here's lester holt with "vengeance." [train whistle] lester holt (voiceover): there are two sides to every breakup. and if the end is bitter, and anger spins out of control, a once perfect romance can become a nightmare. this story was a crazy case of he-said/she-said with a lot of twists and turns. and it explodes into a story you couldn't possibly have imagined. lester holt (voiceover): seemona sumasar doesn't have to imagine it. she lived it. how did i keep my sanity? how did it happen? this all happened to me, me, a simple, simple person. lester holt (voiceover): for seemona and jerry ramrattan, it was a romance that started with so much promise. she thought he might be the one. describe him. charming, sweet-talker, confident. he could make things happen. lester holt (voiceover): the couple lived in seemona's four-family house in queens, new york, in the shadow of kennedy airport. seemona, a 34-year-old immigrant from guyana, worked as an analyst for morgan stanley. i got into the finance business at a great time. go

. >>> coming up in just a few minutes, we'll get a live update from nbc's lester holt from ft. myers ahead of a special edition of "nbc nightly news," that's next at 6:30. >>> and nbc 10 is with you every step of the way as we track irma's potentially historic devastation. you can always get instant updates and alerts with the nbc 10 app. >>> other news now, the fire that destroyed this home in wilmington has been ruled accidental. the blaze in the boxwood development started yesterday afternoon. investigators say something was left on the kitchen stove unattended. three people were hurt including two firefighters. paramedics tried to revive a dog found at the scene, but they were unsuccessful. the house sustained an estimated $1 $150,000 in damage. >>> next on nbc 10 news at 6:00, up in flames. a bus trip on the highway quickly turns into a dozens. what the driver noticed just before this fire. >>> and in case of emergency. the scene at philadelphia international airport involving dozens of first responders. did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back? say

. >> lester holt is next. >> hope to see you at 6:00. bye. >>> tonight misery in paradise from the keys to the caribbean, warships and cruise ships aiding in massive emergency operation for islands left devastated by irma. and across florida, 15 million people left powerless, could be knocked out for month. >>> growing outrage, security breach hitting nearly half the u.s. population. every american adult being urged to take protective action. >>> hormone replacement. why researchers say it's option you might want to consider. >>> about face, unlock your phone just by looking at it. big announcement from apple. "nbc nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening and thanks for being with us tonight. devastation from hurricane irma is fully revealing itself in stunning images from florida keys tonight where urgent search and recovery effort is under way. fema estimated homes destroyed and 15 million people faced another day without po

lester holt joins us next. tonight, a massive earthquake strikes in the heart of mexico, collapsing buildings, reports of dozens killed and people trapped in the rubble. also breaking, a category 5 monster closing in on puerto rico, emergency in san juan in path of direct hit. >>> donald trump's threat, total destruction of north korea, mocking kim jong-un. >> rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself. >> calling the iran deal an embarrassment, iran's leader issues a warning. where is the money coming? tonight we get answers. >>> and trouble in store as retail giant files for bankruptcy. "nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening and thank you for being with us tonight. nature assaulting on two big fronts tonight as we come on the air. puerto rico staring down what could be most dangerous hurricane ever to make a direct hit there. mayor of san juan's emotional plea as people head to shelters, fear

next is lester holt >>> tonight a new monster hurricane taking aim. category 5 irma one of the most powerful ever recorded barrelling towards the u.s. emergency evacuations are under way in florida. al roker is here. >>> immigration uproar. former president obama slams president trump's decision to rescind protections for d.r.e.a.m.ers calling it cruel and wrong. will congress step in? >>> cold medicine defense. a husband says he woke up to find his wife stabbed to death. now he's charged with murder but says he can't remember a thing. >>> a spying scandal rocks one of the most storied rivalries in america. the red sox, the yankees, and an apple watch triggers a fire storm. >>> and "inspiring america." a teen's remarkable mission to preserve the stories of the greatest generation. "nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening and thank you very being with us tonight. the u.s. is on a collision course with one of the most powerful atlantic hurri

i'm lester holt. have a good weekend, everyone. >>> actual like the berkeley police to issue an apology and correction. >> right now at 6:00 free speech or criminal behavior. nine people arrested following last night's plikly charge event at cal. tonight the suspects are pointing the finger at police. we're live on campus where more protests are soon to come. >>> the news at 6:00 starts right now. good evening and thanks for being with us on friday. raj mathai. >> janelle wang sitting in for jessica aguirre. all nine arrested at uc berkeley are accused of carrying banned weapons. but were they really dangerous. >> we have team coverage starting with nbc bay area thom jensen who spoke with a woman arrested and what's her side of the story? >> reporter: raj, she says this sign it was large probably up to about my chin and about a foot wider than my body. she said she did carry it here before the speech started she was arrested. she had no idea it could be deemed a weapon. >> the arrest was captured on v

