lester? >> all right. jo ling consent with us tonight. thank you. >>> as stocks plunge, president trump was in ohio touting the economy and new tax laws. late today he returned to washington where he's facing another ticking clock. just three days left for lawmakers to cut a deal to fund the government or face another shutdown. nbc news chief white house correspondent hallie jackson has more. >> reporter: what about the dow? sir, the dow? it dropped? >> reporter: from president trump, no response about the dow drop walking into the white house after a cincinnati road trip to talk taxes. >> oh, i love the state of ohio. >> reporter: but coverage of that speech cut short as markets took a tumble. until now the surging stock market has been one of the president's favorite frequent talking points. >> we did, in fact, break 25,000. very substantially break it, very easily. so i guess our new number is 30,000. >> the stock market is shattering one record after another. >> you look at the stock mark

lester? >> hallie jackson at the white house tonight, thank you. >>> and two weeks after the mass shooting at a florida high school, the president stood up to the national rifle association today. at least on some points. as he met with members of congress from both parties, mr. trump appeared to embrace new gun restrictions as he told them to come up with legislation aimed at preventing more school shootings. nbc's kristen wel erwelker with that story. >> reporter: under pressure after parkland, president trump taking on his own party and the national rifle association today. >> i'm a fan of the nra. that doesn't mean with have to agree. >> reporter: mr. trump at a free wheeling hour-long meeting with a group of bipartisan lawmakers trying to get something, anything done, appeared to embrace nearly everything he heard in the meeting from confiscating guns from those deemed dangerous, a move opposed by many conservatives. >> take the guns first, go through due process second. >> reporter: and

lester?> hallie jackson at the white house, thank you. >>> while all that continues to unfold the government is once again open for business after the second shutdown of the year ended just hours after it began overnight. president trump signed a bipartisan $400 billion deal to fund the government for the next two years after congress passed it in the wee hours of the morning. the bill is set to balloon the deficit over a trillion dollars. >>> another wild day on wall street. volatile swings ending with a late rally just before the closing bell. the dow finished up 330 points, though even with today's gains, the market has still posted the worst week in about two years. >>> we turn our attention once again here to pyeongchang and one of the brightest stars of team usa. she's already an olympic gold medalist. she took care of that in sochi, but now mikaela shiffrin is looking to make her mark in several events here and leave no question that she's one of the best skiers ever to compete. mikael

lester? >> all right, tom costello, thank you. >>> let's bring in our political director, the moderator of "meet the press," chuck todd. there's a lot to make of these indictments and the new terms in the mueller investigation. the president seems to be looking at this as a clean bill of health. where does this go from here? >> well, look, i think, number one, the mueller indictment was intended to be, as one prosecutor called it to me, a speaking indictment, meaning they know they're not ever going to get these folks in a courtroom to charge these russians, but it's more about explaining it to america exactly how they did it, almost ceding an explanation of what exactly mueller has been looking into. so in that sense the indictment is very explanatory and may get rid of some of the conspiracy theories that surround this probe. but the odd response by the president tonight where they're more focused on the idea that there was no evidence of collusion in these indictments rather than asking th

lester? >> kasie hunt at the capitol, thank you. >>> now to what brings us and the world's most elite athletes and hundreds of thousands of fans here to pyeongchang. all eyes are on south korea for the start of the winter olympics. but trying to steal the spotlight, north korea, with a massive show of force today and lots of buzz over someone very close to kim jong-un joining the olympic delegation. we get more from nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel in seoul. >> reporter: kim jong-un hailed today as he inspected his troops. it's part of a dual strategy he's using for the olympics, a mix of diplomacy and threats of force. today force was center stage. north korea moved up an annual military parade so its goose-stepping and dancing troops would be seen around the world just one day ahead of the opening ceremony. but getting even more attention has been kim jong-un's attempts at family diplomacy. he's sending his younger sister, kim yo-jong, to south korea as an olympic envoy wh

