New york this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. An hourlong press conference with president obama today over an issue no less weighty than iran and the nuclear bomb was suddenly overshadowed by a single question about another serious topic and an answer no one expected the president would publicly utter. The question wasrape accusation thats surround bill cosby. It was not the issue top of mind as the president went before reporters to pitch the Historic Nuclear Deal with iran, but its what a lot of people are talking about tonight. We of course are covering it all. But we want to start with Nbc News National Correspondent Peter Alexander and that question. Ill say this. Reporter it was a stunningly powerful statement, especially for a president whos made it his policy not to comment about ongoing legal matters. If you give a woman man for that matter without his or her knowledge a drug and then have sex with that person without consent, thats rape. Reporter the presi
Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Reporting tonight from los angeles. Good evening. How many times lately have we had to ask what on earth drives someone to open fire on and kill innocent strangers . Sadly, we can add lafayette, louisiana to the long list of communities now left to struggle with that question. It was there that 59yearold john houser may have taken some of the answers to his grave last night, killing himself right after he shot and killed two people and wounded nine others inside a crowded Movie Theater. But today details of housers troubled mental history and the deep worries expressed by his family began to emerge filling in at least some of the blanks. We begin our coverage with Nbc News National Correspondent miguel almaguer. Reporter this was the scramble to save lives. The victims carried away nine injured, two dead. What began as a thursday night at the movies. There was chaos everywhere. Sirens. Reporter 20 minutes into a comedy horror. A lone
Now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. There is a fresh indication as we start tonight that Hillary Clintons support among voters is eroding in the face of the scrutiny over emails she exchanged on a private server when she was secretary of state. While mrs. Clinton remains the undisputed frontrunner for the democratic nomination, new polling confirms a falloff both in the democratic race and in a matchup with gop frontrunner donald trump. And it appears to be forcing some changes in her campaign. Our political director chuck todd takes a closer look. Reporter on her first day of vacation in the Hamptons Hillary clinton is trying to take a few days off and celebrate president clintons 69th birthday. But yet another poll today indicates that persistent questions about her handling of emails as secretary of state are taking a political toll. Shes now under 50 in a democratic primary. And that erosion of suppor
Still has to testify before congress in october and the fbi is still determining whether there is a criminal probe to be had or not. So it will be a long fall. Lets talk more about it, chuck. Thanks. Donald trump says the controversy over Hillary Clintons emails looks like water dwt on steroids. But the question a lot of people are asking is could she or anyone Face Criminal Charges . We asked our justice correspondent Pete Williams to take a closer look. Reporter its an issue that wont go away with a federal inquiry and members of Congress Demanding answers. Whats the fbi investigating . Federal agents are looking at whether classified information was compromised. They got that assignment after intelligence officials said some emails publicly released from her private server contain classified information like this one sent to her in november of 2012 about possible arrests in benghazi redacted in part before it was released. Or this one sent by her close aide houma abedin on deteriora
Now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. There is a fresh indication as we start tonight that Hillary Clintons support among voters is eroding in the face of the scrutiny over emails she exchanged on a private server when she was secretary of state. While mrs. Clinton remains the undisputed frontrunner for the democratic nomination, new polling confirms a falloff both in the democratic race and in a matchup with gop frontrunner donald trump. And it appears to be forcing some changes in her campaign. Our political director chuck todd takes a closer look. Reporter on her first day of vacation in the Hamptons Hillary clinton is trying to take a few days off and celebrate president clintons 69th birthday. But yet another poll today indicates that persistent questions about her handling of emails as secretary of state are taking a political toll. Shes now under 50 in a democratic primary. And that erosion of suppor