que lo haga lester.os? nosotros no hemos dormido tranquilos. estamos siendo perseguidos. somos estudiantes. ¿y por qué estoy hablando y por qué me salto la palabra suya? porque nosotros hemos puesto los muertos. nosotros hemos puest los desaparecidos. tiffany: el presidente escuchó sin inmutarse mientras el joven de 20 años lo encaró. lester: en lo que se ha convertido este país es en un genocidio. tiffany: su madre lo vio en la televisión con una mezcla de orgullo y temor. leslie: esa autoridad confío que dios se la de. tiffany: pero ese coraje tuvo un precio, y las amenazas los estudites que participaban en la mesa del dialogo nacional se escondieron. lester canceló todas sus cuentas en las redes sociales y se fue de su casa para proteger a su familia. lester: estoy entregado a nicaragua, pero a mi familia no. es como mi fuerza, mi núcleo perfecto y lo que me da estabilidad. tiffan n que no reveláramos el barrio o la calle donde vive su familia para protegerlos. sus padres viven solos en una casita hum

lester? >> thank you, pete. we're learning about the victims, journalists killed while doing their jobs. tonight, we're hearing from friends and family. here is nbc's catie beck. >> have a great day. be safe. you know, i love you. >> reporter: thursday was maria hiaasen's birthday. she was waiting for her husband rob to come home before opening the gift he left before work. >> there it was on the dining room table, the birthday gift that i, i didn't open yet. i read the card last night but i can't quite bring myself to open the gift. >> as assistant editor, rob was a mentor to young writers. he was one of five killed in the capital gazette newsroom. >> he was part poet, this gentle giant of mine, of ours, a great journalist don't be mistaken. but he understood the great humanity that is this mess of a world. >> reporter: still this morning, like always, the capital waited at the foot of annapolis driveways, the small staff banding together to put out its own bad news. honoring those who never

lester? >> pete williams tonight, thanks. >>> we'll turn now to the nbc news report making a lot of headlines as thousands of people protest the trump administration's zero tolerance policies that separate families illegally crossing the boarder. tonight we're taking you inside america's largest detention facility for migrant children holding 1400 kids apart from their parents. nbc's jacob soboroff was one of the first reporters granted access and joins us now from brownsville, texas with your first look inside. jacob, good evening. >> reporter: good evening to you, lester. i have to tell you it was a shocking and frankly overwhelming experience to go inside this former walmart called the casa padre shelter. it is more like a jail or a prison inside because these kids are incarcerated 22 hours a day they're inside, they get to go outside for only two hours. we were not allowed to bring our cameras inside this facility but we were provided with handout video from the department of health and h

lester? >> gabe gutierrez, in mcallen, texas, thank you. >>> now to those still unanswered questions about what comes next for these children, first and foremost how and when will they be reunited with their parents? while the president may have backed down on separating them, he made it clear today the political battle is far from over. nbc news white house correspondent kristen welker has the story. >> reporter: a soft touch with the first >> i want to thank you for your hard work. >> reporter: but a hard line on immigration from the president himself. >> they're the worst immigration laws in the history of the world. >> reporter: a day after the president retreated on the issue of separating families, there's still no public plan in place to reunite those roughly 2,300 children with their parents. dhs secretary kirstjen nielsen on capitol hill unable to answer basic questions about their fate. >> what happens to the kids now they've been separated from their parents? >> we're implementing

lester? >> kristen welker, thank you. >>> this evening there is violent weather firing up across the west. a tornado caught along with heavy rain and hail the size of golf balls near denver. meanwhile, another severe storm hitting the midwest overnight, triggering flash floods and high-water rescues in rockford, illinois. >>> a major threat for millions continuing late into the night and all the way down to texas. al roker now joining us. he's monitoring all. al, what has you most concerned? >> well, lester, right now we are watching these systems stretching from utah all the way to washington, d.c. as we go to the radar, you can see that line of thunderstorms we've got still a tornado watch from eastern half of colorado, severe thunderstorm watches for western kansas. as we slide down to the south, you can see this low pressure system. you don't need to have a tropical system to cause massive rainfall and that's what we're seeing tonight. big storms firing up continuing to bring in and draw

lester? >> pete williams, thank you. >>> president trump hailed the court's cision as a tremdous victory at the white house today. he also seized the moment to press for his proposed border wall while another member of his cabinet got an intense confrontation in public over the separation of migrant families at the border. nbc's peter alexander has the story. >> the supreme court ruling was a tremendous victory for this country and the constitution. >> reporter: president trump tonight claiming vindication. >> the ruling shows that all of the attacks from the media and the democrat politicians are wrong. >> reporter: mr. trump reveling in a rare judicial win but on capitol hill demrats bashing the decision as disappointing. >> i say who's going to be next. is the president going to issue an executive order against mexicans? >> reporter: keith ellison, the first muslim in congress, warning the ruling should make all americans nervous. >> what it says is, as long as the president invokes nation

