. >>> our nbc news investigation. the medical school that profited off leasing out unclaimed bodies for research. one woman's fight to get back her fiance's remains, and what has happened since our first report. >>> and the group of seniors diving in to keep cape cod clean. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening and welcome. scandal tonight rocking the governor's race in politically consequential north carolina. republican candidate and conservative firebrand mark robinson tonight facing calls to drop out of the race after a cnn report today linked robinson to a series of inflammatory online remarks, including, according to cnn, referring to himself as a black nazi, and writing in support of reinstating slavery. but robinson is strongly denying making the comments, and says he is staying in the race. we have to warn you, much of the reporting in this story is graphic in nature. the cable network saying the remarks were posted on a porn website over a decade ago linked by a single u

news. you can watch on your local nbc station and streaming on nbc news now. >>> firefighters are struggling to get the upper hand on growing wildfires across california, that's forcing new evacuations today. five wildfires have started in the past 48 hours the biggest concern right now is the line fire, that's near san bernardion, it's now scorched more than 26,000 acres. 5% contained. steve patterson, is where the line fire is burning. steve, good to see you. part of the challenge in containing this line fire is that mountainous terrain, crews are having to use helicopters to drop water and the unrelenting heat scorching southern california, talk to us about firefighters' plans, it doesn't make it easier to fight these fires. >> reporter: one of the things is it's taken care of itself, it's a whole lot cooler than it was yesterday, the unrelenting heat is finally ending, this is probably going to be the last day where we approach 100 degrees, already at something like 93, 94, and it still feels like paradise compared to yesterday. meanwhile the wind is starting to pick up as well, blown so

dana griffin, nbc news. >>> now to that crucial debate between vice president harris and former president trump. their first and perhaps only showdown. peter alexander is in philadelphia with new reporting on the 11th hour preparations. >> reporter: tonight vice president harris touching down in philadelphia. her face to face with former president trump just 24 hours away. >> how are you feeling? >> reporter: campaign sources tell nbc news harris and her team are focusing on ways to needle trump, to provoke him, and that she's studied past trump debate clips. >> it's time to turn the page on the divisiveness. it's time to bring our country together. >> reporter: but a key challenge for harris trying to present herself as the change candidate when she's also the incumbent vp. a new poll shows more than 60% of likely voters want a major change from president biden. more than half of those voters say trump will bring that change. but only 25% say harris will. meanwhile, the former president at mar-a-lago doing what sources describe as informal debate prep. among those advising him former dem

"nbc news daily" starts right now. >>> today, friday, september 27, 2024, breaking news. the wrath of helene. the storm quickly on the move after it slammed into florida as a powerful category 4 hurricane. the massive impact, the dramatic rescues we're seeing and where the system is headed next. >>> also breaking, the mayor surrenders. thumbs up from new york city mayor eric adams as he turns himself into federal authorities. what happens next in the historic case and how he is fighting to stay in office. >>> legend of the screen. we remember dame maggie smith, best known for her roles in "downton abbey" and harry potter. a look back at her iconic career. >>> bad blood. hackers are targeting popular conner ises like taylor swift's era's tour, what you need to know to avoid becoming the victim of a ticket scam. >>> welcome, everyone. we begin with the breaking news. helene is still reeking havoc across the southeastern u.s. at least 25 people are dead across four different states after helene roared ashore in florida overnight. >> anybody in your house? come on out. we hav

first time i heard about it was when nbc news contacted me.onated on the paperwork. >> reporter: what did you think that meant? >> that they donated their bodies for this purpose. >> reporter: are you going to change course now in any way knowing what you know? >> yes, absolutely. we need to know exactly who consented. i would like to know that. >> reporter: while training on unclaimed bodies is legal in most of the country, many u.s. medical schools have halted the practice. a few states, including hawaii, minnesota and vermont have outright banned it. but, because no national data exists about how common it is, e nbc conducted its own survey. 44 told us they don't use unclaimed bodies. the rest didn't answer. what is the moral question her >> what do we owe the dead and their loved ones? >> reporter: a bioet cyst is advocating for a national ban. >> these are marginalized communities affected by this practice. a local medical school has justified it to me. they'll come out and say this is a great way for our opportunities to get training on

