Good evening. For the first time the head of the fbi, james comey, has publically explained why he delivered that october surprise just days before the president ial election that the fbi was reopening the clinton email investigation. Comey told a Senate Hearing today that while he was sickened by the possibility he might have swayed the election, he stands by his decision. And he revealed never before heard details of what was discovered during that second round of the clinton investigation. Our justice correspondent Pete Williams has more. Reporter a public and passionate defense from the fbi director for his decision to disclose less than two weeks before the election that the fbi discovered potentially important clinton emails. He said he faced two painful options. So i stared at speak and conceal. Speak would be really bad. There is an election in 11 days. Lordy, that would be really bad. Concealing, in my view, would be catastrophic. Not just to the fbi but well beyond. Reporter just yesterday Hillary Clinton said the disclosure was a big factor in her defeat. In response to that President Trump tweeted that comey gave her a free pass for many bad deeds. But comey said he has no second thoughts. This is terrible. It makes me mildly nauseous to think we might have had some impact on the election. But honestly it wouldnt change the decision. Reporter he said the last minute discovery was 40,000 emails sent by clinton aide huma abedin sent via laptop belonging to her husband Anthony Weiner so they could be printed. 12 turned out to be classified. Why did you conclude neither committed a crime . We didnt have any indication that she had a sense that what she was doing was in violation of the law. Couldnt prove any sort of criminal intent. Reporter he said into the Trump Campaign during the election because it doesnt make investigations public but that the clinton case had already been disclosed by the Justice Department after the Intelligence Community raised red flags. He strongly hinted that the u. S. Is moving ahead with criminal charges against wikileaks founder Julian Assange saying massive dumps of classified documents make it more like a Hostile Intelligence Service than a News Organization with First Amendment protections. It crosses a line when it moves from being about trying to educate a public and becomes about intelligence porn, frankly. Just pushing out information about sources and methods. Reporter arresting assange would be tough. Hes holed up in Ecuadors Embassy in london. Comey said virtually nothing about the investigation of whether any Trump Campaign aides were helping russia influence the election. But he said russia hasnt stopped its hacking and he called it the greatest threat to american democracy of any nation on earth. Pete williams in washington, thank you. Turning now to the horror today at a car auction near boston as hundreds of bidders gathered inside the auction building hoping to get a deal one of the vehicles accelerated into the crowd, killing three people and injuring several others. Nbcs Stephanie Gosk has witness accounts of the chaos inside. Reporter bystanders captured the horrific aftermath on their phones. Oh, my god. Reporter the injured lying on the ground right next to the mangled jeep that hit them. We have multiple injuries, multiple injuries. Reporter the jeep plowed through a crowd of people. Back up, back up. Reporter traveling so fast it rammed straight through a wall, killing three at the scene. All of the sudden just gave it gas. I dont know what happened. Flew by me. Instead of hitting the cars in front of him, went through the lane of people. Reporter it happened inside a massachusetts auto auction, packed with a crowd of hundreds. An employee in h when it suddenly accelerated. It traveled through the inside of the building at a very high rate of speed striking numerous people. Reporter the more than decade old car was one of dozens being auctioned off at lynnway auto. Among those killed 36yearold leezandra aponte, a mother of three, who had just come back to work after vacation. Friends over, family over. She loved the family. She was a family woman. Reporter tonight investigators say they dont know what caused the suv to swerve out of control. Eight people were hospitalized. The driver was uninjured. Lester . Stephanie gosk, thank you. There is a new Severe Weather threat in the south and midwest right on the heels of powerful storms that have already brought deadly flooding to both regions in recent days. Tonight, several new flash flood warnings and watches are in effect. Ron mott is in the storm zone tonight. Reporter tonight parts of southern missouri seeing towns entirely under water. Wow. [000 05 59;00] reporter another round of storms bringing more heavy rain to the floodsoaked region. The roads gone. Reporter mel stout and his wife diane have camped since monday forced from their home by threatening flood waters which have claimed at least five lives. You want to cry. Reporter these before and after pictures show the extent of the flooding in missouri. Soggy weather wreaked havoc elsewhere, too. In arkansas a levee break this morning leading to a flash flood emergency. This town of 6400 told to seek higher ground. Oh, my god. Reporter in southern louisiana pounded by heavy rain and dangerous hail. More Severe Weather expected overnight. More heavy rain will move through the midwest tonight with a line of severe storms along the gulf coast. We could see widespread three to four inches of