nightly news with lester holt is up next. >> we'll be back at 6:00. see you then. >>> tonight, the biggest change for the supreme court in half a century. swing justice anthony kennedy announcing his retirement giving president trump another seat to fill and conservatives a shot at dominating the highest court for years to come. >> we will begin our search for a new justice of the united states supreme court that will begin immediately. >> how it could impact abortion, gay rights and much more. >>> stunning primary upset, how a newcomer knocked down a top democrat and what it means for the critical midterms.>>> extreme weather, the family terrified as a tornado comes right at them and dangerous heat threatening 160 it. >>> hijacking false alarm, scary moments when police storm an airplane. >>> racist rant. >> why do you hate us? >> because we're mexican? >> the man targeted in a shocking viral video speaking out. >>> need some peace and quiet? we'll take you to the quietest place in america. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >

jacob, good evening. ep >>ter: good evening to you, lester. it was a shocking and frankly overwhelming experience to gosi this former walmart that's a shelter. they call it a shelter but it's more like a jail or prison inside because these kids are incarcerated 22 hours a day. they are inside and get to go outside for only two hours. we were not aloud to bring our cameras inside this facility but we were handed video. these kids are contlled by the government 24 hours a day. everything ty do and there is an increasing number of them inside this facility serated from their parents at the southern border as a result of that trump administration policy. one official asked us literally to smile at the children because they feel like they are animcked up in cages. those are the words she used. es there are no cr fences inside. the conditions are relatively good given the circumstances but these kids, it an believable experience they are going through and only more of them are being separated from pants. ut> jacob, there is news a new bill that woul

i'm lester holt reporting from mission, texas. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching, and good night. now: good evening and thanks for joining us. i )m jessica aguirr. and i )m raj mathai. late today -- a verdict regarding a local donald trump rally. >>> the news at 6:00 starts right now. >> late today a verdict regarding a local donald trump rally. not guilty. this evening, five protesters accused of beating a man at a pro-trump rally in berkley last year are free. nbc bay area's terry mcsweeney joins us from superior court in oakland for the reaction to the so-called berkley five. >> reporter: members of anti-fa were accused of misdemeanor assault for attacking a man as he was being treated by a pair immediat -- paramedic last year. we have video of the rally in berkley last march. violence breaking out between the president's supporters and his opponents. the district attorney said the five men attacked a man as he was being treated by paramedics and paramedics testified, so did police officers who said they saw the

lester? >> thank you. >>> despite the executive order, there is a catch having to do with how long children can be held in the federal detention centers with their parents. jacob soboroff has been looking into that and joins us from texas tonight. jacob, good evening. >> reporter: lester, good evening to you. we do not know how long these families will be detained together. what we do know is children that were held alone in facilities like this will now be housed with their parents. historically the length of those family detentions could be up to 20 days long. we expect that to be challenged in court and when that happens those detentions could stretch on for months on end if not indefinitely pending the outcome of immigration proceedings. one other thing we don't know tonight is where those detentions will take place. more unanswered questions tonight, lester. >> thank you. the immigratcr> ashat battle pl there is also a flood emergency plaguing parts of soh xa the coast is inundated with

entonces decÍan, lester. exponerse de esa manera. >> yo me puse tan mal y como madre, pero a la vez dije, por quÉ le vamos a tener miedo? por quÉ? si le estamos diciendo la verdad. stephanie: llegÓ el dÍa esperado. los obispos invocaron una oraciÓn. Ésa era la seÑal para interrumpir la agenda. >> cuando mencionan el amÉn, es ahora. ustedes saben muy bien el dolor que hemospidieron 28 dÍas. puede dos meses todos tranquilos? nosotros no hemos dormido tranquilos. estamos siendo perseguidos. nosotros hemos puesto los muertos . nosotros hemos puesto los desaparecidos. >> el presidente escuchÓ sin inmutarse mientras el joven de 20 aÑos lo encarÓ. >> lo que se ha convertido en este paÍs es un genocidio. >> su madre lo vio en la televisiÓn con una mezcla de orgullo y temor. >> esa autoridad, confÍo que dios se la dio. >> pero ese coraje tuvo un precio y las amenaza llegaron rÁpidamente. los estudiantes que participaban en la mesa del diÁlogo lobo nacional se escondieron. lester cancelÓ todas sus cuentas en las redes