. >>> our nbc news investigation. the family who didn't know their loved one had died, only to learn he had been deemed unclaimed, his body parts sold to science. the medical school that's built a thriving business off people like him. >>> the first image of the titan submersible wreckage on the ocean floor after it imploded, and one of the final messages from on board. >>> and on tv's biggest night, "shogun" and "the bear" making history at the emmys. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening and welcome, everyone. the acting head of the u.s. secret service said today that the security plan in place yesterday to protect former president trump during a golf outing worked, saying the gunman who was flushed from a concealed spot by his secret service agent did not have line of sight of mr. trump. in a press briefing late this afternoon, federal law enforcement officials revealing cell phone data shows the suspect, ryan wesley routh, appears to have remained hidden for 12 hours before he

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"nbc news daily" starts right now. >>> today, wednesday, september 18th, 2024. breaking news.e drop, the federal reserve cuts interest rates for the first time in four years. how soon until you feel the impact on your credit cards, your mortgage payments and your savings account. >>> also breaking, new explosions, another round of deadly blasts inside of lebanon targeting even more electronic devices. how israel reportedly managed to rig the pagers that exploded yesterday. and got them into the hands of hezbollah operatives. >>> making his case. sean "diddy" combs is set to appear back in court today. how the music mogul is hoping to appeal the decision to keep him behind bars. >>> and getting schooled. a new report takes a look at how teens are using artificial intelligence in and out of the classroom. it's an illuminating lesson. parents, be sure you take notes. we'll get to all of at. but we begin this hour with that breaking news about your money. the federal reserve has cut interest rates for the first time since the beginning of the covid-19 pandemic. the fed is now redu

stephanie gosk, nbc news, garden city, new york. >>> all right, in 60 seconds, the deadly hijacking of a city bus in los angeles. the police chase and takedown caught on camera. that's next. takedown caught camera. that's next. en with my mom's alzheimer's, we've still been close. but when she developed agitation that may happen with dementia due to alzheimer's disease, a distance came between us. she'd get upset when i'd try to help, began wandering, even started swearing. she got agitated often. so, we talked to her doctor. rexulti is the only fda-approved medication proven to reduce agitation symptoms that may happen with dementia due to alzheimer's disease. elderly people with dementia-related psychosis have increased risk of death or stroke. report fever, stiff muscles, and confusion, which can be life-threatening, or uncontrolled muscle movements, which may be permanent. high blood sugar can lead to coma or death; weight gain, increased cholesterol, unusual urges, dizziness on standing, falls, seizures, trouble swallowing, or sleepiness may occur. rexulti helped reduce my mom's s

nbc bay area news. accused of setting five small fires in the north bay. police arrested robert hernandez of healdsburg this morning. healdsburg hernandez is suspected of setting fires near geyserville, healdsburg and windsor while he was off duty, including the geysers fire just a couple of weeks ago, which burned in sonoma county. luckily, all fires burned less than an acre. the investigation is ongoing. anyone with information is asked to call cal fire. fall officially starts on sunday, but don't expect a cool down. here's meteorologist kari hall with the details. happy friday to you. we're looking at nice and mild weather across the bay area. just a touch warmer compared to yesterday for some of our inland valleys. but you really won't be able to tell the difference near the coast with san francisco's high in the upper 60s. oakland will see a high of 73 and 84 in concord, going into saturday. this is when our temperatures get a little bit more of a bump, and we'll be in the upper 80s and low 90s, up

emilie ikeda, nbc news, paris. >> i have never met a more focused athlete. s to him. >>> that's "nightly news" for this tuesday. thanks for watching. i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night.

josh lederman, nbc news. >> what patience he has. that's "nightly news." thank you for watching. other. good night. a 3.4 magnitude earthquake hit at 315 in the san jose area. no reports of any injuries or damage, but plenty of people called into the newsroom saying they felt the shaking. let's bring in our meteorologist, rob mayeda. rob, wha

emilie ikeda, nbc news, paris. >> i have never met a more focused athlete. s to him. >>> that's "nightly news" for this tuesday. thanks for watching. i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night. i came to bayview hunter's point, where there was only one pediatrician to serve more than 10,000 children. daniel lurie said, i'm going to help. we opened a clinic for our most vulnerable children. i have worked shoulder to shoulder with him as we have brought solutions where people thought the problem was unsolvable. daniel doesn't take excuses. he holds himself accountable. and i know that he can do it for the city of san francisco. 49ers rookie ricky pearsall is now formally facing charges with the district attorney says she can and cannot do. plus