rain with isolated higher amounts near st. Louis and down near new orleans. Reporter back in missouri, residents like the stouts are eager to return home. Its bad. Home. Reporter even as uncertainty about what awaits. To give you a better sense of how far and wide the water has spread the river is well on the other side of this overpass. The road that goes underneath is route 141, a major thoroughfare, clearly closed tonight and should be for the foreseeable future. Lester . Ron mott, thank you. Now to the latest case raising questions about the use of police force in this country. An officer in texas has been fired after he shot at a car full of High Schoolers and killed a 15yearold boy. Initially police said the car was aggressively backing towards the officer. Later the story changed. Nbcs Kerry Sanders has details. Reporter this is a video of 15yearold jordan edwards playing basketball with his father. Today his parents are mourning and demanding the officer who shot the teenager be charged with murder. I love you, big bro. Reporter his High School Football locker now a memorial followhi the police say the freshman honor student was shot and killed by officer roy oliver when he responded to a noisy party with suspicion of underage drinking. There was an unknown altercation with the vehicle. Reporter initially the police chief said oliver fired his weapon when the car jordan was in was backing down the street toward the officers in an aggressive manner. Thank god for body cameras. Without that, it would be a question of one persons words versus another. Reporter the chief came forward to say the Police Body Cam footage revealed a different story. The car was driving away, not towards the officers. I missed a step. So the information that i got, the information that i saw led to that mistake. Reporter officer oliver was fired. His lawyer told a local paper she could not comment while the incident is under investigation. Also in the car that night, jordans two brothers. When he sleeps in the dark he sees his brother and his brothers murder. Reporter today burial plot for their son. The District Attorney is investigating why officer oliver fired his rifle at the car. Kerry sanders, box springs, texas. There is shock and outrage in louisiana tonight after prosecutors officially announced there would be no federal charges in the Deadly Police shooting of a man during a struggle on the ground that was caught on camera. The family of alton sterling said their fight for justice isnt over as they learn new details about the case. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez has the latest. Reporter today the official word from the department of justice was almost too much for the family of alton sterling to bear. I hoped justice would be served for him. Reporter no federal civil rights charges against the two Baton Rouge Police officers involved in his death including officer salimony. Word of the decision leaked yesterday and sterlings aunt is furious she wasnt told his head and said, im going to kill you. Reporter a 911 caller said someone matching sterlings description pulled a gun outside a convenience store. The officers are seen wrestling him to the ground. The family said investigators revealed more about what led up to the shooting. He took his gun, put it to Alton Sterlings head and said, i will kill you. Reporter the u. S. Attorney didnt address the allegation in his public comments, but there is a higher bar to prove intent. Insufficient evidence exists to charge either officer with a federal crime. We are still suffering like it happened yesterday. Reporter overnight, Peaceful Protesters gathered where sterling was killed. The hardest part would be not to see his face again. Not to be able to hear his voice or get that phone call. Reporter his teenage son disappointed with the feds decision, but hopeful that a newly opened state investigation might bring justice. Gabe gutierrez, nbc news, baton rouge. In washington its vote by vote tonight in the battle to win suppfo version of the republican bill to replace obamacare. With the president personally involved, two more republicans said they would back the bill. But strong opposition remains. We get more from White House Correspondent kristen welker. Reporter tonight two republican lawmakers may have revived the effort to overhaul health care reform. Representatives fred upton and billy long met with President Trump at the white house today to discuss what they hope will be a new break through plan. We have been working day and night. Reporter the new amendment would provide 8 billion over five years to reduce payments for those living with preexisting conditions. The move aimed at resolving concerns the initial bill wouldnt sufficiently cover preexisting conditions. Can you say definitively that no one with a preexisting condition will pay more . I think we have done everything we can. Can you guarantee it . With all due respect to answer a question to say i can guarantee something but i can say that every single thing the president has done does everything to bend the cost curve down. Reporter fierce opposition from two powerful groups, the American Medical Association and aarp saying the fix could actually increase prices. This new change is like administering cough medicine to someone with stage four cancer. Reporter all the uncertainty about health care rattling the insurance industry. Aetna announcing it wont sell obamacare plans in virginia next year citing projected financial losses and