that ramp at holt and howard is reopened. that's a look at the morning commute, back to you. >> thanks, matt. new, a circus worker is killed in a he rersal in san francisco. they are investigating the accident. the circus is performing there for a couple of months. >> "g.m.a." is coming up. >> first a final check on the commute and weather and there's a new medicare plan in town. one where personal customer service is much more than just words. hello, milwaukee. we're network health. and this is an actual member event where some of our 63,000 medicare members are getting to meet the friendly voices on the other end of the phone, in person. we're new to you, than 30 years. and, 9 out of 10 network health members are satisfied with their medicare plans. if you'd like to join them, call now and learn about plans that let you see any doctor who accepts medicare, either in or out of network. plans with zero dollar monthly plan options, prescription drug coverage... silversneakers fitness benefit, and person to person customer serv

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lester holt is here this evening. also, from tbs' "search party," fantastic actress alia shawkat is here. [ cheers and applause ] great new show, can't wait to talk to her. and she has -- her first novel is out, it is called "the wangs vs. the world." it is an amazing read. jade chang is joining us tonight. [ cheers and applause ] a fantastic author. now we have a lot to get to, but before we do that, i am 42 years old. i'm married. i have a child. but nothing ma than when i realized i do not know the new slang terms that teenagers are using. it seems like these days teen slang terms are evolving so fast it is impossible to keep up. so we here at "late night" decided to give you a little primer on new teen slang terms on a segment we call "seth explains teen slang." ?? [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: let's start with this one, "jack reacher," this is a popular new teen slang term. let's see what it means. [ laughter ] here it is in the sentence, "getting my phone plugged into the outlet behind the couch is mission im

my thanks to lester holt, ??alia shawkat, jade chang, keith carlock right over there and the 8g band. [ cheers and applause ] and you guys, this is the end of our week. and what you may not know is at the end of every week our cameraman gene puts us to bed by telling us a bedtime story. [ laughter ] this has been an especially tiring week here. i cannot wait to hit the hay, so gene, take it away. >> hey, folks. [ clearing throat ] the show is over. the sun's gone down. street lights blink on all over making people laugh. makes for one sleepy host, and a sleepy "late night" staff. the security guards doze off right away with no frills. the producers, with help, from scotch, whiskey and pills. [ laughter ] the accountants count sheep, till the moment they slumber. calling their number. hannah wears pjs, seth sleeps in the nude. [ light laughter ] seth, ya boy, just snores and snores. eli wears a sleep mask that says "nasty dude." [ laughter ] our cue card guy, wally, well he sleeps the best in a bed made of cue car

our friend lester holt. [ cheers and applause ] ? >> seth: how are you? >> i'm great. >> seth: i'm always so happy you make time for us. obviously, you've already done nightly news tonight. >> yeah, it's been a slow news week so i thought i would stop by. [ laughter ] nothing really going on. >> seth: exactly. nothing in guess you were reporting on the fact that donald trump went to the white house and sat down with president obama. >> yes. we did a special report today when that happened. a lot of people thought they would never see that. and of course, everyone wanted to be a fly on the wall because, well, they are kind of rivals. >> seth: sure. and they never met before. >> yeah, no, they never actually have sat down together. so what happens in those things, typically they have their meeting and then late in the game they bring cameras in for a photo op. >> seth: yeah. >> they say a few words and then meeting. >> seth: yeah. it could have been dead silence for all we know. [ laughter ] >> well, donald trump said it was -- he said he was under the impr

