to the nbc , news investigationn >>> turning to the nbc news investigation, . >>> turning to the nbc ws investigation, how prared are we for the midterm elections? we told you earlier this week about illinois and their ntefforts to preve repeat of russian .targeting of its voter databa now tonight, the growinquestions about the machines you use to cast your vote. here is senior investigative correspondent cynthia mcfadden. nation's top national security officials went to the white house last month offering assurances they are doing everything they can to make sure neither the russiansor everyone else interfere in the elections. >> we acknowledge the threat. it is real. it is continuing and we're doing everything we can to have a timate election that the american people can have trust in. >> reporter: congress hasn't helped much appropriating only $380 million to help the states upgrade their election infrastructure and securities. e compare that t$4 billion allocated to the wake of the 20el tion mess. steve is the executive director of the illinois state board of elections. would more

kristen dahlgren, nbc news. >>> there is breaking news we're following right now in washington. a massive inferno engulfing an apartment building for seniors, over 100 firefighters balling the flames as u.s. marines rush in to help. we get late details now from nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: just a mile from the u.s. capital, a terrifying fast-moving four-alarm fire at a senior living apartment complex. firefighters battling flames on the upper two floors of a five-story building and rescuing hundreds of residents. it started just after 3:30 and spread fast. >> somebody knocked on the door. get out, fire, fire, fire. no sprinklers went off. no nothing went off. >> reporter: as flames broke through the roof, fast-acting marines from the nearby navy yard rushed through the gates with wheelchairs to help with rescues. >> you heard people banging on the door saying it's a fire, get out. it's a fire. >> reporter: tonight, d.c. fire rescue says every resident was evacuated safely. tom costello, nbc news, washington. >>> one of the nbc's most public faces, mark cuban, agreed to donat

nbc news chairman andy lack e-mailing every employee of the news division about ronan farrow's initial investigation into harvey weinstein and now ronan farrow is respngphanie gosk. >> rte farrow from doing a story on disgraced movie mogul harvey weinn,ato point did nbc obstruct farrow's reporting. rich mchugh who left the network accused nbc of a massive breach of journalistic integrity. lack says an independent group of the most experienced investigative journalists in our organization evaluated farrow's reporting, concluding the story was not ready to air. the e-mail repeatedly states farrow at the time did not have a single victim or witness willing to go on the record. attached to last night's e-mail was a 10 page report which details more than 20 occasions when harvey weinstein or his lawyers contacted nbc news executives during the investigation. lack writes the persistent contact played no role in our decision-making. he says it was farrow's decision to pursue the story elsewhere. two months later, farrow's pulitzer prize winning report was published in "the new yorker" magazin

tom costello, nbc news, rockville, maryland. >>> there's breaking news in the case we've been followingse suspects from the new mexico compound where children were allegedly trained to kill. the fbi has now stepped in and re-arrested all five of them after the original charges were dropped due to a technicality when county prosecutors missed a hearing deadline. three had already been released, but now all five are back in custody, facing new charges of violating federal firearms and conspiracy laws. >>> now to a story about this network. a former producer at nbc news going public with accusations that executives tried to stop reporter ronan farrow about pursuing a story about sexual harassment allegations against hollywood producer harvey weinstein. here is anne thompson. >> reporter: nbc news tonight on the defensive, insisting the "new york times" report that it tried to stop the hvey weinstein sexual harassment story is an outright lie. the claim comes from former nbc news producer rich mchugh, who worked with ronan farrow on the story. mchugh says nbc was resistant about the reporti

tom costello, nbc news, washington. >>> to an incredible story of murder, conviction, exoneration and one man's long journey to freedom. valentino dixson has walked out of prison after serving 27 years for a murder he didn't commit. nbc's miguel almaguer explains. >> reporter: for dixson a new beginning, surrounded by family for the first time in nearly 30 years, today is his first full day of freedom. >> this is the greatest feeling in the world. it's undescribable. we've been waiting 27 years for this moment. >> reporter: dixon's story of dedemonstration begins after his 1991 conviction for a murder he always denied committing. police say he gunned down jackson despite someone else's confession, dixson was sentenced 39 yearso life. >> sometimes i get angry and bitter. some days i'm in a lot n looking up >> reporter: housed with some of the most violent inmates in the country, a prison employee asked dixson to sketch augusta national from his 6 x 8 cement cell, the former art student with a checkered past drew vivid fairways he's never been to. >> the artwork takes me to another plac

