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nbc's andrea mitchell has details. ng> reporter: the y saudi crown prince, shunned by many at the g20 because of the killing of washington post writer jamal khasafggi. ter the cia's secret senate briefing today, accused by top republicans of gi dering khash murdered and dismembered, even monitoring the killing. >> the brutali of is murder is beyond my sharing it with you. there's not a smoking gun, there's a smoking saw.f >>e crown prince went in front of a ju ry, he would be convicted in 30 minutes. >> reporter: senators already furious ci director gina haspel didn't brief them asabout the murder week, the administration sending secretary of state pompeo and defense secretary mattis, who denied solid evidence, including intercepted messages implicating nc the crown p >> it feels like a coverup to me. always in the position of stepping forward and talking truth to power, and power doesn't always like it. >> reporter: the question tonight, will republican senators carry out their threat to come down on th taudi crown pr

. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. i'm peter alexander in for lester tonight. an 8-year-old guatemalan boy detained along the u.s./mexico border died in u.s. custody. the second time we know of that's happened this month. it's a tragedy that comes as washington is paralyzed by an immigration fight that shows no signs of easing. tonight as 800,000 federal workers are going unpaid amid a partial government shutdown, president trump is again vowing to keep much of the government closed until he gets money for his border wall, a wall democrats promise not to give him. we begin tonight with nbc's garrett haake. >> well, i want to wish everybody a really merry christmas. >> reporter: president trump started christmas morning making calls to american service members deployed around the world. >> so john, how is it going in guam? >> reporter: but when the holiday cheer was over he made it clear what's still at the top of his christmas list. money for his border wall. >> i can't tell you when the government will be open. i can

that is nbc "nightly news" for this saturday. tomorrow night, the new entrepreneurs of ste.yl are they the future of the fashion business? i'm hallie jackson, thank you for joining. for all of us at nbc news, good night. back in jail. here )s a live look at san quentin. after a three-day manhunt, an inmate who escaped from >>> right now at 6:00, back in jail. here's a live look at san quinten after an inmate who escaped here has been captured. the news at 6:00 starts right now. thank you for joining us. a statewide manhunt is over. 21-year-old shalom mendoza escaped three days ago. there had been no sign of him until he turned up at a taco bell. marianne favro has the details of the capture. >> reporter: some alert people intervened and now mendoza is back in prison tonight. first, someone spotted the 21-year-old yesterday afternoon purchasing clothes at a dollar store in san miguel. this afternoon, someone else spotted him just a few miles away at a taco bell. that person alerted the california department of corrections and agen

joe fryer, nbc news. >>> we will take a short break., two of the late president george bush's favorite things. week. the timetable for rain and when it )s the heaviest. also -- former first lady michelle obama is in london... the swipe she took at one of the most powerful women in silicon valley. next. right now at 6: >>> welcome back. as we say farewell to former president george h.w. bush, our harry smith looks at the lighter side of his legacy as an who is adverse to adulation and attention, george bush sure did want you to see what was on his feet. >> i like a colorful sock. i'm a sock man. >> reporter: the more colorful, the better, though his preference led to red, white and blue. entrepreneur john took notice and sent the president a box of some of his favorites and soon on world down syndrome day, the president wore these socks that john designed. john's george bush socks are sold out today. that he was often in a wheelchair the last several years, all the better to show off the socks, and if a fellow former president was stoppi

and tonight, a source familiar with the matter tells nbc news mr. trump was in the room during a hush money conversation with cohen and "the national enquirer" publisher. with more, here's peter alexander. >> reporter: tonight, president trump is denying he ordered his former lawyer, michael cohen, to break the law. >> i never directed him to do anything wrong. whatever he did, he did on his own. he's a lawyer. a lawyer who represents a client is supposed to do the right thing. that's why you pay them a lot of money. >> reporter: but prosecutors say president trump, identified in court documents as individual one, diredirec directed and coordinated hush money payments with cohen to two women who claim they had sexual encounters with mr. trump, claims he and his aides deny. and tonight a person familiar with the matter tells nbc news in august 2015, candidate trump was in the room when cohen and "national enquirer" publisher david pecker discussed ways pecker's company, ami, could help quash negative stories about mr. trump's relationships with women