josh lederman, nbc news. >> what patience he has. that's "nightly news." thank you for watching. other. good night. and each other. good night. i came to bayview hunter's point, where there was only one pediatrician to serve more than 10,000 children. daniel lurie said, i'm going to help. we opened a clinic for our most vulnerable children. i have worked shoulder to shoulder with him as we have brought solutions where people thought the problem was unsolvable. daniel doesn't take excuses. he holds himself accountable. and i know that he can do it for the city of san francisco. friday night baseball here at oracle park. and tonight it's a national league

nbc bay area news. thanks, bob. ll might not be playing on monday, but you can still catch all of the action on nbc sports bay area. there will be a pre and post game coverage of monday night's game. the pregame show starts at 4 p.m. do you have any plans this weekend? how about raising a glass in the south bay? the mountain view art and wine festival kicks off tomorrow morning at 11. the 52nd annual festival will take place on castro street between el camino real and evelyn avenue. you can head there and check out the art, live music and of course all the food and wine. and admission is free. all right, that does it for this edition of the fast forward. i'll be back the fast forward. i'll be back in 30 minu liberty mutual customized my car insurance so i saved hundreds. with the money i saved i thought i'd get a wax figure of myself. cool right? look at this craftmanship. i mean they even got my nostrils right. it's just nice to know that years after i'm gone this guy will be standing the test of ti... he's melting!

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anne thompson, nbc news, queens. >>> and that is "nightly news" for this wednesday.e care of yourself and each other. good night. ht. ruled from tracy was in court in san francisco. the teenager, facing attempted murder charges for the shooting of 49ers receiverky

richard engel, nbc news, haifa. >>> this dramatic escalation and a new focus on iran coming as the u.n. general assembly kicked off today here in new york. andrea mitchell spoke with iran's new vice president in his first interview. >> reporter: with israel and hezbollah exchanging air strikes, israel exploding pagers in lebanon according to u.s. officials, iran's new leaders today accusing israel of trying to trap them into a wider war. in his first u.s. interview the new vice president, javad zarif, tells me iran does not want that. >> we want to move in a more peaceful, more stable world. we don't seek war. but we will defend ourselves. >> reporter: a real provocation to iran, the assassination of hamas's political leader in tehran. as iran was inaugurating its new president. which u.s. officials say was done by israel. >> that was clearly an act of state terrorism and a clear violation of our sovereignty and our territorial integrity. we were asked by the international community to exercise restraint in order to bring about an end to the war in gaza. unfortunately, that promise has

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nbc. bay area news. some changes are in store. here's meteorologist kari hall. it's a nice, cool day once again for much of the bay area with highs in the upper 70s, which is actually a little bit lower than what's normal for this time of year. we will see some low 80s for the south county and much of the east bay in the mid to upper 80s concord, one of the warmer spots with a high of 87, and we'll be in the upper 70s for oakland today and for redwood city. we're looking at a high of 7578 in palo alto and san francisco. we'll see those highs remaining in the 60s. breezy winds and sunshine. and for the north bay, we range from 78 in mill valley to upper 60s near the coast and mid to upper 80s farther to the north, with santa rosa looking at 86 degrees. going through the next few days, temperatures go up and then back down. we'll talk about all of the changes in our 7-day forecast coming up. thanks, kari. bart is hitting the runway to say goodbye to its phased out paper tickets. the transit agency is givin

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morgan chesky, nbc news, los angeles. >> legendary. that's "nightly news." thank you for watching.night. >> shohei ohtani starts the 50/50 club. hohei o starts the 50/50 club. the city hall insiders have a formula: grow the system, exploit the system. take mark farrell's record. after receiving the largest ethics fine in city history for breaking campaign laws. mark authorized a commission almost every year he was in office. he was even caught taking donations from people he would then appoint to commissions, including a felon convicted of bribery. san francisco's challenges demand urgency, not more of the same failed insiders. stories we've ever encountered. we're joined by san francisco olympian shannon rowbury as she becomes a bronze medalist, 12 years after competing in the london olympics. also, driverless car company cruise back on bay area roadways. nearly a year after regulators pulled the plug on their robo taxis. so what's different this time? and our

morgan chesky, nbc news. los angeles. >> legendary. that's "nightly news." thank you for watching.night. >> shohei ohtani starts the 50/50 club. the city hall insiders have a formula: grow the system, exploit the system. take mark farrell's record. after receiving the largest ethics fine in city history for breaking campaign laws. mark authorized a commission almost every year he was in office. he was even caught taking donations from people he would then appoint to commissions, including a felon convicted of bribery. san francisco's challenges demand urgency, not more of the same failed insiders. what investigators say he was doing while he was off duty. good afternoon. i'm audrey asistio. welcome to nbc bay area news at 4:30. our jodi hernandez is talking to firefig