i'm lester holt. and for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. >>> right now at 6:00, breaking news, a second rock slide at yosemite. but this time muchriomÑ bigger. a park visitor is med a vacced out. search and rescue krous on the ground and we are live at el capitan with the latest details. >>> the news at 6:00 right ñbwr. thank you for joining us jessica aguirre. >> raj mathai. rock slide at yosemite are not uncommon but back-to-back it's certainly unnerving especially since this is the height of the rock climbing season. tracking the story online and on air last couple hours. this is new video in the newsroom. the big plume of smoke you can see through theg[.t trees. sergio joins from us the yosemite. what did it smell and feel like and how many injuries? do we know. >> raj, i can tell you it was a bright sunny afternoon. suddenly we noticed it was dark as if storm clouds coming in a. and then we could smell dirt basically. we realized there had been another slide and we s

lester holt joins from us los angeles. >> see you back at 6:00. bye. out, under fire for his use of >>> breaking news tonight. health secretary tom price is out, under fire for his use of private jets, resigning after promising to repay a fraction of taxpayer money. >>> lashing out. growing anger over the puerto rico disaster response. >> we are dying, and you are killing us with the inefficiency. >> local officials furious. president trump insisting his administration is doing an incredible job. tonight millions desperate for help. >>> cuba travel alert. americans warned not to visit cuba. embassy staff ordered out after mystery attacks on diplomats. >>> another violent collapse in yosemite's el capitan. why are climbers not being kept away? >>> and hidden hotel fees. if you're off for a weekend getaway, what you need to watch for. hidden extra charges on your bill. "nightly news" begins right now. >>> this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> from los angeles tonight, good evening to our viewers here in the west. apologies and reimbursements w

lester holte next for nightly news." >>> tonight, not again. another monster hurricane is taking aim at caribbean islands left devastated by irma. the storm now in extremely category 4, it could hit as a category 5. a major storm emergency. and eyes also on another tropical system. this one threatening the northet. al roker is here. >>> high drama as an unpredictable president prepares to address the world at the u.n. what will he say about north korea and iran? >> acid attack, american students burned in a bizarre incident at a train station in france. >>> hazing in america, our special look at a growing concern on college campuses. tonight an anguished dad who says hazing pushed his son to suicide. >>> and the marathon bombing survivor and the movie star, inspiring america. nightly news begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. >> good evening and welcome to our viewers in the west. this especially active and deadly hurricane season is quickly whipping to the alpha

. >> pass a reminder lester holt tint continues from florida next. >>> tonight, a massive multi-state emergency as irma's wrath rolls up the eastern seaboard. a new flood disaster ongoing from jacksonville to charleston. and in florida, over 7 million without power. many could be knocked out for weeks. tonight, our first look at the scope of devastation in the keys, as a state dependent on ism races to get damaged airports back open. >>> bannon unleashed. in his first major interview, the ex-trump aide unloads, raising eyebrowse over what he says was maybe the biggest political mistake in modern history. >>> massive breach fallout affecting nearly every family in america. tonight the steps to take now to protect your identity and your credit for years to come. >>> and a somber day of remembrance. 16 years after 9/11. "nightly news" begins right now. >>> this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt reporting tonight from sarasota, florida. >>> good evening. all of florida and now beyond is dealing with the aftermath of what was hurricane irma. tonight there are unlikely stories of commu

i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, good night from puerto rico. protests -- are pr of vocal reactions. this >>> right now at 6:00, the silent protest prompting a lot of vocal reaction. this evening the dallas cowboys kneeling during the national anthem. will be the end of an emotional 48 hours? the news at 6:00 starts right now. good evening and thanks for being with us on this monday. raj mathai. >> jessica aguirre. it's not oem the cowboys known as america's team. a bay area high school band is joining the national debate when it plays the national anthem at the a's game within the hour. as we said the cowboys and cardinals are the latest teams to join the protest. happened 30 minutes ago. but over the weekend nfl teams linked armed during the anthem, blasting athletes who take a knee during the anthem. >> the president was at it again late this afternoon. tremendous backlash against the nfl and its players for disrespect of our country. on friday mr. trump said nfl owners should fire players who kneel in front of the flag. now the a's are also

i'm lester holt.at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. >>> now on "extra" -- the woman at the center of kevin hart's $10 million extortion plot faces the cameras. >> i'm not a stripper. >> how the harts are coping behind the scenes. >>> america's new sweetheart evie clair wowing the agt judges a week after losing her father. >> i just had the really strong feeling i should come back. >> we're with evie and the entire crew. >> i really, really loved it. >> now fashion emergency right before going live. >> i hear she needed your -- >> plus breaking "american idol" news. >> selena gomez in the running to be a judge? >> j. lo and a-rod making it a red carpet date night. telling tanika why they're a perfect match. >> plus halle berry breaks her own couples news. who is her new british boyfriend? rene's new a-list interview with jerry seinfeld. >> did you watch the emmys? >> why he never wants to host an awards show and his decision to return to stand-up. >> why now? >> plus -- >> get it, yeah.

