. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening to our viewers in the west. thank you for being here tonight. the crisis with north korea reaching an unsettling new level today, with news of a possible weapons capability and the most provocative statement yet from president trump, who met north korea's recent verbal threats with this chilling threat of his own. >> north korea best not make any more threats to the united states. they will be met with fire and fury, like the world has never seen. as i said, they will be met with fire, fury and, frankly, power, the likes of which this world has never seen before. >> the president painting a dark and ominous image on the same day nbc news learned u.s. intelligence has reason to believe north korea has managed to create a nuclear warhead small enough to be launched aboard an intercontinental ballistic missile. our andrea mitchell begins our coverage. >> reporter: the alarming warning tonight from u.s. officials briefed on the defense intelligence agency assessment,

. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, it's nice to have you with on this monday to our viewers in the west. with the world standing against him in a way that it hasn't before, north korea's unpredictable leader is lashing out at a new round of international sanctions that are now facing his country and threatening thousands-fold revenge against the united states. kim jong-un's bellicose statements are set against the backdrop of north korea's two recent test launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles, including troubling activity beneath the ocean as the trump administration weighs a grave set of actions if diplomacy fails to halt north korea's advances. chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell has details. >> reporter: north koreans lining up to watch state-owned tv, threatening the u.s. with a thousands' fold revenge for what they call villainous sanctions, warning it's a mistake for americans to think they're safe. president trump talking for an hour to his secretary of state at an asian s

. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening to our viewers in the west. thanks for being here tonight. the staff bloodletting at the white house claimed anthony scaramucci today, ousted this afternoon after a stormy six days on the job. the brash new york financier and president trump's new communications director was shown to the west wing exit door on the same day retired general john kelly took over as white house chief of staff from reince priebus. kelly's first order of business apparently fixing what many insiders saw as a big mistake by the president in his hiring of scaramucci. our chief white house correspondent hallie jackson has details. >> reporter: today, the retired general reorganizing his ranks, with new chief of staff john kelly pushing out controversial communications director anthony scaramucci, according to sources familiar with the move. it comes not long after scaramucci, originally praised by the president, targeted white house staff with a profanity-laced rant in "the new yorker," one so vul

"nightly news" begins right now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening, everyone. we're glad you're here this evening. the stock market's spectacular ride carried it to a new record today as the dow shot past the 22,000 mark for first time. it's one sign of an economy that's hitting on many cylinders. good news for wall street and certainly for folks with 401(k)s and retirement dollars in the market. it can be easy to forget, however, that a lot of working people are still staring into near-empty wallets and are feeling left out of today's celebration because salaries are lagging behind. our business correspondent jo ling kent has the bigger picture for us tonight. >> reporter: with today's record, the dow is now up 20% since president trump was elected. that's the story of one economy. while many americans feel like they're living in another. why are you here at amazon? >> i was originally working retail, and it just wasn't enough money. >> reporter: frustration shared today in 12 states as thousands of people lin

>>> "nightly news" begins right now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, everyone. thank you for being with us. healer or antagonist? the answer may depend on which donald trump you heard over the last 24 hours. after casting himself as the victim of bad news coverage at a rally in phoenix blasting everyone from the media to fellow republicans, the president appeared in nevada today where he returned to a call for unity based on common values. the head-snapping change of tones comes as the nation's former intelligence boss offers a troubling assessment of the commander in chief. our national correspondent peter alexander has more. >> reporter: tonight more white house whiplash. at the american legion national convention in reno, a declaration of unity. >> it is time to heal the wounds that divide us. >> reporter: a presidential 180 from last night's unbridled offensive in arizona. >> repeal and replace! >> reporter: repeatedly taking aim at the media. >> the very dishonest media. and they're bad people. they don't