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. >>> our latest nbc news national poll. kamala harris now leading within the margin of error, but donald trump showing strength in the sun belt. >>> the manhunt in alabama after a mass shooting left four dead. was it part of a murder for hire plot? and the massive reward. >>> and the brave mom and the hundreds coming from all over to give her the ultimate gift. >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening and welcome. some of the worst fears of a broader mideast conflict are being realized tonight along the israel-lebanon border. israel tonight expanding its assault on hezbollah inside lebanon. its warplanes and artillery striking suspected hezbollah positions across a widening stretch of the country. targeting, it says, hezbollah's weapons and warning lebanese civilians to evacuate from hezbollah areas. lebanese health officials tonight reporting close to 500 dead from the attacks and over 1,000 injured. for its part hezbollah still firing rockets and drones into northern israel. a tit for ta

nbc news gettingan exclusive look at how they're preparing. >> we're tracking 146 heads of state, head of government, and then 70 spouses. >> reporter: with new challenges to protect them all. >> we've all witnessed the uptick in political violence worldwide and unfortunately domestically. >> reporter: part of the protection means reacting realtime from this command post. >> it puts everyone in the same room. >> reporter: agents shoulder to shoulder with local partners. the secret service has admitted the use of multiple command posts cost them critical seconds at the butler rally. that won't be the case here. >> they're able to digest and receive realtime information, break it down and push it out to all the operational units in the field of what's going on. >> reporter: like the nypd. >> there's going to be cops that you will see and there will be cops that you will not see. >> reporter: deputy commissioner for operations kaz daltry oversees the sky program. they can send a video live stream anywhere. >> it's live streaming into the truck. >> that's correct. >> and on to your phone i

make sense of the contradictions between the nbc news and "new york times" stuff. >> a couple of ways to look at it, i'm going back in the screens to call this up. here we go, taking a look at the gender gap. the answer on the gender gap from trump's standpoint is gender gaps can work both ways. you see right now, this is netting out in harris's benefit, and her margin on the side of the gender gap where she's doing well, women, is bigger than trump's margin on the side where he's doing well, men. but if trump drives up his support with men, he could neutralize a lot of this. he could make a little in the way of head wind, there's possibilities for trump in terms of attacking the gender gap that way. you look at trump, in the "new york times" sienna polls, doing a little bit better, arizona, georgia, north carolina, you compare those to the northern tier of battleground states, pennsylvania, michigan, wisconsin, certainly. those states tend to be whiter demographically than the states in the sun belt. harris and our poll has made improvement among black voters. this number here, among

the largest increase for any politician nbc news has polled since then-president george w. new polling, this poll was conducted in the days right after the harris/trump debate, we looked at 1,000 registered voters nationally, start with vice president harris, what's driving that favorability rise. >> take a look here at the national numbers, 49-44, our poll finds harris over trump. the gender gap that we're seeing, among men, donald trump is leading kamala harris by 12 points. 52-40. among women, though, look at, this it's not just harris is leading among women she's racking up a 21-point margin, 58-37 among women. now, 21, 12, that's a 33-point gender gap. if anything like that materializes on election day that's at a whole level -- never would have seen it this big before. powered by harris running up that very big margin among women in this poll. that's noteworthy as is this. zoom in here on black voters, this is traditionally a core democratic constituency. joe biden was more in the 60s. kamala harris up to 85% with black voters, much more in line with what democrats ha

couch down. >> reporter: according to newly-released court documents obtained by nbc news, a c news, would woman ca c called 911, warning that he had texted that he was going to kill lots of people and then kill himself. he drove 8 miles away and randomly shot at cars. officials say he served in the army reserves. officers began tracking his phone, which led them to his car. nearby, they found a green army-style duffle bag with his name on it and several magazines of ammunition. shayna lowry says her truck was struck in the gunfire. >> all i could think about was my children. and my significant other. you know, and the real reality that i couldn't be here. >> reporter: now dozens of law enforcement agents are scouring the densely-wooded area. >> we will search until we can find him, until we exhaust all resources. >> reporter: priya sridhar, nbc news, london, kentucky. >>> convicted sex offender, harvey weinstein is in a hospital this morning undergoing emergency heart surgery. the legal team for the disgraced movie mogul says the procedure was to alleviate a buildup of fluid in his