i'm lester holt.or all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. >>> right now at 6:00, free speech comes with a price. berkeley is preparing for protests. businesses board up. a popular conservative speaker is about to take center stage on cal campus. officers are outside armed with pepper spray to control the crowds. >>> the news at 6:00 starts right now. good evening and thanks for being with us. >> i'm janelle wang sitting in for jessica acquire. protesters started packing in the cal campus hours ago. the stanl is set with 1,000 tickets for people to see ben shapiro. sky ranger over berkeley right now. you can see lots of people gathered on campus. >> it looks like a couple hundred people there right outside zellerbach hall. the 33 harvard grad arrived 3:30 in the afternoon. you see him there getting off the plane at sfo. berkeley police willically be proactive this evening in controlling unruly protesters. they've arrested this man for carrying a banned weapon near campus. we have

i'm lester holt. jose diaz-balart will be here tomorrow.r the season premiere of charlize. >>> now on "extra." sarah jessica parker breaks news why ""sex and the city" 3 is officially dead." >> it is over. >> her "extra" interview to kim cattrall's outrageous demands, really sink the sequel. >>> jason alexander rallying around julia louis-dreyfus. >> how julia stood up to cancer long before her own diagnosis. >> who touched you with cancer? >>> breaking "american idol" news. luke brian and lionel richie locked as judges. only we have simon's reaction today. >>> michael douglas revealing why he is still crazy in love with catherine zeta jones. >> more couples news where halle went public with her boyfriend. >>> and nbc's lester holt, news anchor by day, rock star by night? >> we are called the rough cuts. >> lester telling us about his secret garage band. >>> and kate winslet on her texting session with leo. >> on with the show. now on "extra" f

. >> lester holt next. >>> breaking news tonight. bracing for impact. a ferocious hurricane wider than the entire state closes in on florida. a direct hit with catastrophic winds and storm surge. an ominous new warning from fema. >> i can guarantee you that i don't know anybody in florida that's ever experienced what's about to hit south florida. >> tonight a massive emergency operation. thousands packing into shelters, and hospitals on alert. miami a virtual ghost town and fears are growing on florida's gulf coast as the latest track just in shows the storm ticking to the west. al roker is here with brand-new details. "nightly news" from florida begins right now. >>> hurricane irma. this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt reporting tonight from miami beach. >>> good evening. from along the iconic miami beach on a late summer evening as florida braces for impact with hurricane irma. at this point a bit over 36 hours until the storm's landfall here in the u.s., a small westward shift in irma's track may make little difference at this point. the reali

i'm lester holt, for all of us, thank you for watching and good night. night.ester holt, for all of us, thank you for watchind >>> i don't believe you exist. >> there's no me. >> there is no me. >> there's no you. >> on the good foot. >> jim carrey in crisis or is the joke on us all? only "access" gets to the bottom of what's going on with jim. >> when i tried to go back and play jim carrey, i got depressed. >> get out. >>> harrison ford, traffic cop. botox for david beckham.

i'm lester holt.us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. ♪ >>> now on "extra." lady gaga fires a new shot at madonna. >> i just want madonna to tell me [bleep]. >> her new confessions about their ugly feud. what the material girl did to enrage her one time super fan. >>> jennifer lopez's fears for her family in hurricane ravaged puerto rico. >> still haven't been able to hear from our families there. >> from j.lo to ricky martin, their heart felt new video messages. >>> shania twain on her debilitating health crisis. >> i believed i would never be able to sing again. >> fighting to regain her voice shattered by a scandalous divorce. she opens up about her mega come back. >>> big day in new york for leonardo dicaprio. did he go on two dates with two super models in one day? >>> and tanika and kerry washington campaigning for more "scandal." >>> and i am in london, i interviewed the cast for new kingsmen movie. >>> and channing tatum trying to recruit mark. >> have you seen mark with a shi