miguel almaguer, nbc news. >>> all right. we'll take a break. coming up, sick of feeling the squeeze in the sky? the new fight over giving you more leg room on your flight. >>> if you're tired of tieing yourself into a pretzel to squeeze in an ever shrinking airline seat and having the person in front of you recline into your lap, he waelp co congress is considering ordering the faa to set minimum leg room and seat size standards. nbc's tom costello tells us more. >> reporter: that boarding process these days feels a lot more like a cattle call, more people squeezing and twisting into tiny seats, less room for elbows, legs and backsides. >> the planes are more crowded. they are, you know, everybody is uptight. it's not a pleasant experience. >> reporter: airline seats have been shrinking for years from 35 inches down to 30 inches and less today. a reclining passenger can make it impossible to read a book or newspaper. now congress is considering ordering the faa to set minimum airline seat sizes and leg room. prohibit airlines from bumping passen

kristen dahlgren, nbc news, new york. >>> facing threats of boycotts, nike is doubling down on the face of its controversial new ad campaign when the new nfl season begins tomorrow. nike will air a new commercial including colin kaepernick that started his protests during the national anthem. miguel almaguer gives us a look. >> don't try to be the fastest runner in your school, be the fastest ever. >> reporter: the new ad by nike features the outspoken advocate who until recently, had gone silent. colin kaepernick a voice for the just do it campaign with his signature motto. >> believe in something, even if it means sacrificing everything. >> reporter: nike's controversial move to back kaepernick, who protested social injustice by kneeling during the national anthem came with risk. since the announcement, nike has been mentioned more than 6 million times on twitter. while there was backlash, experts say many of nike's consumers are millennials who want brands to be transparent on their stances on social issues. >> for a company that simply needs to sell products around the world, weighi

jo ling kent, nbc news, new york. >>> coming up, we'll tell you about a role for an actor that becametar on the cosby show and was recently shamed, working at trader joe's. >>> a man that went above and beyond for high school seniors. we'll tell you how their luck suddenly changed. >>> the economy is booming and if you need proof, look no further than the latest strong jobs report. the u.s. adding over 200,000 jobs in august beating expectations. unemployment steady at 3.9% but maybe the biggest news is the long-awaited wage growth. average pay rising nearly 3% over a year ago. the largest jump in nine years. >>> a new job has a former cosby show cast member back in the headlines tonight. jeffrey owens has accepted a tv role from tyler forry as we told you earlier this week. owen's story went viral when he was job shamed on social media photographed working at trader joe's. many people came to his defense including perry that called his work the measure of a true artist. >>> an incredible scene in virginia as a freight train struck a tractor trailer that was stalled at a railroad cros

gadi schwartz, nbc news, dallas. >>> now to an nbc news exclusive. the strongest indications yet of who would be responsible for those mystery attacks last year when 26 u.s. diplomats and intelligence officials were struck ill in cuba. the prime suspect, according to u.s. officials, russia. nbc news correspondent andrea mitchell has the story. >> reporter: the mystery, who or what caused american officials living in these havana homes and hotels, to suffer headaches, dizziness, and some serious brain injuries, similar to a concussion? last year, cuban investigators said they would never allow their territory to be used that way. but now russia is the leading suspect. nbc news has learned according to three u.s. officials and two others briefed on the investigation. evidence they say backed up by highly secret communications intercepts collected during a lengthy and ongoing investigation involving the fbi, cia, and other agencies. u.s. officials also tell nbc news investigators now believe the americans were deliberately targeted. >> this is not an ac