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i'm lester holt for thank you for watching. and good night. shot in her home. her father is in jail. why his friends want the charged dropped. >> reed: nevada democrats have reason to celebrate. a look at the victory for the first latina ever erected to the u.s. senate. >> jim: tears flowing today for all the right reasons. the emotional return home for a nevada guard members after a long nine-month deployment >> announcer: news 3 starts right now. buyers, either at a gun show or online, will have to undergo a background check in our state. good evening and thank you so much for joining us. i'm reed cowan. >> jim: i'm jim snyder. that was the decision from the majority of nevada voters who said yes to question one. so what happens now? sergio avila has our top story at six. >> reporter: jim, you know, that sign behind me in a few weeks will be advertising a gun s center. the only difference from all the others is that nearly everyone inside the show will be required to conduct background checks on those buying guns. 10,000 votes made the difference in question

i'm lester holt for thank you for watching. and good night. comnity.now fee. >>> i'm scared for myself, my family, my community. >> now i feel like people have come out of the woodwork. >> the day after the election, protests on bay area streets, while others celebrate and call for unity. a live look from our chopper, over a protest going on in oakland. it looks like hundreds of people out there, we keep an eye on this from the air and the ground. >> the news at 6:00 starts right now. thank you for joining us, everyone. >> they are both on assignment right now, including jessica aguirre. we want to get to what the bay area is doing now. it's responding both negatively and positively to new president-elect donald trump. protesters made their voices heard on streets and campuses. another live look over oakland. you can see a large crowd gathering in the streets of oakland. we've been monitoring the protest for about an hour now. more and more people are showing up at the plaza and in downtown. we have a team in place covering the

. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> even as the first polls were closing last night, not even the trump camp saw what was coming, a stunning victory that sl the eyes of the world. starting with florida, and over the next several hours, overwhelming hillary clinton's blue wall. the latest vote totals show trump winning with 279 electoral votes to hillary clinton's 228. though clinton holds a narrow lead in the popular vote. trump delivered his acceptance speech in the wee hours of this morning followed late this morning by hillary clinton. who publicly conceded the race and acknowledged the pain as she wished trump well. days before donald trump is sworn in as this country's 45th president. our expanded coverage begins with nbc's katie tur. >> introduce to you, the president-elect of the united states of america, donald trump. >> at 2:50 this morning, donald trump did what so many said could never happen. >> i've just received a call from she congratulated us, it's about us on our victory and i congratulated her and her

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lester holt is next for "nightly news." >> bye. f >>> developing news tonight, trump transition in turmoil. the president-elect's team plagued by in-fighting. first a shake-up, now reports of a purge. what we've learned about the power struggle happening inside the trump tower. all in the family, new concerns as nbc news learns the trump team has asked about top-secret security clearances for his children. should they have access to america's most sensitive information? focus tonight centering on the role of trump's powerful son-in-law jared kushner. >>> deadly airport shooting. an employee gunned down, flights grounded as police hunt for a killer. >>> and hitting home, mortgage rates spiking after the election, pushing buyers to act. homeowners racing to refinance. why it's happening and what families should know. "nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening. six days into the trump transition with the president-elect holed

police believe holt is also responsible for two other robberies. one at a sandwich shop and another at a gas station -- near warm springs and durango. holt faces robbery and "here in nevada we proved to the nation with our early vote turnout people are coming out in floods to vote not jut for hillary clinton but againt donald trump." that was clinton surrogate and nevada assembly member nelson arajuo. early voting in nevada did swing in favor of democrats by 5- percent... according to the nevada secretary of state. but the trump campaign is saying not so fast.... fox 5s cyndi lundeberg joins us now live from the trump headquarters with more on their plans to turn the john christine... one thing trump supporterrs here told me is they are very concerned with election rigging. they said that is one thing they will be watching for closely throughout tomorrows results. their last mintue strategy... and the clinton campaigns as are very similiar... phone bank... door knock... and put up as many last minute signs as possible. to flip the silver state blue

as a reminder, lester holt is next with "nightly news." >> bye. the final sprint to the finish now under way, both campaigns in full attack mode. advantage clinton, but battleground polls too close for comfort. tonight, what to watch for in the final days. >>> nbc news exclusive. america's top secret weapons of cyber war. ready to take action against russia, and intelligence sources tell nbc news, we're already inside. >>> horrific discovery. a woman missing for months, found alive, chained up in a storage container. a convicted sex offender under arrest, and tonight, another grisly find. >>> and exploding washing machines. another warning about samsung. hundreds of top-loading washers suddenly blowing apart. tonight, a massive recall, an alert for millions of families. "nightly news" begins right now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening from our nbc news election center. there are four days to go. and tonight donald trump and hillary clinton are playing the end game. they