up next "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. we'll see you back here tonight at 11:00. >>> tonight, powerless and paralyzed. hurricane maria gaining strength and on the move. after knocking out all power in puerto rico. neighborhoods demolished, streets under water. we're live in the disaster zone. >>> signs of life. the urgent search for victims trapped in that collapsed school. more than 48 hours after mexico's earthquake. tonight new hop as rescuers pull survivors from the rubble. >>> punishing north korea. president trump's tough new actions turning up the heat on kim jong-un's regime. >>> facebook and russia. ceo mark zuckerberg caving to congress. the sensitive info he's agreed to turn over in the russia probe. >>> deadly epidemic. a pharmacy giant taking a stand. what it means for your prescriptions. >>> and birthday wishes. giving every kid a chance to celebrate their special day. "nightly news" begins right now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good eveni

i'm lester holt.news, thank you for watching and good night. >>> good evening, i'm meteorologist tammy sousa. we're continuing to watch a severe thunderstorm watch for our pennsylvania counties until 9:00 tonight. there's a line of strong storms which has produced some marble-sized and quarter-sized hail. we don't have any warnings right now going in the area, earlier we did have severe thunderstorm warnings associated with this. here's a look at some of the hail as it marches through the area. so be aware of that. and a lot of intense lightning as well with brief heavy dow downpours. we will keep you updated, stay with us on nbc 10. -- beyonce. >> and her interview about life after brad. police the princess diaries. harry's girlfriend meghan markle confirming they're in love. only on extra. >> renee's with sophia verb garay, opening up about life with joe and -- >> her fears about stripping down for women's health. >> was it scary? >> you don't want to be naked at 45. >> it's an all-new season of "ex

. >> up next, the "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. see you back here at 11:00. >>> breaking news, as we come on the air tonight. reports of a new missile launch from north korea. a new provocation from kim jong-un. we're live from seoul with late details. also nursing home horror. aed my a criminal investigation, new details about the eight seniors who died in sweltering heat. and over 100 more evacuated. some reptedly with body temperatures up to 106 degrees. >>> what's the deal? mixed messages from the president and from democratic leaders regarding what was said over dinner about protecting dreamers and building the wall. a storm of anger on the right. >>> was there a missed warning that could have stopped the security breach that's hit nearly half of americans? so many of you racing to freeze your credit. >>> and the life saving gift for music superstar selena gomez, shining a light on a misunderstood disease. "nightly news" begins right now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news" with lester

. >> coming up here, nbc news nightly news anchor lester holt who just sat down with iran's president rouhani. our first look at lester's interview. he'll be here live. >>> and signs of life. vice president pence heading back to washington from the u.n. to make one last attempt to repeal obamacare today. it's in the hands of one or two republican senators. >>> and a shocking revelation about how the fbi stormed paul manafort's virginia apartment, and the bombshell robert mueller dropped right afterwards. >>> and good day, everyone. i'm andrea mitchell in new york where president trump put north korea on notice, mocking kim jong-un and threatening to destroy the regime if it does not back down from its nuclear threat. >> no one has shown more contempt for other nations and for the well-being of their own people than the depraved regime in north korea. north korea's reckless pursuit of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles threatens the entire world with unthinkable loss of human life. it is time for north korea to realize that the denuclearization is its only acceptable future. >> nbc

the fifth rational was lester holt. telling lester holt, i had to get rid of him because of that russia thing. so it is an ever-changing, constantly moving target. i think it definitely -- i think mueller's team is investigating it, but i think there are numerous aides at this point who we have to wonder, what were they thinking? the fact that the white house counsel, don mcgahn, was feeling uncokocomfortable with this. in the end, the president put back in the things the counsel wanted taken out. like the references to, i'm not under investigation, and the personal references, they were put right back in there. >> we're ten minutes into the show, and i think you win panelist of the night for being able to recite the five rationals. that's amazing. joyce, this does put rod rosenstein into a different light for this people. again, this is reporting. we don't have confirmations. we don't know what else rod rosenstein had to say about any of this. if the idea as presented is that the president had written out this letter w

"nbc nightly news" with lester holt is next. you back here tonight at 11:00. >>> tonight, island emergency, millions rapidly running low on food and water in sweltering heat. growing fears of mass exodus from puerto rico as president trump defends his administration's response. flatline, gop's last effort to real obamacare is now dead and eyes turn to alabama, and insurgent candidate. ceo of equifax is out as many struggle to freeze credit. basketball bribery scandal rocked biggest

i'm lester holt. of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night.house goes through with t runs=02 ==garvin/take vo== right now at 6: dismantling daca? the fear that )s leading to action tonight in the bay area. >>> right now at 6:00. dismantling d dismantling daca. the news at 6:00 starts right now. i am garvin thomas. >> and i am janelle wang. president trump is considering cancelling the daca program which protects runs of thousands of undocumented children from deportation. a third of those children here in california. thom jensen is live in oakland at a vigil. >> reporter: these people who are still streaming in for this small vigil. what they don't know is if the president will cut the program. . hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants brought to the u.s. as children. for the past five years, all have been protected from deportation by the daca program. today, social media lit up after fox news reported that the white house decidesed to kill the program. >> if you remove those