lester? >> hallie jackson at the white house tonight, thank you. >>> tonight the flu season is getting worse with the number of people hospitalized soaring to the highest in eight years. federal health officials say 16 more children have died from this year's flu, bringing the total to 53. and weeks after public health officials hope the season might have peaked, it's still going strong across most of the nation. we get the latest now from nbc's rehema ellis. >> reporter: 15-year-old kyra molina sent home after doctors in georgia said she tested negative for the flu. >> they said that it was allergies, send her back to school in two days. >> reporter: but five days later she died. her parents now warning -- >> do what you have to do. go have a recheck. double-check. >> reporter: the flu has killed 53 children so far this season compared to 15 this time last year. and half of the children this year have been perfectly healthy. today the cdc says while flu cases are starting to decrease slightl

lester?> kelly o'donnell, thank you. >>> one indicted is a secretive figure known as putin's chef, and while he has a connection to the food, the indictment says the role is more sinister. our chief foreign correspondent has more now. >> reporter: one the most powerful, and now the u.s. special prosecutor said he was deeply connected to the russian campaign to sway the 2016 election for president trump. >> well, he's a big character, controversial. >> reporter: why the nickname "the chef"? he reportedly served jail time for robbery started off selling hot dogs, went on to run a catering company servicing schools, the military, kremlin, and dinners for visiting u.s. presidents. the indictment said putin's so-called chef handles the kremlin's under the table operations like a disinformation factory. the internet research agency that fed social media during the campaign. how does someone go from catering to special jobs for the kremlin? >> outsources became the kremlin's tactics many years ago b

lester? >> yeah, familiar images we've seen far too many places too many times. all right, tammy leitner in parkland, florida. as the terror unfolded inside that school, parents also endured agonizing moments of uncertainty as they rushed to the campus to find their children. one mother and son spoke to our affiliate wtvj just moments after reuniting. >> the fire alarm went off, so everybody was going outside like a regular fire drill, and then all of a sudden i heard, like, two gunshots and then i just see a whole bunch of people start running my direction. >> i just picked up my cell phone and all i could hear was him yelling, there's a shooting at school, mom, there's a shooting at school, happening right now. so i just told him, run, baby, run, run, run. >> and all the administrators and teachers just hold us to start running so i was just running. >> i just felt panicked. you know? and helpless. there's nothing you can do. your kid is running for his life and there's nothing you can do.

our thanks to lester for that story., you can catch all the olympic action right here at 8:00 eastern. that is "nightly news" for this thursday night. i'm savannah guthrie in for lester. i'll see you tomorrow morning bright and early on "today." thank you so much for watching and have a great night. pornographic pictu members of a public agency. tonight, we have the results of the investigation into the official behind >>> pornographic pictures sent to members of a public agency. we have the results of an investigation into the official behind it. the news at 4:00 starts right now. good afternoon. thank you for joining us for this olympics edition of nbc bay area news. >> we'll get to south korea in a few minutes but first we learned about this because of a sexual harassment complaint by one member of the harbor district against another. nbc bay area reporter broke the story and now has the actual photos that caused the uproar. >> the district board voted to release this investigation report publicly and that means sexua

lester? >> steve patterson in los angeles, thank you. >>> turning to another big story now as team usa prepares for the opening ceremony of the winter olympics just a week from now, we've learned of a secret e-mail showing a top u.s. olympic committee official was told of the sex abuse allegations against dr. larry nassar far earlier than the committee previously acknowledged. more than a year before the story would go public. nbc's senior national correspondent kate snow has the new details for us. >> reporter: for the women who have spoken in court and their attorneys, today's revelation is a bombshell. >> they've engaged in a cover-up of the worst child molester perhaps in american history. >> reporter: nearly a year before the public would first learn about accusations against dr. larry nassar, a top official at the u.s. olympic committee knew. the head of usa gymnastics at the time, steve penny, sent an e-mail to the current chief security officer for the u.s. olympic committee larry bue