i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thanu now: thanks for joining us.m janelle wang, in for raj >>> the news at 6 starts now. good friday evening. thanks for joining us. >> a massive plan to defraud investors, doctors and patients. using a glamorous but too good to be true technology. the accusations coming from federal court tonight after were slammed with nearly a dozen indictments. sam brock spoke with the attorneys and fraud experts. here's live from outside the federal courthouse. this is a huge fall from grace for holmes particularly. >> it reall a h she was a silicon valley sensation. over night billionaire. dozens upon dozens of doctors and the savviest investors in the world. despite that she resigned this morning. hours later in federal court facing criminal charges. >> at one point the golden girl of silicon valley. is now facing illegal reckoning. the 34 year-old walked out without comment after eleven counts of wire fraud or conspiracy to commit >> he pled not guilty because he is not guilty. we intend to contest the charges. he invested mi

. >> announcer: this is n brks krr"nbc night news" with lester holt. >>> president trump labeling unfair, a judge's decision to revoke bail for former campaign chief paulna rt. manafort under indictment by robert mueller's team for alleged money laundering and othch ges was whisked from a courtroom to a jail cell after prosecutors charged him with evidence tampering. could this change his mind aboutra coopeting with the special counsel? our justice correspondent pete williams has details. >> reporter: paul manafort's arrival at federal court in washington was one of his last moments as a freeman after mueller's prosecutors charged him with trying to influence witnesses who might be called to testify about his lobbying for ukraine. in court, judge amy berman jackson said there was no way to prevent him from doing it again. this is not middle ol sche said, i can't take away his cell phone. federal marshalls took him into custody in the courtroom and just before leaving, he turned and waved to his wife kathleen. she left the courthouse without her husband of 40 years. the president said it

lester? >> tom costello, thank t'ou. >>> take a turn to the battle over the supreme court. president trump facing visiting wisconsin today to tout his aim, a major decision that could reshape the t highest court land for a generation so what will he nominate to replace out going justice anthony kennedc' peter alexander tells us who is on his short list. >> reporter: president trump making the surge r a nominee a top priority. >> i'm going back to washington and we're going to pick ourselves one great e united states supr court justice. >> reporter: the president determined to find a nominee young enough to make ain ladifference. >> we have to pick one that's going to be there for 40 years, 45 years. >> reporter: on the short list, all appeals court judges including amy barrett of indiana, brett kavanaugh of maryland. whoever is confirmed is sure to be more g onservative than requirstice anthony kennedy. in wisconsin the president boasting about a 10 billion investment witan ectronics giant. >

lester? >> peter alexander in south carolina, thank you. >>> these are desperate days for the families separated before president trump's order reversing that policy. for most, the process of reuniting is a grueling exercise in frustration. at the same time, we're learning more about what it's like inside some of the facilities holding the en. nbc's gabe gutierrez reports from texas once again tonight. >> reporter: tonight a first look inside a tent city along the u.s./mexico border housing hundreds of migrant children. journalists were given a tour but no cameras allowed inside. the department of health and human services provided this video. it shows children being examined at the onsite medical clinic and lined up at the cafeteria. the contractor running the facility says the process is flawed and the facility would not be necessary bout the separations which it says harm the children. >> we're aggressively looking for parents and if they are having a hard time, we're going to find them. >

i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and goodnight now: good evening and thanks for joining us. i )m jessica aguirre. and i )m raj mathai. >>> good evening, thanks for joining us. i'm jessica aguirre. >> and i'maj mathai. appreciate what we have because one day it will be gone. the warriors third championship parade in the past four years, this one just as memorable but also very different. an estimated 1illion people in downtown oakland perhaps you were one of them or just watching on tv or online, around the world people wer watching. oakland shining and basking in the spotlight. steph curry in charge of the trophy and cementing themselves as the dynasty. nick young, swaggy p sell britting. and his excitement was contagious and even commandeering tha golf cart. in years past draymond green worked the crowd but today much for reserved, perhaps fatherhood has changed him. during the live broadcast we added a team ofeporrs in wn oakland. let's begin with damian trujillo. >

lester? >> all right.eter alexander at the white house, thank you. >>> tonight on our nbc news excluvee learned hundreds of children are stuck at u.s. border stations and are rapidly running out of space after many were separated from their parents under the trump administration's zero tolerance policy for migrants crossing into the u.s. illegally. nbc news national rrespoent miguel almaguer has the story. >>orr: ton hundreds of migrant children, many separated from their parents at border facilities so crowded they often lack adequate bedding, tr medical supplies. according to a nbc news, of the 550 children in custody as of sunday, nearly 300 have spent more than 72 hours at border stations. surpassing government time limits. >> it's no place to hold a childor long-terte period of time. >> reporter: it comes after the trump administration's zero tolerance policy. prosecuting all adults who enter the country illegally. two u.s. officials tell nbc news health and human services wasn't given proper warning