"nbc nightly news" begins right now. >> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, nice to have you with us on this friday as the world tries to glean how much bite there is behind the bark of president trump who for a third day served up verbal warnings against north korean aggression. once again keeping up the theme of stop it or else, and predictably provoking some equally colorful retorts from north korea. despite president trump's tweet announcing the u.s. military was locked and loaded, there are now apparent indications that all this talk is on the verge of turning to blows. our white house correspondent, kristen welker, brings us the latest. >> reporter: flanked by his secretary of state, u.n. ambassador, and national security adviser, president trump is turning up the heat on north korea for a third time this week. late tonight, asked is the u.s. going to war. >> i think you know the answer to that. >> reporter: warning leader kim jong-un -- >> this man will not get away with what he's doing, believe me. if he utter

. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, todd our viewers in the west. thanks for being with us. things were looking up all across america today as the united states found itself in a celestial sweet spot, a front row seat for a total solar eclipse that swept its shadow from oregon to south carolina in just 90 minutes. there were cheers and some tears of joy as day turned to twilight in its direct path and eclipsed pilgrims who traveled from far and wide to experience the moment from just the right places even in the sky aboard a special eclipse flight were rewarded for their efforts. our team was on hand to witness it all. tom costello starts our coverage from south carolina. hi, tom. >> reporter: hi, lester. what a day. millions of people from west coast to east mesmerized by the celestial event. and you know, the last time we had a total eclipse move across the country was 99 years ago. as one former astronaut said today, these are the days, these are the events when you realize how small we all are in space

"nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. west wing lightning rod steve bannon is out tonight as president trump's chief strategist. a key architect of donald trump's election victory, he nurtured much of the president's take no prisoners right wing impulses. word of bannon's departure produced sharp reaction. celebrations on the left and worry on the right over the fate of the president's conservative agenda items. and tonight, in an explosive interview, bannon is promising a wide-ranging fight for his nationalist ideas. our hallie jackson has details. >> reporter: promising war, steve bannon's bracing for battle. the now-ousted chief strategist telling bloomberg he's leaving the white house to fight for president trump against his opponents on capitol hill, in the media and in corporate america. bannon now becoming one of the last west wing originals to leave the picture one year and one day after joining team trump. the self-styled protector of the president's nationalist pledges mutually agreeing with chief of st

. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, and thank you for being here tonight. as the remnants of hurricane harvey finally exit the state of texas and rescue crews intensify their search for victims, there is a new pressing danger in the flood zone tonight. a chemical plant burning. it's already been rocked by two explosions early today after critical cooling systems failed in the flood. a large area around that plant in crosby, texas, has been evacuated in anticipation of more explosions amid uncertainty about the safety of the air around it. jacob rascon is leading off our coverage tonight. jacob, good evening. >> reporter: lester, good evening. tonight the sheriffs and fire department, the national guard even the epa are working overtime hoping to avoid another crisis. nobody's allowed to enter the evacon high stakes waiting game. tonight the flooded arkema chemical plant is still smoldering. neighborhoods within a mile and a half urged to evacuate as officials warn that more explosions are possible. >> thes

for all of us at nbc news, thank you for night. ws, thank you for watching, and good night. >>> sometimes there's no words and you just have to -- >> fallout from that flood. phow mad was mel b and that wasn't the only danger of doing live tv. >>> the secret is out. it's all

world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening to our viewers until the west. and thank you for joining us tonight. after enduring one of the roughest patches of his presidency last week over the violence in charlottesville, president trump is off to a busy start this week rallying supporters at an event in arizona this evening on the heels of last night's primetime speech in which he announced an open-ended american commitment leaving a lot of unanswered questions. meantime, tensions are high in phoenix right now where protesters are also massing for tonight's presidential rally. we have it all covered starting with nbc's kristen welker. kristen, good evening. >> reporter: lester, good evening to you. this is president trump's eighth campaign style rally since taking office. and it comes as he's been openly feuding with the state's two republican senators. neither of them are expected to attend, but thousands of his supporters are and there could be fireworks. president trump putting a focus on his signature issue, immigration control,