lester? >> kasie hunt at the capitol, thank you. us and the world's most elitetess of thousands of fans here korea for the start the winter olympics. but trying to steal the spotlight, north korea, with aves kim jong-un joining the olympic delegation. we get more from nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel in seoul. >> reporter: kim jong-un hailed today as he troops. it's part of a dual strategy he's using for the olympics a mix of diplomacy and threats of force. center oved upual military dancing troops would d of the opening ceremony. but getting attent kim jong-un's attempts at family'sen plomac korea as an olympic delegation having lunkorea's like the reclusive known about her. believed to be 30 years old, studied with her brother in switzerland and was recently promoted to help lead the ruling party's propaganda and agitation department. but friday at the opening ceremony the woman described inan media askim jong-un's ivanka vate n president pence. de experts warn north korea's nuclear threat is unlikely to change.

lester? >> kerry sanders tonight, thank you. >>> a new severe taking aim at the middle the middle of the country after powerful storms spawned deadly tornadoes, ending the longest stretch on record without a fatal twister in the u.s. here's nbc's ron mott. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: a handful of tornadoes tearing through arkansas, tennessee and kentucky, killing at least five. >> a gutter just floored me. it just knocked me down. >> this is the living room. >> reporter: gwendolyn woods was watching tv with her family when 125 mile-per-hour winds sent them scrambling for cover. >> the ceiling fell right in there. >> reporter: the living room ceiling collapsed. >> i heard someone say "get to the bathroom" and then i heard a big, a loud boom, and so i just went into my bathroom up front and started praying to god. >> reporter: across the region, neighbors lent a helping hand. elsewhere, flooding continues to threaten communities especially along the ohio river, hitting its highest level in 20 y

lester? >> all right, must have been something to witness in person. costello, thank you. >>> not quite orbit, but another wild ride on wall street, dramatic swings as the dow plunged at the open, rebounded before finishing up 567 points. so for everyone rushing to check the 401(k)s yesterday, you probably feel a bit better tonight. nbc news business correspondent, jolene kent went down to the stock exchange to get a first look at the volatility and what it means for your money. >> reporter: first, a plunge. >> you may be having a fakeout. >> reporter: the dow is sinking 565 points at the opening bell. 24 minutes later, a surge up into the green, up 367. moments later, down again by 236. by the end of the day, the dow soaring 567 points at the close. what's happening here? what's behind this rally? >> it's a bounce back. it's an opportunity. yesterday the market sold off. a little over 4% was an exaggerated move. today once the market calmed down a little bit. you've got opportunistic trader types. they are running in and buying stock. >> reporter: tra

by the way, a program note, lester is on his way. his live coverage from pyeongchang begins tomorrow night right here on "nightly." we hope you will join us. >>> today, we learned more schools are closing down because of the flu, this time in chicago. and hospitalizations are soaring. they're on pace to exceed the record set just four years ago. so why did fewer than half of americans usually even get the flu shot? tonight, nbc news medical correspondent dr. john torres digs into it and debunks some frequent myths about the vaccine. >> reporter: 38-year-old heather holland was a popular second grade teacher in texas. today parents and students are grieving her death from the flu. >> she was really nice to all the kids. >> reporter: the flu continues to claim lives, including 53 children across the country. and yet, one study showed that more than 53% of adults are not vaccinated. >> this year i didn't get my flu shot because i simply didn't make the time. >> reporter: karen sullivan leads a county health department in montana, but di

up next is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. i'll see you back here at 11:00. >>> tonight, a historic moment in the future of space travel. an eruption of cheers as the world's most powerful rocket lifts a cherry red sports car toward space and sticks a landing. >>> another day of dramatic swings on wall street, and the dow ending up over 500 points. tonight what to make of the wild ride and your money. >>> don't look now. are we headed for another government shutdown? >> i'd love to see a shutdown if we don't get this stuff taken care of. >> president trump says bring it on unless his immigration demands are met. and his chief of staff raising eyebrows by suggesting some dreamers are lazy. >>> critics raising questions about the judging system. nbc news investigates. >>> and have these students found the secret to being happy? the most popular class ever. >>> this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. >>> good evening, everyone, it's great to have you with us. perhaps since not the last space shuttle flight in 2011 has there be

