live in the breaking news center, drew smith, nbc 10 news. >> harvey will continue to hammer the lonestar state for days. nbc 10 first alert meteorologist erika martin is tracking the latest on harvey's wrath. >> something really impressive, 67 tornado warnings have been issued or were issued by the national weather service.

we'll update the story as we get new details on air and our nbc >>> philadelphia police are neck. the attacker walked into the while the clerk was putting them in the bag the man pulled a the man was able to pull the man off the counter and dropped the the clerk is listed as in stable condit >>> the countdown is now down to hours as we go from daylight to darkne >> the moon will block out the katy z is live for us at >> rep today's is going to be the most widely viewed and

official briefed on the intelligence has confirmed to nbc news that "washington post" report that u.s. intelligence now assesses that north korea has successfully miniature rised a nuclear with that. in other words, built a warhead small enough to fit atop a missile. which is a significant milestone and really increases the threat profile of north korea to the united states especially on the heels of that missile test last month of a missile that many experts assess could reach the u.s. mainland. >> does this mean that the north has fielded a nuclear tipped weapon? >> no, it doesn't mean that yet. it's a significant development along that path. but there are other technological hurdles our sources say to doing that. you have to be able to build a missile and warhead that

nbc bay area marian favro live at the festival. and the bar years were not cheap. >> they weren't. in fact each barrier like this costs $45,000 peggy. the city of fremont purchased 12 of these. to design to prevent even a huge semi truck from getting through and hurting people at festivals. it's called the bnp 5,000. the city paid more than half a million for all 12 barricades.

>> nbc news is reporting that senior white house official says president trump wasn't supposed to answer any questions today. his staff went in through that event with the press with the understanding the president would discuss infrastructure evenly and take no questions. but once in front of the reporters the president quote went rogue, that's the trays the official used, the white house but when you see the video it certainly looked like premeditated decision by the president to publicly defend comments he made on saturday that were greeted with sharp criticism from democrats and more importantly from the president from republicans. the president just happened to

speculation about his political future nbc's kelly o'donnell has the latest. >> reporter: from his summer stay at his new jersey golf resort, president trump's first take on a significant foreign policy accomplishment. north korea sanctions came without bravado. two tweets noting china and russia voted with us, very big financial impact today, adrenaline out of the trump administration came from vice president mike pence. after "new york times" report described a shadow campaign for 2020, where prominent republicans, including pence, were donors, made political stops in case president trump is not on the ballot. but in a lengthy review, he called the assertions disgraceful and offensive to me, laughable and absurd and pledged his efforts to see trump reelected in 2020. >> greatest privilege of my life to serve as vice president to a president who always puts america first. >> reporter: counselor kellyanne conway defended pence's loyalty. >> it is absolutely true that

here is how david brinkley covered the story on nbc nightly news 40 years ago today. >> good evening. elvis presley died today. he was 42. apparently it was a heart attack. he was found at his home in memphis not breathing. his road manager tried to revive him. he failed. a hospital tried to revive him, it failed. his doctor pronounced him dead at 3:00 this afternoon. the end at an early age of one of the two most spectacular careers in the history of american entertainment, the other being frank sinatra's. long after he became an institution, here what how presley looked and sounded on an nbc television special four seasons ago. ♪ you ain't nothing but a hound ♪ you ain't nothing but a hound dog ♪

. >>> from nbc news, this this a special edition of "today" -- "hurricane harvey makes landfall." live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza.

"nightly news" begins right now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, and thank you for being here tonight. as the remnants of hurricane harvey finally exit the state of texas and rescue crews intensify their search for victims, there is a new pressing danger in the flood zone tonight. a chemical plant burning. it's already been rocked by two explosions early today after critical cooling systems failed in the flood. a large area around that plant in crosby, texas, has been evacuated in anticipation of more explosions amid uncertainty about the safety of the air around it. jacob rascon is leading off our coverage tonight. jacob, good evening. >> reporter: lester, good evening. tonight the sheriffs and fire department, the national guard even the epa are working overtime hoping to avoid another crisis. nobody's allowed to enter the evacon high stakes waiting game. tonight the flooded arkema chemical plant is still smoldering. neighborhoods within a mile and a half urged to evacuate as officials warn that more expl