lester? >> all right. andrea mitchell, thank you. >>> as the events unfolded here in singapore, south korea was looking on wh high stakes in the outcome. when president trump announced he's halti military exercises with them, it seems he not only surprised the south koreans but u.s. forces in the region, too. nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel is in seoul and has reaction for us tonight. >> reporter: across south korea today, hope this histori handshake means peace is finally in the air. president moon jae-in, who met kim jong-un to help organize this summit, said he was so excited he couldn't sleep last night. f but now,ocus here is turning to that curvall. president trump saying while u.s. troops would remain in south korea, no more war games.> e will be stopping the war games, which will save us a emendous amount of money unless and until we see that the future negotiation is not going along like it should. >> reporter: but twice annual war games and joint exercises are the cornerstone o

lester? >> all right. thank you. ni >>> this e there is violent weather firing up across the map from the rockies to the miest. in colorado a tornado caught on camera and hail the size of gf balls near denver. another severe storm hitting the midwest overnight triggering flash floods and high water rescues in rockford,nois. >>> a major threat for millions continuing late into the night and all the way down s, to te al roker joining us. he's monitoring all. what h you most concerned? >> reporter: right now we are watching these systems stretching way utah all the to washington, d.c. as we go to the radar. you can see that line of t nderstorms we've got still a tornado tch for eastern half of colorado and as we slide down to the south you can see this low pressure system. you don't need to have a tropical system to rainfallssive and that's what we're seeing tonight. big storms firing up continuing to bring in and draw in tropical moisture. we've got a continued risk for flooding tonight into tomorrow from corpus christ

lester? >> garrett haake, thank you. in reaction to the latest massacre, law enforcement moved to step up security at many there have been more than 150 mass shootings in the u.s. just this year. nbc's tom costello has been talking to the experts about what's become a disturbing part of everyday life in america. >> reporter: it's become a nauseatingly common occurrence in america, another mass shooting in a year of mass shootings. >> i heard them shouting, get down on the floor. don't move. >> reporter: while ever american knows instinctively what to do when the fire alarm rings, schools conduct active shooter drills for a scenario that seems far more likely. >> mass shootings are part of the culture and psyche in america. the numbers get greater every year that we have to deal with and every employee has to consider what he or she is going to do if they have to face that moment. >> reporter: today's shooting, the 154th just this year. from marjory stoneman douglas in florida to santa fe high

lester? >> richard engel in seoul for us tonight. thank you. and meantime, as president trump prepares to sit down with a dictator, he's fresh off a new feud with some of america's closest allies, including our neighbors to the north in canada and prime minister justin trudeau. our chief white house correspondent hallie jackson has that end of the story for us. >> reporter: as president trump tries to find peace with an enemy, he's fighting with a friend. he and his advisers throwing punches at canadian prime minister justin trudeau. >> he really kind of stabbed us in the back. >> there's a special place in hell for any foreign leader that engages in bad-faith diplomacy with president donald j. trump. >> reporter: the president calling trudeau dishonest and weak after the g7 summit in quebec. that's where trudeau made a measured comment calling new american tariffs on steel and aluminum insulting and promising to retaliate. >> canadians, we're polite, we're reasonable, but we also will not be pushed around. >> reporter: president trump keeping

lester? >> a grim and tough work. be gutierrez, thank you. >>> now to ourbc news exclusive w with a new harvey weinstein sexually assaulted her. melissa thompson is part a class action lawsuit fed against the disgraced movie mogul. she spoke with our stephanie gosk. >> did he force himself on you in the hotel room? >> he did. >> did he rape you? >> he did. >> reporter: melissa thompson was 27 years old when she went to harvey weinstein's new york office id. >> he quickly shooed people out of the room and said, don't interrupt, don't interrupt. do >> reporter:ho has video of e 2011 meeting and gave this screen grab to nbc ne. later that day, at weinstein's hotel room, she says he raped her. >> i can bary tal about it now, it was so traumatic. >> reporter: weinstein has repeatedly denied all allegations of sexual assault, insisting any sex was consensual. thompson is part of a class action lawsuit filed on friday. in the suit she accuse weinein's er, benjamin brafman, and a former associate, alekx spiro, of ung deceptiv