from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening, and thank you for joining us tonight. the slow drumbeat of the russia investigation that has haunted the trump administration all summer long is picking up tempo tonight with reports special counsel robert mueller has now impaneled a grand jury. if true, the move opens up broad new running room to an investigation that has apparently now expa expanded beyond just the question of whether there was coordination between russia and members of the trump campaign. our chief white house correspondent hallie jackson has details. >> reporter: tonight, the special counsel investigating russian election interference is entering a new phase of its inquiry, assembling a grand jury in washington, d.c. as first reported by "the wall street journal." it's a signal robert mueller's investigation, which has dogged the administration and infuriated the president, will stretch on for months if not longer. nbc news has not independently confirmed the report, but the grand jury would be empowered to hear

dozen north korean missile launch sites and support facilities which intelligence officials tell nbc news they feel confident they have accurately identified. the b.-one's can carry a mix of women's, as many as 168 bombs or more likely the new jassm-er hundreds of miles outside north korean air space. >> of all the military options you could consider, this would be one of the two or three that would be at least have a possibility of not escalating the situation. a single long-range strike against the nuclear program, a cyber offensive would be the second. those are the only two military options that ought to be in serious consideration. >> reporter: nonetheless, admirable stavridis, who is the supreme allied commander of nato says he would counsel the president against the use of the u.s. military at this point. >> kim jong-un would be compelled to respond. he would lash out militarily at a minimum against south korea and potentially at longer range targets, perhaps including guam. that's a bad set of outcomes from where we sit today. >> cynthia, as you know, last spring we took this broa

"nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. >>> good evening to our viewers in the west. thank you for being with us on this friday. the verdict is in for the brash young former ceo who became the poster image of everything americans don't like about big pharma. you may remember the name martin shkreli when his pharmaceutical company raised the price of an aids drug from around $13 a pill to $750 a pill overnight in 2015. that wasn't a crime. but defrauding investors is as shkreli learned today in a brooklyn federal courtroom. our anne thompson has the story. >> reporter: a bad day for the one-time bad boy of the pharmaceutical industry. martin shkreli gained infamy raising the price of an aides drug 5,000% two years ago. >> are you going to change the price? >> no. >> reporter: becoming the ceo americans loved to hate. >> i intend to use the advice of my counsel, not yours. >> reporter: but that's not why he was convicted in federal court today. the 34-year-old found guilty on three of eight c

nbc news medical correspondent dr. res has the new warning tonight. >> reporter: katy rich just had her third child, a boy named brady. when weeks later she got a terrifying call from her doctor. >> he said, it's cancer. and he said it wasn't good. >> reporter: the 33-year-old had stage 4 colon cancer. >> it was devastating. >> reporter: a life-long athlete, she had no family history of the disease. her only symptom? pain in her ribs. the new report shows katy is one of a growing number of younger people getting colorectal cancer. researchers found deaths in white people under age 55 are on the rise. and it's not only the result of more screening. >> this increase in incidence is real. and it's scary. because we don't know what's causing it. >> reporter: colonoscopy is currently recommended beginning at age 50 for most people, and repeated every ten years until age 75 for those with no risk factors. every five years for other screening tests or when colonoscopy finds small polyps. but today's startling report has some d

news at 6:00. >> up next, "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. we'll see you back here at 11:00. >>> tonight, a nation captivated by a historic event in the sky. >> oh, my gosh. i just wish it could last forever. >> day suddenly turns to night as a spectacular solo eclipse mesmerizes millions from coast to coast. >>> disaster at sea. another crash involving a u.s. navy destroyer in the pacific. ten american sailors missing. >>> war plan. president trump addresses the nation on america's mission in afghanistan. are more troops headed into harm's way? >>> courthouse ambush. a gunman opens fire on a judge. the judge firing back and survives. tonight the suspect's connection to a case that made national headlines. >>> and under pressure. doctors sound the alarm about a silent condition hitting a growing number of kids. >>> "nightly news" begins right now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, everyone. thanks for being with us. things were looking up all across america today a

