i ve given my life to the law. i care deeply about the law. and i think that the law fare we have seen against president trump will do great damage well beyond our time in public service. now, republicans with zero irony are still pretending to be the party of law and order. even though they re literally the exact opposite. and their extremism is rotting their party away from the state level on up. plus, trump and maga republicans once again threaten retribution against his political rivals, vowing to unleash a biblical flood of partisan indictments to avenge trump s felony conviction in new york. and we begin tonight with one of our two major political parties. the maga party. the national republican party and their political stars are pretty extreme. they spend their time on capitol hill relitigating the origins of the covid virus, bickering about the vaccines, calling for the jailing of anthony fauci, and falsely accusing president biden of persecuting donald trump
This is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Were tracking matthew, the massive hurricane on its way to a possible punishing landfall in central florida. The storm has taken at least 25 lives in its march through the caribbean. This infrared satellite image of attention today, appearing to many as a skull, to others as an animal. Computer models show the hurricane walking a tightrope as it reaches the florida morning possibly as a category 4 storm. With palm beach among the places preparing for the worst. Al roker is watching it all for us, whats the guidance . We see nothing thats going to lessen the storm right now. Category 3, 205 miles southsoutheast of nassau, its a category 4, between melbourne and miami and continues its trek, hugging the coast. Savannah in the cone of uncertainty and by saturday evening weve got it off the North Carolina coast. Monday it starts to possibly get into a loop. So well be talking about this into next week. Here are the effects, 130mileperhour winds fo
First and only chance to see the Vice President ial nominees debating on the same stage. Mike pence and tim kaine went back and forth for 90 minutes. Often speaking over each other. Both accused the other side of running campaigns fueled by scandals and harsh words. In between talking about the economy, russia, immigration, Police Shootings and abortion. Both candidates repeatedly turned to tax returns, emails and insults. Today both of the vp picks are heading to pennsylvania to continue campaigning. Both men also talked about health care and foreign policy. Our team put their claims to the te. Some issues that need a little more explaining. Yes, there are. Lets start with the healthcare. More specifically, the Affordable Care act. And mike pences claim that former bill clinton called obamacare quote crazy. This is truebut needs context. Bill clinton called obama care a crazy who earn too much to qualify for subsidiesbut are too poor to afford their premiums. While talking about forei
This is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Were tracking matthew, the massive hurricane on its way to a possible punishing landfall in central florida. The storm has taken at least 25 lives in its march through the caribbean. This infrared satellite image of attention today, appearing to many as a skull, to others as an animal. Computer models show the hurricane walking a tightrope as it reaches the florida morning possibly as a category 4 storm. With palm beach among the places preparing for the worst. Al roker is watching it all for us, whats the guidance . We see nothing thats going to lessen the storm right now. Category 3, 205 miles southsoutheast of nassau, its a category 4, between melbourne and miami and continues its trek, hugging the coast. Savannah in the cone of uncertainty and by saturday evening weve got it off the North Carolina coast. Monday it starts to possibly get into a loop. So well be talking about this into next week. Here are the effects, 130mileperhour winds fo
Coming, theyre still kind of unsure where its going. Reporter jen posted this photo yesterday on instagram about 24 hour before hopping on that flight. We decided we wanted to board up our house just in case the hurricane hit us. Reporter boarded up and boarded a plane. The good news, she says it appears that storm isnt going to directly hit Miamidade County where she lives and i suppose drinking beer in denver is better than drinking beer at home worrying. Jb atlas is great to offer me storm. If the storm hits, it hits, theres nothing i can do, just board up the house and hope for the best and getting out of town is always a good option. That way im not strained on resources if there is a real emergency. Jen says her family is getting out of there, too, in case that thing makes a turn. The caribbean now to escape the hurricanes path is not always an option. Haiti six years ago our reporter returned to help habitat for humanity rebuild homes there to better withstand disasters in part