miguel almaguer, nbc news. >> and his parents say his fishing career is over. time for a job on solid ground, they say. >>> that's "nightly news" for this tuesday. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night.the brand new salesforcet center shut down. >>> right now at 6:00, breaking news. the brand-new salesforce transit center shut down. the problem causing headaches for commuters in the streets of san francisco. the news at 6:00 starts right now. thank you so much raj mathai. this was supposed to a jewel in the crowd for bay area transportation. but it's now a nightmare. traffic is a mess in san francisco. here is what we know right now. inspectors discovered a major crack in a steel beam that supports the rooftop garden. right now buses are being rerouted to the old anteriorly. sam brock joins us from the transit center we just got new information. sam, what do we know? >> reporter: there's a couple things going on right now, raj. first of all, they shut down fremont between howard and mission behind me. this whole strip

kathy park, nbc news. >>> a day after that major earthquake and tsunami in indonesia, authorities are beginning to address the horrific devastation left behind. the death toll 384, it's expected to rise. more than 16,000 displaced. nbc's ron allen has the latest. >> reporter: tonight, rescuers warning the death toll expected to rise. the devastation from the tsunami and earthquake spread over a wide area. so much destruction, buildings, roads, phones, power lines, only one big city reached so far. today new powerful after shocks rattled nerves. a makeshift mark overwhelmed with hundreds possibly missing, some desperate residents searched there for lost loved ones. >> there's people that are traumatized, they're in the streets, not wanting to go into their houses. food may be scarce. >> reporter: the quake's magnitude 7.5. the tsunami's waves some 10 feet tall. still no contact of some 275,000 close to the epicenter. the military mobilizing for a huge search and rescue operation. a nation in a region prone to earthquakes, again facing unspeakable loss. ron allen, nbc news. >>> hot car

compass and comes down to simply knowing what is right and what is wrong. >> reporter: stephanie gosk, nbc news, new york. >>> some of the views from an american living room. >>> there is a lot of other news we're covering. we want to talk about the surprise word from facebook, an attack hitting up to 50 million people. nbc's jo ling kent has late details on what everyone with a facebook account needs to know. >> reporter: facebook under siege again, revealing that nearly 50 million users were hacked. >> the attackers did try to query apis for name, gender, hometown but we don't know if any private information was accessed. >> reporter: passwords and credit card information weren't affected, facebook logged out 90 million users as a precaution. if you went to facebook, you got this. if your account was affected, you get this security update at the top of your news feed. ceo mark zuckerberg doesn't know who conducted the attack or where it came from. facebook is working with the fbi to investigate. >> it's an arms race. we're continuing to improve our defenses, and i think this also underscores

harry smith, nbc news, barter's island maine. >>> that's nbc nightly news for this saturday. tomorrow, kate snow sits down with john mellencamp and willie nelson backstage at farm aid. i'm jose diaz reporting from new york. thank you for the privilege of your time, and good night. breaking n >>> the news at 6:00 starts right now with breaking news out of san francisco. there is heavy smoke filling up civic center b.a.r.t. station. you see a picture of it right there. witnesses have been tweeting about this. this photo posted about 15 minutes ago. according to the fire department and b.a.r.t., there is no fire reported. the smoke is being caused by an apparent arcing on the third rail. but the station is closed and has been evacuated. we have a crew on the way to the scene. we'll be following the latest developments on air and online at nbcbayarea.com. >>> new to our other top story. bay area support for christine blasey ford is pouring in. she is the woman accusing supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh of sexual assault. she's now agreed to testify to a senate committee. nbc

rehema ellis, nbc news, new york.a>>> researchers with more testing, blhis device could be availae to a lot more patients in just a few years.at th "nightly news" for this monday. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watcng and good night. >> lights, camera, "access." >> what's your advice to get someone? >> well -- >> whether she's talking about l bieber or not, sena gomez has a lot to say about how she's doing. >> is it true you went on a date with donald trump?

