug jones will win in the end. i think people who are most vocal about voting for roy moore will vote for roy moore. but most people, the ick factor will get to them and they won't show up to the polls. >> reporter: roy moore has an event planned tomorrow in ft. payne, alabama in the evening. we'll bring you coverage of that. >> we appreciate it in advance, thank you, catie beck. >>> james peterson, kirstin h hagland, tom nichols, thanks, guys, for sticking around. i want to get right to roy moore

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thank you, catie beck. kimberly atkins and john nicholls joining us now. with a welcome to you both, kim, the president's tweets. do you get the sense that he sees roy moore as a flawed candidate? so then in these tweets he's saying, look, i didn't originally support this guy but hiss opponent luther strange. do you think he's trying to put that out there as defense of him? how do you read this? >> it's tough to say, tough to get inside the president's head. it's clear, though, that he has -- he's put his chip in this race on roy moore. and i want's a race that he could have very well have stayed out of completely. he had two people on they are side or two factions on either side, one steve bannon urging him not to abandon rye roye moore, and the other side mitch mcconnell and other republicans that were urging him not to support him. and steve bannon won the day. i think here he's looking for a win, looking for a political win, and in his mind he sees roy moore a victory for republicans as the best way to get there. but at the same time, if roy moore actu

catie beck down there in alabama, thank you for that. joining me now back here on the set, susan del persio and michael for the democratic party. let's talk about the politics of what's playing out here in alabama. susan, the republican party -- there's potentially and if they tried to do this, it would be subject to a court case. you heard it at the end of that piece, that there's the potential situation where they may revoke his nomination. the other possibility being floated here, there was a report in politico suggesting this, maybe some republicans nationally are talking about, that you have luther strange, the appointed incumbent now, he steps down, the governor says we have a new special election that moves the calendar way into the future and you use that time to try to get a new candidate into the case. do you think the republican party, whether it's the maneuver i just outlined or trying to revoke the nomination, something else, are they going to try a maneuver to get him off the ballot or to get this race moving or are they ju

go to see you, catie beck, garrett, thank you. stick around, coming back to you in a minute to talk taxes. what i'm going to do. turning now to important developments on the republican tax reform plan that could have an impact on your health care. last night we learned of two very, very important changes to the senate plan that helped republicans with math and politics. first, senate leadership announced they planned to repeal obamacare's individual mandate. the requirements that individuals buy obamacare insurance, affordable care insurance policies. the second, "new york times" reports tax cuts for individuals will expire in 2025, but corporate tax cuts remain forever. dig into what repealing the individual mandate means to you. the cbo, congress' budget office, non-partisan, estimates the effect of these bills, estimated if the individual mandate is repealed, 13 million people, fewer people will have insurance by 2027, and that premiums in the individual marketplace would go up by 10% more than they already would have. if you s

steph curry and catie beck. the easy shot down under. you have to see this. the warrior defense.ompletely asleep at the wheel. they had all their backs turned print a long pass. randall and immediately steve kerr calls a timeout. we go to the fourth quarter we are tied -- caldwell driving. worry is defense falling apart. they fouled. one time after another. to be six seconds left. kd with a brave 3 with plenty of time left. 45 seconds left in regulation. they go to overtime. steph curry starts feeling it. playing with an injured right hand. he was cold early the finish with 28 points. the lakers just would not go down. they truly needed this shot late from kd. a soft touch. 127-123. warriors. steve kerr is lukewarm about this victory. luke walton has been playing tough in la.>>> the most talked about quarterback in the history of the nfl has started only two games. number three will come this sunday for jimmy. for the 49ers. his first. it will come against a team that plays from his old hometown. he grew up outside of chicago. two previous starts were with new england. he is read

