Posted comments years ago on an adult forum, referring to himself as black nazi and expressing support for slavery. His defiant response denying the report and vowing to stay in the race. Just in, the Kentucky Judge fatally shot in his own courthouse chambers. What the governor is saying. Also tonight, israel striking dozens of hezbollah targets in lebanon after those deadly attacks using exploding devices. Hezbollahs leader speaking from a secret location calling the attacks an act of war. The race for the white house. Kamala harris bringing in the Star Power, holding a Campaign Event with Oprah Winfrey. And donald trump, after pushing false claims about haitian migrants in springfield, ohio, now vowing to visit the city. Our Nbc News Investigation. The Medical School that profited off leasing out Unclaimed Bodies for research. One womans fight to get back her fiances 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 Governors 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 user name. Nbc news has not verified the authenticity of the posts. Robinson calling the Report Tabloid Trash as some republicans are speaking out against him. Laura jarrett has the latest. Reporter tonight, republican Candidate Mark Robinson vowing to stay in the race for governor in North Carolina, vehemently denying an explosive new Report Purporting to show dozens of his disturbing comments online. They want to focus on salacious tabloid lies. Were not going let them do that. We are staying in this race. We are in it to win it. Reporter the current Lieutenant Governor facing a swirl of speculation about the fate of his campaign after Cnn Today published what it called a series of inflammatory comments on a Pornography Website Message board more than a decade ago before robinson began his political career. Nbc news has not verified the authenticity of the post. Cnn says includes robinson referring to himself as a black nazi and expressing support for reinstating slavery, writing slavery is not bad. Some people need to be slaves. I wish they would bring it back. I would certainly buy a few. Cnn also reporting robinson, who publicly supports a Sixweek Ban on abortion wrote that he did not care if the celebrity got an abortion, writing, quote, i dont care. I just want to see the sex tape. Cnn says comments were all made under the same user name, and that robinson used it elsewhere on the internet including Product Reviews on amazon. But Tonight Robinson blasting it as tabloid trash. Let me reassure you the things that you will see in that story, those are not the words of mark robinson. You know my words. You know my character, and you know that i have been completely transparent in this race and before. Reporter no stranger to polarizing comments, robinson has come under scrutiny in the past for calling the holocaust hogwash, which he later said was a poorly worded remark that wasnt antisemitic. Come november, i plan on being the first black governor of North Carolina. Reporter hes a social conservative who has been endorsed by former President Trump. This is Martin Luther King on steroids, okay. Reporter North Carolina a Battleground State in the president ial race, but a tough one for democrats who havent won it since 2008. And laura, the Trump Campaign weighing in here tonight . Yes, lester, the Trump Campaign saying he is focused on winning North Carolina. Meanwhile, if robinson were to get out of this race, he only has until 11 59 tonight if republicans have any hopes of replacing him as their nominee. Okay, laura, thank you so much. Were turning to stunning news breaking out of kentucky. Sam brock is following this story centered on a courthouse in kentucky. Sam, a judge fatally shot tonight in the courthouse. Yeah, lester, good evening. This is something that is extremely limited in terms of the information we have and very jarring. Lets go through what we know. Kentuckys Governor Andy Beshear confirming a little while ago that a District Judge in letcher county, kentucky, lester, this is about two and a half Hours Southeast of lexington, was shot and killed in his chambers. Now the coroner this case has confirmed his identity as Kevin Mullins who was appointed back in 2009. He was prosecutor for a decade prior to that. The question right now is what exactly transpired. We dont know. Were out to letcher county. A State Trooper has confirmed one person is in custody. They will not confirm who that is at this hour. Thanks. Israel on the defense against hezbollah launching conventional military attacks from the air in Southern Lebanon, still on edge after deadly waves of deadly boobytrapped pagers and handheld radios exploded earlier this week, targeting their hezbollah owners. Keir simmons is there. Reporter Israeli Air and artillery strikes pounding Southern Lebanon today, targeting hezbollah as the leader of the iranbacked militia appeared from a secret location, vowing revenge for two days of unprecedented attacks. 