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nbc news can now report that the mayor has been indicted. there are going to be federal charges coming out of the southern district of new york expected tomorrow. they have been investigating federal prosecutors whether the mayor conspires with the kirk government and they've also sought information related to five other countries, israel, china, qatar, south korea, and uzbekistan. we don't know if any of that was in the actual indictment, but those were things they were looking at. turkey, israel, china, qatar, south korea, and uzbekistan. lisa, explain for those of us who are a little bit sort of in -- confused about how one mayor would be able to be the mayor of, you know, one of the best cities in the world but also one of the craziest, most chaotic, expansive metropolises while also dealing with not one, not two but up to seven investigations? what does that practically look like and what does this mean for his ability to govern? because as of right now the mayor is still in office. >> the mayor is still in office. and alex, the only per

andrea mitchell, nbc news, atlanta. >> happy birthday, president carter. ou for watching. i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night. that's putting some communities

gabe gutierrez, nbc news, washington. >>> and that is "nightly news" for this wednesday.h other. good night. >> we have a liftoff 32 minutes past the hour, liftoff on apollo 11. host the plea from investigators as they search for a suspect. good afternoon. i'm audrey asistio. welcome to nbc bay area news at 4:30. our ian cull is talking to the victim's daughter as well as detectives. he's

dan scheneman, nbc news. >> dan, thank you. >>> just a week before the shooting, apalachee high school put in place a new panic alarm system. officials say that move prevented an even greater tragedy. as tom winter reports, advocates for the technology now want it installed in schools nationwide. >> reporter: just a week before the shooting at apalachee high school, the county put in a new system to alert law enforcement during emergencies. so, when teachers heard shots, several immediately pressed what amounts to panic button. >> the teachers each have an i.d. with their picture on it, and they have a button, and they press it so many times, and it alerts us and sends a gps coordinate. >> reporter: it's called centegix. an app-based system is called safer watch. >> i hit this button here and, say, it's an active shooter, hold this down for three seconds. it's instantly notifying law enforcement. and they're able to see who reported the emergency, exactly where it's happening. let me give you a real-life example. there's an armed person jump over a fence, the teacher pressed the panic

. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, and welcome, everyone. the mideast on tenterhooks tonight after israel launched a targeted air strike inside lebanon that killed a top hezbollah commander and at least 13 others according to state media. israel saying ten commanders are among the dead. killed today, the man israel identifies as the head of the iran-backed militia group's operations and a figure the u.s. believes played a role in the deaths of more than 300 people in the bombings of the american embassy and marine barracks in beirut in 1983. his death coming as hezbollah today unleashed waves of its own rockets towards northern israel in apparent retaliation for those deadly attacks against hezbollah that employed electronic devices rigged with explosives. all as the region appears to be sitting closer to the edge of a wider war. keir simmons reports now from beirut. >> reporter: the bomb that hit beirut today assassinating high-ranking hezbollah commanders, israel says, blew the walls from the front of a building killing at least 14 and inj

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nbc news learning now some details about how each campaign is preparing. nbc's brie jackson joins us now live. brie, a very good morning to you. what are we hearing about how they're preparing here. >> good morning, richard. so the candidates do seem to be taking very different approaches. vice president harris has been hunkered down in pittsburgh since thursday. sources familiar with the preparations tell nbc news that the harris campaign has been working on ways to weave her biography into her policy answers. they also say the vice president is preparing for the possibility that former president trump could make derogatory comments about her. the trump campaign has been preparing by holding meetings with advisers and the former president held a rally in wisconsin this weekend, where he gave this preview of the debate. >> we're run by stupid people. stupid, stupid people. and we found that out at the debate with joe. how did that work out? and we're going to find it out again on tuesday night. if i destroy her in the debate they'll say trump suffered a hu

nbc news confirmed the call was brown's but has not seen or verified the text messages. one of the students in gray's class reportedly saw an official looking for gray moments before the shooting began. >> she thought that he was another kid with a very similar name. then about ten, 15 minutes later, that's when the one they were looking for came shooting. if they would have acted in the beginning, maybe some of the lives could have been saved today. >> reporter: in all, two students and two teachers were killed. nine others were injured. in a statement to nbc news, the school system says they are not commenting on specific details. what the shooter and his father and police custody, both pleading not guilty to multiple counts of felony murder, investigators are now working to uncover a motive as the community grapples with unspeakable loss. >> priscilla joins us from georgia. we understand the father of the shooter could face even more charges soon? >> reporter: that's right. the district attorney says as this investigation continues, the father could soon face addition

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