Tonight, buyer beware. Nightly news begins right now. Good evening. No meeting was more anticipated or potentially more awkward. Barack obama and donald trump, president and president elect, coming face to face today inside the most powerful office in the world. Their oval office chat, a firsttime meeting between the men whose contempt for each other is well known. Trump, a long denier of the president s american birth, and obama who has called trump unfit to be president. Yet, what the world saw today was cordial and hopeful. Well, i just had the opportunity to have an excellent conversation with president elect trump. We talked about Foreign Policy. We talked about domestic policy. And i believe that it is important for all of us, regardless of party and regardless of political preferences, to now come together, work together, to deal with the many challenges that we face. Most of all, i want to emphasize to you, mr. President elect, that we now are going to want to do everything we
Near Grand Junction. That is it. The rest of us on the clear and we should stay that way today. We will see some rain in the high country. We will talk more about that in a moment. This is not a good way to start the morning commute. Northbound i 25 at harmony road, you have a truck here on its side. This traffic is pushed to the far right side. Intel looking at a drive times slowing down onto 70. Three Denver Police officers hurt after a man climbed through a window before he got into a fight with police. He tried to wrestle away and officers weapon. That man is dead and we have the latest. This is near bates and bryant. This all happened here yesterday. Reporter we are hoping to learn more about that man killed in the officer involved shooting. Police have not released his identity yet. Neighbors say yesterday it was in the late morning that police they were preparing to give a warrant or several warrants it to the suspect. Officers were let inside by other residents at that home. Th
Mockingbird. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt reporting tonight from columbia, South Carolina. Good evening. On the eve of two big votes on the road to the white house, the republicans in a primary showdown here in South Carolina where the headline tonight is donald trump losing ground. In a new nbc news wall street journal marist poll twump leads by five points, 28 to 23 , down from 16 points a month ago and rubio virtually unchanged at 15. The next seven days may provide clarity in these races in addition to the republicans voting in South Carolina, democratic voters will caucus in nevada tomorrow followed by republicans there on tuesday and then its back to South Carolina next saturday, the 27th, for the democratic primary. A time line that is ratcheting up the urgency in both races. Weve got both races covered starting tonight with nbcs katy tur in North Charleston for us. Hi, katy reporter lester, donald trump will take the stage h
Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. A success against terrorism. The words of belgiums Prime Minister after announcing a few hours ago that the only surviving attacker in novembers terror attacks in paris has been taken alive. 130 people died in that awful night last november when isis terrorists massacred concertgoers and patrons at a restaurant. All but one of the attackers were killed within days as the last slipped across the border into belgium, and it was there in a Dramatic Police raid today that elusive suspect was shot and wounded and taken into custody. Nbcs keir simmons has late details from brussels. Reporter gunfire on a sidewalk special forces aim at a suspect. They drag him to a police car. Hes falled and then bundled into the back and a crowded street close by people flee as more gunfire erupts, and live on Belgian Television an explosion. The Dramatic Police raids capturing europes most wanted
Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. He proved last night that he is the undisputed republican frontrunner, yet the target on Donald Trumps back tonight comes not just from fellow candidates or even from the left, but from the heart of the Republican Party establishment. The last man who won the nomination, mitt romney, about to join the fight to stop him. It comes as trump advantage wishes another opponent, dr. Ben carson, effectively throwing in the towel tonight. Trump won seven out of 11 states on super tuesday. Of the democratic side, Hillary Clinton with seven victories of her own. Neither has the number of delegates needed to seal the deal. And that tonight is keeping hope alive for those determined to stop them. Nbcs Hallie Jackson starts us off with the latest. Reporter looking to november, donald trump looking president ial, down to the gold chairs and chandeliers at his press conference, just like th