nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. there will be no quick bounceback from the blizzard of 2016. its punch was too much. snow measured in feet from washington to new york, paralyzing entire cities, cutting off neighborhoods, some left flooded and grounding thousands of flights, assuring its impact would be felt nationwide. storm-related deaths have now reached at least 40. the financial impact at $850 million. so many people and so many things affected, but the recovery, albeit uneven, is under way, and we have full coverage starting with nbc's miguel almaguer in washington, d.c. miguel, good evening. >> reporter: lester, this may be the largest snow-dumping center on the entire east coast. much of the snow from the washington, d.c. area is brought up to this old football stadium. the operation here is massive. the trucks have been coming in and out of this area for hours hauling snow all the way around this parking lot, and the cleanup, that's far from done. it packed a punch and crippled the region. tonight millions are still buried under snow and ice. >> the roads are co

weekend. >> thanks for joining us. up next is lester holt with nightly news. >> hope to see you back here at 6:00. good night, folks. >>> developing news tonight. a monster winter storm bearing down. blizzard watches up, in some places forecast for the kind of snow they haven't seen in 100 years. 50 million americans bracing for impact. >>> on the attack, sarah palin hits the trail with donald trump. and what she said about her son's domestic violence arrest, ptsd and the president, raising eyebrows. > roller coaster plunge on wall street. retirement savings taking another hit as the price of oil continues to fall with no end in sight. >>> new developments in the toxic water crisis in michigan. what did the governor know and when did he know it. >>> and a rescue. a hollywood star turned real-life action hero. "nightly news" begins right now. >>> good evening. urgent preparations are under way right now for a major snowstorm developing for the east coast later in week that forecasters say could be the biggest in a century in some cities. it will come on the heels of another storm

nbc nightly news with lester holt. reporting tonight from des moines iowa. >> good evening. three days from a critical vote here in iowa, and the hillary clinton camp finds itself back under the cloud of the e-mail controversy. minutes after secretary clinton told me in an exclusive interview here in des moines today that there is nothing regarding the e-mail investigation that should cause voters to have any concerns, the state department confirmed for the first time that some of the e-mails found on clinton's personal e-mail server from her days as secretary of state contained information so secret, it fell into the highest level of classification. nbc's andrea mitchell has details. >> reporter: as hillary clinton was campaigning in iowa, the state department dropped the e-mail bombshell. for the first time labeling 22 e-mails from her private server top secret. the highest level of classification as demanded by the intelligence agencies. >> none of this traffic was marked classified at the time it was sent. >> just minutes earlier, lester had asked clinton about how the e-mail

in washington, d.c. miguel, good evening. >> reporter: lester, good evening. this may be the largest snow dumping center on the entire east coast. much of the snow from the washington, d.c. area is brought up to this old football stadium. the operation here is massive. the trucks have been coming in and out of this area for hours, hauling snow all the way around this parking lot. and the cleanup, that's far from done. it packed a punch and crippled a region. tonight, millions are still buried under snow and ice. >> the roads are completely impassable. this is absolutely terrible. >> we're all stuck. >> reporter: plows have been abandoned and many roads untouched. >> i've done the part i usually have to do. the part they're supposed to do isn't done. >> reporter: in washington, d.c., the government shut down again. schools and biszsusinesses are closed. for first responders, some stuck in the snow. in roundhill, virginia, an atv will only take you so far. we reached this community by foot. >> this is the only way in and out, huh? >> no plows on these streets for days. >> we fe

. lester. >> gabe. >>> al roker is here with us now tracking the storm. al, how bad is this going to be? >> some folks could be looking at three feet of snow, lester. we have winter storm advisories and blizzard watches from the blizzard watch in effect right now, washington and baltimore area. first time they've had that since 1993. we're watching this storm system get together. on friday we have snow from memphis to d.c. and we have a threat of severe weather down through the southeast, including florida. can't rule out a tornado with this. friday night, this really gets going. moving into new jersey and into nashville, roanoke. looking for the coastal low to continue to intensify. tomorrow, on saturday, snow from new york city into boston. it will continue to intensify, bringing winds of up to 60 miles per hour. and with a full moon there is a risk of high tide flooding as well. here is what we're looking for as far as snowfall. new york city 8 to 12. maybe a little bit more around philadelphia. but the washington, d.c. area, lester, we're talking 12 to 24 inches of snow. parts of

news with lester holt, which begins right now. >> thanks for joining us. see you back here at 6:00. >>> there is breaking news tonight. iran seizes americans. ten u.s. sailors on two navy boats taken into custody by iranian authorities. tonight the scramble to free them. >>> one last time. president obama's final state of the union address. what he will tell the nation. why he is aiming for a more hopeful tone and what he told matt lauer about donald trump. >>> and our inteiew with joe biden. the generous offer the president made in one of his darkest hours. >>> tourists murdered a deadly suicide bomb at a center where thousands of visitors flock every day. now isis is claiming responsibility. >>> and massive pile-ups, slick roads and chain-reaction crashes in several states, and dozens of vehicles in heaps of twisted metal. "nightly news" begins right now. >>> good evening. with the president just minutes away from delivering his final state of the union speech in the capitol behind me, the white house is now consumed with the potential new international crisis that threatens to o