. >> lester holt is next. children in limbo. 500 now reunited with their parents according to the government. but where is the plan for the nearly 2,000 others? mothers waiting in agony. >> she says her son was taken away for seven days and she didn't know where he was and couldn't communicate him said she wanted to die. >> president trump tries to shift to american families to those been killed by undocumented immigrants. >>> and police open fire on injury a 9-year-old girl. and that officer facing charges. >>> and when cell phones can track you. new revelations about a deadly self driving crash. what they said she was doing moments before impact. >>> new letting skip the line. and caught on camera, car landing between two gas pumps. wait until you see what happens next. >>> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> the government has reunited hundreds of children with their family, other remain in limbo caught in the black hole despite is the president's decision to end the policy of separating familie

i'm kate snow in for lester tonight. the u.s./north korea summit is on, once again. president trump at the white house this with kim jong-un face-to-face just 11 days from now. it's a dramatic reversal from last week when the president cancelled the summit after a north korean official made disparaging comments about vice president mike pence. today when a top north korean official arrived at the white house for a historic visit, the president invited him inside for a lengthy talk and now the president expressing hope that the summit on june 12th could start a negotiated end to north korea's nuclear program. we begin tonight with kristen welker at the white house. >> reporter: appearing together after a nearly 80-minute oval office meeting, president trump and kiyong cho announcing the on again/off again summit is again a go. mr. trump dialing down expectations for the first face-to-face between an american president and a north korean leader and saying there could be more meetings to come. >> we're going to start a process and i told him today, take your time. we ca

lester >> all right, kristen welker, thank you. we'll have much more from this end. >>> first, a check of some other headlines tonight including the scorching heat across the country, some places breakg records. schools closing early, and now t.vere storms are firing up. here's nbc's ron m >> reporter: from columbus to richmond to massachusetts, the iat is on. in chicago wherehit 93, umbrellas were out. so was the a.c. for a time at this animal shelter.av the still rolled out yoga mats despite an extreme heat warning. >> those mats are probably a little hot. >> it's bad. we went like from having 50-degree weather to all of a sudden to 90-degree weather. >> reporter: today it's all about the sizzle. 90-degree readings all around the heat zone, but a approaching cold front promises relief overnight. until then, 80 million americans doing what they can to beat the heat. in albany, a walk in the park not so easy today. >> try to choose the shaded paths for bike rides and walks to get the enercise that we , but we stay safe at the same

. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. reporting from singapore. >>> good evening. president trump and north korean leader kim jong-un waking up just a half mile from each other on what is already a monday morning here in singapore. the history of the moment unfolding on the tarmac. president trump nearly 10,000 miles from home arriving sunday met by singaporean officials the hosts of this summit who just hours earlier welcomed leader kim arriving aboard an american built jumbo jet. tonight, the world holding its breath as the two men come here in search of common ground over north korea's nuclear weapons program, meeting roughly 24 hours from now on an island just off singapore's southern tip. all under thick layers of protection and what is already one of the world's most secure cities. we have our team to cover the events of the next few days. and tonight, we gin with kelly o'donnell here in singapore. >> reporter: after a 21-hour journey, one of the most powerful symbols of the american presidency delivered donald trum

>> reporte yeah, lester, what is clear is the president is increasingly emboldened. many approve of the job he's dng from the conversations on the ground, the stronger the attacks against him, the tougher and stronger m,their support for lester? >> peter alexander in k south carolina, than you. >>> these are desperate days for the families separated before president trump's reversing that policy. for most, the process of reunitings a ueling exercise in frustration. at the same time, we're learning more liabatket whs it' inside some of the facilitiesolding the children. nbc's gabe gutierrez reports from texas >> reporter: tonight a first look inside a tense city along the u.s. mexico border housing hundreds of an michildren. journalists were given a tour but no cameras allowed inside. the department of healthnd human services provided this video. it shows children being examined at the on sight medical and lined up at the cafeteria. they say the process is flawed and the facility would not be necessary without the ic separations it says harm the children. >> we're agg

lester holt is also in singapore this morning.ing to you, lester. >> reporter: willie, good morning. it's really happening and it is a surprise for anyone who has followed the events of the last, certainly the last year and a half. i've made four trips to the korean peninsula in the last 14 months and i recall april of last year getting to do "nightly news" from an american air base we got word another missile test, another missile launch occurred from the north. things were tense. the military there still on a war footing, if you will. their motto is ready to fight tonight. but they, like rest of us, watching the diplomatic events overtake the threat of military confrontation. kim jong-un on the ground. he has been here several hours. president trump here now. the president will meet with the prime minister tomorrow in the same way that kim jong-un met with the. >> reporter: here shortly after his arrival today. he has got, of course, a large contingent. they are all staying at hotels about a half mile apart from each other. the