"nbc nightly news" with lester holt is next. we'll see you back here tonight at 11:00. >>> tonight, island emergency, millions rapidly running low on food and water in sweltering heat. growing fears of mass exodus from puerto rico as president trump defends his administration's response. flatline, gop's last effort to real obamacare is now dead and eyes turn to alabama, and insurgent candidate. ceo of equifax is out as many struggle to freeze credit. basketball bribery scandal rocked biggest universities in america. and to the rescue, a groom who saved the day. "nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt, recording tonight from savannah, georgia. >> good evening from the 165th air lift wing. making way back from puerto rico, stopping in savannah where the national guard continues to launch round the clock relief flights into the hurricane zone. puerto rico is where we start tonight as its governor warns of impending humanitarian kries s, issues a plea for more help, reminding us the

. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening and thanks for being with us tonight. devastation from hurricane irma is fully revealing itself in stunning images from florida keys tonight where urgent search and recovery effort is under way. fema estimated homes destroyed and 15 million people faced another day without power in stifling heat. death toll climbed to at least 17 through three states and president trump will visit florida on thursday. begin cover waj the keys. >> good evening lester. this is where hurricane irma first made landfall in the united states. and when it did, packed winds so strong it lifted this mobile home over the fence and smashing it here on the ground. neighbors talk of seeing tornadoes as the hurricane's eye passed. hurricane irma's paths of destruction throughout the florida keys. tonight in some parts of the florida keys what was once a paradise now completely destroyed. >> i couldn't see eight feet away, such a whiteout of water. >> reporter: in one family's home, clock stopped a

lester holt joins us next.a massive earthquake strikes in the heart of mexico, collapsing buildings, reports of dozens killed and people trapped in the rubble. also breaking, a category 5 monster closing in on puerto rico, emergency in san juan in path of direct hit. >>> donald trump's threat, total destruction of north korea, mocking kim jong-un. >> rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself. >> calling the iran deal an embarrassment, iran's leader issues a warning. where is the money coming? tonight we get answers. >>> and trouble in store as retail giant files for bankruptcy. "nightly news" begins right now.

and you know, i hadn't heard the lester holt interview for quite some time. when you hear it fresh, it is one of the most extraordinary things i've ever heard a president admit. >> particularly, what is so crazy about this set of facts before us, to glen's point, when you hear the lester holt interview fresh, particularly in the days leading up to it, and police italy saying this was done on recommendation. the vice president saying that. the entire way it was gone about was one of arti face is bad faith. >> we haven't seen the letter but it seems to be an invaluable window into what the president was thinking and the lead-up to his firing of comey. my sources have told me that rod rosenstein was absolutely livid with the white house for citing him as the reason the president decided to fire comey. if you read the memo that rosenstein gave to the white house, it didn't actually call for comey's firing. rosenstein is an incredibly intelligent lawyer. leaving out a line saying i think comey should be fired was not a mistake. that was on that you recall. if you

i'm jim rosenfield. >> i'm jacqueline london, up next, nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. we'll see you back here at 11:00 tonight. >>> tonight, mccain's bombshell. the senator deals another major blow to his own party's efforts to repeal obamacare. is this newest gop plan doomed? >>> breaking point. heart-pounding rescues and new evacuations as floodwaters rise in puerto rico. the entire island still without power. tonight the urgent relief mission under way. >>> race against time. survivors pulled from the rubble three days after mexico's earthquake. but the clock is ticking to save others still trapped. >>> war of words. president trump calls kim jong-un a madman after kim labeled him mentally deranged while north korea threatens to detonate another h-bomb. >>> 911 emergency. when no one answers your call for help. the life-threatening problem plaguing communities. >

now ahead, lester holt was with the first responders gearing up for the next long stretch. >> things change as time goes on and the storm gets closer and closer to mainland florida. one thing we know is fewer responders will eremain in the path of the storm on miami beach. but there's one storm, station 2 firefighters readying their gear for possible research and even rescues. ore own nbc's lester holt has that story. >> it is business as usual in miami beach's fire station 2. but tomorrow night, station 2 might be this zen-square mile's sole lifeline. the three other stations are closing for the storm. virgil fernandez is fire chief. >> what we want to do is make sure that our equipment is able to rerespond afterwards. we will keep a contingency here at one of the fire stations. but we don't want to mess up our equipment and not be able to respond. reerpt today, firefighter . >> reporter: the city has also announced first responders will not be responding at some point. >> after 40 miles an hour, we can't safely send personnel out in the street. >> reporter: residents planning to st