fire rescue says every resident was evacuated safely tom costello, nbc news, washington. >>> one of the nbc's most public faces mark cuban agreed to do$1te million to women and domestic violence organizations after a scathing report detailed widesprsed al misconduct within the sports empire he owns. the dallas mavericks. we get details from nbc's gabe gutierrez. >> reportethe branch billionaire and owner of the dallas mavericks whose even hint at a presidential run but tonight, mark cuban is apologizing. >> never in my wildest dreams did i think this was happening underneath me. >> reporter: in a bombshell report, tesports illust detailed sexual misconduct against the mavericks and the team launched an independent investation. it found sexual harassment by several employees over the years. mostly, improper workplace misconduct by the maverick's former president and ceo including inappropriate comments, touchi and kissing. nbc news couldn't reach him for comment bu investigators said denied inappropriate kissing or touching and only acknowledged complimenting women. in> it's impossible f

for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good >>> nbc sports, home of the olympic games,ayoffs, notre dame football and primetime's number one show, "sunday night football". only on nbc. ♪ >> if you want to know what tonight means in philly, you need to recognize we eagles fans are not usual people. sure we had some good times, but there has been a lot of losing, and losing made us angry. but even through all of the frustration, we still repped the city of brotherly love with

we get the story now from nbc news national correspondent miguel almaguer. >> 911? >> my wife is dead. >> reporter: the 911 call that led pole to the crime scene, this sprawling home in new port beach was placed by peter chad wick. the millionaire murder suspect is the focus of a true crime pod cast series, countdown to caure. >> i'll tell you about the life he led, the lies he told and how he abandoned his children. >> reporter: this six-part pod cast narrated by investigators chronicles the 2012 murder of his wife. investigators say she lewas brutally k by her husband. >> the otherwise pristine master l bathroom looe a crime scene. >> reporter: after his arrest in 2015 chadwick posted a $2 millionand vanished. he slipped off the grid last seen on surveillance at an airport. >> peter could be anywhere in the world and he's taken every opportunity to hide his tracks. >> reporte true crime pod casts have been successful. ring these listeners a $100,000 reward. >> this is like a tip line on steroids. and the whole concept of trying to solve these cases online is ng to

kate snow, nbc news new york. >>> and we have more breaking news on brett kavanaugh just coming in. let's get to nbc's kasie hunt on capitol hill. kasie, what are you learning? >> tonight nbc news learned the senate judiciary committee is probing an additional anonymous allegation of physical assault against brett kavanaugh. a charge he tells theom he denies. it came in a letter that the woman says involved her own daughter that witnessed judge kavanaugh shove a woman up against a wall in a sexual manner when he was drunk in 1998. in public, it's full speed ahead and behind closed doors some republicans are worrying that thing may be moving too quickly. my sources tell me if there is another allegation, republicans might start voicing doubts and that would be especially true if it were proven that he is not telling the truth. lester? >> kasie hunt, thank you. our chief white house correspondent hallie jackson pressed the presid directly about his support for kavanaugh at a news conference just a short time ago. take a look. >> do you think these women, all three of them are liars? ye

. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with kate snow. >> good evening. after days of public mourning, from arizona to the u.s. capitol to the national cathedral, today john mccain's close family and friends said their final good-byes in the most private setting. in the sky orch over the u.s. naval academy, navy pilots flew in salute. it was a contrast with yesterday's nationally televised memorial service which featured two former presidents and an emotional tribute by meghan mccain whose eulogy sparked strong reactions for those seeming to take aim at president trump. we begin with geoff bennett. >> reporter: final honors for an american original. the late senator john mccain laid to rest where his life of service began, the u.s. naval academy in annapolis, maryland. an aerial salute by navy fighters in missing man formation. today's private ceremony capping a five-day national mourning, a week of emotional tributes to a man who rose above bitter partisanship. >> we gather here to mourn the passing of american greatness, the real thing, not cheap rhetor

eastern.th t's "nbc nightly news" for this monday night. i'm lester holt. u for watching and good night. ♪ >>> live from los angeles, nbc presents the 70th emmy awards arrival special. here's savannah grutry and hoda kotb >> hi, everybody. what a great evening. welcome to the 70th emmy awards arrival special here at microsoft theater in l angeles, to bring you all the fun and stars before the milestonow. >> it happens to be tv's biggest night. we can't waito see what those crazy host michael che and colin jost have in store. meantime, we have a gold carpet coming your way. joining us d tns 24 karat carpet way down there somewhere is natalie

