"nightly news" begins right now. >> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news with lester holt." >> there is turmoil for republican law makers that could affect all of us before it is over. it has to deal with who will become the next second in line to president, the man many thought had been on track for the job shocked the political establishment when he bowed out of the race to become speaker of the house. the question mark over who succeeds current speaker john boehner raises the spector of a possible spending showdown and another government shutdown. national correspondent peter alexander is on the story for us tonight. >> reporter: it was a political bombshell just hours after kevin mccarthy made his final pitch to replace john boehner as house speaker. the california republican stunned colleagues by pulling out of the race. >> we should put this conference first. i think there is something to be said for us to unite. we probably need a fresh face. >> reporter: under fierce opposition from party conservatives and criticism for his speaking skills. >>

"nightly news" begins right now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news with lster holt." >> good evening. we learned today it will be up to the next president to end the american war in afghanistan. a conflict that lasted as long as world wars one and two and the civil war combined. today president obama did an about-face on his previous pledge to bring home all but an embassy security force by the end of next year. instead he announced there will be at least 5,500 american troops in afghanistan into 2017. beyond the end of his term in office. but will more time and more troops make a difference? nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel has been there for some of the war's fiercest battles and has you are a report. >> reporter: it's a war that just won't end. after 14 years, $1 trillion and more than 2,300 american lives lost. the president said today the mission is still not over. >> i've decided to maintain our current posture of 9800 troops in afghanistan through months ofers in yeek 2016. >> reporter: it meant going back on a promise m

"nbc nightly news" is next. >>> tonight, the cia director hacked. a high school student claims he broke into the e-mail account of america's top spy. an alarming breach nnd investigation is underway. what secrets may have been exposed. >>> preventing a disaster. concerned by a growing number of drones coming close to planes. today, new rules as holiday sales are expected to soar. >>> and abuse. amazon.com goes after people it claims are getting paid to write positive comments. can you really trust what you are reading before you click buy. >>> and the oprah effect. open about her decades-long struggle with her weight. she takes a big stake in weight watchers. the company hoping customers follow her lead. "nightly news" begins right now. >>> good evening. did a high school student really manage to hack his way into the personal e-mail of one of this country's top spy bosses? federal agents are trying to answer that question tonight after what appeared to be private and possibly sensitive information was posted online. given the high-profile of the ta

rehema ellis, nbc news, new york. >>> that will do it for us on this monday night. i'm lester holt, for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. new shaking in the east bay. 7 small earthquakes >>> right now at 6:00, new shaking in the east bay, seven small earthquakes centered in san ramon within just the last hour. good evening, everyone. i'm jessica aguirre. >> and i'm raj maathai. we're tracking a development as we see. it's been active for 92 minutes now and for a week more than all, 100 small quakes in this same area. here's the same. the strongest was a 3.5 magnitude and hit about 90 minutes ago just off 680. no reports of any damage, but a lot of people did feel it. san ramon vale was hit with a cluster of earthquakes last thursday, saturday and sunday, and take a look this. map shows the dozens of quakes that hit the east bay in the past 72 hours. >> and so we have had over 200 events, four of them now bigger than magnitude three and then about -- a little over 40 magnitude two or larger and then over 100 between magnitude one and two.

for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. turning the page on a mult-million dollar debacle. tonight -- santa clara county hires a new contrio . >>> right now at 6:00, turning the page on a multimillion dollar debacle. santa clara county hires a new construction firm for botched hospital project. good evening, thanks for being with us. i'm raj mathai. >> i'm jessica aguirre. that new facility at san antonio saah clara valley was supposed to be open a week ago. turner is out and bolt is in. after a series of construction mishaps, delays and public fighting, they picked a new construction company to take over that embattled job. we're live at the hospital site. robert, this new construction company had taken over for turner at another job as well? >> reporter: that's right. they don't know if the pattern is the same. but they do know that this company has experience this taking over a project. of course, that is all much to the relief of county officials. because it has been a very expensive wait trying to get this hospital pro