i'm joined by nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard eng engel. he joins us from seoul, south korea. here's a new development in a story we were following a few days ago. this apparently constituting the u.s. response. what's the message here? what's the strategy? do we know? >> well, there's a difficult strategy. u.s. military strategists have been wrestling with it. because what we saw overnight was a show of force. the u.s. military along with japan and south korea flew jets. the jets didn't fly over the korean peninsula. they just crossed the pacific. but the american sophisticated aircraft and south korean buzzed over the korean peninsula. actually went quite close to the north korean border. so close i'm told that the north koreans to actually see the aircraft. then they veered south and dropped bombs on a test field in south korea. show of force, signaling to north korea that the u.s. can attack the north if and when it chooses to do so. but this will likely lead to an escalation. most analysts and military experts i've spoken to think the

nbc news. houston. >>> the remnants of harvey headed our way next and rain could start moving in by doug is tracking the timing and he joins us with more on another major hurricane that is picking up some steam, doug. >> right now, guys, continuing to track harvey as it makes its way towards the memphis area right now. a lot of rain flash flood warnings in memphis, in numerous tornado warnings and few confirmed tornados, there have been some damage in parts of mississippi. that storm moving our way. first, though, we've got a cold front moving through the area tonight, that's going to make for chilly and cloudy day tomorrow before the rain as harvey gets here on saturday. we'll talk much more about the holiday weekend and yes you mentioned, this is hurricane irma a category 3 storm, with winds of 115 miles an hour forecasts to become a category 4 storm as it moves closer to the islands. we'll talk much more about this where this may go. we'll have the complete forecast for you. i'll see you bac

. >> ♪ >> ♪♪ >> ♪ >> putting harriet tubman on the new 20-dollar bill may not be a done deal after all. in an interview with c nbc steve mnuchin declined to say if he would follow through with the obama administration plans. mnuchin said there were much more important and pressing matters and that the change is not something he's focused on. he said the major motivation for changing currency is preventing counterfeits. >> the average american spent more money on taxes than they did on food and clothing. the information comes from the bureau of labor and statistics. americans spent an average of $10,500 on state and federal taxes. they spent about 7200 on food and 1800 on clothing. the only expense higher was a $19,000. >> that's depressing. [laughter] >> downer news. >> yeah. >> just a little bit and i feel like as we look at what's coming the next couple days the downer just keeps on going. >> pretty depressing. not only are we expecting rain to start off the holiday weekend through much of saturday but it is going to be chilly. >> yeah. >> ooh. >> temperatures barely hitting 70 degre

according to a new nbc news survey poll out today, 60% of the public says the president's decision to pardon joe arpaio which he announced as harvey made landfall was the wrong thing to do. it looks like just his base, 4%, agrees with the move. if the president halts daca, most of the country isn't going to like it. 64% support the obamaer ra program which allows young people who came here illegally as children to remain here. overall 61% of the public has an unfavorable view of mr. trump. it looks like just his base, 36%, holds a favorable view. and it's the same story if you look at the president's job approval numbers. 59% disapprove. it looks like just his base, 39%, approves. yes, this president was elected by that base. they hoped he'd get things done and shake things up. but his agenda has stalled. august was brutal, and some of his supporters are losing faith. >> a word ar a feeling about donald trump, a word or a phrase. everybody ready? go. >> outrageous. >> did you vote for him? >> i did. >> okay. outrageous because. >> everything he does is outrageous. >> abject disappoint

night at 8:00 right here on nbc 4. what the pastor is saying tonight about moving forward. >> storm team 4 tracking the remnants. doug is back next with the timeline for how >>> we're counting down to that holiday weekend, we've got big changes coming in. >> that is harvey and the other one comes in on saturday and that is from harvey. we've got a couple of things going on. you look outside right now, it's really gorgeous, a bright night to be out and about. you're going to be barbecuing in the backyard. dinner outside. tonight's a nice night to do it all. tracking a couple of showers, right now nothing out there in our area. winds out of the northwest at 8 miles per hour. what i'm tracking to the cold front, you can see it coming down from the north right here. what's going to happen with that, as it moves on through, we could see an isolated shower or two, the north winds come in and gets a lot cooler today tomorrow. then on saturday, here comes harvey, we're tracking harvey, still moving farirly slowly. they're seei