up next "nbc nightly news" with lester holt.e'll see you back here tonight at 11:00. >>> tonight, powerless and paralyzed. hurricane maria gaining strength and on the move. after knocking out all power in puerto rico. neighborhoods demolished, streets under water. we're live in the disaster zone. >>> signs of life. the urgent search for victims trapped in that collapsed school. more than 48 hours after mexico's earthquake. tonight new hop as rescuers pull survivors from the rubble. >>> punishing north korea. president trump's tough new actions turning up the heat on kim jong-un's regime. >>> facebook and russia. ceo mark zuckerberg caving to congress. the sensitive info he's agreed to turn over in the russia probe. >>> deadly epidemic. a pharmacy giant taking a stand. what it means for your prescriptions. >>> and birthday wishes. giving every kid a chance to celebrate

i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night.ight now at 6: a police chase, standoff, and a deadly shootout. one of the mostr >>> right now 6:00, a police chase, a stand off and then a deadly shoot out. one of the most traveled freeways in the country was shut down for hours. right now it's starting to reopen. we're live on the scene. >>> the news at 6:00 starts,000. good evening. thanks for being with us. >> at a stand still for eight hours. let's give you a live look from nbc bay area where we're after a high speed chase and a shoot out that brought the bay area to a freeway halt. traffic is finally fully moving again. within the past hour a tow truck removed the suspect's car from 80 near the bay bridge. sky ranger was overhead when the chase came to an end near the university exit in emeryville. officers immediate lly drew the guns. >> the suspect in the car got out. we froze the video because moments later he was shot and killed by the officers. we had several officers on the ground level capturing other angles. you can see

i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching, and good night. right now at 6: coping with one disaster --- while rushing to get ready for the next one. bay area crews mobilizing -- ahead of the historic >>> bay area crews ahead of the )storic hurricane headed towards florida. >>> the news at 6:00 starts right now. night is 9:00 in puerto rico and hurricane irma is unleashing power on the u.s. territory. here is the latest video taken before night fall. s u can see the streets are empty because of the wind and rain. most people heeding the governor's warning to stay inside. at this point, puerto rico is etting a glancing blow from the category five storm passing just north of the island. i want to show it to you on radar. g irman see irma, category five hters ane making its way for the dominican republic. >> jeff ranieri is tracking the path. we begin with robert handa in oakland. whether do local firefighters start heading out of town? >> reporter: here at the task force warehouse, there has been quite a scramble to get personnel, equipment and

i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night.he mixed messages about free speech we a >>> if the speakers come we'll be ready. >> right now at 6:00, is it on or off? the mixed messages about free speech week at cal. high level conservatives making last minute decisions. >>> the news at 6:00 starts right now. good evening and thanks for being with us on this friday. raj mathai. >> jessica aguirre. confusion tonight over free speech week at cal. here is what we know. all right proskt fewer milo yiannopoulos is in the bay area. he landed today and will holdz news conference tomorrow at treasure island ann coulter. she is out. conservative commentator sent an email to the associated press saying she is not coming to cal. but what about steve bannon? former white house chief strategist has not confirmed nor denied his participation. nbc bay area jodi hernandez joins us live with the latest reaction from the free speech week organizers and the university this this just goes on and on jodi. >> reporter: it does. berkeley patriot member

i'm lester holt. and for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night.nd recovery. we )re live in mexico city as it reels from the powerful earthquake. ==raj/2-shot== the news at 6 starts now. good evening and thanks for joining us. i )m raj mathai. ==jess/2-shot== and i )m jessica aguirre. jess/vo one day after the 7-point-1 earthquake shook mexico to its core... the search >>> good evening. thanks for being with us. >> one day after the 7.1 earthquake shook mexico to its core the search for survivors has intensified. more than 50 people have been pulled from the debris alive. we learned that 230 people are now confirmed dead. one of the more gut wrenching developments is that 21 children and four adults were killed at an elementary school in mexico city. desperate rescue workers continued to sift through the rubble looking for survivors. the parents there are clinging to hope that their children will be found alive. that's because rescue crews say a teacher and two students did send a text message to each other from within the rubble. >> we begin our t