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"nightly news" begins right now. >>> this is nbc "night news" with lester holt. reporting tonight from los angeles. >>> good evening. for the second time in this country in as many months, the frightening sight of smoke pouring from a burning commercial passenger plane had many fearing the worst. as it was, several of the more than 100 people aboard were injured while trying to flee a boeing 767 engulfed in thick smoke after an engine burst into flames at ft. lauderdale/hollywood international airport in florida. it happened as the jet was awaiting take-off on a flight bound for venezuela and comes weeks after a similar incident involving a british jetliner in las vegas. kerry sanders is at the airport with late details. >> reporter: dynamic air flight 405 just pulled away from the gate leaking fuel. >> dynamic, out of the left engine looks like it's leaking a lot of fuel. >> reporter: within moments, the left engine erupted in fire. >> engine's on fire! >> reporter: doors opened, slides deployed and passengers scrambled for their lives. >> we saw the fire, peopl

i'm lester holt, for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. ==janelle/vo== it's the strongest . >>> houses are putting boards on the windows. but they said that after 3:00, they -- >> it is the strongest storm ever to hit the western hemisphere. hurricane patricia made landfall just under two hours ago and it's pounding mexico right now. thanks for joining us. i'm janelle wang in forage mathai. >> i'm jessica aguirre. patricia is a monster category 5 storm packing winds as fast and furious as 200 miles an hour. millions of people are bracing for what could be catastrophic damage. want to give you a live look at puerto vallarta. 100 miles south of where the hurricane hit. >> puerto vallarta, one of the most popular tourist spots. it may have been been spared of the worst of patricia. mexico has declared a state of emergenciment sandbags, hotels evacuated and moving tourists to shelters. the airport is now completely shut down. a cruise ship is turning around in the pacific. we have team coverage now. jodi hernandez is standing by with more on t

nbc news, ft. lauderdale. >>> now to a classroom emergency, two high school students from northern virginia are in a burn unit after a serious fire broke out in their chemistry lab as the teacher was demonstrating various types of chemical fires. and as tom costello reports it is the latest example of how dangerous school labs can be if things don't go right. >> reporter: it happened at one of the top high schools in the country. wt woodson high. fairfax county fire rescue dispatched just after 9:40 this morning. >> building fire at 9525 main street, woodson high school, report of a fire in a room, k 105. >> k-105, the chemistry classroom. >> result is an ethanol fire. we do have fire in the room. with sprinkler activation. >> reporter: a teacher and five students burned, all taken to area hospitals. two airlifted to d.c. burn units, one in critical condition and rushed to surgery. investigators say it happened during a routine demonstration. >> it was a demonstration on fire and the different colo

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"nightly news" begins now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news". reporting tonight, thomas roberts. >>> good evening. tonight millions of americans are bracing for winter weather from mother nature and only four weeks into fall. in fact, some parts of michigan have already reported more than 5 1/2 inches of snow. from the midwest to the northeast and far south to alabama, there are freeze warnings and watches. out west, more rain is in the forecast, which could add insult to injury if more mudslides are triggered where waist-deep mud already shut down roads and trapped drivers this week. nbc meteorologist dylan dreyer starts us off. >> reporter: a winter blast across the northeast and parts of the midwest today, from new york to michigan and pennsylvania. snow has arrived, and it's only october. >> i woke up this morning, and i said, "happy birthday" to my husband, "i got you a gift." there's snow outside, two inches of snow, and he goes, you've got to be kidding me. >> reporter: virginiahave. vermont's resort isn't scheduled to open, but th

rehema ellis, nbc news, new york. >>> that will do it for us on this monday night. i'm lester holt, for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. >>> lights, camera, access. >>> here's one to address. justin recently a photo comes out of you. >> i think when i first saw the pictures. >> buck naked in bora bora. bieber reacts for the first time since that nude vacation photo

the news continues now with nbc nightly news with lester hold. >>> tonight, the death toll rising in the carolinas after 11 trillion gallons of rain fell in a matter of days. >>> rivers and dams at record levels and homeowners returning to utter devastation. >>> striking admission. the top u.s. commander in afghanistan changing the military story yet again by revealing u.s. forces did in fact attack a hospital by mistake. >>> verdict over turned. in the courtroom when a man convicted for a murder in the new york sub way learns he is going free after 24 years. >>> and fantasy scandal. the popular world of online fantasy sports rocked by accusations big pay days may be going to insiders rigging the game. "nightly news" begins right now. >>> good evening. the death toll has reached at least 17 amid historic flood emergencies in the carolinas today. first rays of sunshine there could not put a bright light on the perilous landscape as dams remained threatened and river banks swollen. more evacuations could be ordered before the crisis is over. to put this record rainfall in perspective.

