. >>> "nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. to the viewers in the west. glad you're here tonight. it's looking tonight like president trump had a bigger hand than first acknowledged in crafts son donald junior's initial misleading statement about his meeting last year with the russian attorney. as you may recall, follow-up statements from the younger trump revealed the meeting was really about gathering campaign dirt on hillary clinton. but the "washington post" is reporting it was the president himself who dictated his son's first response, which incorrectly claimed the meeting was about something much more innocent. that's raising a host of questions this evening. our happy jackson has details. >> reporter: tonight new questions of credibility and contradictions with the white house defending the president for his response to that campaign meeting between donald trump jr. and a russian lawyer. the fallout focuses on what happened july 8th, on air force one, not long af

nightly news begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening to our viewers in the west. thank you for being here tonight. the crisis with north korea reaching an unsettling new level today, with news of a possible weapons capability and the most provocative statement yet from president trump, who met north korea's recent verbal threats with this chilling threat of his own. >> north korea best not make any more threats to the united states. they will be met with fire and fury, like the world has never seen. as i said, they will be met with fire, fury and, frankly, power, the likes of which this world has never seen before. >> the president painting a dark and ominous image on the same day nbc news learned u.s. intelligence has reason to believe north korea has managed to create a nuclear warhead small enough to be launched aboard an intercontinental ballistic missile. our andrea mitchell begins our coverage. >> reporter: the alarming warning tonight from u.s. officials briefed on the defense intel

"nightly news" begins right now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening to our viewers in the west. thanks for being here tonight. the staff bloodletting at the white house claimed anthony scaramucci today, ousted this afternoon after a stormy six days on the job. the brash new york financier and president trump's new communications director was shown to the west wing exit door on the same day retired general john kelly took over as white house chief of staff from reince priebus. kelly's first order of business apparently fixing what many insiders saw as a big mistake by the president in his hiring of scaramucci. our chief white house correspondent hallie jackson has details. >> reporter: today, the retired general reorganizing his ranks, with new chief of staff john kelly pushing out controversial communications director anthony scaramucci, according to sources familiar with the move. it comes not long after scaramucci, originally praised by the president, targeted white house staff with a profanity-laced rant in

" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening to our viewers until the west. and thank you for joining us tonight. after enduring one of the roughest patches of his presidency last week over the violence in charlottesville, president trump is off to a busy start this week rallying supporters at an event in arizona this evening on the heels of last night's primetime speech in which he announced an open-ended american commitment leaving a lot of unanswered questions. meantime, tensions are high in phoenix right now where protesters are also massing for tonight's presidential rally. we have it all covered starting with nbc's kristen welker. kristen, good evening. >> reporter: lester, good evening to you. this is president trump's eighth campaign style rally since taking office. and it comes as he's been openly feuding with the state's two republican senators. neither of them are expected to attend, but thousands of his supporters are and there could be fireworks. president trump putting a foc

. >> announcer: from nbc news headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, everyone. thanks for being here tonight. the warning from officials is an ominous as it is blunt, get out now. tens of thousands living along the texas gulf coast under a hurricane warning right now, as harvey whips itself into a major hurricane. a lumbering but dangerous storm that could come ashore a little over 24 hours from now, and dump some truly unbelievable amounts of rains, flooding rains over the next several days. sustained winds are already 85 miles an hour. they could be over 100 when the storm comes ashore near corpus christi late tomorrow or early saturday. that's where jacob rascon begins our reporting tonight. >> reporter: tonight the forecast is urgent and distressing. >> this is a very, very bad scenario for us here. >> reporter: hurricane harvey intensifying rapidly expected to slam into texas as a category 3. >> we're going to, in the strongest possible terms, encourage the residents in the low lying areas, as they say, get out of dodge. >> repor