nbc's courtney kube joins us. courtney? >> reporter: just hours after announcing he was removing defense secretary james mattis, president trump shocked national security officials again overnight declaring he's handing over the fight against isis to turkey, tweeting president erdogan has strongly informed me that he will eradicate whatever is left of isis in syria. the president who last week declared isis defeated in syria making no mention of america's kurdish allies who military officials worry the u.s. is abandoning. all this as patrick shanahan prepares to become acting secretary. peter? >> courtney, thank you. >>> now to indonesia where the death toll is rising after that powerful tsunami. at least 373 people are dead and more than 1,400 injured. tonight amid the desperate search for survivors, new fears another giant wave may strike without warning. nbc's sarah harmon is in the disaster zone for us tonight. >> reporter: death and destruction in indonesia. the tsunami hit a beachfront resort area without warning satu

kristen dahlgren, nbc news. gitm america's detention center in guantanamo bay, cuba, has held people accused of plotting terror attacks in the u.s. it was never meant to be a permanent home for these detainees and now the officers running it say it needs serious repairs. we have this exclusive report. >> reporter: it was supposed to hold the most dangerous suspects in the war on terror. but it wasn't built to house them for nearly two decades. with hundreds of u.s. personnel watching over them. president obama promised to shut it down, but president trump changed course. >> we're going to load it up with some bad dudes, believe me. we're going to load it up. >> reporter: admiral john ring is the military commander here. in a nbc news exclusive, he says the classified detention camp is in rough shape. we're only allowed inside the unclassified camps. >> it's falling into the ground and deteriorating rapidly. >> reporter: the pentagon wants $69 million for a new detention camp, but so far congress said no. the big

for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching, and good night. city. a police dog took a suspect at a school. but it wasn )t the on >>> right now at 6:00. a police dog took down a suspect out of school. it wasn't the only crime in that neighborhood. >>> calm commute as we head into the weekend. but in the coming hours, rain will be back. >>> a in alaska. it was a 7.0. th news at 6:00 starts right now. i'm terry mcsweeney in for raj mathai. >> and i'm jessica aguirre. >>> check out this earthquake. when the shaking stops, many stores looked like that. a lot of mess. you could see food scattered all across the aisle. roads all throughout the city shut down because of massive cracks in the highway. >>> our investigative team has come up with a story. let's begin with christie smith who's been following developments all day. christie. >> reporter: the company working on this project says they have about 15 retrofit projects happening in san francisco at the same time trying to help property owners comply with the rules, but we're told a few hundred still h

andrea mitchell, nbc news, washington. >>> i'm richard engel. as troops in syria are ordered to leave, tonight several current and former military officials tell nbc news many american commanders are outraged as russia's vladimir putin sees an opening. >> they don't care about bashar al assad. they care about expanding their influence into africa and into the mediterranean. by the way, i think you're doing the wrong thing when vladimir putin says you're doing the right thing. that's dangerous. >> reporter: and some say immoral. for u.s. t's es ctly what many feel they have been told to do. abandoning kurdish forces who fought loyally with them against isis. today, turkey's president erdogan said an offensive, he's so far been able to carry out against the kurds is postponed for the moment, but kurdish leaders are convinced move against them. in desperation, they have threatened to release more than 3,000 isis detainees they captured with american help. and syria isn't the only front now in chaos. president trump announced plans to cut in half th

let's begin our coverage with nbc's hallie jackson. >>r. vice president, forward? a path >> reporter: shutdown shuttle diplomacy with the vice president and top whe house officials back and forth on capitol hill mast-minute maneuvering aim at a breakthrough. it's up to the democrats whether or not we have a shutdown. >> reporter: president trump today insisting the democrats now own it. what do you make of pr thident's assessment that st ping a shutdown is in the hands of your pay? i don't think the american people's is thathort. >> i'll be proud to shutdown the government. i'll be the one to shut it down. i won't blame you for it. i will take the responsibility for shutting down. >> any effort on his part to blame the democrats will be such [ bleep ]. >> reporter: what will y partial shutdown mean f? only about a quarter of the government will be effected so you'll still get your mail through th office and at tsa screening at the airport, although those officers will be working without getting paid. the smithsoniaand seums will stay open after the first and after