i'm lester holt. us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. tang acve le tr 5==j/te v= ritf >>> we're marching, we're taking an active role. >> the police chief versus the principal. the questions a chief wants answered after a student protest got out of hand. >> the news at 6:00 starts right now. >> thanks for being with us. >> at the top of that list, did the principal encourage hundreds of students to walk off campus? the chief will be addressing the school board in the next 30 minutes. elise kirschner joins us with more. >> reporter: he won't be holding back here. the meeting starts in 30 minutes. you can see people showing up here. the big question tonight will be did the principal of pittsburg high school encourage students to walk out of school as part of an anti-trump protest. with antioch police officers standing by -- cell phone video shows pittsburg high school students forcing their way on to the campus at antioch high school. >> the protests started at pittsburg high school la

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. >> lester holt is next. >> bye. >>> tonight, school bus tragedy. the disturbing record of the driver of a school bus that crashed, killing five children. as our investigation reveals, an alarming number of school bus drivers who may be unfit for the job. >>> travel nightmare. the storms that could make things miserable for millions of americans traveling this thanksgiving week. >>> about-face. the president-elect backs off his promises to investigate hillary clinton and says the law is on his side, when it comes to conflicts of interest. >>> cancer message. the passionate plea from a hollywood star for men to get the test that may have saved his life. >>> and high honors for an extraordinary group of high achievers. altogether, a remarkable afternoon at the white house. "nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. there is profound grief and bewilderment in a tennessee community rocked by a school bus crash that took the lives of five elem

i'm lester holt alongside election night team, savannah guthrie, chuck todd, tom tonight. history will be made? >> we have an unconventional candidate against an unprecedented candidate. this election has changed so much about our politics, it up-ended every assumption, redefined what it means to be a

lester holt is next with "nightly news." >> see you at 6:00. bye. >>> tonight, the war, six days left, trump and clinton, blitzing battlegrounds, our new battleground map, can trump break through the clinton firewall? >>> also tonight, president obama's sharp criticism of his own fbi director. >>> deadly ambush, police officers executed, shot while defenseless, sitting in their squad cars, a massive manhunt to catch a cold-blooded killer. does a youtube video offer an intriguing clue to the motive? >>> price shock. americans hard hit by the soaring costs of life-saving drugs, first it was epipens, now outrage over insulin. millions depend on it. why is it getting so much harder to afford? >>> and game seven for all the marbles tonight. high anxiety in chicago and cleveland, history on the line -- who's it going to be? "nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, the polls are close and the battleground map is shifting tonight. but hill

le lester holt is next. >> see you at 6:00. bye-bye. >>> tonight, campaign cliffhanger. eight days to go, the fbi review now under way into clinton aide huma abedin's e-mails. how quickly can they get it done? tonight the fbi director under fire and a surprise in our brand-new poll. >>> nbc news exclusive. law enforcement sources say the fbi has been conducting a preliminary inquiry of donald trump's former campaign manager, paul manafort, and his business ties overseas. >>> voice of a killer. for the first time, we hear chilling 911 calls made by the orlando gunman, during the deadliest mass shooting in modern american history. >>> and fatal distraction. snapchat video from inside a car going 115 miles an hour minutes before slamming into a minivan, killing a mother and her children. is the app causing kids to drive dangerously? "nightly news" begins right now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. the october surprise that rocked the race for president on friday may not have rocked it enough to

this huge increase in white turnout in the election. >> professor holt, thank you very much. really interesting topic and interesting resentation. it brings to mind some of your comments with regards to catholicism which affected the 1932 election as well as was very prominent iscussed in the 1960 election. also, the vote of the dead or there are more votes cast than here were people present appen at these -- rumor had it happened in chicago in the 1960 election. any comments on those, please? >> well, there certainly were rumors about that in chicago in 1960. and there probably had some basis to them. i think the catholic issue was more central actually in 1928 than in 1932 because al smith was the democratic candidate. but let me comment on this. well, i on't think dead people voted n south carolina. i know the comment. let me -- i want to write this down while i emember it. real people voted, they just weren't residents of the county in which they voted. they rode over from georgia and often voted -- south carolina id not have a registration list of voters. and this actual