. >> talk about her and lester. >> lester. lester who -- >> both of whom had lots of grace.d everything she could to make sure that we was brought up right. i often say that if i had one wish in this world, i would wish that every child could have a mother the way my mother were. i never went without food, i never went without clothes, i never went without food, all of the things a child needs. she gave me unconditional love. i was blessed to have lester bailey. when everyone turned their back on me, he there was for me. >> he's here today. we'll show lester in the green room. >> he would sit and never questioned my innocence or guilt because he knew who i was and how we been brought up. we always been friends since the ages of 4 and 6. often people say, well, you have a true friend that would come see you. and i often tell people, to be honest, he didn't have a lot of things to do. why not come see me? >> but he had to drive over 200 miles -- >> yeah. >> every week. for 30 years, lester never missed a week. >> lester worked the overnight shift -- i say people need an oprah

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lester? >> kristen welker, thank you. >>> now here in the west, where there are wildfires on multiple fronts, drought conditions, hot temperatures, and powerful winds fanning flames in several states and fli growing sense of ams. women leading they're facing a tempo they normally see at the height of fire season, with homes threatened and evacuations ordered. nbc news national correspondent miguel almaguer has more. >> reporter: from california to colorado. tonight this is what firefighters face and fear. 21 large, uncontained wildfires ripping across the west. the so-called ir durango burning nearly two weeks now, with plenty of fuel in its path. >> it's like a really slow monster chasing you in a dream. you know it's coming, but you don't kw really when to run. reporr: tonight, thousands are evacuated and hundreds of homes are threatened. >> that fire just exploded and created a vortex, which was throwing flames down the mountain, which then went up the mountain, all at the same time. it wa

let's get to nbc's lester holt. lester, long way from singapore. you were on the ground in south korea, that was in april last year. you were on the ground in north korea in january of this year. so, you know the environment. you've -- you've felt it yourself. talk about the importance of what is happening. and how this feels for the people there, the kind of response you got to what could potentially happen with the conversation at least that would move things forward between the two leaders? >> well, i'll tell you, watching president trump walk off air force one a moment ago, i was simply struck by how swiftly and dramatically things have turned. i've made four trips to the korean prince oveninsula over t 14 months. we sent near the dmz on a hair trigger, ready to fight, that's their slogan. we were going to do "nightly news" and word got that north korea was going to launch another missile. we've been in the command center, we got rare access where the missile launches are monitored. and decided whether they were a threat to north korea or anywh

i'm lester holt. i'll see you from singapore beginning sunday night for our live coverage of the summit between president trump and kim jong un. for all of us at nbc news thank you for watching and good . >>> the news at 6:00 starts right now. good evening and thanks for being with us on this friday. i'm raj mathai. >> and i'm janelle wang setting in for jessica aguirre. and we have answers and it is not good for pg&e, being blamed for the devastating fires. >> and cal fire issuing a report blaming pg&e for violating state law which led to much of that devastation. tonight lawyers and pg&e officials are scrambling while the victims in the north bay are getting key information. sam brock is pouring through the report and joins us in san francisco with the breaking news coverage. sam? >> reporter: good evening. pg&e said that it met very high state standards but what this series of cal fire reports basically signifies is that the agency thinks, no, you didn't. cal fire looked at a series of 12 fires ove

lester? >> gi schwartz, thank you. >>> now to the price you pay and the cost of borrowing gettingre xpensive. the federal reserve raising a key interest rate by auarter of a point tt could put pressure on potential buyers looking to purchase a new place or refinance. with cts going up younger buyers and retirees are choosing to skip buying in favor of renting. is jo ling kent. you? >> reporter: in atlanta, newlywed daminica reid was feeling the pressure to buy a new home. >> my parents are like you have to buy now that you're married. there is really no excuse. >> reporter: with the e key interest rat raising one quarter of a point and relatively few homes on the market, she and her husband are oosing to rent, instead. >> we're trying to figure out if we want to stay in the city. housing costs are rely, really expensive. >> reporter: it's a dilemma nationwide. the average mortgage rate rises to 4.8%, just this week. >> there is a trend for more people choosing to rent versus buy. >> reporter:

i'm savannah guthrie in for lester. tonight, the culture war, as in what goes in our culture and what doesn't? two days after the comedian roseanne was fired for her racist tweet, a left-leaning cable comedian samantha bee has -- is under fire and apologizing for a brutal attack on the president's daughter and senior adviser ivanka trump. should she lose her show? if not, where is the line? nbc's ann thompson starts us off. >> reporter: tonight, comedian samantha bee under fire. she still has a show and roseanne barr does not, raising the question is there a double standard in the media when it comes to slurs? on her program last night, bee used the vulgar word to describe presidential adviser and daughter ivanka trump. >> do something about your dad's immigration practices you feckless [ bleep ]. he listens to you. >> reporter: in the wake of barr's racist tweet which got her fired, conservative critics pounced including white house secretary sarah sanders who called bee's comment vile and vicious and not fit for broad