let's get more from nbc's peter alexander. michael cohen, the president's foer personal lawyer, who once said he'd take a bullet for donald trump, is firing back. >> i am done with the lying. i'm done being loyal to president trump. >> reporter: cohen is disputing mr. trump's assertion that he never directed cohen to break the law, by arranging hush money payments to two women who claim they had affairs with trump, claims the president and his aides deny. the former fixer talking to abc news. >> nothing at the trump organization was ever done unless it was run through mr. trump. he directed me to make the payments. he directed me to become involved in these matters. >> reporter: cohen was sentenced to three years in prison for his crimes, including campaign finance violations. president trump, who first claimed ignorance about the payments, now argues they were not criminal. >> they put those two charges on to embarrass me. >> that was absolutely not true. i did not do it to embarrass the president. >> reporter: facing questio

kerry sanders, nbc news. ar>>> back here on a warning for those travelers heading home the christmas holiday. a weather system currently dropping snow in the rockies it will cause proems in if air and roads later this ek. and snow in parts of texas and will see flooding rain. by friday it makes its coast. the east >>> the spirit of christmas arrived for billions who celebrate the holiday.th hem hosting the fargest crowd it has seen christmas years. thousands packed the church of the nativity. kathy park reports. ♪ >> reporter: one holida bringing millions together. from around the world a christmas wish. a message of hope from vacan city. celebrating the birth of christ from buckingham palace. >> i believe his message of peace on earth andgoodwill to all is never out of date. >> reporter: the queen joining the royal family at the annual christmas service. president trump with his own family for the holidays making calls to children while also making headlines. >> are you still a believer in santa? because at

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kathy park, nbc news. >> okay. that was peect. that is "nbc nightly news" for this sunday.'ll celebrate coming home with a visit to the place where holiday celebrations so often begin. i'm kate snow. for all of us at nbc news, have a great night and a merry chstmas. alright, everyone. santa will be right back, but i just got to say, if you're going to ask him for tech this year, you got to ask for fios too. sorry, why is that? because fios is a 100% fiber-optic network. don't you guys want all of the tech on your wish list to work as awesomely as you dreamed? i'm back! and he's back. 100% fiber-optic network. 100% phenomenal. get fios internet for just $39.99 per month and get a $50 amazon gift card when you install by december 31st. >>> nbc spts, home of the olympic games, the nhl, the nascar playoffs, the indianapolis 500 and prime time's number one show "sunday night football" only on nbc. >> this is what we do! >> sday night! everybody watcs! wow! >> this is what we live for! ♪ i'm in the sweet spot i'm feeling good ♪ the sun is shining ♪ i knew it would ♪ the world's a

nbc's kerry sanders has the story.g incident caught on camera, a police patrol car from a local schoo district, hits a homeless woman crossing a housto street and leaves the scene. behind the wheel police say off duty independent school district officer omario gothright. on t e ground, alison moon. she told our houston affiliate, the officer rolled down the window to say that he was coming back, and he did, an hour later, in his own car, with his girlfriend claiming she had been driving. officials say g gothright later confessed. and tonight he's en arged with failing to stop and render aid. the school district said he did not have ion to use the vehicle and he's been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation. benbc news has no able to reach him and his attorney has no comment. she says she's okay, but wants justice. >> he needs to serve some time for what he did to me. >> reporter: kerry sanders, nbc news. >>> we want to tell you about another scary incident on the road caught on camera, with a much happ

ron allen, nbc news.> new video out shows nal moments when a small plane crashed in florida skidding into a warehouse and erupting inta ball of fire on saturday. the pilot and passenger were both killed. the ntsb is investigating the cause. >>> a mystery in paradise. late word that authorities found the body in a search for an amerin tourist. she disappeared near the air b and where she's staying. >> reporter: days beforeer disappearance, images of joyful 36-year-old ca a celebrating her birthday on vacation in costa rica. her family hopeful she'll be found alive. >> i want to tell her that i le her, that i want her to come back home with us. >> reporter: but today, island authorities made grim discoveries, a body that appears to be a woman found in a wooded area close to the air b and b apartment where she was last known to be staying. authorities also found traces of blood inside the apartment. investigators say they are not able to confirm the body is her at this time and are awaiting a autopsy. family

kerry sanders, nbc news, birmingham, alabama. >>> we're joined by nbc meteorologist dylan dreyer. what can people expect from these storms tonight into the weekend? >> reporter: well, kate, this rain is finally coming to an end here in new york city, but you go a little farther south and we still have some of that heavy rain across the mid atlantic and further south still, we'll deal with rain through the night although the severity of the storms is not as intense. now once we get into the weekend, starting tomorrow, we are going to begin with the real quiet start to this long holiday weekend for new years. we're going to see mainly sunny skies a gd portion of the country. that is a good travel day. now once we go into sunday, things take a turn. we're looking for snow to move back into the northern rockies on sunday, cold air settles in across the eastern two-thirds of the country. then on monday, that snow from the rockies moves into the midwest and parts . we're looking at another snowy day across minnesota and parts of the plain states and looking at really heavy rain from the