the markets instability. The president s agenda is at stake. It would be a huge setback if he doesnt get it done in the first year. Reporter also tonight President Trump met with Palestinian Leader Mahmoud Abbas for the first time at the white house today. Trump saying a peace deal may not be as difficult as people thought despite a conflict that dates back decades and has eluded at least eight president s before him. Lester . Kristen welker at the white house, thanks. As more people take them, new questions about the Health Benefits of vitamin d supplements. Well tell you about that. Also a move by facebook to try to disturbing videos that led to Harsh Criticism of the company. Well be right back. Led to ham are allergies holding you back . Break through your allergies. Try new Flonase Sensimist instead of allergy pills. Its more complete allergy relief in a gentle mist you may not even notice. Using unique mistpro technology, new Flonase Sensimist delivers a gentle mist to help block six key inflammatory substances that cause your symptoms. Most allergy pills only block one. And six is greater than one. 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There is no question its critical to protect you against osteoporotic fractures. The role in the prevention of cancers or Heart Disease is still being explored. Reporter another concern, rates of testing for a vitamin d deficiency is skyrocketing. Doctors say results may lead to the unnecessary use of vitamin d supplements. Getting tested too frequently. I think it is reasonable if you are in your 40s to have one test to verify that youre okay. Reporter who should be tested . Generally people with darker skin, those at risk for osteoporosis and those with digestive disorders. Heather is making healthier lifestyle choices to add vitamin d in her diet through foods like oily fish, fortified cereals, milk and juice. There are a lot of things you have to think about to be a complete person. This falls in the category of things we thought we knew. Whats the bottom line about vitamin d . If youre taking vitamin d to prevent osteoporosis that works. 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Many broadcast live and criticism that its been slow to take such graphic content down. The social media giant said it would hire 3,000 people to Police Videos of crimes and suicides. We get more tonight from Nbc News National Correspondent miguel almaguer. Reporter today, Facebook Says thousands of new employees will be looking for troubling videos like these. Southern california. The execution of an elderly man in cleveland. And the torture of a mentally challenged teen in chicago streamed for 30 minutes for all to see. These events and even teen suicides shared on facebook. Now the Worlds Largest social Media Provider is hiring 3,000 screeners to look for harmful video and quickly pull it down. When you have it coming in live there is really no way, even if you had everybody on earth trying to do this you cant prevent stuff before it airs. Reporter today Facebook Ceo Mark Zuckerberg speaking to investors. Its clear we have more to do here. We are going to continue building new tools to keep people safe on our platform. Reporter critics contend the social media giant has been too slow to pull graphic video. The cleveland murder remained online for two hours. Zuckerberg said facebook receives millions of reports each week and currently employees users while using its algorithm to look for suicidal posts. Facebook has a lot to do in terms of getting the technology right. Until they do, they are always going to be playing catchup. Reporter tonight facebook hoping an army of screeners can balance free speech and safe content, embracing a low tech approach to a high tech problem. Miguel almaguer, nbc news, los angeles. Now to a jaw dropping sight in the sky. Dash cam video shows a small plane clipping power lines and a street light and bursting into a massive fireball as it hurtled to the ground over a busy street near seattle yesterday. 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Reporter his system is called smart light sports. Images projected on the playing surface to lead kids through different drills. Lets hit a puck into the net by having the light on the floor allows them to be in the right place at the right time. Reporter liam obrien is dyslexic [000 27 58;00] focused on his youth hockey team can be tough. But he likes doing the work. Without the lights its really kind of harder. But with the lights its a lot easier. Reporter joe didnt design it just for special needs kids. His system can help anyone, especially this tech savvy generation. Its something they can relate to very quickly. They always will come up to me and say, coach, whats the next drill . Reporter for patrick it can be as simple as chasing his favorite flamingos around the ice. Nice. He is fast. This facility gives him a little bit of structure so he can break down some of the basic hockey skills. Reporter patricks smile says it all. At the end of the lesson he has to be carried off the ice. Hes having so much fun playing hockey and reaching his goals. Kristen dahlgren, nbc news, massachusetts. And thats going to do it for us on this wednesday night. Im lester holt. For all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. Ne lights, camera access hey, brad, hows it going . Right now on access hollywood, brad says, quote, i was boozing too much. Is he taking the blame for the
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