An hour at 7 00 eastern time. We have both contests covered, arting with nancy cordes and the democratstsn las vegas. Nancy. Reporter jim, this is a huge relief for the clinton camp after a brutal loss in New Hampshire a week and a half ago. Clinton herself took the stage here at Caesars Palace in las vegas about 15 minutes ago. Take a listen to what she had to say. I want to thank each and every one of you. You turned out in every corner of the state with determination and purpose. Hotel and casino workers who never wavered. chchrs and applause tens of thousands of men and women with kids to raise, bills to pay, and dreams that wont die. This is your campaign. applause and it is reporter in a statement, senator sanders said, i just spoke to secretary clinton and here in nevada. I am very proud of the campaign we ran. Five weeks ago we were 25 points behind, and we ended up in a very close election. And, indeed, the clintonon camp got a big scare earlier this week when polls showed her
An hour at 7 00 eastern time. We have both contests covered, starting with nancy cordes and the democrats in las vegas. Nancy. Reporter jim, this is a huge relief for the clinton camp after a brutal loss in New Hampshire a week and a half ago. Clinton herself took the stage here at Caesars Palace in las vegas about 15 minutes ago. Take a listen to what she had to say. I want to thank each and every one of you. You turned out in every corner of the state with determination and purpose. Hotel and casino workers who never wavered. cheers and applause tens of thousands of men and women with kids to raise, bills to pay, and dreams that wont die. This is your campaign. applause and it is reporter in a statement, senator sanders said, i just spoke to secretary clinton and here in nevada. I am very proud of the campaign we ran. Five weeks ago we were 25 points behind, and we ended up in a very close election. And, indeed, the clinton camp got a big scare earlier this week when polls showed her
Scalia was the longest serving justice of the Current Supreme Court and its conservative. Paula reid is in washington with the latest tonight. Good evening, paula. Reporter i cant hear the broadcast. Has it started . Axelrod were having a little trouble with paula right now. This evening, chief Justice John Roberts released a statement saying scalia was an extraordinary individual and jurist who was admired and treasured by his colleagues. Roberts added, scalias passing is a great loss to the court and to the country he served. Among Justice Scalias most important decisions, he cast a crucial vote in bush v. Gore the case, of course, that made george w. Bush president in of colleagues like justices ginsberg, and kagan, he was held in high esteem by them. We will pring in our chief legal correspondent, jan crawford right now. Jan, the Supreme Court is scheduled to go back into session a week from monday, so how does the court move forward . Reporter i mean, i think thats one of those al
Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. As he laid out the ground today for a major battle with Senate Republicans over a Supreme Court nomination, president obama also waded deep into the race for president at a News Conference late this afternoon taking on donald trump and other republican candidates saying being president is a serious job. Its not hosting a reality show. His remarks come just four days away from the next major test in the race for president with trump maintaining his National Lead among republicans in our new nbc News Survey Monkey poll and jeb bush lagging behind, some wondering if South Carolina could be his last stand, and for democrats the focus remains on winning over africanamerican voters. We have all sides covered starting with nbcs Peter Alexander in columbia, South Carolina. Hello, peter. Reporter hey, good evening tonight the president is weighing in on
Have to deal with the repercussions of a robbery. A small fashion boutique in the heart of the south end, the owner is doing everything she can to make sure shes protecting herself and her business. We have a camera system we have a camera system, alarm system. We have a way to monitor our store from our computers and our cell phones as well. Other Business Owners say the best defense is power in numbers, which is why they are working hard to police the neighborhood with their own eyes and ears. As a neighborhood, w if we see any suspicious, you know, activity, just definitely call the police or, you know, let somebody in the store know. Now, the manager at the common market, which is another local business right here in the south end, told me over the phone that over the past two months, they have had two overnight breakins. They said they are doing their own business. Luckily, no one was injured, but police are still on the lookout away. We will bring you updates on the our website.