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rehema ellis, nbc news, new york. >>> that will do it for us on this monday night. i'm lester holt, for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night.democrat bernie sanders says his fellow candidates are talking about all of the wrong topics. how he got iowans to talk about their problems...and what he say he'll do to fix them. a pleasant hill daycare provider pleads guilty to charges she endangered children. the deal she reached with prosecutors...and what she openly admitted today in court a riot forced iowa state university to shut down the annual veishea celebrations for good last year. the new event that could be taking its place and why some students say they aren't ready to let go. it was a call to action in oskaloosa... a presidential candidate told iowans he's trying to do something that's never been done before. good evening, i'm erin kiernan and i'm dan winters. bernie sanders is a self-proclaimed socialist...but he's battling hillary clinton and others for the democratic presidential nomination. political director dave price shows us how

rehema ellis, nbc news, new york. >>> that will do it for us on this monday night. i'm lester holt, for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. if you work hard, and you do your part, you should be able to get ahead and stay ahead. but the republicans... v they want to go back to letting v the super wealthy call the shots. they don't stand up for equal pay for women. they don't support paid family leave. they don't even really support refinancing student debt. we've got to get this economy

ann thps, nbc news, new york. >> and there are a lot of questions about this. dr. roshini raj specialized in women's health and cancer treatment. doctor, thank you for being here. >> thank you. >>>>f a woman wants to get t e mammogram at 40, igngne the recommendations and go with the ototrs, what the harm? >> there is nono a big downsize when you talk about getting it at 40. some groups aree recommending it a a 40. however, theheew guguelines say 45 may be more reasonable because you are going to have some false-positives. that means people under 45 going to get the mammogram and they go through tests and anxiety and in the end it is not cancer. so they said start at age 45. but if you want it at 40, you should have the opportunity to get it at 40. >> what should women do with this information today. >> three different groups recommends three different times which means we don't know the exact time for every women. it is an individual choice. discuss it with your doctor. this is for average risk women. if you have a family history or a personal history of another t

rehema ellis, nbc news, new york. >>> nbc news has learned the federal government will announce a new plan within days that will require anyone who buys a drone to register it with the department of transportation. the government has been very concerned about the rise in close-calls between unmanned drones and manned aircraft flying in and out of the nation's biggest airports. the regulations could be in place by christmas. >>> there is more to tell you about tonight. it is that time of the year. the cdc launching a campaign for you to get your flu shot but last year's vaccine missed the mark. only 20% effective. will this year protect you and your family better this season. >>> and the sport growing in popularity. teams dogs and owners up for a game of extreme fetch. it looks like a lot of fun. >>> just as parts of the country are expected to get their first blast of cold weather this weekend, the centers for disease control making a push for americans to get their flu shots and it might be a tougher job convincing people they're normal after last year it proved only to be 20% effect

for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. a "pill problem" in one of the bay area's most affluent cont >>> right now at 6:00, a pill problem in one of the bay air area's most affluent counties. we have new information about the abuse and the game plan moving forward. good evening and thanks for being with us. i'm raj mathai. >> and i'm jessica agiurre. >>> it is a startling fact there is a drug overdose death in marin every two weeks. tonight there's a push to stop what many are calling a pill epidemic. nbc bay area jodi hernandez is live in marin where doctors are being asked to just stop overpre describing these meds that in many cases it's teens getting into them. >> reporter: that's right, jessica. we're told more people die of drug overdose here than from breast cancer and car accidents combined. health officials say doctors an overprescribing narcotics to their patients, and people are dying because of it. >> he was really a nice good person. >> reporter: but susan kim's youngest son lost his life doing something she ne

on nbc 10 news today. excitement is building for this busy weekend. tonight is halloween, and temple takes on notre dame in the biggest game in the owl's history. looks like the weather will certainly be cooperating for our events today. a little bit cool, but you know what, no rain. you can't ask for more. whatever you have on tap today and tonight, we've got you covered. here's a live look outside, off to a chilly start. first alert forecast in moments. good morning, welcome back today. i'm rosemary connors, 5:30 on this saturday, and let's get to the weekend weather now with first alert meteorologist michelle grossman. any advice if the fans out there on independence mall. they have been up since for at least 24 hours. >> well, i want to say bundle up, but chances are they a

nightly news begins now. . >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news." reporting tonight, kate snow. >>> good evening. we begin with those new claims by a former staffer on the house benghazi committee that would seem to reinforce what hillary clinton has long been saying. an intelligence officer in the air force reserve who was fired from his job as an investigator on the benghazi committee said today it had evolved into "a partisan investigation." a characterization the committee vigorously rejects. it all comes just as republicans in the house are struggling to find new leadership, exposing deep divisions in the gop. we begin with nbc's kristen welker in washington. >> reporter: stunning allegations from air force major bradley pod liz cat. >> this has become a partisan investigation. >> reporter: former investigate with the republican-led committee investigating the benghazi attack says the group's actual target is hillary clinton. >> i honestly i do not believe this investigation was set to go up after hillary, i believe it shifted that way.