"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 this evening. the stock market's spectacular ride carried it to a new record today as the dow shot past the 22,000 mark for first time. it's one sign of an economy that's hitting on many cylinders. good news for wall street and certainly for folks with 401(k)s and retirement dollars in the market. it can be easy to forget, however, that a lot of working people are still staring into near-empty wallets and are feeling left out of today's celebration because salaries are lagging behind. our business correspondent jo ling kent has the bigger picture for us tonight. >> reporter: with today's record, the dow is now up 20% since president trump was elected. that's the story of one economy. while many americans feel like they're living in another. why are you here at amazon? >> i was originally working retail, and it just wasn't enough money. >> reporter: frustration shared today in 12 states as thousands of people lin

. >>> nbc news exclusive, president um war in afghanistan. stunning his own advisors, telling them the top commander there should be fired. we're live at the white house as the president gets set to meet with his national security team again today. >>> those stories plus what's behind the historic high for the dow. the chilling new photo of that near disaster at the san francisco airport. >>> and another frightening ride mishap leads to a dramatic rescue. "today," thursday, august 3rd, 2017. >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning. welcome to the show on a thursday morning. we're happy you're joining us, happy to have hoda here while savannah continues on vacation. >> good morning, everybody. we do have a lot to get to this morning starting with that ground breaking first that have have wide ranging implications. >> this is a b edited genes in human embryos to correct a mutation that could cause serious diseases, but it comes with a host of new concerns

"nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. >>> good evening to our viewers in the west. thank you for being with us on this friday. the verdict is in for the brash young former ceo who became the poster image of everything americans don't like about big pharma. you may remember the name martin shkreli when his pharmaceutical company raised the price of an aids drug from around $13 a pill to $750 a pill overnight in 2015. that wasn't a crime. but defrauding investors is as shkreli learned today in a brooklyn federal courtroom. our anne thompson has the story. >> reporter: a bad day for the one-time bad boy of the pharmaceutical industry. martin shkreli gained infamy raising the price of an aides drug 5,000% two years ago. >> are you going to change the price? >> no. >> reporter: becoming the ceo americans loved to hate. >> i intend to use the advice of my counsel, not yours. >> reporter: but that's not why he was convicted in federal court today. the 34-year-old found guilty on three of eight

"nightly news" begins right now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening to our viewers in the west. thank you for being with us tonight. after what to many came off as a tone deaf response to this weekend's racist-fueled violence in charlottesville, virginia, president trump tried today to find the right notes as he took to the podium again to address the tragedy, this time calling out the kkk, neo-nazis and white supremacists by name for sowing the seeds of hate that blossomed into bloodshed on a charlottesville street saturday when a car driven into a crowd left a young woman dead and more than a dozen others injured. it was part of a horrific day that also saw two police officers killed in a helicopter accident. tonight the president's words and actions under scrutiny as he faces a major test of moral leadership. our chief white house correspondent hallie jackson has the latest. >> reporter: president trump today delivering the message many wanted sooner. >> racism is evil. and those who cause violence in its na

"nbc nightly news" begins right now. >> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, nice to have you with us on this friday as the world tries to glean how much bite there is behind the bark of president trump who for a third day served up verbal warnings against north korean aggression. once again keeping up the theme of stop it or else, and predictably provoking some equally colorful retorts from north korea. despite president trump's tweet announcing the u.s. military was locked and loaded, there are now apparent indications that all this talk is on the verge of turning to blows. our white house correspondent, kristen welker, brings us the latest. >> reporter: flanked by his secretary of state, u.n. ambassador, and national security adviser, president trump is turning up the heat on north korea for a third time this week. late tonight, asked is the u.s. going to war. >> i think you know the answer to that. >> reporter: warning leader kim jong-un -- >> this man will not get away with what he's doing, believe me. if he utter

"nightly news" begins right now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, to our viewers in the west. thank you for being with us tonight. healer or antagonist? the answer may depend on which donald trump you heard over the last 24 hours. after casting himself as the victim of bad news coverage at a fired-up rally in phoenix last night blasting everyone from the media to fellow republicans, the president appeared in nevada today where he returned to a call for unity based on common values. the head-snapping change of tones comes as the nation's former intelligence boss offers a troubling assessment of the commander in chief. our national correspondent peter alexander has more. >> reporter: tonight more white house whiplash. at the american legion national convention in reno, a declaration of unity. >> it is time to heal the wounds that divide us. >> reporter: a presidential 180 from last night's unbridled offensive in arizona. >> repeal and replace! >> reporter: repeatedly taking aim at the media. >> the very dishon