lester holt is next, nightly news in texas tonight. >>> tonight, the

lester gave up just five hits over seven innings as he walked three and struck out one batter, whileubs made it 17 wins in their last 25 games. portugal winners over at morocco. iran lost to spain. spain and portugal are currently top of that group. uruguay one over saudi arabia. until next time, goodbye. good morning. it is the summer solstice today, but i just want to cast your mind back to this time last year when we saw a high of 35 degrees. it really was a scorcher on the 21st ofjune, 2017. however, for us, things will turn notably fresher today as we have a north—western flow driving that humidity away to the near continent. the wind swinging around that high, coming through the north—west. that is going to make it feel noticeably fresher out there. close to 19 hours of daylight. get out and enjoy it if you can. a scattering of showers and some gusty winds gusting in excess of a0 miles an hourfor the northern isles. a little bit of cloud developing. generally speaking, it is a quiet day. 1a to 18 degrees quite widely. might see 21 in the south—east corner if we are lucky. as we

we know from lester holt -- from his own words to lester holt exactly what was going through the president'sd. whatever the recommendation, i was going to fire him because of this russia thing. as a prosecutor, there is nothing more satisfying than playing a tape like that to the fact-finder. >> nelson cunningham, as always, thanks for your expertise. >> it's a pleasure to be with you. >> remember, i want to know what you at home think. go to my website at smerconish.com. analysis the poll question of the day. will the rosenstein memo of comey's firing ultimately protect the president against a charge of obstruction of justice? i know it's a little bit in the weeds. but you can handle it. what's going on via twitter and facebook? i'll read some during the portion of the program. katherine, what do you have? america is nick, your analysis of the i.g. report is off base and biased. it revealed a double standard. the fbi announced news of investigations about clinton but not trump. secondly, trump has publicly stated he fired comey because comey would not stop the russia investigation. i don't

lester? >> peter alexander at the white house, thanks. >>> a four-day killing spree in arizona came to a dramatic end with a motel shootout police believe the the murders of at least six people that may have been connected to the divorce case including a psychiatrist that consulted on the jonbenet ramsey murder. nbc miguel almaguer is in arizona. >> reporter: the alleged serial shooter opening fire on police, investigated for killing six found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. law enforcement sources tell nbc news, the suspect is 56-year-old dwight jones. what's the apparent motive here? >> so we're taking a look at the relationship between the suspect and the deceased. >> reporter: the murder spree, perhaps tied to a long and bitter divorce, started thursday with the execution of dr. steve pitt our phoenix affiliate reporting the psychiatrist conducted a mental health evaluation on the suspect during his divorce. >> i visited with your husband a couple days ago for about four >> report

between two gas pumps, wait until you see what happens >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening and thank you ining us. tonight, as the government says it is reunited huneds of migrant families with their children, othersin ren limbo caught in a bureaucratic black hole despite the president's decision to end the policy of pa ting families who have illegally entered the u.s. this as we begin to see the faces and hear the voices of those who faced the reality of that policy. having their children taken from them. their stories tonight from n's gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: tonight, s the governmes about 500 migrant children have been reunited with their still in limbo and two days after the president'reversal on family separation, a tearful reunion. e mother hugging her 7-year-old son darwin. the justice department agreed to release him after she sued in federal court. [speaking foreign language]. >> reporter: i started crying when i saw him because he's the only child i have she says. while the government keeps prosecuting migrants in court, authorities are

lester? >> peter alexander at the white house, thank you. >>> in the meantime this evening, the president's personal lawyer rudy giuliani is getting personal and perhaps going rogue with the comments on evening from stormy daniels to kim jong-un. our chief white house corresponde correspondent hallie jackson has rudy's pointed remarks in the push back. >> reporter: it's getting pointly personal for donal trump. >> look at his three wiv. beautiful women, classy women. women of great substance. stormy daniels? >> reporter: rudy giuliani out now with a strategy to smear stormy daniels and try to undermine her credibility. >> i'm sorry, i don't respect a porn star the way i respect a career woman or a woman of substance. >> reporter: after the porn star said president trump's personal attorney paid her off to keep her quiet after an alleged affair with donald trump, one he denies. >> you don't talk about people like that. it doesn't matter her job is. >> reporter: giuliani says i am not undermini

thanks for joining us at 5:00. >> lester holt is next.hildren in limbo. 500 now reunited with their parents according to the government. but where is the plan for the nearly 2,000 others? mothers waiting in agony. >> she says her son was taken away for seven days and she didn't know where he was and couldn't communicate him said she wanted to die. >> president trump tries to shift to american families to those been killed by undocumented immigrants. >>> and police open fire on injury a 9-year-old girl. and that officer facing charges. >>> and when cell phones can track you. new