. >> announcer: from nbc news headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, everyone. thanks for being here tonight. the warning from officials is an ominous as it is blunt, get out now. tens of thousands living along the texas gulf coast under a hurricane warning right now, as harvey whips itself into a major hurricane. a lumbering but dangerous storm that could come ashore a little over 24 hours from now, and dump some truly unbelievable amounts of rains, flooding rains over the next several days. sustained winds are already 85 miles an hour. they could be over 100 when the storm comes ashore near corpus christi late tomorrow or early saturday. that's where jacob rascon begins our reporting tonight. >> reporter: tonight the forecast is urgent and distressing. >> this is a very, very bad scenario for us here. >> reporter: hurricane harvey intensifying rapidly expected to slam into texas as a category 3. >> we're going to, in the strongest possible terms, encourage the residents in the low lying areas, as they say, get out of dodge. >> repor

. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. to the viewers in the west. glad you're here tonight. it's looking tonight like president trump had a bigger hand than first acknowledged in crafts son donald junior's initial misleading statement about his meeting last year with the russian attorney. as you may recall, follow-up statements from the younger trump revealed the meeting was really about gathering campaign dirt on hillary clinton. but the "washington post" is reporting it was the president himself who dictated his son's first response, which incorrectly claimed the meeting was about something much more innocent. that's raising a host of questions this evening. our happy jackson has details. >> reporter: tonight new questions of credibility and contradictions with the white house defending the president for his response to that campaign meeting between donald trump jr. and a russian lawyer. the fallout focuses on what happened july 8th, on air force one, not long after the president left the g20 sum

. >> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with jose diaz belart. >> good evening, kate snow is off tonight. an american icon has died. jerry lewis passed away in las vegas today at the age of 91. he was a beloved star of the screen and stage but may best be remembered for those annual telethons to raise money for the muscular dystrophy association. lewis was passionate about that cause and the children he helped who called themselves jerry's kids. tonight, the mda said his decades of devotion can be summed up in a motto that lewis would often quote. "i shall pass through this world but once. any good, therefore, that i can do or any kindness that i can show to any human being, let me do it now. let me not defer nor neglect it, for i shall not pass this way again." tonight tributes are pouring in across the country. our miguel almaguer takes a look at his life and legacy. ♪ >> reporter: most of the public saw him only as a funnyman. >> you say you loved me, and i've loved you, living and loving. >> reporter: but jerry lewis was a lot more. during mo

. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening to our viewers in the west. thank you for being with us tonight. after what to many came off as a tone deaf response to this weekend's racist-fueled violence in charlottesville, virginia, president trump tried today to find the right notes as he took to the podium again to address the tragedy, this time calling out the kkk, neo-nazis and white supremacists by name for sowing the seeds of hate that blossomed into bloodshed on a charlottesville street saturday when a car driven into a crowd left a young woman dead and more than a dozen others injured. it was part of a horrific day that also saw two police officers killed in a helicopter accident. tonight the president's words and actions under scrutiny as he faces a major test of moral leadership. our chief white house correspondent hallie jackson has the latest. >> reporter: president trump today delivering the message many wanted sooner. >> racism is evil. and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs i

i'm lester holt for all of us at nbc news. ing and good night. . >>> jennifer lawrence's in love, her first interview of dating her director. >> jennifer lawrence on hero man slaughter with darren aronofsky. inside her new vogue tell all. their 22 years age gap on the chilling of their new movie and what she says for the first time she's not confused in a relationship. >> taylor swift faces down the dj accused of groping her. did he destroy evidence and changed his story seven times. we are inside court with the latest. >> new couple alert, kendall jenner, leaving a nightclub with nba star blake griffin. >> the new season of vampire as demy moore returns. princess diana's lost childhood movie. the movie of diana, the world never knew. all new star real estate. we go inside adam lavine new mansion. >> in the smerks i live ummer,