new this hour an exclusive to nbc news. what's been described as quote cryptic notes from paul manafort taken at that controversial trump tower meeting with russians in 2016. two sources briefed on the notes tell nbc news that those notes which were typed on a smartphone include the word donations near a reference to the republican national committee. those notes have been turned over to the house and senate intelligence committees and to special council robert mueller. nbc news also confirms this afternoon that mueller is working together with the new york state attorney general schneiderman. they have been sharing evidence and discussing materials also involving manafort. president trump doesn't have the pardon power over state crimes and mueller working in coordination with schneiderman could give them additional leverage in encouraging manafort to cooperate. starting us off to discuss all of this this hour, white house bureau chief at "the washington post," philip rucker. intelligence and national security reporter for

we're there to set up a new month. jobs report will set the tone for sure. ashley: hard to believe september almost here. lori rothman, thank you very much. >> final trading day of the month. oil snapping a three-session losing streak. despite today's rally crude dropped 6% for the month of august. that is the largest monthly loss since march. as far as gold, it is moving in the opposite direction, soaring in august, as investors decided to flock to safety ended up nearly 4%. that is the largest monthly gain since january, closing out the month at 1316 an ounce. maybe the north korean fears played out in the gold market. ashley: sixth straight monthly gain for the dow. let's bring in today's panel. scott martin, kingsview haas set management, kevin kelly, here in stupid know nonetheless from recon capital. scott, begin with you, seems the economy is growing 3% according to the last reading. earnings are growing, where are markets going to go? they will go up, right? >> yeah, ash. tell us what is happening last couple weeks, economic data points in our resear

it runs from 8 to 10 tomorrow night right here on nbc 4. >> and a rising death toll, new rescues in texas as its sites on our labor day weekend. then there's a new hurricane brewing in the atlantic, and it's a monster. >> plus a nuisance neighbor in dc's neighborhood. >> living there. >> and rats. >> the fears that this home could come falling down. >>> first up at 5:00, the latest from the gulf and the crisis on several fronts in the wake of harvey's aftermath. hello, everybody. >> rescue operations still going on across texas where harvey has killed now, at least, 32 people. >> the latest survey show more than 50,000 homes have been damaged or destroyed. more than 32,000 people are in shelters right now. >> the red cross says this is now the largest relief effort in u.s. history. and while there's range in estimates, accuweather predicts that when this is all harvey could cost the economy $190 billion. that's more than katrina and sandy combined. >> about 100 miles east of houston, the flood waters have taken out the water supply to the entire city of beaumont. earlier the national guar

new this hour an exclusive to nbc news. what's been described as quote cryptic notes from paul manafort taken at that controversial trump tower meeting with russians in 2016. two sources briefed on the notes tell nbc news that those notes which were t

reporting live here in livermore, bob redell, nbc bay area news. >> thank you very much, bob. hope you stay cool out there in livermore. >>> now to an update on harvey. the storm is now officially a tropical depression. it's harvey no more as it moves north. the latest now, vice president pence and his wife are there on the ground touring the damage in texas. several cabinet secretaries also are on that trip. right now beaumont authorities are evacuating a hospital. this is east of houston where that storm was moving. the city lost it's water supply because of the flooding. here are the numbers as they stand right now. the number of storm-related deaths is now at 28, at least, but a lot of folks are still missing and unaccounted for and the latest word from the governor is that 32,000 people are in shelters, have no way to get home. evacuations are still in place around a chemical plant as well in crosby, texas. >> crosby is about 25 miles northeast of houston. authorities there trying to figure out thousand deal with the danger at a flood chemical plant. we are joined live wi

a senior law enforcement official with direct knowledge of the matter tells nbc news we shouldn't be surprised that two prosecution teams are working together to make sure their investigations are coordinate. in addition, multiple sources tell us this is no indication that any sort of charges or any indictment related to paul manafort is imminent. joining us now to discuss this from our washington newsroom, ken did he laneian. nbc news intelligence and national security reporter who has been following the developments in the russia investigation. and here in our new york newsroom, clint wats former fbi special agent with the joint terrorism task force and an msnbc national security analyst. more on this in a moment, but kep, you have some new reporting. let's hear it. >> that's right, katy. our new reporting also has to do about paul manafort. meeting met with a russian lawyer and a russian lobbyiest. paul manafort took notes on his smartphone during that meeting and those notes have been turned over to congressional investigators and also to robert mueller. in those notes we have le