now-- let's get to for a look at the roads north at holt ave roll over dot says it could take at least 40 min to clear dry roads traffic building speeds at or above posteddrive times are on time looking around milwaukee county on 894 from zoo to the mitchelle drive times are on wisconsin's recount of the presidential vote will go forward this week. but county clerks will not be required to recount the ballots by hand. that after a circuit court judge denied the request for a hand recount. pete zervakis is live to explain what's next. wisconsin elections commission will hold a teleconference for all county clerks and canvass members... to go over recount rules and procedures ahead of the recount. green party candidate jill stein - who asked for the recount - has already put 3.5- million dollars forward to pay for it. the elections to pay more if the cost exceeds 3.5-million. the newest estimate yesterday put it at 3.9. stein had asked for all 72 wisconsin counties to recount their ballots by hand. after the comission said no... green party attorneys took their argument to dane county ci

i'm lester holt. from all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. r all of us at nbc news, thank you for >>> 24 hours and change until all of this is over, polls close in colorado and you are going to these 2 camps, and not the secret concentration camp you red about. 24 hour-- read about. 24 hours from now, those who can look back on the election and say, i voted, made my voice heard, and those who mumble something about voting being hard or not mattering or other garbage. 1.8 million beautiful people voted in colorado. be one of the beautiful people. a final pitch for the voters

as a reminder, lester holt is next. >> see you back here at 6:00. bye, folks. >>> miracle survivors found in the wreckage of a tragic air disaster. 71 dead with the plane goes down. tonight, what may have caused the crash. >>> provoking citizenship. president-elect trump's over a flag burning that experts say is unconstitutional. >>> detecting breast cancer. in one in six women won't develop the most well-known symptom. tonight the subtle signs that can save your life. >>> and tonight, best friends. a boy and his doggin' inspiring america. "nightly news" begins right now. but flying and circled before crashing just miles before the airport. >> one of the considerations the investigators are going to look at is if the airplane was too low on fuel and because it was right at its maximum range. >> a surviving flight attendant told rescuers the plane had run out of fuel. accompanying the team on the plane, 21 journalists, hoping to cover a fairy tale ending for a team that had surpassed all expectations, only to end in tragedy. late word that surgeons h

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i'm lester holt from all of us at nbc news.nk you for watching and good night. >>> a steady stream of rain hitting the area today. we're tracking the conditions. >>> the news at 6:00 starts right now. >>> good evening, thanks for joining us. peggy bunker, i'm terry mcsweeney. >> let's take a look at highway 101 in san jose. as you can see, definitely still coming down. traffic is responsible here, slowing it down because of slick roads. rob, how does it look now? >> 44/ 100ths of an inch of rain in woodside, danville about 4/10ths of an inch of rain. you see san francisco, about a half inch, still adding to that now. scattered showers are moving through the bay area. light rain over downtown san jose. the second storm arriving here, dropping down the coast as we head into tonight.

. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening from our nbc news election center. this are four days to go. and tonight donald trump and hillary clinton are playing the end game. they head into the final weekend of the race battling through a deafening echo hyper focused on the states and the voters they think can turn this close election their way. for trump, it means electoral speed dating as he races to nearly a dozen states between now and the election. while for clinton it's a strategic defense to what she hopes if a firm path to victory. andrea, good evening. >> good evening, lester. the pace is picking up, hillary clinton hitting three major cities in battleground hope is a winning streang going into this final weekend. hillary clinton tonight trying to protect democratic territory. rallying voters in states barack obama won easily four years ago. in pennsylvania -- >> this is one of those make or break moments for the united states. >> reporter: and michigan, where her lead now has narrowed to four points. the