up next is "nbc nightly news." we'll see you back here at 11:00 tonight. >>> tonight, high drama over what really happened aboard air force one. a stunning report that the president in flight personally dictated his son's misleading statement about that meeting with the russian lawyer. did the misdirection go all the way to the top. >>> hot car tragedies, two infants die on the same day left in vehicles amid scorching temperatures. >> she was my precious cargo. and i never thought it would happen to her. >> safety groups pushing carmakers to sound the alarm. >>> microchipping employees, a device under your skin that opens the door, works the vending machine and more. we'll take you to a company where it's happening. >>> and baby bump. a little boy's airplane greeting we just can't get enough of. >>> "nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. we're glad you're here tonight. it's looking tonight like presi

news at 6:00. thanks for watching. up next is "nbc nightly news." we'll see you back here tonight at 11:00. >>> tonight, trump's war plan. promises a victory, but few details, and major questions about the mission. all of it as the president prepares to rally. protests planned in phoenix. will he come out swinging after a widely condemned response to charlottesville. >>> grim discovery found in the wreckage of a navy destroyer. a growing investigation in the pacific. >>> chicken health warning. a spike in people getting sick as more and more families invest in a backyard trend. >>> preventing a sudden killer, the leading cause of death for people over age 40. for the first time doctors say they may be able to predict who's at risk and stop it before it strikes. >>> and to serve and protect, how a policeman doing double duty as the ice cream man is 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 thank you for joining

much larger than mine but also at a much lower price. >> reporter: for "early today," jo ling kent, nbc news, new jersey. >> back in washington a massive overhaul of the immigration system could come to pass if president trump has his way. after throwing his weight behind a new proposal from two gop senators that looks to change policy from coast to "washington post." the plan would/legal immigration by half over the next ten years as the administration eyes strict new conditions including an english speaking litmus test. it's causing a major uproar among immigration advocates and lawmakers. joining us from washington, tracie paulson. tell us how this proposal is received. >> reporter: we go from a lottery based system to what they're calling a merit based system where potential immigrants would get points based on their level of education, whether they have a job offer here in the united states, their hi-tech skills it could squeeze out millions of low wage workers that do jobs at restaurants and hotels and in construction all over the country. that's one part of it. as you mentioned the ot

p kevin tibls, nbc news cincinnati. >>> all right. something to smile about. d you p spending part of your evening with us. that is nightly news for this friday night. i'm lester holt for all of us at nbc news. thanks for watching and >>> is it easy because oprah says it? that sort of backlash that i've received myself. >> support for oprah after her controversial weight comment. this is "access hollywood," and as the "this is us" gain celebrates slide joining the somehow who is the ultimate guest star for the new "will & grace"? >> that's so .

"nightly news jrgsz" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with kate snow. >>> good evening. it's something we normally expect to be reporting on in late spring, but rare weather patterns spawned a powerful tornado in tulsa, oklahoma, overnight. the first tornado in august in that city since the late '50s. and there is more severe weather in the forecast for tomorrow. five million people are under threat from severe thunderstorms, high winds, and hail in parts of the mid-atlantic. in tulsa last night, the damage was extensive with that tornado packing winds of over 111 miles an hour. we begin tonight with katie beck in tulsa. >>> the late night tornado swept through parts of tulsa with no warning. the city sirens not sounding, many residents sleeping through the disaster which struck after 1:00 in the morning. >> that's a whataburger, part is gone. >> reporter: by the time the national weather service issued a tornado warning, at least 30 people were injured. rooftops lifted off homes and businesses. tree limbs and debris scattered acros