kristen dahlgren, nbc news. >> and that's "nbc nightly news" for this saturday.ate snow is in tomorrow with a look at the big trend in hollywood, taking podcasts into primetime. i'm jose diaz-balart reporting from new york. thank you for the privilege of your time, and good night. now. good evening and thanks for joining us. i )m anoushah rasta. terry mcsweeney is off tonight. we continue to foll >>> good evening and thank you for joining us. terri is off tonight. we continue to follow breaking news out of sfo where a airport with the latest. you just learned that one of the plumbers has been rescued. >> reporter: we know that both plumbers are now safe, in fact. i'm going to step out of the way to show you that crews are actually clearing this scene. right over there kind of in the dark is the plumber's van. i can tell you that within the last 15 minutes or so search and rescue teams were able to find one of the plumbers who had -- who was unlocated for several hours. let's go to video. you're likely going to see an balance driving away. that balance is carrying

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the latest nbc polls find that almost 2/3 of americans say they do not believe president trump is being truthful in the russia investigation. >>> a wild coast to coast weather wallop over the weekend and our bill karins has your travel forecast for a busy preholiday week ahead. >>> to an nbc news special report from the border, where democratic lawmakers are hoping to pressure the trumpe wake of california fires a group of people banded together to care for displaced pets and animals. >>> and weekend box office. "early today" starts right now. >>> good morning. i'm marlie hall. esident trump and the mueller investigation. new numbers from an nbc news/"wall street journal" poll reveals a majority of americans now believe president trump is not telling the truth when it comes to the russia investigation and 6 in 10 americans say president donald trump has been untruthful about the topic, saying the investigation has given them doubts about the presidency. the poll comes after new developments in the russia probe including the sentencing of trump's former personal attorney michael cohen. n

that's "nbc nightly news" this monday. i'm lester holt.f us at nbc ne news, thank you for watching and goodnight. big waves along the coast. so strong -- they took out a window at popular >>> they're coming in strong. right now at 6:00, these big waves along our coast, so strong they took out a window at a popular restaurant. we're tracking when these dangerous conditions will>>>lus social media post from butte county fire zone insensitive. the post seemed to make fun of people who lost everything in the fire. the quick action an east bay company took to make amends. >>> providing information for isis. the februabi releasing this man apparently showing this man revealing a terror plot. >>> thanks for being with us on this monday. i'm raj mathai. >> i'm jessica aguirre. plant bombs, blow up a gay bar in san francisco. some of the threats about killing up to 10,000 people here in the bay area. those revelations had court documents. today we have video of the oakland man as he outlines his terror plot. the video is chilling to hear, mark. >>

some day. >>> that's "nbc nightly news" for this monday. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. heated confrontation betn >>> right now at 6:00. body cam foot and released hours ago. confrontation between police and a suspect. the moments before the officer fired deadly shots. >> i'm tracking two more rain chances ahead tho week. and what it could mean this winter. >> first a worldwide problem for uber. causing a lot of headaches for customers and drivers. >> the news at 6:00 starts now. good evening. >> it was a widespread outage and put the brakes on uber this evening. started around 4:00. when people started to complain they couldn't use the app. and the problem stretched around the world. >> business and tech reporter joining us at san jose international. it's been a hemic couple hours for the company and the customers. >> here's what we know. at this point as far as we can tell, i have been talking with app developers. the app was unable to connect riders with drivers. there was no ride shari