. >>> an nbc news exclusive. russia is the prime suspect for thos attacks on americans in cuba. >>> and parents divided over kids getting hit with paddles as punishment at school. what do you think? >>> this is "nbc ni tly news with lester holt." >>> good evening. for anyone even thinking about takin their chances and triding it out on carolina coast, the governor of north carolina is warning this storm is a monster. it's big, vicious, extremely dangerous and historic. the national hurrica center using terms like life threatening storm surge. at this hour, florence d is a category 4 picking up steam as over a million and a half people rush to evacuate before the coast gets clobbered. edtates of emergency decln north and south carolina, virginia, maryland, and washington, d.c. te have all the coveraight. let's get to al roker. he has the very latest. al? >> this is growing in strength and intensity and in size. right now, 8540-mile-per-hour winds,iles from cape lookout, north y arolina. by friternoon, we expect lan

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and a leader making histy on the world stage with new and's first baby in her lap. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news with lester holt." >>> good evening, everyone. he once made us shak our heads in laughter. tonight, we're just shaking our heads at the sight of bill cosby b led away in handcuffs to prison.ot n cliff huxtable, not the cartoon fat albert or the funny jell-o pitchman we once knew. instead, an 81-year-old man labeled by a pennsylvania dge as a sexually violent predator, sentenced t three to ten years in prison for drugging and sexually assaulting a young woman. a measure of justice that has alluded so many other k accusers. our stephanie gosk has details. ng> reporter: after reahe sentence today, the judge turned to the courtroom and said, nobody is above the law, and then he said to cosb your time coas come. bill y led away in handcuffs. a searing image of a man once adored and celebrated, now on his ay to prison. the 81-year-old sentenced to three to ten years fodrugging and sexually assaulting andrea constand2004, meaning he cannot seek parole until he's served at least

ron allen, nbc news. >>> hot cartridgedies are back in the news tonight after a 4-year-old boy and a baby girl only 1-year-old die in separate incidents in florida just hours apart. already this year, 48 children have died in hot cars, making this one of the deadliestar ever. you may think cooler temperatur in the fall decrease the threat. parents need to be on alert all year ng. >>> a florida mother is facing neglect manslaughter charges after leaving her 1-year-old daughter in a hot car all day. >> cardiac arrest at the wawa. >> kalan polar told police she usually drops her daughter at day care before work. but fli she forgot. daughter h in her car seat for about seven hours while she went to work and picked up dinner. medics pronounced her dead at the scene. it was just an accident, a terrible accident. >> do you have any patient information? >> reporter: just hours earlier, police found a 4-year-old boy lockot inside a car about a half hour away in orlando. where temperatures soured to 94 degrees. >> the child was in the car for quite some time. the child was tebviously in distre

dan shanman, nbc news. >>> the u.s. department offing ais investigating a widespread coli outbreak linked to packaged beef. 17 people have been sickened in four states nationwide. the supplier is recalling all 132,000 pounds of affected ground beef sold under various labels and packaged by cargill meat solutions. >>> meanwhile, you'll soon be paying more to fly. more airlines are boosting baggage fees, and it's going to cost you unless you're traveling light. >> reporter: the price of checked bags taking off. american airlines the latest carrier to announce a price hike. all bumping up luggage fees in the past 30 days. your first checked bag will be $30, up from $25, while the second will set you back another $40. southwest now the only major domestic airline not charging to check. >> even though they're making billions, that's into the enough f -- not enough for them. >> reporter: baggage fees are already big money for airlines. up 7% fromongrs pushingor regulation, senatord markey passengers to absolutely gouging them