lester, when i return to washington, d.c., i'm going to look into the matter, and i'll share my counsel with the president directly. >> and what about the chief of staff? >> as i said, i think the white house has

lester? >> kerry sanders in florida tonight, thank you. >>> there was a scare at the white house this afternoon after a vehicle rammed into a security barrier. the white house was put on lockdown. the woman driving the white van was immediately arrested. law enforcement officials tell nbc news she was known to the secret service because she had been around the white house before. the president was inside meeting with the australian prime minister at the time. there were no injuries. >>> now to a major development in robert mueller's russia probe. a former top trump campaign official, rick gates, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy and lying to investigators. gates is now the third trump associate to strike a deal to cooperate with mueller. his plea puts new pressure on the former trump campaign chief paul manafort. new fraud charges were revealed against manafort who maintains his innocence. >>> tonight news from the cdc on the nation's flu emergency. 13 more children have died bringing the to

lester? >> all right, catie beck, thank you. >>> we are learning chilling new details about the 19-year-old accused of taking all those lives. the suspected shooter making his first appearance in court today charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder. and tonight questions swirling over whether the fbi and others missed an opportunity to prevent him from carrying out the plot. we've got it all cov covered beginning with gabe gutierrez who is outside the school. >> reporter: newly released court documents reveal that 19-year-old knicknikolas cruz revealed he was the one that barged into the school and opened fire. he went up and down several stairs and started shooting at five classrooms. tonight investigators are frantically piecing together a timeline of yet another massacre. it was almost the end of the school day when the horror began. authorities say the gunman had taken an uber to his former high school heavily armed with a vest, ammunition and an ar-15 bought legally a year ago and h

our thanks to lester for that story., you can catch all the olympic action right here at 8:00 eastern. that is "nightly news" for this thursday night. i'm savannah guthrie in for lester. i'll see you tomorrow morning bright and early on "today." thank you so much for watching and have a great night. >>> oh yeah, thars good. >> you will never guess how britney spears played part in that winning gold. >> it's a shame that not everyone enjoyed it. >> scrutinized and judged for decades, can we please leave jennifer aniston alone. >> she said "so you're my dad's friend." >> and we know a little something about hies fishing. >> but pyeongchang takes it to a whole other level. >> right now on access, 20 years in the making, a celebration for the ages, usa wins the gold. >> the game ended at 2:15 a.m. eastern time with a lot of drama. >> hollywood could not have scripted it any better. >> it is the greatest honor of our lives right now. >> the united states won the gold medal in women's ice hockey for the second time. the first

lester, a new twist in the nfl this year. fans with ticket can clear security at the mall of america and jump on a train and get into the stadium. surely the quickest and warmest way to get here tomorrow. >> you feel the presence. it doesn't feel heavy handed. thank you very much. >>> there are new claims and counter claims tonight about the declassified memo released by republicans on the russia investigation. on one hand president trump weighed in on twitter while a prominent democrat issued his own opinion. kelly o'donnell now with the president in florida. she has the latest. >> reporter: from inside the presidential motorcade this morning headed to his florida golf club, president trump made a sweeping assertion during his ten minute ride, claiming the republican memo from the house intelligence committee that he declassified actually clears him. this memo totally vindicates trump, then tweeted the russia investigation as an american disgrace. but a striking contrast from a top republican who actually co-authored that me

lester? >> all right, andrea mitchell, thank you. >>> let's turn now to the turmoil inside the white house over what officials knew and when about domestic violence allegations against a former top aide. in an extraordinary moment, the fbi director under oath before congress today threw a wrench in what the white house says happened. we get the latest from nbc white house correspondent kristen welker. >> reporter: tonight the white house on defense amid questions about whether top officials here were trying to protect staff secretary rob porter, whose security clearance was held up amid allegations of spousal abuse and concerns about potential blackmail, all after fbi director christopher wray contradicted the administration's account of porter's ouster today. >> the fbi submitted a partial report on the investigation in question in march, and then a completed background investigation in late july. well administratively closed the file in january. >> reporter: for days, the white house has in