>> catie beck for us there just northwest of where i am in san antonio. thank you.killed sunday are from the same family. the holcombe lost eight family members when that gunman open fire inside the church. bryan holcombe was preaching for the day, as a visiting pastor. his wife karla reportedly taught sunday school, their son marc and 1-year-old daughter were both killed. along with bryan and karl's daughter-in-law who was eight months pregnant and three of her children. gabe gutierrez just sat down exclusively with a woman who has been friends with the holcombe family for more than 30 years. >> i knew right away that karla and bryan were killed. i knew that and i called her and her phone rang and rang and rang. and i knew then. sorry. they were a family like no other because bryan and karla would give you the shirt off their back. for the family to be there and to get wiped out just about, i mean, karla and bryan, in my opinion, are blessed because they got to go together. i think it's the ones that survive that are the unlucky ones. you have to understand that yo

catie beck is catie beck has that. >> reporter: the latest poll average couldn't be closer.t shows moore leading jones by 0.8 points. republicans are still conflicted whether to believe moore or his accusers. this morning, embattled republican roy moore, heads back into the spotlight, making his first public appearance in 11 days with a speech tonight. >> i'm going to tell you folks -- >> reporter: his opponent, doug jones, speaking sunday night, suggesting republicans should turn away from their own candidate. >> the republicans have a nominee that the united states senate says they will probably not going to see. and folks will put party above country and state. and that's wrong. >> reporter: president trump doubling down on his support of moore without ever naming him. tweeting liberal jones would be bad. the last thing we need in alabama and the u.s. senate is a schumer/pelosi puppet. moore has been accused by at least nine women of sexual misconduct ranging from inappropriate flirting to sexual assault of a minor. leigh corfman says she met moore when she was 14. tellin

. >> did a story about 6 months ago, said that al was going caty lee's show, she got mad. >> did youy lee's [bleep]? liz: breaking news, there was a dust up on floor of senate, democrats tried to stall it but republicans said you know what, we're going ahead on the vote. only need one more vote to get this moving again, democrat attempt, appears to have failed. two more women coming forward, accusing al franken of inappropriate sexual behavior. army vet telling cnn in 2003, during a uso tour, al frank enactor ledgedly inappropriately touched her, warning this is graphic, saying he put his arm around he, groped my right breast, and kept his hand on my right breast, i remember thinking, was he going to move his hand? and a former elected official claims that franken tried to kiss her at a 2006 event in run-up to his first senate campaign, franken accusations may go back years, he is on howard stern radio show, denying accusations regarding kathy lee gifford. >> did a story about 6 months ago he said when al was going to kathy lee's show she got mad, never have al back, he grabbed her [

don't know what's real and what's not >> reporter: alabama will be forced to decide december 12th catieeck, nbc news, birmingham, alabama. >>> let's get back to corporate news here in europe. clariant held talks with its largest investor, white tail, after the activist firm thwarted its merger with huntsman white tail demanded three seats on the board but was offered only one clariant rejected white tail's request to hire an investment bank to explore strategic options. >>> unilever is reportedly starting the hunt to identify ceo paul poleman's successor they have hired an executive search firm to find his replacement. no firm date is set for polman's retirement, but it is expected in about 18 months >>> just want to take you back to zimbabwe where emerson mnangagwa has behad his inauguration to become president of zimbabwe, this following pressure on mr. mugabe to step down, which eventually did in the end. the key question now, will there be changing afoot when it comes to the political landscape, the diplomatic relations with the rest of the word under theny leader, some say he may n

>> come on, on the catiness scale, this is not a blip.e had a presidential election where they were doing everything but throwing chardonnay in each other's faces. in a country where we have a president whose approval rating is in the 30s and a democratic party whose approval rating is in the 30s, any issue that flips 50-50 is a winner. the exit polling, they asked people about the confederate statues and it turns out the vast majority of virginians wanted to keep them up. i don't think the cultural issues are winners for the democrats, particularly in states even like virginia that are as blue as that state. >> dave? >> i don't think the cultural issues clearly, according to the election results today are winning issues for republicans. you know, republicans in virginia campaigned on exploiting racial stereotypes. you know, the republicans sent out mail pieces embracing donald trump's call where nfl players ought to stand up for the pledge of allegiance. and i think the reality is, these aren't winning issues for republicans. you've got

. >> thank you so much, nbc's catie beck for us watching the race.et's bring back scott detrow, congressional reporter for npr and tamika mali co-founder of women's march incorporated. thank you all three for being here. when we look at what is happening there on the ground in birmingham, alabama, one has to say it looks like president trump is now taking a side. he was pretty clear early on saying fairly clear one might say through his white house press secretary that he was saying i'll wait to find out whether the allegations are true and if true he should step aside now he's saying you can't vote for the democrats. is he clearly taking a side? >> i think he's been -- even though we are ie saying he hasn't been clear, he's tipping the scales in favor of moore and what we've been seeing is that we're at another moral crisis of race and gender and donald trump is tipping the scales who a number of women have come forward saying they've been sexually assaulted or attempted sexual assaults from their teenage years. i think voters have the opportunity t