. >> reporter: officials tell nbc news the fbi has not received new direction today that would alter the original scope of the background check which is currently focused on only two allegations made agait kavanaugh. today sources close to christine blasey ford t say her legm has not yet been contacted by the fbi aer her wrenching public testimony thursday. >> brett groped me and clothes. >> reporter: but the contacted kavanaugh's college-era accuser deborah ramirez. according to her lawyer who says she will cooperate. kavanaugh reportedly denies any misconduct. >> i am >> reporter: today democrats raised doubts about the investigation itself. oi>> finally we're to get one, and the question is are we going to get the kind nvestigation that is thorough and fair? >> it was a good moment when we got that reopened, but now that's going to be on him to make sure this is a credible investigation. >> reporter: thiaf rnoon the president pushed back tweeting in part the democrats are starting to put out the wor that the time and scope is notnough. for them it will never be enough. nbc news ha

. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news with lester holt." >>> good evening. with brett kavanaugh's confirmation to the supreme court in jeopardy, a mystery tonight over whether the woman accusing him of sexual assault will appear in washington to testify against him. senate republicans tossing the ball back in the court of christine blasey ford, offering her a chance to tell her story to the judiciary committee in a hearing next monday. but by late today, no response. president trump meantime expressing his sympathies to judge kavanaugh, saying he doesn't deserve this. our peter alexander starts us off with late details. >> reporter: lester, good evening. president trump said he's totally supportive of brett kavanaugh, insisting today he doesn't believe the fbi should be involved in investigating that decades old allegation of sexual assault. tonight, president trump is standing by his man, saying he sympathizes with supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. >> i feel so badly for him that he's going through to, to be honest with you. this is not a man that dese

harry smith, nbc news, new york. >>> anybody can make 92 hip, it is tony bennett. amazing.y see we're getting buffeted by these winds. >>> that is "nightly news" for this wednesday night. children climbing out on a ledge -- as neighbors watch in horror. >>> right now at 6:00, children climbing out on that ledge as neighbors watch in horror. why police say it took them a half an hour to get there. >>> plus, it's become a troubling trend. we investigate the cause of a recent brush fire that's evoking bad feelings in the north bay. >>> but first, calm and calculated. a brazen mail thief caught on camera. the warning for everyone in the south bay this evening. >>> the news at 6:00 starts right now. good evening and thanks for being with us. i'm raj mathai. >> and i'm jessica aguirre. it is video that can't help but make you a little worried about your own mailbox. camera just casually breaking in and stealing mail from dozens of people in santa clara. >> postal inspectors say it's just a matter of time before she strikes again. let's bring in nbc bay area's marianne favreau in

this one reported out by nbc news. you see the headline here. "senate probing new allegation of misconduct against kavanaugh." this was reported tonight just after 6:30 person by kasie hunt leeann kald caldwell, heidi przybyla. "the senate judiciary committee is inquiring about at least one additional allegation of misconduct against supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh," according to a letter obtained by nbc news and according to multiple people familiar with the process. according to an anonymous complaint sent to republican senator corey gardner of colorado, brett kavanaugh physically assaulted a woman he socialized with in the d.c. area in 1998 while he was intoxicated. the sender of the complaint described an evening involving her own daughter, brett kavanaugh and several friends in 1998. "when they left the bar under the influence of alcohol, they were all shocked when brett kavanaugh shoved her friend up against the wall very aggressively and sexually, and there were at least four witnesses, including my daughter." now, importantly, the w

officials tell nbc news u.s. intelligence says north korea is producing five eight new nuclear weapons this year. tnd building new structo hide them despite kim's promise to denuclearize and now the white house accepting kim's invitation for a second summit sent in a letter to the president today. >> the president achieved tremendous success with his policies so far and this letter was further evidence of progress in the relationship. >> reporter: criticsy ere is not progress in getting rid of kim's weapons. >> when the intelligence community saying they are building more and we don't know where they are and how many there are, there is no specific agreement as to how that's going to be defined. >> if the president is saying one, but the intelligence is showing something else, it's hard to believe the diplomacy is working or even to ev bethat the diplomacy has a chance of working. >> no word on when or where kim and the president uld meet but sarah sanders say they are already coordinating. >> andrea mitchell, th