i'm lester holt in new york. good day. >> we'll continue to follow that earthquake in mexico city. our top story çhere, our team meteorologists tracking two hurricanes. maria, which is closing in on puerto rico, and jose, which is affecting our area. chief meteorologist tammie souza begins with jose's impact. >> we're watch jose still bringing in some bands of rain into delaware. clouds across the area. but you can see this still has enough of a spin. this is the center of the storm that's still fairly intense for a category one storm. that's sort of stationary brushing the shoreline. this is what we're expecting. we're expecting a track that's going to loopy loop and come back on itself. and then it loses the steering mechanism. it's going to wait for a nudge from maria as maria turns and comes close to the east coast. high pressure that's blocking it both to the east and west. something we're watch iing for the tide. this morning there was a minor flooding that we saw in atlantic city. but higher of the two tides today is going to come this evening. so 7:45 this evening, we coul

. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt, recording tonight from savannah, georgia. >> good evening from the 165th air lift wing. making way back from puerto rico, stopping in savannah where the national guard continues to launch round the clock relief flights into the hurricane zone. puerto rico is where we start tonight as its governor warns of impending humanitarian crisis, issues a plea for more help, reminding us they're americans in need. nearly a week after the hurricane struck the u.s. commonwealth, president trump is speaking out and defending his response to the disaster that's left the island mostly in the dark, short on food, clean water, cash and reliable communications. gabe gutierrez remains there with the latest. >> reporter: temperatures approached 100 degrees today. a stifling heat. nearly 12,000 people still in emergency shelters and half of puerto rico doesn't have drinking water as army corp. of engineers is now tasked with rebuilding the island's power grid. tonight in puerto rico, lines are long and tempers short. >> i need to get out of here.

i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night.s have picked a ln to build a new ballpark...but will the city of oakland )play ball )? >>> that's awesome. right now the a's have picked a location to build a new ballpark but will the city of oakland play ball? plenty of questions and concerns for the a's o start building. the news at 6:00 starts,000. >> the raiders and warriors will soon leave oakland but the raiders want to stay. they want to build a privately financed boutique ballpark. the up side in all of this, it can revitalize this part of oakland like the giants revitalized china basin. nothing comes easy with a project this size. they want to leave the out dated coliseum and build a new ballpark about four miles away off 880 ma 0 this walking dista from the bart station. christie this is day one in a long process. what's the feedback? >> reporter: yeah, that's right. the a's say this location makes perfect sense. it's walkable. there's public transportation nearby and they have plans that they believe would benefit the whol

lester holt is in tampa where he has been for a long time. lester, good morning to you. >> matt, good morning. the eye blew past here about 5:00 a.m. as you can tell it's still delivering a punch here. winds are heavy, rain squalls continue to hit us here. you're going to hear a lot about dodged a bullet today when it comes to places like tampa. very vulnerable city. the punch wasn't what we thought it was. there's a lot of gratitude here. that's not to say there isn't damage. they have seen damage. so far nothing catastrophic. keep in mind, it's dark. first responders haven't been able to get out to examine what's below wreckage, what's below any damage to come. they didn't see significant flooding, certainly not downtown here. kind of surprising for those of us out here in the height of it, thinking they might lose it. the lights are on. again, this isn't over -- you can't feel, i can feel winds blowing around me right now. power lines, trees, still a significant risk. arcing wires through the night, things popping not too far behind us, co

. >>> this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt, reporting tonight from miami. >>> good evening, and thank you for joining us. downtown miami, a virtual ghost town right now. biscayne bay this evening providing a glorious backdrop, belying the anticipated arrival of a now deadly hurricane irma less than 72 hours from its possible landfall. as we come on the air tonight there are new mandatory evacuations as florida stares down the barrel of this storm. as many as 700,000 people under orders to leave. florida's governor warning the time to evacuate is now because, he says, we can't save you once the storm hits. still a category 5 hurricane, irma has demolished popular caribbean resort islands killing several people. today a hurricane watch was posted for south florida which tonight has little room to escape irma's wrath. our team continued to deploy across the region. let's begin tonight with gabe gutierrez. gabe, good evening. >> reporter: lester, good evening. this is a scene playing out across the state. growing lines for fuel. often it's selling out faster than supply trucks can g

i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night from miami.