5,000 pagers and walkietalkies were boobytrapped by israel, he says. Calling it a massacre in minutes. The number killed rising today to 37, according to lebanese health officials, and thousands more wounded. Israel has not said it was them. Airlines today banning pagers and walkietalkies from flights out of beirut. And images like this, children close to an explosion in a grocers emerging amid accusations of international law violations. Among those killed, 9yearold fatima abdullah. We have 12 operating rooms, and all our teams are exhausted. Reporter dr. Salah zeineldine at the Beirut Medical Center has been treating a heavy stream of those injured by the explosions. More from the patients that are very sick, injuries to the eyes, to the hands. Reporter The Synchronized Assassination was clearly long in the planning. Masterminded by israel, two u. S. Officials tell Nbc News, a clandestine trail of companies from hungary to taiwan to japan, denying involvement. But one senior israeli official here tonight now says the timing was not part of a wider escalation, saying the chance the detonated devices was slipping away, a Use It or lose it situation. Tonight, iran promising a crushing response, and the u. S. Secretary of state in paris, trying to deescalate the conflict. The population in both Northern Israel and Southern Lebanon has had to flee their homes and we all want to see them be able to go back to their homes. And that requires a secure environment. Reporter Tonight Israel says it has arrested an iranian agent aiming to kill its senior leadership. The potential for an allout war still feels very real here. Lester . All right, Keir Simmons in beirut, thank you. Now to the race for the white house. The fight over key Battleground States ramping up with Vice President harris bringing extra Star Power on to the campaign trail. Here is gabe gutierrez. Reporter tonight, Vice President harris once again in the critical Swing State of michigan, this time getting a Celebrity Boost from Oprah Winfrey at a livestreamed event. What were hoping is going to be one great big giant voter rally. Reporter just weeks after the tv icons high Wattage Endorsement at the democratic national conversation. Lets all choose Kamala Harris. Reporter and with inperson early Voting Beginning in several states tomorrow, a new poll showing just how tight this race is. Harris and former President Trump tied at 47 nationally. And in the key state of pennsylvania, harris has a slim lead within the margin of error. Meanwhile, the former president overnight looking to boost republican congressional candidates, making a pitch in Deep Blue new york. With terrorists and criminals pouring in, and with inflation eating your hearts out, vote for donald trump. What the hell do you have to lose . Reporter while harris has attacked trump on Health Care they intend to end the affordable care act, all based on concepts of a plan. Concepts. Reporter the former president is pledging to lift the 10,000 cap on state and local Tax Deductions known as s. A. L. T. even though the controversial cap was part of his Signature Tax Law in 2017, a move critics said targeted democraticleaning states with high property taxes. Now i will cut taxes for families, small businesses and workers, including restoring the s. A. L. T. Deduction. Reporter focusing concerns over immigration, trump now says he plans to visit springfield, ohio, where he has faced fierce criticism for his comments about immigrants. Lester . Gabe gutierrez at the white house, thanks. Emotional testimony today in the inquiry into the doomed Titan Submersible Mission to the titanic as we learn about a malfunction days before the deadly dive. Here is jesse kirsch. Was just very happy to go. Reporter thats how Renata Rojas remembers titans fiveman crew preparing to dive to titanics wreck, and ultimately their deaths last year. Nothing is going bring our friends back. Reporter Today Coast Guard investigators questioning rojas, a former Mission Specialist for oceangate about the companys submersible which imploded last june, killing everyone on board. The Coast Guard now releasing this new video showing Titan Debris on the sea floor. Oceangates former scientific director testifying about potential warning signs ignored, including on titans last Dive Attempt before the fatal mission. The bow of the submersible was pointing up in the air. The pilot crashed into the rear bulkhead. The rest of the passengers tumbled about. 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