. >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, everyone. america bid its final farewell to senator john mccain today in washington, bringing together family and friends, but also former adversaries in a powerful and poignant testament to a life well lived. crowds lining the route from the capitol to the national cathedral, which included a stop at the vietnam memorial, where in one of the day's many stirring moments, cindy mccain placed a wreath in her husband's honor. later, a week of public mourning culminating inside the cathedral itself. ♪ it's you, it's you >> it was an extraordinary gathering of the nation's political elite. former presidents, house and senate colleagues, senior white house officials. for a service that at moments felt like not only a farewell to john mccain but to a bygone era of american political discourse and leadership. ♪ >> a somber service inside the national cathedral as mourners gathered to honor the life of senator john mccain. his widow, cindy, wearing a replica of her husband's naval aviator wings fought b

forget the men who died who gave that right to me ♪ >> reporter: grateful to have served, catie beck, nbc newsndo, florida. >>> the program is so popular next year they will open it up to military families, as well. >>> that is it for "nbc nightly news," i'm kate snow. from all of us, thank you for watching. have a great night. right now a a deep dive into the ocean -- reveals alarming discoveries. the work bay area scienti >>> right now at 6:00, a deep dive into the ocean, reveals alarming discoveries, the work bay area scientists are doing right now, a half a worlds away to fix the ocean waters. >>> workers hit the streets in oakland and san francisco demanding better pay. >>> we'll tell you what led to this unusual incident. the news at 6:00 starts right now. >> there are a lot of questions tonight about how and why a woman jumped from a moving ambulance right into traffic. >> before she was killed she had a strange encounter with police officers. robert honda joins us from the 580/680 interchange. >> it's been a strange situation all the way around. this area has been a crime scene for qui

when the world comes to an end, there will only be cockroache and cher. >> harry smith, nbc news, los of a o kind and funtch up with. that's "nightly news" this thursday. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thu for watching and good night. for all of us atws, thank you watching and good >>> nbc sports, home of the olympic games, the nhl, the nascar playoffs, notre dame football and primetime's number one show, "sunday night football". only on nbc. ♪ >> if you want to know what tonight means in philly, you need to recognize we eagles fans are not usual people. sure we had some good times, but there has been a lot of losing, and losing made us angry. but even through all of the frustration, we still repped the city of brotherly love with pride.

nbc news, new york. >>> a dallas police who fatally shot a man after entering the wrong apartment is charged with manslaughter. dallas police officer amber guyger was arrest and released after posting $300,000 bond. gu returned to her home and somehow entered the wrong apartment, thinking it was hers. she shot 26-year-old jean mistaking him for an interview thor. jean was taken to a hospital where he died. it's not clear about the interaction they may have had. while the charm say step in the right direction, there are many unanswered questions. >> this family is going to go lay their head down not knowing everything the da knows and not knowing why he was killed. it's a very, very difficult time, but this provides relief. >> the district attorney is expected to hold a press conference later this morning. guyger has not yet commented. >>> the trump administration is ramping up pressure on the palestinians. rd palestine liberation refusal to come to the negotiation table with israel on peacests. the journal also details a plan to threaten sanctions against the international criminal c

however, sources tell nbc news she won't be rea until thursday at the earliest, which would mean missing the monday deadline set by senat republicans. dr. christine blasey ford hascu d kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her at a party in the 1980s, an accusation kavanaugh has fiercely denied. president trump is still vouching for his nominee. >> brett kavanaugh is one of the finest humanng bei you will ever have the privilege of knowing or meeting. we'll let it play out. and i think everything's going to be just fine. this is a high-quality person. >> while kavanaugh has the president's support,os he'sg ground with voters. alcording to the latest nbc news "wall street jou poll, more people oppose his nomination than support it.st he's the f to go under water in that history of that poll. peter alexander has the latest from capitol hill. >> reporter: that offer from ett kavanaugh's accuser, christine blais e her lawyer saying ford would be prepared to testify next week as long as senators agree to terms that are fair and which ensure her safety. noting she's been receiving death threats. as

our nbc news correspondents are all across the region covering every angle of this storm tonight. first the latest on the crisis and the governor's stern warning. more water is on the way. in new bern, north carolina, homes are now islands. teams going door to door, rescues underway in counties across the southeastern part of the state. north carolina's governor today warning the danger is getting worse. >> i cannot overstate it. floodwaters are rising, and if you aren't watching for them, you are risking your life. >> reporter: where the creek is fed by the cape fear water, risinger rising by the hour. >> if it gets closer to my truck, i will get worried about having to leave home. >> reporter: south carolina bracing for flooding, too. >> how are you? >> talking about a tree. >> reporter: and downed trees, downed power lines are everywhere. a big pine crushed the goodson's car. your daughter was asleep in that room >> riactly, yeah. >> reporter: so another couple of feet? >> another foot would have been, it would have been on top of zwroefr view. let's zero in on the impact of the