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joe fryer, nbc news. >>> on wall street today, a major plunge. the dow finishing down s nearly 500 poi its lowest close since may. the dow now down 2.5% for the year. >>> one stock that took a big hit today, johnson & johnson, after a neort claiming the company knew for decades that its baby powder sometimes contains small amous of asbestos. the company is fighting lawsuits from thousands of people alleging it caused cancer. nbc's anne thompson has more. >> reporter: juries across the country have returned mixed verdicts on whether johnson & johnson aalcum based baby powdernd shower to shower products caused ovarian cancer and mesothelioma. gail ingham one of 22 women awarded a total of nearly $5 billion this summer. ro> i hope no woman has to go h this. >> reporter: other cases have been rejected. now a bombshell reportom euters says company documents show j knew from at least 1971 to the early 2000s that its raw talc and fd powders sometimes tested positive for small amounts of asbestos, and iled to disclose it. it clear that many people inside

steve patterson, nbc news. >> so inspiring. that's nbc "nightly news" for this saturday. join us tomorrow when we look into the hype around cbd oil, the nation's latest health craze. i'm jose diaz-balart reporting from new york. thank you for the privilege of your time. and good night. they found the t no sign of the dri >>> right now at six, they found a crashed car but no sign of a driver. continuing to follow an unusual crash along 101. good evening everyone, i am ter terry mcsweeney. when the chp showed up to investigate, they couldn't find the driver, but they did find a huge traffic backup. sergio quintana is live. >> reporter: the skid marks where the vehicle careened off and went into the trees and into the water. this is what it looked like after it was fished out of the water. it is not clear what caused the driver to skid and into the water. the driver did manage to get out of the half submerged vehicle, anded dn a and then left the scene. emergency crews worked to h the suv out of the water and

here is nbc's kerry sanders. ig >> reporter: t, almost three months after 26-year-old botham jean was shot and killed in as apartment, an off-duty police officer amber guyger, a grand jury returned the indictment of murder his parents reacting te oday. >> i am indeed satisfied with the indictment for murder of amber guyger because i truly believe that she inflicted tremendous evil on my son. >> reporter: the evening of the shooting then officer guyger told investigators she just wrapped up a 15-hour workday and accidently walked into the wrong tm apt, saying she thought it was hers even though it was on a different floor and shot jean who she thought was a burglar. he was watching a football game. the shooting sparking protests, guyger was charged with manslaughter and fired. >> i hope that whatever comes out of botham's case that it will be a signal to o fficers all over the united states thathey need to think first before pulling the trigger. >> reporter: guyger that could face live in prison posted bond. her a

nbc's tom costello was there. fire, gm's ceo mary barra making the rounds on capitol hill today, defending her decision to lay off thousands of workers and close plants in ohio, michigan, and maryland, but making no promises. would you consider using those plants for new production lines? >> it's incredibly difficult to make these types of discussions. our focus is on the gm team members that are impacted. >> reporter: gm is shifting truck and suv production in mexico, focusing on production of new vehicles and ending production on the chevy volt and cruz. >> we were really blindsided by this. we didn't expect it at all. >> reporter: it comes the same year that gm benefitted from president trump's corporate tax cut. congress now considering new laws that would remove corporate tax incentives for moving jobs overseas. >> we're asking for the opportunity to once again let our workforce shoha >> reporter: many analysts say gm's decision has provided some rare bipartisanship in washington. widespread condemnation with

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. >>> our nbc news investigation into popular robotics surgery. more people are choosing it for quicker recovery and no big incisions, but many are not aware of the risks. >> reporter: so somewhere in the course of the surgery, you were burned. >> uh-huh. >> tonight, what every patient should know. >>> the mad dash at the mall, the hottest gifts for those who haven't bought yet, and a surprise why this year most returns are happening before christmas. >>> and home for the holidays, moms and dads who serve making surprise returns, the best gift of all. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, everyone. a lot of developing stories we're watching tonight, including holiday travel headaches. with christmas less than a week away, millions of americans travel plans are hanging in the balance as a massive storm takes aim at the east coast. airports and airlines bracing for nightmare delays tomorrow and possibly friday as the severe storm works its way across the southeast this evening strengthening as it moves north. w

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spacey did not respond to nbc's request for comment. last year his representative saying scey was seeking treatment after numerous other allegations of sexual misconduct. his only post on twitter for over a year was this video today. >> if i didn't pay the price for the things we both know i did do, i'm certainly not going to pay the price for the things i didn't do. >> reporter: a video now blurring the lines between television drama and allegations of real-life crime. gadi schwartz, nbc news, los angeles. >>> new developments tonight as police expand their search for the body of a colorado mom who has been missing sinceks thving. investigators now finding a key clue across stlie s. nbc's steve patterson has the latest. >> reporter: tonight authorities working across state lines to track down any sign of kelsey berreth's body. >> sadly we do not alelieve kelsey is still ive. police arrested her fiancÉ patrick frazee, held without bond. the 32-year-old facing charges of first-degree murder and solicitation for murder. his public defende