cool event, nbc news is coming up next and then right after that join us for nbc bay area news at 6:00. see you then. >>> on this saturday night, desperate search after a controversial u.s. military aircraft crashes in the ocean off australia. while dozens were rescued, three u.s. marines are missing. >>> squeezing north korea. the u.n. security council imposes tough new sanctions trying to rein in the regime and force it back to the bargaining table. >>> murder mystery. a northwestern university professor and another man are under arrest for a brutal stabbing in chicago. >>> fizzling out. why the country is losing the love for its soft drinks. >>> and the world's fastest man in the final solo run of his career. was it good enough for one more gold? "nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with jose diaz-balart. >>> good evening. at this hour, a frantic search is underway in the waters off australia's eastern coast. three american marines were tossed into the sea north of brisbane after the aircraft they wer

. ♪ >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news" with lesternholt. >> good evening to the viewers in the west. thanks for being with us. >> president trump fired off another round of vague but ominous sounding threats at north korea this afternoon. in his latest verbal salvo, the president appeared to paint another red line, this time over guam, the u.s. island north korea threatens to bracket with missile strikes. >> let's see what he does with guam. if he does something in guam, it will be an event the likes of which nobody's seen before what will happen in north korea. >> the president's comments came during what is the closest thing we've seen to a full-fledged presidential news conference in months. mr. trump eager to sound off on everything from the russian investigation to the opioid crisis. let's start with the crisis in north korea and nbc news white house correspondent, kristen welker. >> reporter: a defiant president trump escalating his war of words with north korea. digging in on his threat of fire and fury. >> if anything maybe th

"nightly news" begins right now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. and thank you for being here. a perilous night awaits those who have ignored evacuation orders near corpus christi, texas. hurricane harvey, on track to become the most powerful to hit the u.s. in a decade, has ballooned into a major category 3 hurricane and is just hours now away from hitting the gulf coast. winds already in excess of 120 miles per hour and a storm surge up to 12 feet is predicted. officials using words like life threatening and catastrophic to describe the flooding anticipated in southern texas. rainfall totals expected to rise as high as 3 feet from a storm system that will hover in place for days to come. our correspondents and crews are deployed across the region. we start with nbc's gabe gutierrez in corpus christi. hi, gabe. >> reporter: lester, good evening. the wind and the rain is intensifying and high tide is fast approaching. more than 30,000 homes and businesses are already without power, and it's not clear exactl

nightly news" begins now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with kate snow. >>> good evening. there was more violence in charlottesville today. fallout from the clash between white nationalists and counter rotesters yesterday's dueling rally turned deadly when a car plowed into a group of those who oppose the alt-right. we learned today that 32-year-old heather heyer was killed by that speeding car. he's now charged with second degree murder. when the organizer of the unite the right rally tried to speak to the press today there was violence again. our tom costello is on the 2k3wr0u67bd ground in charlottesville and joins us live. >> reporter: we're at the epicenter here behind me. behind me is that robert e. lee statue. they're now launching civil rights investigations into that woman's death, most of the white supremacists seem to have left town today but there was that violent alteration when their leader tried to hold a press conference. 24 hours after violence tore through the heart of charlottesville, police snipers were on

nbc 10 app. live in the breaking news center, drew smith, nbc 10 news. >> harvey will continue to hammer the lonestar state for days. nbc 10 first alert meteorologist erika martin is tracking the latest on harvey's wrath. >> something really impressive, 67 tornado warnings have been issued or were issued by the national weather service. of course, we do have to have on fir ma confirmation on that. i mean, that definitely was very impactful, catastrophic, if you will. right now we're still tracking right now tropical storm harvey. it has been downgraded. here is the track of tropical storm harvey. the good news is, while it is meandering around texas, around the gulf, it looks like it will become a tropical depression, or, in other words, weaken by monday. you can see 35 mile per hour wind speeds. so, that definitely helps out the situation because, again, harvey's just going to linger around texas, around the gulf, for a couple days, so at least it is weakening as the days progress. coming up in just a bit, we're going to talk about whether or not harvey will affect us here in some way locally. back