i'm kerry sanders from nbc news. explain to people, the hospital lost its fresh water supply from the city. you have 193 patients. what is it about the lack of fresh water that makes this so important to move them elsewhere? >> well, first and foremost the patients cannot be taken care of because of no water. toilet facilities will not work. no fresh water for them for drink or drips. >> we had -- these were dialysis patients. i understand they had their dialysis process before they came here, is there a race to get them to jasper or are they okay? >> there is a race to get them out for the situation gets worse. the city just had a news conference today about less than an hour ago, it is not going to get any better the next week or so. it is patients need to be on life saving dialysis. and the earlier we get them out, the better. >> there are 193 patients, the triage is working for the most critical care on down. family members are concerned because when you have somebody who is in the hospital, whether it seems like

tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >>> a second local civil war reenactment is crossed off the cochlear implan calendar. county cited, quote, recent events. earlier this month, the city of manassas cancelled a similar event because of national tensions over civil war monuments. >>> the annual hajj pilgrimage is under way right now in saudi arabia. people are gathering for the five-day ritual. crowd spent the day in supplication and contemplation. the hajj is required of all muslims once in a lifetime. >>> most people can remember exactly where they were when they heard that princess diana had died. it's hard to believe 20 years has passed. two decades ago, the princess was killed in a car crash in paris. she was 36 years old. and take a look. people have created a memorial outside kensington palace, the people's princess, as she was known, lived there until her death. visitors say even though they never met diana, she touched their lives. >> i think she touched so many people because of who she was and the way she conducted herself in the context of where she was living and who she beca

what that means, our investigative unit of nbc news, looking at the special counsel probe federal reviewed by state attorney general and local prosecutors. >> he has not been accused of anything at this point. he did have his house raided -- >> this is where he's at. he's not been charged. that's good news. but he has been the only person who had the fbi do a pre-dawn raid of his home because a federal judge found either there was evidence of a crime in his home or evidence he wouldn't cooperate. >> i haven't had too many pre-dawn raids in my house. >> you haven't lived. >> the watergate investigation, it went years and brought down a president, no one's home was ever raided like a common drug dealer. >> ever watch "the beat". >> of course. >> you understand the double entendre. >> also a hip-hop enthusiast. >> reporting beat and the fact that music is a universal language and the beat goes on. >> and you love the hip-hop. >> that's what we call it actually, the hip hop. >> the facebook and the google too. >> good to see you. >> the beat is on -- i can't believe i just said that, the beat

this has a huge impact netflix, their budget for new programming goes up every year by huge amounts. now almost the largest programming budget out there of any network. facebook has the same capability google has the same capability there is a big shift in who is making the shows ultimately. >> yeah. and it's going to harm the model. >> yes continue to watch both of you, henry, roger, thank you for joining us henry from business insider. roger from elevation partners. >> just a quick update on that situation out of port arthur, texas, where we've been watching this rescue operation still underway it appears that the rescuers have been rescued with other boats and other machinery that have gone in the mayor of port arthur, texas, told abc news this morning that a number -- an unknown number of the residents there in that town still remain stranded and some homes as well as this area continues to be inundated with very high floodwater knee deep water. and so as you can see, some of these boats are still out there on what appear to be streets that are totally flooded trying to help peop

we're back at fen:25 for a live local news update. >> and join us for nbc local news at 11:00. beat the heat, stay cool. >>> good morning, breaking news. ten officers being treated in the hospital. the surrounding area evacuated. the death toll from harvey rising to at least 28. much of southeast texas still under war. this morning new flooding, new evacuations, and new misery. >> it's just devastating. >> as the powerful storm moves north targeting millions more today, thursday, august 31st, 2017. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is a special edition of "today," the impact of hurricane harvey with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> good morning, everybody. welcome to "today." so good to have you with us on thursday morning. we have craig in for matt once again. for the first time in a week, for the first time in a week, the rain has finally stopped, but of course harvey's fury is still being felt across the gulf coast. >> let's get to the latest. breaking news in crosby, texas, just outside houston. that's where fire is burning at a

we're back at fen:25 for a live local news update. >> and join us for nbc local news at 11:00. beat the heat, stay cool. >>> good morning, breaking news. ten officers being treated in the hospital. the surrounding area evacuated. the death toll from harvey rising to at least 28. much of southeast texas still under war. this morning new flooding, new evacuations, and new misery. >> it's just devastating. >> as the powerful storm moves north targeting millions more today, thursday, august 31st, 2017. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is a special edition of "today," the impact of hurricane harvey with matt lauer and