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journalistic standards practiced by nbc news. he said a print outlet was ready to move forward immediately. in a statement overpass ronan farrow disputes that saying it was nbc's suggestion to, quote, take the story to another outlet, and i took them up on it only after it became clear that i was being blocked from further reporting. farrow adding, the story was twice cleared and deemed reportable by legal and standard only to be blocked by exec it i was who refused to allow us to seek comment from harvey weinstein. one of harvey weinstein's accuser emily nestor backed his account. in a statement to the hollywood reporter she said she had filmed an interview in silhouette but later offered to attach my name to the interview in silhouette or reshoot the interview with my face visible. however, they were not interested in this interview. nbc news suggests in the lack e-mail report that farrow did not have a single victim witness on the record. in a statement last night ronan farrow's former nbc producer who recently left the network

he's now most famous for teaching us the value in every job.ten dahlgren, nbc news, new york. >> couldir leak found on the international space station be sabotage? that's the theory coming from russia's space agency. the hole in the station was originally thought to be caused by a small meteorite but now russia's space chief says it was drilled by a human hand, possibly on purpose. it has since been patched up and nasa said the six people on board are not in danger. however, the agency declined to comment on the new russian claims. >> wait a minute. what? vengeful aliens? they're all up there together. i don't get it. >>> guinness book of world records has certified a japanese couple as the oldest married couple with a combined age of 208 years old. 100-year-old and 108-year-old, they are happily living together in a retirement home in western japan. they've been married for over 80 years. they say a key to a long lasting relationship, patience and endurls dure endurance. they are part of a family of 60 and had great grandchildren. >> relationship goals. here are famous faces who will

andrea ll, nbc news, new york. >>> we want to tell you about a violent weather thread that has cities on alert newm new york to england. some 40 million people under threat with damaging winds, heavy rain a possible tornados and across the south, heavy rain with flash flood watches including birmingham and chattanooga. >>> to the senarch in north carolina for a 6-year-old boy, maddox rich missing since saturday. he has autism and he's no noverbal. searchers using his parents' voices hoping the little boy will hear them. >> reporter: today with hundreds of federal and local agents on the move from drainage pipes to manholes, the deste search expanded for 6-year-old maddox rich. >> is torture. it's torture. i just want my little boy back me. >> reporter: the boy's flather'laather ian rich speaking for the first time, he said they dwere with a fri when he started running with a jogger. >> i couldn't catch up with hi i feel guilt for letting him get ahead of me. >> reporter: it was saturday 30 afternoon when maddox vanished. his father did not call 911, a park employee did. >> got a missi

the complete air wick essential oils collection. >>> leading the news, nbc news is defending the way story waa ndled by this network. nbcews chairman andy lack e-mailing every employee of the news department about ronan farrow's initial investigation into harvey weinstein. and now ronan farrow is responding. here's nbc's stephanie gosk.in >> reporter: f allegations that nbc news blocked reporter ronan farrow from doing a story on disgraced movie mogul harvey weinstein, nbc news chairman andy lack sent an e-mail to employees writing, in part, at no point did nbc object instruct farrow's repoeeing. last farrow's former producer rich mchugh who has left the network accused nbc of a massive breach of journalistic integrity. lack says an indendent group of the most experienced investigative journalists in our organization evaluated farrow's reporting, concluding the story was not ready to air. the e-mail repeatedly states thatth farrow atime did not have a single victim or witness willing to go on the record. attached to last night's e-mail s a ten-page report which details more than 20 oc