washington, d.c. good evening. >> reporter: lester, the steady snow is here in washington, in just a few hours some of the city's landmarks may be difficult to make out in a few hours. it is getting sloppy. coming down sideways. it could reach gusts hour. tonight many are off the streets and at home, bracing for what comes next. >> reporter: tonight this deadly winter wallop is showing little mercy. blinding snow and paralyzing ice and widespread power outages crippling 20 states. nashville, tennessee, going nowhere fast. more than 200 collisions in six hours. only getting worse. with one in every four americans facing this brutal blast. it is a whiteout in kentucky. and for many a blackout at home. tens of thousands in a electricity or heat. with trees crashing into homes, cars are sliding into each other. freeways are at a stand-still, others a it is a state of emergency in washington, d.c. inside of the war room, calls for help have doubled. the blizzard could be catastrophic. >> we haven't seen a storm like this in the district in 90 years. >> reporter: hockey games postponed. the na

continues now with "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> breaking news. tonight top so credit bombshell. a majoror twist in hillary clinton's e-mail scandal has the campaign scrambling, and we're with her exclusively three days till iowa. >>> also, the fight night fallout. donald trump declares victory and ignites a new firestorm with a controversial comment about ted cruz. >>> captured after that daring il break. a dangerous escapee turns himself in. two more on the run as a jail employee is accused of aiding the escape. >>> we're at the outbreak each center of this zika pandemic where the virus is exploding. children and families living in fear. >>> and a dramatic takedown on camera. anti-government protests, a chase, a crash and the moment fbi agents opened fire. "nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt reporting tonight in des moines, iowa. >> good evening. three days from a critical vote here in iowa, and the hillary clinton camp finds itself back under the cloud of the e-mail controversy. minutes after secretary clinton t

we'll have details coming up at 6:00 p.m. >> thanks for joining us. lester holt joins us next with nightly news. >>> developing news tonight. a major snow emergency. big cities and airports shutting down, bracing for a historic blizzard. now hours from bearing -- burying a huge part of the country. >>> plus the ripple effect nationwide. al roker has the latest forecast. >>> exploding airbags. breaking news as the biggest recall in history gets bigger. dangerous airbags linked to anher death. millions more recalled. is your car on the list? >>> trump. top conservatives get together to blast the front-runner and could anything derail his path to victory ten days to the first vote? >>> and changing the oscars. sweeping new rules just announced. but will the academy's drastic moves be enough to tamp down on a furry overshadowing hollywood's biggest night. "nightly news" begins right now. >>> good evening. right now we are in the early hours of what may be a historic snowstorm. winter weather warnings stretch from the south up through new york. snow has been falling for several hours in

evening. `` >> reporter: lester, `` good evening. `` the steady snow is `` here in washington, `` d.c. `` some of the city's `` most recognizable `` landmarks may be `` difficult to make out `` in a few hours. `` it is getting sloppy. `` the snow is starting `` to blow sideways. `` it could reach gusts `` up to 50 miles per `` hour. `` tonight many are off `` the streets and `` hunkered down as we `` face a major threat. `` >> reporter: tonight `` this deadly winter `` wallop is showing `` little mercy. `` blinding snow and `` paralyzing ize and `` widespread power `` outages crippling 20 `` states. `` nashville, tennessee, `` going nowhere fast. `` more than 200 `` collisions in six `` hours. `` only getting worse. `` >>> one in every four `` americans facing this `` brutal blast, it is a `` whiteout in kentucky. `` and for many a `` blackout at home. `` tens of thousands in a `` deep freeze without electricity or heat. `` with trees crashing `` into homes, cars are `` sliding into each `` other. `` freeways are `` stand-still, others a `` ghost town. `` it is a state of `` `

"nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. time is short, and the to-do list is long for the men and women running for president. in just six days we will be counting actual votes in iowa, but in the final stretch it's all about the polls, and tonight they appear to confirm a dramatic reversal of fortune among the two republican front-runners. donald trump now ahead in a state that once seemed to be ted cruz's to lose. and more worrisome for the cruz camp is trump is lining up what could be key endorsements. there's high drama in the democratic contests, too. we've got both races covered starting with >> reporter: hey there, lester. you know it's crunch time when one candidate is flying in endorsements and the other issuing a warning. donald trump is about to take the stage joined by arizona sheriff joseph arpaio known for his hardline stance on immigration. the clock is ticking in iowa. six days left and donald trump is pulling ahead. today leading in five of the last six major polls here. the race now a cage match between the billionaire and his texas rival ted cruz. ea