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. >> announcer: this is show "nbc nightly news >>> good evening, everyone. disgraced former national security adviser michael flynn, who admitted he lied to the fbi, got more or maybe less than he counted on when he appeared in court for sentencing today. the more coming in the form of a blistering rebuke from a judge who at one point wondered why he wasn't facing treason charges. but then a surprise, the judge allowing flynn to delay his sentencing and continue his cooperation with the government. our pete williams has details. >> reporter: michael flynn arriving at the federal courthouse in washington with every reason to suspect he would be sentenced only to probation with no prison time. that's what his lawyer said would be appropriate. and robert mueller's prosecutors agreed. saying he's been cooperating with them extensively. 19 separate meetings in the past year. but in a stunning twist, those hopes ran into a buzz saw named judge emmitt sullivan who said he couldn't hide his disgust for what flynn admitted doing. >> flynn was smiling during the earli

that's "nbc nightly news" for this thursday. i'm lester holt, for all of us, >>> right now at 6:00, gone in seconds. what thieves put in the back of that truck that makes this crime a felony. >>> but first, only on nbc bay area, the salacious tape that has one police department under the microscope. >> a police sex scandal in the heart of silicon valley. two rookie officers have been fired and two veteran officers in trouble. damian trujillo broke this story in sunny vail with the exclusive story. >> reporter: i'm told these allegations are reverberating throughout the department. the female officer allegedly in that video has been on the force for a year and a half and now is in the center of a huge controversy here in sunnyvale. the allegations are stunning. sources say the female officer made a porn video with her husband while she was a cop in hawaii. they allegedly streamed it live on porn hub.com. it

nbc's jeff genne nbc's geoff bennett has the latest. >> reporter: the partial government shutdown is heading into its tenth day, with both sides stuck in a standoff over the proposed border wall, talk of new optimism on the part of the president. >> he was in a very good mood, and i think he's receptive to making a deal if it achieves his goals of securing our border. >> reporter: trump ally, senator lindsey graham, strategizing sunday with mr. trump over a two-hour lunch. the senator sending a surprising new signal from the west wing. >> the wall has become a metaphor for border security. >> reporter: graham suggesting mr. trump might consider a compromise that would extend work permits and temporary legal status to qualified undocumented immigrants. in exchange for billions to build border barriers. >> the president didn't commit, but i think he's very open-minded. >> reporter: that private meeting capping president trump's fourth straight day with no public events. the president out of sight, but active on twitter, leveling a stunning accusation after two migrant children died in

. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. special counsel robert mueller tonight says former trump lawyer michael cohen has been helpful to his investigation but federal prosecutors in new york say he should be sentenced to prison including making illegal hush money payments he claims were on behalf of mr. trump. in the meantime, a much anticipated court filing in the case of former trump campaign chairman paul manafort could open a window into this investigation. our pete williams has late details. pete, good evening. >> reporter: lester, prosecutors are urging the judge to impose a substantial prison term for michael cohen, and robert mueller is keeping under wraps much of his claim that paul manafort lied after agreeing to cooperate with the special counsel investigation. mueller says paul manafort, the former trump campaign chairman violated his agreement by lying to them after he pleaded guilty, but court documents filed today giving specifics of what they say he lied about were heavily redacted. >> that means that there

for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. we talk exclusively to leon panetta about who might >>> i think that president trump really thinks that he could be his own chief of staff. >> right now at 6:00, we talk to leon panetta about who might fill the same divorce.ne wake f butte county. why critics say it is too little too late. >>> a bomb threat at facebook headquarters in menlo park. the threat was called into the new york police department, the nypd notified the menlo park police department. you are seeing activity from down below. it is building 29 which is a converted warehouse. evacuations are under way. this is causing a huge backup on 101. you can see it here, this is at 1 101 and marsh road. expect major delays. we are going to keep a close eye on this story. we'll bring you more updates throughout this news cast. >>> he comes the drones and the inspectors. pg&e will be inspecting