lester? >> kasie hunt in virginia for us tonight. thank you. >>> another big story we're following this evening is the battle brewing between president trump and his own fbi director who was sounding the alarm over the potential release of that republican memo in the russia investigation. the president indicating he'll release it. the fbi now signaling grave concerns over its accuracy. urging the president not to do it. we get all the latest now from nbc's peter alexander. >> reporter: tonight, president trump again clashing with his fbi director. this time christopher wray, the man he hand picked to replace james comey. the flashpoint, a controversial republican memo alleging anti-trump bias within the fbi and justice department. the bureau tonight waging an extraordinary public campaign to prevent the classified document's release. warning of grave concerns about facts left out that fundamentally impact the memo's accuracy. >> mr. president, any response -- >> reporter: president trump toni

lester?kristen welker, thanks. >>> a suspicious letter was sent to an apartment belonging to the president's daughter-in-law and wife of donald trump jr. vanessa trump. she was taken to the hospital along with two others as a precaution, but there is no indication of harm. officials tell nbc news the letter was postmarked from the boston area and the powder likely cornstarch. further testing is needed on it. >>> a big development today in the battle against the nation's deadly opioid crisis. oxycontin, the world's best-selling opioid painkiller generated almost $2 billion in sales in 2017 alone. startingmaker announced it would no longer market the drug to doctors. kristen doahlgren has more on this topic "one nation overdosed." >> reporter: this woman still remembers her spiral from oxycontin into heroin addiction. >> i think i lost everything in 30 days. >> reporter: for her, todayed change to oxycontin's marketing is a long time coming. >> oxycontin is one of the drugs that was told to peo

lester? >> kelly, thank you. >>> as the united states navigates a tense relationship with iran, the country marked the 39th anniversary of the islamic revolution. there was a massive display of support following weeks of anti-government protests. nbc reports now from tehran. >> reporter: today, the faithful flooded the streets of iran's capital city, but all is not well in islamic republic. the anniversary usually marks widespread displays of anti-americani anti-americanism, music, with only a few u.s. flags burned in protest. although large crowds have come out to celebrate the anniversary of the revolution, for many iranians, this is been the winds of content. earthquake, pollution, protests, and thawing prices leaving questions unanswered. just weeks ago, anti-government demonstrations rocked the establishment, and they were followed by small, but significant women's protests over the mandatory vail. >> that we are varied in iran, can be unprecedented. >> reporter: now, more than ever, ira

guthrie in for lester. tonight, the inner circle at the white house is reeling after one of the president's closest aides who spends most of his days in and around the oval office suddenly resigned. it happened fast after his two ex-wives came forward with graphic stories of domestic abuse and in one case, a picture that one of the women says proves it. tonight, the question, who at the white house knew? nbc's white house correspondent kristen welker starts us off. >> reporter: tonight, shockwaves at the white house after one of the president's most trusted advisers, rob porter, resigned. amid allegations by two ex-wives of verbal and physical abuse. porter sits outside the oval office and controls all the documents that land on the president's desk. in a statement, porter called the claims outrageous and simply false, and a coordinated smear campaign. >> the president, chief of staff, have had full confidence and trust in his abilities and his performance. >> reporter: overnight, chief of staff john kelly

now back to you in philly. >> thank you, lester. >>> this is sports desk.ught to you by xfinity. it will change the way you experi >>> danny pommells with you, top-ranked villanova took the floor looking for redemption after their loss to st. johns, the wildcats without two key starters. navy veteran tom robinson surprised his son back from a six-month deployment. to the action we go jalen brunson drains the floater. he had 27 nova up 4, but brunson upstaged by devin chenzo. give that man scuba gear deep enough to mikhail bridges with the steal and the 6, nova snap as three-game losing streak to butler. >>> 6ers game three of a home stand. following a loss to the pelicans last night. embiid outscored the pelicans 16-14 in the first quarter. jo-jo finished with 24 and 16 boards in 24 minutes of action. he started playing in back-to-back games last week dealing with an ankle injury. sat out the whole fourth quarter. what embiid did to tonight's opponent deandre jordan of the clippers the last time they faced off. tuned them up for 32 points and 16 rebounds. a

