Beloved tv dad, ni nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening, theres late word from yahoo tonight of a massive and stunning security breach. The company revealing that hackers may have stolen the personal information from more than a billion yahoo users. The hack apparently occurred over three years ago, but is just now being made public. Whats more, the eyepopping breach is apparently separate from the major attack announced by the company just a few months ago. Nbcs Miguel Almaguer has late details. In what is one of the largest hacks in u. S. History, today yahoo confirms data from more than one billion User Accounts was stolen in 2013. Private names, email addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, even encrypted security questions and answers have been exposed. The scale of this attack is something that weve never seen before but were going to keep seeing these things. Because n
Ayman mohyeldin is on assignment. Vladimir putin is heading to japan where he will hold a press conference with the countrys minister. We get reporting that putin was personally involved in his countrys Covert Campaign to interfere in the u. S. President ial election. This morning, we also learned new details about what officials believe motivated the blot. Senior investigative correspondent Cynthia Mcfadden has the report. Nbc news is report that Vladimir Putin was personally involved in the russian attempt to disrupt the u. S. Election. Two Senior Intelligence officials with direct access to all the information tell nbc news, the new intelligence is derived from diplomatic sources and others, including spies working for americas allies. Specifically, a high level intelligence official tells nbc news, putins role was directing the use of the hacked material. Putins objectives were multifaceted. What began as a vendetta against Hillary Clinton morphed into showing corruption in america
Early today begins right now. Good morning, im frances rivera. Russian president Vladimir Putin is headed to japan, where he will hold a press conference with the prime minister. We have a reporting that putin was personally involved in its countrys alleged Covert Campaign to interfere in the u. S. President ial election. We have learned new details of what officials believe motivated the plot. Cynthia mcfadden has the report. Reporter nbc news can report Vladimir Putin was personally involved in the russian attempt to disrupt the u. S. Election. Two Senior Intelligence officials with direct access to all the information tell nbc news, the new intelligence is dereserved from diplomatic sources and others, including spice working for americas allies. Specifically arc high level intelligence official tells nbc news, putins role was hacking the material. His objectives were multifacetted. What began as a vendetta against Hillary Clinton was to split off key American Allies by creating the
Will be bright and sunny. It will be windy and cold throughout the day. Wind chills in the morning is brutal. Its going to be 10 at joint base andrews and it wont change much throughout the day. There will be sunshine and a little improvement on friday. Not because the air warms up but the wind chill will diminish. There is a wind chill advisory in effect late tonight along the blue ridge and points west in the mountains. A twoday deal tomorrow and friday. We will pull out on saturday. When i join you here in 15 minutes we will talk about a wintry mix possibly on friday before it warms up. Michelle . Michelle thank you. A big question for some parents and students will school buses start on a sub freezing morning. It has been a problem in the past. Q mccray is in arlington with how schools are making sure everyone gets to the destination on time tomorrow. Q, what is the plan . Q yeah, well, listen the students on time, michelle, they have to start early here. At the Arlington County Pu
Cold bearing down on us. Across the metro area the crews are filling up with the deicers to treat roads before it gets too cold. You cant put anything down after 25 degrees. Traffic moved well today. But it could be the calm before the storm. The temperatures are descending and the moisture is on the cold fronts tail. Deepfreeze heading our way can do serious damage to cars. Freeze up the engine. Vehicles subjected to the bitter cold need specific attention. First and foremost is a battery. In cold weather that is the number one problem. Also check the antifreeze on the tires. As the arctic air mass moves in some people are already strategizing on how to stay warm themselves. I dont know about the long johns. Bundle up well. Make sure the heat is turned up properly. Back live now, it looks salt. It almost looks like snow. As we know, real cold weather like we are expecting can have an impact on metro. We check with metro. The representative says it is keeping an eye on the weather cond