caty kay who covered the race from richmond just last night. as well as jamal simmons who worked on the clinton and obama campaigns. mark, let's start with you. what happened last night? >> it was a sign that the political wins are at the democrats' backs. there is a definitely trump factor, at least that played out in virginia and new jersey last night according to the exit polls. we saw voters who went to vote, 40% approved of president trump's job performance. that's not good if you are the party in control of the white house. and more importantly, half the voters said that president trump was a factor in their vote in virginia. and those voters broke 2-1 in opposition of president trump. so you can say democrats were more motivated. and they turned out in droves. in northern virginia but also around richmond, virginia, which at one point was a swing part of the state or even a bastion for republicans. so you add that together. it doesn't necessarily mean they'll take back the house of representatives next year. on the one hand, you have to

>> catie beck, thanks so much for really that sad update. joining me now former nasa astronaut and navy pilot mark kelly, co-founder of gifford's courage to fight gun violence with his wife gabby giffords. mark, we have to stop meeting this way. what can we say? tell us about the laws that apply here. i talked to pete williams earlier. it's still unclear not only the texas law but the federal law and how it all interacts with the fact he had been court-martialed and convicted of what is the equivalent of a felony but that may not translate from military justice into the civilian law. >> yeah, andrea. first of all, thanks for having me on. our military justice system is a justice system that sits you know on its own. and the laws in the military don't always mirror what is true in the civilian world. if you're arrested for domestic violence, if you're convicted of domestic violence, even dis demeanor domestic violence under the civilian system, you're not allowed to buy or possession a firearm. that's not necessarily true we're learning over

. >> catie i have to bankrupt yin you. sarah huckabee sanders started the briefing. let's listen in. >> great to be back with everybody. certainly missed seeing most of you who weren't on the road. >> most of us. >> most of you. i gave myself a little wiggle room there. the president's historic five-country trip to asia was an incredible success. he rallied the world against the menace of north korea, strengthened our alliances and showed our commitment to a free and open indo pick region and took a stand for fair and reciprocal trade. as a result of the trip american families will be safer and more secure, and american workers and companies are one step closer to competing on the level playing field they deserve. speaking of leveling the playing field for our workers and businesses, the president applauds the house for passing the tax cut and jobs act. a massive step towards fulfilling our promise to deliver historic tax cuts for the american people by the end of the year. we are encouraged the house and senate continue to work together to deliver what the president

nbc's catie beck is in birmingham with the latest on that. >> reporter: good morning. the latest real clear politics poll average couldn't be any closer. it shows moore leading jones by just eight tenths of a point, republicans still conflicted on whether to believe moore on his accusers. this morning embattled republican roy moore heads back into the spotlight, making his first public appearance in 11 days with a speech tonight. >> i'm going to tell you -- >> reporter: his opponent doug jones speaking sunday night suggesting republicans should turn away from their own candidate. >> republican party has a nominee that even the situates senate says they are probably not going to see and folks will put party above country and state >> reporter: president trump doubling down on his support of moore without ever naming him, tweeting, liberal jones would be bad. the last thing we need in alabama and the u.s. senate is a schumer/pelosi puppet. moore has been accused by at least nine women of sexual misconduct, ranging from inappropriate flirting to sexual assault of a minor.

kat catie beck, nbc news, denver. >>> three, two, one! >> yay!op part of the tree lit. but wait -- >> not yet. snap your fingers. >> ready? wait for it. wait for it. oh! >> like that satellite delay. >> we're giving eun yang a little bit of a hard time this morning because she was the one who lit the tree at city center, d.c., last night. but only the top lit first. the bottom had to warm up there for a second. 75-foot-tall tree there, beautiful. eun served as the emcee to a packed crowd, the fourth year for that event. >> i think she was just trying to conserve some energy. >> you think so? >> yeah. >> can't be illuminated all the time. >> no, it's the build-up, you know what i mean? you don't want to give it to them all at once. you want it to be gradual. good for eun. that's a great event. lots of people are getting their trees. >> beautiful, yeah. >> i went and cut down our tree yesterday. >> is it too early? is it already with adam t he was upset about that. >> well, i did, but we had to have the turkey first. >> yeah. >> and now we can do i