i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching, and goodnight. : we have new information about the latest immigration sweep in the bay >>> right now at 6:00 we're following breaking news. we have new information about the latest immigration fears in the bay area and beyond. >> president trump wants to dock down on undocumented citizens. affthose arrest have criminal convi c convictions. damian, there is palpable fear in that area tonight. >> reporter: you, that news not going to sit here. this area already been hit hard economically in the last couple of day and they blame it all on the fears of the i.c.e. operations. yesterday business dropped by more than half. >> it's been really slow. >> reporter: same thing down the street at the tax office. a few customers today. half as many as monday. >> based on all the comments and social media comments about immigration visiting households in our neighborhoods and also businesses. >> reporter:

he got a picture with lester holt when he arrived in minneapolis. he's going to be taking pictures and sharing photos on twitter and facebook. remember, this sunday you can watch it all right here on nbc bay area. >>> for the record, on sunday, it's going to be just six degrees with wind chill feeling like minus 5, maybe minus 10. back here across the bay area, the opposite story, record setting high 76 today in san jose. we'll let you know the best beach weather that's expected in eight minutes. >>> we don't know anything about it. >> that's not what you want to hear when you call the bank about an account worth thousands of dollars. we have one man's eight year fight plus what you need to do differently starting tonight. nbc bay area responds tonight. >>> his side of the story. an nbc exclusive. the man who triggered hawaii's false missile alert. stay with us. tested again in hawaii... the first time since a false missile alert sent panic and >>> emergency alert sirens being tested again in hawaii, the first time since the false alert sent panic a

up next, lester holt anchoring our coverage from south korea. we'll see you then. >> see you at 4:00. hope to see you then. bye. >>> breaking news tonight, it has happened again. another deadly mass shooting at an american high school. this time in florida. terrifying scenes emerging from inside. >> [ bleep ]. >> oh, my god. >> there are multiple people dead, and many injured after police say a former student suddenly opened fire. kids and teachers hiding in horror under desk, inside closets. parents rushing to find their children. >> i heard, like, two gunshots, and then i just see a whole bunch of people start running my direction. >> tonight, we're learning about the accused gunman and we're hearing from survivors who made it out alive. >>> also tonight, the money trail from president trump's

coverage continues on "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. that's ahead at 6:30. >>> here at home, all new at 6:00 -- police say the group you see here built a cross-state pipeline that put assault rifles in the hands of people that should never have had them. they brought them in from ohio to south jersey where they were sold to criminals throughout camden. cydney long was there today as they announced several arrests. and more on how the ring operated. >> reporter: police tell me it was a heroin drug dealer arrest, as well as a routine traffic stop in west virginia that was anything but routine because as soon as police dug deeper, they cracked this gun trafficking ring wide open. they are military grade weapons of war. >> 17 guns linked to this weapons trafficking ring were recovered. >> reporter: ar-15s, ak-47s and pistols with high capacity magazines like this confiscated from criminal hands on the streets of camden. >> each gun that we seize or take off the street is a life or multiple lives that we save in the process. >> reporter: pol

lester? >> kerry sanders, thank you. >>> as that community laid to rest two more victims today we saw many young survivors and fellow teenagers driving a movement for tougher gun laws as the debate rages in washington. we have it all covered beginning with nbc's gabe gutierrez [ chanting ] >> reporter: in broward county, florida, today, a focus fury. >> it's important we come together now since adults are not doing it for us. >> reporter: a rally for tougher gun laws led by teenagers who say they're fed up with being the mass shooting generation. >> i remember the first time i heard about sandy hook, talking about virginia tech. >> reporter: since late last week, the never again movement exploded on social media. >> they say tougher gun law doss not degree keys gun violence, we call. >> all: b.s.! >> reporter: douglas high school junior is one of the organizers. >> this time it will be different because those deeply affected are the people speaking out. >> reporter: today students pro test ed