>> reporter: the good news is the waters are receding. the u.s. marine corps has some amphibious units that will be down here around noon. as a result of what we talked about at the top of the broadcast with that possible chemical fire, some of the helicopter operations that were in the area have been restricted in part because of concerns, even though there's some distan between here because of the atsz ets so the aircrafts actually having to be diverted to that general area. so folks who are in the beaumont area, those that needed to be rescued yesterday with life-threatening situations were taken out. the elderly were pulled out, the very young were pulled out. some people opted to stay and as garrett mentioned there were so many people in flat bottom boats going through, too, and pulling people out. where i am right now in nied niederland, is what becomes the next part of the story as the waters recede. as you can see, i'm standing here and this is somebody's house that's been moved outside. take a look at our other camera in front of the hous

in houston, sara dull lov, nbc news. >> and we have complete coverage both on air and on line. damien will continue to provide updates from the ground, even from the water in texas. this is video of him from our 6:00 newscast last night. you can also follow him on twitter at news damien. >>> 5:06. developing news on two massive fires in northern california, one near lake oroville, the other in novato city. the ponderosa fire burning in butte county is only 10% contained. more than 3,000 acres have now burned destroying ten homes and ten other structures. the firefighters from san jose and san mateo are helping in that fire. investigators say that they've got a man who started that fire. john ballenger of oroville who has been arrested. they say that he started that campfire that led to the wildfire. and we're also tracking a wildfire in novato county that is forcing mandatory evacuations. more than 200 acres have burned so far. that fire is only 10% contained. >>> and this dangerous heat is not going anywhere and it's not going to help ffsz across california today. >> here's a

stay with your nbc station and nbc news, for the latest developments throughout the day. see you back again tomorrow. who are these people? the energy conscious people among us say small actions can add up to something... humongous. a little thing here. a little thing there. starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. who are all these caretakers, advocates too? turns out, it's californians it's me and it's you. don't stop now, it's easy to add to the routine. join energy upgrade california and do your thing. alert.. a live look at san jose this morning-- ju >>> we are in a microclimate weather alert on this thursday morning, taking a live look outside overlooking downtown san jose, just one of the areas about to really feel the heat. good morning to you, thanks for waking up weerlly with us. i'm laura garcia-cannon zblnda i'm marcus washington. you know there are is one of those mornings that i woke up and embraesed the ride to work because it was much cooler than it was going to get today. >> we have natural air-conditioning this morning, you can let the window

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by nbc news' count, there have been 25 water rescues as of last night. the video came in from the coast guard wrestling people near beaumont, texas and port arthur. the size of the relief effort is enormous. 14,000 national guards activated. even the navy is accepting the uss oak hill to provide relief and 700 marines as well. there are 32,000 people waking up in shelters, and 220,000 have registered for fema assistance and all morning yesterday, we were telling you about coastal port arthur texas, besieged by flood waters t. county took 20 inches of rain overnight and at one point the mayor wrote on social media, our whole city is under water. people posted to a facebook page, pleading for help. let's bring in nbc news meteorologist bill karins. bill, where does things stand right now? >> for the first time if five nights, i don't have breaking into u.s. to report, no new levees, we didn't have problems with overstop topping, now new evacuation. it could change, storm is now over areas of louisiana, heading up two ready the memphis area, already new fla

a south korean military official confirms to nbc news that our military flew bombers and fighter jets over the south today for training drills with south korean fighter jets. this coming a couple of days after they launched a ballistic missile over japan. >> back to you. >>> today, the redskins are hoping for a win. they will take on tampa bay buccaneers in their final preseason game. >> while the starters won't play, there's a lot on the line. guys are still trying to make kickoff is at 7:30 right here on nbc4. that will be followed by the redskins post game report and news 4 at 11:00. >>> we don't want to stop with chuck bell's back to school photo we showed you. everybody in our studios has pictures from the past. >> right. >> throwback thursday as you might know. we call it that. who do you think this is? >> erika. >> that's me. >> littler ka. >> with the '80s backdrop there. just quintessential. >> the life touch pictures. >> tells you what era it was from. it looks like -- hey little girl, will you stand in the shot? sure thing, i will. >> no hesitation. >>> let's show you anoth