and that is "nbc nightly news" for this saturday. i'm thomas roberts reporting from new york. thank you for watching night.straight ahead tonight... trump is back at it with the name calling... who he's attacking now and why... plus, if joe biden is getting any closer to announcing his run for president 070613- anyone who is running a distance race tomorrow should be putting their feet up right about now race day is quickly approachng... how many athletes are expected to run in the des moines marathon... and the road closures non - runners need to know about it's an event that's helped raise awareness about homeless teens in iowa for a decade... how reggie's sleepout is tackling the issue... and the reason why one metro teen is choosing to be homeless for a night. good evening, thanks for joining

"nightly news" begins right now. >> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. an apology today by president obama for the deadly american attack on a hospital in afghanistan. the president calling an accident, the horrible tragedy that killed almost two dozen patients and medical staff. and jarred us back into the horrible reality of a war that many may have thought was over for the u.s. despite the apology, doctors without borders which operated the hospital is not dropping the demand for the attack to be investigated as a possible war crime. nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel has the latest. >> reporter: after struggling to explain how and why the u.s. bombed a hospital in afghanistan, today the president made a call. >> this morning from the oval office, president obama spoke by telephone with doctors without borders international president dr. joann liu to apologize and express his condolences for the msf staff and patients that were killed and injured when a u.s. military air strike mistakenly hit a

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. >>> the news continuing now with "nbc nightly news with lester holt." >>> tonight, breast cancer confusion. a major shift from the american cancer society over what age women should start getting mammograms. tonight the heated debate and question so many are asking. >>> biden versus clienton. the vice president sounding more like a candidate seemingly taking swipes at hillary clinton and what he said today about the lynn bin laden raid raising eyebrows. >>> and new car rankings. which is the most reliable and most headaches. we have the list filled with surprises. >>> and the future is now. october 2015, we are hours from the day that back to the future stepped on the hover board. what did the movie get right and what did the movie get wrong. "nightly news" begins right now. >>> good evening. doctors say one in eight women in the u.s. will develop breast cancer and so you would be hard-pressed to find a person in this country who doesn't know someone or whose own life hasn't been touched by it. so news today that the rules of early detection have changed overnight has created worry and con

kevin tibbles, nbc news, chicago. >> nice note to end on that is "nbc nightly news" for this sunday. up next, "football night in america." the new england patriots take on the indianapolis colts. lester holt will be right back here tomorrow. i'm kate snow reporting from new york. for all of us here at have a great night. that's amazing. it's amazing. this is amazing. that's amazing! real people are discovering surprising things at chevy. we're sold. it's so pretty. beautiful. it feels great. perfect. this is not what i would expect from a chevy at all. get more than you expect for less than you imagined. the 2015 models are going fast. find your tag and get cash back for 15% of the msrp on select 2015 vehicles in stock. or, get 0% financing for 72 months on these remaining 2015 chevy vehicles. >>> lucas oil stadium in

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we have a brand new nbc news online poll conducted by survey monkey. the first since wednesday's republican debate showing ben carson in a dead heat with donald trump for the lead. but as for who actually won the debate, the polls show ted cruz on top followed by marco rubio and then trump and carson. over all jep bush fared worst in the debate. hallie jackson is on the campaign trail in iowa. >> reporter: a kind of victory trap planned in iowa but it is colorado the focus today after wednesday's debate. multiple campaigns planning to huddle to compare campaigns. >> just a minute. >> let me finish. >> reporter: now the republican party is suspending february's nbc news telemundo debate, the only debate to be aired on spanish language tv, writing the moderators in engaged in a series of gotcha questions and petty and mean spirit the in tone and designed to embarrass the candidates. nbc news said people who want to be president of the united states should be able to answer tough questions. nbc news owned by the same parent company as cnbc called it a dis

for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. eye >>> nbc bay area news starts now. >>> cannot take care of himself. he is now dependent on friends and family. >> one man's life forever changed because of something that fell from a free in a park. the fight he's now taking up to stop it from happening to anyone else. good evening. >> only on nbc bay area, a freak accident that caused permanent brain damage. a navy veteran says a 16-pound seed pod fell from a tree and hit him on the head. here is a picture now. the 50-year-old vet and his injury. you can see his eye and head there. he says it happened during fleet week of last year. we are in san francisco this evening. what exactly is a seed pod, and is there a risk now for other people? >> reporter: well, a seed pod is something that fell from a particular type of tree that isn't from this area. yes, it is a concern to other people. now that vet was here in maritime park. as you mentioned, he was here to watch the blue angels from that 16-pound seed pod came crashing down. he sa