cell phone carriers, and a big blow to samsung over fears of exploding phones. nightly news begins right now. from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. 29 days until election day, and our new poll numbers out tonight speak to the urgent crisis exploding inside the republican party from the top down. with donald trump s fortunes fading over his lewd comments about women, a gop civil war has broken out. loyalty versus self-survival. the crisis underscored by a new nbc news/ wall street journal poll taken after the controversy broke and before last night s debate. it shows hillary clinton now with an 11-point lead over trump nationally among likely voters. nbc s hallie jackson has late details. reporter: tonight, abandonment and astonishment as the country s top republican walks away from the top of his ticket. house speaker paul conference call, he won t defend donald trump anymore, won t campaign for him.
exploding phones. nightly news begins right now. from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. 29 days until election day, and our new poll numbers out tonight speak to the urgent crisis exploding inside the republican party from the top down. with donald trump s fortunes fading over his lewd comments about women, a gop civil war has broken out. at its center, party loyalty versus self-survival. the crisis underscored by a new nbc news/ wall street journal poll taken after the controversy broke and before last night s debate. it shows hillary clinton now with an 11-point lead over trump nationally among likely voters. nbc s hallie jackson has late details. reporter: tonight, abandonment and astonishment as the country s top republican walks away from the top of his ticket. his colleagues on a conference call, he won t defend donald trump anymore, won t campaign for him. essentially conceding trump won t win.
nightly news begins right now. from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. 29 days until election day, and our new poll numbers out tonight speak to the urgent crisis exploding inside the republican party from the top down. with donald trump s fortunes fading over his lewd comments about women, a gop civil war has broken out. versus self-survival. the crisis underscored by a new nbc news/ wall street journal poll taken after the controversy broke and before last night s debate. it shows hillary clinton now with an 11-point lead over trump nationally among likely voters. nbc s hallie jackson has late details. reporter: tonight, abandonment and astonishment as the country s top republican walks away from the top of his ticket. his colleagues on a conference call, he won t defend donald trump anymore, won t campaign for him. essentially conceding trump won t win. sources on the call revealing ryan was forced t
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nightly news begins right now. from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. 29 days until election day, and our new poll numbers out tonight speak to the urgent crisis exploding inside the republican party from the top down. with donald trump s fortunes fading over his lewd comments about women, a gop civil war has broken out. at its center, party loyalty versus self-survival. the crisis underscored by a new nbc news/ wall street journal poll taken after the controversy broke and before last night s debate. it shows hillary clinton now with an 11-point lead over trump nationally among likely voters. nbc s hallie jackson has late details. reporter: tonight, abandonment and astonishment as the country s top republican walks away from the top of his ticket. house speaker paul ryan telling his colleagues on a conference call, he won t defend donald trump anymore, won t campaign for him. essentially conceding tru