. >> let's go to nbc news. you, as you think about the big nature and look at things like driverless cars -- >> a little louder. >> when you look at driverless teamsters,affects two related questions -- how big of a threat is that to organized labor and two, do you think that political leaders understand the magnitude of the disruption this kind of technology will bring? to the second question is i think not. people, don't think most take the time to ponder and analyze the magnitude of what that could mean and how it could change the country. but there are some big questions and all of that. -- in all of that. if artificial intelligence and technology get to the point where they are doing so many things that the government or the country or the system is incapable of supporting a majority of the citizens, what happens at that point? what happens to that country? the first question we ought to be talking about as a nation and really debating is, how does society cope with that? what do you do with it? the second

>> some breaking news now. a new response to the threat from north korea. >> new military action, kristin wright standing by with more. >> this is a clear show of force this morning. south korea's military says the u.s. military flew supersonic bombers and fighter jets over south korea for bombing drills. the joint exercise comes after the north's ballistic missile launch over japan on tuesday. the missile described as potentially nuclear capable. today's flyover, really, a typical response when north korea makes any threats. course. we know president trump has said all options are on the table as far as dealing with north korea. back to you. >>> kristin, thank you. also breaking this morning, we learned a map was killed in a busy part of d.c. you may be shocked the columbia heights area is the only -- two blocks south of there, a man was shot and killed last night. we're working to learn his name. d.c. police say it happened on harvard street northwest at 14th street. metro was still open at the time. police a

a south korean official, military official, tells nbc news that the u.s. flew two supersonic bombers and two fighter jets over south korea as a part of military exercises. this comes as president trump vows that a potential diplomatic solution to the escalating standoff with north korea is no longer on the table. now, the president yesterday took to twitter writing, "the u.s. has been talking to north korea and paying them extortion money for 25 years. talking is not the answer." meanwhile, in his latest break with the president, defense secretary james mattis rejected the idea that the u.s. was ready to take diplomacy off the table while meeting with his south korean counterpart in washington yesterday. >> the president this morning tweeted that talking isn't the answer. are we out of diplomatic solutions for north korea? >> no, we're never out of diplomatic solutions. we continue to work together, and the minister and i share a responsibility to provide for the protection of our nation, our populations, and our interests. this is what we are here to disc

see if you recognize this nbc family member. guess who it is? that's one hoda >>> a popular trail for bicyclist and hikers. the georgetown branch trail that links bethesda and silver spring will close on tuesday for construction of the purple line. this shows the existing trail and the work zone. the red line is the trail detour. it sends users along jones bridge road. critics say that road is too busy and potentially unsafe. if construction goes as planned, you'll be able to ride the purple line. you see it connecting to the metro system. you'll be able to ride that in apologizing to a boy who was told he couldn't dress up like a princess. >> the boy was not allowed to participate in the princess for a day experience because he's not a girl. the boy's mom says he's a huge fan of elsa from frozen and loves to wear the elsa dress. they were denied. his mom was furious and said there's a double standard between girls and boys. >> if a little girl went to disneyland and wanted to do a pirate experience or a something else, there would be no way the

. >>> good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. i'm ali velshi in for brian williams. there was day 223 of the trump administration and tonight, harvey has been downgraded to a tropical depression after a dramatic day of rescues played out on televisions across the nation. the president had hoped to win the news cycle with tax reform after his speech in missouri, but instead, and again tonight, it's russia providing a slew of dramatic headlines. just in the past few hours from the "new york times," trump lawyer vehemently denies russian collusion. from the "wall street journal," manafort's political work had a patron, a russia oligarch. and perhaps the biggest of all, from politico, mueller's team -- mueller teams up with new york attorney general in manafort probe. josh dosie reports this about special counsel robert mueller and new york attorney general eric schneiderman. the two teams "have shared evidence and talked frequently in recent weeks about a potential case, according to politico's sources, it continues, one of the peop