thanks for watching us. >> up next, the "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. see you back here at 11:00. >>> breaking news, as we come on the air tonight. reports of a new missile launch from north korea. a new provocation from kim jong-un. we're live from seoul with late details. also nursing home horror. aed my a criminal investigation, new details about the eight seniors who died in sweltering heat. and over 100 more evacuated. some reptedly with body temperatures up to 106 degrees. >>> what's the deal? mixed messages from the president and from democratic leaders regarding what was said over dinner about protecting dreamers and building the wall. a storm of anger on the right. >>> was there a missed warning that could have stopped the security breach that's hit nearly half of americans? so many of you racing to freeze your credit. >>> and the life

i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. . >> announcer: now on "extra" -- >>> julia louie dreyfuss battling cancer breaking details on the stungs announcement just after taking home her history-making sixth emmy. >>> our final interview with playboy legend hugh hefner. >> i love you. >> i love you. >>> marilyn, pam, jenny, the women he turned from cover girls into world famous sex symbols. >> the celebrity-packed parties here at the fabled playboy mansion. >> the two stars he could never convince to poise for "playboy." then inside hefner's $50 million fortune. did he really cut wife number three crystal out of his will? >>> kim kardashian blasts caitlyn. >> she is a liar. >> why kim is going off today. >>> robert redford and jane fonda, the reunion 50 years in the making, and he they still have the magic. >> he's a good kisser. >>> he'sback. a.j. has larry david sneak peeking the crazy season. >>> plus it's kickoff night for the new "will & grace." >> a sad

i'm lester holt. >>> woo! >> hysteria. woo! at beyonce's first big night out. more than expected. >> i'd say so. >> hungry. >>> as fergie and josh go their separate ways, are their rings gone, too? >>> and last looks, people ready or not, here come the emmys.

but trump cast a cloud over what his motives were when he made these remarks to lester holt back in may. >> regardless of recommendation, i was going to fire comey. knowing there was no good time to do it. and in fact, when i decided to just 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. >> "the washington post" also reporting today that trump has been feeling uneasy at the white house lately. lashing out at allies and cabinet members. trump reportedly at odds with his chief economic adviser gary cohn as tax reform faces a tough congressional battle. tensions between him and secretary of state rex tillerson are reaching a critical point as our relationship with north korea demands delicacy. "the post" reported that trump feels confined because of a new chain of command put in place by kelly. they dub him the church lady amongst themselves. isn't that special? joinings now to discuss this hour, hans nichols. michael schmidt for "the new york times" who co-authored that new

i'm lester holt.us at nbc news, thank you for watching, and good night. . >>> hurricane irma barreling towards j rod, oprah and president trump's water front mansion. >> now on "extra." >> jennifer lopez, eddie murphy, mick jagger, who's in danger as florida and the caribbean brace for the wrath of hurricane irma? >> one of the strongest storms we've ever seen. >> plus, kevin hart's big heart. how he's already raked in over a million celebrity dollars for the victims of harvey. >> we're in position to use our voices. >> breaking baby news. kim and kanye expecting flub three, via surrogate. >> we'll reveal the due date and how much it cost. >> they can't hide it anymore. jamie foxx and katy holmes busted together. >> you and katy are an item now? >> the new dancing with the stars cast revealed. >> from new york to queens, an nfl legend. >> americas got talent ah are "extra" has britain's beautiful import. >> beautiful man. >> mark wright. can he beat simon cowell? >> hollywood's brutal. >> plus empire

i'm lester holt.f us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. >>> the selfie cam with jamie foxx. oprah's video sneak attack on the stars. >> stevie wonder backstage. >> the candid moments, the star collisions you didn't see on the a-list telethon now on "extra." ♪ extra extra >> sofia planting her face in oprah's hair. julia posing with gwen. renee behind the scenes as george, leo, cher, justin help rake in tens of millions for hurricane relief. >> it really was inspiring last night. >>> plus why barbara streisand sending a stern message to the president. >> especially you guys in the white house. >>> emotions boil over at "america's got talent." >> the show to me has gone to a different place. >> the two inspiring young women tugging at simon and america's heartstrings. >>> "this is us" star mandy moore engaged? all of today's breaking couples news. >>> why "dancing's" carrie an inaba called off her wedding. >>> then tv legend larry king battling lung cancer. >> and the doctor says, i see

i'm lester holt. jose diaz-balart will be here tomorrow.later for the season premiere of "dateline." from all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. >>> how could you? >> what? >> after all the anticipation and all that hype was the new "will & grace" a hit-or-miss? >> no. no, no, no. >>> oprah for president? that's what she said before, but wait until you hear what she is saying today. >>> hey, tyra, are you a little upset that kim is

i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. u for watching and good >>> emmys. >> i knew it. ♪ look what you made me do >> uh-huh, uh-huh. >> the big, the little and oh, those wonderful lies. >> i didn't get that loud, nobody got that loud music. >> i want to hear the rest of your speech. >> okay. >> controversies on the stage, but just wait until you see what went down