i'm savannah guthrie in tonight for lester. it's been a day of hope and heartbreak for this movement of students left anguished and angry, but galvanized to force change after the latest school massacre in florida. right now over 100 survivors from marjory stoneman douglas high school are on their way to florida's capital to confront the governor over gun laws. these protests are showing no signs of slowing down. in fact, they're growing. a big show of solidarity today as students at several florida high schools got up and walked out, demanding their message be heard. nbc's kerry sanders starts us off tonight from tallahassee. >> reporter: students, survivors, and now activists. >> we are demanding change. we have stared down the barrel of an ar-15 ourselves. >> reporter: more than 100 from marjory stoneman douglas high school on an eight-hour trip to meet lawmakers and rally outside the florida state capitol tomorrow. >> now is the time to make compromise, to come together. >> stop gun violence! >> reporter: again today across

lester holt joins >>> breaking news on multiple fronts this friday night. a bombshell from the special counsel. robert mueller indicts 13 russians. the first charges for interfering in the 2016 election. the details on how they did it laid out like a spy thriller. tonight president trump responds. and we ask what is being done to stop the russians from doing it again? >>> also tonight, a stunner from the fbi. admitting that it was warned last month that nikolas cruz had a desire to kill and could carry out a school shooting. but no one at the fbi investigated before the massacre. >> they need to protect our students. they need to protect our teachers, our children, every person in this country needs to be protected. the fact that they failed us, it makes me

that's, i think, back to what you said earlier, lester, about putting more pressure on paul manafort to cooperate with investigators and perhaps do a plea deal of his own. >> and this question may come up here shortly. the president is about to appear with the australian prime minister. they'll each take a couple of questions. we suspect one of those, or at least one of those may be about the latest wrinkle in the mueller investigation. let me bring in nbc's chuck todd as we await the president. chuck, they indictments not directly linked to the campaign or the idea of russian collusion. but what puzzle do they continue to fill out? >> well, one of the biggest puzzle pieces, of course, was if you recall during the republican convention, there was a dramatic change in the republican party platform on arming ukraine against russia, about giving arms to ukraine. and it's literally -- it got stricken from the platform and there was always this controversy, how did it happen and paul manafort denied it. so this is how it comes into the trump campaign is my point here. why when you look at

lester holt is next. >>> tonight, demanding actions. students, parents and teachers taking an emotional message straight to the president. >> my daughter has no voice. she was murdered last week. and she was taken from us. >> while all across the country, thousands of students walking out of schools to rally for tougher gun laws. >> survivors of the florida school shooting leading a charge for change. >>> remembering america's pastor, tributes pouring in for reverend billy graham. the evangelical leader of enormous influence who prayed beside 12 presidents, gone at 99. >>> under siege in syria, children pleading for help. >> children of ghouta. >> hundreds killed in some of the deadliest days there in years. >>> your family's health. new hope for fighting peanut allergies in millions of children. >>> and solid gold. the only mother on team usa makes history and the u.s. women's hockey team about to take an their fiercest rivals. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening from the olympici in pyeongchang,

for now, i'm lester holt. nbc news. >>> nbc 10 breaking news. >> that breaking news if you've been watching our air, a shooting at a high school in south florida leaves at least 14 people injured. the local sheriff just reported there are fatalities. >> lauren mayk is live in the breaking news center. lauren, what can you tell us at this point? >> the sheriff there now says the shooter is in custody but this is still a very active scene. take a look. we have a live look at marjory stoneman douglas high school. dozens of law enforcement vehicles are still at the school along with heavily armed officers. and we just learned that multiple s.w.a.t. teams are inside clearing all the buildings there to make sure there aren't any other shooters. and we are getting a first look inside the school when the gunfire broke out. [ gunfire ] >> parkland, florida, is on the southern tip of the state between boca raton and ft. lauderdale in broward county. students ran from the school with their hands in the air to let officer