jay gray, nbc news, houston. >>> some people are being allowed to go back home and assess the damage caused by harvey. it's an emotional process for many. our amelia draper shows us the damage to one person's home. >> look at how high the water level was. you can see with the debris on the walls. everything in the home touched by water has to be trashed. take a look as you come in the home, water everywhere on the floors. you can see items removed from shelves, put into bins. the cleanup process, though, only just beginning. >> the governor of 219,000 people have already applied for fema assistance to rebuild. amelia has been in texas since before the storm made landfall. you can watch all her stories about the people experiencing the storm in the nbc washington app. >>> while there, you can find ways to donate and help the victims. just search how to help. >>> developing this morning, it was a texas law that sparked concern for immigrants trying to get into shelters away from harvey's wrath. police asking people during traffic stops if they were in the u.s. legally. houston official

reporting live in sacramento, i'm cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. also leaves behind his colleagues, as well. it's been an emotional night for them. you see here the lights flashing and sirens blaring. sheriff's deputies joined by dozens of other agencies in procession following the county coroner's van carrying deputy french. >>> want to give you a live look at capitol hill now where congress is gearing up for another legislative session next week. there will be an important member making his return. senator john mccain is expected to make the trip to washington. the 80-year-old has been receiving treatment for brain cancer. doctors discovered a tumor earlier this month while removing a blood clot bob his left eye. the arizona lawmaker completed his first round of chemotherapy two weeks ago. >>> we're following breaking news near grass valley near auburn. a wildfire is now causing mandatory evacuations. fire is burning in the suit yuba river state washing just off highway 49. more than 200 acres have burned including multiple structures right now,

good night from nbc headquarters in new york. >>> there is a lot going on in the news, including the weather and flooding disaster in south east texas, and in east text, and now in louisiana. this is day six of this national level catastrophe in that part of the country. this is looking like it will be the most expensive natural disaster in american history. we've got a lot of coverage ahead on this ongoing story tonight. i want to tell you also we've got a story tonight that is quite off the radar. it's not related to the storm. it's actually not getting any other news coverage at all as best as i can tell. i just want to give you a heads up that we're going to be talking about something that nobody else is talking about tonight. and self consciously so, it involves the justice department, potentially a huge deal, it looks like it's about to happen but it's not done yet. so we're going to be sticking a flag in that story, fully cognizant there's a lot of other news going on, and nobody else is talking about this story, but i think it's important enough we have to do it and do it ton

in dumfries virginia, news 4. >> great story. nbc 4 is committed to raise awareness and reduce the stigma about mental health. for more and community visit nbc washington.com. >> people who rely on a popular hiking trail are upset their trail will close completely next week for up to five years. the georgetown branch trail will close tuesday for construction of the purple line. it shows the existing trail and the work zone, that is what will close. the red line is the trail detour, it sends user along busy jones bridge road. critics say the road is too busy and unsafe. if the construction goes as plan, you should be able to ride the purple line in 2022. i shared something about this on my facebook page. check it out. >> lot of people use that. a lot of surprise out there to a lot of folks, too. >>> we know parking in d.c. is a wa when you break down the numbers it's depressing. trying to find the elusive spot in the district causes each of us to wait 65 hours a week. the driving in circles adds up to $1,300 a clear in gas and mai

nbc bay area responds, next. newscast...there is good news... harvey continues to lose strength...and has been downgraded to a >>> as we mentioned, there is good news coming out of texas. harvey continues to lose strength in that specific region and downgraded to a tropical depression, however, the flooding will continue for days. there are a lot of levees in place there in houston and there is still a big risk of thousands of more people being flooded out of their homes. there is an unfortunate truth about the flooding in texas. many homeowners are looking at the cost of repairing homes. >> homeowners insurance won't help, chris is here to explain why and where he sees a wakeup call for california and flood insurance is very specific. >> it is. very specific. sadly, events like hurricane harvey expose this reality typical homeowners and renters' policies simply do not pay for flood damage. coverage for rising water requires a separate purchase from the national insurance flood program run by fema and fema says only 593,000 homes in the entire s

here is nbc news medical correspondent dr. john torres with more. >> although the water is receding in some parts of houston, shelters are flooded with people presenting major medical challenges. nearly two dozen hospitals across the region have evacuated. >> kidney disease. swelling up in my legs. >> robert jordan's medication washed away. >> high blood pressure? >> high blood pressure. >> and all that medicine is gone. >> yeah. >> so it's truly a mass casualty situation. >> it is. >> with military precision, a medical response team at the houston convention center has set up triage areas, a pharmacy and stock piles of supplies. >> what can you treat here? >> we can treat initially pretty much anything. we can treat minor wounds. do suture erg, deliveries. >> dapgs from the storm will linger for weeks, even months. flood water contaminated with chemical waist and debris, even fire ants and alligators. the immediate health risks including wounds, medication shortages, food poisoning and infectious disease from dirty water and