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nbc bay area skyranger is overhead.ng at the intersection of union city boulevard and whipple road. now, initial reports suggest that pg&e crew working in the area hit a water line, which is causing all this flooding. we can pull out here from our chopper and see how many cars are trying to go around the flood zone there. this is a major intersection near the union landing shopping center behind the century theaters. we have a crew on the scene. we'll continue to update this on our 6:00 newscast. >>> going to the beach got easier. there's ann app for that. it started with a tech billionaire's wedding. he got into trouble with his wedding he held in 2013 in big sur. he didn't have the proper permits. todays he community service led to this announcement. he worked with the state coastal commission to create the your coast smart phone app that marks out 1,500 access points to beaches. some hard to find. we'll be right back. way to stay connected. it gives you super fast speeds for all your devices, enhanced coverage, and l

also download our nbc bay area app. you'll get alerts to your smartphone as we report them. >>> we have breaking news now, just as ruth bader ginsburg ynd we underwent surgery. there is no evidence of any remaining disease. the two nodules were discovered during tests after she fell last month. the supreme court says justice ginsburg is resting comfortably and is expected to remain in the hospital for a few days. >>> the rain is coming down on parts of the bay area. check out this video we shot in san francisco earlier this morning. people still running in the rain. make sure to bring your umbrella if you're headed outside. >>> it's going to be raining off and on all day today and a bigger storm will be here this weekend. >> a live look at our doppler radar there. stormrang stormranger scanning the skies and rain still over the bay area. meteorologist kari hall has been tracking the storm for us. kari, how is it looking? >> the rain is light and spotty. this really doesn't keep you inside. it's just enough to where as y

nbc bay area responds.ext. >>> nbc bay area responds to a pacifica woman who ran into trouble with her mobile phone bill. >> she says she was paying a lot more than she bargained for. consumer investigator chris chmura's team looked into the issue. >> let's talk about patricia may tonight. guys, last year she said she signed a two-year agreement with at at&t. a few months later she had a family emergency and was late making one payment. well, patricia says at&t agreed to waive the late fee. but she ended up getting hit with another one anyway. and she decided you know what, i'm not going to pay it. patricia says she made several calls to at&t to try to sort it out but nothing happened. and those fees, they simply kept growing, reaching nearly $200 in total. well, that is when she turned to us for help. and we turned to at&t. we asked the company, hey, take another look. well, apparently it d agreed to of those late fees. it also cut patricia's monthly bill and even threw in an additional $150 credit for the

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be sure to follow us on facebook, twitter, and instagram at nbc early today.inues right here. >>> at 4:30 on your wednesday morning, it is a national day of mourning. president george h.w. bush will be laid to rest today. it will be the first of actually two funerals to be held. this one in washington, d.c. and another private funeral planned in texas. good morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. we'll have a look at the commute in a bit. first, we want to look at the weather outside. >> we had a system move in last night that brought a good amount of rainfall. overall, a some over a tenth of an inch. i want to show you some showers using our doppler radar. you can see showers pushing

we're joined by nbc meteorologist dylan dreyer. where do we look? >> kate, on the northern side we're seeing blowing snow, wind gusts up to 35 miles per hour. we have blizzard warning in effect for the northern plains. we could end up with six to 12 inches of snow possible. on the southern side of the snow, we've already had tornado warnings across central texas. this is the threat through the night, with large hail, damaging winds and tornadoes a possibility. this will naturally create delays at the airports if you're flying tonight. we'll see delays down south through dallas, also farther north in areas like minneapolis-st. paul. tomorrow it's mostly rain that will be the threat. we'll likely see delays in chicago, down to st. louis and memphis. on friday, it's warm enough for mainly rain. that heavy rain could cause delays all up and down the east coast on friday, central new england will likely see snow. this is a big storm and it will impact most of the country. >> dylan, thank you. >>> tonight, double trouble in italy as mt. etna erupts and ca

kristen dahlgren, nbc news, detroit. >>> and that's "nbc nightly news" for this saturday.az-balart reporting from new york. thank you for the privilege of your time. we close tonight with a look at arlington national cemetery, where volunteers honored fallen veterans, part of the annual wreaths across america tribute. good night. across america tribute. good night. the news at six stat now. good evening and thanks for joining us. i )m anoushah rasta. and i )m terry mcsweeney. an oakland nurse who was deported last year, to mexico, >>> good evening and thank you an oakland nurse who was deported next year to mexico is back home now in the bay area. she has four children in the east bay. she was living in oakland for 20 years as an undocumented immigrant. she landed in sfo a little over an hour ago. this is a live look at a press conference set to take place. right now she is being interviewed by customs officials. we're going to share the details with you throughout the night. >>> a micro climate weather alert is in effect and this is how things are looking right now. if yo