lester holt joins us in about 25 minutes. >>> firefighters have contained a brush fire that was threatening homes in the east bay. th that's near daugherty valley high school. fire broke out just over 90 minutes ago. firefighters have the upper hand. >>> she became famous after a movie came out about her about 20 years ago. the real life erin brockovich is joining the legal fight bought against pg&e. she will be speaking at a public meeting in about an hour from now santa rosa. people who lost everything are suing pg&e saying its equipment started several of the deadly october wildfires. it conducted improper maintenance of its equipment and properties. the brockovich tangled with pg&e before. >>> no such thing as a routine traffic stop for police officers. a union city police officer was involved in a gun battle with teenagers. it happened shortly before midnight. the officer tried making a traffic stop on east street and railroad avenue. the people in that car fired gunshots at the cop and he shot back. officers eventually caught three teenagers, and one was taken to the hospital with a g

lester holt is next, nightly news in texas tonight. >>> tonight, the boiling point here at the border over those thousands of children taken from their families and locked behind chain fence walls like cages. and we have new sound purportedly from inside -- children crying out for their parents. >> papa? >>> president trump defiant, doubling down and blaming democrats. >> and i say it's very strongly the democrats' fault. >> that in the face of a growing chorus from democrats and republicans to end the policy he ordered. is it hyperbole to call this a form of child abuse? >> i would not call that hyperbole at all. i mean, this is government-sanctioned child abuse. >> reporter: also tonight, the scorching heat across

key bills defeated in the house and lester holt tells us why in about 20 minutes. >>> it is only fitting on this first day of summer. we're talking about heat. you can see dublin and san jose. both areas could see triple digit temperatures by this weekend. there's also a spare the air for tomorrow. this is a big warmup around the bay area, jeff. >> yes, and dangerous heat as we head through the next 48 hours. what we're seeing with things already starting to clear out. high pressure is helping to produce the heat already moving cloth close to the bay area. that's why we have a heat advise any effect. in effect for the interior valleys of north, i.c.east, and south bay. remember to drink lots of water, wearing light-colored clothing and a hat can help. don't forget the pets. number one zone is contra costa county. the humid at 15% to 25%. we're at 77 cat 10:00. i'll let you know where we break 100 degrees in about ten minutes. >> all those things happening around town, the pride festivities. nascar in sonoma county, maybe you're heading out of town for a road trip. you can track the risin

then he talked to lester holt and said this. >> regardless of recommendation i was going to fire comey knowing there was no good time to do it. in fact when i decided to do it, i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made up story. it's an excuse by the democrats for having lost an election that they should have won. >> the president saying he was considering this russia thing when he fired comey not the memo from rod rosenstein. back with the panel. should the president be tweeting about this at all and does it make sense? >> if his lawyers have any hair left, they're tearing it out. there's no other plausible innocent explanation for why he fired comey. he tried this cock and bull story which comey was so mean to hillary which he was. of course he fired comey because of russia. he lobbied comey to go easy on flynn because of russia. he asked his white house counsel to fire bob mueller because of russia. it looks like they fired andy mccabe because of russia. he attacks the fbi constantly because of russia. all roads lead to russia with this gu

we expect the president in a minute, lester. and there are real questions for him.. this obviously is a historic moment. the sitting president meeting with the leader of north korea. amid the smiles, the body language, the back pats, the hand shakes this is a leader accused of some of the worst human rights abuses in the world. that is not a topic today, lester, but i do believe the president will address that when he comes on the stage just moments from now. >> and now the bigger question as we await the president, we have to ask ourselves, do we feel any safer that these two have met. andrea mitchell, you have read through the document. should we feel better about the world? >> i suppose we should should feel better that these two men have met. but there's nothing specific in here. no time line about denuclearization. there's no comphimentd as to what t commitment as to the security guarantees. we don't know what the president talking about the security guarantees discussed some day removing 28,000 american troops in south korea, below the dmz and a number of base

lester, get out of the stewed. -- studio. i have been in the border and in the drug warehouses when they arrested gang member. floor to ceiling laid at the altar of going to our kids. lester, no wonder you are not number 1 in news anymore. risking his life? yes, he is saving our kids from drugs and those people who have bad intentions at the border. it gets so much worse. we are talking about a full-on psychotic meltdown. holocaust and slavery comparisons. check out this insanity. >> donald trump is pure evil. you play the tapes in the centers. it's horrific. that hasn't happened in this country since slavery. it hasn't happened since the time of the nazi and donald trump is right there with them. >> this is as if george wallace won in 1968. this is a return to the most disturbing element of white sepremacy. >> they created criminals. that's what happened. he said to me, the nazis had it correct. they declared us an inlegal people. that's how it began. >> i don't want little children ripped from their parent's arms. i don't w