reporting live from the richmond police department, i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> that is a big bust. thank you. >>> we have new details about that tragic hit and run involving a high-ranking u.c. berkeley official. police say they arrested the driver. chief counsel chris patty has been biking on the shoulder of highway 116 on sunday. that's when a bmw hit him and didn't stop. but the license plate of that car fell off at the point of impact. the evidence and witnesses led police to jonathan ritter. ritter was arrested yesterday. >>> the bart station back open after the san francisco bomb squad investigated a suspicious package today. this is video from the sky ranger. police swarming the station. it all started after 1:00 this afternoon. the package was on the concourse level. police issued a shelter in place for that area, market and powell and traffic was recruited. they gave the all clear at 3:30. in word on what that package contained. >>> up next here at 5:00, boaters to the rescue. the unusual call that led to a rescue near alcatraz. >>> new change to the forecast n

"nightly news" begins right now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, everyone. we're glad you're here tonight. the disaster many thought couldn't get any worse has done just that. tropical storm harvey made its third landfall in texas early today creating a major new flood disaster east of houston and stranding potentially thousands more. beaumont, texas, has seen almost 50 inches of rain since this all began, over 26 inches yesterday alone. a stretch of i-10 there captured in these before and after photos shows a virtual storm-tossed sea where traffic once flowed. tonight, the death toll across the disaster zone has climbed to at least 21, and right now an armada of helicopters is hoisting stranded residents from flooded neighborhoods in a desperate bid to save lives. texas governor abbott tonight saying this crisis isn't over. the thick of it. nbc's miguel almaguer starts us off aboard a mission of mercy and joins us now. miguel, good evening. >> reporter: lester, good evening. it's still a very fluid situati

telling nbc news she believes the policy intention was good but it wouldn't yield the intended results. i'm joined by new york times magazine reporter. >> they were beautiful words. i remember as a young center right conservative who is really concerned about the future of the gop has it pertains to engaging the next generation of young women. this was really exciting to me. i thought we were going to see some change. maybe we're not. it's a real missed opportunity. >> is she buckling to pressure? >> i don't know if the intention to begin with was serious to follow through. as a conservative, i think that conservative women have transitioned from saying i want as little government as i can at whatever cost to say if we truly want to conserve the family unit and waennt to see more prosperi for women owned businesses and equal pay from the time they enter the work force until the time they leave, we need to make sure we leverage the power to push companies to pay their women fairly. >> which is what she's not doing. >> which is what she's not doing. >> missed opportunity. the striking to

nbc news, houston. >> many families in texas what's next is a long road to recovery. some people are coming back to their homes to find a trail of damage and expensive repairs. storm team 4 meteorologist amelia draper is near houston where neighbors are helping neighbors rebuild. has the rebuilding begun yet? >> reporter: it has. we are here in tony hodges house. take a look at what we are dealing with here. look at the floors just covered in mud. water still in the house. her family telling me they are throwing everything away that touched water. they are taking photographs so they have that for insurance purposes. you can see just dripping in here. we are already s that mildew coming in. this is going to be months and months of cleanup. we talked to her family and the word continues to be how wonderful it is to see people here coming together. >> we have been stuck here for three days. people have been wonderful giving directions and telling what stores are open, lending fresh eggs or whatever we can do. most of us did keep power. the difference is this was a rain e

and nbc news political carry dan was in pittsburg. watched it all. welcome to both of you. so peter, i think it's not the first time i've heard trump voters express well, i wish he would do this, do that. this was a level of disappointment that, and kerry and i discussed this. she said she discussed this with you, more than i expected. >> well, it's more than disappointment and it's want on specific things. it is about his behavior, his habits, the way in which he's running the office, how he sbe grates into the american public. he's just not there. and the public -- i mean, i've been doing this, as you know, 44 years of focus groups. nine different presidents. i've never seen anything like last night. not in terms of people being unhappy with a chief executive, but in terms of being so disappointed with the way in which he approaches the office. and it is just an jekt horror as they looked at him. >> this is not about issues. >> exactly. >> this is not about some sort of ideological divide. >> uh-huh. and a few of these voters brought up sort of tangentially failure on hea