nbc news medical correspondent dr. john torres has the new warning tonight. >> reporter: katy rich just had her third child, a boy named brady. when weeks later she got a terrifying call from her doctor. >> he said, it's cancer. and he said it wasn't good. >> reporter: the 33-year-old had stage 4 colon cancer. >> it was devastating. >> reporter: a life-long athlete, she had no family history of the disease. her only symptom? pain in her ribs. the new report shows katy is one of a growing number of younger people getting colorectal cancer. researchers found deaths in white people under age 55 are on the rise. and it's not only the result of more screening. >> this increase in incidence is real. and it's scary. because we don't know what's causing it. >> reporter: colonoscopy is currently recommended beginning at age 50 for most people, and repeated every ten years until age 75 for those with no risk factors. every five years for other screening tests or when colonoscopy finds small polyps. but today's startling report h

up next is "nbc nightly news." we'll see you back here at 11:00 tonight. >>> tonight, high drama over what really happened aboard air force one. a stunning report that the president in flight personally dictated his son's misleading statement about that meeting with the russian lawyer. did the misdirection go all the way to the top. >>> hot car tragedies, two infants die on the same day left in vehicles amid scorching temperatures. >> she was my precious cargo. and i never thought it would happen to her. >> safety groups pushing carmakers to sound the alarm. >>> microchipping employees, a device under your skin that opens the door, works the vending machine and more. we'll take you to a company where it's happening. >>> and baby bump. a little boy's airplane greeting we just can't get enough of. >>> "nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. we're glad you're here tonight. it's looking tonight like presi

"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

"nightly news" begins now. >> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with jose diaz belart. >> good evening, kate snow is off tonight. an american icon has died. jerry lewis passed away in las vegas today at the age of 91. he was a beloved star of the screen and stage but may best be remembered for those annual telethons to raise money for the muscular dystrophy association. lewis was passionate about that cause and the children he helped who called themselves jerry's kids. tonight, the mda said his decades of devotion can be summed up in a motto that lewis would often quote. "i shall pass through this world but once. any good, therefore, that i can do or any kindness that i can show to any human being, let me do it now. let me not defer nor neglect it, for i shall not pass this way again." tonight tributes are pouring in across the country. our miguel almaguer takes a look at his life and legacy. ♪ dash of pepper, dash of pepper ♪ >> reporter: most of the public saw him only as a funnyman. >> you said you loved me, and i've loved you, living and

cynthia mcfadden, nbc news, new york. >> glen campbell was 81 years old. incredible career. a lot of rhinestone cowboys being celebrated. >> i didn't realize he had 21 top 40 hits. great career. >> let's go to bill with a look at the day ahead. >> flash flood threat in the southeast. we have calm with more storms around houston. 9.2 at risk for flash flooding. they will be along the stationary boundary. mississippi and alabama and a few storms along the coastline. great weather to be had too camera crime and david letterman is headed back to the small screen. and gordo's... everything. i love you, but sometimes you stink. soft surfaces trap odors. febreze fabric refresher cleans them away for good. because the things you love the most can stink. and plug in febreze to keep your whole room fresh for up to 45 days. breathe happy with febreze. wmade fresh with two eggs,les. cheese and sausage. and ready in seconds. [ blinds opening ] now you can enjoy the taste of a saturday morning breakfast... ted? ...even on a wednesday. new jimmy dean simple scrambles. find it by the bacon.

nbc news. >>> there is more to tell you about. when we come ba being in a moment, a boy who was bullied gets a powerful escort on his first day back at school. rheumatoid arthritis like me, and you're talking to your rheumatologist about a medication... ...this is humira. this is humira helping to relieve my pain... ...and protect my joints from further damage. humira has been clinically studied for over 18 years. humira works by targeting and helping to... ...block a specific source... ...of inflammation that contributes to ra symptoms. it's proven to help relieve pain and... ...stop further joint damage in many adults. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, cluding lymphoma, have happened, as have blood, liver, and nervous system problems, ser